**Delilah**

"Omg Dee, you look beautiful", Danielle squeals as I show her the cream mermaid style dress with a long V-shaped neckline, showing abit of cleavage. Not alot, but maybe just enough.

"I'm not so sure, isn't it abit too....revealing", I point towards the chest area.

"No it's perfect", Dani immediately disagrees.

"Then I guess it's the one", I say with a smile admiring the dress on me.

"I love how it hugs your body in the perfect places", Dani says grinning as I place my hands on my hips.

The dress fell perfectly to the ground, creating a little train hugging my body tightly at the knees, and flearing out abit.

"I'm like so jealous right now", Danielle whines making me giggle.

"Funny, because I'm like so jealous of you", I playfully stick out my tongue.

"You are seriously going to be the most gorgeous lady at the Cooper Ball", she says and I smile.

"Correction", I clear my throat. "We are going to be the most gorgeous ladies whose going to attend the masked ball".

"Okay my turn", Dani says walking into the fitting booth with her dress.

Quickly I undress, but not before admiring the stunning dress in the mirror.

I stare at my phone as my mind wonders about Austin. He hasn't called or texted me back for a week now, while he's been on his three week business trip.

I decide to give him another call since I haven't called him since yeasterday when my call went straight to his voice mail.

Tapping in the screen, my finger traces over his name and I anxiously diall his number.

The line rings for about ten second before his voice fills my ears.

"Hey this is Austin, I'm probably not available at the moment so please feel free to leave a message. I promise to get back to you when I can. Bye.", my fave instanly turns into a frown as my call ends up in his voicemail for the twentieth time. He hasn't been doing quite a great job at keeping his promise to 'get back to me'.

"I'm ready", Danielle says opening the curtain and I place my phone in my bag.

"Dani you look stunning", I say truthfully admiring her long wavy, baby blue dress that fell to the floor, with little diamonds scattered on the bottom area.

"Thank you Dee", she thanks me, staring at herself in the mirror as she throws a little modelling show infront of me.

"I think we have another Victoria's secret model right here", I clap my hands as she tries different poses causing me to laugh.

All of a sudden my phone beings to ring as I search through my bag. My face immediately lights up as Austin's name pop's up on my screen.

"Austin hey", I say into the receiver and I'm filled with silence.

"Austin?", I say as I hear a few objects being moved around.

"Austin are you there?", I question but no response. I end the call as Danielle turns to me with a questioning look.

"That's weird", I mumble staring at my phone.

"Is everything okay?", Dani ask and I shrug my shoulders.

"I tried to call him for a solid week Dani and I get no response. He phones once and the line is blank", I state anger pumping through my veins at his lack of communication.

"I'm sure his really busy", Dani says sounding unsure but saying those words for my sake.

"I don't know what's going on between us lately. It's like we together but separate a the same time", I state staring at my hands.

"It's okay to feel this way Delilah, I don't blame you. I mean, I would be pretty upset to if my boyfriend ignored me for a whole week", Dani says chuckling slightly, probably creating her future-boyfriends death if he ever thought about ignoring her.

"Wait, do you think he's ignoring me?", I can't my face dropping into frown as tears threaten to escape my eyes.

"No, I didn't mean it like that", she says quickly. "Look Delilah, all I'm saying is. I'm sure he'll get back to real soon, he just isn't the type of guy to leave one hanging around in the air", she states as I nod.

"Maybe you right. Thanks Dani", I say weakly still upset that I haven't heard of him in quite some time.

"Now let's pay for these dresses and get the hell out of here", Dani suggests and I nod with a small, giggling at ourselves sitting on the floor a a fitting booth.

Standing up, I collect my dress before paying at the register and taking a cab to your apartment.

The car ride was filled with millions of thoughts, clogging up my mind at one hundred miles per hour.

Was Austin ignoring me? What have I done to make him upset? Am I just being paranoid and maybe his just really busy with his business deal?

"Delilah are you even listening", Danielle's voice fills my ears as I stare my previous thoughts out my head.

"What I'm sorry, can you please repeat what you said?", I ask and she lets out a sigh.

"Delilah you shouldn't stress about it. Stress gives you wrinkles", she states causing me to giggle.

"Coffee?", she asks and I mumble a "yes please". She walks into the kitchen of our apartment and I collapse onto the couch in the living room, exhausted.

I let out a sigh as I stare at my phone on the coffee table. Hoping it would just light and Austin's voice would fill my ears with joy, telling me how amazing it is in California.

Dani soon enters handing me my steaming cup of coffee, taking a seat next to me.

"Anything ?", Dani asks directing her head towards my phone.

"Nope", I answer with a sigh.

Suddenly my phone lights up as I instantly grab it off the table.

"Unknown number", I say with a fake smile and Dani tells me to open it.

My world stops as I stare at my phone. Hot tears blurs my vision as I slowing shake my head from side to side in disbelieve. I cover my mouth with a another hand and I let out a snob.

Danielle immediately embraces me in a tight hug as I fall to the ground.

"Delilah, what happened?", she asks softly. With a shakey hand, I hand her phone and I double as tears rush down my face.

"I'm so sorry Delilah", she says looking hurt as I sob into her shoulder. She instantly drops my phone on the ground, tightening her grip around me. The screen faces towards me and I squint my eyes shut, with tear stained cheeks.

The image of Austin kissing another girl in California, on his 'business trip' now tattooed on my brain.

And it wasn't just a girl.....it was Bethany.

With the words - 'take what's mine, and I'll take yours xxx' - typed on the bottom of the picture.

[A/N]

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