I DO NOT OWN THIS STORY! I am continuing in the honor of Caridadxoxo because she had such a good plot going, and hasn't updated any of her stories within the last year. I will delete this if she does update by May 12, 2014. If not, I will continue this story for her. Enjoy! (Re-uploading the first 3 chapters that she posted, the rest is my own)
"Ally."
Ugh.
"Ally.."
Where is the darn snooze button?!
"Ally! Wake up, you got to get ready!"
This is worse than having an alarm clock give me a heart attack every morning. I hesitantly opened one eye and when I saw the light being projected from the window I nearly felt myself go blind.
I yawned rather loudly, stretching my arms out. When I finally believed that I could survive the lighting in this room, I opened both eyes.
"Get ready." my dad told me stubbornly, then walked out of the room. Today's a new day, have positive thoughts Ally. I sat silently on my bed just trying to think of a way to make the day decent.
Nothing.
I don't mind everyday,
Out on your corner in the pouring rain,
Look for the girl with the broken smile,
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile,
And she will be loved, and she will be loved ... *
"Ally!"
I've already gotten tired of hearing two people say my name today. I take out one of my earphones to listen to that voice that echoed all the way from Mars.
"Alls! Over here!"
"I'm coming!" I screamed, awhile being destroyed by this beautiful learning facility I call high school. It's brutal, but amazing.
"ALLY!"
I heard you the first time! Do you not see my getting crushed by the rest of the school's population?! I know I was invisible, but I couldn't be that invisible.
"Ally Ma..."
Once I got myself out of the crowd, I ran over to her and put my hand over her mouth, hard.
"If you ever say my name in public I will never forgive you, and I mean it." I said to her, raising my eyebrows seriously.
"Okay, okay, I get it!" she said, putting her hands up in surrender.
This is Rebecca. She has beautiful features, face, and soul. One out of my two friends. She was rather girly. You see, I met her in the 8th grade when I was getting bullied, (no shocker there) and she helped me out. Ever since then, we've been the best of friends. She hangs out with my friend Trish and I. Trish has been my best friend for as long as I could remember. But for one, she can't keep a job. And she's very lazy. But I love her deeply.
"Look, so you know how-" I heard her breathe in sharply. This is the part where we all go silent. I'm not exaggerating. Not one bit. God, help us all. Here we go again.
"Austin Moon is looking over here." she said, awhile taking in a shaky breath.
Before I knew it, the whole hallway was quiet. Austin Moon made an entrance, that's for sure.
After a few moments of total silence, every thing started to slowly move once again. Austin leaned against the corner wall just watching us. This was terrifying.
I cannot even begin to comprehend how you can survive one full day covered in leather and jeans; nonetheless the jeans being one size too big. Rebecca defined it as sagging. It was in 'style'. Pft, yeah right.
"Gosh, Austin is sooo freaky and to make it worse, he's hot! Like, no fair!" she huffed.
I rolled my eyes at the stupidity of that comment. Austin is just...mysterious. And not the "cool" kind. Just the... scary kind. It's like he wanted you to fear him. But it worked like a charm, since he was the school's bad boy. Girls loved him more than algebra, but then again, it seemed that I was the only person that enjoyed the wonders of math. I've known him since kindergarten. He was never all bad. He was just always the scary kind, I guess. He also knows that I'm scared of him, which is why he takes advantage of it.
You could say I am bullied on a regular basis, no doubt about it. Let's just say there's this boy named Jonathan. He just LOVES to pick on me and make me feel worthless. I know he and Austin have a bad history. They always seem like they're fighting to see who's more popular or more intimidating. Austin is much more intimidating by a long shot.
Anyways, this is what usually happens. Jonathan picks on me; Austin always sees the whole thing unfold. Once Jonathan leaves, and remember I'm still terrified, Austin comes and tried to tell me something that I believe is supposed to help me out in life or whatever, but in the end I just get more scared. The rivalry is known by every single person in Marino High, and most people think it's just to see who's better than whom, but I think it runs deeper. Something must've happened in the past. But I'll never get close enough to either of them to find out.
