Ally's P.O.V.
My eyes flutter open and I look around at my surroundings, still in the hospital waiting room. I go to move but realize I'm being held down by Austin who is still holding me after my break down about Dallas. Austin's the sweetest 'older brother' anyone could have. I decide I won't wake him up and then I hear footsteps near us and immediately close my eyes in case I'm not supposed to hear the following conversation. I closed my eyes so fast I don't know who came over but I heard an annoyed cough and decided it was Dallas because Dez said he had to go do 'things', whatever that meant.
"Hey man" Austin says to who I suspect is Dallas "Woah what time is it?"
"Eh it's like five thirty," The person, who I now know is Dallas replies.
"Well what're you doing out of your hospital room, you should go back in there,"
"Nah my parents said I could leave whenever, and I want to leave now. Can I get a ride from you? Maybe stay at your house?" Dallas asks, and I can hear something in his voice, uncertainty maybe?
"Yeah sure dude, I'll uh-" Austin begins speaking and I can feel him looking at me "I guess I'll carry Ally to the car, don't want to wake her up," He finishes and I mentally high five myself for not having to walk to the car! Woohoo!
"It's fine I'll carry her" Dallas demands more than offers.
"Dallas. You have a concussion and just got in a car accident, I don't think you're in the best shape to be carrying around anyone," Dallas retorts thankfully, I don't exactly want someone who isn't stable to carry me, none the less someone who just tried to kiss me two hours ago.
"Wait, Austin do you even have your drivers liscense?"
"No, but who really gives a shit about that," Austin answers back sharply and my heart drops. I've never heard Austin curse before, and I really don't like it...
"Ok, well urm where did Dez go anyway?" Dallas asks ignoring the fact that his best friend just cursed for the first time in history.
"I thought he was in the room with you..." Austin trails off suspiciously, I should tell them where he is when we get in the car.
"I guess he went home then and didn't tell us," Dallas suggest, as I hear the car door open and I'm safely placed into the back seat.
"He said that he had stuff to do," I mention first thing I know both Austin and Dallas are in the car buckled up, but I don't open my eyes I'm still tired.
"What the hell Ally? You're awake?" Dallas asks me.
"Yes Dallas, I am...don't be so surprised you know I'm lazy," I reply and there's an uneasy silence in the car before someone speaks up
"Eh Ally, Austin said that not me," Dallas says and with that my eyes pop out of my head and I flip out.
"YOU CURSED?!" I screamed towards Austin, my best friend who I repeat NEVER curses.
"Yeah what's the big deal," Austin shoots back, and it hurts me, this random change that over took him. I didn't reply I just looked down let out a sign and apologized to Dallas for mistakenly accusing him of cursing. Austin turns on the radio to this digsuting rap music that he and I both hate. Well I thought he hated it but now he's singing along, this is the kind of music Dallas likes, and even he looks appauled by it. I sigh disappointedly again and text Dez back.
Me: Are you ok? What's going on?
Dez: Everything's fine I'm just in the hospital.
Me: Dez, what's going on? Why're you in the hospital? You can tell me, we're best friends.
Dez: ...
Me: Dez Awkwardpants tell me right this instant.
Dez: Lol you know my name isn't Dez Awkwardpants! ;)
Me: Well it is now!
Dez: If it's anything it should be Huckleberry Finn.
Me: Ermm why?
Dez: Kay you obviously don't get my joke.
Me: Huckleberry Finn isn't that the book about the two gay guys?
Dez: Well they were predicted to be gay.
Me: So...?
Dez: Ally I'm gay.
I went berserk, Dez? Gay? No no no no no no no. This is just, but how and this...is he gay with Austin?! I'll ask him later but I can't even believe this. We're about to pull up to Austin's house when I get another text message.
Dez: Ally, don't hate me. My whole family knows, and you know but that's it. I'm sorry.
Me: Well I'm glad, that made me feel a lot better.
Dez: Huh? Why?
Me: Cause I liked you a lot, and I thought you just hated me.
Dez: I could never hate you! But you liked me are you sure?
Me: Mhm why?
Dez: I thought you liked Austin.
Me: Um...no.
There wasn't a reply, and I was okay with that. Austin pulled into the driveway and Dallas got out fast to open my door, it was very sweet of him caring for me like that but it was still a tad awkward considering the near kiss we had just encountered. Once we were all in the basement I couldn't sleep, not after know what Dez told me. He never told me not to tell anyone, but I know it was implied...and I know he knows that I'll tell Austin anyway, so I just can't tell Dallas which is weird cause Dallas and Dez are best friends, I would've expected Dez to tell him before me. We all got comfortable on our own separate couches and after a few minutes I noticed Dallas had fallen asleep and so I got up and walked over to Austin and the couch he was on and I sat on his feet.
