Authors' Note: And we're back! We've got the first chapter of the sequel for 'Your First Everything' and here it is! We hope you love it! :D

ALLY'S POV

School is finally out and summer's in the air. I have nothing against hot, sticky, sweltering weather, but one could say it's not the best of seasons for me. The sand was painfully hot as I held my sandals in one hand and a gift under the other, walking to meet up with everyone else. Who chooses to have their birthday party at the beach? Not me, but Emilee. And I wasn't that big of a fan of the beach but I had to suck it up for Austin's sister.

Speaking of Austin, he is such the best boyfriend ever! He is so cute and so far all of our dates have been so beautifully romantic. He's such a charmer. I smile at the thought of him and the sand and sticky air of the beach wasn't that bad.

"Hey Als," someone said behind me, slipping their hands around my waist.

I giggled like a love-struck school-girl. There was only one person who it could be. I smile and turn around and wrap my arms around his neck. "Hey Austin." We pull into a sweet kiss, added to the many we've shared.

"Get. A. Room," my best friend Trish sassed.

Me and Austin pulled away to look at her. "What about you and Dez?" I saucily shot back. "Sometimes you two can't hear any of us when you're in a make-out session."

She rolled her eyes. "Forget I said anything. Come on! Let's get this party started." I take Austin's hand as we walk to join everyone else for the main event.

"Trish, she's twelve, well, thirteen. It's not going to be like the parties we go to", I told her pointedly. Austin gave me a strange look when I said 'we'.

"You mean the parties I had to drag you to? Ally, those were nothing! Girl, you haven't lived!", she said shaking her head before returning to Dez who was eyeing the cake. He was probably trying to secretly get it all to himself before anyone else noticed, but his girlfriend has the eye of a hawk.

"You went to parties? Why didn't I get to come?", Austin whined. I rolled my eyes. "Party Ally sounds like a lot of fun"

"Really? You wanna see your girlfriend go to a bunch of parties where other guys will be? I gotta say, there were some pretty hot ones at that last one I went to...", I said jokingly. Trish only dragged me to two parties, and one of them was hers so I was in her room the whole time. The other one I left after five minutes.

I could see Austin's eyes widen at what I just said, but he deserves to be paid back for making me jealous back when school was still going on...and with his cousin! You would think he would've at least bothered to introduce her to me when she moved here since we were best friends since we were three.

"Ally, promise me you'll never go to another party as long as you live", Austin said with a serious look on his face. I laughed and shook my head.

"Sorry, I can't do that", I said. He looked desperate by this point.

"Why not?", he said, once again in his whiny little kid voice.

"We have to go to your sisters birthday party right now", I said laughing as he started chasing me down the beach.

"You're going to pay for that one Dawson!", he yelled. I hate the feeling of sand on my feet, but there's no way I'm letting him win so easily.

"Come and get me Moon!"

"You bet on that Ally!" he called after me. I just paused to turn back and stick my tongue out at him like a little girl. He laughed and picked up his pace. I yelped and ran back toward the party. Sweat dribbled my face, but I wiped it off.

"Ally!" Austin's mom exclaimed upon seeing me and pulling me into a bone-crushing hug. "How nice to see you! How are you?"

I smile at her. I love Austin's mom. She's so nice and welcoming. "Hi Mrs. Moon. It's nice to see you too. And I'm great!"

She smiles back. "Oh please! It's Mimi. And where's Austin?"

I look back. Suddenly someone tightly wrapped their arms around me, preventing escape. "Gotcha!"

I yelped. "Austin!" For two reasons: one, it surprised me; two, he's mom is watching us.

But Mimi just laughed. "You two are so cute! I wouldn't be surprised to see you married to each other in the future. In fact, I expect that to be happening."

I blushed deeply and I think Austin did too. "Mom!" he whined. "I'm only 17! I don't want to get married yet."

"I said in the future honey," she replied. "Oh but where's your father? He's supposed to be helping me." And with that she left to go look for Mike.

Austin still had his arms around me and said, "Well she wasn't wrong."

I know exactly what he was talking about, which is why I'm glad he can't see my blush right now from the position we're in. I decided to play it off like I was clueless to his sweet words though. "Oh yeah, I bet Mike is supposed to be helping your mom. He's probably hiding so he doesn't have to like you do when I try to get you to do something", I joked.

"Probably, but that isn't what I meant", he said nuzzling his head in the crook of my neck. I couldn't help but giggle; he knows how ticklish I am!

"Austin...", I said in a warning tone.

