Chapter 1

(unedited)

"Dad she never lets me take my turn on the swing set! She's a big meanie face!"

The smell of pancakes filled the Moon household on an early Monday morning in Miami as a beach blond 5 year old boy with bright green eyes ranted to his equally blond father.

Austin flipped the last pancake he was currently making, clearly waiting too late to flip it, yet again, since it ended up looking a dark, charcoal brown instead of a golden tan, just like all the other pancakes he attempted to make for his son and himself. He cursed quietly to himself and moved to the fridge to quickly grab butter and maple syrup.

"She also gets mad at me when i borrow her crayons! So what if I don't put it back in rainbow order? It doesn't matter!" Ethan pouted, watching his dad put two pancakes on his race car themed plate. Austin buttered them up and drizzled maple syrup on the top before handing Ethan a fork and a cup of milk.

"She'sh cwazy i shwear!" The 5 year old said, his mouth filled with delicious, slightly burnt buttermilk pancakes. Austin rolled his eyes and chuckled at the boy.

"Don't talk with your mouth full, bud." Austin scolded, earning a guilty 'showwy' from the small boy who still had food in his mouth. Austin shook his head and began to eat his favorite meal of all time as well.

"What's this 'crazy' girl's name anyways?" Austin questioned his son. Ethan pointed at his mouth, signaling that he was still chewing. After he swallowed, he grabbed his cup of milk and took a large swig of it. Austin looked at his son fondly, and not because he was a spitting image of himself.

"Her name's Callie." Ethan said, disgust clouding his green eyes.

"Well make sure you get to the swing set before Callie does today, yeah?" Austin told him and Ethan nodded furiously. After they had finished their breakfast, Austin put their plates and cups in the sink to be washed when he gets back home from work. He grabbed Ethan's Star Wars themed tin lunch box and handed it to him, having packed it the night before with a basic ham and cheese sandwich with a juice pouch and pudding cup.

"What shoes do you wanna wear today, bud?" Austin asked his son, going to the front entrance of the house where they kept all their shoes. Ethan thought for a moment before his green eyes sparkles with delight.

"The red ones!" He exclaimed and Austin smiled, nodding at his choice. He grabbed the beat up red high top converse and helped get them on his son's feet, tying them in a double knot when he was finished. Austin proceeded to put on his own pair black converse, grabbed his keys and opened the front door for them to exit.

The drive to Ethan's school took less than 10 minutes, considering they lived relatively close to the small school. After Austin parked and they got out of the car, Ethan saw his friends at the small playground across their classroom and began to run towards them, leaving his father behind. Austin smiled, following his son and greeted the parents of Ethan's friends he had gotten to know pretty well. He leaned agains the wall of the classroom and kept an eye on his hyper blond son. He checked his watch and saw that they had about 10 minutes until the classroom door opened and he could leave for work. He looked back at his son and thought about how much fun he looked like he was having and smiled to himself. He then glanced around the small playground across the small classroom to the benches where some of the parents sat, seeing familiar faces until his eyes fell upon an unfamiliar pretty brunette woman a few feet away, watching a small, young girl who looked just like her on the playground with her group of friends.

The brunette woman looked up, feeling eyes digging into the back of her head and stared straight back at Austin with a confused look. His breath hitched and he suddenly felt nauseous when her confused look turned into a lovely and friendly smile. Butterflies that he hadn't felt in years took over his stomach while he gave a small, yet charming smile back at the young woman. She let out a soft giggle which was inaudible to Austin because of their short distance, but god, did she look stunning.

He took her cute warm smile and giggle as an invitation to walk up and go talk to her. So he did. He started towards her and took a seat a reasonable distance away from her on the painted blue bench. She looked back at him and smiled again, causing his heart to rush and he couldn't help but smile right back because christ, how could someone not smile back at her lovely smile. The two glanced back at their children to make sure they were still able to be seen, and after a few moments of silence, Austin finally cleared his throat and spoke.

"Um, hi." He started awkwardly, earning another cute, soft giggle that he could finally hear, and he was damn sure that it was the most adorable giggle that he's ever heard in his enter 25 years of life.

