who: Aly & @jamieatwater when: daytime on the weekend where: Catalina shopping center
After a morning of holiday shopping Aly was headed back to her car. A call came in as she made her way through the parking lot. It was her father asking if she’d be coming home in a few weeks for the holiday. Aly had missed Thanksgiving, so the pressure was on for her to make an appearance at Christmas. “I just don’t know papá. I’m really busy with work, my new house, and--” Her father didn’t let her finish, interrupting Aly’s stream of excuses with petulant insistence. “I’ll try, okay? I gotta go, though. I’m getting in--” She clicked her key fob twice to unlock the car doors but nothing happened. “--my car key isn’t working?” Aly clicked it again and even tried her door handle. The fob was dead, and her spare was at home. “No, it’s fine. I’ll talk to you later. I’ll just go home and get my other. You too, bye.”
Immediately Aly started to text Ben before remembering he was at work. Annaliese was her next go-to, but just as the brunette thought of her blonde bestie another Atwater came into view. “Hi Jamie.” They hadn’t really spoken since their first encounter on the beach. Jamie had lobbed Aly upside the head, on accident, with his surfboard. To add insult to injury he hit on her right after. It was the ultimate irony that she turned him down only to hook up with his sister. “It’s your lucky day. I need a favor.” She flashed her brightest, flirtiest smile. “Please?”
