"Ally?" A voiced said following a knock on her door which slowly crept open to reveal her moms Penny Dawson's beautiful face. Ally had always thought of her mom as beautiful and even the wear and stress present in her moms eyes from the previous years added to her beauty. She had done so much for Ally in those last years, she never left her side and quite possible never slept, or at least that's what it felt like to Ally, her mom definitely deserved a break, which Ally hoped she would have today from 9-4.
Ally sat on the floor of her room in a tank top and sweats surrounded by pretty much her entire closet. "MOM! I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR!" Ally exclaimed worriedly.
"Honey," Penny said softly, "Yes you do, It's just not hung up all nicely in your closet like it was last night." The two hugged each other and laughed softly. "What about this?" Penny asked pulling a black lace skirt from the piling of clothing. "With this top?" Ally asked gesturing to a blush colored sheer sleeveless shirt, now excited to be picking out her clothes again. "That'll be perfect" she told her daughter, "Now hurry, Trish will be here soon to take you to school."
And as if on cue Trish comes barging through the door in a very bright hot pink top leopard leggings shrieking and jumping up and down repeating "AHHHHH! I'm SO excited ALLY! AHHH!" Ally joined in and the two best friends were finally going to start high school together.
Ally got dressed and paired her outfit with a pair of black wedges and silver earrings. She did natural looking makeup and curled her hair which had recently grown down to just between her shoulders and chin. "You ready ally?" Trish yelled from the hallway. Ally took one last look in the mirror flashed a huge smile before quietly saying "Oh Yeah!"
The car ride to school was filled with Trish going on and on about classes and teachers and the students, while Ally nervously placed her hands around the scars on her forearm. With the many surgeries she had different scars were found in different place around her body. The worst and biggest being down her back and on her hips, with little ones on both forearms and both knees. Although her scars on her forearms were a very light shade of pink and very small, she started to become more self-conscious about them the closer she got to the school.
As Ally and Trish approached the school parking lot, Trish blabbering about how annoying Dez still is, Ally noticed how different everyone looked, familiar face now looked grown up and the knot in her stomach tightened even more. They walked through the parking lot into the doors of the main office catching glimpses from the handful of students they passed.
"Hello Ma'am," Ally said approaching the lady at the front desk, "My names Allyson Dawson, This is my first day." The lady looked up from her computer with tired eyes,"Sweetie this is everyone's first day, it is the first day of school you know." the lady stated in a mono toned voice "I know" ally said slowly, "But it is my first day here ever and I didn't receive a schedule over the summer." Ally informed her, "Oh yes, you're the..." The Lady said immediately regretting what almost came out of her mouth. Ally sighed and rolled her eyes "Yes I'm the girl that had cancer," she had heard it many times before and knew she would hear it many times today, "I would just like my schedule." she stated with a polite smile on her face. The lady handed her an entire packet filled with her schedule, a map of the school, the bell schedule and a calendar. Ally left the office with a "Thank you" and a nod to the lady. Trish demanded to see Ally's schedule but was disappointed to find that they only had 3 out of 8 classes together.
The two girls walked side by side happy that they at least had first period together. 1 reason being Ally totally would've gotten lost and 2. being that she couldn't have taken the stare and whispers without someone by her side. The whispers filled the hallway and the only thing Ally could hear was "That's Ally Dawson" "She had cancer," as if this was new news to everyone.
Trish led Ally to their first period Music class. Music was Ally's absolute favorite thing, her parents owned an awesome music store that was soon to be franchised all across the United States. Music was one of the only thing that kept her sane during her extended stint in the hospital. As they walked into the class room they noticed the tables were arranged with four chairs two on each side. They went to a completely empty table towards the middle of the classroom, both girls sitting on the same side right next to each other. More students filled in to the class room until the only empty seats were the two right across from Ally and Trish. The bell rang and the teacher said "This is a full class so girls, those two empty seat will be filled when out tardies show up." The door then eased open ,which was to Ally and Trish's backs, and the last two students filed in, "Boys, please take a seat at that table" The Teacher told them gesturing to the table occupied by Ally and Trish. The girls never turned to see who would be sitting with them, they were to into their conversation and decided they'd wait till they sat down in front of them.
Suddenly a tall goofy red head, Ally recognized as Dez, plopped into the seat across from Trish, causing her to sigh and roll her eyes, Ally giggled at her best friend and was too busy watching Trish and Dez to notice the still mystery man who was going to sit across from her, that was until the gorgeous blond sat down and right across from her and for the first time in three years Ally Dawson was face-to-face with non-other than THE Austin Moon, who's face looked like he had just seen a ghost.