Austin Mahone's California Love Story

Chapter 5: Taking The Risk

Austin

It takes almost two hours to get the car completely fixed and delaying it from entirely breaking down.

"Alright, it won't break down for a good while, but you should keep an eye on it after about three months." I wipe my hands in my cloth.

"Yeah I doubt my brother would like to do that, but thank you for the adjustments. I don't know how I can repay you for doing this." She says.

"Well what are you doing right now?"

She thinks for a moment before answering, "Nothing, now that I think about it. Why?"

"I heard there was a carnival at the pier. Do you want go?" Being in a stress relieving area could help Camila open up to me.

She shrugs her shoulder, "Okay, I guess it wouldn't hurt to go."

We take the Rover to the carnival. When we get there the music is loud, echoing throughout the pier with the loud screams of little children running around in excitement from the sugar rush of candy. There are so many temptations around us, from the food to the rides.

We pass a clown that's making balloon animals; he makes a flowering and gives it to me. I look over at Camila who is actually smiling. I give her the flower balloon and her smile slowly fades into a surprised look. She doesn't say anything, but you can see in her brown eyes that she was thankful for it. She continued to walk with the balloon in her hand.

About an hour and a half passes by fairly quickly. To my surprise I was able to get out the basic information out of Camila. She told me she's been on the volleyball team since junior year and that her brother's name is Carlos. The sun is nearly gone and the sky is transitioning from a bright yellow-orange to a dark purple. Camila and I stand in line for the Ferris wheel. She stood there looking up to the sky with the flower balloon and a stuffed elephant I won for her at a milk bottle game booth. The elephant was gray, about fourteen inches long, a trunk curved in an S form, and with large floppy ears. We walk into the basket shaped seats with an umbrella over our heads.

"So do you have a boyfriend?" I ask to pass the time.

She scoffs, "You take me to a carnival, win me an elephant and now you choose to ask me if I'm single?"

"Well it never came to mind considering you agreed to it."

"In that case, no I don't have one." She says it with pride like it's a relieving thing to know.

"What about Jorge?" He obviously likes Camila but doesn't she like him back in anyway?

"Jorge and I met in middle school. We dated once when we were sophomores, but I wasn't thinking at the time and I realized that I only loved him as a friend."

"Does he know that?" I ask.

"I don't know. He's protective over me for reasons that can't really be explained to people." She says with a thought of past demons that I didn't mean to bring back. "What about you? Do you have a girlfriend?" She murmurs with a smirk.

"Not recently," I'm not the type a guy who always flirts with different kinds of women but when there's one that gets my attention without trying, I have to pursue it. "I don't have any girls like Jorge either but I'm not complaining." She laughs and the Ferris wheel comes to a stop at the bottom where we started.

Once we get off the Ferris wheel we walk out towards the pier. I suddenly see a familiar face in the crowd.

"Hey if it isn't Austin," Derek shouts out to me.

I give him a fist pump, "What's up, bro?" I ask.

"I'm meeting a couple friends to scope out the place for some chicks. Who are you here with?"