I spent the day with my mom today if you'd like to know, it was great we went to the tea room in Mackinaw. (probably spelled that wrong.) Anyway. On the way there and back I wrote this so I hope it holds up to expectations.
When Austin found himself drifting off to sleep, he found it easy enough to keep his eyes open. Keeping his eyes on Ally wasn't hard at all because he knew that she didn't know that he was looking. All of the thoughts that seemed to be bogging him down melted away as he watched her breathe in and out. He noticed her small frame rhythmically pulling in and giving back and how when their breathing seemed to synch up it gave him a warm feeling. His arm was heavy but he could barely feel anything.
"Ally," he whispered, moving some of the hair from her face. Her nose twitched as the hair trailed across it. This made him laugh, his mind trailing off towards the rabbit his third grade teacher had brought in to be the class pet. Every day he would take a small nap curled up with that rabbit. That was his favorite part of the day that year. "Ally," he whispered again, so close to her that his hair threatened to touch hers. Her eyes slid open and they stared at each other; neither wanting to move. She reached up and brushed her fingers through his bangs, pulling it from his face. She lingered a moment and tangled her fingers deeper into his already messy hair, her eyes finally seemed to be distracted from his face. Quick enough though, she pulled her hand back and spent her attention on him. It was slow but not deep. She placed a sweet kiss on his lower lip; gentle as if it didn't actually exist. He smiled when she pulled back and felt his eyelid slowly sliding down. He fell forward onto the couch and wondered if this was what it was like when Snow White had taken that fateful bite of the poisoned apple or when Adam partook in the fruit of knowledge. The sweet but bitter taste disappeared as his eyes opened one last time. "Ally?" he asked again, she looked up at him sleepily, a smile crossed her face and he realized that all that time, his arm had been weighed down with her head. He had been dreaming.
"I was going to give you five more minutes but I think I fell asleep too." He managed to get out, his face still so close to hers. The smell of strawberries and mint came off of her in muted waves; not as strong as when he fell asleep next to Doug the Dolphin. He found himself wanting to lie there longer but when she slowly propped herself onto her elbow, he knew that he had to move. He sat up straight and feeling something in his eye, used his knuckles to rub at them. Ally made a sound that resembled a giggle. He hadn't known that she could make such a noise and found himself describing her with the word adorable. He shook the thought out of his head and smiled. "I won't ask." He told her before standing up. Before he realized the impact it could have on him, he reached out a hand to help her up. He damned his gentlemanly nature as she grabbed hold and he easily lifted her into the air. She dropped the hold quicker than he could and it hurt. As they both stretched from being cramped in awkward positioning he had to look away before he caught himself staring. He quickly dropped his arms and walked over to the fridge. Ally grumbled something incoherent, under her breath as he opened the door and reached in. He didn't know what he wanted, but the cool air seemed to help to lessen the red in his cheeks. Even if it didn't show, he could feel it. He grabbed the closest drink that didn't belong to Des and stood up. When she rejected his offer of a drink politely he closed the fridge door and spun around. He popped the top of his can and took a drink.
"Ready?" he asked walking over to the door and pulled it open for her to walk through; which she did after looking up at the clock on the wall.
"Yeah, I have to call dad though," she said pulling her phone out of her pocket and walking over to the railing looking over the store. "It's a little late but he wanted me to call when I was done." She started to scroll through her phone but he felt something. He put his long legs into use and quickly made his way over to her. He reached over her shoulder and grabbed the phone out of her hands, locked it and held it back out to her. "I'll take you home, no problem." He gave her a smile. "It's my fault you're late anyway right?" She shook her head slightly and his heart dropped. Had he done something wrong? She took the phone and looked up at him with a smile.
"Yeah, thanks." She said after a slight pause. She shoved her phone in to her pocket again and gestured for him to go first down the stairs. "I forgot something. Go ahead and start the car; I'll be down in a second." Austin gave her a smile before heading down the stairs. He breathed a sigh of relief trying not to think of how stupid he was acting. If being in the same room as her did so many things to him, how would it affect him in a confined space such as a car? Somehow he found himself smiling as he opened the door to the shop. Ally's reflection in the door showed that she watched him up until the point that he couldn't see anymore. He gave her a devilish smile before exiting, wondering if she would see it at all.
It was easy enough to pull the car up to the store, even though there were no cars allowed in the mall's square. He easily pulled up onto the bike path that was wide enough to fit two of his car. Ally made her way out the front door. She had turned the lights off after grabbing her bag, which Austin imagined is what she forgot upstairs. He told himself that he was imagining things when she hesitated before opening the passenger side door and slowly slid into the leather seat. He turned up the heat to beat the crisp air of the car. Even if He already felt warm, He imagined that she wouldn't. Ally always had Cold hands and feet. He stopped himself from smiling at the fact that he knew that. He told himself that this wasn't something to smile at, but something to reprimand. The ride home was a quiet one.
So I hope you liked it, I'm trying to keep every chapter over 1000 words (thats why I'm so slow) that and my grammar is bad so I have my friend check it. Thanks so much for reading, guys! Please review if you have time :)