Chapter Eleven:
"There's no way I could make it without you."
Ally and I are seated on the piano bench in the practice room. It's the morning after her families get together, and we're completely silent, thinking, focusing on the barely written song. I'm glad I'm not that tired, or I'd probably be asleep by now, after all of this silence.
"I'm talking about starting out as friends. I'm talking about real and not pretend. I'm talking about roles of a lifetime." She sings suddenly.
"You and I can even write the end, yeah." I sing after her.
Her face brightens, "That was awesome, and so quick. You're getting good at this." She says, writing down what I just sang, in her notebook.
I shrug, "I guess so." I say, smiling.
She starts to play what we already have. She messes up on one part; she can't find the right note to fit. After a while of messing around, it finally sounds right. She hums to herself and starts to sing again, "Here comes that movie scene, one you hate, so cliché."
"That sounds good." I say.
"Now, what's a cliché movie scene?" She asks.
I think for a while, rubbing my chin with my fingers, "That moment when we kissed, by the lake, pouring rain." I sing.
"Perfect!" She says, writing it down.
"I ain't no superman, but I can, change your world." I sing again.
"Okay, I thought you couldn't write songs?" She asks, laughing as she writes it down.
I shrug, "I learned from the best." I say softly.
She smiles a sad smile and starts playing the piano, "Oh here comes forever girl." She sings.
"I think we have the name of our song." I tell her.
"Here Comes Forever?" She asks. I nod, and she writes to down on the top of the paper.
"We have come a long way in just a few minutes!" She says happily, grinning.
I nod in agreement. I start playing a few chords on the piano, and she joins, playing the upper notes. We continue for a few minutes until our hands bump into each other. We both stop and look at each other, we touched hands and we pulled them back, my song replays in my mind.
Ally smiles at me and turns her attention back to the piano. I can't help but stare at her. I really think she is the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, and if I could, I'd stare at her forever, but she'd probably think I'm really weird, so I put my attention to the window.
When a while passes and we haven't thought of anything new, we decide to stop for the day. Ally stands up, straightens up her skirt and turns to me, "What are you doing the rest of the day?" She asks.
I shrug, "Probably nothing. What about you?" I ask.
"Well, Trish and I were going to go to some book sale, but she bailed on me." She says.
"Are you surprised? Trish isn't much of a reader." I say, "Unless it magazines." I say, laughing.
She laughs too, "You're right."
"Well of course I am!" I say.
She rolls her eyes, "Anyways. We should do something then." She says.
"Okay, what would you like to do?" I ask.
She shrugs, "Anything as long as I'm with you." She says.
I smile immediately, "Okay. We should go surfing!" I say happily, dancing around her.
"Uh I don't think that's a good idea." She says, putting her hands on her hips.
"Well why not?" I ask, putting on my best pouting face.
"I've never been!" She says.
"That's even better. I will teach you!" I tell her.
"But I'm clumsy." She admits.
"So? You'll do great." I tell her.
"I don't know Austin, what if I drown or something." She says, sincerely worried.
I walk over to her and put my hand on her shoulder, "I'd never let anything bad happen to you." I say, looking her in the eyes.
She smiles, not taking her eyes off mine. She takes a deep breath and nods, "Fine, I'll do it." She says.
"Awesome!" I say, putting my hand up for a high five.
She rolls her eyes but high fives me anyway, "You are way too excited about this." She says.
"Excited for surfing, or seeing you in your yellow bikini again? The world may never know." I say, winking at her. I don't know where I just got my boost of confidence right there, but I liked it.
"Austin!" She says, blushing and trying hard not to smile.
"Sorry, I had to." I say, shrugging.
"Just go home and get ready and I'll meet you at the surf shop!" She says, shoving me.
"Bye Ally." I say, grinning.
Later…
When Ally meets me at the surf shop, she's in a white see through dress that is over her, sure enough, yellow bikini. I grin when she walks in and she rolls her eyes, "I didn't wear this for you." She says.
"Sure you didn't." I tease.
"So, am I going to rent a surf board or what?" She asks, taking her sunglasses off and setting her tote bag down.
"Yes, I got this one for you." I say, grabbing it off the shelf and handing it to her. Her face lights up like a little kid on Christmas. It's her favorite color, red.
"I love it!" She says.
"I knew you would." I tell her.
"Too bad I'm going to fail on it." She says.
"Don't tear yourself down already!" I tell her.
She shrugs and grabs her tote bag, slinging it over her shoulder as she picks her surf board back up. I grab my yellow one and follow her out towards the beach. I bring her to my best surfing spot. She sets down her stuff and watches the waves come crashing in. Her expression turns to fear quickly and she sighs, "This was a bad idea." She says.
"Come on Ally, I told you I'll keep you safe. There is nothing to worry about." I tell her.
"I don't know…" She says.
I set my board down and walk up to her. I take her hands from her side and look down into her eyes. She's taken aback by my closeness, but I don't mind, "You'll be fine, I promise." I tell her.
"Uh, Oh- Okay." She stutters.
I back away from her and nod in approval. I lie her board down on the sand and teach her the basics about paddling and standing and everything. After I think she's got most of it down, I tell her she's ready for the water. I can tell that she is nervous still, but she doesn't refuse.
I paddle slowly next to her, letting her go at her own pace, I don't leave her side. When we get as far out as I want to, we stop and sit on our surf boards. She looks around and smiles, "It's really nice out here."
"I know, right. I love coming out here and just thinking." I tell her.
