Me: Raini, do you want to do the disclaimer? Since these two don't want to stop arguing. *points to Laura and Ross*
Ross And Laura: We aren't arguing!
Raini: Of course I'll do it, Kenzie. Kenzie doesn't own Austin & Ally or most of the songs. She only owns the story line... or the plot... Isn't that the same thing? Anyway, there's something special in the beginning of the chapter. It's really cute even though it's accidental. Well, I think it's cute. *smiles*
I dreamt about Austin last night... again... Um... long story short: we were running through a meadow and then we kissed. What is wrong with me? It's like we were friends forever and then I leave and I come back and suddenly, boom, I'm in love with him? No, it doesn't work that way. I'm sorry but it just doesn't. I climb out of bed and throw some clothes on. I walk downstairs and the smell of eggs and bacon hits my nose. Everyone smiles at me as I walk into the kitchen.
"Ah, she's alive," my dad says.
"What time is it?" I ask shoveling food onto my plate.
"It's around ten," Austin tells me.
"Isn't that a bit early for you to be waking up?" I ask sitting down at the kitchen table.
"Ally, it's Saturday. I gotta get a move on my plans," he says scarfing down a pancake almost whole. I raise my eyebrows at his eating.
"Slow down," I tell him smiling. "You're gonna choke." He rolls his eyes at me and glances at his phone.
"Ooh, I'm gonna be late!" he yells. He stands up.
"Bye, Dad. Bye, Lester. Bye, Mom," he says giving her a kiss on the cheek. He moves a little to the left.
"Bye, Als," he says kissing me on the cheek. He gasps at what he just did and drops his jacket. My mouth falls open and my cheeks redden.
"Um... uh... uh... S-s-s-!" he says thrashing his arms around (1). He picks his phone up which he dropped. "S-sorry, Ally!" he yells running out the door. Mimi moves over to Austin's seat and leans over towards my dad and Mike.
"Forget earlier. I've got forty bucks on it now," she says quietly to them. I think she thought that I wouldn't hear.
"M-Mimi, are you gambling?" I ask her. She shakes her head.
"No," she tells me quickly taking a bite of her bacon. I push my eyebrows together in confusion. I wonder what the bet is about... I push the thought out of my mind though and finish my breakfast.
"So, what are you going to do today?" Mimi asks me sipping her orange juice. I shrug.
"I guess I'm just gonna walk around town," I tell her. I stand up and wash my plate. I run up to my room and get my songbook and my phone.
"Have a good day, Ally," Mimi calls after me.
"You too!" I call back as I walk out the door. I walk to town and look around for a place to just sit around at. I notice a park bench and I sit down there. I look down to my book.
Dear Diary/Songbook,
Breakfast this morning was so awkward. You don't even know. Austin kissed me! On the cheek of course but still! What in the world?! It was probably because he got used to kissing his mom in two seconds or something like that. Does that make any sense? Oh, well. It makes sense to me. And you don't have to understand because you're just a book... I DIDN'T JUST SAY THAT. I AM SO SORRY. I didn't mean it. You know I love you. And-
I look up because I sense a presence beside me. I look over and see a brown-haired boy peeking over my shoulder at my book. I slam it shut.
"Can I help you?" I ask.
"You could kiss me," he tells me.
"Um, you might have to find someone else to do that," I say. He puts his arm around me.
"Look, babe-"
"Don't call me babe," I warn him. I don't like it when anyone calls me babe.
"Well, tell me your name then," he says.
"Ally," I say.
"Look, Ally, we should date. You're a hot girl. I'm a hot guy. Together, we make a perfect match," he tells me. A group of boys near the back of the bench.
"You realize that we don't know each other, right?" I ask him.
"We could change that," he says shrugging. I hear one of the boys' voice drop out of the conversation behind us.
"I don't know your name," I tell him.
"Luke," he tells me.
"Maybe we could date when we know each other better," I suggest.
"Why can't we just date now?" he asks. He's getting very annoying.
"Because we barely know each other," I tell him.
"I told you. We can change that," he says leaning closer to me. I try to move away but I'm at the end of the bench.
"Luke, I have to get home," I lie to him.
"Just kiss me first," he tells me tapping his lips.
"I'm not gonna kiss you," I say trying to get out from under his arm but his grip on my shoulder is too strong.
