Finally Friday came and Ally was ready for her date with Dallas, more than she ever could be. Apparently Dallas had big plans for him and Ally tonight, but couldn't tell Ally. He wanted to surprise her. Ally spent all day getting ready with Trish's help. Ally revised to let Trish paint Ally's finger nails, but she insisted.
"Pink, red, black or white," Trish asked holding up all four colors.
Smiling a little Ally sighed. "I-I guess-"
But she was cut off by Trish, "Oh! There is also yellow. It would look cute with your outfit."
Ally cut Trish out when she heard and show the yellow nail polish. Austin's favorite color, Ally thought, almost bringing tears to her eyes. Placing a fake smile on her face she said, "I-I'll just have pink." Having any yellow around her would make her think of Austin, well anything does, and she doesn't need that.
Opening the bottle Trish started painting Ally's nails. "So where is Dallas an you going tonight," Trish asked.
"He wouldn't tell me," Ally said, setting down her song book.
Stopping half way from painting Ally's middle finger, Trish looked up her and said, "Why," with a hint of laughter in her voice.
"It's a surprise," Ally told her smiling and looking back down at her book.
Once Trish was finished with Ally's fingers on one hand, she held out her hand, gesturing from Ally's other. Looking up from her book Ally realized what she wanted. Closing her book she gave Trish her other hand and stared to just think.
After moments of silence, Trish glanced up, "You are thinking about Austin, aren't you?"
Snapping out of her thought, Ally looked at Trish. "Nooo," she said in a whining voice.
"Come on Ally, I know you too well," Trish started, "Remember when I went on the radio for you? Knew everything you would say. Didn't I?"
Ally looked away, avoiding looking at Trish at all.
Trish stopped painting Ally's nails and said, looking up, "I bet you are wondering: 'How is he? Will I ever see him again? Did the letter get to him yet,'" she tried using a mocking voice of Ally's.
Sighing again that day, Ally looked at Trish, but she continued in her mocking voice, "And also: 'I hope he doesn't find another girl, because I really like him. Even if I'm going out with Dallas tonight, it's all good. He just can't find another girl over in that place. Filled with beautiful British girls.'"
Getting angry Ally pulled her hand away from Trish and walked away towards a pile of shoes.
"Is that what you think of me," She asked, looking for some shoes to wear, avoiding looking at Trish.
"Ally," Trish started, walking over to her, "You know, it's true. You are only going out with Dallas tonight to get over Austin."
Throwing some shoes to look deeper into a pile, while listening to Trish talk. Once she started about Dallas, Ally stopped and glared at her.
"N-no, I'm not," Ally's voice shuttered a little by lying. Finally finding some shoes she walked over and put them by her bed.
Sighing, Trish fallowed her, "Just admit it Ally."
Ally turned around and stared at Trish for a moment before deciding to just tell her the truth, "Fine, fine. That's why I'm going."
Walking back to her seat, she threw herself down.
Avoiding talking about it anymore, Trish grabbed Ally's hand and looked at her nails, "You are luck this stuff dries fast, but you did smug this hand."
Keeping the conversation the way it is, Ally let Trish fix her nails up again.
Finally at seven, Dallas picked Ally up. While sitting in the car Ally smiled at Dallas.
"Are you going to tell me where we are going now?"
Glancing over at her, Dallas laughed and said, "No, not yet."
Ally kept silent the rest of the ride, until they pulled up at a park. When she spotted the park, Ally was in shocked. It looked beautiful. A small spot under a tree a decorated with a picnic blanket, with a few things Ally couldn't see, and lights hanging from the tree.
Smiling, Dallas got out of the car and walked to the passengers side. Opening the car door, he held out his hand for Ally. Taking her eyes off the park set up she accepted his hand and got out of the car.
"I hope you like it," Dallas said. "It took me all afternoon," he added with a whisper.
Ally smiled at him and said, "It's beautiful."
When they arrived at the tree, they both sat down. Ally was so distracted that she didn't realize it was hers and Austin's tree. There wasn't going to ever be something for Ally to not be reminded about Austin.
Ally got taken out of her thought when she noticed Dallas talking to her.
"Are you hungry," He asked.
All Ally did was nod. She was trying to hold in her tears. She felt so bad about going out with Dallas when she was thinking about Austin this whole time and liking him.
Grabbing a box and some plates, Dallas scooped up some Chinese food for the both of them. Handing Ally a plate she muttered thanks and took it.
"How did you know I liked Chinese food," Ally asked.
Shrugging his shoulder, Dallas looked at Ally and continued getting some food for himself, "I over heard you one day."
Not even waiting, Ally just began to eat. She didn't eat dinner, in hope Dallas would take her somewhere.
After eating dinner and chatting for a while, Ally and Dallas watched the sunset, across the park and out onto the beach. From being in a park across the beach they were able to watch it from here. It was a lovely time, the sunset was as beautiful as Ally has seen. The problem was, she was with Dallas, not Austin. While Dallas held her close, Ally closed her eyes imagining the same situation, but with Austin. With him it would have meant something different.