"Hmm?", he asked innocently, all the while nuzzling my neck even more. I don't think I can take much more. But even though this tickles, it feels so good! I never want it to end!

"W-We're in p-public", I stammered. Goodness he's making this difficult.

"When has that ever stopped me from going after something I want?", he asked huskily. He then turned me around and brought me into another one of his beautifully magical kisses. Oh the things this boy does to me.

"Will you two quit sucking face and get over here? We're waiting on you...", Emilee yelled from where the party was being held. Austin and I pulled apart, but he kept his arm around my waist. I was blushing madly, and I think I saw a bit of pink on Austin's cheeks too, but it was mostly overridden by that smirk of his.

Even though it was a birthday party on the invitation card were the exact words "Prepare to go into the water" which sorta worried me. I really don't like the beach and that includes the water. But of course, it's a beach, everyone else wants to go into the water. Not this girl. But you could clearly see everyone dressed in casual clothes with board shorts and maxi dresses. And for those who did put on something nice I bet you they have their bathing suit in their bag or something.

"Okay everyone!" Mimi shouted over the noise of everyone murmuring. "We're going to cut the cake first so then after you can go and enjoy the party. It's just easier this way. So Emilee, why don't you get up here?"

Emilee walks to the front where the cake was and stands behind it. "Austin! Ally!" she called waving us over. The photographer or else Austin's dad is busy clicking away with his camera. Then we all gather around for a family photo. I didn't want to intrude but Emilee insisted me being on there as well as Eli.

You know I think they might have a thing going on for each other. Just the way they look at each other, one can see it.

Flash after flash, Austin's dad takes so many photos I wonder if there's enough room in there because it's only been 30 minutes. But I guess there's so much more at the rate he's going. Mimi lights the candles on top of the cake as everyone breaks into song. "Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Emilee! Happy Birthday to you!" And claps as Emilee blows out the candles.

That little insecure girl I met about a year ago, now has transformed into a young lady. 13 years old Emilee looks quite older now.

Not only does she look much older, but she acts older too. I always knew Em as "the adorable little girl next door", but now she's so grown up...and doesn't really live next door anymore. She's not as shy and timid as she was so long ago, and can actually show her bright and cheery personality that just attracts everyone around her. For her to have only been Austin's little sister for a little while, they sure do act similar.

"What cha thinking about?", Austin asked from behind me.

"Emilee", I said simply as I leaned into him, loving the feeling of having such an amazing boyfriend I'd been waiting to have for so long.

"What about her?", Austin asked as he began to subconsciously play with my hair.

"How mature she's gotten in such little time. I remember not even a year ago she was just a shy little girl in my neighborhood, but loved both of us for some unknown reason. And now look at her; she's grown physically and is so much more outgoing. She gained a personality much like yours, has a real family, and has an actual best friend...though I think they'll be more some day", I said. I don't really know how Austin feels about Emilee and Eli as a soon-to-be couple, but I know he's happy Emilee has a friend since she was bullied for so long.

"That's true. She reminds me of this one little shy girl I used to know. Such a beautiful little girl, but she acted as if she couldn't see it", Austin said. I looked up at him curiously.

"Who would that be?", I asked. I don't remember him talking about a girl so shy and insecure that he used to know...wait a second...

"You happen to know her very well", he said giving me a quick peck on the cheek. "Even though she's still a bit shy, she's a lot bolder and even landed herself an awesome boyfriend."

I laughed a little. "Well she sounds lovely, but I think her sudden burst of confidence might've come from that awesome boyfriend of hers. Perhaps it was when he let it slip that he had been in love with her since they were young", I said smiling. I remember that's the first day I ever truly felt like someone could care about me. I know I'm the one that left and said I didn't know how I felt, but I loved him so much at that point, it was unbelievable that he could actually feel the same way towards me: a girl I always thought of as a hopeless cause. I always thought I'd never have my fairy tale ending and it was stupid to fall for my best friend, but that was before he showed me just how much he really cared. Now I can feel a little more confident.

"Well, I have a feeling that boy had been in love with her for much longer than when he said, he just might not have realized that's what those certain feelings were", Austin said making me smile even wider.

And now that I think about it... maybe I did like Austin for quite a while now. Well even before I realized my feelings. "I think me too." Austin smiled at me and we turned back to Emilee who has opening a few presents.

I thought it was really sweet of Eli to get her an friendship bracelet. "What should their couple name be?"

Austin though for a moment. "Their names are so similar. Emilee. Eli. I don't know."

I nodded. "Come on let's grab some food. It is a barbeque party after all."

Austin looked shocked. "You know, it'd usually be me to hit the food table first! This is a surprise Ally."

