Chapter 9: Rivals at the Beach

Ally POV

"Ally… Ally, wake up!"

"Uh…5 more minutes Austin." I say, whining in my sleep.

"Austin?"

My eyes shout open immediately. When I Look up, I could see Darcy will a confuse expression on her face and I needed to make up an excuse, pronto. "Um… good morning Darcy." I say, nervously grinning at her.

"You just called me Austin." Darcy says.

"Sorry about that Darcy. I'm so used to Austin annoying me in my sleep, that I sometimes think it's him." I explain.

"Okay!" She says, sitting on the bed next to me. "Austin can be quite annoying when people are trying to sleep."

I chuckle nervously, "Really? I mean…yeah, absolutely annoying."

"Go take a shower and get dress. We're going out today," Darcy says, bitten on her bottom lip in excitement.

"Where are we going?" I ask, slipping out of bed.

"We're going to get some breakfast at the Melody diner and afterwards we're going to the beach." She replies.

"Awesome! Who else is coming?"

"I was hoping it will just be me and you."

"Wait, you're not inviting Trish?"

"I tried Ally, I really did. But she continues to be sprung on Trent."

"Alright. I'm going to go get ready now." I say, standing up from the bed.

"Just try not to take too long." Darcy murmurs.

"I won't!" I shout back at her from the bathroom.

We walk inside the beach that afternoon, the sun beamed in our faces and it was extremely crowded. "Wow Darcy! It is really crowded here today." I say, looking around.

Darcy speaks, "It is huh? Maybe I should have checked the news before we came here."

"It's okay, you didn't know. We might as well make the best of it." I say, setting my towel down on the sand.

"Cool. Maybe we could find you a boyfriend while we're here." She says, smirking at me.

"Oh no, I don't need a boyfriend." I tell her.

"But why not, Ally your hot! No homo, by the way."

"Don't even worry about it." I say, putting on my sunglasses.

"Can you please explain to me why you don't want a boyfriend?"

"I don't know. Maybe I'm just not ready."

Darcy chuckle, "That's a lie I didn't hear before."

"But it's true."

"Ally, you like somebody. I can feel it."

"But how?" I ask, taking off my sunglasses.

"I just know it okay. And I'm going to find out who it is sooner or later."

"Okay." I say, nervously. Maybe I should tell Darcy about Austin. No…that would be really bad.

"Hey, there you guys are." Spoke a voice.

"Oh, I see somebody finally decided to come after all." Darcy says, talking to Trish.

Trish smiles, "Yes I did. I even brought guest."

"Let me guess. You brought your rock head, no good boyfriend and his sidekick Dallas." Darcy smirks.

"One, be nice and two, yes I did." Trish replies.

Darcy glances at me, "Kill me now Ally."

I giggle, "But I will miss you too much."

"You got a point there." She agreed.

"Be nice guys, they're coming." Trish say, looking over at Trent and Dallas.

"Oh goody…I will try not to barf while I'm at it." Darcy says, sarcastically.

I started to laugh when she said that, than Dallas walks up to me with a smile on his face. "Hi Ally."

"Oh, hi Dallas." I reply.

"You look like you're having a good time." He tells me.

"Yeah, you can say that." I say, turning away.

"So why are you losers at the beach today?" Darcy asks.

"Trish said it was a beautiful day and everybody was at the beach, including you ladies." Trent replies.

"You guessed right Trent. Did Trish also tell you that I invited her alone, but she rather chill with you instead?" Darcy asks him.

Trent glaze at Trish, "No she didn't. If you have a problem with me being here, then I'll just leave."

Trish holds on to Trent shoulder, "No Trent, don't leave, Darcy only playing around. Right Darcy?" she asks, narrowing her eyes at her.

"Right, I play around with everybody." Darcy replies.

"Alright then, we'll stay." Trent says, sitting down next to Trish.

"Can I sit next to you Ally?" Dallas asks.

"Yeah sure." I reply, scooting over a bit.

"This is going to be a long day." Darcy murmurs.

Austin POV

"What up Dez? I asks, sitting next to him at the food court.

"Wow, you look down. Did something happen?" Dez asks.

"I can't find Ally or Darcy and neither of them are answering any of my phone calls."

"Maybe they're having a girl day out."

"Still Dez, Ally would have given me the heads up or something. I'm her boyfriend."

"True, why don't you try to call her again?"

