Welcome To The Island Of Misfit Toys
Part One- Tell Me From The Beginning.
Tick…Tock…Tick…Tock
Was the only sound you could hear as I sat in some strange psychiatrists office. It was repetitive… the sound that is. I had been waiting for nearly an hour in this damn office and still no one had come in.
I decide that if no one came in the room in the next 5 minutes I would storm out and tell my mom I couldn't be bothered with this shit, but just as I think that, a woman walks in. Her black hair shaded with grey tied up in a bun, her glasses on the end of her nose, like my old bat of a librarian. Her suit a light grey, obviously quite old due to the stains you could still see faintly, obviously had been washed a few times over the years.
"So, you must be… Austin Moon." she reads off the mustard yellow file in her hand. I was tempted to grab it off her and see if any of her facts in that file were even close to correct, but I knew that would only get me in trouble and it wasn't worth the drama. So instead I just sit there, refusing to say anything.
"I am Doctor Grayson. Your mother tells me that she sent you here because you've been doing some rather bad things since you moved here and she's worried that its both A. damaging your mental and physical health and B. is leading you down completely the wrong path" she says, pressing her glasses up to her eyes with her index finger which was disgustingly wrinkled. I sit there in silence, shocked at what my mom had said to her.
"Listen Austin, I understand that you would rather be with that girl smoking whatever you could find, but you have to accept the fact that she's not here anymore. Your mother told me she was nothing but trouble anyway"
"You know nothing about her!" I shout, standing up and slamming my hand down on the table, which was the only thing distancing me and her. "You don't know what she's like and neither does my mom! You have no idea what happened"
"Well then, if you feel so strongly about this, than why don't you tell me about it then?" she says looking up at me, not even flinching.
"Why should I?" I sigh, falling back into my seat.
"Because you and me both know that if we don't get to the end of this, your mother is going to keep bringing you back here. And I know that is definitely not what you want. So you might as well tell me, from the beginning."
6 weeks ago…
"Austin, can you move this box for me please?" my mom shouts from downstairs. I run down the stairs to see yet another big box had been put in the house from the moving van.
"it's the last box, I promise. And those stupid moving men decided to put it on top of the kitchen counter when its clearly marked bathroom!" she sighs, getting exasperated.
"Its ok, I'll do it" I say, grabbing hold of the quite heavy box.
"Thank you Austy, I don't know what I'd do without you" she smiles, ruffling up my hair like she would do with a 4 year old. This is how things worked in my house. My dad was no longer around, so it was just me and my mom, and she treated me like a 4 year old. No matter how old I got, I was always treated the same, but as soon as she said we were moving to LA, I knew I had to make things different. I refuse to be bullied in school again for my moms actions.
"Please, just stop calling me Austy, its Austin" I sigh.
"You've always been my little Austy"
"Well guess what, your little Austy, is 17, and taller than you!" I sigh, rushing off with the box up the stairs.
Later that night
I sat in my room, concentrating on my laptop as the music from next door surrounded me. Getting out of my desk chair I went onto the balcony connected to my room. Peering over, there was a tone of multicoloured lights and loud music coming from next door. Obviously a party was going on. I had to fight the temptation to shimmy down the drain pipe and join in, just to be the mystery guy, no one would know who I was or where I came from. I loved that thought, but them my mom walks into my room in her pyjamas.
"Austy…Austin, would you mind going next door and asking them to keep it down? I really need to get my sleep and so do you" she says.
"Ugh, fine" I say, grabbing my jacket and rushing down the stairs. As I walk down the small pavement to next door, I regret saying yes. I wanted to make a good impression, not be the lame kid from next door who walks over to ask them to be quiet. How fucking lame does my mom have to make me look?!
Walking up to the bright red door I knock a few times, but even I knew that wouldn't work, the music was too loud for anyone to hear me, so I grab the handle and just walk in, instantly loving the room.
Drop It Low- Ester Dean and Chris Brown was playing so loud over the speakers, girls in short dress, short skirts and vests grinded with guys. The scent of assorted alcohols surrounded me, along with the smell of smoke coming from stuff other than cigarettes. This is what I wanted.