"Hi." The brunette woman greeted, her voice smooth and soft with her smile making Austin want to pass out because it's just so pretty and welcoming and her pink lips just look so soft. As Austin was staring at her in awe, he noticed her long, curly eyelashes and her large, dark brown doe shaped eyes, winged with black eyeliner. She had a cute, thin button nose and plump glossed pink lips that reminded him of rose petals. Her hair was curled and was a chestnut brown colour, fading into a strawberry blonde at the tips. She was wearing a moon necklace that made him think that maybe it's fate that brought them together because hey, his last name is Moon and she's wearing a moon necklace. He also notices that she didn't have a wedding ring and with that, he was thoroughly overjoyed. She was wearing flowy yellow blouse (which is his favorite colour he notes) which had a neckline that was low enough to sneak a peak at her goods (not that he was- okay, maybe he was.) tucked under a black pencil skirt and a matching black blazer. She looked very professional compared to Austin who's blond hair was slightly tousled and was just wearing some black fitted jeans and white shirt, buttoned only halfway up his broad chest.

"I noticed that I've never seen you around. Is your kid a new student?" Austin asked the pretty young lady. She shook her head no.

"My daughter's dad is usually the one that takes her to school, but his schedule at work changed, so now I have to take her." She explained simply and Austin nodded, disappointment flooding his body at the mention of her husband.

'Maybe she just doesn't wear her wedding ring.' Austin sighed, thinking to himself.

"So how long have you and your husband been together? You look really young." Austin asked, not making eye contact with her so he wouldn't have to look at her beautiful chocolate eyes.

She paused for a moment, furrowing her eyebrows, then let out a loud laugh causing some of the parents to look in their direction. She blushed and covered mouth, looking extremely adorable in Austin's eyes. He raised his eyebrow questioningly at her and she shrugged.

"I don't have a husband. Well, I don't anymore. We divorced after my son was born last year, and yeah. It's alright though. We just figured out that we weren't right for each other." The brunette said casually in her cute, soft voice and Austin felt a huge wave of relief throughout his entire body. He put his charming smile back on his face and nodded.

"I'm Austin, by the way. Austin Moon." He introduced himself, holding out his hand for her to shake. She gladly shook it, her soft small hands gripping his large calloused ones.

"Ally Dawson." She smiled and Austin felt those dumb ass butterflies in the pit of his stomach yet again, making him feel like he was in high school talking to his crush.

'Pretty name for a pretty girl.' He thought to himself, their hand still lingering on each other.

"You think I'm pretty?"

Okay, so maybe he thought out loud rather than thought to himself.

"I- uh- I'm-" He spluttered, looking away. He felt his cheeks heat up in embarrassment and he glanced back at Ethan who was currently sliding down the small slide, looking like he was having the time of his life.

Suddenly, the door to the classroom opened, saving Austin from having to answer the question, and their kids' teacher, Ms. Suzy, a sweet and kind woman in her early 50s, appeared. She told all the kids to say bye to their parents and to come inside so they can start their day of learning. Ethan caught Austin's eye and smiled and waved at his dad before running into the classroom with his group of friends. He saw Ally waving and blowing kisses to her daughter who was also making her way into the classroom with her group of friends.

"Well, I better go. Don't wanna be late for work." Ally said, standing up, and dusting her skirt that seemed to hug all the right places on her lower body. Austin nodded and stood up next to her, noticing that the top of her head barely reached his chin, even while wearing her black high heels.

She was adorable.

"Wow, you're tall." She muttered to herself, and Austin brushed it off with a small chuckle and smile.

"So, I'll see you at 2?" Austin asked, referring to the time they're supposed to pick their kids up, hoping he didn't sound too hopeful, and scare her off. She thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Yeah! See you at 2! Wait, that rhymed!" She giggled her cute giggle to herself and Austin looked at her fondly. "Bye Austin!" And with that she turned around and walked away, her hips swaying elegantly, and yes, maybe Austin did stare at her nicely defined ass in her tight pencil skirt, but that's something she doesn't have to find out about.

Austin waited for her to leave so he could follow her out and not seem creepy because he parked close to where she did unknowingly. After he got in his car and started it, he thought about her smile and shit, he knew that he was whipped.

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Hi guys! I hope ya'll liked the first chapter! feel free to leave any feedback! im still crying because a&a is over now but i thought the ending was hella good omg

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