"I did, 28 times and they all when straight to voice mail."

Dez shakes his head, "Man, you got it bad. I mean really, really bad."

"Okay Dez, I get it! Just help me find my Girlfriend."

"Okay, let me finish eating my chicken pot pie first." Dez say, taking a big chunk of pie and throwing it in his mouth.

"Hi Austin and Dez." Cassidy greets with a smile on her face.

"What do you want Cassidy?" I ask.

"Well I saw you two sitting here, so I through I'd stop by and say hi." She replies.

"Well you though wrong, now step. Wait… that would make a really good song title." I say.

"Sorry Cassidy. Austin is not in a good mood right now." Dez explain.

"Aw, why not?" Cassidy groans.

"Well you see…" Dez didn't get to finish his sentence because I cut him off. "Dez, be quiet!" I shout. "Cassidy, that information is confidential."

"Oh that's too bad. Anyways, I'm going to beach. You guys want to come?" She asks.

"Why would we want to go to the beach with you?" I ask.

"Austin, I think we should go to the beach. It would be fun." Dez says.

I whisper in Dez ear." I rather get eating by a shark than to go to the beach with Cassidy."

"Austin I know that, but the beach could really get your mind of Ally." Dez whispers back.

"Hello!" Cassidy shouts, getting our attention. "Yeah, I'm still here. I forgot to tell you guys that I saw Darcy and Ally walking inside the beach with Trish, Dallas and Trent."

"Are you serious?" Austin asks.

"Uh, yeah. Dallas and Ally were sitting next to each other, pretty close. I think they might actually be going out." Cassidy replies.

Dez quickly glance at me with wide eyes. "Get your stuff Dez. We're going to the beach." I tell him.

"Yay! I mean sounds like fun." Dez says, grabbing his backpack.

Cassidy evilly smirks.

Ally POV

"Ally, would you like me to teach you how to surf?" Dallas asks.

"No, that's quite alright Dallas." I reply.

"Come on, it'd be fun if you trust me."

"Well alright." I say, stepping inside the water with him.

"Good, now get on top of my board and I will push us further into the water."

"Got it." I climb on top of the surf board and lied down on it. "Okay, I'm ready.

"Okay. At the count of three I'm going to push us further into the water." I nervously nod. "One…Two…Three." he says, pushing us further into the water.

"Wow! This isn't that bad!" I shout, in excitement.

"See, now help me pedal."

"Okay." I say, moving my hands back and forth through the water.

"Now Ally, this is the last step to surfing."

"What do you mean by last step?"

"It's really simple. When a wave comes toward us, we jump up on the board and surf with the waves."

I glance at him in surprise, "Oh yeah, you make it sound so easy Dallas."

"Oh look! There goes a wave now! You ready Ally?"

"No, absolutely not! I want to get off."

"It's too late for that! Ally hold on!" Dallas yells, stand up on the surf board.

"This is not good! AHHHHH!" I scream.

Austin POV

"Hey Darcy." Dez says, kissing her on the cheek.

"Hey, how did you know I was here?" Darcy asks, taking off her sunglasses.

"Cassidy told us." He replies.

"Cassidy?" Darcy says. Cassidy waves at her with a smug expression on her face. "What is she doing here?"

"Don't look at me. I only found out because she told me you guys were here." I tell her

"How did you know that we were here Cassidy?" Darcy asks, turning red.

"Darcy, you really need to relax. We're here to have a good time." Trish says.

"Sob off Trish! You don't know squat, so I suggest you back-off!" Darcy yells.

"How dare you!" Trish shouts, glancing at her boyfriend. "Trent, you're just going to sit there and let her talk to me like that."

"Hey, I'm staying out of this. Besides, she's your best friend." Trent replies.

"Ha! Some type of boyfriend he is. Next time think bigger Trish." Darcy says.

"I know you did not just say that?"

"Oh yeah, I did."

"Okay, you're asking for it Darcy." Trish says, standing up. "I swear I'm going to…"

"Going to do what, Trish?" Darcy asks, getting in Trish's face.

"I'm going to have Dez teach you a lesson."

"Uh?" Dez groans in shock at his name being called.

Darcy chuckles, "So let me get this straight. You're going to have my boyfriend teach me a lesson."

"That's what I said."

"Oh yeah!" Darcy yells

"Yeah!" Trish yells back.

