"Don't look now," my best friend said, elbowing me in the ribs. "But that guy over there is checking you out." I rolled my eyes and rubbed my side where her elbow had made contact with my ribs.

"Yeah right." I snarked. I turned around to walk out of the video store when I noticed the blond guy standing by the entrance looking at me. "Wait is it the blond guy? With the blue eyes?" I swallowed as I looked over my shoulder at my friend. She nodded as she watched me with wide eyes. I slowly turned back to the guy that was watching me from the entrance. Taking a deep breath, I walked forward until I had nearly passed him. Without looking back or making eye contact with him, I walked out of the store. Once we had made it down to the carnival portion of the boardwalk, my friend and I broke into giggles.

"I can't believe that you just did that!" My friend roared with laughter. I doubled over with laughter before hitting her arm.

"You should have warned me before I caught him staring! I can't believe that you clocked him first!" I giggled as we got our laughter under control. Once we were sure we wouldn't make a scene as we walked down the boardwalk, we started in the direction of the food court.

"Why would I warn you first?" She nudged me again. "Cute guy watching you." She shivered a little. "I would give anything for someone like that to look at me the way he was looking at you (Y/N)." I rolled my eyes again and walked up to the register to place an order.

"Sure." I shot over my shoulder. "Can I get a pretzel and a medium soda?" I handed over the cash and moved off to the side with my friend. "You know I hate you sometimes." My friend snickered before her eyes went wide. Her hand flew up to cover her mouth and she started quickly tapping on my arm that was resting on the counter. "What? What's wrong?" She wouldn't say anything but kept looking over my shoulder. "(F/N), what is wrong?" My friend shook her head and quickly turned away from me, leaving me standing there waiting for my food with a confused look on my face. "Where are you going?!" I called after her. I shook my head as I watched her retreating form.

"I think she's just attempting to give us some space." I jumped at the smooth voice that sounded from behind me. I quickly turned around to see the same blues eyes belonging to the guy I saw watching me at the video store. "Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you." He chuckled. I let out a quiet chuckle at the look on his face.

"That's alright. I just did not expect to see you again." I pushed a stray piece of hair out of my face. "I'm (Y/N)." Sticking out my hand, I smiled at the boy while blushing a little bit.

"David." He shook my hand and leaned against the counter a little more comfortably. "So...." He took a quick look around and seemed to be fishing for something to say. "Come here often?" I giggled at his line. He lowered his eyes a little and let out a breathy laugh. "Yeah I know. Terrible line."

"It's fine." I smiled at him. David looked up at me through his eyelashes. "I'm serious David. It's fine." David finally looked at me fully. "To answer your question I do come here often." David chuckled and smiled. "What about you?"

"Yeah. Pretty much every night." David took a look around the boardwalk. "I'm normally here with some friends though." I nodded.

"Yeah. Me too." I pointed a thumb over my shoulder. "But looks like we both got ditched."

"Looks like it." David agreed.

"Pretzel and a medium soda!" I turned to grab my order before turning back to David.

"Well since we both got ditched and it would be entirely silly for us to spend time on our own on the boardwalk...." David trailed off. I smiled as I nodded my head.

"Why not?" I asked as David turned away.

"Then right this way." David joked. I soon fell into step next to him. "Is there anything you desperately want to do?" I shook my head as I started to eat my food.

"Not really." I shrugged. "I mean aside from eventually going on the Ferris wheel but that can always wait until later." David led me over to the picnic benches by the beach. We took seats across from each other as I continued to eat. "So tell me about yourself David." He shrugged.

"Not much to tell." He responded as he leaned over and tried to take a piece of my pretzel. I gently swatted his hand. "Born and raised in Santa Carla. Live on my own with some of my friends." A shrug of his shoulders brought his hand back to his lap. "Cause a little trouble here and there but that's about it." I smiled over at David. "What about you?" I handed a piece of the pretzel to him as I shrugged.

