Hey guys, thanks so much for your patience for the new chapter. School is rough and I've been basking in my homework-free weekend. Thank you for your continued support through my stories and my negative reviews. I've had people ask why I bother even posting them. But I do because they're still reviews and I don't want new readers to think that the only comments I get are good ones. I do get bad ones on occasion, most of them from flames from ignorant people. But I still post them. So thanks so much to the actual reviews and thoughts on each chapter. :)
I love you guys. I may start another story with a different plot, but I won't post it until after this one is finished so I don't compromise my time on each story.
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After lunch, Ally and I decide to go to the beach. We aren't sure why. Neither of us are dressed for it. We decide to just sit on the sand, close enough to the water so the high tide caresses our toes but doesn't drench the rest of our clothes.
Ally's knees are pulled in to her chest and I'm sitting cross legged. We just sit there, for who knows how long, talking. Just talking. About everything. About movies, about Dez and Trish, about Ally's incident at Sonic Boom. This leads to quiet discussions about Dez's leg, Sonic Boom being robbed and Trent kidnapping Ally...
"I just don't understand all of this could really happen so fast," Ally says to me at one point. "One day we're all just enjoying being teenagers and the next day it's taken away from us faster than we can even imagine."
I nod. "Yeah. It happens," I agree. "Unfortunately, it happened to us." I wrap my arm around her shoulder. "Do you think it's all over now?"
"I hope so."
ALLY'S POINT OF VIEW
Dear God, I hope so.
Later on, I wake up. We're still at the beach and Austin's arms are still wrapped around me, but we're laying back on the ground, covered in a blanket of retreating sunshine. I sit up. I notice that the majority of the people who were here before have left. My watch says that it's 6:30 pm. I guess everyone went home for dinner.
I check my texts to see I had one from Trish.
I am so mad at u right now, it says. I can't believe you left me with Dez. But I'm glad you didn't wake me up. And he's lucky he brought the Zaliens collection instead of Bikini Beach Blood Bash or something because the only blood he'd be experiencing is his own.
I chuckle wide-eyed at my phone. Easy, Trish, I reply. Play nice.
Yeah yeah, you better be home soon.
I will. I'll text when we're on our way back.
Have fun.
You too ;)
Hmph.
I outright laugh, accidentally waking Austin from his slumber. "Sorry," I say.
"It's okay," he says, brushing off the apology. "I can't believe we fell asleep."
"I can," I say. "But look at the water, it's so calm."
"Want to go wreak havoc on the ocean," he asks with a sinister expression. He raises his eyebrows.
"Pardon me?" I ask, worried.
Suddenly he stands, picks me up over his shoulder and before I can protest, is running towards the ocean.
I'm laughing and screaming and can tell that we're being watched by the few people left on the sand.
He throws me in and I completely submerge in the cool water, escaping the Miami heat. I open my eyes and – despite the pain – I navigate a few dozen yards away from Austin, carefully not showing my body. I slowly come out from the ocean, watching him look for me in his general area. He moves around trying to find me. I chuckle. I go under again and swim closer. I'm close enough for a massive splash attack. I stand up in the water and start running – as well as you can in water – towards him. I splash him as hard as I can before he and I both fall off balance.
He gets up and wipes his hair from his face, searching for me. When he sees me, he gives me this look. One that tells me to be afraid. I start swimming away but since he knew where I was this time, he caught up quick and wrapped his arms around my waist.
He pulls me up and brings me to his chest, whispering, "not today." He kisses my head and starts tickling my sides unexpectedly. I start writhing in laughter and nervousness and I squirm to get away. He doesn't budge though.
The only way to get him to stop is to scare him.
AUSTIN'S POINT OF VIEW
Ally's body is suddenly limp in my arms.
I panic, turning her to face me and only seeing her eyes closed.
"Ally," I yell. I sweep the wet hair from her face to the best of my ability. "Ally, wake up."
She doesn't move. Oh God, what did I do. Please, no. No, no, no.
"Ally."
I pick her up, kind of in that way that guys carry their brides over the threshold, and start walking towards the shore. I hate how restricting water is. It's so hard to run.
When we're about 10 yards from the sand, she starts to move, suddenly wrapping her arms around my neck jumping from my arms and pulling me under the water. I'm completely beneath the surface, confused. I stand up and wipe my eyes.
Ally is there, arms crossed with a smug look on her face. "Ha," is all she says, chuckling.
"What just happened?" I ask.
"I just beat 'the master' at his own game," she says, making air quotations around the master, clearly an attempt at mocking me.
I laugh. I notice the way her dress is clinging to her body from being wet. "You're gorgeous," I tell her, making her overly confident facade falter and her cheeks flush.
"I'm soaked," she complains.
"Luckily, I took my shirt off before I threw you in," I say. "Let's get you in that." I wrap my arm around her waist and walk with her back to our spot.
ALLY'S POINT OF VIEW
His shirt was so warm from laying in the sun, I was almost dry by the time we got home.
When we walked upstairs and in to my room, we saw Dez there, scarfing popcorn and watching Zaliens, while Trish was lying asleep on his lap.
I look at Austin and give him a look that says, Yeah right. Like they hate eachother. I roll my eyes, pull out my cell phone and take a picture. Dez doesn't even notice.
I love my friends.
