Somehow I ended up in a familiar place. Where was I? Sonic Boom? How did I get here?

"Hey, Alls." said Rosie coming from the storage room. Her stomach was heavily bloated.

"How are the babies?" I asked.

"Kicking each other and kicking the hell out of me. Both of them are strong like me and insane like Dez."

"So happy for you, Rose." I lied. "You're married and about to be a mother."

"Thanks, Ally. You may be my cousin, but you're my best friend first before you are my cousin."

Well that was a terrible lie that I could ever say. Rosie and I were the same age, and she already had everything I wanted: a husband, a house, and kids. She and I were the same age yet I had no man in my life, sharing an apartment with Fiona and Spencer, and I still bite my nails like a home wreck.

As I got out the ladder and placed the red Fender guitar, I attempted to ignore my childish fear of heights.

"Dad, look at the cool guitars!" A little boy said aloud.

Out of the blue, a little boy ran past the ladder and took down one of the ukuleles. The ukulele hit the ladder causing it to shake. My feet were loosing its balance and I fell off of my feet.

Before I could hit the floor, my body fell into the arms of someone. A head looked down at me. His face made me loose my breath.

His perfect face was handsome like Adonis, completed with blonde hair, beige skin, brown eyes, muscular arms, and a warm scent. Now I know who that was.

"Hi," he said as he stared back at me.

"H-Hi," I stuttered.

The guy placed me back on my feet. "Jase, I told you not to touch anything."

"I'm sorry, Dad," the little boy said.

"I'm so sorry if he broke anything…Ally?" He read my nametag.

"No, it's fine. He didn't break anything."

"Why is this guitar so tiny?" asked the little boy.

"It's not a guitar. It's called a ukulele from the state Hawaii. May I see it?"

He handed me the ukulele. I started to play a short song. It wasn't like a real song. After I stopped, the little boy exclaimed, "Dad, can I have it?"

"I don't know, Jase. Money's tight right now."

"I-It's okay." I blurted out. My heart accelerated. "It's on the house."

"Really?" He asked.

"Yeah, it's fine. I got like thirty more ukuleles." I handed him the ukulele and our hands touched.

At the moment, I looked up at him and gazed at his eyes. I had never looked into anyone's eyes like this before. I began to get a crazy tingling inside of me and I have another feeling that it's going to stay there…permanently.

My eyes blinked in the matter of seconds. I was now looking at the window of my bedroom. My body was curled up like a caterpillar and I sat up.

The door opened. It was Austin with a tray of breakfast in his hands.

"Morning, beautiful," he said.

"What's this?" I chuckled.

He placed the tray on my lap. "Happy anniversary, baby."

"Happy anniversary, Austin."

"So…you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"If I do, you'd probably get slapped a lot."

"No, I mean—"

"Not again, Austin. Remember last time?"

"Oh, yeah. Well they should've knock first."

"Jase was vomiting, Krishna kept asking questions, and Leighton somehow got pinkeye because of that."

"Krish thought that we were playing a game and that I was winning."

"Okay, we are not gonna do it now. Later."

"Yes! God, I love you so much." He kissed me passionately and pulled back.

"I love you too, Austin," I said. "I always will."

"By the way, got a special surprise for tonight. Don't worry. It'll be great. No kids, no dog, no work. Just you…me…and us."

"Sweetie, you don't have to do something so special."

"It's for you. You deserve it out of all of us."

"Just me?"

"Let's face it, Alls. Our kids are too spoiled, disrespectful, and just clueless."

"Yep, they are."

"I gotta go to work. Tonight at seven, put on a dress at the shop and I'll come get you like a knight on a stinky horse."

"Yeah, that's how Dez was with Rose during their anniversary. You looked adorable in your jester costume."

"I had to lead them all over the park until sunset. But I had to take Smelly back to Marco's Petting Zoo dressed like the Joker."

"And that was very romantic of you. Bye, babe." I kissed him.

"Bye, my lady." He joked and left.

The way Austin and I met was just a accquatince meeting. He and I didn't actually start dating after that. At first, I thought that I would never meet him again until…Rosie deliberately set me up on a blind date with Dez's new partner. I was nervous about this. My boyfriend, Steven of four years dumped me for some stripped he met in Vegas which left me in a zombie phase for a few days. I thought that I would need meet anyone else, but then I was introduced to a handsome, funny, and charismatic man named Austin. Ten years later, I'm still with him along with three children, a house, and Mrs. Bowie.

I drove to work as jolly as Santa Claus. Rosie was eating potato chips at the front counter.

"Morning," I said.

"Morning," she said with food in her mouth. "Happy anniversary, baby girl."

"Thank you and quit talking with food in your mouth. That's disgusting."

"I bought you something." She handed me a bag. "Don't open it yet."

"Why not?"

"It's so secretive that not even Victoria knows."

"Gotcha there."

"So any big surprise for you and Austin Texas?"

"Yes, it's the biggest news in the world."

"Like in Pretty Little Liars, it turned out that the entire time A was—"

"Not that big."

"What is it?"

"I'm gonna ask Austin to marry me."

Rosie suddenly dropped her chips and started choking. She quickly gasp for air as I repeatedly slapped her in the back. Finally, she spit it out and calmed down.

"You? Marry? Austin?" She coughed.

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Why? What do you mean why?" I shrieked.

"Ally…don't take this the wrong way…but maybe this isn't a good idea."

"Are you seriously telling me that I shouldn't propose to Austin?"

"You should not be the one proposing. He should be the one proposing."

"Why?"

"Because Austin should've done that a long time ago. You're gonna sound desperate."

"Desperate? You're acting like we barely started dating."

"I don't understand your relationship at all. I don't. None of us do. Ten years, Ally, three kids, two cars, one house, and zero wedding rings."

"How come you won't support me? I thought you were my cousin."

"We are cousins by blood and sisters by heart. I'm sorry, Alls. It's just that…I can't believe you're finally getting married!"

"I know right!"

"By the way, if Austin says no, I smack him so hard that he swallows his tongue and teeth."

"You do and I'll…bitch-slap you back t-to Columbia."

"I'm starting to like this new Ally. She's so fierce and proper. You're starting to bring out the bisexuality in me."

"What?"

"I'm bi, but it's that sometimes I look at a girl…a-and you know what I mean?"

"You mean just physical?"

"Yeah, but I like men more."

"Okay, I get it now."