BRINGGGGGG!
My thoughts are washed away by the sound of the bell.
Rebecca threw her head back and groaned quite loudly, "Stupid bell! I wasn't even able to ask you what I wanted to! I'll see you at lunch, kay? Bye, Alls!" she whipped around and sped away faster than I could say goodbye.
I was going to meet Trish as her locker because we usually walk to first period together. I saw her raise her hand and start waving, motioning for me to come over. Then everything came at full speed. I turned my head slightly to see Austin looking around checking out some red-headed female, which by the way how she dressed, Rebecca would identify her as one of the school's sluts. Such a rude label. That was a sin.
Everything was happening at the speed of light. As I was walking in between a vacant hallway, I felt myself being pushed up against a locker.
I heard a gasp from Trish not too far away. Ow, that was probably going to leave a mark. I close my eyes and felt my lips quiver. "Ally, Ally, innocent old Ally. Didn't I tell you to dress better? How do you expect to make friends dressed like that?" Jonathan spat in my face, his voice dripping with venom. I opened my eyes, and out of instant reflex I looked down at my clothing.
I was wearing a ruffled white blouse with a pink cardigan and dark jeans with flats. I rose an eyebrow. I thought it appeared pretty decent. I heard Jonathan laugh, something reflecting an evil tone. "Nerds, never learn do they?" His hand was right in front of my face. I swear, he was going to slap me. Instead, he just dropped my books. He raised his hand near my face just to slam the books out of my arms, where they would spread all over the hallway floor.
"Oh, and I'll take that, by the way. Need some new music to listen to."
He yanked my iPod right out of my hand. I wanted to fight back, to say something, to not let him get away with it anymore. But I couldn't. I'm powerless; I'm just Ally Dawson.
I heard him walk away laughing to a point where you could barely notice he had been there. I remained blinking often to keep myself from crying. I cocked my head slightly to the right to notice Austin staring at me, like he was examining what I was going to do next. I turned my head away quickly and bent down to grab my books. While I was picking everything up, I felt something gloom over me; a figure. And it wasn't Trish.
The mixed smell of Axe and tobacco filled my senses. It made my eyes burn. Austin gave this cold and stiffening feeling to the atmosphere. My lips began to quiver once again. My hair was covering the side of my face like a cloak. Austin knelt down to knee level and gently tucked my hair behind my ear. His cold breath spread throughout the side of my face as he exhaled delicately.
Swiftly, he told me, "A. P. P. E. A. R. A. N. C. E. Learn it. Use it. You might have a few more living days. Just make sure you don't have a heart attack, sweetheart." I felt sick to my stomach. His presence alone gave me an extreme, anxious, and terrified feeling. I clenched my fists and held my books harder to my chest. I then stayed in that position for a few seconds. He stood up from his kneeling position, and walked away from me, each footstep fading away into another hall way.
"Ally!" I heard Trish yell as she ran closer to me. But she sounded far away in my mind. Is that Austin said and did considered bullying? What is all of this called? Is there a word for it? Sexual harassment! No, that's not it.
I slowly rose back up.
I couldn't begin to understand the feeling that had rushed throughout my body when he spoke. His words were so fluent and he acted like he knew what he was doing. It was total madness. I slowly blinked and started to walk with Trish, she talked at my side while I blanked her out. I couldn't connect my thoughts; everything was stuck together.
BRINGGGGGG!
That bell that rung startled me, but it still told me that first period was starting. I was done thinking, now I was running to my first class with my thoughts fluttering still in my head.
I just made some corrections to grammatical errors and rewrote some stuff, but this concludes Chapter 1 to Insight! Once again, I didn't create this story. Caridadxoxo published it at only 3 chapters, so I continued it in her honor. Just clearin' that up. c:
Credits:
[1]: I DO NOT OWN AUSTIN AND ALLY!
[2]: I AM NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF 'INSIGHT'. I am simply rewriting and continuing the story.
[3]: ** Lyrics to Maroon 5 - She Will be Loved.
Hugs and Auslly;
Valerie x