Everyone says that you can only fall in love once but that's not true because everytime I looked at him I fell in love all over again. So to the people that said such a thing probably has never fallen in love with Austin Monica Moon.
Every summer my mom, Harry, and I would drive down to Blanket Beach. It always took us a long time to get there because my mom and my older brother, Harry, would always argue about anything. Sometimes they would argue about ice cream toppings. It wasn't like they didn't like each other, it was because they found their squabbles amusing. Harry was a momma's boy and there was no denying it. But you could put the topic up for debate because he and my dad were very close. I was never jeaulos because there was nothing I could do about it. I just kept counting the days when it would be summer and I could see the Moon family.
I really didn't know a lot about their dad. Other than the fact that he was very good looking and was strict when he needed to be. He was the laid back kind of type and that ran in the family. He usually wasn't home for the most part and I rarely ever see him at the beach house. His hair was dirty blonde with a streak of gray.
His eyes were always laughing and when they weren't they were cold. Even though he sounds like it, he wasn't one of those ideal fatherly types at all. It seems like he even forgets that he has kids. He never had time to raise them and that was mostly due to the fact that he couldn't stay still. He was still a kid. He made me un comfortable when I was around him. I never knew how to speak to him. His moods changed so quickly.
Austin Monica Moon. He was and is my first love. It was hard not to love him. He made everything better. He wasn't necessarily nice but he wasn't always a jerk either. He had beach blonde hair that was always messy. He could never tame his hair so he didn't bother with it too much. He tried his best on everything and made anything a competition. He younger than his two brothers but he seems much older. Not physical apperance wise but mentally.
He was unique in his own way. He was popular but he wasn't your typical jock. He was quiet but loud. He was scarce but he was also always there. Austin was great at a lot of things but he was excellent at keeping things in. He was able to take in a lot of things and sometimes it seemed like he was on the bridge of exploding but he never does. His feelings was in his music and it told a story. A story that he only knew. I didn't talk to him much when I was at the beach house because no he liked to tend to himself. But when he did come out of his dark void, he made everything much more memorable.
Chance Lincoln Moon was the sweetest and funniest out of the three brothers. Sometimes when Austin upsets me, he would make fun of him and imitate him behind his back to make me laugh. Sometimes I wonder why I couldn't just love him instead of Austin. But I couldn't control my heart. All the Moon boys were very childish when it came around to it and Chance was the most childish. He was almost exactly like his father. Except that he cared about everybody's feelings and he tried to include everybody in what he was doing. As long as the hair goes, he's a dirty blonde like his dad. He's also the opposite of Austin. He's a very open person and he's easy to read.
Rolen Moon was the oldest brother. He was a year older than Chance and two years older than Austin.I didn't see much of him but he looked a lot like his mother. He had Dark brown hair and electrifying blue eyes. Chance had emerald green and Austin had brown doughey eyes. I didn't see Rolen much, considering the fact that he was in college but he was always serious and tense. But he was still a child. It was just because he saw too much of the real world at a young age. When he did come, he would ask me random questions and we would watch Titanic. He didn't complain one bit. He was like an uncle to me.
I was too deep in thought to notice that we were at the beach house. Right when our car pulled out of the curb, Mrs. Moon came running toward us. She was squealing and her stomach looked like it was growing a bit bigger. She wore a long yellow dress with spahgetti straps. Her bown hair was put up in a tight bun. My mother hopped out of the car before Harry could park and hurled herself at Mimi. They had been Best friends since they were in elementary school. I sometimes yearned for a relationship like theirs.
"You look huge!" My mother teased. Mimi playfully rolled her eyes at her.
"And you look old. Now come on in. I made my special alphereto sauce.". She said, nearly skipping into the Beach House. My mom followed her in, not bothering to offer any help with the bags.
I heard Harry chuckle as he cut off the engine. I smiled at Harry and he began to laugh loudly. I looked at him with a confused expression on my face and he just laughed louder.
" Look behind you. " He managed to say through his fit of laughter. I turned around only to be face to face with wolverine. Well not necessarily face to face. The glass was the only thing that seperated us.
I shrieked and curled up on the other side of the car. The back seat was supposed to be the safest place to hide but I didn't feel safe. Harry laughed even harder and clutched on to his stomach . I blushed madly and rushed out of the car. They tricked me again. They knew I didn't like Wolverine. I was a huge Marvel fan but Wolverine and I didn't see eye to eye. What's so cool about a guy who has knives poking out of his hands? The thought of it horrified me. They guys always teased me about it but this was ridiculous. I opened the roof of the car and strong arms wrapped around my waist and picked me up.
"Put me down"! I yelled. I was furious at could he have done that?
