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Chapter 2:

Austin's POV:

I knocked twice on the yellow door of Ally's house before her brother Cam answered.

"Is Ally in?" I asked.

"Okay geez, not even a hello?" Replied Cam.

"Sorry man," I laughed.

"You guys are like, obsessed with each other."

I frowned.

"She's my best friend."

"Is that why she wasn't home until two hours after the time I told her to be home?"

Shit.. I had completely forgotten that we were late coming home last night.

"Sorry Cam, it's all my fault. I-I lost track of time."

"It's on both of you. I can't have you guys running the streets that late."

I thought back to last night at the cove. Ally had pushed me into the water and then somehow she ended up in the water too. We found an old rope swing and used it to jump in until it was too dark to safely climb back up the rocky banks. On the way home, I gave Ally a piggy back ride and she fell asleep on my back. Cam had left the front door open so I took her to her room and put her on her bed. Currently, as I opened the door, she was still sleeping with her big puffy comforter wrapped around her small frame. Her hair was long and messy from the salt in the ocean. I walked over to her bed.

"ALLY!" I said loudly.

She stirred, a groan coming from her mouth.

"Get up, get up, get up!" I leaned my face so close to hers that we were centimeters apart.

"AH! She yelled opening her eyes, and jumping up quickly.

I started laughing at her alarmed reaction.

"You're so annoying," she said.

"Only to you," I teased.

She put her hand in the middle of my chest, pushing me away from her.

I noticed she was still wearing my sweatshirt from last night, and it was still damp.

"Get up and get dressed," I said, grabbing her hands and pulling her off of her bed.

"Just 5 more minutes?"

"No Ally, I'll wait in the truck."

In my truck, I listened to music for about 20 minutes before Ally came out. She was wearing cut off denim shorts with a white flowy tank top and her usual beat up yellow converse. Her hair was super wavy and long. I could tell she was wearing makeup since she's so insecure about how she looks without it. She opened the door to my truck and hopped in, shutting it behind her. I rolled the windows down and turned up the music coming from my aux cord. We sang along to our favorite songs as we both knew where we were going. Ralph's. Ralph's was a cafe that Ally and I had gone to every Saturday morning since the first week of freshman year. I parked my truck and we walked in together. It made me happy to see the familiar white wash wooden walls with the light blue booths and the pastel yellow dishes everywhere. I let the smell of freshly brewed coffee and morning pastries sink in as we took a seat at our favorite booth in the back corner that was positioned up against the huge window.

"Good morning guys, anything to order?" I heard someone ask.

I whipped my head around and standing there was a boy who looked about our age with brown hair and green eyes. He must have been new since Ally and I had been to Ralph's so many times that all the other waiters knew us by name. I looked at Ally. Her eyes were big and a smile played across her lips. What is with her? I thought. We ordered our usual: I always got banana pancakes and she got blueberry.

"I'll get that right in," he said.

"Thanks so much!" Said Ally in a high pitched voice. And then suddenly it dawned on me. Ally had a crush on this guy! Once the guy walked off, I folded my arms on the table and with one hand pretended like I was twirling my hair around my finger.

"Thanks so much!" I mocked in a cutesy little high pitched voice.

Ally caught on and glared at me. I glared back playfully.

"He was good looking, geez! Leave me alone!" She pouted.

"Only if I get to be your best man at the wedding!" I joked.

Ally laughed at that and rolled her eyes. I decided to drop the subject of the strange boy. We talked about anything and everything while we watched the cars pass by the small cafe as we waited for our food. It finally arrived and we dug in right away. Ally and I always put all of our pancakes in the middle so we could share them with each other. Our plates were clean by the end. One of my favorite things about Ally is her appetite. She always goes for the burger instead of the salad or the milkshake instead of the smoothie and boy that girl can eat. Her metabolism was quicker than anything though. Her arms and legs were pretty dang skinny. I paid the bill and we hopped back into my truck.

"Wanna go to the beach?" I asked.

Ally was in la la land, staring at nothing in particular with a small smile on her face.

"Ally!"

She jumped.

"Huh?"

"I said, DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE BEACH?" I teased her.

She plugged her ears and glared at me but I could tell she was trying not to laugh.

"Do you have our boards?"

"Got 'em in the back."

She smiled and nodded which was my cue to start driving there.

Something was off though. She didn't have anything new to tell me about on the drive there. She just stared out the window in deep thought.

"Whatcha thinkin about?" I asked.

"Nothing" She replied but I almost swore I saw some color rise to cheeks.

"Doesn't seem like nothing'"

She just giggled in a way I knew she only did when she was nervous, excited, or surprised. I could read her like a book. She might as well have words etched into her skin. I knew it was the boy. At my realization, I slammed on the brakes and made a quick 180 turn.

"Austin!" She yelled. I ignored her and kept driving back the way we came. I had to cure the lovesick girl sitting next to me.

"Austin what is it? What are you doing? What's wrong?" She questioned.

"Trust me." Is all that came out of my mouth. I pulled back into the driveway of the cafe and put my car in park.

"Go talk to him." I said.