AUTHOR'S NOTE: I am so pumped for this chapter you have no idea! :) So I wont keep you waiting any longer.

ENJOY!

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Ally tried to rub away the sleep from her eyes and yawned. The bright computer screen illuminated her dim room and with an eerie glow as she lethargically tapped away on her keyboard, picking away at her brain for more information on Napoleon Bonaparte for her 5 page research paper. Why did I have to do all advanced classes? She had finally finished the third page before she called it a night, after all, it was only due next week. She stretched her arms out and leaned back against her chair and listened to the loud pelting of rain against the roof. The storm was supposed to last until tomorrow afternoon, and Miami was getting the worst of it tonight.

She looked at her digital clock and cringed, it was 12:42 at night. So she was going to be really tired at work tomorrow. Her dad was out of town, again, leaving her home alone, vulnerable. A shiver ran through her spine and she looked at her balcony doors, seeing that the padlock on the handles were still there. Knowing that she was safe, she turned off her computer and undressed.

Ally put on a red tank top and grey Soffe shorts and was about to go to the bathroom when a booming thunder shook her house. The lights flickered off and left the teen alone in the dark. She cried out in fear and shuffled around to find her desk where her phone sat. She finally touched it's smooth surface and unlocked it, lighting up her room with it's bright screen. Ally grabbed her bedroom door handle and walked out into the hallway.

She placed her foot on the top step of her staircase and was about to venture down for a flashlight when the banging of a fist on the door echoed from bellow. She froze and yelped in surprise. Who would come to my house in the middle of the night? Paranoia crept into her thoughts and the urge to scream was almost too much to resist. The desperate banging on her front door became louder and more urgent. Her sudden fear that the door was unlocked seemed to make her legs move on their own. She put her phone in her pocket and felt her way down the stairs, coming upon the front door.

Ally tried to avoid all the creaky floorboards to pretend like she wasn't there before checking the locks and looking out the peep hole.

Nothing.

That's weird? The front porch was completely pitch black, making it impossible to see anything. Then came a clash of lightning and the outline of a figure in a hoodie could be made out. Oh my gosh. She stumbled away from the door, her breathing fast and her heart pounding. Is that my hero stalker? Or the bad guy? She didn't know what to do, and considered just running out the back door and jumping the fence to the safety of her neighbor's yard. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson like her, after all, she babysits their twins.

But the knocking came again, and this time accompanied with a voice. "Ally, please let me in. It's just me."

Ally sighed with relief and unlocked the front door, "What is wrong with you!?" She grabbed his arm and pulled him into her house, slamming the door behind him.

Her hero stalker stood there in the corridor, soaking wet and shivering. "Sorry, the lights went out and I happened to be in the neighborhood."

"In the middle of a Storm?" She rolled her eyes, "You were watching me the whole time, weren't you?"

He shrugged his shoulders, "I promised to keep an eye on you didn't I."

Ally dismissed it with a wave of her hand, "Never mind, you just need to change into something dry." She tried to pull him along, but he resisted.

"I'm fine."

"You're dripping wet! You'll catch a cold." she tried to tug him along, but he resisted still.

"You can't know who I am. Not yet at least."

Ally threw up her hands in anger, "Fine, how about i lend you one of my dad's sweatshirts?"

He seemed to contemplate this for a moment before giving her a reluctant nod. "Alright, fine."

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Ally sat on her living room couch, writing in her songbook some random lyrics using a book light when the masked heroin called out to her in his disguised voice, "Hey Ally, can I borrow a towel?"

"Sure thing." she grabbed the flashlight next to her and went upstairs to her linen closet to grab one and brought it back down to him. "Here, i left it in the hallway." said Ally through the bathroom door. She waited for a muttered thanks before returning to her seat and picking up her pen. A tune seemed to pick up in her head and she couldn't help but sing her lyrics allowed.

All along it was a fever

A cold sweat hot-headed believer

I threw my hands in the air, said, "Show me something,"

He said, "If you dare come a little closer."

Round and around and around and around we go

Oh now tell me now tell me now tell me now you know

"Wow! I didn't know you got that good at singing."

Ally jumped at the sudden presence of the boy standing behind her. His hot breath on her neck as he talked gave her goosebumps and made her scoot away from him. "You scared me!"

He chuckled and sat next to her, "Sorry, I was just admiring your voice. It's very beautiful by the way." His head tilted up a bit and Ally was able to see a smile under the hood of her dad's grey sweatshirt.

