Hey! Sorry it took a while! But I'm in track now, so I have practice after school until 4:15. And I was so sore that I couldn't even type. :/ But since it's spring break and I have time to type, I will. :)
I hope you enjoy this chapter! I made it as long as possible (actually, I didn't know it was very long until I posted it as a document).
Elliot gets introduced in this chapter and you'll be surprised when you find out who he was this whole time. ;)
Be prepared to be blasted with Auslly feels!
Chapter Eight: Are You Happy Now?
At school the next day I was dreading seeing Austin at all, especially sitting next to him in Music.
I sighed and opened my locker, only to have it immediately be shut. I jumped back and looked to my right to see Britney, Cassidy and Tilly. Crap, they haven't bullied me in a while.
"Um, hey…" I said awkwardly. Britney narrowed her eyes at me.
"Don't 'hey' me, Nerd." She snarled. Like literally, she snarled.
I backed up into the wall of lockers and gulped. I knew that since it hasn't been a while, I was going to get it bad.
"W-why are you even doing this?" I whimpered. Britney stopped for a moment, ha, this was my chance to escape.
I tried slipping away, but she pulled my hair and slammed me against my locker. I winced and bit my lip from crying out.
"Where do you think you're going, Nerd?" Cassidy yelled, causing everyone to look towards our direction. But no one dared to mess with Britney and Cassidy Jones, the principal's daughter.
"Um, to class?" I was really floating in dangerous waters here, testing my luck.
She glared at me and pushed me onto the ground, scattering my books everywhere.
"Don't play dumb, Ally Dawson," She growled. "I know about you and Austin. Don't fool me,"
I winced when I found a piece of led wedged into my palm. I tried picking it out but she kicked me in the stomach, causing me to groan. Gosh, high heels really hurt when their lodged in your stomach.
I looked behind Britney's shoulder to see Tilly and Cassidy smirking at me.
I just laid eyes on Britney again when I heard a male chuckle. I looked again to see Austin standing in between Cassidy and Tilly. My eyes widened in shock as I watched him laugh at something Cassidy said. He made eye contact with me and frowned a little, seeing the situation I was in.
I pleaded with my eyes for him to help me, but he avoided eyes contact.
"Bitch! Listen to me!" Britney yelled. I winced as she dug her nails into my arm.
I ignored her and continued looking at Austin. His eyes widened and I looked at Britney.
Britney's hand came across my face, hard. So hard that I saw stars. I held my stinging cheek as the tears threatened to fall.
"Brit, that's enough," He said. He laid a hand on her shoulder and she glared at him, standing up.
"The Nerd deserves it anyway," She said in a disgusted voice. Austin rolled his eyes, but didn't object.
"Will we see you at lunch?" Cassidy asked him in a baby voice. Um, hello? I'm still on the ground people!
Austin smiled at Cassidy and Britney and nodded. "Sure," He said. Cassidy kissed him on the lips softly but soppily and Britney full out made out with him, tongue and all; making me gag a little. But the heart breaking thing was…he kissed her back.
They continued for a couple more seconds before he pulled back and smiled breathlessly at her. "See ya," He said and Cassidy and Britney walked off happily with Tilly. I sat there, dumbfounded. Did Austin really kiss Britney AND Cassidy? Ew, just, ew.
Cassidy and Britney were sisters. But which one was dating Austin, seeing that they both kissed him? I hope he was dating both of them; that would be freaky and gross.
I felt a couple of tears fall down my cheeks as I felt two strong hands grab my forearms and help me up. I looked up to see Mr. Dylan, holding my arms and looking into my eyes.
"Ally? Are you okay?" He asked softly. I nodded, but my tears betrayed me; so I settled for shaking my head.
He sighed and gathered my stuff for me. "What happened?" He asked me.
I let out a shuddering breath and wiped my tears away. "C-Cassidy and B-Britney," I whimpered. He sighed and hugged me quickly.
"It's okay Ally, you're better than them." He said and I smiled slightly.
