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"Turn your head to the side a little more... a little more... a little more... a little- YES! Yes, right there, Perfect! Now on three, smile. 1, 2, 3.. BEAUTIFUL!"
It was now 7:55am and I was just finishing up my before school-morning-photo shoot. Yes, I know. 'Who has a photo shoot, before school?' Well, I do... but it's not like I wanted to! Apparently my Mom set up this whole photo shoot just minutes before I went to bed last night. She said something along the lines "This is a very important day of your life, and we need to cherish every moment..." I've been doing this photo shoot since 6:30am, how many moments do we need to cherish?
"Okay, one more picture and then we're done." My photographer, Rob, told me. "This time I want a classic pose. Put one hand on your hip and the other by your side, then give me a dazzling smile."
With a small roll of my eyes, I did as Rob instructed. I placed one hand on my hip and I let the other hand rest on my side, then I lifted up my head a bit and showed one of my nicest, forced, smiles. "Okay, 3, 2, 1-." When the bright flash from the camera appeared, I immediately went back to my original straight face and let out a breath of relief. "Okay! Good work today, Princess Ally!" Rob said. "Have a great day!"
"You too, Rob. Thank you." I quickly said. I grabbed my black designer, satchel purse and exited the room.
"Good morning Ally, are you nervous for your first day of school?" Jeff asked as soon as I left the room.
"Morning Jeff, and nope! I am no where near nervous. I've been waiting for this day half of my life."
"Are you sure? Most people tend to get nervous on their first day of school, especially if they've never even been to school at all."
"Well I'm not nervous." I assured. "Where are my parents?" I asked.
"Your Mom is waiting for you at the front door with Austin, and your dad is-Well I assume he's working, he isn't waiting with your mother.." Jeff said. I kinda felt a bit hurt that my father wouldn't be able to watch me leave for my first day of school, I mean, this is kind of a big moment for me, but my father is a busy man, I understand..
"You look nice today." Jeff complimented, "But that hat is a bit over the top, don't you think?" Jeff chuckled. I stopped myself in front of mirror and looked straight up at my hat. It was a hot pink colored, royal hat with pearls all around the top. It was sort of like a hat the Queen of England would wear.
"What? You don't like it?" I frowned.
"Well..." Jeff cringed. "It's n-nice, b-but it doesn't really- oh who am I kidding? That hat is hidious and it doesn't even match your outfit. Take it off."
I let out a loud groan and turned to look at Jeff. "Really? You think It's ugly? Ugh! I just finished taking over a hundred photos with this hat on!" I quickly removed the hat and fixed a few pieces of hair that seemed to mess up. "My mom said that the hat goes perfectly with my outfit." I muttered.
"Well, she was wrong." Jeff shrugged. "Come on, its 8:00, you needa start heading off to school."Jeff said. I took one final look at myself in the mirror and hurried off to my mother, who was in fact waiting at the front door with Austin waiting beside her. I warmly smiled when I saw Austin. He looked different. This morning, instead of a black suit and tie, he wore a black V-neck tee with light blue ripped skinny jeans, and a pair of black and white converse. His hair remained its usual messy style and he wore a nice golden chain around his neck.
"Good morning, Mom." I smiled. "Good morning, Austin."
"Good morning honey, are you ready to leave?" Mom asked.
"Yeah, I'm ready." I nodded.
"Okay, so remember to be back home before five." Mom reminded. "And don't get into any trouble at school, Okay? I slipped in a few dollars in your purse just Incase you get hungry after school and wanna grab something to eat.. Also, remember to stay with Austin no matter what! Don't be too shy at school, I know first days can be a little scary.. Make lots of friends, try not to get lost in the school, I heard it's pretty huge, and please do not be late to your first class, Okay? What else did I forget to mention? Uhhh- Oh! R-."
"Mom!" I cut her off. "I got it, okay? I'm ready." I chuckled. "And if you keep continuing to talk I might just actually be late to my first class."
"Right! Sorry.." My Mom nodded. I lighly smiled and embraced her into a tight hug. When we pulled apart she lightly kissed my forehead and smiled. "Have a great day, Okay?" She whispered to me.
"I will, Mom." I smiled. We quickly hugged one more time before officially pulling away. I swung my purse over my shoulder and made my way towards the front door, with Austin following closely behind. "Bye Mom!" I waved. "See you later Jeff!"
"Goodbye honey!" Mom said.
"Have a great day, Ally!" Jeff waved.
"Good luck today, Princess Ally." George smiled as he held open the front doors for Austin and I. "Oh and Austin, take care of her, we don't need anything bad happening to her."
"Of course I'll take care of her, George. Ally Is perfectly safe with me." Austin assured.
"Thank you George." I said, before I completely left the castle and headed towards the gates. "What car will you be taking us to school in?" I asked Austin.
"My car, if that's alright with you?"
"Yeah! That's fine." I nodded. Together we walked passed the gates and out into the streets where a black shiny Camero was parked. I was expecting a nice limousine to be waiting, but I guess this car will have to do. "Sweet ride." I complimented.