She blushed, "Thanks, I'm glad you think so."

He looked away and the two were met with an awkward silence before another lightning bolt streaked across the sky and lit up the room. Then later being followed by a bone shattering "BOOM!", causing Ally to cry out and cower in the arms of the hooded boy who had pulled and hugged her close to his muscular chest.

They remained like that for a while before each of them realized what just happened shifted uncomfortably.

"Sorry, it was instinct" said the boy, loosening his grip on her, but not letting her completely escape his embrace.

She giggled and smiled up at him, secretly trying to see up his hood, but since there was no electricity for light, she couldn't see anything more than his lips. "Do I know you at school or something? You seem to care about me a lot."

He smirked down at her, "Why yes, you do know me."

She furrowed her eye brows in thought. "I can't really think of anybody who cares that much." Or, someone who cares as much as Austin did. She burrowed closer to the boy's chest at the very thought of Austin. What happened in the cafeteria today? He had held onto me as his eyes went distant, like he was remembering something. I know he didn't mean any harm, but I couldn't bear to be near him.

Are you sure that's the only reason?

Shut up! Of course it is.

Or maybe, because your not able to forgive so easily by keeping your distance. Then once you do forgive, you'll fall for him again.

...Why did you have to use the word "again".

Need I mention the summer after 8th grade? You had liked him way before you met Dallas. Admit it!

Leave me alone!

Ally waited for any more interruptions from her subconscious and tried to get the thought of Austin out of her mind by asking, "What does your name start with?"

He chuckled, "Like I'll give that much away. I'm sorry love, but you're just going to have to wait for when the timing is right."

She rolled her eyes at him for the second time that day and was about to complain when she decided to try a different approach. She smirked and said half jokingly, "How about this, If you tell me who you are, I'll grant you one kiss."

He threw his head back in laughter, "I never knew you were this outgoing. You sure must be desperate."

Ally shrugged, "This offer is only for tonight, so it's now or never." She didn't know whether or not he would actually agree, but it was worth a shot.

He grinned down at her and said knowingly, "Oh believe me, I'll get that kiss one way or another. Maybe not tonight though, only when your ready."

Her mouth dropped open, appalled at him for his cockiness. "Well I'd like to see you try!" She jumped up off of him and the couch, "You ain't getting anywhere near these lips mister. "

"Are you challenging me?" He stood up and walked closer to her, making her squeak and back into a wall. He caged her in with his arms on either side of her head and brought his face closer to hers. "You really shouldn't of done that."

Ally tried not to let him have any effect on her, but it was useless. She was putty in his hands and completely defenseless to his charm. All she could do was watch as the hooded boy brought his lips closer to her own until he was barely brushing against it, teasing her. Ally's breath hitched and she looked down, trying to avoid him, but his hand cupped her chin and made her face him again. She gasped.

His hood was still up, but she could see his eyes and nose now, she just couldn't tell what color they were. The darkness just made any of his telltale features a dark, grey blob. He whispered, "Don't hide, after all, you did challenge me."

"But I still need to know who you are." whispered Ally, staring into his grey eyes.

He smirked and wrapped his arms around her waist, "You don't want to know. Trust me."

Ally closed her eyes, and smiled, breathing two words she had never said to anyone before, "Kiss me."

The boy tightened his hold on her and brought her close once again. She awaited for his lips on her own, but she instead felt a feather-like pressure on her cheek and opened her eyes wide to see him pull away from her face. He seemed to read her expression and smiled sadly, "You're not ready."

They stared into each other's grey eyes until the sound of shattering glass brought them both back to reality.

The large window next to the couch had been busted open by an object that was now sitting in the middle of the room. Rain and wind came in through the hole, sending papers flying and picture frames falling off the walls. Ally untangled herself from the boy's embrace and and slowly approached the object which she could now tell was a brick. And attached to it, was a note that she read aloud.

You can't protect her forever. And when that happens, we'll be waiting.

-The A Gang


Oohhhh, some sexual tension all up in here. I bet some of you are like "Yes! Finally!" Or either like, "Nooooo! Kiss her already!". I'm a little of both and some "Woot woot! Over 10,000 words in my first story ever!". In this chapter, I had shown a smidge of when Ally had liked Austin years ago and will hopefully broaden on that in the next chapter with a flashback or something. IDK, we'll see what happens.
P.S. I hope you've figured out who the stalker is already, just when will Ally?

Fare thee as well as I fare

-jonasfangirling