Madeline's POV- December 2017

"Maddy"

I sighed and turned to face the door as I heard it open. Poppy immediately made his way to the door, and meowed at William.

"Maddy, Auston wants to talk with you. He claims it's important and will not go away. I was supposed to sleep in today"

William added emphasis in that by stomping his foot a bit.

"What time is it?" I asked.

"Like 8AM, he says it's urgent"

I rolled my eyes and sat up.

"Tell him I'll be down in a bit" I answered.

He nodded and glanced at Cody who had not been woken up by either the doorbell ringing or the sound of the door creaking open.

"Oh god is he dressed?"

I laughed and nodded.

"Yeah, he's just shirtless" I answered.

Kasperi and William were dead seriously scared about walking in on Cody and me, yet they always opened the door a few seconds after knocking on the door. Usually, it was Cody who was not dressed but thankfully he was covered by a blanket.

"Sure he is"

And just like that William left the room. I carefully sat up and got off the bed. Unfortunately, Cody stirred just as I finished changing.

"Go back to sleep" I told him.

He shifted on his side and hummed as I made my way over to the other side of the bed.

"It's early"

"It is early" I confirmed.

"Where are you going?"

There was no reason to hide it from Cody.

"Auston is downstairs, he wants to talk" I answered.

His eyes snapped open but before he could I react I kissed his cheek and left the room. I chose to ignore Auston's text and let him sweat it out. In no way would I ever talk about bad about him, I was not that type of person. Instead, I invited Bobbi over to. It looked like he was honestly into her, and I was thankful for that. How did they meet? Apparently, they met while he was in LA this past summer. He kept bumping into her and spilling the drinks she was holding on her. Nothing really happened then, he just apologized a number of times. It wasn't until the Leafs were in Los Angeles that they met again...when he spilled his drink on her...again. He injured her that time, not only did he spill his hot coffee on her he also stepped on her while trying to apologize.

"Good morning" I greeted Auston.

He looked away from his phone and stood up.

"Morning"

I made my way into the kitchen and turned on the coffee maker.

"What can I do for you?" I asked.

He walked over and took a seat across from me. The kitchen counter was giving us the space needed.

"I really like Bobbi"

"That's nice to know" I noted.

"You talked to her yesterday"

I nodded.

"We did" I confirmed.

"What did you tell her?"

"Nothing bad, I promise" I replied.

He sighed of relief.

"You're not seeing anyone else, right?" I questioned.

"Um"

I couldn't help but glare at him.

"Auston" I scolded.

"I don't know how to end things with them!"

The fact that he said them just made me even more disappointed in him.

"How much do you like her?" I asked.

"I like her a lot"

"Then ends things with those girls before she finds out" I suggested.

He placed his hand against his forehead and proceeded to rub his temples.

"Yeah, that's not going to end well"

"I'm sure it will end better than Bobbi finding out" I stated.

He frowned.

"Don't judge me, help me!"

"You should know better than to sleep with more than one person" I scolded.

"I'm young, stupid and naive. What more did you expect?"

"For you to think with your head, not the other one," I told him.

"Too late for that"

I shook my head.

"What do I do?"

"Come clean to her, tell her everything that those girls might tell her" I replied.

He sighed and watched me as I opened the fridge.

"Do you want to stay for breakfast?" I wondered.

I looked at him when I got no response from him.

"I've been nothing but a dick to you, and you're inviting me to stay for breakfast"

"Yeah, believe it or not, Auston but I do actually care about you. I'm glad you finally met a girl that makes you want to be in a monogamous relationship" I stated.

"What if when I tell her she wants nothing to do with me?"

I sighed.

"She's going to find out, either way, Auston, and I'm pretty sure she would like to hear it coming from you instead of some stranger who you slept with" I pointed out.

He slowly nodded.

"Have you had sex with any of the girls recently?" I wondered.

I smiled when he shook his head, good boy.