"Hey Ally" He greated with his cute boyish smile.
"Hey Austin" I replied "I'm just gonna cut to the chase. Dez's gay,"
"What? Our Dez?" Austin questions, and I see excitement in his eyes, eep! Austin likes Dez! Mental Happy Dance!
"Ally! Why're you smiling like that!?" Austin questions me and I laugh.
"Oh no reason!" I giggle.
"Ally, one of our best friends is dumbass who got in a car accident, the other one ditched us to be with one of his boyfriends and you're happy? What the hell is wrong with you?" Austin speaks, wincing at every curse he says.
"Um it's nothing," I lie giving him a half smile "I'm going to go to bed," I say standing up walking over to my couch expecting Austin to apologize, or even ask me for a hug like he always does, but no hug for Ally.
I grab the blanket pillow from off the floor and turn so my back is facing Austin so he can't see that I'm awake. If he knows I'm awake he'll talk to me, and I don't want him to talk to me. I want Austin to talk to me, you know the one who's my best friend? Doesn't curse? Cares about his friends? Would never say anything rude to a friend? The guy who wouldn't listen to rap music if his life depended on it? Where'd he go...we were in a hospital for four hours and this happens. I miss Austin, my Austin. I let a tear slip down my cheek and I curl up under the blankets and allow sleep to over come me.
"Afternoon sleepy heads!" Dallas chimes and I open my eyes abruptly to see it's noon and both Austin and I have been sleeping most of the day.
"Well good afternoon to you to Dallas!" I say smiling at him as he motions to Austin's kitchen where there are pancakes made. Oh god pancakes, Austin's going to be so happy. I scarf down two before Austin even gets off of the couch.
"Austin I made you pancakes! I know they're your favorite!" Dallas says in a sing-song way and I laugh because he's never this happy, it's probably the meds the doctors gave him.
"Cool thanks Dallas. But I don't want any," Austin awares us and my head shoots up from the last fluffy deliciousness that is a pancake.
"What're you talking about you love pancakes! You've loved pancakes since you were a kid!" I nearly shout.
"Ally, people change. If I don't want pancakes it's not the end of the fucking world," Austin says and I see his fist tighten first thing he curses. I turn my head back to the half eaten pancake on my plate and blink back tears, but can't hold them in. I stand up calmly walk over to Dallas give him a hug while thanking him, say goodbye to Austin and make my way home, I need to visit Dez, we've got a lot of talking especially after this.
"Hey daddy" I greet my father.
"Hi Ally, I heard about Dallas is everything alright?"
"Yeah, it's fine now he's at home. Can you drive me to the hospital?"
"You just said Dallas was home though,"
"Long story short Dez's in the hospital now, can you please just drive me there daddy, I need to visit him." I plead and my dad nods, grabs his keys and we make our way to the hospital. My dad presses play on the car radio and chuckles first thing he hears the lyrics to the song. I look over at him obviously confused and question him.
"I remember when you and Austin were maybe six or seven and we were sitting on the porch and I heard you dare Austin to kiss you..." I blush automatically, I didn't know he had heard that, "I know I shouldn't be saying this as a father, but I really had hoped he kissed you. I don't know if her did or not, but I thought it would've been good because I knew him, and I knew he was a nice guy and that I wouldn't mind if he dated you. Anyway your mom, Austin's parents and I were all sitting on the porch listening to one of your CD's and this was the song playing. Mimi said 'This song perfectly describes the relationship between my son and your daughter' and your mom laughed so hard," My dad finished with a smile.
"Eight" I reply to him simply.
"What?" He questions rather confused, and I don't blame him, Austin had done the exact same thing to me.
"We were eight when we kissed. I dared him to kiss me but ran when he tried, and then we both laid down on the grass in defeat but he kissed me while I was laying down. You said we were six, but we were eight," I tell him nearly quoting Austin.
He chuckles at me and his eyes shine brightly. "So you did kiss. I know regular teenage girls block their father out, but sweetie I do want to know. How long have you and Austin been secretley dating? It's pretty obvious...I just want to know how long it's been," He says and my smile falls from my face when reality hits. Austin and I were practically dating, everyone wanted us dating, I want to date him...but he likes guys. We pull into the hospital and my dad looks at me waiting for an answer.