"T-thanks Mr. Dylan. It means a lot," I say. He smiles at me, just looking into my eyes.
"Why don't you come into my classroom, I don't have a class next hour and I can write you a pass," He says.
I think about it for a minute. Me and Mr. Dylan in his classroom, all alone. For a whole hour.
"Sure, that would be nice," I say. He smiles and is about to lead the way when a certain blonde speaks up.
"Ally, where are you going?" He asks. I roll my eyes and ask Mr. Dylan to hold for a second. Mr. Dylan gives me a tight smile and nods, saying he'll be in his classroom.
I smile back and then walk back to Austin, my smile slipping from my face. I reach him and have to look up, because he's so darn tall.
"What do you want Austin?" I snap, irritated with him. His eyes soften.
"I just want to know where you're going," He says, somewhat hurt. I feel my heart ache in sympathy, but I can't give in; he doesn't want me to save him. "Isn't your next class the other way," He points out.
I look at him. "How do you know that?" Was he noticing where I'm going for my classes?
His face turns red briefly. "What?" he says in a high pitched voice.
I shake my head. "I'm spending the hour in Mr. Dylan's classroom," I say.
He has a tight expression on his face. "Ally," He starts to warn. "I don't have a good feeling about him, he's way too old for you."
I narrow my eyes at him. "Why do you care?"
He shifts uncomfortably under my glare. "B-because Ally. I just do."
I sigh. "Well, sorry Austin, but I don't need you saving me," I say, repeating the exact words he said. "I'm perfectly fine on my own,"
And by the words I said, I know I've struck home. Tears cloud his eyes and he just stands there, with a pained expression on his face.
"Ally-"He starts. But I stop him.
"No, you were right Austin. I shouldn't be involved in you or your private life. I guess I knew that would happen. That's what I get for actually caring." I say and walk off. Leaving a broken hearted Austin behind.
What goes around, comes back around Austin.
LINE BREAK
I got to Mr. Dylan's room and slowly opened the door. "Mr. Dylan?" I called out, unsure of where he was.
"You now, Mr. Dylan seems too formal." He says from behind me. I jump and smile when he wraps a comforting arm around me.
"Okay, what would like me to call you then?" I ask.
"Elliot," He says. I smile at him.
"Elliot," I repeat. "I like it." I say.
He smiles and we sit down at the piano, playing around with some chords. Somehow, it feels a lot different than with Austin. I push away all thoughts of him.
"Did you know that I can sing?" He says randomly. I look at him.
"You can?" And he nods. "That's awesome! I never knew that!"
He smiles. "Yeah. A lot of people say I have the voice of an angel." He jokes. I roll my eyes.
"Okay, sure." I say. We both laugh. "Let's here you sing."
He sighs and shakes his head. "Nah, you'll laugh at me," he says.
I smiles softly at him. "No I won't."
He sighs. "Okay, but you're the only one who's heard me sing," He says and I smile, happy that he is willing to sing for me.
He grabs a nearby acoustic guitar and starts playing.
She stood out in the crowd.
Was a little too loud,
But that's why we love her.
She's not like other girls,
She could have conquered the world.
Until you broker her,
Down.
Are you happy now?
That she's on the ground.
And do you realize the words you say,
Make bruises that don't fade away?
Are you happy now?
That you've brought her down?
And she's thinking that she won't fit in,
Cause you said something's wrong with her.
Are you happy now?
He likes science not sports.
He knew what he stood for.
He's not like you,
You don't like that.
In 15 years down the road,
He could be everything and you won't.
But right now, you're breaking him,
Down.
Are you happy now?
That he's on the ground?
And do you realize the words you say,
Make bruises that don't fade away.
Are you happy now?
That you've brought him down?
And he's thinking that he won't fit in,
Cause you said something's wrong with him.
Are you happy now?
I've heard that it was done to you,
It that why you do what you do?
Well, that's no excuse,
No.
And if it felt like hell to you,
Then why do you want to put them through,
What hurt you?
Are you happy now?
That you've brought them down?
I don't think so.
Are you happy now?
That they're on the ground?
