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I sit at my piano and play a few chords having thought of some lyrics inspired from this morning/ last night. I slept until noon and its one now but Trish is still asleep, I bet she won't wake up until much later. The sleeves of Austin's hoodie fall down so I push them back up to my elbows; play a few more notes and sing,

St-st-stutter when I talk, flail around as I walk
Yeah the moment's been killed
And I'm not good at this no, not all
I'm not good at this

I got my eyes set on you
My heart is burning red
All of my words come out wrong
Run circles in my head

That's all I have and I'm not sure where they'll be placed in the song but it's a good start. I hear the doorbell ring and go downstairs. I answer the door and Austin's standing there.

"Didn't think you'd still be wearing that," he smirks, referring to the hoodie.

"Yeah, so did you come back for it?"

"Nah, you can just return it whenever. I came to ask if you and Trish could help us clean up since you guys are our…friends."I can understand his hesitation before calling us friends; we just met a little over 24 hours ago and yet at the party he basically asked me to be his girlfriend.

"Ok, thanks. Sure, we didn't have plans. We'll be there ASAP but that could be anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours 'cause I have to wake up Trish, we both have to get dressed and then I have to warn her about her 'relationship' with Dez. And yes Austin, we are friends."

Austin chuckles, "Ok, we'll just try to start on the clean-up. See ya then." I nod and shut the door. I know that the best way to wake Trish up before she wakes herself is to splash her with water so I fill up a glass and go into her room. I dump the water on her face and jump back while she yells a few curses at me.

"Sorry Trish, I had to wake you up. I agreed that we'd help Austin clean up his house."

"You woke me up to WORK?!"

"Yeah…but at least you'll get to see Dez."

"Why would I want to see Dez?"

"Oh dear, um, let's start with how much you remember from last night."

"Well, I continued watching TV after you went to bed. Around 10, Dez comes by asking if we want to go to Austin's party. I agreed and went over. For a while I danced around and drank water. Then I got some lemonade, after the lemonade, most of it was fuzzy. I remember Dez being there and you being there for some reason."

"Well, someone spiked the lemonade. After that you were with Dez the entire night, I don't really know what you guys did but I do know you stayed downstairs. You were calling him Dezyroo and he was calling you Trish-ka-bob. I was there telling Austin to turn down his music so I could sleep but then got pulled into the party." The look of horror on her face is hilarious but I manage not to laugh out loud; only on the inside.

"I-I, um, w-we had pet-names for each other?!" I nod. "Ahhhhh! You'll never let me live this down will you?"

"Nope."

"So what you're saying is if Dez acts flirty and stuff, there's a reason?"

"Mm, hm." Trish looked like she is about to pull her hair out and I think I've gone without her noticing the hoodie but then she notices.

Momentarily forgetting her own situation, she trains the spotlight on me. "Wait, you said you got into the party, what did you do while I was with Dez? Whose hoodie is that?"

"Ummmmm…I just hung out, listened to the music and watched people dance. It's a…friend's," I'm not ready to tell Trish about what really happened.

"C'mon Ally. You are a terrible liar and you know I want details! Tell me!"

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Should I just go ask Austin?"

"No! Fine, I'll tell you." I describe my night; how Austin and I ended up in the pool, how I told him no and how I ended up wearing his hoodie.

"So why'd you say no? You seem to like him a lot and enjoy spending time with him," Trish asks after I'm done.

"You know how there are all those cliques in high school?" Trish nods, "Well, my mind still organizes people into them and he seems like the popular, jockish guy who goes through girlfriends quickly. I'm afraid that if we dated, I'd fall in love and he wouldn't and he'd cheat on or break up with me."

"So you're not listening to your feelings because of a stereotype." I shrug. She shakes her head, "That's stupid. Give him a chance and if he hurts you I swear I'll kill him."

I giggle, "Ok Trish. But don't really kill him; I wouldn't want my best friend in prison!" That makes Trish snort. "Be ready in 15 ok?"

