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Chapter 6

I woke up with my forehead pressed against my window. My favourite book fallen to the floor. Shit, I must have fallen asleep. Lifting my numb bum of from the seat I bimble over to my bed not even bothering to undress as I crawl under the covers. Just as I was about to drop off back to sleep a faint ringing sound was buzzing around my ears. Groaning I roll over and grab my phone. 

"Do you know what time it is over here Haz, are you kidding me? It's 2am!" 

"Oh, yeah sorry I forgot about that. Anyways how has your day been?" 

"Well, yeah it was good, I went shopping and then..." I stopped my self as I thought about the surfer I met earlier. I wasn't quite sure if I wanted to tell Harry about him just yet. I don't know why, I had no reason to not tell him. I just want to keep it to myself for some reason. 

"And then?" 

"And then I went surfing again." I continued, missing the part out about the hottie I met. 

"Oh that sounds cool, you're turning into a right little water babe now aren't you" he laughs down the phone to me. "I haven't been doing much, since you left. Revision mostly to be honest. It's boring here without you, I went down to our beach, but it wasn't the same without you." The sadness is evident in his voice compared to his chirpiness a few seconds ago.

I can't help but frown at the memories we shared together at out private little beach. Of course it wasn't really ours. It was just a little cove hidden out a sight along the cliffs that not many people knew about. But from a young age Harry and I would walk there by ourselves and spend our time sitting and watching the waves, and then when the summer came we would spend the day in the water. It was our place to escape. When we got older I would go down there with Harry and he would take his guitar down and sing to me when I was having a really bad day. That's another thing I hugely miss about Harry. Him singing. He didn't do it much, he was nervous that he wasn't good enough, but he knew it cheered me up, so occasionally when I was really down he'd bring his guitar to the beach and play and sing whilst I just sat and listened. He's good for a 15 year old. I was always on his case about putting videos on youtube but he wouldn't do. He'd just smile and say it was our little secret and the close the subject. I wish he could sing to me now. 

"Ally?" 

"Oh, sorry, Haz I was just thinking. Maybe you could meet up with Nialll. You'd be able to spend time with people instead of me taking it up all the time!" 

"Oh come on you know I love spending time with you more then any other person." 

"Yeah, I know, I know. But It'd be good for you to speak to other people now too." 

"I guess, I might give Naill a call tomorrow. I'm going to let you get back to sleep now. I'll speak to you soon, Ally. I miss you!" 

"I miss you to Harry." 

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I must had fallen asleep as soon as Harry ended the call because when I woke my phone was still in my hand. Pleased that my nightmare didn't make an appearance throughout the night I decided to get up straight away and try and commit to my running and keep at it for more then one day. Quickly getting changed into my running kit, I spring down the stairs and out the front door after leaving another note for mum. I decided to take the same path as yesterday as I still hadn't gone exploring yet. That's what I'll do next after my run I think to myself. 

Although being the only path I know to run along at the moment I like it a lot. The path runs along side the beach so I'm still able to listen to the waves and then if you go far another like I am today it takes you up onto a path along the cliffs you can see from my room. It surprises me that once I get onto the cliff it is grassy and there seems to be wild ponies munching. Being up here with the beach and the wild ponies reminded me of Cornwall, until I looked at the view properly. It was actually nothing like Cornwall at all. The houses were all modern, most painted white with balconies. Nothing like the small cottage houses back on the other side of the world. America was busier to. I could already see people bustling out side of their houses. Going to work or walking along the beach even at this time. Some also out running like me. Cornwall was a lot more quieter. People were a lot more reserved and I guess we don't have the weather to be outside all the time either. The more I thought about the pros and cons of being here, the more I started to like the idea of America, but then again, I hadn't started school yet... 

Not wanting to start worrying about school again I turned back to head back home. I could already feel the strain on my legs from my run yesterday and going even further today and no doubt I'll end up surfing again. I really do need to get fitter I can't help thinking. 

Once I reached home I got in the shower straight away, taking my time like always.Once freshly showered I made my way back out again. It was about time I should check the place out a bit more; not that I know where I'm going. 

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Looking around the place was pretty pointless. All there is here is a park and the beach... That's it. Not very exciting but neither was Cornwall. Looking at my options for what I have to do for the rest of the day wasn't looking great. Before I knew it I was changed into my bikini and heading back down to the beach with my board. 

Just before I hit the waters edge I heard someone behind. 

"Hey, Newbie! Mind a little company?" 

Turning around I didn't even try to hide my smile. 

AN: Sorry the ending is pretty crappy, had a bit of a writers blank. Please comment and give me some feed back, I would really appreciate it! 

I'm more then likely going to be updating every other day from now on because I'm back at school and I have my GCSEs (english exams) coming up in a few months. I'll try and update on both saturday and sundays but if not i'll do a double update on a sunday:) xx