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Chapter 1: The Infamous Hat

As the sun beams down on the side of my face I begin to smile as I see my two good friends and my best friend running around like little kids and swimming in the ocean.

"Hello, Alex! Are you going to swim or what?" Yelled Mitchie

"No, I'm good right here!" I yelled back. I was comfortable just sitting on the sand watching my friends having fun on the last day of summer. Mitchie then walked over to me.

"Well are you at going to change into your bathing suit?" Mitchie asked. I looked up at her and said "I didn't bring one" Mitchie looked up at me with a curious look on her face, "Why?" I smiled and said "Because I like what I'm wearing" Mitchie then analyzed my outfit. "Alex, you're wearing a baseball hate, ripped jeans, and a sweatshirt. Aren't you hot?" I shook my head, "Nope"

"Alright, suit yourself, I'm going swimming" As Mitchie walked away, I admired her way of thinking. Mitchie was a girly girl who could be a tomboy. BUT a still a pretty tomboy neither the less, Mitchie has a awesome, fun personality and every guy wanted her. However, she had principals and wishes. She only wanted to date one guy, Shane. And as soon as I got to Shane's name in my head. I suddenly saw Mitchie jump on Shane's back. Shane was now carrying towards the ocean. I could totally hear Mitchie yelling at Shane, "Don't drop me, Don't drop me!" Mitchie yelled. "I won't you can trust me!" Shane yelled. As I saw this happening I started to laugh and muttered, "They would make a cute couple."

"What did you say?" Someone asked, I turned my head and looked to see Nate a.k.a my best friend.

"Oh, nothing" I said

"No, I wanna know" Nate said and sat next to me. "It was nothing, really." I said

"Come on Al, you can tell me." He then nudged me. "Fine" I smiled, "I was just saying that Shane and Mitchie would make a cute couple."

He then looked at me weirdly, "What are you talking about, Shane and Mitchie are a couple!"

"WHAT!" I blurted out, "She didn't even tell me I swear, I'm.-" Then I suddenly saw Nate smirk, Oh that sexy smirk that meant he was up to something. "NATE, YOUR MEAN!" I yelled out and hit his arm.

Nate then started laughing, "I'm sorry but the opportunity presented itself, I had to take it"

"So Mitchie and Shane aren't dating?" I asked Nate. "No" Nate said while looking at me.

"Well that sucks" I blurted out. Nate just laughed and looked at my hat. "When are you ever going to take that hat off? Nate said while flicking my hat. "Never" I smiled as I responded .

"Why?" Nate then looked at me questioningly. "Because" I then grabbed Nate's hand "It's because of this hat, I met you."

*Flashback*

-Nate, Alex, and Mitchie are six years old-

Alex and Mitchie are outside running home when it starts to get really windy and starts to rain.

"Alex!" Mitchie yelled. "Come on, let's get home I'm getting soaked"

"I'm coming, I'm coming! Alex started to run until her hat flew off her head due to the wind. Alex's hat started to roll away.

"Mitchie!" Alex yelled

"What" Mitchie stopped running

"My hat, it flew away" Alex said. Mitchie then started to pull Alex. "Forget about your hat, we have to get home, your mom is going to get mad if we're not there. Let's go!"

"No" Alex said while pulling away from Mitchie. "I have to find it, it was my dad's" Alex then run away leaving Mitchie confused.

"Alex, wait up! I don't want you to be by yourself. Mitchie runs in the direction that Alex was running in. "Alex, Wait" Mitchie yells. "UGH! Alex! Where did she go!" Mitchie starts to look for Alex again.

-Meanwhile-

"Dude, I can't believe we lost our little brother." Jason yelled while holding an umbrella.

"Jas, we didn't lose him, we just misplaced him!" Shane said. Jason looked at him with draggers in his eyes. "Shane, he's not some item, he's our little brother! I told you not to leave Nate. But no. Mr. Shane Grey had to go and turn on his 'Charm' and flirt with those girls."

"Hey" Shane yelled "May I recall you were doing the exact same thing"

"Yeah well" said Jason "I thought you would be responsible enough to watch our little brother, but I guess not"

"Once again, HEY! I never said I was the most responsible Grey."

"Whatever, let's just try to find Nate, and Shane get under this umbrella before you catch a cold."

"Sorry, Mom" Shane said while getting under the umbrella

"Umm, Excuse me?" someone walks up to Shane and Jason.

Shane turns around and says, "Hey, look it's a little person." "Shane!" Jason then elbows him.

"Sorry about that. Um, what's your name?" Jason asked

"Mitchie"

"Oh okay" Jason said "I'm sorry about that Mitchie, my brother can be real dumb sometimes."