"Where are you trying to go, babe?" he asks.
"Don't call me babe," I repeat.
"Sorry, Ally," he says.
"Will you please let me leave?" I ask.
"You gotta give me a kiss first," he says annoyed.
"No," I decline him.
"What? Do you have a boyfriend or something?" he asks.
"No, I don't but-"
"Hey, Ally," one of the boys say behind us. Austin walks around to the front of the bench.
"Dude. Cock block much?" Luke asks him.
"Cock block?" Austin asks. "What? Are you trying to make a move on her?" Luke rolls his eyes and nods.
"Yes, you idiot," Luke says.
"Dude, why are you trying to make a move on my girlfriend?" Austin asks him.
"What?" Luke and I ask simultaneously.
"That's not cool, man," Austin says pulling me out from under Luke's arm. He rests his own around my shoulders.
"Didn't you just say you didn't have a boyfriend?" Luke asks me.
"Does this mean you want to break up?" Austin asks with a look of shock on his face.
"No, um, I'm sorry, Austin. I only said that because... you're extremely protective over me?" I say.
"Yeah, that's true. You better not try to make a move on my girlfriend again," Austin tells Luke.
"Please, what are you gonna do about it if I do?" Luke asks cockily. Austin lets go of me and lifts Luke up by his shirt.
"Do you really want to go there?" he asks Luke bringing back his fist.
"N-n-no!" Luke yells.
"I didn't think so. Now run along, little boy," Austin says. Luke runs away.
"You're welcome," Austin tells me.
"Thanks but... you could have just told him that I wasn't allowed to have a boyfriend," I say.
"Wouldn't that be lying?" he asks sarcastically.
"Didn't you just lie?" I ask also sarcastically.
"Yes, but... shut up, Ally," he snaps. "I'm allowed to lie."
"Oh, what makes you allowed to lie that doesn't... make me... allowed to lie?" I ask. I hope that made sense to him...
"The fact that I'm older than you," he tells me.
"Actually, I'm older than you," I tell him.
"Okay, then the fact that I'm younger than you," he says. I roll my eyes.
"Hey, I'm sorry about kissing you earlier," he tells me. I shrug.
"It's no big deal," I say. It's a huge deal!
"Awesome, see you later?" he asks me.
"See you later," I confirm. He walks back over to his friends and I sit back down on the bench.
I'll never call you just a book again, I promise. Anyway, so there was this boy trying to get me to kiss him and Austin came up and told him I was his girlfriend. That was very sweet of him, wasn't it? I think so. But he could have said I wasn't allowed to have a boyfriend, right? I'm just going to try to write a song right now, okay? Okay.
Love, Ally
I try to think of some lyrics but none come to mind. Oh, don't tell me I have writer's block. Please, please, please. I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket.
"Hello?" I answer it.
"Ally, I have a surprise for you!" Trish says in a sing-song voice.
"Trish, you know I hate surprises. Just tell me," I say.
"Nope!" she exclaims then she hangs up the phone. Great, now she's got me in suspense. I try calling back a few times but she rejects each call. I groan and shove my phone in my pocket. Now I want to know what she's got cooked up. Austin's voice behind me slowly fades away.
I hate surprises.
The underline almost tore a hole in my book.
"I'm sorry," I whisper smoothing the hole. There's now black ink on my fingers. I wipe it off on my jeans. Now there's a big smudge on them.
"Nice going, Ally," I mutter to myself. I stand up to walk back to the house.
"Ally!" someone exclaims. I spin around and see Austin.
"Oh, hi, Austin. What is it?" I ask.
"What's up? Where you going?" he asks.
"Back to the house, why?" I ask.
"You should come hang with me and my friends," he says. "I would have invited you to join us earlier but they were being idiots."
"Um, I have to go... change my pants," I tell him quietly.
"What'd you do? Wet your pants?" he asks laughing.
"No, I smeared ink on them," I say gesturing to my thigh.
"Oh, okay, how about after?" he asks.
"Yeah, sure, I guess so," I say unenthusiastic.
"What's wrong?" he asks me.
"I hate surprises," I mutter.
"Who has a surprise for you?" he asks.
