Ally stared at herself in the mirror of Cassidy's massive bathroom in awe. The girls had dressed and styled her for Austin's cabin party and once again she had changed from Ally Dawson to someone entirely different. Her hair fell around her shoulders in soft curls and she was wearing a flowing white dress. The heels that had been thrust at her really helped to shape her legs and made her just the right height for Austin.

"So what do you think?" Cassidy asked as she smiled proudly at Ally.

"I really don't know what to say."

"Then don't say anything at all. Just take it in." She smiled before Trish came bursting into the bathroom.

"Cass he is here!" She whisper yelled as Cassidy grinned and pulled Ally out of the bathroom.

"Who is here?" Ally questioned, getting nervous as she took in the glean in Trish's eyes. They were plotting something.

"Dallas." Kira smiled as she entered Cassidy's extremely pink bedroom. "I just let him in and he is waiting downstairs."

"Dallas?" Ally questioned as her throat ran dry, she'd been crushing on Dallas for years now.

"Yes, we thought we would get you a date for the party in order to make Austin jealous." Brooke smirked at Ally's expression.

"Seriously?" Ally squealed.

"Hey, don't get too excited! The reason we picked Dallas is because he is gay and hasn't come out yet so would be perfect as a fake date." Cassidy said.

"He's gay! You guys got my hopes up only to tell me that he is gay! How did you even know?"

"I tried to kiss him when I was thirteen and he freaked out. Ever since then I knew but I kept it secret for him, after all, we are close friends." Cassidy replied as Ally pouted.

"He's gay." Ally whined. "All the good looking guys are gay."

"Stop whining and pull yourself together. Tonight is an important night, tonight we take things up a notch and like I said, he is going to be begging on his knees for you."

"Okay fine, I'll do whatever so long as I don't have to wear the boob camera." Ally said as Brooke snorted.

"Fine." Kira replied. "Now let's go, Dallas is waiting." She said as she dragged a very reluctant Ally out of the room.

Cassidy's large seven seater pulled up outside Austin's parents' cabin. The whole place had been decorated from head to toe in fairy lights so that everything shone against the black night sky. Acres and acres of forest surrounded the grounds so the fresh scent of pine swirled in with the light wind through the open window of the car. It was a warm dry night which made Ally question how much deodorant she had put on. Quickly she lifted up her arms, smacking Kira in the face.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"Nothing." Ally replied as she slowly lowered her arms.

"You're doing another one of your deodorant checks aren't you?" She asked dryly.

"No." She said as her voice rose and Kira laughed. Cassidy whipped around from the front seat.

"What's so funny?" She asked.

"Ally's doing another one of her -" Kira started before Ally's hand came down upon her mouth.

"Nothing, so what's the plan?" The brunette asked as Cassidy raised an eyebrow. Shaking her head as Ally squealed when Kira licked her hand.

"Basically whenever Austin is around you have to act like a couple with Dallas. You have to really act it out if you're going to make it believable. Austin won't get jealous unless he genuinely sees Dallas as a threat."

"Okay." Ally chimed as she jumped down from the car, walking around to Dallas so that they could walk in together.

"Ready to do this Ally?" He asked, a mischievous glint in his eye. Oh he sooo knew that she had liked him.

"Ready." She grinned as he wrapped his arm around her waist and they began the long walk up to the cabin. Austin's smirk fell as soon as he saw Ally in the arms of Dallas Centineo. Dropping his beer in a trash can be pushed through the throngs of people that were dancing in the centre of the room.

"Ally?" He asked with a frown.

"Hey Austin." She smiled her brown eyes capturing his for several seconds before Dallas pulled her further into the crowded room. Slowly she exhaled the breath that she hadn't realised she had been holding. Coming to terms with the fact that tonight would be a very long night. Brooke came pushing through the crowds until she reached Ally, breaking her out of her silent reverie.

"Dance with Dallas." She hissed in Ally's ear.

