My plane takes off in the afternoon, but I decide to leave early in the morning to avoid any goodbyes. I'll text my father when I'm there and let him know what's going on. Well, the untruthful version anyway.

I grab my two suitcases and my backpack and head down the stairs as quietly as I can. It's about six in the morning and I'm sure no one would be up. None of us have gotten up past seven thirty here anyways.

After almost falling down the stairs, I finally make my way through the kitchen to get to the front door, and that's when Renee, my father, Austin and Bailey are all seated at the table in the kitchen. Their heads snap to me instantly as I walk through the door way. You've got to be kidding me.

"What are you doing?" My father asks.

I look down at my suitcase and back at them, "I uh…" I stutter.

"Why are you all packed?" Bailey asks.

"Oh I um I'm flying back to school." I blurt out.

Austin stands up then and everyone looks at him like he has four heads, "Ally, don't do this."

"What's going on?" Renee asks.

"I just got this early acceptance to this summer program and I just didn't want to burden you with goodbyes and…"

"Stop lying." Austin says.

I shoot him a glare, "I'm not."

"Ally you would never just leave like this without saying goodbye." My father adds.

"I just, I have to go…" I say and start walking to the door. Austin runs over to it and stands in front of it like a three year ago. I look up at him with pleading eyes, "Let me through."

He sighs and his eyes go so sad I can barely stand to look at them, "I can't let you go again."

"Okay, what is going on?" Renee asks.

"I think I know." Bailey says.

I turn and look at her, and her face is filled with sadness. She pushes her empty plate away and cups her hands in front of her, "She's leaving to avoid me and Austin." Okay, did I have some psychic dream or something?

"No, I'm not." I say.

"What do you mean Bailey?" Renee asks.

She laughs, "I'm not blind. I could tell by the minute we got here that Austin and Ally still feel something for each other." She says.

"That's absurd." Renee says.

"No it's not." Austin says. I turn to him and give him a warning look.

Bailey nods and my father just sits there quietly, watching all of us. "What do you mean? You are with Bailey." Renee says, obviously getting frustrated.

"I know. And she's an amazing girl." He says.

"But I'm not Ally." She states. He nods slowly, as if Renee may take his head off at any moment.

"Bailey I…" I start.

"It's okay. Sure, this hurts. It hurts to hear, but I know you're hurting more than I ever could." She says.

"This is ridiculous." Renee says.

"Mom, cut it out." Bailey says back.

"Bailey I'm sorry." Austin says.

"I know."

"I have a flight to catch." I announce.

"You're not going anywhere." Bailey says, "This is our family vacation, and we all agreed to stay here the whole summer."

"But…"

"But nothing…" Renee says.

"We are all mature here. I'm not going to put hair dye in your shampoo or something." Bailey says, and we all chuckle, except Austin.

"If you and Austin want to be together, I won't step in your way." Bailey says.

"Wow, that's really mature of you." My father says.

"So are you going to stay?" Austin asks, looking down at me.

"I guess I don't have a choice huh?" I say to everyone.

()()()()()()

After I un-pack, I find Bailey downstairs and ask her to go for a walk with me. She agrees and we walk along the beach together in silence for a while until I finally have enough courage to speak up, "Are you sure about this?"

"Yes." She says.

"But you love him." I tell her.

"And you love him more."

I sigh, "I didn't want this to happen. That's why I was leaving. I wanted to leave you two alone."

"And that's sweet of you, really. But I don't want to be with him if he still loves you. I'll get over it, it's not like we dated for years." She says.

"Can I hug you?" I ask her and laugh.

"Of course you can." She says and we hug.

()()()()()()

The next day, Austin and I still haven't really talked. Things are already awkward in the house and I guess we just didn't want to do anything yet. Or maybe he doesn't want to do anything at all. Maybe he wanted to stay with Bailey?

As I organize my dresser a bit, I hear a noise and look towards my door. A white piece of paper is lying in front of it like someone slipped it through. I walk over to it and pick it up. I unfold it slowly and recognize the handwriting instantly,"

Dear Ally,

Meet me on the beach tonight at seven o'clock. Wearing something red ;)

-Austin."

I giggle at the wear something red part and fold the paper back up. As I rummage through my closet I feel like I'm in high school again. I always spent the whole day getting ready to go out with Austin when he planned dates. I knew I could show up in red sweatpants, no makeup and my hair all frizzy and he wouldn't care. But I always liked to look extra nice for him.

I decide on my red tank top that has lace on the shoulders with my black skirt. I don't want to be too dressy since I'm just meeting him at the beach. I curly my hair and put on perfume that he always loved on me. Yes, I kept the bottle all these years.

When the time to leave finally comes, I walk through the living room and Renee, my father and Bailey are seated on the couch. I feel really awkward suddenly as they all look up at me. "Where are you going?" My father asks.

"Uh, to meet Austin at the beach…" I say and prepare for the consequences.

"Have fun!" Bailey says and winks.

Relief floods me and I smile at her before leaving the room and out the beach house. As I get closer to the beach, I notice a candle walk way and blush. Did he really do all of this for me? I follow the candles until I'm at a rocky spot of the beach and I see him. He's set up a picnic. He stands up off of the blanket and walks over to me, "Hello." He says. He's wearing a white dressy long sleeve shirt that's only half buttoned, and a pair of black shorts. Wow.

"Hi." I say with a grin.

He grabs my hand and pulls me to the blanket and I sit across from him, "I know it's not the water fall but, its still water right?" he says and we both laugh.

He opens the picnic basket and first pulls out a jar of my favorite pickles, turkey sandwiches; all home made. I smile from ear to ear and shake my head in disbelief at him, "What?" He asks.

"I can't believe you did all of this; again." I say.

"I'd do anything for you." He says.

After we eat and I think it's coming to an end, he pulls out a white container from the basket. "What's this?" I ask.

"Open it." He tells me.

I open it up and it's strawberry shortcake; tears well up in my eyes when I see it. I know, it's just a dessert, and it's pretty sad to cry over it but it means so much to me. Austin wipes a tear from my face and smiles, "It's not going to taste that bad."

I laugh, "You know that's not why I'm crying."

He nods and we eat it together. After we're done, we pack up the food and sit next to each other. He wraps his arm around my shoulder and we watch the waves crashing in. I nozzle up to him and I feel him smell the air, "You're wearing that perfume." He says.

I laugh, "Of course."

"Ally…" He starts. I look up at him and he smiles down at me, "I love you." He whispers.

"I love you too." I tell him back. He leans down and kisses me softly before pulling away.

"I'll never let you go again." He says.

"Please don't." I beg.

Author's Note:

I hope this chapter made up for you all hating me lol. I know you're just kidding! Thanks for sticking around even after i tortured you with the last chapter. I'm not sure how many more chapters this story has, but thanks so much for reading!
So i saw the fault in our stars. It was incredible. I read the book a while ago and it was so much like it. I mean yeah, some things were different but that's what you have to expect when they form it into a movie. But it was so much like the book it was amazing. and so sad. i cried so much.

The R5 concert:

It was a big summer jam concert so i saw others but i only wanted to see R5. I had front row seats and they were so amazing. This is my second concert. I went last year and met them and took a picture with them. Yesterday's concert had a signing and i did that and they signed my CD! Hugs weren't aloud ( SADLY! ) so i asked Ross for a high five and he was happy to give it to me and we talked for a second. It was an amazing day! I don't mean to brag! Just none of my friends like them so i can't share my excitement with them!