I woke up on time the next morning. I basically did a repeat of yesterday; school was always so boring. You go, then you go home, work on homework, go to sleep, wake up for school, repeat. Routines. I was wanting something new. A little shake up in my life. However, I knew if I wanted that little shake up, I could just tell my dad my true feelings about the future he had planned for me… Never mind, routines are good, safe.

School passed by in a blur. Princeton Girl and I barely talked today; I guess we both felt a change coming. Ryan was outside with me tossing around a football at practice, and there were some of our other classmates doing sport related things.

I heard some cheering from the small baseball park we had. I looked over and the baseball that was hit was on the ground. The cheering was coming from what I guessed was the person who hit it's friend, and I realized the person who hit it was a girl. "Damn, a girl hit that. See, now that's impressive." I pointed out to Ryan. I bent down and picked up the ball.

"So, what are you and Shelby going to the dance as?" Ryan asked me.

I sighed and decided to tell the truth. "I don't know if I'm going with Shelby."

"You're not going to go with Shelby? Who else are you going to go with?" Ryan demanded. I pulled back my arm, preparing to throw the baseball back to its owner. I threw it back, which gave me time to reply to Ryan.

"I don't know. It's a mystery to me," I admitted.

Ryan began throwing the football once more.

"Thank-you!" I heard the girl yell from the baseball field.

"You're welcome!" I yelled back.

"Okay boys! Let's get started," the coach called over. Ryan and I jogged over to where he was at. "For the homecoming game, we need to make sure…" I began tuning him out and drifted off to my own thoughts. I still didn't know if Princeton Girl was going to meet me at the dance floor or not. I could only hope.

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After school, on most days, I would work at my dad's car wash. It was an easy job, and my dad always liked to bond over it. Since I knew what I was doing, I would tell some of the other employees on how to improve what they were working on, or just encourage them. I walked up to one of them, Steven, who was working on a red convertible.

"Looks good, my friend." I said as I assessed the car. I looked at the rims, a place most people forgot, and saw some dirt still on them. "Now, just make sure you get these rims, alright?" I told him, politely of course. "You just-"

"Austin." My dad came walking up to me.

"What's up?" I asked him.

"What's with all those college brochures in your bedroom?"

I clenched my jaw. Privacy was important to me. "What are you doing in my room?" My dad took off his sunglasses he was wearing and made direct eye contact. I knew he wasn't going to have any of it. "I'm just trying to keep my options open," I admitted. Although, Princeton was what I really wanted.

"You don't need any options." My father assured. "It's all taken care of." My hands turned into fists, but I didn't say anything. "Look, son. We've been working on this program since you were nine years old." Like he needed to remind me. "You're going to go play USC football, you're going to graduate, and then you're going to manage this business with me. Your future is set, so don't mess with the plan." He put his hand on my shoulder and I had to fight myself from shaking him off. "Alright?"

"Wouldn't think of it," I lied.

My father smiled. It seemed I made him happy. "There's another customer. Go make them happy." I turned and looked at him as he walked away. Sighing, I walked over to the small light silver car. I took my notebook and pen out of my pocket.

"Well, you need a wax," I said to the car, and began writing down on my notepad. "Excuse me?" The girl, coincidently the one who works at the local diner, asked. I looked at her confusingly, and then realized what she meant. I gave a small laugh.

"I meant the car," I smiled.

"Oh. Fine." She replied. I began walking to the front of the car. Two buggies pulled up with some annoying honking noise/song. The cars, green and red, were incredibly dirty. Almost like they went mudding, but you can't go mudding in two slug bugs. It'd just mess up the car.

I wanted to groan. I knew exactly who these two cars belonged to. Brianna and Gabriella. The two twins who so obvious had a thing for me.

"Austin!" Gabriella called.

"Hi! We need our cars washed," Brianna ran up to her sister.

"Yeah look!" Gabriella pointed to her car.

"Dirt!" Brianna said. They were both giggling. Honestly, I knew they must have put the dirt on themselves, but I had to serve them anyways.

"One second, ladies," I told them. I was still working the other girl and her car. The two … stalkers… could wait. I turned back to the girl and handed her the slip of paper she needed. "Alright, take this inside when you're done. Thank you very much." I walked away from the car. I walked inside our office building and thanked the lucky stars. "Steven, can you go get those two girls ready for their wash? I have somethings I need to finish up in here."

"No problem."

I actually needed to start preparing for the dance tonight, and that included talking to Shelby. That would not be easy. My phone vibrated.

Picking me up at six, right babe?

Yeah. I replied back to my soon-to-be ex.

I hope you don't mind. I invited Madison and Caitlyn, and then Ryan and David. I thought they may enjoy eating out with us.

I wanted to throw my phone across the room. I had specifically told her not to bring anyone else since I was planning to break up with her while at dinner.

Yeah that's fine.

Great. See you then. XOXO

I sighed. Well, here was the shake-up I wanted.

A/N: I probably won't be updating every day. I start the new college semester tomorrow so I'll become more busy (I also have two jobs). So I wanted to try to update today in case if it is a few days after I update. It just depends how I'm feeling. Also, thanks for the person who left a review on my story. It made me really happy lol.