"Trish. She called me and told me that she had a surprise for me tonight and when I asked what it was, she wouldn't tell me then she hung up on me," I tell him.
"Oh, that sucks," he says.
"Yeah, I know. I'll see you in a bit," I say turning and walking to the house. I walk up the stairs and slip off my pants and into a skirt. I put my phone in my boot and walk downstairs. Ooh, I almost forgot my book! I run back upstairs and into my room. I pick it up and walk outside my door. I notice that Austin's door is open. I walk inside quietly and lean against the wall beside the door. I look up at his 'shrine' as he calls it.
I really feel bad now that I know the story behind it. I mean, he was really, really sad then he was mad at me. And he still continues to act as if I never left now that I'm here. Maybe he still is mad at me deep down inside. Probably. I know I would be.
I sigh and leave his room. I walk downstairs, out the door, and back to town.
"Als! I was hoping you didn't get lost!" Austin jokes as I walk back up to him.
"Yeah, well I made it," I tell him with a weak smile.
"Are you still upset about the surprise?" he asks.
"Yes," I lie to him. Badly.
"That isn't it," he tells me. "You're upset about something else. What is it, Ally-Cat?"
"It's nothing," I tell him. He still knows I'm lying.
"We're talking about this later," he says putting his arm around my shoulders. He leads me over to his group of friends.
"Ally, this is Smith, Taylor, John, Aaron, and you already know Dez," he introduces me pointing to them all as he says their name. "Guys, this is Ally."
"Ooh, is she your girlfriend?" the boy whose name I think is Taylor says making kissy faces at Austin. He reminds me of how Austin was yesterday. Austin takes his arm off of my shoulders.
"No, she's just my friend," Austin says. He sounds a bit disappointed though like he wants me to be his girlfriend. I push this thought to the back of my mind. I look over at Dez who is distracted by something behind Austin and I. Suddenly, he forces himself between Austin and I and chases after something.
"Dez, what are you doing?" Austin yells.
"This is that squirrel who took my nut! I'm gonna get it back!" Dez shouts back to us. I roll my eyes. That could be any squirrel. The squirrel runs back in our direction. Dez stops in front of us and picks up a rock. My eyes widen. He pulls his arm back. I grab it out of his hand and he throws the rock even though it isn't in his hand anymore. He looks down at his hand.
"Aw, man! The squirrel took my rock, too!" he whines. "Austin, get my nut back!" He points at the squirrel running away and stomps his feet.
"Dez, I'll get you a new nut, alright?" Austin asks.
"But that one was special!" Dez exclaims.
"Why was it special, Dez?" Austin asks.
"Because I found it in your backyard," Dez answers quietly.
"We can find you a new one later, alright?" he asks.
"Fine," Dez says grumpily. Austin, his friends and I spend the rest of the day together. They're really fun people. Austin and I walk home alone.
"So... what were you upset about earlier?" he asks breaking the awkward silence.
"Oh, it's nothing you need to worry about, Austin. I promise," I tell him.
"Well, it may not be something I need to worry about but I worry about it anyway," he says.
"Austin, it's nothing. Can we talk about something else now?" I ask.
"Sure... uh... you ready for that surprise tonight?" he asks me. My eyes widen and I stop walking.
"I almost forgot about that!" I exclaim. I take out my phone and call Trish. I continue walking as I talk to her.
"Hello?" she answers.
"Trish, what was the surprise?!" I ask excitedly. I get excited about surprises when they're close. Conflicting, huh?
"Get on ooVoo," she tells me. We hang up.
"Austin, come on!" I exclaim taking his hand and running the rest of the way home. I've gotten used to the electric shock by now.
"Hey, everybody!" I yell as we run through the living room.
"Hey, Ally. Hey, Austin," they all say scattered. Austin and I run up the stairs to my room. I put my laptop on the bed, sign in and open ooVoo.
"Dallas?" Austin asks with a smirk on his face. Darn, he saw my password.
"Shut up," I snap calling Trish. When she answers, I don't see Trish's face. No, I see Dallas' face. My heart stops.
"Ally!" he exclaims. "How are you?" I can't speak. I just stare at the screen. I open my mouth but no sound comes out so I just close it again.
"Ally?" Dallas asks. I blink.
"Oh, hi, D-Dallas, I-I wasn't expecting to see you. I was expecting t-to see... Trish," I say as her head enters the screen.
