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Anger surged through my stomach. "Listen Officer Barkly," I growled.

"Berkley."

"Whatever your name is." Manners! My mom's voice cut in again. But I ignored it. "There is no way on earth that I would think about abusing Ally. She…" my voice started to make that awful cracking noise, forcing me to drop to a whisper. "…she means the world to me and I can't even imagine…."

I cut myself off as I realized that I was the worst liar in the history of liars. Because I did hurt Ally. I hurt her to the point where she said that she hated me. Officer Berkley seemed to notice my expression because he softened.

"Then prove me wrong," he said at last.

I scowled. I've never met someone who has gotten on my nerves so quickly than this guy. He smirked at me, knowing that he got me caught. He really wasn't leaving until I started talking. "Fine," I said grudgingly.

Eight Months Ago

Gorgeous… amazing… dazzling… perfect. Words swirled around my head as Dez rambled on about Trish de la Rosa, his new girlfriend. "I am the luckiest guy on earth!" he topped it off, throwing his arms up in the air.

I laughed, adjusting the backpack on my shoulder as we walked down the sidewalk. I've known Dez since middle school and for as long as I could remember, he has had a huge crush on the feisty Latina. And finally, at our senior year, he finally gained the courage to ask her out.

"Dude," I said jokingly. "You act as if she's flawless."

"Because she is," Dez told me, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

I wasn't the smartest guy on earth, but I was pretty sure that there wasn't a girl, or person, that was 100% perfect. Dez must have seen the look on my face because he patted me on the back so hard that I almost stumbled into the road.

"Trust me," the redhead said. "When you find the one, you'll know." When I didn't respond, he nudged me. "Hey, it has to happen sometime."

I shook my head, catching on to what he was suggesting. "I'm not interested in finding a girlfriend right now, Dez," I told him. "It's our last year in high school and once college hits, I don't think I can handle a long distance relationship."

Dez shrugged. "It's up to you," he said. "But you have the whole female population in school at your feet." I flinched. Dez didn't seem to notice as he went on, "So whenever you're interested in double dating…"

"Someone's a player."

I frowned. Officer Berkley was not making it easy to like him. "I'm not," I protested, glaring daggers at him. I despised being labeled as a player, especially when all the relationships I've been in have been steady.

Officer Berkley raised his hands in surrender. "Whatever way you want to describe it, you're a ladies' man," he said, looking as if he was trying not to laugh.

If anything, that made me feel worse as I felt a pang hit me in the chest. If re-telling my story was supposed to be helping…it wasn't. And I was starting to see how much of a waste time this was.

Getting to my feet, I took my car keys out of my pocket. "Well…thanks for everything Officer Berkley," I couldn't help but spit out. "But I have to get home. My mom wants me to come back before dinner."

"Wait a second," Officer Berkley followed me as I made my way across the road, towards the parking lot where my car was. "You're just going to go like that?"

I felt unnecessary anger crawling up my stomach. And I realized that it wasn't directed towards Officer Berkley. Seeing that I wasn't going to answer anytime soon, he picked up his pace. "I may have only known you for ten minutes, Austin. But anyone can see that you're crazy for this Ally girl."

Ally. It was as if a stab in the chest as I spun around to face him. "What do you want me to do?" I scowled. "She's gone. You saw it yourself." I felt as if I just swallowed a bowling ball as my voice suddenly wiped out of my throat.

"But that doesn't mean that you can't do anything about it."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

Officer Berkley looked at me in exasperation. "Go after your girl, Moon," he told me, looking as if he wanted to smack me on the head.

But what he said made me stop short. Follow Ally…to New York. "I won't-"

"Listen kid, you don't have to worry about the ticket," Officer Berkley told me, as if reading my mind. "I have connections, okay? I'll be able to get you on the first flight to New York, just say the word. But you have to finish your end of the deal."

"My end of the deal?"

"Finish telling me what happened."

I barely heard what he said. It sounded as if everything was underwater as my mind went blank. The opportunity to get Ally back was right at my doorstep. To explain everything to her. To get a second chance. 'She wasn't going to get away from me that easily.' Wasn't that what I promised myself?

