FLASH BACK

"No! Its all your fault! How DARE you walk in this house and tell me I've got it easy! You hardly ever see your daughter, and whenever you come home you just stride in like you own the place! Well who pays the bills? ME!" Ma screamed and screamed at Da.

They didn't notice me in the doorway, a tear rolling down my pale cheeks and dripping off my chin.

Da wasn't any better then Ma. In fact, he was worse.

"You know what? I can't believe I married an idiot woman like you! So WHAT if I quit my job? It was tedious work, I don't CARE if it's hard for you! It was YOUR decision to stay here and look after Ally instead of getting a job!"

Ma's eyes teared up.

"How dare you. Just how dare you blame this mess on me." she whispered.

Da reared up, eyes flashing. Ma fell to the ground, a red mark upon her cheek. "ITS OVER!" he screamed. He grabbed his suitcase and marched out the door.

I screamed at my fathers mistake, and ran off into the darkness. I hid behind a tree, waiting for the pain too end. I sobbed the rest of the night, screaming and punching the tree. I was seven.

Present

I walked to the coffee shop, after school. I had a loose braid in my thick, chocolatey brown hair. I was carrying several books and papers in my thin arms, result of the endless homework our teachers have given us.

'Why aren't you at home doing your homework?' is what you're probably wondering right now. Lets just say. . . home isn't exactly the happiest, safest place right now.

I sat down, than saw a couple too my right fighting about some stupid thing and I rolled my eyes. I looked away. It brought back too many memories.

I sighed and opened my math book, ready to plunge into some complicated problems, when I heard a voice.

"Hi, I'm Austin, I'll be your server today. Are you ready too order Miss?" the voice asked. I looked up to find the speaker and saw a boy about my age with an apron and a note book and pen poised in his hand.

He smiled and showed off his perfect teeth, and I couldn't help noticing how his golden blond hair fell perfectly into his kind hazel eyes, and how the short sleeves showed off natural muscle and. . .

'snap out of it Ally, he's just another stud ready to break your heart as soon as he gets the chance!' I thought to myself.

I composed myself, smiled forcefully and said "I'm Ally. Just an espresso, with extra caffeine please."

"Nice to meet you, Ally," he said with another smile. Than he saw my pile of books and papers.

"College Homework?" he asked, sympathy in his eyes.

I smiled. "How did you figure it out?" I asked with a smirk. He smirked right back.

"Why do you think I work here? For fun? No, I do this part time job for college PAYMENTS, than at night I find an hour or two too work on homework, which is not fun, I'll assure you," he said.

"Thats cool," I said.

He scribbled my order down on his pad, then turned it over and on a fresh new page wrote something else. He placed the mysterious new page face down on the table and as soon as he was out of sight, I grabbed it and flipped it over.

It said:

416 465 5783

Call me ;)

A small smile formed on my lips at the note, then I sighed and put it in my pocket.

'Might be worth a try' A little voice inside me said, and I realized no matter how much I tried too avoid it, I would still end up calling Austin because of those eyes.

I had no idea what I had gotten myself into.