Advice From A Stranger
His car was the neatest car I had seen in my whole life. There was no trash anywhere, no stains anywhere, and it smelled like fresh mint. And I thought Chase was a neat freak. Anyways, we had only spent three minutes in his car and I felt a little uncomfortable. Neither of us was talking and he was focusing straight on the road. I didn't even ask him where we were going. He just drove and looked straight ahead, thinking deeply.
"Where exactly are you taking me?" I ask him breaking the silence. Without taking his eyes off the road he responds, "it's a place that makes me feel good. It's the only place where I can just forget about everything and just think about life."
"And why are you sharing it with me than?" I ask him, confused. I mean, I found it sweet and cool that he wanted to share that place with me but why? Why out of all people did he want to show that place to me? We just had met yesterday and here he was going to show me this place he loved and treasured so much.
"I feel like you're the only person that will keep this place a secret, I feel like you're the only one that'll understand this place, that'll take advantage of it as much as I do," he explains himself accelerating.
"This isn't just a place you take girls to make them fall in love with you right?" I say hoping I didn't get him mad. We only knew each other for about twenty four hours, I didn't want to get him mad.
"No," he says dryly. I sit back and do the same as him, stare ahead the road. This sudden change of character in him has caught me by surprise. What if this is how he truly was? I decided to shake my thoughts and start humming a song.
"Do you mind if I turn on the radio?" I ask already having my hand on the power button. Before he could respond I have pressed the button and the song Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol starts playing. I realize it wasn't played by a radio station; it was playing from a CD.
"Eh, I'm sorry for that. Change it to FM," he says finally looking somewhere besides the road.
"No, I love it," that's all I say. I love this song. And I never imagined Austin would like this song too that he would have it on a CD as number one. I raise the volume a little higher, roll down my window, and take out my hand enjoying the weather, this amazing song, and the fact that I had the most attractive guy taking me somewhere he treasured so much. I sing exactly every lyric in the song.
"You know the whole song completely huh?" he looks at me for two seconds with a small smile on his face.
"Yup. It's my favorite. It's one song whose lyrics are truly meaningful unlike some that are just words smashed together and somehow become hits," I say. He chuckles slightly and says something that I will forever remember, "it's my favorite too." Those four words made me realize that we both thought the same. That maybe we were similar. Maybe I was meant to be in this car with him right now.
We reach our destination. It's a small park full of children playing. It has palms all over and sand too just like if it was a beach. Austin gets out the car, comes to my side and opens the door for me. I get out, smiling at him and stand there observing and trying to figure out why he loved this place so much. Maybe he had a childhood memory here?
"This isn't the place," he whispers in my ear as I stand there. I turn to my side and look at him confused. He gives me a small smirk and takes me hand. I feel that same feeling I had when he was about to kiss me in the beach. I tried pushing those thoughts and feelings but it was hard having him by my side.
"Where are we going?" I ask him as we walk past the children playing. Ok maybe this wasn't the place.
"We can't take the car to where I want to take you," he says. I hold tighter to his hand. We keep walking past children and palm trees into we reach a white gate that had a sign with big red letters: DO NOT PASS ANY FURTHER. And to my surprise, we did.
"Austin that sign clearly says we can't be over here!" I stop walking, making him stop. He chuckles slightly, "Ally I've been here millions of times and I've never been caught. Besides, you got to break the rules to have fun and discover new things." I instantly remember what my mom told me: Enjoy life. I smile at Austin and decide to break the rules. My mom wanted me to live happy and enjoy life. And I guess that with Austin I could.
"Ok I'm gonna help you up. Just hold onto the railings well and don't jump once you get to the other side okay?" he says. Oh no! I had to climb a gate. I could barely walk without tripping at least once or twice. Enjoy life, enjoy life. That was my motto now. I start climbing the gates and suddenly feel his hands on the back of my thighs helping me up. I stiffen at his touch. One, because it was a little awkward and second, because it brought to me many feelings I couldn't describe.
"You're doing fine. Ok, now put one leg over the railing and then the other. And remember not to jump Ally," he shouts as I'm all the way at the top. I do as told and finally get my body to the other side. I start climbing down and as soon as I touch the floor, I look up at Austin who was at the other side of the gate and see him smile, a proud smile. I can feel the same smile form on my face. He starts climbing too and next thing I know, he's by my side.
"Ok so what's the place?" I ask again with a smile still plastered on my face. He grabs me by the shoulders and spins me around. I finally understand why he treasured this place so much. The beauty of it was precious and wonderful. It was a small lake with palm trees all around it. The water was crystal clear with rocks in some parts of it. The sun shined down upon it in a beautiful way I had never seen before. The birds chirped beautifully making this scene so much more beautiful. I turn around to look at Austin and I can see the happiness in his eyes. Something I see for the first time since yesterday. His eyes shined like a kid being given the present he wanted for Christmas. He had such a joy in his face that if anyone came to interrupt this moment, I would literally slap them.
