A/N:

Hey guys! Thanks for all of the awesome reviews! I just had an important question... Should I shorten the length of the chapters? I feel like they're a little long... Anyway, there was something I noticed when I was reading some fanfics earlier today, most of them had spelling errors between "your" and "you're." It's kind of a pet peeve of mine. And I just wanted to point out the difference. "You're" is a contraction of "you" and "are." "Your" is a word that expresses belonging. Thanks, for reading that. On, with the story.


"There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment."

—Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever


Recap:

"That after all these years, now he changes and is interested in you?"

"Hmm... maybe. But, he is not 'interested in me.' All these years he's been tormenting me. Why would that change now?"

"Ally, he saw your—" Ally blushed yet again, and interrupted her.

"Okay, so maybe there's a tiny chance that he does like me." Ally admitted. "But, what do I do? Should I react or pretend nothing happened, around him?"

"Leave that to me." Trish smiled her wickedly evil smile.


"Alright, now smack your lips together."

"Trish, this is a little too much for school, don't you think?" Trish was helping her get Austin's attention. There was no way he could resist her in the way she looks now. She was wearing a dress that Trish bought her; it only covered about a fourth of her thighs, and it was also a little bit tight, but not too much. It had black thick straps, while the bottom also had a strip of matching color. It also had a belt. The print was diagonal rows of white on a background of black. She was wearing more make-up than usual. Her eye shadow was also black, hey, Austin did say that black looked good on her. She was wearing a very bright red lipstick. Normally, she hated red lipstick, she preferred a more natural pink color. But, Trish was forcing her. And damn, was she scary.

"Trust me, he will not be able to resist you!"

"Ugh. Okay, fine."

"You have History and English with him, right?"

"Yep. I know because him and his friends are always planning their pranks."

"In those classes, don't pay any attention to him, okay? You gotta play hard to get. If he asks anything, just shrug or something. You have to make him want you." Trish was like a professional on these things.

"Got it!" They walked downstairs for breakfast.

"Good mor—and what are you wearing?" Usually, he let her do anything, but there were a few exceptions.

"It's just a dress, Dad.'

"A dress that is way too revealing."

"Please just let me wear it this once! I'll never wear it again," She begged.

"Just as long I never see it, ever again."

"Thanks Dad, love you." She kissed him on the cheek and quickly left with Trish before he could change his mind, completely forgetting about breakfast.

"Yeah, yeah, everybody loves Dad when he says yes," he sighed.

~§~

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Austin's alarm went off, causing him to groan in annoyance. Why was it set so early anyways? Oh, that's right. Ally would probably be the first one in there. Why did she have to be an early riser? He got up, feeling a little dizzy since he had drank a little the night before. He was a little stressed out over Ally, if she asked, how would he explain the sudden change in actions? He walked into the bathroom, taking a long shower. It wouldn't be so smooth if he tried to flirt with her with a hangover. He brushed he teeth, combed his wavy blond hair that most girls fawned over him for. He's had a lot of girlfriends, but none of which he knew he would have a long relationship with. Most girls dated him for popularity, but he secretly wanted people to like him for more than that.

He walked down the stairs, looking for some kind of breakfast. As usual, there was no food in the house. Seems like he was going to school without breakfast, then. His dad rarely brought food in the house. Austin always had to odd jobs to scrape up some money to pay for food. He wished his mom was still alive, it seemed like she was the only person that actually cared about him. His dad was a drug addict, rarely in the house. He actually owned a beach house, where he would stay more often. Of course, Austin wasn't allowed to stay in there, he had a stepmother that despised him. He hated her as much as she hated him. When, his mother passed away, his dad fell into depression, causing him to develop an addiction to alcohol. Eventually, his stepmother had stepped into his dad's life causing him to grow fond of her. And from there it just spiraled downward. His house, it always felt empty, he was always alone.