I look over and a decent wave for a first timer is heading our way. I grin wide and nod towards the wave at Ally. She looks at me, and then at the wave, and back at me, her eyes wide. She shakes her head furiously and I roll my eyes, "Come on Ally." I say.
"I don't think so." She says.
"Please." I say.
She rolls her eyes, "Fine, but when I die, you don't get any of my belongings!" She says, paddling towards the wave.
I watch her intently as she paddles away. She waits for the wave and starts heading back. She looks like she's been doing it her whole life, but she hasn't stood up yet. When she finally does, the wave takes her and she falls off. I jump off my board and swim to her. When she comes up for air I grab her waist and pull her to me. She gasps at first and moves the hair out of her eyes, "I told you!" She says.
"Told me what? I'm right here, like I promised, and you're fine. Hardly anyone ever stands up on their first wave." I say.
She looks like she's about to argue, but she sighs, deciding she doesn't have anything to argue with me about. I let go of her waist and grab her surf board, handing it to her. We paddle back to our spot before and wait. There's a big wave coming and I smirk, "Watch a pro." I tell her.
She rolls her eyes, but I ignore her and go for the wave. I stand up quickly and ride it all the way down. When there's nothing left of it, I jump off into the water. I grab my board and paddle back over to her, grinning wide.
She shoots me daggers and I stick my tongue out at her, "I know, I'd be jealous too." I say, flexing my biceps.
"You are so weird!" She says, smiling.
"I know." I tell her.
After a while of more waves coming and Ally either letting them pass or falling off of her board, we decided to call it quits. She acted like she was having a miserable time, but I could tell by her smiles that she wasn't miserable. We go back to the surf shop and give her surf board back, and then we walk towards her house.
"This was actually really fun, thanks for talking me into it." Ally says.
"No problem Ally." I tell her.
"Thanks for keeping your promise and not letting me drown." She says, smiling.
"No problem." I say, winking down at her. She smirks and punches me in the arm.
I rub it with my hand and frown, "You're going to break my arm the next time you do that!" I tease.
"Oh yes, because I'm so strong!" She says, trying to flex her invisible muscles.
"Obviously you are!" I say, stilling rubbing my arm.
"You're so sweet, making me look strong." She says softly.
"I know. I'm a nice guy." I say, shrugging.
We arrive in front of Ally's house just as the suns about to set. She slips on her over dress and sets her tote bag down. She looks up at me and smiles, "Thanks so much for a great day." She says.
And before I can say anything back, she gets on her tip toes and hugs me tightly around my neck. I smile and wrap my arms around her waist; enjoying the amazing feeling her touch gives me for as long as I can. She hugs me longer than I thought she would, and I can't complain.
She pulls away and looks up at me, "See you in the morning?"
"I wouldn't miss it." I tell her.
She smiles again, "Goodnight."
"Goodnight Ally." I say.
I walk back to my house, smiling like crazy. I've never felt like this before; ever. I fall more in love with her every day, and it's killing me to be just her friend. But if that's all I'll ever be, I'm perfectly fine with it; as long as Dallas is out of the picture.
When I get to my house, Trish is on my front porch. I raise an eyebrow as I walk up my steps. She stands up off of one of my chairs and walks over to me, "Hey lover boy." She says.
"What are you doing here?" I question.
"Well, I was looking for you and your mother said you were gone with Ally and should be back soon, and well I didn't feel like going all the way back to my house." She says.
"You could have called me." I tell her.
"I know, but I wanted to talk about this in person." She says, sitting back down.
I follow her and sit down on the chair next to her, not taking my eyes off of her, my expression confused, "Talk about what?" I ask.
"Dallas." She says, sighing, "He heard that you and Ally have been spending extra time together." She says.
"Well how?" I ask.
"Well…." She says, drowning out the Ls.
"Trish…" I say.
"I kind of accidently said something to Dez about it and he told Dallas." She says.
I clench my fists, "Wow, I can't believe Dez, choosing Dallas over me." I say.
"I know…" Trish says.
"Okay, so how does Dallas feel about it?" I ask, but I can already guess.
"He's pissed, of course. And, he's going to try his hardest to get Ally back." She says, staring at the ground.
"And you think Ally will go for it." I ask, but it's really not a question.
She shrugs, "She may, or she may not. But we are talking about Ally here. She is very forgiving and believes in second chances, or in Dallas' cases, thousand chances. And plus, he's her first love…" she says.
I sigh, "I should've known things were too good to be true." I say, leaning back in my chair.
"Why, did something happen?" She asks.
"No not really, it's just we have been spending a lot of time together. And some of the things she says, just really sweet things, and the way she hugged me tonight… I don't know." I say, shrugging again.
"I don't know Austin. She may have feelings for you, but she loves Dallas. I know that's hard to hear, and I don't mean to be a bitch by saying it." She says.
"No, I understand. You're right. I should just back off anyway. She was Dallas' girl first. And though we may not be friends anymore, it wouldn't be right of me. Not that I ever had any intentions on dating her because I know how she feels." I say.
"You don't know for sure how she feels. And if you end up being the one she wants to be with then you should definitely go for it." She says.
"Well those are some mixed signals, Trish." I tell her.
She laughs nervously, "I know, this whole situation is difficult." She says.
"You're telling me." I say.
Author's Note:
Hello everyone! I'm so pumped because i finally got over a hundred reviews! Thank you so much for reading and reviewing, you all are the reason i keep writing! But i'm sorry if the end of this chapter makes you mad or anything... This is a drama story and all, so i have to keep it... dramaful ;) Love you alL!