"Ohh, let's check out that store." I say and take Dylan's hand and lead the way over to the Urban Outfitters store across the street.
At the moment him and I are doing a little shopping. We just finished lunch with the rest of the family and they didn't feel like shopping so it ended up being me and Dylan alone. But I'm not complaining. He is, though. He keeps saying that he would rather go down to the beach again but we've already done that so now it's my turn to pick what we should do. And it's not like I wanna go into every store. We've only been in three so far and that is not a lot.
"Hey. Look at these denim shorts." I say and wave him over to me.
"Yeah, they look like the ones you're wearing." He says. I look down at the pair of shorts I'm wearing. He's right. They do look a lot alike. But they aren't the same.
"You can't have enough shorts." I say with a smile.
"But you can. And remember, we are going to be here 6 more days. You don't have to spend all of your money the first day here." He tells me.
He has a point. It's not like this is the last time we'll be shopping while we're here. I can just put them back, think about if it's a good idea to buy them, and then come back later this week if I have decided that I do. I think for a moment before finally speaking.
"Okay, you're right. I'll think it over." I say and suddenly a smile forms on his face. Why is he smiling? He smiles a lot for no damn reason. But I don't mind. I love his smile.
"I know I am." He say and kisses me. Okay, so he was smiling because he was right. Good to know that it makes him happy when he's right.
We leave the store and as we walk down the street I start feeling my phone vibrating in my back pocket. I pull it out and look at it. It's Melanie calling me. Why is she calling me? Have she forgotten about that I'm in Australia and it is expensive calling from one country to another?
"Hey. Is there something wrong?" I ask when I've answered.
"I know that it's a stupid idea of me calling you when you are in Australia but I just really needed to talk to you." She says and I can hear that she has been crying.
"Don't worry about that. Talk to me." I tell her and put her on speaker so Dylan can listen too while we walk down the street. I don't want him to get bored. Besides he knows Melanie too.
"It's Cory. I think he's going to break up with me." She cries. She and Cory apparently got together at Jackson's party that I didn't go to because I wanted to hang out with Dylan. I don't think they really knew each other before. She never mentioned him to me. I met him that day I told the girls about the movie audition and they totally freaked out. I made three new friends that day. And one of them was Cory.
"Listen Mel. Cory is a great guy and you two clearly like each other. I don't think you have anything to worry about. By the way, why do you think he wants to break up with you?" I ask. I couldn't imagine him breaking up with her. Last time I saw them together they were all over each other. He actually look more in love than her. And last time I saw them was last Thursday.
"Yesterday I saw that he got a text from some girl named Abby. And earlier today he texted me saying that he needed to talk to me tomorrow after soccer practice." She tells me.
"I can see how you would assume that it's a bad thing, but you don't actually know. It could just as easily be a good thing. Maybe he has a surprise for you," Dylan says before I can speak. "Ohh, ice cream." He says and walks away from me.
"Seriously Cali. You let Dylan listen to our conversation again. You always do that. What if it was something really private." She says trying to be serious but I know that she doesn't really mind that he overhears everything. She knows that I want Dylan to be a big part of my life and that this is one of the ways he is. He overhears all my conversations. Except the ones I have at school. But that's because he doesn't go to school like me.
"You want some ice cream too?" I hear Dylan ask me from the little ice cream parlor 10 feet from where I'm standing.
"Yeah, just the usual." I answer. Me and him tend to eat a lot of ice cream when we are together so he knows my favorites.
"But you know he's right." I tell her.
"Yeah, he is. Can you tell him thank you for me. I really have to go know. School tomorrow, you know. Need to get ready for bed. But have a great trip. Can't wait to see you when you get home and hear all about it." She say.
"I will, thank you. Bye." We hang up and Dylan returns with the ice cream. Yummy.
We walk for a bit but then I stop when we come to a hair dresser. I look at the store for bit, debating on whether or not I should go inside. I really want to get my hair cut and get some highlights in it. And I can actually do whatever I want with my hair because I'm going to wear a wig in the movie so I will have really short hair.
After standing there in silence for a minute or two with Dylan talking to me, I decide to go inside.
"What are we doing here?" Dylan asks. I don't answer him. I just wait for somebody who works here to come.
"Hello, how can I help the two of you." I feel Dylan's eyes on me but I don't look at him. The girls behind the counter look quite young. Probably around 22 years old.
"I was wondering if maybe one of you who works here could cut my hair and dye it a bit?" I ask.
"Yeah, of course. We have time on Thursday if you want?" She asks looking at the computer in front of her.
"I was actually wondering if you had time today." I say. This is totally spontaneous which is one of the reason why I wanna do it. We are on vacation and I feel like I need to be a bit spontaneous, and I can't really think of anything more spontane than this. Besides this is something I've wanted to do for a while but I always worried that it wouldn't suit me. But now I don't care.
"I'm actually free right now. Is it only you or is it the both of you?" She asks. I look at Dylan.
"Don't look at me. I like the way I look." He says and then smiles.
"It's only me." I answer.
"Okay. Follow me. Your friend can come too and sit in a chair next to you. What is your name?" She asks as we walk over to where the mirrors and chairs and everything else is.
"I'm Cali and this is Dylan." I answer. I don't know if she just meant me but just be sure I just told her Dylan's name too.
"Dylan. As in Dylan O'Brien?" She asks and looks at him.
"Yeah. How'd you know?" He ask curious.
"My little sister's favorite tv show is Teen Wolf and her favorite character is Stiles. And when I saw you, I thought you looked familiar." She tells him with a smile. I look at him and see him smiling too.
"Too bad your sister isn't here then. I would've loved meeting her." He says. She motions for me to sit down in the chair while she keeps looking at Dylan. I do as she wants.
"Well, she's at school right now but get off in about half an hour and she always comes by here before going home, so you probably will be meeting her." She says with a wide smile. Is it weird that I'm getting a bit jealous right now? I know she is probably just a fan, but she looks like she is closer to his own age that me and she is really beautiful.
"That would be awesome." He says and sits down in the chair next to me.
"By the way, I'm Khloé." She says. She starts cutting my hair as I want it.
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After have been sitting in this chair for an hour and a half, we are finally done. I look into the mirror. I looks really good.
"Hey babe, can you take a picture of me?" I ask and walk over to stand in front of a bare wall. I hand him my phone and he takes it and takes the picture.
"You look beautiful with the new hair." He tells me and give me kiss on the lips. I smile.
I decide to post it on Instagram.
I pay for Khloé has done and we leave to meet up at a restaurant with everyone else.
When we get to where they all are waiting they all look at me surprised.
"Wow, what happened to your hair?" Jensen asks.
"I just got it gut and dyed. What do you think?" I ask them all.
They all tell me that they like it and that it looks really good and suits me which I am really happy about.