He walked out the door into his car. His mom had given it to him as a fourteenth birthday present. She said that when he was old enough, he would be able to drive it around. At the time, he didn't understand why she gave it to him so early. Later, he found out she had cancer, at which point all of the puzzle pieces had joined. Since then, there was always an empty void. His dad didn't care either, so being alone, it kinda got to him, changing him in a way that made it hard to recognize himself.

~§~

History was the first class of the day, so Ally walked to Mr. Hollander's classroom. She was the first one there, as usual. She chose a window seat, and thought out everything in her plan. It was going to be pretty hard to ignore him. She didn't know why she all of the sudden had this huge crush on him. For years, she never saw anything in him, besides his cuteness. He's done nothing but embarrass her, from pelting water balloons at her to TPing her house. What's changed now? Sure, him and his friends teased and maybe bullied others before, but they've been at her back for way too long. But, she wondered, what exactly did she see in him, anyway? It's not like he was some kind of superhero. All of a sudden, she felt a presence beside her. She didn't even turn around, she knew who it was.

"Hey." She didn't respond, she just looked out the window. He tapped her shoulder, making her flinch. "What exactly are you looking at that is so interesting?" She responded by shrugging. She was ignoring him, and he couldn't stand it. He came extra early just because he knew Ally would be, and this is how she was treating him?

"Oh, so you're still putting up that front, aren't you?"

"And, you're still putting up yours, aren't you?" She finally responded. When she looked at him, he could see all of the make-up she was wearing. "Why are you wearing so much make-up, when you don't need any?"

"What?"

"You don't need any, you're already so pretty. All of that," he gestured towards her face, "is just covering it." She blushed, this was definitely not was she was expecting from "bad-boy" Austin Moon. Once, again he leaned in really close to her ear. "But, that dress..." She could feel his hot breath on her neck, and it was causing her problems. "It's sexy." She shivered. That was actually true, that dress, it was making him nervous. And he never got nervous.

"I don't get it!" Ally blurted it out all of a sudden.

"You don't get what?"

"Look, since I've been in high school, all you and your friends have done is find ways to torment me. What changed?" She got up from the chair. Now he understood what she was talking about.

"Yesterday, when you—when I ran into you, and we both fell. It made me realize what I was doing is wrong. I was ruining an innocent girl's happiness." Yeah, like she was going to fall for that.

"I asked for the truth, not for crap."

He sighed. There was no way she could know the truth. "The truth is," he walked even closer to her, "that you're fuckin' beautiful." She gasped. The plan. She had to remember the plan. Well, speaking obviously wouldn't work, as her mouth was going dry. So, she just stayed quiet. She crossed her arms and just hoped with all her might that the teacher would show up the next second. Apparently, her hoping wasn't enough. He walked over to behind her and slowly touched her shoulder, pushing the strap of her dress to the side. Then he moved her hair to the side. She shivered, confirming that whatever he was doing was working. He started place wet, open-mouthed kisses up and down her neck, making her shiver. He then put his mouth on the place where her neck joined with her shoulder. He began to suck on the skin there, earning another gasp from Ally. He then bit her skin a little, which caused a moan from her. Just hearing that, almost made Austin growl.

"Austin! What—mmm—what are you doing?"

"I think you know what I'm doing," he spoke into her neck. She knew by now, that he was probably leaving a hickey. He turned her around so she was facing him. He put his lips right back on her neck, but now he moved his mouth upwards and bit her earlobe, causing Ally's eyes to roll into the back of her head. Suddenly, he stopped and fixed the strap on her dress and was about to walk away, when he heard Ally let out a small whine. He turned to look at her again. She looked so embarrassed, her cheeks were tomato red.

He whispered in her ear, "Hungry for more?" She was afraid that if she moved, she would faint. "Don't worry... later." He took his seat next to her. After, a few seconds, she sat down too. She was beyond confused. And, he still didn't tell her the truth. Austin knew she was confused, but everything was going great. He'd have her falling in love with him very soon. But, as he thought more about it, it seemed like he was starting to like her too. She touched her neck, surely enough there was a hickey. Austin saw her at just the right moment. She used her hair to cover her neck.