"Kay." I leave and go into my room to shower and change. While I was showering, I formulated a plan to 'get back' at Austin for pushing me into the pool last night even though it was a lot of fun. I wear my yellow tankini and jean shorts. Trish is waiting for me downstairs; she's wearing white skinny jeans and a zebra-print blouse.

"Ready?" I ask.

"Yep, let's go." We walk over and Dez opens the door before we can knock.

"Hey Trish," he says using her name thankfully, not her nickname.

"Hey Dez. How 'bout we forget last night for now because it makes being your friend entirely too awkward."

"Ok! I like being friends! It only took you an hour; Austin said it might take two so it means your hear sooner, yay!" Dez says happily and lets us in. The house isn't as trashed as I thought it'd be, although three large black bags sit in a corner so Austin and Dez must have already picked up garbage.

"So what needs to be done?" I ask

"I'm not sure; you'd have to ask Austin. He's outside taking a break."

"I'll go ask him. You two should haul those garbage bags out to the dumpster." Dez nods and Trish rolls her eyes. I stand there waiting until the two of them get on it because I know how easily it would be for them to get distracted and not do any work at all. I go outside and see Austin standing by the pool and staring at the water. He's in casual clothes, a white t-shirt and shorts, which I'm grateful for because I don't want to ruin his nicer clothes. I walk up behind him and say, "Hi Austin," before pushing him into the water.

"Hey Als! I wanna hello hug!" he says pulling off his shirt, climbing out of the water and running towards me.

"I don't think so! You're all cold and wet!" I call back to him as I run around to the other side of the pool. I figured this was going to happen so I take off my shorts. Austin looked really scared for a second before he realized I was wearing swimwear. We run around in circles until he almost catches me and I jump into the pool. The water is cool but feels good since it's a hot day. I hear a splash; Austin must have jumped in behind me. I turn to face him just as he picks me up.

"Eeee! Put me down! Put me down!"I yell pounding his back lightly.

He shrugs, "Ok, fine."I'm set back down in the water. "You're not mad at me for last night, are you?"

"No, and I thought about it. I do want you to be something more than the new neighbor, something more than just a friend."

"Really?"

"Yep!" His face is so childishly ecstatic. Austin hugs me and kisses my cheek.

"Hey you two! We're supposed to be working not playing around!" Dez says. We're deciding whether to get out or ignore him when he continues, "But I call an official break!" pulls off his shirt and jumps into the pool too.

I roll my eyes, "Dez, are you forgetting something?"

He looks up, doing a mental checklist, "Um, no. I have sun block, a towel, goggles and my friends." How is this guy so blind?

"You forgot Trish. She's not out here. Go get her."

"Oh! Right, get Trish, get Trish, get Trish." Dez murmured to himself while getting out of the pool. Trish opens the door and walks out just as Dez was about to walk in and they bump into each other. "Oof. Hey, Trish. I was just going to get you. We're having an official break to swim."

"Great!" Trish walks back inside for a moment and then walks back out in her zebra-print bikini. "Guess who was wearing her bikini anyway because she was planning on going swimming 'cause she heard Austin has a pool?"

Dez looks puzzled, "Who?" he asks. He is being completely serious.

"Me you dimwit!"

"Oh! So your twin sister Trish is still working? Cool. What's your name?"

"Trish. I don't have a twin sister."

Dez gives an almost sad smile, "Sure, sure," and then covering his mouth with his hand, says to Austin and me, "That must be confusing for her parents; twins with the same names and attitudes!"

"I heard that Dez! And I don't have a twin sister!" Dez doesn't know how to win the argument so he just shrugs and jumps into the pool. Trish does a cannonball and splashes everybody. We swim around for a while talking. Austin and I tell Trish and Dez that we're now a couple, Trish gets all excited and Dez congratulates Austin.

