Hey Skater Boy *On Hold*

Ch 6- Beauty Pageant

A/N: This chapter proved to be a hard one to write! I gave myself a limit of two weeks to update, prolonging it so long because of quarters week. I had a hard time figuring out how I wanted to word the beginning of the chapter so that it would make sense to my readers. I also had a hard time dealing with the fact there was just no possible way to make this chapter Austin's P.O.V. Without comments I don't really have any idea where you want me to go with this story, so comment what you would like to see :) With much struggle and much love here is Chapter 6.

Anna's P.O.V.

"Good morning Anna."

"Morning Mom."

"Can you go get the newspaper for me please? It is all the way at the end of the driveway," my mom asked without looking up from her phone.

"Sure Mom."

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"Morning Princess," someone spoke from behind me.

Oh God Austin is out here and I am only in my pajamas. All I had to do was go get the newspaper and look what happens. Just my luck.

"Please Skater Boy fairytales are just that, tales, so don't call me princess. Besides sweetie, this isn't the Miss USA beauty pageant, I can wear what I want."

"Maybe it would help if I knew your name Princess."

"It's Anna, so what is the name of the mighty Skater Boy"?

"It's Austin," he responded with a small smile beginning to appear on his face.

"Well, Austin," I emphasized on his name that I had pretended I didn't already know, "it was nice to finally learn your name, but I like calling you Skater Boy, so I think I am going to stick with calling you that".

"Ok, have a good day Princess and by the way you look beautiful right now," he called over his shoulder as he turned around to walk back towards his house.

"Oh my god you are so annoying. Can you please stop?" I groaned. He is reminding me so much of Emma and her sarcasm right now.

"Sure thing Princess," and just like that with an imaginary hat tip Austin goes just like he came, seemingly from thin air.

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(A/N: I just wanted to mention that altough these stories are true, they have been overdramatized and names have been changed.)

There is so much backstory as to why I don't believe in fairytales, because doesn't every young girl dream of being a princess? I guess all my dreams of fairytales and love were just crushed early on.

There are three main backstories that led to me no longer believing in a happily ever after, at least not for me. Maybe other people can find a happily ever after. I started realizing that fairytales were not real shortly after I met Brody. I met him at the job I had gotten the summer I was going into my freshman year of high school. I didn't really give him a second look when I first met him, but he won me over with his sweet talking.

I feel for him quickly, so it really hurt and shocked me when I found out it was just a prank between him and his friends. I had never been treated with such disrespect before, and it really changed my outlook on life; I began to lose trust in people quickly. And to make matter worse, Brody goes to St. Francis Prep, and he loves to torment me.

I started high school, and then I met Jackson. He was a smooth talker (It's always the smooth ones isn't it?), who quickly won me over. He was a proper gentleman, who asked me to be his girlfriend, and he met my parents. But rumors had been going around about him flirting with other girls, and I soon found the rumors to be true. My first real boyfriend turned out to not even want just me, he wanted every girl.

Maybe that is why after almost two months of dating he still hadn't kissed me, because I wasn't good enough for him.

While I was going through the heartbreak from Jackson, Will, my best friend, was always at my side. And as cliché as any love interest can be, I fell for my best friend. With a boost of confidence from Emma and my other friends, I decided to tell him how I felt. Will wasn't the smooth talking type, he had made me want to be his friend by his sense of humor, and later made me fall for him with his kindness and generosity. The complete opposite of what I normal went for, and "exactly what I needed" according to Emma, I really had my hopes up that Will would be my fairytale ending.

Turns out I was wrong, something that I have learned I always am when it comes to guys. Will, my very best friend, the one I thought I could trust on the most, instead of laughing off my silly crush because he didn't like me back, doesn't talk to me anymore. He went from being my best friend to a complete stranger in seconds all because he couldn't be more mature and understanding. And I get a constant reminder of how I lost him because we always have classes together, our junior year schedules came out last week and we have all but two classes together.

With only the addition of the seventh grader that I dated near the end of freshman year, which was a complete bad move on my part, I haven't had even the slightest interest in anyone since then. The fact that I could see myself with Austin is a completely scary thought, not only is he a skater, but he is a smooth talker.

I try to think of the Gossip Girl quote how, "The problem with fairytales is that they set a girl up for disappointment, in real life, the Prince goes off with the wrong Princess". But even with the view of fairytales not existing, love not being real, and boys always going for the wrong girls, I can't help hoping for a happy ending from time to time. If I didn't have any hopes left in life, I would just give up, and I wouldn't let myself fall in love.

I like to think that maybe I am just being too cautious, that maybe love and happy endings do exist for me; but from all my past experiences, from all my past struggles, I don't see it happening anytime soon.