Take Me Or Leave Me

~Ally's P.O.V.~

***Chapter 2***

I'm sitting at 'Team Austin's' usual table in the cafateria when Austin and Dez walk into the room. After they get thier food they come over to 'our' table and sit across from me.
"Hey Aus, hey Dez" I say staring at my un-touched food. "Hey Ally." Austin says taking a bite of his sandwich. "Hi Ally, oh, hi Trish." Dez says stuffing fries into his mouth, while Trish sits beside me.
"So, Ally, who are you going to audition for?" Trish asks, I look up from my salad and twords her.
"Mimi." I almost whisper.
"What was that? I didn't hear you." Trish says.
"Mimi" I say in an -surprisingly- confadint tone, Trish smiles and I turn away, Trish turns and looks over at Austin.
"and you?" she asks expectantly.
"Roger." Austin says his voice never failing him like mine had me. Trish's smile widens -if its even possibal-.
"Great!" Trish says happily.
"Awesome-sauce!" Dez says loudly, sometimes I wonder if he really is 17, well 18 soon.
"Are you two-" I say pointing at Trish and Dez. "-going to audition too?" I ask. Trish and Dez just stare at me.
"Yeah." Dez finally breaks the akward seconds of them staring and not answering my simple question. "I'm going to try out for Mark."Dez answers simply, like its no big deal. I think that the roll of mark for Dez is great, Mark is like a grown up -mature- version of Dez, well if he were to fail at becoming a director and then had to live in an abandon apartment bilding in New York and so on and so forth. I nod and smile twords Dez and give him a thumbs up, then all three of us turn to Trish.
"I'm trying out for Joanne." Trish says, I smile and giggle.
"Do you even know the play or movie Trish?" I ask.
"Yeah you made me watch watch the movie with you that one time." Trish answers. I smile and laugh. "You fell asleep!" I laugh, Austin and Dez join the laughing and Trish just smiles and shakes her head.
"Hey! I still watched part of it didn't I!" she says.
"Barely!" I say, Trish starts laughing with us I can't help but think this a perfect day, I'm trying to get over the fear of my stage fright with the help of my three amazing and sometimes crazy friends "Oh yeah." Trish says. This sends us all into a fit of laughter not caring about the stares we're probably getting right now. I notice Sarah and Cristian Qvar walk over and my laughter abruptly stops. The others haven't noticed the suddenness of my laughing stopping or the fact that the evil Qvar siblings are now standing behind Austin and Dez.
"Guys." I squeak nervously. Austin's laugh dies down and he's now looking at me.
"What's wrong Als?" he asks his laugh still presant in his voice. I'm scared and speachless so I point up to the two bullys behind him and his best guy friend. He turns around to see Sarah with her long, wavy, blond color hair, sea green/blue eyes, with make-up that is lighter than her skin color plastering her face. Today is wearing a yellow v-neck tank-top and light blue short shorts with a black pair of heals; I'm kinda surprised she hasen't fallen on her face yet, wait... no I'm not. Cristian is a tall guy, but he's not very strong, he has blond hair like Sarah and his eyes are a blue/green color. They sit down; Sarah beside Austin and Cristian beside me.
"So Ally, I heard your going to audition for the part of Mimi." Sarah says, I can lightly feel Cristian's finger tips running over my bare thigh, I'm wearing a dress today and now I really wish I decided to go with my shorts instead. I squrim under his touch and I move closer to Trish. I nod to Sarah, she smiles.
"Hah, goodluck, you'll need it." Sarah says. Austin turns to Sarah anger and annoyence noticably written all over his face. "But dear Ally don't be too surprised when you don't get the part." Sarah says obviously full of herself.
"I think Ally has a better chance at getting the part than you do!" Austin says annoyance with this one girl running high. I smile at Austin and Sarah looks afended. "Is that a bet, Moon?" Cristian asks moving closer to me again.
"No Cristian, I won't stoop as low as you two. I have more class than that." Austin says cockily. Cristian looks dumbfounded as I slap him on the back of the head and say lound enough for anyone whos paying attention to hear me.
"And don't you fucking touch me again." I say standing up and the others follow. We walk out of the now whispering lunchroom and to our lockers. Trish's is beside mine and Austin's is 3 or 4 over from mine and Dez's is 5 or 6 away from Trish. Trish and I stand at our lockers while Austin and Dez stand behind us. Austin finally speaks up from the slightly awkward silence. Nobody has said a word since I told Cristian off for touching my leg.
"Since we're all auditioning for a part in the play, do you guys want to come over to my place to practice?" Austin asks.
"Sure-" Trish answers for us. I smile. "-but don't you think we should dress the part?" she asks. I'm sure my mouth is hanging open in shock. I don't know if I have any "Mimi" style clothing. Plus, Mimi's a striper; I am sure as hell not a striper. Plus how can she say that? She knows I have a "crush" on Austin! I have only EVER told two people how I feel about Austin, my songbook and... Trish. Look where that got me. Great. Trish nudges me and I see that she set this up, maybe not the whole Sarah and Cristian feasco or the big blow out in the lunchroom, but the auditions and the "dressing up" was all Trish. How I love to hate her sometimes. But all in all in the end Trish always has my back and she knows I won't tell Austin, I'm just to scared it will ruin our friendship, so she gave me a push forward and hopefully it will help. "Ummmm, alright? Als do you want to come over to my place right after school?" Austin asks me a small smile apears on my lips and I nod.
"Sure but can we stop at my place first?" I ask.
"Sure Als." Austin replies smiling. Dez says that he'll pick up Trish at 5 and bring her over then. We nod to eachother and the bell rings through the whole school alerting us that it is now once again time for class. As we head to Gym Trish leans over close to my ear.
"You want him?" she whispers, I nod 'yes' franticly. "Tonight's your chance. Go get him." she whispers. A smile spreads over my face and I light up. I offically can not wait for after school. I never thought I would think or say that.

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