The Day After

The Frosty

(Tre POV)

Autumn comes back, without Fred, and I am very happy about this. She says she's ready to go and we go back to the car. Howie gets in the drivers side saying he'll drive us back. Aj and I get in back and he puts his arm around me and I snuggle into him enjoying the feeling of him. I see Howie reach out his hand towards Autumn and I smile when I see her take it.

(Autumn POV)

I drive away somewhat confused. I am somewhat silent, still claiming my stomach hurts. We get back to the hotel and I am more than ready to go to sleep. I can tell AJ and Tre are ready for bed (in more ways than one) and tell them goodnight.

I lay on the bed and Howie calls and has them bring up something for my stomach. I tell Howie I am taking another shower because I smell like cigars. I get out of the shower and head back to the room. My Ginger Ale has arrived and Howie keeps checking on me.

(Tre POV)

After we say goodnight to Autumn and Howie we head back to AJs room. As he unlocks the door I wrap my arms around him from behind and kiss his neck

"I told you Tre, that can get you into trouble" He tells me as the door opens.

I smile "Ohhhh I thrive on danger, hun."

I tell him this while we are standing in the door way. There is a short distance between us and Aje makes the distance seem non-existant when he grabs me and pulls me into his chest and smiles

"You like danger huh?

I return his smile

"I thrive on it" I tell him.

He gets a gleem in his eye and kisses me and carries me into the room and kicks the door closed and makes his way to the bed...

(Autumn POV)

I lie on the bed as Howie calls someone. I hear him say something about me. My mind is wondering so badly and I am tired. Howie talks to me and walks over to me. He sees me half asleep.

"Autumn, you up?"

"Barely."

"I can change that"

He tells me as he lowers down to kiss me. He sure did. I turn the tv off and we are left in the dark.

(Tre POV)

I wake up in Aj's arms and I feel the happiest I have in a long time. Aj stirs in his sleep and I wrap my arms around him again to comfort him. After I figure he is settled I get up and take a shower to get ready for the day. I walk out of the bathroom and I see AJ is awake and watching tv.

"Hey baby, glad to see you are awake" I say to him and give him a kiss.

"Hi there" he says and pulls me down on his lap "Let me give you a morning kiss" he says.

We pull apart and he looks into my eyes and I can tell something is on his mind

"What's wrong aj?" I ask him.

He clears his throat

"Well Tre Howie and I have to leave tomorrow to go back to Florida."

I can tell this bothers him but I can't imagine it does as much as it does me.

"Ok, AJ. Then I guess this is our last day together" I say almost in a whisper.

"Well that's just it, Tre. I don't want it to be. Uhh I was wondering, will you come with me? Move to Florida with me?"

I'm in shock and can't say anything for a few minutes, I just stare at him

"Uh Tre?" He says to me giving me a little shake.

"Huh? sorry. Yes Aj I would love to move to Florida with you."

"Really?"

I smile at him and the fact he looks like a little kid who could take the offer of candy in front of him "Yes, really."

"ALRIGHT" he yells and kisses me again. "Wow I can't wait to tell Howie and Autumn" He says

"Yea me either. lets go now"

I say and he laughs and we head to their room.

'man I sure hope Howie had the same idea as AJ did' I think as Aj knocks

(Autumns POV)

I wake up in Howie's arms and he is looking at me.

"Are you feeling better?"

I smile. "Yes I do."

I get up and go to the bathroom and come back.

"Autumn, I have something to tell you."

I sit down on the bed and began to put my clothes on.

"What's wrong?"

"AJ and I are heading back to Florida tomorrow."

My heart sunk. "oh...kay."

"But....I was wondering if you would come back with me. We could have fun all the time and you would probably have Tre around to bug. So what do you say?"

I was about to cry.

"Howie I would love to." Howie smiled. "But I can't."

I saw the smile go to a frown.

"You can't? Why not?"

I sigh

"Howie, I know that we have only known each other for a few days and I just couldn't change my life and I'm just not sure."

By then a knock (wonder who that was) and Howie yelled to hold on as he quickly got dressed. I go out on the blacony and sit.

(Tre POV)

Howie gets the door and I notice that he forgot to button his pants and I laugh. I look around for Autumn to tell her my news but I don't see her

"Howie, where is Autumn?" I ask.