"We're not dating daddy, never were..." I reply to him disappointedly.
"But you want to date him," He states more than he questions and I just respond by kissing him on the cheek and running into the hospital. Walking into the hospital I was humming the melody to that song I didn't know the name of, I'd be sure to google it when I got home. I go to the front desk and ask where Dez was located and she directed me to the second floor room 208. I saw him and he was with Trish, which was weird seeing as she is Dallas's ex girlfriend, but that doesn't stop me from running up to her.
"Trish! Hey! I've missed you! What're you doing here?!" I shout.
"I came to visit Dallas, but he wasn't here and I saw Dez," She said giving Dez a playful wink and nudge. She's obviously fliirting, too bad Dez's gay. Oh right gay, I need to talk to Dez about Austin and my...problem.
"Oh that's cool. Well anyway, Dez I really need to talk to you," I begin and he motions his hand telling me to go on, "Okay...so I think I have feelings for Austin, but the thing is I know that you two are like together...cause you telling me you were gay made me understand and I already knew Austin was gay so I just kind of put the pieces together and-"
"Ally! Calm down! Austin isn't gay, I thought I was gay...but I wasn't I was trying to force myself to be gay, but I'm not. I was extremely confused and apparently I decided to 'become gay' because I didn't think any girl would ever love me. I know that sounds weird but there's a really long complicated explanation behind it. Basically I've always had this thing for Trish, and you knew that, but then she started dating Dallas for god knows what reason-"
"Because I liked him" Trish cut in "LIKED though" she finished with a smile.
"Anyway..." Dez continues talking "When she started dating Dallas about a year ago, that's when Austin and I had this movie fest - don't ask, and I then thought I was gay. It's a really big thing that I just understood because some physcological lady came in here this morning and explained," He said with a shy smile and I was kind of annoyed at the fact that one minute he's gay and the next he's just confused.
"So you and Trish..." I say.
"Just friends," She jumps in "But we're working on it," Trish finishes while giving Dez a shy smile.
"Well I'm happy for you two," I reply half heartedly, I am happy for Dez, I just can't stop thinking about this Austin situation...
"Ally, how long have I known you?" Dez asks me, that's a dumb question.
"Since we were in pre-k, we met when you threw the green paint at my face," I chuckle.
"Right, and even though I was only three you know what my first thought was when I saw you? 'Ally likes the blonde boy Austin'" Dez tells me and I open my mouth to speak but he keeps talking, "And that blonde boy liked you right back. Now not to sounds like a romantic movie or anything, but Austin has been in love with you for as long as I've known you, and probably long before that. He'll probably kill me for even telling you this, but he doesn't know I know...I know a lot more than I'm supposed to know,"
"What do you mean...what do you know?" I question hastily.
"Austin likes you, scratch that he's in love with you, always has been. But then there's also Dallas who has a crush on you...he can handle this whole thing if you chose Austin, and I think you should because Austin treats you like you're the most amazing person in the world, which I totally agree with I should add," he gives me a smile "the problem here is do you actually love Austin? What made you realize your feelings for him?"
"Okay Dez, let me just start off by saying woah you're insanely deep and I never knew any of this. But back to Austin, I found out my feelings for him again today. When we were younger I had a crush on him, but when we were ten I thought he was gay and I've thought that ever since and that's why I tried to stop liking him. Anyway, today at like three in the morning we left the hospital and Austin has cursed multiple times today and it's just-"
"Austin cursed?!" Trish speaks up in the conversation for the first time in a while. I look towards Dez who has his mouth dropped open.
"Yeah I know, he never curses...but he did. As I was saying he was cursing a lot and everytime I did I kept thinking 'What happened within two hours that made the guy I was in love with start acting so different' and I would catch myself everytime I said 'in love' and I didn't - I don't know what to do it's all really confusing to me and -"
"Just go tell him, he watches all the romantic movies with me, run up to him and just make out with his face, he'll be happier than I was when I found out Trish liked me, and I was pretty happy!"
"I never said I liked you!" Trish shouted playfully, and Dez gave her his 'ginger look' back, "Okay fine...maybe I like you a little," she admits getting a smile from Dez.
"Okay okay, maybe you're right. I'll just tell him, I won't make out with his face - thanks for the suggestion - but I will tell him. I mean it's worth a shot!" I say while leaving the room. "Oh and Dez?"
"Yeah?"
"You cut me off too much when I talk," I repremand him.
"You talk to much," He chuckles towards me and with that I leave to go find Austin and talk to him.
