Stay With Me
Chapter 2
Ally's POV
I almost fainted. I looked at Austin, then back at my dad. My dad was oblivious to the world while Austin had a smirk on his perfect face. Not that I think is face is perfect or any thing.
"Dad, I didn't know you were hiring?" I fake smiled.
"Well we weren't but I'm good friends with Austin's parents and figured having someone else work here wouldn't be that bad." My dad explained.
"Thank you so much Mr. Dawson. I promise to be a great worker." Sucking up, nice Austin.
"Call me Lester. I'm going in my office, Ally show Austin around." My dad leaves me standing in the door way with Austin.
Austin smiles at me. I smile back. We both stand there, daring the other to say something first.
"So Ally Dawson, daughter of Lester Dawson, so nice to see you again." He broke the silence.
"Now you know who I am. Did you get this job to stock me?"
"Well no. My parents wanted me to get a job and I actually really like music. Seeing you is just a plus."
I rolled my eyes, incredibly annoyed. Who does he think he is?! After 6 years of going to the same school he thinks he can be nice to me.
"No witty come back?"
I shook my head no.
"Are you always this quiet?"
I nodded my head yes.
"No wonder I never noticed you before."
"Excuse me?" I broke my silence. "The only reason you never noticed me before is because you're in your own little world with the popular people. People like me are beneath you."
He started laughing.
"What's so funny?" I'm frustrated.
"It's just the way you said that I live in my own little world. Most people would be begging me to be a part of the world, not saying their beneath me."
"Well I'm not most people."
"I got that."
He continued looking at me. I continued looking at the ground.
"So, that song you were singing sounded incredible. Did you write it?" He walked over to the piano and started to pick up my book.
"Don't touch my book!" I grabbed the book away from his grasp.
He put his hands up "I will never touch your book again." He laughed at me again.
"It would be nice if you could stop laughing at me."
"Sorry but I can't do that. You're so awkward that it's funny." He did not just say that.
I glared at him. "I didn't mean it in a bad way."
"Sure you didn't."
After Austin called my awkwardness funny, causing things to be awkward, I showed him around the store. Told him the simple rules (No eating in the store, no playing the drums.) and then I waved goodbye and left him standing alone for the second time that day. I may have been invisible, but I wasn't oblivious. I knew he had a girlfriend. And not just any girlfriend. The girlfriend. Blonde, perfect and cheer leading Cassidy. They were the it couple. And I was a new girl for Austin to spend time with. I knew he had a girlfriend from the start, but that didn't stop what happened from happening. I called Trish that night and told her that Austin was now going to be working with me. She thought it was the best thing that could happen to me. When I asked her why she said that maybe I would finally see that I'm worth people's attention. I had rolled my eyes and told her I would see her at school. I asked her later, after everything had happened, if she still believed that getting to know Austin was worth it. She said that even though it ended badly, it was worth it because it made me feel something, taught me a lesson. The only thing I'm feeling now is heart-break, disappointment, and lost.
When I walked into school the next day I could tell that something was different. I went to my locker and Trish was waiting for me with that red-head that Austin hangs out with. I smiled at them and opened my locker. I could hear that they were arguing over something stupid so I just ignored their conversation.
"It's Ally right?" the red-head, whose name is Dez, asked me.
I nodded.
"Your friend Austin is now working with her at Sonic Boom." Trish had to comment.
"Oh yeah Austin told me that. You're also the girl who dropped her tray yesterday!"
I nodded.
"That was embarrassing!" He dragged out the last word for emphasis.
"Yes I am aware." I closed my locker door and dragged Trish away.
When we reached home room, she gave me a 'why did you do that look?'
"I didn't want to be reminded of the stupid thing I did yesterday."
"Ally, it wasn't that bad."
I gave her a 'yeah right' look.
She surrendered. "Okay maybe it was bad but, at least no one has said anything to you."
She was right. For them to say something would require them to actually talk to me and that was never going to happen.
When the bell rang, signaling the start of the school day, the popular people graced us with their presence. Who was leading the pack? Austin Moon of course. And his super hot girlfriend. As they all took their seat in the class, Austin noticed me and smiled. Everyone always watched him, so of course they saw him smile at me. Ally Dawson, the super quiet girl who has the best grade in the class. I didn't know what to do so I just looked down. I could hear Austin laugh to him self. Trish nudged me to look up just in time to see Cassidy push Austin into his seat. She whispered something in his ear and a frown appeared on his face. What could perfect Cassidy have said to upset the smiley Austin.
I'm not going to lie. I would watch Austin. Even before the lunch incident. I had always admired his ability to be himself (I later found out was a lie. He was never him self.) He had such a charm to him that was natural. There was always a smile on his lips. I admired him from the start. The first time I had noticed him was 7th grade. Dez and Trish got into their first fight in free period. Austin got in between the two and some how settled their argument. It was something stupid like who wore the loudest clothing. (Dez for sure.) He got them to agree that they were both at a high level of loud. I had smiled and he noticed me standing off to the side. He smiled at me for the first time. He still had a baby face so his smile was different then the ones that he last gave me. It was innocent. I would love for some innocence again.
I saw Austin again in music class. He sat next to me and tried to start a conversation. His attempts succeeded when Mrs. Martin decided to put the class in pairs for the day. Since it was the first week of school we had to the lame activity where you tell someone about your self. I hated it. We were 16 going on 17, why did we have to do an elementary assignment. Austin, however, was over joyed. Things worked out in his favor and I was his partner.
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Edited on September 6, 2014
I do not own Austin and Ally.