He laughed and put me down. Harry was beside him, wiping invisible tears from his eyes. He looked like he was gonna break into another fit of laughter. But he never did. He just kept grinning. He wasn't grinning because of what happened, he was grinning because he was elated to be back. I turned to Chance who had the Wolverine mask in his right hand and his phone in the other. I glared at him and punched him in the stomach. I had gotten stronger over the year. I didn't like how the boys used to exclude me out of things because I was a girl. I knew it wasn't gonna be like that anymore. Chance rubbed his stomach and pouted.
"Are you taking sterroids? That hurt." He smiled at me when he said it. I loved his smile. It declared the begining of an awesome summer.
"As if." I scoffed. " Now help us with the bags". I said and grabbed the heaviest suitcase just to show how tough I was.
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I was playing Rolen's video games when Austin came down stairs. His hair was sticking out everywhere and he had a smirk on his face. I had no idea why he was smirking until I realized that I was wearing really short shorts. I usually would have gone with an over size t-shirt and some leggings but I felt like I had to look a bit decent. I was the tomboy type. I didn't believe that I should wear makeup all the time and make a total fool of myself in front of boys. I blushed and turned away. I heard a beep from the refrigerator which meant it had been opened.
"Dawson." Austin called over the noise of the Gatorade bottle emptying into his cup. I didn't need to turn around to know it was Gatorade. Austin had a weird obssesion with it.
I paused the game and turned to look at him again. This time I really did look at him and he did the same to me. He was a bit more muscular than I had remembered and he looked even more gorgeous than before. His doughey brown eyes looked a bit more Hazel and his beach blonde hair was a bit more dark yellow then bright.
"You look different." I said narrowing my eyes slightly, a sign that I had been sizing him up.
He drank swig of Gatorade and laughed. His eyes danced happily and his smile was contagious. He crashed down beside me on the couch, making my side of the couch push up and it caused me to fall. I glared at him and he just laughed again and this time I joined in with him. It was the first month of summer that was always the best because Chance and Austin hadn't had work until the next month. This was the month of catching up.
"I could say the same to you". He teased." But seriously, you look older". He seemed nodded a bit as if older was an acceptable word to describe my new apperance. I hadn't seeen a difference in my face but I guess he did. And Austin noticed everything.
I shrugged and he watched me play for a while and he sometimes pointed out the glitches. It was a thing we had done for as long as I could remember. It was funny to look at the mistakes the games had made because they were often very absurd mistakes. It was always Austin and I's thing. Harry would get bored of it and so would Chance. I guess what made us like the game so much was the fact that it reminded us that not even super heroes had glitches.
"Where's your brother"? He asked, his eyes were still glued on the screen. His leg was touching my thigh and I tried my hardest not to blush.
" He's out with Chance. They said that they were going to the amusment park." I answered. I kept my eyes on the screen. I glanced at him a few times. He seeed like he was someplace else. Like he was so deep in thought.
" Go upstairs and get the two water guns on my bed and my wallet. When your done, get in the car and don't ask any questions. " He demanded. I paused the game once more and stood up to salute him. He grinned and rolled his eyes.
I marched all the way up the stairs but I was having this over whelming feeling to skip. My nose scrunched up at the thought. What I was really excited about was that I go out with Austin. Well not out out but you know what I mean. When I opened Austin's bedroom door, I was greeted by Moon Chaser. She was a Golden Retriever and a very strong one at that. She nearly knocked me down, just trying to lick me. I petted her gently and she went back into her dog house. Austin had a pretty big room.
Him and Moon Chaser were the best of friends, well other than his guitar. He was generally a neat person. I found his two water guns and his wallet and ran down the stairs. I opened the door and looked around the yard to see where Austin had went but there was no Austin. There was no car. I couldn' believe he had left me. I was only gone for about five minitues.
This was the Austin Moon I know. The one who was the first to break somebody's heart but the little things he did always patched it up. I slammed the door shut. I threw his wallet on the counter top,not eve looking to see where it had landded, and ran upstairs with the two guns in both of my hands. I pushed my door open and layed on my bed. The guns rested on my stomach. The flowery sheets always seemed to make me smile. I loved flowers and I wasn't gonna cry over some boy. The thing was Austin wasn't some boy, He was and is my first love.
I needed a nice long swim to cool myself down. I was too lazy to get up but a nice swim was going to do an excellent job at clearing my head. I switched into my swimming suit and slipped on my flip flops. I always kept it on the side of my bed so it would be easier to put it on. I realized that I was still holding on to the guns so I put one on my bed and kept the other one.
I grabbed my beach towel from the rack and headed downstairs to the back yard. I stayed in the pool for hours. I swam and swam until my legs hurt . When it did, I swam and swam again. When I Finally decided to take a break and lay on the beach chairs, I saw Austin heading toward me. Hand in hand with some blonde. He had left me for some blonde stud. I didn't know why but I felt a sudden need for the multi colered water gun that was floating in the pool. I was going to teach Austin a lesson.
