A/N: (Read bold words for skimming.)

So, maybe some of you remember me from "Save Me" and "5 Ways to Say Goodbye?" Hopefully, you don't. I kind of abandoned "Save Me" and made ridiculous excuses after saying that I would update it the next week or so. Eventually, I just lost inspiration in that story. I would let somebody else adopt it, but I think it's a bit late now. And, it wasn't that good, anyways. Anyway, during that time, I had made a poll, I'm sure nobody remembers it. The story with the highest vote would be the next one I would write. And, apparently, that's this story. I have lots of faith in this story. I think my writing has changes a little, maybe even matured a little. I really hope you like this story. :D Also, this is not exactly rated T per say. The story is somewhere between T and M. So, I wouldn't read it unless you're 14+ years old. This time, I'm not going to make any promises, I will just update whenever I can. And, I'll try my best not to delay too much. I apologize in advance for any spelling or grammar mistakes.

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."

—Dr. Seuss

"Yep. And then I was absolutely drenched. Head to toe." Ally Dawson was currently having a Saturday night session with her best friend Trish. Ever since they had been about 7 years old, every Saturday night—unless one of them had other plans—they would have "sessions." They would talk about everything that had happened over the week and catch up on any gossip. This time, it seems the highlight of their sessions was yesterday's water bucket trap. You see, every since Ally had been going to Riverbank High, there were these jerks. They had booby trapped a door, knowing she'd be the last one to come out. For some reason, they just loved playing pranks on Ally. It boggled her mind.

"I can't believe those dickheads did that!"

"Trish! Language!" No matter how hard she tried, she just couldn't get rid of her best friend's crude language.

"Come on. You know I'll never change." She laughed and flipped her hair. "So obviously, my week wasn't nearly as bad as yours."

"Nope."

"Well, that marks the end of our session. What do you want to do?"

"Watch a movie?"

"Sounds great." Trish picked out a movie from the box on her T.V. stand. "You know, I really wish my parents let me have a have a T.V. in my room. You don't know how annoying it is to live with my brother. He always hogs the T.V." Ally laughed. Trish always complained about her brother. Ally always wanted one, it got kind of lonely with just her dad. But, hey, maybe that's why she was still a little luckier than most. Her dad, never really objected anything that Ally asked for.

She looked around her room. Photos of her and Trish taped on one wall, a desk and chair against another. Her walls were colored a very light peach color. Sort of like that orange color in sunsets. Her room was neat in every way; being clean was always a necessity for her. In her closet, every single article of clothing was neatly folded and 100% clean. She had a bathroom inside of her room; not very common for rooms beside the master bedroom. Counting that, the flat screen T.V, and her red Prius, maybe she was just a little bit more than lucky. Her dad practically let her do anything as long as he knew about it. But, Ally was a goody-two-shoes anyway. What exactly was she going to do?

"So, what movie did ya' pick?"

"Have you seen 'Warm Bodies' yet?" Ally had heard it was a good movie, but being so busy with doing homework and writing stories, she had no time. Oh yeah, Ally was a writer. She had a dream, she wanted to be a famous author. She loved writing short stories and little poems, here and there. But, when she was inspired to write a book, a masterpiece was born.

"No, actually. I heard it was pretty good."

"Alright. Let's watch that."

"Hold on Trish, let me just change and brush my teeth." As Ally walked into the bathroom, she thought about why those guys were hell-bent on ruining her life. They just loved to embarrass her. But, out of all the outcasts in the school, why her? How was she any different from all the other nerds? Whatever. She changed into her PJ's which were hung on a hook, and she started to brush her teeth. After finishing that, she ran a brush through her brunette locks. No matter how she argued, she had her mother's hair. Sure it was pretty, but she didn't want it. Just thinking about the wretched woman made her puke. She washed any make-up on her face, she didn't remember if she wore any. Most of the time, she didn't. She felt that she wanted people to like her for who she is, not because she looked like a slut. But, sometimes a little mascara and maybe some foundation isn't so bad. She walked out of the bathroom and sat next to Trish on the floor.

~§~

"Dude, there is no way you have a chance."

"Well, I bet I can do it." Austin Moon was one of those don't-mess-with-me guys. Say something wrong to him, you'll regret it.

"Ally Dawson, the book-nerd? No way. We—including you—have been tormenting her endlessly since the first year of high school!" The goofy red-head made a point. "She practically hates us, especially you."

"Yeah, Dez is right. You don't have a chance." Elliot agreed. The two others also nodded.