He points to the balcony and I head that way but not before I hear AJ

"Howie man she said she'd go with..."

I find Autumn sitting on the balcony with tears in her eyes. I kneel down

"What's wrong Autumn?" I ask her.

I had come to tell her the great news I had but that will have to wait....obviously something is wrong and that's more important

(Autumns POV)

I look up at Tre

"Howie asked me to go to Florida with him."

Tre smiled. "And what is wrong with that?"

"I said no."

"WHAT! Autumn, are you crazy. That is Howie. the Howie you are crazy about."

I sniffed. "I know but I just can't,"

(Tre POV)

I am shocked when Autumn tells me she said no to Howie...that just doesn't seem right. "Tell me why you can't Autumn? I know it's not because of your job, you left the job you had before we came here. I know it's not because of anyone in KY because you lived on your own. I know your dad is there but you can visit him and I know he would want you to live your life and live it happily." I tell her.

"So, tell me why you can't move with Howie?"

I decide to tell her that Aj also asked me to go with him

"I already told AJ that I'd move with him there" She looks up at me kinda surprised but I know she can't be THAT surprised. "So Autumn, you gonna tell me?" I pressure her

(Autumns POV)

"Last night before we went to that party, if you had asked me if I loved....truly deeply, loved Howie I would have said yes. But when we got to that party it all changed. I know it is stupid. I just can't explain it. I know Howie is sweet and loving but I just can't make a total commentment like this."

I looked up at Tre and she seemed confused and upset.

(Tre POV)

I hear what Autumn just told me and I am way confused. I think back to the party and the only thing I can think of that would change her feelings for Howie is Fred Durst. I'm actually a little upset about this because I know she is doing the 'but what if Fred and I...' stuff and I really don't know how to stop that. Heck I couldn't stop that if I tried. I know you have to try stuff to see if it would work but damn, Howie treats her soo right. I sigh and look into the room at howie and Aj and I can tell they are having a heated discussion and I just know it is the same one as me and Autumns.

"Ok, Autumn, I have a feeling I know why u say this but I want you to tell me"

(Autumns POV)

I look at Tre

"If you know why don't YOU tell me and I'll tell you if you are right."

(Tre POV)

I look at Autumn in bewilderment, what's with the attitude??? damn!

"Ok, fine. You were happy being with Howie because you have always wanted to be and finally, you have it. He treats you the way you wanna be treated, says what you wanna hear, makes you feel what you know a MAN should make you feel. He is good, fine, hot and a real sweetheart. Then we go to the party and you met Fred, the other man of your dreams. Now Fred is opposite of Howie, sure he is nice, kind fun to hang with BUT he is the taste of danger you always crave for. Nothing will be certain with this one. He is the bad boy that makes you shiver just by saying your name. He can be rough but gentle. You never know whats going to happen you just know it will always be unexpected and wild. He IS your bad side that you always wanted to let out, but never did. Fred is your Sweet taste of Danger"

I tell her and await for her reply to see if I am right or just half right. Now if I'm not right at all....fine but hell at least she'll tell me what's going on.

(Autumns POV)

I look at Tre

"Tre, you know what? You are right as always. but how many other times have I been told to find something out on my own? How many times have I actually done that? Not too many. I still need to. You can be mad at me all you want and I don't care. I need to find out everything myself." I look up and see her face.

Yeah I know her anger but like I said I don't care. I glance inside and see AJ and Howie are into it. Now I feel worse than ever.

(Tre POV)

Autumn thinks I am angry but I'm not. Ok, maybe a little..maybe more then a little but I understand where she is coming from. I have been there...having this sweet man that treats you wonderfully and then having the 'bad boy' walk into your life and it gives you the excitment the 'sweet' one doesn't and can't.

"Well since you don't care if I'm angry or not I guess we'll leave it at that. I mean how many times have you gotten angry at me but I've never said 'I don't care'. You forget Autumn I understand where you are coming from. I've been there. You have to figure this out on your own and I know that. But don't push me, your friend, away while you are trying to figure it out"

I say to her and then get up to walk into the room where AJ and Howie seem to be having an arguement of their own.