"Well guys, I'm gonna get out now 'cause there's still work to do, we've been in here a while and I'm feeling pruned."I say climbing out.

"I second that!" Austin says following me.

"Okay…I'll come too…" Trish and Dez say at the same time. They look at each other, "Hey! Stop that! I said 'stop' first!" They're still talking at the same time.

"How 'bout you both shut up and the problem's solved?" I ask laughing. They nod in agreement, again, at the same time and then scowl at each other before getting out. Trish and I dry off and put our other clothes on; Trish had to go home to grab underclothes but I just wore my suit with my shorts like before. They guys decide to go shirtless but changed their shorts 'cause they didn't feel like just waiting for them to dry. When we're all ready we meet up next to the pool but fare enough away to keep from anyone getting pushed back in.

"So, what's left to do?" I ask.

"There are some stains on the carpet from beer and lemonade so those have to be cleaned, carpet needs to be vacuumed, floor swept and furniture moved back into place."

I take charge, "Trish, you sweep, it's very little work and almost impossible to mess up."

"Hey!"

I ignore her complaint, she knows it's true that she'd not do or mess up anything else she was given. "Dez, Austin and I will clean stains and then I'll vacuum. We can all help fix the furniture." They nod and we head off to our assigned tasks. Austin gets the broom for Trish and the cleaning supplies out for us. There are a lot of stains; I'm surprised I hadn't noticed when I came in. The stains are really hard to get out so it takes us about an hour to finish.

"Whew. That took a while."

"Yeah, I'm gonna check on Trish."

"'Kay Dez, have fun with that."I say, "She'll find a way somehow for you to sweep for her though."

"Thanks for the tip Ally but I like sweeping so I don't mind." Dez replies walking away.

"Where's your vacuum Austin?"

"In the hallway closet; first door on your right."

"Thanks."

"What? Did you not think I'd tell you Als?"

"No, I figured you would, it's just nice to say thanks after someone helps you." We laugh.

"Knew that!"he calls. I find the closet quickly and find the vacuum. Austin just sits on the couch playing on his phone while I vacuum.

"Whatcha doin?" I half yell over the sound of the vacuum.

"I'm syncing my phone to the Apple TV so we can watch something when we're done cleaning. This cool band called R5 just released a new song." Austin shouts back. Vacuuming takes another 15 minutes and then I call Dez and Trish, who finally finished sweeping, in to help move the furniture. Austin and Dez fix the couch and TV while Trish and I take care of a couple chairs and the coffee table.

"Good job guys! Looks great. Wanna see something?" Austin congratulates us. Trish sits on a chair, on the couch, I sit on one side of Austin and Dez sits on the other. Austin automatically puts his arm around my shoulders while searching something on Youtube on his phone. "Ah, here we go. This is Pass Me By by R5; its premier was just 2 days ago." It's not a lyric video so pictures of the band members show, changing every few seconds.

Remember that trip we took in Mexico
Yeah
Hanging with the boys and all your senoritas
I never spoke up yeah never said hello
But I keep on trying to find a way to meet ya
Yeah
I was chilling you were with him
Hooked up by fire
Now his long gone
Now I'm solo
Now I've got my chance
Now I now got my chance

Like yeah
You can be the one I can mess me up
You can be the one that can break me
Yeah
All them other girls said they had enough
You can be the one that take me
I was solo
Living YOLO
Till you blew my mind
Like yeah
You can be the one I can mess me up
I can't let you
Can't let you
pass me by
Oh oh oh
I can't let you pass me by
Oh oh oh
I can't let you pass me by

I was trying to play too cool to get cup up
Like, to fun to young to fall in pieces
I know what girls like you can never get enough
So I'm addicted, drippin', trying to get you to see this
The way I need you like I see through
Dancing out my pants
Got you shooking, got your looking
Now I've got my chance
Now I now got my chance