"100 bucks." Austin was getting serious now. "I win and make her fall in love with me, and I get the money. You guys win, and she doesn't fall for me, you each get 100 dollars. Deal?"

"Bring it on."

Just then a teacher walked into the room, and they all pretended to pay attention, but they were too busy thinking about who would win the money. Austin couldn't even remember what subject this class taught. He started to think about whether or not he did the right thing by challenging his friends. What if the deal bit him back later? And, besides, how was he going to pull this off? Ally despised him and his friends. He couldn't just change all of the sudden and start being nice to her; no. He had to be more clever.

"Mr. Moon! Am I disturbing your precious daydream?!"

"Yeah. Kinda!"

"Will you answer the question?"

"No."

"Mr. Moon."

"What? I answered your question." Austin was always one to talk back to the teachers.

"Detention."

"Ugh, fine."

"Can I have a bathroom pass?"

"Only if you promise to never come back," the teacher muttered.

After he got the pass, he walked towards the schools back exit/entrance. Hey, the teacher said to. Not paying attention, he ran into someone and landed backward with an oomph. The person landed on top of him, probably breaking all of his bones. Before he opened his eyes, he started yelling, "Watch where you're going, dumbass." When he opened his eyes, he noticed it was none other than Ally.

"You ran into me." She rolled her eyes.

"I know, I'm sorry." She was very confused. He had never apologized to her before.

"You're apologizing. The world must be ending today," she sarcastically joked.

"Hey, you're pretty funny."

"You're complimenting me? Seriously, is there an apocalypse or something?" He laughed at her confused face. When he she noticed that she wasn't, he stopped, and noticed how she was still on top of her. Her legs were spread out, practically straddling him. Her chest was literally oozing out her dress due to being pressed against him. Her face was also pretty close to his.

"Wow. You must really be enjoying this." After taking a second to realize what he was talking about, she blushed and stood up, picking up her backpack from the ground. He wondered if she knew how sexy she looked when she blushed.

She picked up her back pack and quickly muttered an, "I gotta go." But, before she could make a quick escape, he grabbed her arm and made her turn around.

"Ally, Ally, Ally. I thought you were a good girl. Why are you so late? And, coming from the back entrance?" He smirked.

"It's not my fault that some asshole decided to drive at a freakin' 20 miles per hour!" She mentally slapped herself for cursing. Trish's language was totally getting to her.

"Ooh, and you curse now. You really have changed." She wanted so badly to wipe away that stupid smirk of his.

"How would you know, you've been too busy getting me wet." She was referring to the bucket.

"So, I've been making you get wet? That's interesting." She immediately blushed.

"You know what I meant! What is wrong with you?!"

"So many things," he sighed. Even she laughed a little at that. She had a pretty cute laugh, he thought. Maybe, this wouldn't be too hard for him. He suddenly got really close her ear. "By the way, black looks good on you." And with that, he walked away. Ally was confused, she wasn't wearing anything black—except for her bra... Realization suddenly slapped Ally in the face. No way. He saw her bra. Probably, when she was picking up her backpack. He was most likely walking away with that smirk on his face.

This encounter was going to be quite an interesting discussion with Trish.

~§~

As she drove back to her house from school and parked on the driveway, she couldn't help but smile at what happened earlier. She opened the front door and immediately ran to her room not bothering to greet her dad. She opened her laptop and quickly called Trish on Skype. Trish picked up pretty fast.

"Guess what?" Ally asked.

"OMG! You're smiling! There's a guy!" Trish knew it right away.

"Well, not really, kind of." Trish was puzzled. Ally told her about their occurrence and what he said.

"You think he's cute don't you?"

"Weeelllll..." Trish gave her a knowing look. "Okay, I admit it. I think he's really cute." Ally thought about his sexy blond hair and his chocolate brown eyes.

"Don't you think that's strange, though?"

"What?"

"That after all these years, now he changes and is interested in you?"

"Hmm... maybe. But, he is not 'interested in me.' All these years he's been tormenting me. Why would that change now?"

"Ally, he saw your—" Ally blushed yet again, and interrupted her.

"Okay, so maybe there's a tiny chance that he does like me." Ally admitted. "But, what do I do? Should I react or pretend nothing happened, around him?"

"Leave that to me." Trish smiled her wickedly evil smile.

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Question of the Day:

If you were Ally in the story, how would you act around Austin? Would you act like nothing happened or do something different?