(Ryan's P.O.V.)

"The sand is hot." Autie complained. I had offer to carry her but she said she wanted to walk. Which honestly scared me. I never thought Autie would turn down a free ride from me. But by now everyone has had enough of her whining, so I scooped her up in my arms without so much as a warning.

She glared at me. "I said I wanted to walk."

I kissed her nose which softened her gaze a little. "And I said stop complaining."

Sighing, she laid her head in my chest and gaze around the beach. It took us about five minutes to walk here and the whole time Autie was saying how her feet burned because she refused to wear shoes. Rachel had told her who take her shoes but Autie only shook her head and kept walking. For about thirty seconds she aloud Austin to give her a piggy back ride before she said she wanted to walk again.

Andrew and Rachel set down the towels in the middle of an open area in the beach. It was slightly chilly today so there weren't as many people at the beach. I set Autie down on a towel while I laid down next to her. Austin ran over to the water where a group of girls were.

"We're gonna go down to the water. Wanna come with us?" Andrew asked me, grabbing Rachel's hand.

I looked over at Autie to ask her but instead of looking at them and answering she flipped down on her stomach. "We'll meet you down there." I shrugged. Andrew nodded knowingly and left Autie and I on the towels.

I sat down next to her and started rubbing her shoulders. "You okay baby?" I asked, taking off my shirt and putting it besides our towel.

She nodded and handed me sunscreen lotion. "Yeah I'm fine. Can you please put this on my back."

"Of course!" I agreed happily, knowing that she wanted to talk to me again. As I started to rub it on her back I noticed jealous looks from a group of passing men. I smirked knowing that I can claim her as mine when guys look at her. That's why I don't get why Autie was upset when those girls were staring at me. You should be proud that people find your girlfriend/boyfriend attractive! I guess it's just another stupid girl thing.

She finally stood up a few minutes after I finished rubbing sunscreen on her. "Let's go down to the water." She smiled pulling me up from the ground.

I grabbed her waist and pulled her as close to me as possible. Hoping she wouldn't pull away from me. But she didn't. In fact she decided to hop into my arms instead of walking.

"Shit!" I yelled when I stepped on a million tiny seashells. She jumped out of my arms and stood in front of my staying clear of the seashells at the same time though.

"Aww! Baby are you okay?" She stood on her tiptoes and gave me a peck on the lips.

I coughed slightly nervous and shrugged, even though i was still in excruciating pain. "Yeah. It actually didn't hurt that much."

She rolled her eyes and chuckled. "Yeah okay. Your so cute." She cooed before swimming/running over to Rachel and Andrew.

I glared and started following her. "I'm not cute. I'm fucking manly."

~*~

(Dylan's P.O.V.)

Miles, Logan, and I walked down the parking lot and towards the beach. Earlier, Ryan had texted me and said that Autie seemed mad at him so I decided to take the guys down to the beach. Just to check up on them.

The thing is, my brother is an extreme player. He treats girls like a tissue. He uses them once then throws them away without a second thought. He's never really had a serious girlfriend before like Autie. So I had to make sure that everything stayed okay with them. Plus, Autue was my friend, I don't want her to be upset.

We were walking towards the beach when I saw all.. Five of the? A guy that looked like Autie and was about the same size as Ryan was walking right beside them. Autie and Ryan were standing a decent distance apart from each other while Rachel and Andrew were holding hands. Okay so something obviously happened on vacation between them but I'll have to look into that later. The two boys must not have seen them because they were laughing at something Miles said.

"Hey Dylan?" Miles asked, putting his hand in mine. "Can we go get some watermelon at the snack bar before heading down to the beach?"

I gave Autie and Ryan a doubtful glance. Ryan had picked her up but she was glaring at him. I sighed and nodded, putting on a fake smile.. Like I do everyday.

Logan was flirting with some girls by the docks so Miles and I slipped away to get some food without disrupting him.

He led me over to the snack stand. I groaned when I saw the huge line. "This is going to take forever." I mumbled.

