Author's Note: For those of you that have asked if i am still continuing my other story Alone In The Dark. Why of course i am! But it's nearing the end so i figured i'd start another story so i'd still have something to write because i just go crazy if i have nothing to write! I really hope you all are liking that story and this one. All this love story stuff is a little bit new to me so feel free to critize. Thanks for reading and please review!
Ally's POV:
It's the morning after the dinner, and when I wake up, I'm still tired because it took me awhile to fall asleep. I kept thinking of Austin, and how he called me beautiful and how he said he wished we could hangout. I never expected any of that from him. I've never really been called beautiful before, I mean by my parents yes. But they're supposed to think your beautiful, right? Because their parents and all. But I've never had a boy say it to me like that, and if it was any other boy I wouldn't believe them. But the way Austin said it; it made me feel like I actually was, the way he looked me right in the eyes.
I was going to say something back to him, but nothing I thought of would have sounded right. I could have said cute, but he's beyond that. I could have said gorgeous, but I don't know if he would have thought that was weird. So all I said was thank you, and then I felt my face get warm so I looked away. I wish I could have done it differently, but I really didn't expect him to talk to me at all. He was risking his father yelling at him, and he didn't really seem to care.
I brush out the curls from my hair and throw on some jeans and a t-shirt. I go over to the chair in front of my window and sit down. I don't feel like doing much today, so I grab my book and start to read. But I can't focus. I keep thinking about Austin, and I don't know why.
I'd love to hang out with him. But that would mean risking getting into a lot of trouble. I mean we could talk and see each other at school, but when school's out like this, we never see each other. We're lucky there was a dinner, because if there wasn't, we wouldn't see each other until the first day of school in September. But this just makes it harder to plan a way to hang out. I could lie and say I'm with my friend Trish, my parents would never know…
Why am I planning this in my head? He just said he wished we could hang out, he never said we should or anything. He never said anything about sneaking around. Maybe he even said it to be nice for some reason. But I know that I have to shake this whole thing off and just forget about it.
I set my book down and walk downstairs. My father is outside mowing the lawn and my mother is sitting at the table in the kitchen looking through a magazine and sipping ice tea from a tall glass cup. She sees me and smiles, "Are you board? Could you run to the store for me?" She asks.
I just got my license a few weeks ago, and ever since my parents love to send me off to the grocery store or any store for that matter. But I was bored and tired of sitting there with my thoughts going crazy so I agree to go.
When I get there, I go right to the meat section since my mother wanted me to pick up some chicken so that my father could grill later. I look at the different kinds and debate which ones I should buy. I look to my left, down the aisle and I see Austin, he's reading a label on something he's holding. I hide my excitement and pretend I didn't see him. Finally, I pick some chicken thighs up and walk towards the cookie and other things that are bad for you aisle.
I debate on if my mother will be mad at me if I buy these really good looking coconut cookies when I see Austin coming down the same aisle. I still pretend I don't see him and stare at the cookies. He stops right next to me and follows my gaze.
"You really like the look of those cookies?" He asks me and laughs at my strong focus. I break it and look at him, and then laugh too.
"I'm debating on if I'll get yelled at for buying them." I say.
"Ah, yes. Parents sent you to the store too huh?" he says, holding up a grocery list. I hold up mine too and we both laugh again.
"Yes, the perks of getting your license." I say.
He nods in agreement and grabs the cookies I was looking at, "I'll buy them for you." He says.
I look at him in surprise and shake my head, "No way, I can't let you do that." I say.
He just laughs again, "Ally, its cookies. It's not like I'm buying you a thousand dollar necklace." He says.
I sigh, "Fine." I say, but then I grab the cookies from his hand and put them back. He gives me an evil, but joking look and grabs them again. I purse my lips at him and shake my head. I try to grab them from his hand again, but he expected it this time so he holds on tighter. I jokingly punch him in the gut, which was hard and my fist like bounced away. He must have some abs under that shirt.
He laughs and shoves me gently. "You're stubborn." He says.
"I know." I say confidently.
He shakes his head, "Fine. How about I buy the cookies and we share them." He says.
I look at him oddly, "How?" I ask.
"There's a bench outside we could sit on." He says.
I hold up my chicken and say, "But I have this and it will go bad." And my parents will get suspicious if I'm gone to long, is what I was going to say too, but I didn't want to sound like a wimp.
He nods, "Ah, true. Okay I'll give them to you but save me some for another time, deal?"
I sigh, "You're not going to take no for an answer, are you?" I ask him.
He smiles big and shakes his head. I sigh again, louder this time, "Fine." I say with a smile.
We cash out next to each other and he walks me to my car to make sure I don't dump the cookies somewhere or something. "Thanks for the cookies." I say.
He smiles and brushes his hand through the side of his hair. It falls right back into place perfectly. "You're welcome." He says.
He hesitates and then walks away. I watch him walk away until he gets to his car. Does he really want me to save the cookies for another time? Is there going to be another time?