Like yeah
You can be the one I can mess me up
You can be the one that can break me
Yeah
All them other girls said they had enough
You can be the one that take me
I was solo
Living YOLO
Till you blew my mind
Like yeah
You can be the one I can mess me up
I can't let you
Can't let you pass me by
Oh oh oh
I can't let you pass me by
Oh oh oh
I can't let you pass me by

Everywhere I'm looking, everywhere I go
A million other guys be staring and I know that
I can be yours and you can be mine
I just can't let you pass me by.. by.. by
Everywhere I'm looking, everywhere I go
A million other guys be staring and I know that
I can be yours and you can be mine
I just can't let you pass me by.. by.. by

Like yeah
You can be the one I can mess me up
You can be the one that can break me
Yeah
All them other girls said they had enough
You can be the one that take me
I was solo
Living YOLO
Till you blew my mind (Till you blew my mind)
Like yeah
You can be the one I can mess me up
I can't let you
Can't let you pass me by
Oh oh oh
I can't let you pass me by
Oh oh oh
I can't let you pass me by
Oh oh oh
I can't let you pass me by
Oh oh oh
I can't let you pass me by

"That was AWESOME!"

"Yeah, really cool."

"I thought it was cool too. Austin, that one boy looks just like you! Do you have a twin or something?" I ask, curious.

"Nope, it's me. Ratliff and I are friends who perform in the band. His real name is Ellington and his last name is Ratliff so that's how his name fits. Rocky, Riker and Rydel are siblings and decided that my stage name should be Ross; they didn't have a very good reason, they just liked it. Since I moved, I just Skype them to chat, discuss song ideas and practice. If there's a performance I'll fly out and meet them wherever it is. My mom wanted to move so that I could have a more normal life and I agreed. Since my parents are gone most of the time I didn't see the point of living separately when I could have a house all to my self that my parents would 'visit'." It seems he likes being in a band but doesn't want us to gawk at him and become crazed fans so we let the subject drop.

"Oh, that's cool." Add that to the small list of things I know about my boyfriend. We watch more R5 videos and some Hetalia anime. We were all doubtful at first since it was Dez's pick but Hetalia is really funny; it's personified countries running around doing random stuff. I check the time and realize it's already 7! "I'm hungry, should I make something or should we go out to eat?" I ask. I seem to start a lot of conversations with asking questions…

"I don't care but I want pancakes," decides Austin.

"Pancakes for dinner?"

"Yep."

"Okay…anyone else?"

"Pancakes sound good to me." Dez

"I don't care I don't care, I just want food." Trish

"What about you?" Austin asks me.

"Well, I don't really care so I guess we're going to IHOP."

"YAY!" Austin jumps up and grabs his keys. "Well, are you guys comin?" He asks and runs out to his car. We follow him out less excitedly after Dez put on a shirt and we grabbed one for Austin to wear.

-After IHOP-

"That was more fun than I thought it'd be Austin," I tell him.

"Pancakes make everything better!" From this experience I learned his 3 favorite foods; pancakes, corndogs and anything sugary.

I laugh, "Right."

"Wanna hang out tomorrow; learn more about each other? I could find a way to get rid of Dez." Austin asks.

"Sure. And Trish'll be busy 'cause she has to babysit her cousins."

"Cool, see you then." He kisses my forehead, "Goodnight Als." I'm glad Trish went home quickly and Austin already dropped Dez off at his house; my face is red and I wouldn't want them to see this.

"Goodnight Austin." I hug him and leave. Today was a lot of fun, I think this'll be one of the most interesting months of my year; no school, I'm even taking a break from work and I'll probably hang out with Austin every day.

A/N

Hope you enjoyed! I know I changed some of the lyrics to "Yeah" in Pass Me By. I did this because even though I really like the song, I don't swear at all; even the lesser words so I felt better changing it slightly. Please review! Thanks for your opinions! I'm thinking there will be Trez but in a couple chapters.

P.S. Should I have some of Austin's perspective in the story?

~Maggie