"Same here. I live with my friend. Work at the video store from time to time. Otherwise I usually just hang out with (F/N). Either on the boardwalk or somewhere else in town." I glanced over at David.

"I haven't seen you at the video store before." I shot David a look. I had definitely seen him in the video store before. "Ok ok." David held his hands up in defense. "Working at the video store before." I laughed which caused David to smile.

"I usually work mornings and early afternoons. Before Max comes in." I responded. "Then I tend to go back later to make sure Max doesn't need my help throughout the night."

"I take it he never needs your help?" David asked. Chuckling, I shook my head.

"No he never does need my help at night." I smiled over at David. He smiled back. "But that's alright because then I get to hang out on the boardwalk all night instead." I shrugged. "Hey, check this." I nodded at the trash can that was behind David.

"Bet you can't make it." David said with a chuckle, looking back at me from having looked over his shoulder.

"Bet I can." I shot back, leaning a little close to David. He leaned in towards me and smiled again.

"If you miss, spend the night with me. Do whatever it is I want to do." David wavered. I cocked an eyebrow.

"And if I make it?" I asked. David tilted his head slightly.

"If you make it, I'll do whatever it is you want to do." He shrugged. "If you want me to leave you alone, I'll go. If not then I'll do whatever it is you want." I nodded and took David's outstretched hand.

"Deal." We shook on it and David slid over on the bench enough that I would have a better shot at the trash can. I picked up the cup and aimed at the can. I took a deep breath and aimed before throwing the cup. We both watched as time seemed to slow down as the cup arched in the air before hitting the side of the can and bouncing off the rim. My face fell and David's smile grew as the cup hit the floor. We turned to look at each other at the same time and I sighed. "Alright. What did you wanna do for the rest of the night?" David leaned towards me again with a smile that sent a shiver down the back of my spine. Not a bad shiver. A good one.

"Something you would never expect." He said. I rolled my eyes and stood up. "But first I think you said something about eventually going on the Ferris wheel?" He stood up with me.

"I can always come back and do that some other time." I shrugged it off. "Let's do whatever it was that you wanted to do." David nodded and offered me his hand. I took it as we weaved our way through the crowded boardwalk. There were more tourists now that the sun had nearly completely gone down. We soon ended up by the various booths that lined the outskirts of the boardwalk. David let go of my hand and got on one of the motorcycles that was sitting next to the booth. I jumped as it started up and David smiled as he let the bike warm up.

"You scared of a motorcycle (Y/N)?" He laughed as he smiled up at me. I shook my head.

"I just didn't expect it to be that loud is all." I said with a shake of my head. I shifted from foot to foot as I decided if I should get on the bike or not.

"Come on (Y/N). It's just a motorcycle. It can't hurt you." David coaxed as he watched my reaction. I bit my lip as I thought this through. I was getting on a dangerous bike with someone that I had literally just met going who knows where. And on top of that, I was leaving (F/N) behind on the boardwalk without any idea about where I had gone. Then again she had been trying to get me to be more adventurous. Shaking my head I finally took a step forward towards David and the bike.

"Are you sure about this?" I was standing next to David on the bike. He balanced it perfectly as he nodded and watched my reaction.

"If you are really worried about (Y/N), we can do something else?" David offered, his expression softening. I nodded.

"Alright then." I put my hand on his shoulder and swung my leg over the bike. David turned his head and I could of sworn I saw him smirk as I made myself comfortable behind him. I wasn't sure where to put my hands until David pulled my arms tight around his waist.

"Just hold on tight." David whispered over his shoulder, giving my hand a squeeze. "It's going to be a fast ride." Before I could respond, David had revved the engine and taken off in a flurry of dust. I held onto him tighter and pressed my face into his back. After a while, I managed to pull myself away from him and look at our surroundings fly past us. I started to smile and when David looked over his shoulder at me, I saw him smiling too. As David looked back in front of him, he let out a yell of excitement. Little did I know the ride I was in for.