"Excuse me" I hear a voice shout faintly as a finger taps my shoulder. I turn around to see a tan girl with black curly hair, her curves looking perfect in a short leopard print dress.
"Can we help you? I don't remember you being invited to the party"
"Is this your house?" I say in shocking, wishing I could live here forever.
"No, why, do you need to speak to her?" she asks, I guess that this "she" is the girl who owns the house so I say yes. The girl walks over to the stairs.
"Hey A! There's some guy here to see you!" she shouts, seconds later a girl comes running down the stairs pulling a grey vest over her torso, for a split second I see her bright pink bra. A white skirt barely covering her, she must have had about 6 piercing running up the length of her ear. Her brown hair slightly messy, obviously someone's hands had run through it so many times. I could already assume what she was doing up there as a guy comes down the stairs seconds later adjusting his jeans and pulling up the zip, his hair as messed as hers.
"No way! You and Elliot!" says the girl with black hair, smiling at her friend, making me completely sure I knew what she was doing upstairs.
"So, what's up?" she smiles. Her smile so innocent you wouldn't have guessed she would party like this.
"This dude wanted to speak to you" she says before going over to the table near by and taking a shot. I'm distracted for a second as she places her face to the table, snorting something up her nose.
"Hello slightly awkward, extremely attractive guy who just moved in next door. Welcome to the island of misfit toys, what can I help you with?" she says, making some girls behind her start to giggle.
"Um, hi. I was just… just wondering if you… you wouldn't mind being a bit quieter, my mom has a head ache" I lie, needing some kind of excuse to try and make myself seem a bit less lame, but I knew it didn't work.
"Mommy troubles hu? Ok, tell her I'm sorry and we'll try to keep it down" she smiles her innocent smile before walking away, collapsing over the side of the couch. She grabs what I'm guessing is a joint from the guy next to her, inhaling deeply, blowing out the smoke in perfect rings. I take a step closer to the girls who giggled a second ago.
"Who is she?" I ask, not letting my eyes move away from her and see blows out the smoke rings again, getting smaller and smaller each time.
"To a lot of different people she's Courtney, April, Lexi, Ronnie, Ella, Katharine, Tammy and Sammie, but we call her A, short for Ally" says the girl.
Present time
"I was mesmerized by her. She was beautiful" I say to the doctor, telling her everything I could remember as I played it over in my head.
"She made an impression on you fast"
"She made an impression on everyone, a big one on me. She was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen, and I wanted to see her again"
"Tell me what happened then…"
6 Weeks Ago
Getting settled into Merino High was easy, instantly I was the new guy that everyone ignored. They didn't know me and they didn't want to know me, which was how I wanted to leave things, there was only one girl I wanted to see.
"Hey Ally" I shout as she walks past me in the corridor on her own. Everyone else was in class, but I didn't fancy going to Biology, and I could predict that she wouldn't either. She was dressed extremely differently from when I had seen her on Saturday. She was wearing dark blue skinny jeans and black heeled boots, a white knitted jumper, the sleeves were long, but it showed part over her stomach. Her hair tied back in a ponytail showing off her huge black sunglasses. Her multiple piercings were still in her ears and that innocent smile still placed on her face, she looked like a different person.
"Oh, hi slightly awkward guy from my party" she says, I was surprised that she could remember me since I could hear the party went on way into the night.
"How do you know my name?" she asks curiously.
"Oh, some girl at your party told me"
"Well, you know my name, what's yours?"
"Its Austin, Austin Moon"
"Nice too meet you" she smiles, giving me a sudden burst over confidence.
"Well, know we know each others names, how'd you fancy going on a date with me sometime?"
"And what makes you think I'm into you?" she smirks.
"Well, at your party you did call me the "slightly awkward, extremely attractive guy who just moved in next door" so that was my first hint"
"That does sort of give it away doesn't it" she laughs. "Sure. But first, I don't want to go to Biology, fancy going for a ride?" she smiles, it changes from innocent to sneaky in seconds, making her more attractive.
Present Day
"So you went for a ride with her?"
"Of course I did! I would be mental not to!" I scoff at the stupid question.
"So, what happened next?"
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