Noticing Ally closed her eyes, Dallas shook her a little to get her attention. Opening her eyes, she looked up at him.
"You tired," Dallas asked. He pulled his hand up to Ally's face and pushed some hair out of her face. Smiling a sad smile, Ally moved around, adjusting herself to get comfortable.
"Yeah, I just got a little tired."
"Do you want me to take you home," He asked.
Shaking her head she said, "No I'll be fine."
Dallas smiled, "Good, because there is one more place I want to take you."
Ally looked up at him, narrowing her eyes. "Which is," she asked.
Getting up, Dallas held his hand out for her, "Come, I'll show you."
Ally accepted his hand and they started running towards the beach.
"What about the stuff," Ally asked, looking back at the picnic.
"I'll get it later, we can't miss this," was all he said.
Stopping at the street, and looking both ways, they ran hand in hand across the street and onto the beach. Dallas lead Ally to the end of a building and turned left. Hidden behind the tall building was a crowd of people.
"What is this," Ally asked, once they stopped.
"A concert. I thought you would want to go since you like music and all," he then dragged Ally over to the crowd.
"Hello Miami!" The guy on the stage yelled.
Dallas continued to lead Ally deep in the crowd, until they were in the front.
"Tonight, instead of having a contest, we are going to have you good, amazing people, come up and sing your favorite songs," the guy continued, as the crowd cheered.
Ally blocked out, as best as she could, what the guy continued to say and turned to Dallas, "How did you find out about this?"
"Before I picked you up, I saw a poster about it," he told her.
Ally began to wonder how she never knew about this. Did she lock herself away from everything that much since Austin left? Yes, a voice said in the back of her head.
Looking back up at the stage, Ally found a young teenage boy on the stage getting ready to sing. Threw out the past hour many people went up and sang songs they liked. Ally was excepting the people to go up to sing really bad, but they were pretty amazing. She was having a good time, sightly forgetting about Austin finally. That was until the next person came up.
"Hey everybody! I wanted to sing a song for you, I found amazing lately," the girl said.
The crowd cheered her on, like they have been for everyone.
"So, I know I'm no Austin Moon, but I thought why not pick this song. So I'm going to sing you Double Take," She told the crowd before singing.
"Flip the switch..." She started to sing.
The moment Ally heard Austin's name the smile on her face whipped right off. Once the girl began to sign she turned to Dallas, trying to hid her sadness.
"Dallas," she tried yelling over the music. With him not hearing her and tried again and tugged a little on his shirt.
Looking down at Ally, Dallas stopped rocking out to the music and looked down at her.
"Yeah," he asked, yelling over the music.
"Can you take me home? It's getting late and my dad wants me home," She told him. It was a lie though. Her father didn't want her home until ten, it was only nine.
Grabbing her hand, Dallas smiled and lead her out of the crowd.
Dallas stopped the car in front of Ally house. The car ride home was silent.
Turning to Dallas, Ally smiled, "I have a lot of fun."
"We should do this again sometime?" Dallas asked.
All she could do was nod.
They continued to look at each other from a little to long. Dallas started pulling in closer to Ally, but once she realized what was going on, she pulled towards him really fast and kiss his cheek.
Grabbing her purse, she opened the door and got out of the car. "I really had a good time Dallas."
The were silent once again, looking at each other.
"So I'll see you later?" She asked.
He nodded to her.
"Night," she slightly whispered and started for her front door.
Once she got to the door, Dallas drove off. Opening the door, Ally walked in and started towards her room.
"What's got you down?" Asked a familiar voice.
Back up from the stairs, Ally looked in the living room and saw Trish sitting on the couch watching television.
"You're still here?" Ally asked, pulling her shoes off.
"No," Trish started, while getting up and walk towards her, "I left once you left, but once it was nine, I thought you'd be back."
The both headed upstairs together.
"And I'm guessing you want to spend the night," Ally asked, gesturing down to Trish's pj's.
Ignoring the statement and rolling her eyes Trish said, "Besides that point, how was the date?"
Once they got into Ally's room, she threw her shoes back in the pile they came from and threw herself on her bed, and Trish closed the door.
"It was really good, but I-" she stopped herself from saying anymore.
"But you wish it was Austin," Trish finished for her.
Taking a deep breath and letting it out, Ally rubbed her eyes. "Is that bad?"
"No," Trish told her, shaking her head, "You need to tell him so you can get it out of the way and see how he feels."
"I should..." Ally said, looking up at her ceiling.
Trish went to Ally's desk and grabbed a piece of paper and pen. "Write."
Sitting up and taking the things from her, Ally began to write her feelings on paper to Austin.
She took so long, Trish feel asleep on her. Looking to make sure she really was sleeping, Ally got up and put the letter at the bottom of her desk. She couldn't send this. She had to wait to see if Austin left any hints about like her as well.
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