"No, I've kind of blown them off. They come to look for me at my apartment, but I haven't exactly been spending my free time there"

I nodded.

"A relationship is based on trust Auston," I told him.

"She told me she was engaged"

Yup, Bobbi was going to marry her high school sweetheart when she was 19 years old. It was his dying wish that they get married. He actually passed away the morning of the day they were set to marry.

"If she's trusting you with that kind of information it's because she wants to get to know you Auston" I stated.

He nodded.

"I just don't know how to tell her"

"Just be straightforward. You're being honest with her and I'm sure she will understand" I said.

"What are you making?"

"Egg in a hole sandwiches" I answered.

"I can help"

"You can cut up the avocados" I told him.

He nodded and began doing that.

"Cody isn't mad that we're talking, right?"

I smiled.

"Believe it or not, he doesn't hate you" I replied.

Ok, so maybe I was lying there.

"I was a total dick to him"

I shrugged and began putting slices of toast into the toast.

"Does he make you happy?"

Glancing up at him, I smiled and nodded.

"He does" I admitted.

To my surprise, Auston smiled.

"I'm glad, you deserve nothing but that"

He shrugged lightly.

"I'm sorry I was a dick"

"People deal with rejection differently," I told him.

He nodded.

"We can still be friends, right?"

"Of course" I confirmed.

That offer still stood.

"Ok, good"

I turned my attention to making breakfast, and just as I finished all 5 sandwiches I heard a door upstairs open. A couple of seconds later, Cody emerged from the stairs. He had changed but was barefoot.

"Morning"

"Good morning" I greeted.

Cody looked at Auston and nodded.

"Morning"

Auston nodded back.

"Morning"

"You two eat while I go wake the two up" I stated.

I walked out of the kitchen before they both could reply. As I made my way upstairs, Cody spoke up.

"You know you can sit down, I'm not going to punch you or anything like that"

I knocked on both doors and peaked into Kasperi's room.

"Morning" I greeted the shirtless Finn.

"Morning"

"Breakfast is ready" I informed him.

"I'll be down in a minute"

I nodded and made my way to William's room.

"Good morning" I greeted.

William groaned.

"Come on, get up. Breakfast is ready" I told him.

He sighed as I yanked the blankets off of him.

"Going"

"Turn on your side" I ordered.

He shifted on his side and rubbed his eyes.

"If you don't come down in 15, I will give your sandwich to Poppy" I threatened.

I made my way out of his room as he gasped.

"You wouldn't!"

"Then get up" I called out.

I walked back downstairs to see Kasperi sitting down next to Cody. He was eating while scrolling through his phone.

"Maddy"

"Yes, Kap?" I asked.

He smiled as I fixed his hair.

"Cody filled me a cup of coffee"

I laughed when Cody shook his head.

"No, I didn't, he stole my coffee"

William came down a bit later.

"You didn't give Poppy my food, right?"

"No, it's in the microwave" I replied.

He nodded.

"Thanks, roomie"

"Of course" I answered.

"So what are you and Cody doing today?"

"Christmas shopping" I responded.

"Fuck I need to do that"

I looked at Auston.

"You can join us if you want"

Cody smiled as Auston looked at him a bit surprised.

"I don't know any embarrassing stories about Maddy, and she knows many of mine"

Auston laughed and glanced at me. Before he could say anything, I was covering his mouth.

"You lick my hand and I will use your own face to clean my hand," I told him.

Cody scrunched up his nose as Auston licked my hand. I kept true to my word and wiped my hand with his face.

"I clearly remember Alex getting a call from a crying Maddy one afternoon"

That happened many times.

"Maddy ripped her pants while trying out for the school's softball team"

I laughed.

"I was wearing floral underwear" I noted.

"Some jerk on the baseball team noticed and told her that her booty was in full bloom"

Kasperi and Cody laughed whereas William looked at me.

"I don't get it"

"It's a good thing you're pretty," I told him.

He frowned when we all laughed at him.

"Jerks"