Miles smiled sympathetically at me. "If you want I can punch them all in the face? Like, right in the face." He joked, punching his fist into his left hand repeatedly.

I chuckled. "No that's okay. I don't feel like bailing you out of jail again, criminal."

He looked hurt. "You get thrown in jail twenty two times and all the sudden you a criminal."

I laughed. "You have some problems."

He shrugged. "It's from being around you so much."

"Ouch. You know what Miles. That hurt. Right here." I teased pointing to my heart.

He kissed the top of my head." Sorry Dylan." When we first started dating Miles had asked me if I wanted him to call me anything. I told him to just call me by my name. Although it's extremely cute when guys call their girlfriends 'babe' or 'baby' it was just awkward. Cause he tried to say that to me before but I have a feeling it didn't sound right to either of us.

Finally, it was our turn to order. We quickly ordered the watermelon and paid the man. I ate the watermelon fast because it was only a small portion.

Miles offered me the rest of his. "I'm not hungry. You want it?"

I smiled and happily took it from his hands. "I'm always a slut for watermelon." I ate this one even faster and threw away the remains of our watermelon.

Now for what I really came here for. I took Miles hand and started running to the beach. "Come on I want to go swim."

"But Dylan!! We're not supposed to go into the water for another thirty minutes! We just ate!!" He whined

Rolling my eyes I ran faster. When we reached the beach I spotted Logan sitting by the same group of girls while they were spread out by the towels. I scanned the beach till I saw Andrew, Rachel, Autie, and Ryan. Autie was on Ryan's shoulders wrestling with Rachel, who was on Andrews shoulders. I guess everything will be okay.

~*~

(Autie's P.O.V.)

We were joined by Miles, Dylan, and sort of Logan. He was sitting and flirting with a bunch of girls.

We all spent a few more hours on the beach before I got tired. And annoyed of all the shells digging into my feet. I told Ryan I wanted to go home and he was relieved that he got to leave to. The rest of them staid down there for a bit longer.

That's when my whole day turned around from good to the worst day ever. While we were leaving two girls who look our age came up to Ryan and asked if he could take a picture with them. He laughed and agreed. That's not the part that worried me. I don't get that jealous. What bothered me is that while I'm taking the picture of my boyfriend and two horny girl the girls kissed his cheek and gave him their numbers.

The same feeling of anger, worry, and sadness from before crept over me again. I didn't want to know if Ryan kept the numbers or threw them away. So I just glared at him and ran for my apartment, of course followed by Ryan screaming my name.

~*~

I slammed the apartment door shut, just to have it reopened by Ryan a second later. I was stomping towards my room when he grabbed my arm. I just wanted to be alone. Actually no. That's the opposite of what I want. I just don't want to loose anymore if the people I love.

"Autie stop!" He yelled. "I gave them back the papers and I told them you were my girlfriend." I ignored him and turned my head. He pulled me closer. "I wouldn't do that to you. I love you." He voice cracked. As if he was afraid of loosing me too.

I didn't look at him but I stopped glaring. "Please look at me Autie. I need you to know that I'll only love you for the rest of my life. I can't even imagine not being with you."

I glanced at him but I knew if I did I would probably cry. Just for all the hurt I've had to go through. I know it wasn't even that much. I'm just not as strong as people expect me to be.

He opened his arms. "Come here." I slowly but surely came into his arms. Digging my face into his chest, I felt myself begin to cry. Ryan lifted my chin so I was looking at him: he placed a soft kiss on my lips before picking my up and putting me in my bed. He climbed in next to me. "Goodnight." He whispered into my ear.

"What time is it?" I asked.

"8:30 baby." I scooted closer to him.

"That's really early." I mumbled into his now bare chest.

Shrugging he began to rub the small of my back. "I know but you said you were tired."

"But you'll just be sitting here awake." I protested.

"It's fine. As long as I'm with you.".

I smiled. "You're so cheesy."

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