SALLYS POV
It's 11 pm and I'm at the beach.  I've been waiting and standing here for about thirty minutes my feet are killing me,  I sat down on the sand and faced the ocean my feet slightly touching the water. It felt cool.  I hugged my legs and buried my head in them.

What am I doing here?  well,  Elizabeth said that she had a surprise for me.  I've called her several times but she not answering my calls. I stood up and walked away.  Then I saw him,  I saw Troy.  He was in front of me wearing a plain shirt and jeans, he looked good. Maybe Elizabeth standing me up was a good thing. I walked to him smiling and I was shocked when he smiled back.  Does he like me?  I thought as I approached him

"Ally,  what are you doing here?"

He asked me with a smirk on his face I liked that smirk.

"Uh...  to see a friend,  what are you doing here?"

I wanted to make sure that he wasn't here to see someone else. 

"Actually, I'm here to see Liz." 

Liz? He called Elizabeth 'Liz' did it make me jealous? Yes. But he also gave me a nickname 'Ally' maybe he gave every girl he met a nickname. But if he did, that would mean I'm not special at all.

Troy rubbed his feet on the sand he was waiting for me to say something. Stupid! I insulted myself. I was so caught up in my thoughts that I forgot that Troy was right in front of me waiting for me to speak. Stupid! I'm doing it again.

"Oh...uh...um..." What am I saying? Relax Sally don't mess up.

"She's not here, she didn't..."

Then it hit me, Elizabeth didn't come because she wanted me to be with Troy, that made perfect sense.

"She didn't what?"

Troy asked, I smiled happily, maybe too happily. I had Troy to myself that night.

"She couldn't come, so she sent me instead"

"But I thought you came here to see someone?"

I was caught I suck at lying.

"Well..."

"But why would she send you?"

He believed me! I just hoped that he would stop talking about Elizabeth.

"I'm her best friend we do things for each other."

Troy seemed to believe me, I think he did. Before I knew it we were both walking down the beach together. I looked at him and observed his face closer, I never thought I'd be looking at him this close before, I was always watching him from the far end of the class. My eyes slowly drifted to his hands and I wanted to hold them, I didn't even know when I did. He looked at me with a face that read 'What are you doing?' I immediately let go, that was too awkward. But then, he held my hands I looked at him again, I couldn't tell if I was happy or in shock. Troy was holding MY hands. He smiled at me and I smiled back.

TROYS POV

So... I came to the beach to walk with Liz, it was a romantic thing to do, right? Problem is, I can't find her anywhere. I've looked around and I saw Ally instead. Maybe she would know where Liz is so I wanted to walk to her but she was already walking to me, she smiled so I smiled back.

"Ally what are you doing here?" I asked with a smirk on my face

"Uh... To see a friend, what are you doing here?" I wandered who that friend was, I hoped it wasn't Liz.

"Actually, I'm here to see Liz?"

There was a sad look on her face when I said that. I can't describe it, did I say something wrong? She was thinking too much I rubbed my feet on the sand impatiently waiting for her to say something.

"Oh...uh...um..."

What was she saying?

"She's not here, she didn't..."

The only time she was making sense she stopped again and started to space out, so I asked impatiently

"She didn't what?"

She smiled very happily. Why was she smiling like that?

"She didn't come so she sent me instead."

"I thought you said you came here to see someone?"

"Well..."

"But why would she send you?"

"I'm her best friend we do things for each other."

It didn't make sense, she could have called, she didn't have to send Ally. I don't want to bother her like that.

I started walking down the beach and Ally followed me. It's not like I didn't want her to following me it just felt weird. Ally wasn't bad though, she was popular but she was somehow sticky, she always looked at me at the classes we had together with a weird look on her face, it distracted me. I didn't look at her back though. Now she was looking at me again with that same look on her face, except this time it felt as if she was examining my face, it was really annoying. 'Why would Liz send her here?!' Before I knew it, she held my hand, I looked at her with a face that read 'what are you doing?' She immediately let go.

I'm glad she got the message but then I felt rude, I was with Liz's best friend, the least I could do was be nice or 'act' nice so I held her hands and smiled at her, she smiled back.