The New Guy Part 1
Ally Dawson was the shy, quiet girl who could easily fade into a crowd. She chewed on her hair when she got nervous. And don't even mention the stage fright. She didn't always have stage fright. But after that one horrible day she didn't like talking about...
"Hey Ally!" Trish yelled in her ear.
"Hi Trish." she replied, shaking herself from her daydreams.
"Guess who got a job at... at..." she paused in thought. "I forgot. It's my fourth job this week. Whatever." She shrugged as Ally laughed.
"Well you're just in time to keep me company on my lunch break." Ally pulled Trish to the food court where she could stare at the boy who worked at the cell phone accessory cart. Dallas. He had hair that flopped just the right way, kind eyes, he smells like a fresh summer breeze, and his name is a city in Texas. Can't get much better than that.
Except today, there was a new person working in Dallas' place. "Um, Trish. Where's Dallas?" Ally asked as if Trish would know.
"I don't know. Go ask the new guy." She pushed Ally to the blond teenage boy who was NOT Dallas. "
"Hi. You're new here." she began.
"Oh hi, I'm Austin." Ally noted a heart-melting smile right away.
"Austin, huh?" His name is a city in Texas, too.
"Yeah." He flipped his hair out of his eyes. "What's your name and what kind of accessory do you want? We have sparkly, plain, some keyc-"
"I'm Ally." She stuck out her hand and shook his. "And I don't need a cell phone accessory. I was just wondering where the guy who usually works here is." Austin's smile wavered a little.
"Oh... Um truthfully I don't know. I just started working here yesterday. But if you want I can find out..." He said, unenthusiastically.
"No, no. It's ok. But it was nice talking to you." She started to walk away.
"Wait!" He called after her. "Where can I see you again?" She could feel a slight blush dance across her cheeks.
"I work for my dad at Sonic Boom just around the corner."
"Ok, cool. Expect to see me later." He winked and walked away. She stood there kind of shocked, kind of flattered, and really happy.
"So... where's Dallas?" Trish cut into her thoughts for the second time today.
"Who?" She asked as she watched Austin hand someone a bag and a receipt.
"Dallas? Your crush..." Trish followed Ally's gaze. "Ooooooohhhh what's up with that?" She poked Ally in the stomach.
"Stop! You know I'm ticklish! It's just the new guy, Austin."
"Well? What happened? Fill me in!"