Officer Berkley waited patiently for my response. Without a word, I dug into my pocket, taking out my phone. On speed dial, I called my mom, who picked up at the second ring. "Austin!" she burst out. "Where are you?"

"Hi Mom," I smiled. "I… I think I'm going to miss dinner."

"Guess who."

I laughed as I felt someone's hair tickle my neck, her small hands covering my eyes. A quick scent of vanilla swept past my nose; a smell that I would have recognized anywhere.

"Taylor Swift?" I guessed hopefully, turning around from my locker to see Ally Dawson rolling her eyes at me playfully, her arms crossed.

"Ha ha," she said, biting her lip to keep herself from smiling.

I shrugged innocently. "Hey, it was a fair guess," I joked, dumping the rest of my books into my locker. As I expected, Ally sent me a disapproving look.

"Austin!" she scolded. "How can you even go to your classes with your locker-?"

"Don't worry, Alls," I assured her. "I'm fine. I love my locker like this."

Ally grumbled. If I learned anything about Ally Dawson, it was that she hated messy lockers… or anything messy for that matter. I ruffled her hair playfully, making her glare at me even more.

"Fine," she muttered under her breath. "But don't blame me if-"

The first bell rang, cutting her off from her lecture. I smiled at my best friend smugly. Ally laughed. "Don't think this is over, Austin," she warned as she hugged her books to her chest, already half-way down the hallway to homeroom.

I smirked at her. She knew as well as I did that no matter how hard she could have tried, that sentence would have never sounded threatening. It was as if Ally read my mind, making a face at me. "I'm working on it," she told me. I opened my mouth to speak, but she cut me off. "Don't say a word, Austin."

Laughing, I grabbed my books for my first period class and locked my locker. When I turned back, Ally was gone. Probably already in class.

I glanced at the clock in the school hallway. Thirty seconds. I broke into a run, skittering towards homeroom. I couldn't afford getting another late.

Turning a corner, I almost crashed into the school's principal, Mr. Burke. "Whoa," he said, quickly moving to the side as I ran past him. I turned around.

"Sorry Mr. Burke!" I called out down the hallway.

"No running Mr. Moon," was the only reply.

I slowed down into a walk, feeling Mr. Burke's eyes still on me. I looked over my shoulder to see him nodding approvingly at me. But he wasn't moving until I got into my classroom so I picked up my pace slightly.

Room C18. I let out a sigh of relief. I wasn't late. I reached for the doorknob. Before I could open the door, the bell rang…of course. Miss Dobbs (A/N: Anyone remember her from Ally's POV?) was going to kill me.

Bracing myself, I slowly opened the door, poking my head in. Miss Dobbs was half-way through taking attendance. As soon as she saw me, her eyes narrowed. "Mr. Moon," she said, her voice cold, which wasn't anything knew. "You're late."

Late by five seconds, I had to bite my tongue from keeping the extra comment from slipping out. "Sorry Miss Dobbs," I said. The English teacher rolled her eyes and gestured for me to sit down.

That was it. No detention. No death glare. I felt a strange sense of relief wash over me as I stepped fully into the classroom, closing the door behind me. As I made my way over towards my desk, Miss Dobbs went on with attendance.

"Cassidy Peeples," she called out.

All heads turned towards the back of a room. I perked up at the new name. Cassidy. I followed everyone's gazes until it landed on one person. I caught my breath, feeling my heart start to suddenly pound a mile a minute.

She was gorgeous. Blond hair. Bright blue eyes. A million dollar smile. It all equaled up to Cassidy Peeples, who gave everyone a small wave. "Hi," she said almost sheepishly, ducking her head.

Miss Dobbs went on without a second glance. "Dez Fisher," she called.

Dez. He was staring at me smugly and right away, I knew he saw the look I gave Cassidy. Stop it, I thought to myself. You barely know her. You can't think that- My heart was still pounding as I sunk into my seat. Whoa.

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