Thanks for all the reviews guys! Thanks a lot this time around to Striker20 who suggested Avril Lavigne's 'Fall to Pieces' song to me. I looked into the lyrics and I will definitely use it in a later chapter!!!

All lyrics belong to the Counting Crows!

Dru619

Chapter 3

Accidentally in Love

Carter's POV

We finally arrived in LA and we had dropped Gamma off at my Uncle Rodney's house. I didn't want to stick around too long because I knew Abby just wanted to be alone. So we had gotten a hotel room in a pretty nice hotel that my uncle had suggested. Abby was flopped over, exhausted, on the bed and I unloaded our suitcases. We would only be gone the weekend but we packed like we'd be gone for 2 years. I heard Abby blow her nose loudly then groan. I grabbed a box of tissues from the bathroom because I knew what had happened.

"Here Abs," I said pressing a wad of about a million tissues to her nose.

"It's the weather," she said, upset.

"It couldn't be Abby. It's snowing in Chicago so if anything this should be a nice, warm change," I said. Abby snorted.

"Warm. Hah!"

I pulled away the wad of tissues from her face which was now drenched in blood.

"It hasn't stopped!" she cried dripping blood all over the bed. I grabbed for more tissues frantically and shoved them at her. Once she had the tissues to her nose and was laid on top of a pillow she started to giggle like crazy.

"You're too much."

"What?" I asked crawling up next to her trying to sound offended.

"You're crazy," she said reaching up and twisting a piece of my hair around her finger.

"It takes one to know one," I countered softly taking the tissues gently away from her face. The blood flow had stopped but she was still a mess. I got up and got her a wash cloth which I dipped into some warm water. I climbed back up onto the bed and gently cleaned her face up.

"Let's go for a walk," Abby suggested as I tossed the cloth into the bathroom. I closed my eyes and pretended I hadn't heard her.

"John!" she whined realizing what I was doing.

"What?" I laughed innocently.

"Come on. I'm a little stir crazy," she said nuzzling my neck and tugging on my arm playfully.

"Fine," I sighed and got up, helping Abby into her jacket.

"Thank you Prince Charming," she smiled sarcastically. I smiled too as we headed out into the darkness.

So she said what's the problem baby

What's the problem I don't know

Well maybe I'm in love (love)

Think about it every time I think about it

Can't stop thinking 'bout it

How much longer will it take to cure this

Just to cure it cause I can't ignore it if it's love (love)

Makes me wanna turn around and face me but I don't know nothing 'bout love

Abby's POV

John led me to a small boardwalk along the beach. It was full of sand and the smell of the ocean and rain was in the air. The sky was thick with dark black clouds just waiting to explode with rain. Rumbles of thunder could already be heard in the distance echoing off of shacks that lined the boardwalk and buildings along the city streets. I smiled. It was so beautiful.

"Come on," he whispered taking me up to one of the small shacks. It was an ice cream store. He got a little ice cream cone with a glob of strawberry ice cream on top. He smiled sweetly at me as we headed back down the boardwalk. We sat down on a bench facing the ocean. The salty air burned my eyes but I couldn't be happier. Rain began to pelt down on us. I licked the ice cream letting the sweet tang stay in my mouth for a while before letting the cool substance slip down my throat. I turned to John and started to giggle.

"What?" he asked innocently.

"You have ice cream on your nose," I commented.

"Oh," he said embarrassed searching in his pocket for something to wipe it off with. I turned his face towards me and gently licked it off.

Well baby I surrender

To the strawberry ice cream

Never ever end all this love

Well I didn't mean to do it

But there's no escaping your love

He leaned in and captured my lips into a long kiss. As his tongue slipped into my mouth I could taste the strawberries.

"You have sweet kisses," I commented once we had pulled away.

"Not as sweet as yours," he countered bringing me closer. He seemed like he always knew the right things to say.

"Look," he whispered pointing towards a cluster of dark clouds along the horizon. Bright flashes of lightning shot out of them quickly, looking like they were striking the ocean.

These lines of lightning

Mean we're never alone,

Never alone, no, no

"Are you still nervous about meeting my family?" he whispered.

"Not as much as I was," I assured him snuggling down deeper into his jacket which was now wet with rain. As I let my surroundings and our situation sink in I realized it was like a picture out of a story book. My perfect fairytale.

Come on, come on

Jump a little higher

Come on, come on

If you feel a little lighter

Come on, come on

We were once Upon a time in love

Love... I'm in love