Chapter Four
Austin P.O.V
Wow my first day at MUNY is over and done with. Performing is my life and my passion, I love singing and it's something I'm hopefully gonna do for the rest of my life. But there was one thing that was tattooed in my brain the minute it happened, when I bumped into that girl…Ally. She's so beautiful…wait did I just call her beautiful, well it's true she is very pretty. But there's something about her that's interesting, she's so different than to most other girls, most other girls have no substance to them, they are all over me like a rash, but not Ally she didn't seem that interested and she seems so down to earth and a bit more naturalistic , she seemed very shy. And when I got up on stage and told everyone about myself, and when I told them about my life motto which is life is a gift and you shouldn't waste it, I looked at Ally and she looked like she was on the brink of tears, I could see a flicker of pain in her deep brown eyes. I must have touched her deeply with something that I said…but what.
Ally P.O.V
I was sitting on my bed for quite some time, thinking and suddenly feeling all alone. I suddenly realized that Austin is coming over to my apartment soon and I haven't even gotten ready yet. I get up and got some spare paper and some sharpened pencils and placed them on the piano. I lock my desk drawers because I don't want anyone looking inside there.
Soon I hear a knock on my apartment door that will be Austin. I walk over and open the door. He is wearing jeans, high tops, a red t shirt and a guitar pick necklace. He smiles when I open the door, then he chuckles. "Are you going to invite me in"? I laugh. "Sorry", I say nervously. He walks in, looking around, probably admiring all my little nick nacks that I have hung all over the apartment, I love collecting vintage antiques. "It's a lovely place you have here Ally". I smile nervously. "Thanks Austin". He walks over to the piano that was settled in the corner of the living room, yes I have a piano in my apartment, it's awesome I know hehe. "So Ally, do you wanna work on the song now". He says turning around to look at me. I walk over to him. "Sure I have some really good ideas for the melody, but I'm not so sure about the lyrics yet". I sit down next to him at the piano; he turns to look at me. "How do you normally write songs"?
"Well it depends, sometimes it starts with the melody and sometimes it starts with the lyrics, that's why it's so fascinating to me because it's different every time". He looked amazed. "Wow you really know what you're doing, I can't really write songs, I mean I have tried but they have all sounded really bad".
"Everyone can write songs, you just have to look deep into your heart and try and explain what you want to say in the paper, here I will show you how".
I placed my hands delicately on the black and white keys, slowly moving them up and down creating a whimsical melody, then I place some chords behind it and it sounded…beautiful, ah I still got it. Austin was watching me intently, it looked like he was in a trance, and then I finished.
"So what do you think of that".
"It sounded beautiful Ally, wow you are so talented, where did you learn to play like that". Now we were in uncharted territory, I am not going to answer truthfully, I barely know him. "Umm my aunt taught me, she loved the piano". He smiled. "Wow you are very good".
"Thanks Austin". We were staring into each other's eyes, it felt like I couldn't breathe, and then gravity pulled me back on solid ground. "Anyways Ally, we should probably get to know each other, because we are going to be working on this song together and we might as well get to know each other so it's not so awkward". Should I tell him anything, maybe I will tell him some things, I will tell him only the tip of the iceberg that means I will only tell him the surface but not the depth of it. "Well I have always loved music ever since I was 4 years old, I've learnt how to play piano obviously and I also did guitar and vocal lessons, and when I'm older I want to be a successful singer".
"Wow so do I, wow we have a lot in common". I chuckled. "Yeah we do".
"Ally wanna play 20 questions, so we can get to know each other a bit".
"Ok sure"
"Ok favourite food"
"Easy chocolate, duh". He laughed. "Of course, but mine would be pancakes, ok second question umm favourite colour"
I laughed, "Really favourite colour". He laughed. "Yes Ally whats your favourite colour"
"Yellow"
"That's mine too"
I smiled. "Cool".
"Ok so tell me a bit about your background".
"Umm I'm not sure, sorry Austin it's a bit personal". He looked hurt. "I'm very sorry Ally I didn't mean to upset you".
"It's fine it's just I don't want to talk about it at the moment". He looked at me with a smile, the smile that's contagious, a smile that you can't help but return. "Ok that's fine Ally, I respect you for that".
"Thanks". Then the awkward silence came over us. "So Ally umm do you wanna work on the rest of the song at my apartment tomorrow, I could invite you over for dinner, my mum is visiting and she would love to meet you". Why is he doing this, are we friends, well I guess we are. "Austin are we friends". He looked at me with a warm smile. "Of course Ally". That made me feel warm inside. "Ok that sounds lovely, tomorrow meet me outside my locker and we can drive to yours".
"Sure Ally that works".
He got up off the piano seat and headed towards the door, I followed him through.
"Thanks for showing me how to write a song Ally, it means a lot to me". He smiled and then suddenly I got...butterflies. "You're welcome Austin, see you tomorrow".
"See you tomorrow Ally". He gave me a one last smile as I slowly closed the door.
I feel breathless, like I'm in another world and universe, like I'm not touching solid ground. Wait why would I be feeling this way, I don't even know him that well, and I have only known him for like a day, nothing's going to happen at all, I just have these conflicting emotions when I meet new people, I never really know if I should be friends with them or not but with Austin it's not that hard to make a decision it feels like I can trust him automatically, like I have known him my whole life, weird right
Austin P.O.V
I have been having this feeling weighing me down like gravity the whole way home. Ally seems really different than the other girls that I have meet. She's so talented, down to earth and easy to talk to and get along to. She's also really pretty but there's something else that I'm picking up about Ally, something that she doesn't want me to know about, there's something else deep down below the surface and I feel really nosy right now but I can't help it, I feel like she wants someone to listen but she can't get her voice across, I really want to help her but I have only just meet her, it would be weird if I asked her if she is alright, maybe I will get to know her first, and become someone she trusts, because I would never dream of hurting her.
Authors Note- I know this is shorter than most of the chapters but hang in there, there will be longer chapters don't worry.
