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The next day, I woke up to a surprise. As usual, I stepped out the car, and waited for Trish to come with me to class. Suddenly, I caught a glance of a familiar mess of brown hair. I widened my eyes as Dallas smiled at me, and jogged over.

He took my hand and brought it to his lips, emitting a gasp from me, and said, "Hello there!"

I blushed, and whispered, "What are you doing here?" He smiled widely.

"I transferred here to be with you, of course!" he whispered excitedly. He made a confused look. "Why are we whispering?"

I looked wistfully at the bimbos glaring at me. "Oh… no reason…" I said hoarsely.

As we walked through the halls, many girls stared and dramatically gasped at Dallas and me. Our hands were clasped and swinging while I showed him around the school. Even Tilly looked at me in disgust. Part of me was secretly happy. I mean, I get to show the girls of my school that looks aren't all you need to get a boy. Well, ha ha ha to them. Though, the other part wanted to shrink away from all the attention.

And I think a small portion of me didn't want to be seen with Dallas as my boyfriend.

I shook that thought out of my head, and continued walking with my head down. I saw a shadow in front of me and I looked up. I narrowed my eyes at who I saw.

Tilly's smiled twitched. She grinned shakily at me and asked, "Ally… who is this?" I can feel her saying, "If he's your boyfriend, you're so dead."

Dallas smiled. "I'm Dallas. And I'm Ally boyfriend~" He said, holding up our hands for emphasis. Right then, girls fainted, gasped, and doing whatever else they do. I looked away.

Tilly lowered her eyes. In one swift motion, I was on the ground. Tilly smirked. Surprisingly, it wasn't Tilly who pushed, but rather her minions. Dallas stared down at me, then he looked back to the group of girls gathered around him.

"Why would you go out with Ally? She's so dull!" one girl said while twirling a lock of hair in her fingers.

"Yeah, I mean, I'm so much better!" agreed another girl.

"No, I am!"

"No, I am! Wouldn't you agree, Dallas dear?"

"Um, I think you're mistaken. That would describe me~"

I pressed my hands over my ears to block out the arguing voices. I just wanted to get away. Please.

I jumped when I felt a hand on my wrist. The hand pulled my hand away from my face and forced me to look at the person. I looked up into Austin's eyes, and looked towards the group. They were still huddled around Dallas, who was desperately trying to get away, and have forgotten me. Thank goodness.

Austin pulled me to my feet, and, without saying a word, took my hand and rushed me into the music room. He shut the door quietly, and then turned to me. I looked away from him and stared at the piano.

"Was that him?" he finally asked. I slowly nodded my head.

He took a seat in front of me. "Well…" he started.

"Want to hear a song?"

His raised his eyebrows at my outburst. I knew he couldn't say no since I never sing in front of people.

"Sure," he said after a while. I secretly smiled as we settled down on the piano bench.

I lay my fingers across the cool piano keys and let the words flow out.

I had a way then, losing it all on my own

I had a heart then, but the queen has been overthrown

And I'm not sleeping now

The dark is too hard to beat

And I'm not keeping now, the strength I need to push me

You show the lights that stop me turn to stone

You shine them when I'm alone

And so I told myself that I'll be strong

And dreaming when they're gone

Cause they're calling, calling, calling me home

Calling, calling, calling home

You show the lights that stop me turn to stone

You shine it when I'm alone

Home

I ended right there. He was silent the whole time, and I was wondering what his facial expression was. But I never turned back. I kept my eyes on the piano keys, and stayed silent. I wondered if he was judging me right now. I closed my eyes and bit back tears. The song was basically my life story.

I heard some shuffling behind me. He was probably leaving the room, I think. I bent my head even lower to hide my face. Instead, I felt warm arms around me.

I snapped my head up and blinked. Austin rested his head on my shoulder. I looked at him and scrunched my eyebrows together.

"Why-?" I started.

"Cause you're worth it," he said, "Don't think that I'll leave you that easily…"

I sniffed and tears trailed down my face. Austin brought his hand up to wipe away the waterworks from my eyes.

"Don't cry," he cooed, "It hurts to see one of my friends sad. So smile."

I mustered a smile and wiped away the remaining moisture on my face. I suddenly froze when what he said sunk in. 'W-we're… friends?'

I looked Austin in the eyes, and said, "Thank you." I smiled.

It was then when I heard a loud knock resonate throughout the room. I turned towards the door of the music room and raised a brow. I mean, who would come to a music room and knock at this time?

I saw Dallas poke his head into the room. He smiled when he saw me, but his face fell when his eyes landed on Austin. I saw a look of annoyance fall on his face.

"Who's this?" he asked. I shook my head.

"Just a friend," I said. Austin looked to the ground and stared as his feet. Dallas relaxed a fraction of a degree. He walked over to me and put his arms around me.

"Let's go to class," he said, smiling a heart-warming smile.

"Okay," I said, pulling my lips into a half smile. I turned to look at an uncomfortable Austin. "Wanna walk with us?"

His eyes flicked towards us and he shook his head. "I'll go with Dez," I gave him a worried look, "Don't worry, I'll be fine." He smirked a little, probably to make me feel better.

Before I could say anymore, Dallas ushered me out the door towards class. I looked back at the music room door left ajar.


"Bye," I said as I got out of Dallas' car. He smiled.

"Bye!"

I gave a small smile to him as I shut the door. Almost running, I jogged to my house. As I entered, my mom sat at the table.

"Hey mom," I greeted. She looked up and smiled.

"Hi dear," she greeted. I grabbed an apple from the table. When I was about to bite it, my mom spoke up.

"How come you don't invite any friends over?" she inquired.

I grimaced and lowered the apple from my mouth. "There's Trish."

She shook her head. "Other than Trish."

"Because I don't have any friends," I paused a bit, "Why are you interested about my friends coming over anyways?"

She gave a slight shrug. "Because you seem lonely," she took a sip from her mug, "but don't you worry, you'll have other friends soon enough. You just have to wait."With that said, she returned to… whatever she was working on earlier.

With a big crunch from my apple, I walked out the room. "Like that will ever happen…" I whispered.


Upon entering my room, I dropped my bag with a thunk. I plopped on my bed with a frown. 'I have no friends…'

"It hurts to see one of my friends cry. So smile."

I snapped my eyes open. 'I have… I have another friend.' I widened my eyes at this realization. I grinned hugely as I got giddier. "I have another friend…" I whispered. I gave a huge sigh as I fell back onto my bed. I didn't even realize that I stood up.

Knock knock knock. Though the sudden sound startled me, I quickly answered the door. Angel stood at my door way.

"Wanna go to Aiden's house with me again?" she asked. I thought for a bit.

Smiling, I said, "Sure."


There's the ending to this chapter. :)

Hoped you thought this was sweet~ Sorry I haven't updated in a month, I was trying to enjoy my break X3

Oh yeah, and here's a picture of Angel if you wanted to know what she looks like - akamaruanime . deviantart /art/Beauty-My-Guardian-Angel-333865078 - remove the spaces between the periods and put a ".com" after deviantart ;)

Thnx for reading! Bai~