Day 1

I sat down on the doorstep, dropping letters to the floor and looking out at the world before me. The sun, the wind, mother nature and her beautiful ways of truly making you feel alive.

" Ally are you ready." Austin called as he unloaded tins of butter yellow paint from the back of his car.

" Yep!" I yelled before inspecting the pockets of my overalls for a paint brush.

" And your sure that you want to paint your front door...bright yellow?"

" Mhmmmm, it's happy and I need happy right now."

" Well if you say so." he replied before removing the lids off of the tins and grabbing a brush for himself. It started off slowly as we dipped our brushes in and out of the creamy mix and slathered it upon the door. Numerous amounts of times I dropped my brush splattering the doorstep with the vibrant colour and of course numerous amounts of times Austin made fun of me for it.

" Really Ally, again?" he sighed exasperatedly whilst waving his brush in the air for good measure. Speckles of yellow dots flew at me due to his animated actions. I huffed before splattering him with a good helping of paint. He raised his eyebrows.

" Your asking for trouble now Dawson."

" What are you going to do Moon?" I teased. With that he splotched the end of my nose with the yellow substance before smiling to himself in contempt. I whacked him back sending more yellow paint flying and that is when the fight began. He reached across to tickle the sides of my stomach. I squealed with laughter before we both fell to the ground, knocking over paint tins in the process and covering ourselves in the runny liquid. He fell on top of me, pinning me to the ground and I couldn't help but smile at his childish expression. I finger painted a sun on his cheek and his grin grew as he began painting a picture on mine. His sweet expression faded as he looked over my shoulder. Slowly I twisted around so I could see what he was glaring at and spotted the letters typed up in perfect script.

" Your still getting those letters?" he asked through gritted teeth.

" Yes."

" I thought they had stopped."

" I thought so too but apparently not." I sighed. " Really Austin I am sure that it's nothing. It's probably just some prank or hoax."

" I don't like it."

" No, me neither but it isn't doing any harm."

" What did it say this time."

" Same thing, I'll be there."

" I'll be there? What is that even supposed to mean?" he asked as I shrugged.

" We should probably get cleaned up."

" Probably." he sighed in frustration. The moment was ruined.

" I can not believe we are back at the store for more paint." I sighed as I pulled into the car park of homes with attitude. By the time we had managed to scrub ourselves clean and sort out the front doorstep which had been assaulted by the paint it was 7:00pm. Homes with attitude closed on a Sunday so we decided to get the paint today so we could finish our DIY project tomorrow morning.

" Well we pretty much coated ourselves in most of it so we will actually need some for the door this time." Austin replied before reaching over and removing more yellow paint from my hair. That stuff just got everywhere. " Watch it Alls!" Austin shouted before pushing me backwards. I was startled at his sudden outburst. " You nearly got hit by that black Lexus." he shook his head. The black Lexus was speeding across the car park, a small scratch adorned the side of the car and one of the wing mirrors had fallen off.

" I didn't even see it coming."

" Well your lucky I did." he smiled.

" Come on. I think I can navigate us to the paint aisle without getting lost this time." l said before pulling him towards the store were rows and rows of DIY equipment and furnishings.

" Hey look Alls, those are some of the light fixtures I need for my practice room. I'm going to go and check it out, I'll meet you in the paint aisle in a bit."

" Okay, be quick. I don't think I can lift all the tins by myself." I yelled but he had already run off like a kid in a candy shop. I slowly sifted through the paint aisle examining the various tins of paint from teal and lime green to fuchsia. I took a step back to look for the yellows but knocked into something hard. Someone hard to be more precise.

" J- John." I choked, surprised to see him yet again. I examined the brunette in front of me. We had met a few times at the publishing house I was temporarily working at but I didn't know exactly what he did there and I had never bothered to ask.

" Ally! How nice to see you again." he replied with his almost robotic smile.

" Um, hi. What are you still doing in the store?" I questioned. It was weird because we had bumped into him in the store this morning when we were browsing for our first lot of paint and that was nearly 5 hours a go.

" Just browsing."

" For 5 hours?"

" I have a lot of things to get done around the house."

" But I thought you were looking for shelving not paint?"

" I already got the shelves I needed." he smiled again but I wasn't buying it. I did a once over and nowhere in sight were there any baskets with items in or shelves. He wasn't carrying anything. Slowly I drew my eyes back up to meet his gaze, a cold sensation tickled my spine. Warning me. I shrugged it off, it was only John right?

" So what do you need the paint for?" I asked, trying to make conversation.

" Why do you ask so many questions?" he frowned sternly as his deep brown eyes glazed over, hardening along with his face. His sudden change in emotion threw me.

" I - I was just wondering." I stuttered, trying with all my might not to shove chunks of my curly brown hair into my mouth and chew.

" Just for re decorating." The perky smile plastered his face once again. I gave him a small smile and took a step back. Every part of my being was tugging me away.

" Where are you going Ally?" he asked, a dark expression shrouding him again. His fists clenched and unclenched by his sides as his eyes narrowed to slits. Was he bi polar or something? His mood swings were freaking me out.

" N - Nowhere, I was just looking for, for-"

" Ally!" Austin cut me off as he came bounding down the aisle with his light fixtures or whatever he called it.

" Austin!" I sighed with relief.

" Did you find the paint?"

" No, I was just talking to-" I started but stopped instantly when I realised there was no one behind me. John had gone just as quickly as he had come.

" Who?"

" John." I whispered.

" John? What is he still doing here?"

" That's the thing. I don't know because I'm pretty sure he was lying to me." I said swivelling my head in every direction in the hopes of spotting him. Was I losing it? No, he was definitely here.

" Are you sure-"

" Positive." I cut him off.

" He must be really into his DIY then."

" Yeah." I muttered but I just couldn't shake the niggling feeling at the back of my head.

We stopped just outside of my small house. The sky was a thick black without a single star in sight and it was raining heavily. Cold wet raindrops attacked me as I shut Austin's car door.

" Thanks for the ride."

" No problem, I'll be back tomorrow so we can paint your door properly this time." he said raising his eyebrows. I gave him a light wave as he rolled up the passenger window and drove off. I spun on my heels and began making my way up the front steps when I realised my mail box was hanging open. That was weird. I hopped off the steps and peered inside the blue tin box to see several letters all with the same print ' I'll be there.' I shivered involuntarily before my eyes fell upon the glossy photos folded within the pile of notes. Photos of me and Austin painting my door this morning, having our paint war and him tickling me.I dropped the papers to the floor as my hand shook, I wrapped my arms around myself and stood silently in the rain. My heart was pounding faster and faster as I examined the unmistakable pictures. What the hell was going on? Breathe Ally, just breathe. I shook my head in disbelief as my brown locks sprayed water across my face. That is when I noticed the black Lexus with the small white scratch and missing wing mirror slowly pulling up to my house, concealed by the shadows of the night.

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