Dez's P.O.V.
I've been checked in at the hospital for eight hours now, I've been diagnosed with GAD which is Generalized Anxiety Disorder, which is why I had that stabbing pain in my stomach and blacked out, and I already spoke to a therapist and it's not even noon yet. I told Ally a few hours ago I was gay over text...but wait till she hears what I heard from my therapist. After an hour of sorting out my problems that I didn't even have, it was brought to my attention that I'm not gay at all and I actually just tried forcing myself to be gay in a way to accept myself. Being a guy who dresses a little on the crazier side, bright graphic t-shirts over button up shirts, suspenders, and crazy pants made it hard to accept myself as normal. I wanted a reason to be as weird as I was so I decided I must be gay, but that's a horrible assumption I made. My therapist who was very kind brought me to notice that I wasn't gay, I was just confused. Once she left I only had thirty minutes to think alone, because then Trish walked in. Yes Trish, Dallas's ex-girlfriend of a year, and the girl I had fallen in love with man years ago. We had met in Pre-school, I threw paint at Ally and Trish and Ally were best friends and Trish started yelling at me for throwing paint at her friend, I liked her since then, but that stopped when she started dating Dallas, and that's when I made myself gay. I guess I didn't want any more heart break? Trish walked into my hospital room and I was confused as to how she found me but she explained that she came to check up on Dallas but he had already checked out. She stayed in my room and we talked about a lot, we were catching up. Since Trish and Dallas had broken up we hadn't seen her much, Ally and her were still best friends, but we didn't get to hang around her because of the tention between her and Dallas. Trish and I talked about all the times we had before "the relationship" came along. We talked about the sleepovers we had as little kids, how we used to cheat off each other in math class, the driving tests her dad would give us when we were only ten years old, all the fun times we've had. There was silence in the room and I looked at her short latina figure, her bouncy curly black hair, dark brown eyes and I just started cracking up. I laughed and I laughed hard.
"Why're you laughing?!" She shouted getting defensive and I was just about to answer when Ally walked in.
"Trish! Hey! I've missed you! What're you doing here?!" Ally shouts, and she just adds onto my good news, I love seeing my best friends.
"I came to visit Dallas, but he wasn't here and I saw Dez," She said while giving me a wink. I laughed and carried on my conversation with Ally. We talked about her and Austin, she was explaining to me how she thought Austin was gay and how it sucked because she thinks she's in love with him and all the stuff I've been waiting to hear forever.
"Just go tell him, he watches all the romantic movies with me, run up to him and just make out with his face, he'll be happier than I was when I found out Trish liked me, and I was pretty happy!"
"I never said I liked you!" Trish shouted playfully, and I gave her the look, "Okay fine...maybe I like you a little," she admits to me and a smile spreads across my face.
"Okay okay, maybe you're right. I'll just tell him, I won't make out with his face - thanks for the suggestion - but I will tell him. I mean it's worth a shot!" Ally tells while leaving the room. "Oh and Dez?"
"Yeah?" I reply.
"You cut me off too much when I talk," She states towards me.
"You talk to much," I chuckle and she walks away leaving Trish and I alone once again. I keep starring at her and smiling, and every moment we ever had flashes back and with each memory my smile gets bigger until I look like a total doof smiling and starring towards her.
"Hey you never told me why you were laughing at me..." Trish whines and that makes me laugh a little.
"It's nothing really..."
"Um Dez, I'm pretty sure it was something," She says shoving me a little bit.
"I was just laughing because it's funny how I thought I was gay, when I was in love with you the whole time," I say and she doesn't respond with words, but just with an action. She grabs my face and kisses me, it was a pretty different feeling, and I'm not going to lie I loved it. I kiss her back and she smiles at me.
"That thing you said about us just being friends but working on it -" I start but she abruptly cuts me off.
"We can still be working on it, or we can be dating, it's all up to you," She says and now it's my turn to reply with an action instead of words, I kiss her again and I can feel her smiling into the kiss. I'll take that as dating.
Well hey! So this was by far my longest chapter! 3,877 words not including this! Anyway my story is actually progressing which is crazy to me! So I've got a few question for you wonderful people who are reading...does anyone feel bad for Dallas?! He's changed his whole personality so this girl will like him, but she ends up being in love with his so called best friend! And on top of all that his ex-girlfriend of a year is now dating his other best friend! I mean come on poor Dallas he just needs some good in his life. I seriously have got sympathy for that guy. What a trooper he is.
