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*Ally's P.O.V*

I was never really able to stand traveling.

In a car…yeah, I could handle that. In a plane…it was a bit harder, but still bearable. But a boat? Never. Those things don't only make me queasy, they also give me a fright, a bigger one than I could stand. I've always tried avoiding them, and that had worked perfectly fine, until Ms. Brigs, my eleventh grade teacher, broke the news.

"We're going on a trip." She had told us.

With those 5 words came the worry. A wave of nervousness washed over me, as I imagined the worst case scenarios. Trish, my best friend, who was sitting next to me, squeezed my hand for comfort.

"It's going to be ok." She whispered to me. "It's not like we're traveling in a boat."

I nodded weakly and thanked her with a small smile. Nevertheless, I couldn't wash the horrible feeling off of me.

"…and so, I'll be waiting for you at Bal Harbor. The boat will pick us the day after tomorrow at 9 AM, but I expect you to arrive a few hours earlier. Just encase. In these permission slips will be more information. Selena, do you mind handing them out?"

That's it. I'm done. I couldn't possibly travel with a boat. Not now. Not in a million years. I looked at Trish for comfort, but all she did was shrug her shoulders helplessly and give me a small smile.

As Selena, the most popular girl in school, handed out our information slips, I started to feel dizzy with worry. What if the boat sinks? I've seen Titanic. That did NOT end well.

What if the same thing happens to us?

I was starting to feel really dizzy now. I felt my head getting heavier, my breath becoming faster, and before I knew it, I was unconscious.

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When I woke up, I found myself in the nurse's office. When she saw me open my eyes, Nurse Smith just nodded cheerfully at me and left the room, saying something about a visitor wanting to see me.

I didn't know who would visit me except for Trish, but she was already sitting at the tip of my bed.

See, I wasn't the most popular person in the school. Since Selena didn't like me, then, automatically, everybody else starts hating me too. Besides, I was apparently from the 'nerd group' so; talking to me was considered a sin.

Our school has labels for everybody. So, you'd never see a nerd hanging out or talking to a popular person. And if that happens, then, the popular person automatically loses his reputation, and becomes a nerd or whatever. Yep, that's how awesome my school is.

As I waited patiently for my 'visitor' to come in, Trish told me more or less what had happened.

"…and then you just fainted. I was really scared, Ally."

I tried to smile at her. But I couldn't. Too many nasty thoughts were clogging my brain right now. Even with me fainting, I still couldn't get my mind of the trip. People say it's good to face your fears, but I wasn't ready to face mine just yet.

Then, someone knocked on the door, and I saw a mop of golden hair. As I met the person's eyes, I was ready to faint all over again.

"Hey, Ally." The blond boy said. "I came to see you."

Now, I'll explain why that's so weird.

First of all, Austin Moon never talks to me. It's not that he doesn't like me, which he probably doesn't; it's just that we have different labels. That's one of the biggest things separating us. The labels.

I've never talked to Austin, as I said before, so I held my breath as he walked towards me, his face lit up by a small smile.

"Austin?"

He laughed. "Yeah, that's me. I heard that you fainted and …well, I wanted to see if you're ok."

This had to be a joke. Yeah, he'd probably get a bucket of paint out of nowhere and spill it on me. Then, the next day, it'll turn out that he posted it on the school website. Oh, what a joy.

But nothing like that happened. Austin didn't take a bucket of paint. He just sat there, still smiling, and looking in my eyes.

Trish had left us a while ago, before giving me a wink. Yeah, yeah, you guessed it. I might kind of have a little crush on Austin. But it's only a little one. It's not like a love him.

He's just so…cool. I mean, he's popular and all, but he doesn't do the mean things that the other jocks do. He doesn't flirt with every girl he sees. If it wasn't for the label…he might as well be called normal, not 'popular'.

After another minute or two of making small-talk, Austin finally said he had to go, and left me alone once again.

Sighing, I got up to leave, too. My head was still dizzy and the fears of going on the trip were still there. But…I had a plan B.

Maybe…just maybe, my dad won't make me go. Maybe there is a way out of this, after all.

Ta-daa! =]

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