"Thanks! My parents bought me this beauty when I graduated high school." Austin told me, as he walked over to the drivers seat. I watched him in confusion, expecting him to come over to the passengers side and open up the door for me, but when he didn't I awkwardly stood beside the door, assuming somebody else will do the job. "Aren't you getting in?" Austin asked, before he got in.
"Yes, but I'm waiting." I said.
"Waiting for what?" He slowly asked.
"For someone to come and open up the door. Somebody usually opens up doors for me." I said. Austin laughed, as if what I said was a joke. He slid into his car with ease and settled into the seat. When I realized he really wasn't going to open up the door for me, and that nobody else was even going to, I rolled my eyes and awkwardly opened up the door myself.
"That wasn't so hard now was it?" Austin said, once I entered the car and shut the door. I hesitantly sunk into the seats, trying my best to get comfortable, and put on my seat belt.
"Why didn't you open up the door for me?" I glared.
"Because normally, people open car doors themselves." Austin said. He started up the engine of the car and slowly pulled out of the driveway. "Actually, they open up every kind of door on their own. Besides, that isn't really my job.."
"Oh.." I sheepishly smiled, "Right, I...forgot."
"It's okay." Austin chuckled, "So, are you nervous for your first day?" He asked.
"No." I chirped up, "Not at all! I've been waiting for this moment half of my life, I am totally prepared for this, which means I have nothing to worry or be nervous about."
"Are you sure? Because I'm pretty sure every person in the world gets nervous on their first day of school."
"Not me." I said, "I'm not really the nervous type, I guess" I shrugged. "Are you nervous?"
"Nah." Austin said, "I actually graduated from that school last year, which means I already know all of the teachers, plus I know a few of the students too. It's kind of like I never even left."
"Wait, you graduated last year? That's gotta make you at least nineteen." I assumed.
"Yup." Austin nodded.
"You're pretty young.." I told him, a bit shocked as I said it. I know Jeff already told me Austin was around the ages nineteen and twenty, but I didn't think it was actually true. I thought Jeff was just exaggerating a bit. How did Austin end up getting a job as a bodyguard, working for the king? He's young, shouldn't he be in college, or traveling the world right now? What's he doing working as a boring old body guard?
"Yeah." He chuckled. "It's an advantage for the job, I guess.." For a moment, I thought about asking Austin why he chose to dedicate his life protecting the royalty, but I wasn't really in the mood for some long story, that might turn out to be boring anyway.. So, I just let my imagination make up its own assumptions.
In a couple of more minutes, Austin entered an extremely packed parking lot. He slowly drove down the crowded road, carefully searching for an empty space to settle down into. I watched in amusement as I saw students casually hanging out by their vehicles, talking to their own groups of friends. For a few seconds nobody really noticed Austin and I enter the parking lot, but when they did, boy did they really stop and stare! I watched as some people turned and looked at each other in confusion, probably wondering what's this unfamiliar car doing in their parking lot. I shifted in my seat, feeling a bit uncomfortable as I watched all the people in the parking area stare at Austin's car, and me.
"Ugh! Last year I had my own personal parking spot." Austin said as he continued to search for an empty space, "Right now the car would've been parked and we would have already entered the building."
"Th-that's Okay." I said. "Take all of the time you need." I told him.
"I wish I could, but I can't. You'll only be late." Austin said. "Do you want me to just drop you off in the front and you start heading in while I look for a pa-."
"No!" I yelled, rudely cutting him off. "No." I repeated. "I-it's fine. I-I can be a late for a couple of seconds.." I looked down at my hands, suddenly feeling extremely small. I twiddled with my fingers and played with a random string I seemed to find at the bottom of my shirt. I felt my body start to heat up and butterflies unexpectedly starting to move around wildly in my belly. My breath slowly quickened and I felt a few spots of sweat start to form on my forehead.
"Are you alright, Princess Ally?" Austin asked.
"Huh?" I looked at him, "Oh! Y-y-Yeah.. just a little-."
"Nervous? Scared?" Austin raised an eyebrow.
"No." I quickly answered. "Just a bit thirsty, that's all." I lied.
Okay maybe I was a tiny bit nervous.. or a lot... But it isn't that serious! Okay? I'm only nervous because people are staring at me and I'm worried that they all might catch me do something embarrassing. I am not nervous because it's my first day of school! Whaaaaaat? Sounds crazy doesn't it? HA HAHA HA.. ha.. I mean, it's just my first day of school, not like I'm getting married or it's not like I just took a pregnancy test and now I'm waiting for the results... it's just a regular, calm, first day of school, there is absolutely nothing to worry abou-
"Okay, maybe this was a bad idea." I blurted out, once Austin finally found and pulled into an empty parking space. "Maybe you should just take me home, b-back to the castle." I said.
"Wh-what? No, are you crazy?"
"Probably." I nervously chuckled. "You know what? I have an idea, let's take a psycho test, back at the castle. Come on!"
