Ally's POV

I was sitting in my room writing in my book when my best friend walked in. I put my book down and smiled at her.

"Hey Trish what's up?" I asked.

"Oh nothing just that we start our senior year tomorrow and we haven't even gone shopping." She said sarcastically. I rolled my eyes and smiled.

"I'm free now." I said.

"Okay let's go. By the way I'm staying over tonight so we can help each other get ready in the morning." She said.

"Okay." I said.

"Where's your dad?" She asked.

"I don't know. You know he just leaves sometimes. He'll probably be gone a few months before he decides to come back." I said and she nodded. We got in her car and she started driving. We didn't talk about my dad anymore. Trish knew that he left for months at a time and just sent money from wherever he was. He was only home a day or two before he left again, restless spirit he always said. I honestly thought he had another family somewhere but I didn't ask. Ever since my mom died he's been gone more often than not.

"You know you should date Austin Moon." Trish said bringing me out of my thoughts.

"What no, he's such a jerk!" I exclaimed. She laughed.

"I knew that would get your attention, now where do you want to go first?" She asked.

"Rue 21."[1] I said and turned up the radio. I used to have a crush on Austin but he blew me off. He was the bad boy at school. He hung out with the popular crowd and didn't acknowledge your existence if you weren't popular. He was a total jerk but his best friend Dez was a sweetheart. I wanted to ask him why he was friends with Austin every time I talked to him but I didn't. I knew Trish had a little crush on him but we knew he would never date her because he was one of the popular kids too.

We finally made it to Rue 21 and we jumped out of her car. We went inside and started looking around. Trish came toward me.

"You would look great in this." She said and held up a light blue mini dress. I smiled and took it from her adding it to the pile I already had. She had a pile too and when we were finished shopping we checked out. We went to a few other stores and bought jewelry and makeup to go with the outfits.

We finally made it home at 9:00. We took turns in the shower and I made us some dinner. We talked and laughed and finally crashed on my bed.

The next morning I woke up to the sound of the radio alarm on my clock. It was playing Temperature by Sean Paul. Trish grinned at me and turned it up. We started dancing and singing while trying to find something to ware. Trish came over and handed me a black mini-skirt and a pink shirt that hugged my form and showed my stomach a little when I moved. It showed my tattoo and belly button ring that Trish convinced me would be a good idea. The tattoo was a small rose and the belly button ring was two little cherries that hung down [2].

She got dressed in skinny jeans and a blue tank top with a sweater over it. I put on ballet flats that were black and sparkly. She wore blue ballet flats and we grinned at each other. She pushed me down on the bed and did my make-up. It looked natural and whatever she did made my eyes seem bigger and stand out. She did her own make up and turned to me.

"We should get going." She said and we both grabbed our purses and walked out to my car. She left hers at my house and we drove to the school. I was nervous because Trish and I wouldn't usually wear something like this. We used to wear t-shirts and jeans but this summer we decided we wanted to change things up so this was the first time anyone would see us like this. Not that I cared what they said or thought. We looked at each other for a moment before we climbed out of the car and went into the school. People literally stopped what they were doing and turned to look at us. Trish rolled her eyes and we walked through ignoring all the stares until we got to my locker.

I got there and realized that I didn't have anything in there because it was the first day of school. I sighed and turned to lean on the locker. Trish leaned next to me and the moment we looked up I rolled my eyes. Austin and his little group of friends were walking down the hall. I braced myself for the usual insult, but when he looked at me he actually did a double take and I smiled sweetly at him before grabbing Trish's hand and walking right past them.

"Hey Dez." I said.

"Hey Ally, Trish." He said and we continued walking. We had our first class together so we went in and sat down next to each other. It was a music class and I knew that every year the teacher gave a big assignment at the beginning of the year. The assignment was to write a song and perform it for the entire class. I was excited but also nervous. I could tell Trish was to. The door opened and I looked up. Dez and Austin walked in and I groaned. Of course he would be in this class.

Austin's POV

When I saw Dawson in the hallway I couldn't believe my eyes. She was HOT. What the hell happened to her this summer? When I walked into first class and she was there I was shocked. I didn't even know she was into music. Of course I wouldn't she was just a dork, really inconsequential really. Until now. The teacher walked in and without a word handed out a stack of papers. It was an assignment. I read through it and seen that we would have to write a song and perform it for the class, I expected that. But it said we also had to do a duet and that the partner selection was totally random. I hoped I didn't get someone completely horrible.

"Okay class now that you've had time to read the assignment you know that the duet is completely random. I noticed that I have an even number of girls to boys so I wrote each boys name down on a piece of paper and put them in this hat." He said holding up a cap. "Each girl will pick from random and whoever is on the paper is your partner no exceptions."

I watched as one by one each girl went up and no one said my name. Trish and ally went last. Only Dez and I were left and Trish pulled out a name she looked at it but didn't say it out loud until Ally had here piece of paper and they showed each other. Then Ally said it.

"Dez." She grinned and I looked at Trish.

"Austin." She said and I sighed. Dez smiled at Ally and they both laughed.

"You get the next two days then you have to perform both songs for the class." The teacher said.

"Two days!" Ally and Trish exclaimed at the same time. The teacher gave them a look and then they came and set down with us.

"Let's get to work." Ally said and we all started thinking of lyrics. I was so caught up in writing a song I forgot to even try to insult either of them. This was going to be a hard class because the whole time I was trying not to let my eyes wander lower that Ally's face.

[1] Love that place!

[2] Thought I would give Ally a bit a rebel in her.

I need help with songs. If you have a suggestion for Dez, Trish, Ally, or Austin to sing for their single song. Also if you have a song you really want Austin and Trish to sing or Dez and Ally let me know in a review.