"Why?"

"That's why." She said, nodding her head towards the door. Austin stood with his arms crossed and a brooding look on his face as he watched her. His eyes were troubled. Ally's heart stopped at the sight of him, many other girls' probably did too when they took in his expression and his posture. He was exuding an ominous male dominance that Ally couldn't quite figure out. He was getting under her skin and she didn't like that. Quickly she wrapped her arms around Dallas' waist and they began to dance, he picked her up and twirled her around several times. Just when she thought she could take no more and had to sit down in order to remove her high heels and nurse her bleeding feet she would look towards the door. Austin would always be standing there with that same expression on his face but as the night went on it changed, it became more lost, more forlorn and Ally could not understand for the life of her why that effected her inside. Again she danced on with Dallas only to look back towards the door again. This time her brown eyes met his directly and something within him snapped. Reaching out he grabbed the nearest blonde and pulled her towards him. Whispering a few words in her ear before she nodded excitedly and he pulled her away from the crowds and towards the stairs. Ally was almost certain that they were going towards the bedrooms, a sickening feeling crept into the pit of her stomach at the thought that Austin would probably just use the girl and she would be another entry in his conquest book, mainly because she couldn't shake the feeling that it was all her fault. Dallas slipped away after Austin left and Ally was left to help Cassidy take a very drunk Brooke upstairs towards the bathroom.

"I don't get what happened. He just lost it and then dragged poor Tilly Tillman to the bedrooms."Cassidy said again as they reached the landing and tried several doors in an attempt to find the bathroom.

"I guess Austin is more complex than we thought." Ally replied as Brooke nearly tripped over her own feet almost dragging the three of them to the floor.

"It's perfect. It means that there really must be something about Austin that is worth finding out. Something that will crush him and his reputation as soon as it is released." Cassidy said excitedly as an unsettling feeling washed over Ally at her words.

"Yeah." She nodded weakly as Cassidy pushed open another door to reveal the bathroom. "You go ahead inside with her. I just need some space for a little bit."

"Okay, are you sure you'll be alright?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine." She smiled unconvincingly. Cassidy raised a pert eyebrow but conceded anyway and dragged Brooke inside. Ally let out a huge sigh, parties were not her thing and she knew she shouldn't have come. It didn't help that all she could think about was Austin and his brooding gaze burning into her skin. He was to getting her and that was the last thing she needed. The creak of a door broke Ally out of her reverie. Austin came sneaking out of one of the rooms without his shirt on. Of course he had to be shirtless! Ally internally groaned before turning to leave in the hopes that he hadn't noticed her.

"Ally?" He asked as she stopped in her tracks.

"Hi." She smiled tentatively, he walked over and grabbed her hand in his. Pulling her towards him.

"So your with Dallas Centineo now?" He said, his jaw twitched the only indicator that he was upset. He slipped on the shirt that was hung over his shoulder.

"Yeah I guess so."

"Did you get my roses?" He asked knowing full well that she had.

"They were really pretty." She replied. "Thank you."

"But you're with Dallas?" He snapped.

"Austin it is not that big a deal." She said, her head was pounding and she was trying to keep herself together unsuccessfully.

"Do you know hard it is for me to be around you right now knowing that you're with Dallas."

"Don't act as if this is hard for you Austin you've barely known me a full week. You didn't even notice me before!"

"Well I've noticed you now, what is it going to take for you to notice me?"

"What do you mean?"

"I thought you liked me but apparently not seeing as you're with Dallas." He said shaking his head in anger or disappointment, right now Ally couldn't tell. "Why don't you find someone else to dance to your tune!"

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" She shouted before slapping him across the face. He grunted before inhaling a sharp breath, staring at Ally the whole while. His hands reached out, grabbing her waist and pulling her towards him. He wanted her so badly that it hurt. His face was so close to her's that his heady scent of spice apple washed over her. "You have no claim over me Austin." She growled.