"Please. A growing body needs food," I replied walking to the food.

"Hey! That's my line!" he called after me. I just laughed and picked up a plate. But he took it and put it back. "Hold up Ally. We need to get you into water first." I looked at him. What did he mean? "After all, we are at the beach," he quipped. I took a few steps, but he caught hold of me and hauled me up to his shoulders and ran down the stretch of sand to the water.

"Austin!" I screamed. And definitely, as I looked back, we had an audience. Some even had the nerve to hoot and whistle. "Austin! Please!"

"I'm sorry Ally," he said, "I wouldn't be a good boyfriend if I did this."

Is he in his right mind?! He wouldn't be a good boyfriend if he did this! "Austin!" I squealed. But all that got me was in the water. Ugh, sometimes I hate him.

You know what, he asked for it! I came up for air, pretending to gasp loudly for the effect before going back under and coming back up a couple of times like it was hard for me to swim. He knows I can be weak, but he doesn't know how good I can be at swimming...or acting. I could see his eyes widen when I first came up, but he was really freaking out when I went back under and didn't come up for a while. You gotta love the lungs of a singer.

"ALLY! ALLY, WHERE ARE YOU!?", he yelled in a panic. We were beginning to draw a crowd to the area, but he jumped in the water before anyone was even near us. "ALLY!? Ally, speak to me! Please don't do this to me!", he cried. Okay, now I feel kind of bad. I guess I should end this little act before it gets me in too much trouble.

"Awe, my knight in shining board shorts!", I said with a smile that let Austin know I was playing. At first he looked shocked, then angry, and when I thought he just couldn't settle on an emotion, he hugged me tighter than ever before.

"Goodness Ally, please promise me you'll never do something like that again! I thought I was going to lose you forever! That was worse than thinking you liked Elliot!", he exclaimed still hugging me. When I looked closer at him, I could see he was crying. Oh, now I feel awful!

"I-I promise. I'm sorry Austin, I was just trying to get you back for throwing me in the water."

"Please," he begged, "don't you ever do that again."

I shake my head, honestly. "I know. I won't."

Then he pulled away and smiled. Not one of those sad, honest smiles that'd fit in one of these moments but a mischievous smile that reach from ear to ear. "I'm not the only great actor here. Gotcha!" I slapped him playfully on the arm, but I did add some force in there for tricking me, again.

"That was mean!" I said, pulling away. Then I realized we were in knee deep water. I could feel the push and pull of the waves.

"Yeah, well you pulled a stunt on me too. So with some quick thinking, I turned the tables on you," he retorted. Remember how I said I hated him? I still do, but I love him even more. And to show my love, I push and shove him into the warm waters.

He sat in the shallow water and grabbed my arm, pulling me down with him. "Do the pranks end here?" I cautiously asked.

"Only for the day," he replied watching the water. Then he looked at me. "I love you Ally. And I mean that."

"Of course you do," I said and looked back on shore where Emilee seemed to be having the time of her life. "You know we should get back to the party."

Austin shrugged. "Nah, it's just better here with you." He took some water and splashed it on me. I squealed and fought back. Thus, started a huge water fight that everyone eventually joined in.

By now everyone else was tired out and stretched out on the sand or grabbing a bit. Little kids ran through the shallow water. "Emilee!" Eli yelled as he chased her with a water gun. Austin swerved to avoid the two, into me.

"Hi there!" he flaunted, flashing his million dollar smile, pulling me in a hug.

I giggled. "Hi to you to, Blondie."

"You need to get over calling me that," he sighed.

I shrugged. "It stuck. So it might take a while."

"You cold?" I guess He had felt me shake and tremble. "Want to get back and dry off?"

I shook her head. "Nah, later. I just want to stay here for a while."

"In my arms?" Austin cockily asked, raising his eyebrows. I swatted him playfully. "What?" he yelped, pouting. "It's true. You're amazing."

"You too, Blondie," I mummered, leaning in. Austin caught on and met me halfway.

"Hey, you two get a room...or at least get out of the water before you catch pneumonia!" Haley called, slipping an arm around Elliot.

Me and Austin pulled away to look at them. "Hey Haley!" I called. "Where have you been? Haven't... oomph." Austin had shrugged and pulled me back in. Haley and Elliot rolled their eyes, but went on their way. We stayed there for a few minutes more before air was a necessity and because they needed to dry up and grab some lunch.

A/N: ...and that was it. The first chapter of the sequel. How'd you like it?
And we don't own that "knight in shinning board shorts" quote from TBM.

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