Mitchie starts to Shiver "Ahh..i..it..'s o..okay.."

"Jas, is she okay?" Shane asks. "Yeah, she's fine. Just a little cold" Jason replied

Mitchie was able to stop shivering for a few seconds. "Anyways, I was hoping you could help me." Joe then asks "with what?"

"Um. Well I lost my friend A..A..l..e..x and I..I.. wa..was ho..hoping you guys saw her. S..she ha..has.. black hair and s..she this tall a..and she's wearing a..a bl..blue sh..shirt and de..denim je..jeans"

Jason notices that her shivering is getting worse. "Mitchie, are you okay?" Jason asked worriedly. "Y..yeah, I'..m fi..fine. I.. I ju..st really need to fi..find. Alex. So, ha..have you se..seen her?"

I'm sorry Mitchie, but we haven't seen your friend" Jason says softly. "But if it helps we lost our little brother" Shane says proudly. "Shane!" Jason yells. "What!" Shane responds

"Well, thanks any..anyways I..I.. better get back to lo..looking for her" Mitchie starts to walk away. Shane and Jason look at each other. "Mitchie, Wait" Jason yells out. Mitchie turns around "Huh?"

"Maybe, you should stay with us" Shane says. "Ahh.. I don't think so." Mitchie stated.

"Come on, we can help each other" Jason said "Consider we lost our brother too" Jason starts to feel ashamed. "" Mitchie says

"Here, this will keep you warm" Shane takes off his jacket and hands it to Mitchie. "tha..nks" Mitchie grabs the jacket and wraps it around herself. "Come on guys, they have to be close" Jason says.

-Meanwhile-

"JASON, SHANE! WHERE ARE YOU! Oh great, I'm lost. Why couldn't I just stay put like Shane told me to" Nate muttered. Then suddenly Nate sees a street sign, Nate tries to read it. "Sa..Sa..Savannah! Savannah Street! This is where I live, now that I found the street. I just need to find my house. Okay, think Nate think. What did Jason say."

Suddenly, Jason's voice popped into Nate's head. "Remember Nate, if you ever get lost look for the street sign Savannah, once you reached the sign, go left. That's the hand you don't write with. Once you go left, count eight houses down and then you'll see a mailbox with the name Grey on it and that's our home."

"Okay Nate, all you have to do is go left." Nate then mutters "Hand I don't write with. Okay this way" Nate then turns left and starts walking. As he is walking, he notices a girl jumping up and down near a tree. "What is that girl doing?" Nate asked himself.

Nate then ran up to the tree where the girl was at. "Um. Excuse me, what are you doing?" Nate asked.

The girl still jumping up and down "I'm trying to get my hat, what does it look like I'm doing" "What?" Nate said while begin confused. "Look up" She said

Nate did what he was told and did look up. Once he did, he saw a baseball hat caught on a tree branch. "Is that yours?" Nate asked.

"Yeah, that's mine" the girl said while jumping up and down again. "Here, let me try." Nate said. "Okay, but I doubt you can reach it. You're as tall as me" The girl said. "HEY!" Nate yelled. "Sorry, just trying to make a point."

"Okay, but at least let me try." Nate said. "Okay, suit yourself." The girl said and moved out of the way for Nate. Nate tried to get the hat, but it was too high for him to reach. After his tenth jump he finally gave up. "I give up" Nate said"

"I told you couldn't reach it" said the girl while squeezing water out of her shirt. "Maybe, you should go home and wait for the rain to stop" Nate suggested. "No!" the girl blurted out "We have to get it, today!"

"Okay, um. Let me think for a sec." Nate said. "Oh, that's going to take FOREVER!" the girl said and Nate looked at her "Not helping".. The girl softly smiled and said "Sorry."

"I got it" Nate yelled. "Got what" The girl asked "Here, jump on my back" Nate stated. "Wait, what!" The girl sounded confused. "If you jump on my back, I can boast you high enough to reach the hat" Nate said.

"Um. I don't think that's a good idea" The girl said. "Let's just try, I promise not to drop you" The girl sighed and said "Fine". The girl jumped on Nate's back and Nate pushed her up. "Can you reach it?" Nate asked. "I think so" The girl starts to reach for it and Nate starts to notice that she's putting all her weight on him.

"I'm almost there, just a little but more, got AHHH!" The girl falls down. "Ow" She said "What happen" She asked Nate. "I'm sorry, I lost my balance" Nate stated while brushing off his pants. It turns out that Nate fell down too. "It's okay, at least-"

Nate, there you are" Shane yelled while running towards him. "Nate, where did you go. We were looking for you" Jason said while hugging him. "Mitchie? Is that you" the girl asked

"Alex, Oh my gosh. I'm so glad your okay." Said mitchie.