"I thought you may have liked me and now I'm confused as hell. Do you like leading guys on?"

"Let me go. Do you think just by giving me some roses I'm going to suddenly fall in love with you?" She said as her small fist hit his shoulder. "Why don't you just go and screw Tilly Tillman or something!" She shouted. He was really getting under her skin. His grip on her waist tightened and he pulled her even closer towards him till they were practically nose to nose. Ally took in a deep breath as a hooded gaze overtook Austin.

"You don't know me." He whispered.

"I want to know you. Just let me in."

"I don't let anyone in."

"Why? There has to be more to your life than screwing girls and writing about it in a stupid book!"

"You don't understand! Just forget it." He said removing his hands from her waist and dismissing her with a wave of his hand as he turned to walk away. Ally grabbed his wrist and pulled him back towards her.

"I won't be able to understand if you won't tell me. Please, Austin."

"You were right Ally, I have no claim on you which means you have no claim on me. I don't owe you any explanations."

"I never said you owed me anything, I want you to tell me because you want to not because you have to."

"Then stop going on about it then. Is it not clear that I don't want to talk about it." He said snatching his wrist away.

"You are so infuriating!"

"I'm infuriating? I'm infuriating? What about you?"

"What about me?" She snapped.

"You're so different, I don't know what to do." He said wrapping his arm around her waist and pinning her against the wall. No, not this again she inwardly groaned. Still slightly startled by his sudden flow of emotion. "I want to understand you Ally, I want to figure you out."

"Why do you care about me? If you knew what was best for you then you really wouldn't!"

"Why?"

"I'm not who I say I am! I'm not me, I'm not Ally I'm just-" she choked, it was true this revenge plot had been slowly getting to her and it felt good to admit that she wasn't being herself.

"Yes you are and that's what draws me to you so much. You're real, you're the first real girl I have met. You don't act fake and nice around me to get me to like you or pay you attention, in fact you do the opposite and it makes me want to be around you even more." He said placing a hand on her soft cheek. He didn't realise how wrong he was.

"Austin don't do this. I was telling you the truth, I'm not confident or sexy or cool or anything. I've been just as fake around you as everyone else and that's all there is to it." She whispered trying to push him away from her.

"You're not being fake just because you want more confidence Ally, you're honest and you tell me what you truly think" He said with a smile. "I believe that according to you I have had sex with half the student body and have more STD's than you can count on both hands."

"Austin -"

"Please let me finish." He begged, silencing her. "I know you're not confident all the time. I can tell by the way you glance at the floor and smile shyly whilst trying your hardest not to let me see because heaven forbid you be anything but sassy towards me." He said as she whacked his arm. "I know you're not cool all the time either because you injured me in the man parts and that wasn't smooth." He teased as she blushed. "The sexy part is debatable." He added with a smirk as she pursed her lips and attempted a scowl.

"The point is Ally, you let your true self show through." He whispered placing his forehead against hers. He was right, she was being her true self but her intentions were anything but true and she didn't like that. His lips hovered above hers as his grip upon her waist tightened.

"Austin stop." She choked, he didn't move, his proximity sending shivers running down her spine. Slowly his gaze shifted from her lips to her eyes, drinking her in for several seconds before he gently kissed her or her head and walked away. Ally's heart hammered in her chest as adrenaline coursed through her. Certain that she wanted to go home she raced down the stairs and elbowed past people. Whatever was going on between her and Austin was dangerous and that was one thing she knew now for sure. Whether she liked it or not she was playing with fire and she was absolutely sure that it wouldn't just be Austin getting burned anymore.

Thank you for reading, please review and tell me what you thought of the chapter. Constructive criticism or any useful advice is also very welcome! Thank you to all of you amazing people who reviewed last chapter, you don't understand how grateful I am for your support. Even though I have my GCSE exams literally next week I still manage to find the time to update because of you so thank you