"Trying to hide it?"

"Of course I am!" And, just like that, his smirk came back. She sunk into her seat feeling pretty awkward. But, there was still a question in her mind.

"Just a question, Moon. Since when do you come to class early? And when did you start changing into a good boy?"

"Just around the time that you started changing into a bad girl."

And just then, students started to pile into the classroom. The teacher came in after the classroom was filled. After some time, Austin's friends piled in, all surprised to see him there so early.

"Dez, Elliot, Lucas, Dallas, care to explain why you are late?"

"Nope," Dez answered.

"Detention."

"Whatever." They all took seats nearby Austin, looking as bored as ever. They all noticed what Ally was wearing, and it scared the hell out of them. It seemed like they were not close to victory. But, Dez noticed something else. Austin was staring at Ally, yet it seemed like she didn't even notice. She was actually paying attention to the teacher. It made him question, was she falling in love with him, or was he falling in love with her?

~§~

AllyCat67: Trish! The plan didn't work

FashionLuvr: Shit

AllyCat67: Let's just say it went the other way around

FashionLuvr: Ur telling me about this later

FashionLuvr: I got an idea You have English for 5th, right

AllyCat67: Yeah

FashionLuvr: Drop something and pick it up

FashionLuvr: Make sure that you are in front of him

AllyCat67: How do you know all this

FashionLuvr: I read a lotta magazines

Ally put her phone away. It was true. Trish did read a lot of magazines, when she was supposed to be working. Hey, at least she read something. At the moment, she was in Algebra. She liked this class, she loved math, but writing was her favorite. So, obviously English was her best class. She thought about the events over the day. Well, she hadn't learned anything in any of her classes and her plan didn't work. She knew it was a bad idea to wear this dress. She was just making a mess of herself.

~§~

Ah finally, lunch, Ally thought. She walked into the cafeteria, and sat next to Trish at their table. Ally was not exactly popular, so she didn't have a lot of friends, but she still had a few others besides Trish who stuck with her through the years.

"Soooo, Ally, Trish told me something very interesting," Emily had a smug look.

"Triiiiish, what did you tell her?" Ally had an idea of what it might be about.

"I might or might not have told her about Austin..."

"How much did you tell her?" Ally looked like she could kill.

"Weeellll, everything." Ally sighed, what was she expecting, she loved Trish but she knew she was a blabbermouth.

"Wait a second. Don't tell me you told Kelly and Megan too."

"Maybe." At that point she reached across the table and nearly started to choke Trish, but Megan stopped her before she nearly died.

"Why don't you want us to know. Aren't we your friends too?," Kelly pointed out.

"Yeahh..." And then Ally felt a little bad.

"So tell me, how did your little 'effort' go?," Megan questioned.

"Not so well."

"Awww, what happened?" Emily was pretty curious to know.

"Well, it went the other way around."

"You mean he wore a short dress and a crap load of makeup?" Kelly joked and high-fived Megan. They all laughed. Ally rolled her eyes.

"You know what I mean."

"No, actually I don't."

"Ugh. You guys are the worst." She scoffed.

"We know." All of them laughed.

"So, did you hear that Kari dumped Kevin?" Emily started a new subject.

"I did!" Trish got that gossip-y look in her eyes. "She apparently dumped her water—which had ice—down his pants."

"Ooohhh, harsh," Ally cringed. And, that's how the rest of their lunch went. Ally thought, though she wasn't popular, maybe it was better. After all, the grass is always greener on the other side. She was glad that she had friends that she could rely on, rather than ones that would stab her in the back later on. The closer lunch was to ending, the more Ally was sweating. There was no assurance, that this time everything would go smoothly.

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Yes, another note. I tried to reply to most of the longer reviews by PMing you. Sorry, if I missed a couple. Also, how's the cover picture of this story? Should I change it?


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