"Do you like my surprise? I asked him if he wanted to talk to you and he said yes!" she exclaims.
"Trish, you could have told me that I was going to be talking to Dallas!" I whisper-yell into my laptop. She shrugs.
"So how are you?" Dallas asks when Trish moves out of the way.
"I-I'm good. H-how are you?" I ask him.
"I'm good too. It's sad not seeing you pass by the cellphone accessory cart everyday," he tells me. I blush.
"Aw, it's sad not passing by the cellphone accessory cart everyday to see you," I say.
"When are you coming back?" he asks.
"I won't be back until the end of summer," I say sadly.
"Oh, well that's a bummer," he tells me and we both laugh.
"This is Dallas?" Austin asks. I forgot he was even in here.
"Yeah, that's Dallas. Dallas, this is Austin," I introduce them. Austin has a weird look on his face. Dallas has the same one.
"Well, it was nice meeting you," Austin tells Dallas then he leaves my room and shuts the door behind him. What was that?
"Okay then..." I say. "So, w-what's up, Dallas?"
"Nothin' much. Just talking to you," he tells me smiling.
"Oh! C-cool!" I say.
"What's up with you?" he asks.
"Oh, nothing. I'm just talking to you," I say laughing.
"So are you enjoying... that place that you're at?" he asks.
"Oh, yeah! River Dale is awesome!" I tell him. "You should come here sometime. The sun is always shining and the people are really nice."
"Like Miami? Minus the nice people?" he jokes.
"I could think of some very nice people in Miami," I tell him blushing. His cheeks turn red too. That's so adorable! Oh, my gosh! He looks at his watch.
"I've gotta go, Ally. My shift is over. I'll talk to you later," he says.
"Bye, Dallas," I say dreamily.
"Bye, Ally," he says. He gets up and leaves. He has a very short shift unless it started before we started talking.
"Gosh, talk about a short shift," Trish says sitting down in front of her laptop. "Oh, that reminds me. I have to go too. My shift at the ice cream shop is almost over."
"Aren't you supposed to be working at Sonic Boom?" I ask.
"Yeah, Jeremy fired me. He was doing all the work by himself anyway so..." she trails off. "Bye, Ally!" She shuts her laptop and I lean back against the headboard of my bed. I need to talk to Austin. I walk to his room and hear distorted chords coming from a piano. I knock on the door and open it. He turns his head toward the door quickly.
"Is there something you need?" he asks turning his attention back to the piano before him.
"I just wanted to know what that was all about," I say.
"You wanted to know what what was about?" he asks.
"You just left and you could've stayed and talked. You had a look on your face like Dallas was the evillest person in the world," I tell him. He shakes his head and shrugs.
"You never answered my question so why should I answer yours?" he asks. I sigh.
"I felt bad," I tell him.
"About what?" he asks.
"About not coming back. For making you cry for a full day! For making you angry at me! I'm sorry!" I yell. Tears well up in my eyes.
"Ally, you're here now. That's all that matters," he says pulling me into his arms. He rests his chin on top of my head and I bury my head in his chest.
"Shh," he says. "It's alright." He caresses my hair in an attempt to make me stop crying.
"No, Austin, it's not alright! I should have come back. I should have tried to make contact with you," I say. He looks down at me and I look up at him.
"Ally, I'm the happiest I've been in six years. This summer is gonna be the best one ever. It is alright," he tells me. I sniffle and sigh.
"O-okay," I say quietly. We just stare into each other's eyes for a moment. Then...
"Austin! Ally! Dinner's ready!" Mimi calls from downstairs.
"Tell her I'm not that hungry," I say, detaching myself from Austin's warmth. And I'm not that hungry really. Even though I haven't eaten since breakfast. He nods and walks downstairs. I glance at the pictures on his ceiling once more before leaving his room. Aw, dang it! I didn't get an answer from him. Again! He just knows how to avoid a question, doesn't he?
1. Think about when he yelled "THERE'S A LEAK IN THE BOAT!" in Everglades & Allygators but a little less dramatic and reread that. Lol, he was hurrying to leave so... ;)
Anyway, sorry it's late tonight. I was really behind on homework so I had to finish that. Anyway, review!
Love, Kenzie