"This place is beautiful," I whisper. He hums a yes. From the corner of my eye I could see him getting his shoes off, then his hoodie, leaving him with only his pants and a T-shirt on.
"What are you doing Austin?" I ask with amusement in my voice. He looks down at me and smirks, "take a swim with me," he suggests. I shake my head with a smile on my face, "nope."
"Oh come on! Don't be a boring person and just jump in with me!" he says getting closer to me. I back away laughing. "Nope!" I say. He steps closer to me and I start running away from him. He starts running after me laughing along with me. This seemed like the perfect place.
"Don't be boring Alls!" he shouts as he keeps chasing me. I take off my hoodie as well and my shoes. I decided I was going to jump in after all but I guess Austin didn't get the message because as soon as I was done taking off my shoes, he grabs me by the waist, spins me around facing him. There is no space in between our bodies and our lips are just centimeters away. I could feel his hot breath against my face. And we stay like that, just the two of us our eyes flickering from our eyes to our lips. I knew he wanted this as much as I wanted it too.
"What are you going to do?" I whisper. His eyes are still going from my eyes to my lips.
"What do you want me to do?" he asks whispering. I think about my options: I can either ask him to let me go, kiss me, hold me like that, or just push me into the lake. But truth is, all I want are choices two and three.
"Do whatever you feel like doing," I whisper back.
"Not without your permission," he says.
"I'm giving you permission to do what you feel like doing right now," I tell him. He leans in a little more but a noise coming from his pocket interrupts us. Damn it. He lets me go making me feel empty and alone and answers his phone. He looks at me apologetically and walks a few feet away to attend his call. Well what an unfortunate event. He comes back a minute later.
"That was just my mom making sure I bring eggs and milk home," he smiles shyly. I giggle, "running errands for your mother, how cute." He shrugs and grabs my hand in a blink of an eye. Next thing I know, we're jumping into the lake. Once we're under the water, I open my eyes and see the clear water I am in. I turn my head to the side and see Austin looking at me with a smile. We're still holding hands. I smile back at him. How silly must we look with these smiles on our faces under the water?
We rise up to the surface and start laughing as soon as we get some oxygen.
"Do you do this every time you come here?" I ask in the middle of laughs.
"Most of the time," he tells. I swim backwards and decide to float. The sun is shining above me giving me warmth. It feels so nice and peaceful and quiet. I take a quick glance at Austin and find him doing the same as I am. And we spend the rest of our trip there like that. We keep silent, yet enjoying our moment like that. Now I understood why he came here to think.
We stop right in front of my house. I really hope my dad isn't home so I don't have to explain to him my almost dried clothes. Well, now Austin knew where I lived.
"Thanks for today. I really enjoyed it," I smile at him unbuckling my seat belt.
"You know, whenever you need that place to just space out and think about things, it's open for you," he winks and smirks. I nod with a smile on my face.
"Thanks. I'll never forget today. It has truly been one of the most wonderful days of my life," I say avoiding the fact that my mo left. He smiles as I open the door and get out the car. I walk to his side of the car as he rolls down his window. I lean down and give him a kiss on the cheek. Was it me or did he just blush a little? Either way, I smile at him one more time and say, "don't forget to get the milk and eggs before mommy gets mad," I tease. He chuckles, "I won't." I shake my head giggling and make my way to the house door. Before opening the door, I turn around and sing a part of our favorite song, "Let's waste time chasing cars around our heads." He grins big. I go into my house taking the memory of his grin in my mind.
2:00 AM and I couldn't sleep. I would call Trish but I know she's probably sleeping right now. The only person that might be awake at this time is Austin. So I call him.
"Hello?" I hear his perfect voice.
"Hey, it's me Ally!" I smile.
"Ally! Hey! How are you? Is everything alright?" he sounds concerned.
"Yeah. I just can't sleep and I wanted to thank you one more time for showing me that place," I say. I can picture him smiling at the other end of the line.
"Anytime. And speaking of places, umm I want to take you somewhere else tomorrow. It's not really special but anyways, the more time with you the better for me," he says. I blush at this and am thankful that he didn't say this in person.
"Ally Dawson at your service," I giggle slightly. He chuckles.
"Thank you for your services Ally Dawson," he says. I just realized, I don't know his last name.
"And what shall I call you Mr. Austin?"
"Austin Moon. And I, Austin Moon am also at your services Miss. Ally Dawson," he says. I laugh.
"Well, we shall see each other tomorrow Mr. Moon. Goodnight and don't let the bed bugs bite," I say.
"Sure thing Miss. Dawson. This may sound corny or whatever but dream of me and I'll dream of you," and once again I am blushing. And with that, we hang up.
Austin Moon. Ally Dawson. Two people that only knew each other for more than 24 hours and were already dreaming of each other. Austin and Ally.
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