'oh yea what a happy day'

I think sarcastically to myself. I look at Howie again and turn to Autumn again

"Remember you're my friend girly and I'm here if you need to talk about anything. I have one thing to say tho, you better explain this to Howie or if you decide you want him and want to move to Florida with him, he won't want it because you never explained why." and I walk into the room.

(Autumns POV)

'Damn it, I really hate when she is right.' I think.

But she does have a 5 year age advantage on me. Maybe I am just stupid but, damn, I've never been great with my feelings. Once again my anger is getting the best of me. Right as I go to go in, I haul off and hit the glass sliding door. (Acting genuis, thank you) and then I let out a scream of pure pain. And I thought when I got mad and hit something I never felt any pain. Not this time.

(Tre POV)

I am in the room trying to stop AJ and Howie's conversation that has seemed to gotten heated for some reason when I hear a *THUD* and a yell that sounded like a scream of pain. The guys don't seem to have noticed it, great surprise there...guys are sooo unaware... I turn around and look towards Autumn and I see her holding her hand.

'oh great, what now?' I think to myself and walk back to the balcony.

I open the door and I can see she has tears in her eyes

"Autumn what happened?" I ask her then it struck me (hahah pun pun alert) "You hit the glass door didn't you?"

She shakes her head yes and I roll my eyes

"Come on lets get some ice for that"

I say to her and we walk into the room where the boys are still arguing.

(Autumn POV)

Tre helps me back into the room and I hear Aj and Howie still arguing. AJ looks away and sees Tre going for the phone and he and Howie begin to fight again. I sit in the worse pain in my life and only Tre notices. Tre comes over and says that she told them to get some ice up to the room ASAP.

"Autumn, why did you hit the door?"

"It was in my way, and besides I was in the mood to break something."

"Well, you might have succeeded more than you thought."

Suddenly there was a knock at the door and Howie and AJ stopped fighting so Howie could answer the door. The person handed Howie the ice and bowl.

"What are they doing bringing this to the room?" Howie asked.

"I don't have any idea," AJ replies.

Tre walks over and gets the bowl and ice.

(Tre POV)

I take the bowl and ice from Howie and give him a look and as I pass Aj I direct the same look to him. They look at one another confused (no surprise there)and then us. Howie sees something is wrong with Autumn (finally!)

"Autumn, what happened?" He asks her and kneels down beside her.

I roll my eyes "Well if u two would of paid more attention to what was going on instead of arguing about whatever it was, you would know" I tell him very sarcastically.

I am pleasantly surprised to see what I said hit home with him

"I'm sorry Autumn. I should of been more worried about what was going on with you then the petty arguement I was having with AJ"

He tells her this and I move out of the way and let him take over. Ok, I admit I also did this so she can see how sweet he is but I also knew he would want to help her. Aj takes my hand and leads me out of the room and back to his.

"Baby I know Autumn says she isn't going. Uhh does that mean you won't go either?"

I am shocked he asked this but then I understand why he did. Autumn and I are friends so there was a good chance I wouldn't go if she didn't. I smile and touch his cheek (FACE!! gutter minded ppl) and then kiss him

"No Aj I am still going to Florida with you. Whatever she does is her personal choice and I will back her up no matter what it is because she is my friend, but I can't base my happiness on what Autumn does" I say to him and he kisses me.

We sit back on the bed holding each other and AJ turns on the tv to pass the time until we find out what is going on with Autumn and Howie.

(Autumns POV)

As I put my hand down in the ice, I let out a little whimper. Man, how could I let two guys and a friend's advice get to me? (two guys, a friend...hmmm where is the pizza place? Okay, bad joke. Sorry)

"Autumn what in the world did you do?" Howie ask.

"Well, just say that the sliding door might be placed on a bill to you."

I see the look on howie's face not due to the door but to my hand.

"Did it hurt bad?"

I roll my eyes

"Well, I only yelled and one person heard it."

I look over at the door and Howie knows I'm talking about Tre.

"Autumn, let me look at your hand. You might need stiches."

Slowly I take my hand out of the bowl. Howie looks at it.

"Hmmm, might be a good idea to go to the hospital."

Howie headed over to Tre and Aj to tell them we were going to the hospital to be safe. I heard in my mind Tre saying

"Would Fred do that for you if it was him?"