Ally's POV

I video chatted with my mom the other night telling her about Dez, and Trish, and how much Austin irritated me. It was nice talking to her, and she said her research was going well.

Having Trish work at Sonic Boom wasn't that bad. She had a rep for not working, but she seemed like she genuinely wanted to keep this job. And my dad was right, we did need the extra help. Although the real reason he hired her was because we ran into a little extra money. Figures.

The downside to her working here? Austin. I just could not escape that guy. It's like he had nothing better to do than be with Trish and bother me all day. It had only been one week, and I was ready to ship him off to Europe.

But it was finally Friday, and all I had to do was get through this day of school and it would be the weekend. Did I ever mention how much Fridays irritate me? Yeah it's the last day of school before the weekend, but I still have to go through the entire day.

A day that was going fine until last period. Instead of sitting in the back like he usually did, Austin came and sat by me.

He peeked over her shoulder to see what looked like song lyrics all over the page in a state of unorganized. Some of the lyrics weren't even on the line, they were just scrawled out diagonally across the page.

'Now what would the teacher say if he knew that you weren't planning to take notes on Trigonometric Functions?' he asked smirking.

'If only I cared,' I muttered back. He smirked again but didn't say anything, waiting for me to ask.

'What do you want?' I demanded.

'I want to talk to you after class, I'll give you a ride to Sonic Boom.' My eyes narrowed.

'Why?'

'You'll see,' and I watched as he sauntered to the back of the room.

The entire last hour of the class I was fidgeting in my seat. I debated if I wanted to spend a good twenty minutes with Austin in a car. I didn't like him, that was for sure, but I did want to know why he wanted to talk to me.

Granted, I probably didn't know him enough to judge him, but the short interactions I've had with him seemed to be enough. The only thing that made his presence in my store bearable was the guitar riffs he played occasionally throughout the day. They were calming, and I wouldn't admit it to him, but he was actually pretty good.

The bell rang, and I still hadn't made my decision to meet with him or not. I took my time putting my pencil in its case and packing up my bag when he came around to the front of my desk.

'What did you want?' I sighed, just wanting to get to work so I could get away from him.

'Ask, actually,' he said as he took my keys out of my bag, leaving me no choice but to go after him.

'Austin, I'm so not in the mood-'

'Well I've never had that said to me before,' he smirked as I tried to swipe my keys from him before he moved them slightly out of my reach. I gave up knowing that he would only move them further out of my reach. 'Get in the car,' he opened the passenger seat door for me.

I huffed before getting in. He threw me my keys and put his in the ignition, but he didn't start the car.

'Now that I have your attention, I was wondering if you wanted to go out with me,' I was too shocked to notice we were pulling out of the school parking lot.

Did Austin Moon just ask me out?

Austin's POV

Ally just sat there, mouth open and non-blinking. For a moment I smirked until I realized she might actually like me. This would completely throw off the entire plan. I picked her because I thought she would never fall for me, but my worries were put to rest when she recovered.

'Uh... sorry, uhm, Austin, but you're ah... not really my type,' she said sheepishly, obviously trying to avoid hurting my feelings.

I smirked at that. No one had ever said that to me before. Ally was perfect for this plan.

'Are you sure?' we pulled up to a stop light so I turned to her. I tucked a stray lock behind her ear, leaning closer to whisper, 'I could change your mind.'

This would ensure the success of the plan. If she caved, then I'd have to find someone else who hated me even more than Ally. And considering Ally was the first person in a very long time to dislike me, it would ruin everything. If this made her hate me even more, I could tell her about my plan to make Trish jealous.

'No. Austin. My answer is no, just get me to work since you're the one who kidnapped me.' Perfect.

We pulled into a parking space and she tried to bolt from the car. Worried that I had blown it, I chased after her, blowing past her enough so I could grab her arm.

'Let go of me,' she grumbled, glaring at me.

'Nah, I don't think I will,' I responded, 'I need your help.'

'And why would I help you, you completely ignorant ass-' I cupped my hand over her mouth, cutting her off. A calculated expression flashed over her face. Damnit, I knew that look.

'You bite me, and I'll steal your bag, it's still in the back of my car,' I warned her. 'Look, all I need you to do with go out with me, hear me out. You wouldn't be doing it for nothing, it's for... personal reasons.'

I felt her relax, she was interested, and chose to let her go. Instead of trying to run again, she crossed her arms and glared up at me.

'Oh yeah? What's so personal? I'd tell me now, because I'm about this close,' she indicated a tiny space between her finger and her thumb, 'to slapping you,' she threatened.

'It's complicated.'

'Un-complicate it.' I knew I would have to tell her if I wanted this plan to work, but all the embarrassment would be worth it if this worked.

'Well, I need you to ah.. help me make, uh someone jealous,' I coughed as non-awkwardly as I could. Ally's eyebrows raised, and her expression turned into a smirk that could rival my own. I could tell she was trying not to laugh.

She was silent though, staring at me with her brown eyes.

'Why me?'

'Because you don't like me, which means if this works, you won't fall for me,' I explained, as if it were obvious. I thought she was supposed to be smart.

'Why don't you just ask her out?' I had no response to that question; when she realized that she continued, 'What girl has Austin Moon so tongue tied that he can't use his notorious balls to ask her out?'

I knew I had to answer this one, as humiliating as it would be to admit to someone who hated me. But that's why I picked her.

'Trish.' She let out a breath before continuing.

'Austin, you need to be really honest with me right now. I may not be as close to Trish as you are, but I do care about her. Do you honestly like her or do you just want to get in her pants?' I realized I had to tell her the absolute truth or this wouldn't work.

I swallowed my pride and mustered up an answer.

'I... I love her, okay? We've been best friends for so long, and I really really care about her. I would never want to hurt her. All I know is that I get so jealous when she talks about other guys, but I don't know how she feels about me. I just need to know, Ally. I need your help,' I winced when I was done with my little spiel. I had never actually shared these feelings with anyone else before.

Ally took a step closer to me and just looked at me. If she didn't agree, I'd be back at square one, pining after someone completely oblivious to my feelings. She looked at me lips pursed, hands on her hips and slowly nodded. Her hard gaze softened when she figured I was telling the truth. Her eyes flashed down for a moment before she responded.

'Okay,' she said, almost whispering, 'I'll help you. Stay after closing today and we'll work something out. Now come on, I'm late for work.'