Okay so this one was much faster than the last but I have uploaded like two one-shots between now and the last chapter and I figured I already have a few chapters written so I might as well treat you, especially since you've all been so amazing in your reviews and follows and favourites so yay I love you all!

I hope you like this chapter, a bit more Auslly arguments, because I know you all just LOVE the fighting jazz ;)

Chapter 3

"Ally, come on, you have to come to the fire drill! It's compulsory!" her mom yelled, yanking the cover over her head. Ally groaned, pulling them back.

"There's not going to be a fire, mom, I'll be fine. Please don't make me!" she whined. Dianne shook her head.

"I'm going to get dressed. If you're not ready to go when I'm done, I'm dragging you out there in your pyjamas. And it's cold outside." She warned, before disappearing into the bathroom. Ally sighed, curling up in the warmth of the covers and drifting back to sleep.

She was rudely awoken two minutes later by her mother pulling her out of bed and out of the cabin.

"Mom! Mom, stop! I'll get dressed! I'm sorry!" she squealed, trying to wriggle out of her grip, but her mom was too strong.

"I told you I'd do this if you weren't ready. The alarm is going off in ten minutes, and I have to go through all the instructions; you don't have time to get dressed." She said. Ally sighed, halting in her struggling to wrap her arms around herself to fight the chill. She was only wearing a SpongeBob tank top and yellow boy shorts and it was only around four degrees outside.

"Mom, are you trying to kill me?" she asked, shivering. Dianne sighed, shrugging off her cardigan and handing it to Ally. It was only a thin one and it only really covered her arms, but Ally was grateful for the added warmth.

Her mom finally let her go when they reached the crowd gathered around the main stage. Ally hung back, promising her mom not to disappear, and watched as the older woman climbed onstage and everyone instantly quietened.

Her mom ran through the drill quickly, but Ally tuned out. She figured she could just follow everyone else, and focused on warming herself up as much as possible, staring down at her feet as she drew a heart with her toes.

"You do realise you're not in Miami anymore, right?" a familiar voice said from behind her, making her jump. She whirled around, scowling.

"Yeah, actually, I'm not quite that stupid." She spat.

"Then why are you dressed like that at seven o'clock in the morning?" he asked, eyebrows raised. She sighed loudly, turning her back on him.

"Because I wouldn't get out of bed." She muttered.

"Huh?"

"I wouldn't get out of bed and get dressed, so mom dragged me out here in my pyjamas."

"Oh, I see…wait, is that why you're here? Is Dianne your mom?" he asked, surprised.

"Yup. Although right now, I wish she wasn't."

"Wow, it's a small world…I've been coming here since I was eleven, and I've known Dianne for as long, and I never knew she was your mom." She smiled tightly.

"Well, I guess you do now."

"How come you've never come here before?"

"Because I've never been in so much trouble that my dad sent me here for the summer as a punishment before." She muttered sourly. He chuckled.

"I heard about the car incident. What happened?" he asked. She rolled her eyes.

"I thought it was yours…so I totalled the car." She admitted. He laughed loudly then, causing a few heads to turn in their direction. They must have looked odd, Ally refusing to turn around and look at him but still participating in the conversation.

"Why would you do that?"

"I don't know, I guess it was something to do with the homeroom incident, but maybe I was just PMS'd." she replied sarcastically, spinning around to glare at him. He winced, looking like he'd forgotten about that.

"Right, sorry."

"Yeah." She replied, not knowing what else to say.

"I mean it, though. I am sorry. Some of the things I said…they were out of order." He apologised, but she could tell he was only saying it because he felt it was the right thing to do. She rolled her eyes, smiling slightly, albeit cynically.

"Don't apologise. I know you don't mean it."

"No, I don't. So…are you going to apologise to me?" he asked. She frowned.

"For what?"

"Oh, I don't know, for treating me like shit for all those years?" he suggested, disbelieving. She sighed.