"Ms. Dawson I'm sorry, but I can't leave and take you back home just yet." Austin said. "Your parents told me to take you to school and make sure you actually go to class."
"Screw what they said! Take me home, I don't wanna go to school." I said.
"I'm sorry, but I can't j-."
"Take me home!" I demanded, my voice slightly raising, "That is an order." For a moment Austin stared at me with a look of confusion displayed across his face, but then, in a matter of seconds his confusion suddenly turned to a look of realization.
"You know Princess, it's okay to be nervous on your first day of school." He smirked.
"I'm not nervous!" I glared.
"Yes you are, admit it."
"Admit what? That I'm not nervous? Okay fine, I am not nervous!"
"You're lying." Austin said, "You're terrified."
"No I am not! I'm just tired." I lied.
"Don't worry, on my first day of high school I was nervous too. It's pretty scary, but you'll get used to it pretty fast."
"Great story, but I don't see why you told me that considering I am not nervous."
"I told you because I want to remind you that your nervousness is just temporary. Trust me, by third period you'll be perfectly fine." Austin promised.
"No I won't!" I glared. "O-Okay, I'll admit I am a bit nervous-but it's only because people are staring at me, not because it's my first day...Please take me home." I begged.
"No." He refused. "If you don't get this over with today, you won't get it over with tomorrow or the day after."
"Yeah, but I probably won't be as terrified as I a-."
"AHAH! So you admit it!" Austin grinned. "You aren't just a little nervous, you're terrified!"
"I know. I kind of just said that." I glared. "I want to go home, Austin. Take me home."
"Look I know you're extremely terrified right now, but if it makes you feel any better I promise you I'll be by your side for the whole entire day."
"Isn't that kind of what you're here for?"
"Well...Y-Yeah, but-Okay fine how about this," Austin sighed, "Make it passed your second period class, and if you still feel scared we can leave. Okay?" I turned my head and looked over at Austin, thinking about his offer for a moment. The keys were still in the ignition, and Austin's hand gripped the steering wheel, as if he were going to move the car any second. I knew if I turned down his offer Austin would give up and finally just take me home, and that actually sounded pretty good at the moment, buuuuut I know it isn't exactly the right thing to do and I could tell Austin really wants me to go through with this. So with a roll of my eyes and a shake of my head, I casually swing my purse over my shoulder and unbuckle the leather seatbelt.
"Fine." I grumble.
"Yes!" Austin smiled in victory. He removes his hand away from the steering wheel and kills the engine, before quickly leaving the car and running over to the passengers side. He opens up the door for me and holds out his hand. With hesitation, I placed my hand into his and allowed him to gently pull me out of the car.
"I thought you said people open up car doors on their own." I said.
"They do." He nodded, "But this time I was just being nice, I wanted to open up the door for you. You can do the honors of opening the front doors of the school building." Austin released his hand from mine and closed the car door, he clicked a button on his car keys and then started walking to the front of the building. I closely followed behind him, and tried my best to ignore the stares as well as the whispers coming from the people around me.
"Is that Princess Ally Dawson?" I heard a few people whisper as I walked.
"What is she doing here?" Someone else asked.
"And why is she with Austin Moon?"
"Didn't Austin Moon graduate last year? What's he still doing here?"
"She's probably doing some charity event for us." Someone scoffed.
"She looks like she's about to puke.."
"I like her outfit, but it's a bit too extra.."
"Yo, Austin! My man!"
"Woah it's Ally Dawson!"
"She's so pretty!"
That's pretty much everything that was said as Austin and I walked to the front of the building. At some point of the walk I gripped onto Austin's shirt, afraid that I would allow myself to turn around and run back to the car. I assume Austin knew what I was thinking because as soon as I grabbed onto his shirt, he gently grabbed my hand and firmly held onto it. I must admit, I felt way more safer than I usually did with any other body guard. "Ready to go inside?" Austin softly asked me as we finally stood in front of the doors.
"No." I said. "But, I don't really have a choice, do I?"
He shook his head, "Nope." I closed my eyes and slowly let out a shaky breath. I then stared at the glass doors in front of me. Clearly I was able to see behind the doors, and what I saw was another batch of students staring at me and whispering to their friends. I reached over to the door handle and gave it a nice tug.
"Here goes nothing.." I muttered.
HEY GUYSSSSSSSSS! Chapter 3! Sorry I didn't update sooner, I was going to update on the 4th of July, but I figured a bunch of you guys were going to be busy going to a BBQ or having your own BBQ or doing some other plans (if you did anything) and for the past two days I was feeling too lazy to even do anything so... buuuut I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, pleaseeee, pleaseee pleaseeee, leave a review and let me know what you guys think! Also, if you want, give me some suggestions too, tell me some ways I can make this story better :), let me know what you did for the fourth of July (if you celebrate it) I like reading things like that! But, once again, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, thank you for reading it, and I will update again soon! Bye!
- Sierra.