"I'm fine, and guess what I found my hat. But I have to thank-" Alex points at Nate. "Um, what's your name? Alex asked. "Nate"

"Well, I also have to thank Nate for saving my hat" Alex hugs Nate. "Thank you, thank you Nate" Nate was so caught off guard that he couldn't really say anything except, ". your welcome"

Alex finally let Nate go. "I'm Alex by the way" Alex puts her hand out and Nate shakes it.

"Come on Alex, we need to go home" Said Mitchie while pulling her. "um. Maybe we should call your moms instead" Jason suggested.

"Yeah, I think that's a good idea our house is only eights houses down" Shane stated. Alex then looked at Mitchie. "I..I.. th..think th..that's a go..good idea"

Nate and Alex smiled at each other.

-End of Flashback-

"And that's why I don't take off this hat" Alex said while smiling and looking at Nate. However, Nate wasn't paying attention to Alex. He was more interested as to why Alex's hands were holding his. Feeling awkward, Nate asked "Al, why are you holding my hand"

Alex then looked down noticing, she is in fact holding his hand "Oh, sorry" Alex said and let his hand go even though she didn't want to. "I guess I just got caught up in the moment" Alex then gives a fake smile.

"Nah, It's okay" Nate said while putting his arm around Alex, "You're my best friend and I give you permission to hold my hand whenever you want" Alex smiled "Aw, I'm so flattered"

"You should be! Now come on let's go swimming" Nate said while standing up. " I can't " Alex said. Nate was now curious. I mean, he knew Alex for a long time and she usually was up for anything, that's what was so great about having a tomboy as a friend. She gave great girl advice, because well she was a girl. Kind of.. But she also could just be one of the guys. Which was the ultimate thing Nate loved about her, "And why not?" Nate asked

"Because, I didn't bring extra clothes" Alex stated while looking down. "So, that's never stopped your before" Nate said. "Well that's because-" Alex then looked up, "You wouldn't dare"

Nate then smirked and said, "Oh yes I would" Oh that dumb but cute smirk that Alex just happened to love and hate at the same time. "You'll just have to catch me first" Alex got up and started running for her life.

"Alex, come back here!" Nate said while running after her. "Never!" Alex said as she saw Nate coming. "Man, why does Nate have to be such a fast runner" Alex thought. Just as she finished thinking that thought she felt Nate's arms wrap around her waist. Alex tried to wiggle her way out of his grip, but when she felt her feet leave the ground she knew she was DOOMED!

"NATHANIEL JERRY GREY, Put me down this instant" Alex yelled as Nate threw her over his shoulders. "Not a chance, Russo" Nate said between a laugh. Alex couldn't see anything but Nate's back, so she didn't know how close she was to the ocean until she heard a SPLASH and felt her body being thrown into the water. Alex suddenly, felt water surrounding her everywhere and her clothes started to stick onto her body. Alex swam up to breathe for air and once she was above the surface the first thing that came out of her mouth was

'NATE!" Alex then started to look for him. He was nowhere to be found, but Alex knew Nate better than most people. Nate looked angelic but he was actually devious and slightly pervy at times. Nate was up to something. And Alex just had to figure it out before it was too late. Suddenly, Alex felt something wrap around her waist, She screamed and turned around only to see Nate behind her.

"Ugh, I hate you!" Alex said as she pushed him. "I'm sorry, but I love torturing you. And as your best friend I think that's my job" Nate said. "Whatever" Alex tried to pull away, but Nate's arms were still wrapped around her waist. And every time Alex tried to pull away, his grip only got tighter.

"You suck!" Alex yelled out. "Okay, fine I'll let you go under one condition"

"What is that?" Alex asked. "That you forgive me for throwing you into the ocean and making you scream"

"And what if I don't forgive you" Alex said. "Oh you will" Nate said with a smile. "Fine" Alex sighed "I forgive you"

"Good" Nate let go of Alex, but was caught off guard when she hugged him. "Al, why are you hugging me?" Nate asked

"Because Nate, hugging is the sign for forgiveness" Alex stated "Well in that case" Nate hugged her back

"Al, you know you're my best friend, right?" Nate asked

"Of course" Alex said while trying to control her voice from cracking "And that's all I will ever be"

Nate and Alex finally broke their hug and continued to talk.

As Nate and Alex were talking, Mitchie and Shane were staring at each other with the same look on their and surprised as to what they just witnessed. Mitchie and Shane finally said something at the same time, "I can't believe Nate doesn't see it"

-End Of Chapter One-