Darcy pushes her, "How about I teach you a lesson first."

"I know you did not just push me Darcy?" Trish asks.

"What if I did?" she replies.

"Okay, ladies, that's enough." Dez says, standing in between them.

Trent laughs, "Let them fight. This should be fun to watch."

"Most definitely." Cassidy says, laughing along with him.

"That's enough! Nobody fighting anybody!" I shout. "Now where is Ally?"

"Surfing with Dallas." Trish replies.

"She what!" I yell off the top of my lungs.

Ally POV

"That was so much fun." I say, getting out of the water.

"Yeah it was. You want to go again?" Dallas asks, with a grin on his face.

"Maybe later. I want to go laydown so I can work on my tan," I say. Dallas gently pulls me towards him. "What are you doing?"

"I really like you Ally and I want to be with you. If you give us a try than I promise to make every moment we have together worth your wild."

"Dallas I…" he pulls his index finger over my mouth.

"I am in love with you Ally Dawson." The next thing I know, his lips were on mine. I didn't know what to do, but I needed to get away, fast.

"Hey! Get your lips off her!" Some yells.

I quickly turn around to see who it was, "Austin, what are you doing here?!"

"What am I doing here? What are you doing here with him?" Austin asks.

"He was teaching me how to surf." I reply.

"With his lips on your mouth? Really Ally?" Austin asks.

"Dude, what's your problem? You don't have rights to her or anybody else for that matter." Dallas says.

"You want to bet?" Austin asks.

"I was planning on it." Dallas says, punching Austin in the face.

"Oh my god! Dallas, why did you do that?!" I scream.

"Because he took you away from me Ally!" Dallas yells.

My eyes widen in shock, "Wait…how did you –"I didn't get to complete my sentence because Austin got back up and punch Dallas in the stomach. They continue to fight in an outrages matter, forgetting that I was even there.

"What's going on?" Darcy asks.

"I don't know." I reply.

Dez runs over to us, pulling Austin off Dallas. "Let go of him Austin! He's not worth it!"

"No! He disrespected me and put his lips on my girlfriend." Austin say, trying to release himself from Dez grip.

Darcy snorts "What? You don't have a girlfriend."

"Yes he does. Ally and Austin have been secretly dating for some time now." Trent says, breaking the ice.

"Really?" Trish asks.

"Ally is this true?" Darcy asks me.

"I sigh, "Yes is true."

"And you didn't bother to tell me." She says.

"And me!" Trish shouts.

"We were planning to tell you when the time was right. I didn't want things to be weird between us because I'm dating your brother." I explains.

Darcy eyes started to tear up, "it doesn't matter Ally. You're supposed to be my best friend and you should've told me. I would have learned to deal with it my own way."

"I am so sorry Darcy."

"No! I'm done with this whole friendship thing. I can't trust any of you."

"But Darcy, I'm your boyfriend." Dez says.

"Save it Dez! You probably knew about this the whole time." She says, walking away.

"Darcy wait!" Dez shouts, chasing after her.

"Wow, I guess this was the perfect time to come to the beach." Cassidy smiles.

Later on the evening

"Well this is your house." I says, looking over at Austin. He didn't bother to look at me. He stayed silence the whole ride home. "Austin, I love you so much. I would never do anything to jeopardies our relationship, especially with Dallas."

He glares at me, "Then why did you go to the beach with him Ally?"

"I didn't go to the beach with him. Darcy and I when we're planning to go to the beach together and Trish shows up with Trent and Dallas." I explain.

"I called you 28 times and you didn't answer. You had me going crazy looking for you. Think about how that makes me feel."

"I left my phone in the car because I didn't want to lose it on the beach. But I'm really sorry Austin. You are the only guy for me and I thought I made that clearly to you."

"How did Dallas know about us? Better yet, how did Trent know about us?"

"I don't know. It surprise me too." I reply.

"I'm starting to think that they planned this, including Cassidy." Austin says.

"Do you think Trish was a part of it too?"

"I don't know. There's only one way to find out." Austin says, opening the car door.

"Austin wait." He turns around to look at me. "Are you and I good?"

"Of course we are. I love you and I will never let anybody take you away from me."

I smile, "I hope not."

Austin gets back inside the car and kisses me. "I love you Ally."

"I love you too Austin."

A/N: That's the end of this chapter. I will update soon and don't forget to leave reviews. Bye.