"Look, I know I'm a bitch, but I'm not going to apologise. Just because we're at the same summer camp doesn't mean we're suddenly going to be friends and we're gonna go back to school and I'm gonna be nice. I could apologise, but we'd both know I don't mean it, and I'd do it again anyway. That's just who I am. I'm not saying its right, or good, but it's me. And I'm not gonna change myself, not for you, not for anyone." She explained. Austin scoffed, shaking his head.

"You know, I thought I'd do the nice thing and try to apologise, but of course, Ally Dawson is too good to accept an apology, no matter how insincere, and move on. No, she has to go and dig herself a deeper hole and be an even bigger bitch than ever." He half-shouted. She rolled her eyes, tutting.

"Look, if you're going to go off on one again, please warn me now so I can get the hell out of here."

"I-you-what? You know what? You're not even worth it. You're pathetic." He spat, glaring at her before storming away. She sighed, closing her eyes for a second to contain her anger.

And then there was the shrill, high-pitched sound of the siren, echoing around the entire camp, making Ally grimace and put her hands over her ears. Everyone was moving about, heading in different directions. Ally whirled around a few times, not sure where she was supposed to be going, and before she knew it, everyone had disappeared.

"Shit!" she muttered, regretting not listening to her mother. And suddenly Austin was back, stood in front of her, looking angry still but a little resigned.

"You're in group D, with me. Come on, we need to get to the lake before Dianne gets there to check everyone's there. I know she's your mom, but she's not the type of woman to go soft on you just because you're her daughter." He muttered, gesturing for her to follow him. She scowled (something she'd been doing a lot of recently).

"Don't tell me what my own mother is like, as if I don't know her. I've known her longer than you have." She hissed. He rolled his eyes.

"Really? Come on, Ally, just follow me. I don't know about you, but I don't want to spend the entire summer scrubbing the kitchen floor."

"She wouldn't make us do that, would she?" Ally asked, honestly surprised. He nodded.

"That's one of the easier punishments. Now come on, let's go." He didn't have to say it again. Ally followed him, practically running to keep up with him. They finally got there just as Dianne did. She looked at them, suspicious, but decided to forget about it. She knew Austin well enough to know they hadn't been doing anything wrong.

"Austin, Ally, is your whole group here?" she asked, looking at her daughter. Ally opened her mouth, no idea what to say, but thankfully Austin saved her.

"Yeah, Ericka, Sandy, Monty, Ben, Tasha, Frank, Paul and Simone, they're all here." Austin said, smiling reassuringly. Dianne nodded, smiling at him, before moving on to the next group. Ally sighed in relief, turning to thank him. He just glowered at her.

"I didn't do it for you, I did it for me. You just happened to benefit." He muttered lowly, walking off towards his friends again. She just rolled her eyes and started back to her cabin.

"Oh, and Ally?" he called. She looked over.

"What?"

"Nice pyjamas." He said, winking, but somehow it wasn't even a flirty wink. She looked down, and gasped. She was only wearing a think tank top…without a bra…in the cold.

"Fuck you, Austin Moon!" she yelled at him, folding her arms over her chest as she hurried back to her cabin.

Two hours later, she was showered and dressed and making her way over to the canteen to get something to eat. As she stood in line, staring at her blank phone screen, someone tapped her on the shoulder, making her jump.

"Hey Ally!" she turned to see Cassidy's smiling face. She smiled back, a little unsure.

"Hey, erm…"

"Cassidy."

"Hi Cassidy." She smiled. Of course, she already knew her name, but didn't want to seem weird by letting the girl know that she already knew her name.

"So, how are you?" she asked, pouring herself a bowl of lucky charms and milk. Ally's nose wrinkled slightly at the cereal, searching for something healthier. The only thing she could see was muesli, and even though she hated muesli, she found herself pouring a bowl. Her summer was already looking suckish enough; she wasn't going to let herself get fat too.

"I'm okay, I guess. You?"

"I'm great. I love coming to camp, you know? Getting away from my normal life for a couple months, hanging out with the four best friends a girl can have…it's amazing." She sighed.

"Yeah, well, I don't even have any friends here, so my summer? It's looking pretty shitty."

"I thought you and Austin were friends?" she asked, confused. Ally scoffed.

"Did you get that idea from the way he fell off the bench in shock when he saw me or from our almost constant fighting every time we see each other?"

"He said he was just shocked because he wasn't expecting to see you, and he was already falling off the bench…and I haven't seen you guys fighting." She looked confused.

"Look, it's just…we're not friends, okay? Far from it."

"Oh, okay then. So, do you have a boyfriend?" she asked, looking a little hopeful, but Ally wasn't sure why.

"Don't even try it, Cass. Ally's one of the straightest girls I've ever met. She's slept with half the male population of Miami High. I wouldn't be surprised if she's slept with some of the teachers." That all-too-familiar voice drawled form behind her. She knew he hated her, of course, but that…that was a low blow. Furious, she whirled around.

"Excuse me? You did not just say that! Really?" she shouted. A hush settled over the canteen as they faced off.

"I'm sorry for believing what everybody says. Are you really that clueless that you don't realise what people think of you? You're the school slut!" he asked, incredulous. Her eyes narrowed and she stepped forwards menacingly.

"Call me a slut one more time. I dare you." She breathed. He leant down, so that his lips were right by her ear, and breathed;

"S. L. U. T."

With a scream of rage fit for a wild animal, she launched herself on him, slapping him, shoving him backwards, until he tripped over someone's feet and fell to the floor, Ally on top of him, slapping his face, his chest, anything she could reach. After a minute or so she felt hands on her arms, trying to drag her off, she started kicking. As Dallas and Dez dragged her to her feet she managed to land a kick right in the crotch. Groaning loudly, Austin curled into a ball, moaning in pain. Tilly knelt down beside him, trying to comfort him, but he just told her to 'fuck off and get me some fucking ice'.

Dallas and Dez held Ally back, despite her struggling, until she ran out of energy, sagging. They let her go, tensed, ready to grab her again if she went for Austin, but she felt too drained. She crumpled in on herself, collapsing onto the ground and resting her head on her knees. Cassidy knelt down beside her, looking worried.

"I'm not a slut." Ally muttered through the tears running down her face. She knew her eye-makeup would have run everywhere, and usually that would make her even more upset, but she just couldn't bring herself to give a damn.

"I know, Ally. Come on; let's get you back to your cabin." Cassidy said, helping her up. Ally glanced at Austin one last time as she followed Cassidy out of the canteen. He was holding an ice pack to his injury, looking pained and absolutely livid.

…

"Why are you being nice to me?" Ally asked her, voice muffled by the pillow her face was buried in. Cassidy laughed, placing the glass of water in her hand down on the table beside Ally's bed.

"Why wouldn't I be nice to you?"

"Well, you're friends with Austin. And…fuck, isn't that reason enough? I'm a bitch to him. We hate each other. Surely as his friend, you should hate me too?" she sat up, drinking from the glass and smiling gratefully. Cassidy laughed.

"Well, unlike Tilly and maybe Dez, I'm not Austin's follower. Simply his friend. And as long as you do nothing to me, I don't have reason to have a problem with you. Okay, sure, I don't like how mean you are to him. But that's between you and him, and from what I've seen, he gives as good as he gets. I don't want to get into the details of who started it, because let's face it, you're probably both as bad as each other. Just…as long as you treat me and the others like we deserve, I don't care what goes down between you and Austin." She explained. Ally smiled. She was kind of in awe of how mature Cassidy was.

"Wow. Thanks, I guess."

"Don't thank me."

"It's nice to know that there's at least one person at this camp I can call a friend." Ally smiled a little sadly.

"Don't worry, I'm sure Tilly, Dez and Dallas will come around. Well…Dez and Dallas. Tilly's a little brainwashed by her adoration for Austin. But everyone else here is really nice, and I'm sure you'll fit in." she assured her.

"You think so?" Ally looked hopeful. For the first time since her birthday, she actually felt like maybe her summer wouldn't suck as much as she expected. Cassidy smiled knowingly.

"I know so."

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-Kacey