And do you realize the words you say,
Make bruises that won't fade away?
Are you happy now?
That you've brought them down?
And they're thinking that they won't fit in,
Cause you said something's wrong with them.
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
I felt tears prick my eyes.
"That's a beautiful song," I said, my voice thick with emotion.
He hugged me. "Hey, it's okay," He said.
"I know. It's just…that songs, explains me." I said with a sad smile.
He looks at me. "Well, that's because I wrote it for you, you could have conquered the world. You still can. You have that spark, that no one could see. But I can, and it's shining brighter than ever when you sing. People need to see that fire inside of you. The world needs to know how amazing Ally Dawson is," He said.
I blushed, flattered. "Thanks, but I don't think there's a fire there anymore, it got extinguished a while ago," I said.
He just looks at me, his gaze intense. "You're wrong Ally," He says.
His loving gaze is almost too intense, that I don't notice him leaning in. Subconsciously, I lean in too.
"This is so wrong," I whisper to him. He nodded but continued to lean in.
Our lips met softly and he sighed into the kiss. He slowly kissed me back and I was in shock the whole time; kissing him. Was I kissing Mr. Dylan? Yes. I was. Wow.
It was so wrong, but felt so right. I kissed him back and admired the older man's talents.
"OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD ! I'M KISSING MR. DYLAN! THIS IS SO WRONG! BUT IT'S MY FIRST KISS! OH MY GOD!" I mentally screamed.
His hand went into my hair as his tongue massaged mine. "You're so beautiful Ally," He said as he lifted me onto his lap. Whoa, where was this going?
He started kissing my neck and I was shocked. Did he really think-. Good Lord, no. I was only in high school for crying out loud.
He put his tongue back into my mouth just as I heard the door open and a loud gasp. Crap. We quickly separated and looked towards the door, hoping that it wasn't a teacher.
My heart skipped a beat when I saw Austin standing there, my journal in his hand. He looked at me with a pained expression as he comprehended exactly what was going on.
"Austin," Mr. Dylan started, getting up from the piano. He walked towards Austin but he stopped himself.
Austin just shook his head. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone," He said, frown on his face.
Mr. Dylan-it was weird calling him Elliot-sighed with relief. "Thank you Austin," he said. Austin just nodded and gave a sad smile.
Austin gave me one last pained look while setting my book down on the piano and walking off through the door. My heart broke seeing him go.
"No, no don't go. Please don't go Austin," I mentally told him. But it didn't work, he still left.
Was it always going to be like this? Us constantly breaking each other's hearts? I hope not, it's exhausting.
Why does nothing go as planned?
Because, this isn't a fairy tale. Fairy tales aren't real. And if they were, my prince charming must be far, far away. Then who was Austin? The bad guy? Maybe, but he was pretty attractive for a bad guy.
The door closed and I looked at Mr. Dylan, who was closely seeing my reaction to what had just happened.
"Um…" I started, ready to go into this whole speech about how I wasn't ready for a boyfriend, especially not one that was way older than me, but he spoke up instead.
"Go to him," He told me. I sat there in shock, trying to tell myself that what he said was true.
"What?" I asked, shocked.
He nodded and gave me a small smile. "You heard me, go to him," He said. I nodded grimly and gathered my stuff, standing up to leave.
I stood in front of Mr. Dylan. "Um, I don't know exactly what happened between us, but-"
"We'll talk about it later," He said sadly. He tucked a piece of hair behind my ear and I sighed. It would never work out, my mind told me. He was so much older, and I was his student. It was wrong, like something out of one of my romance novels. Daring, secretive, passionate. But something told me that my romance novel had something to do with a certain blonde.
I nodded and turned around, leaving the music room with Mr. Dylan behind; so many words left to say. But really, they were unnecessary. We both knew that it would never work out. I was his student, and he was my teacher. Things just don't work like that. People would've found out eventually.
I think we both, mutually and mentally, agreed that what had happened was in the heat of the moment. Although I do admire his song for me, I wondered who the boy in the song was. I thought about Mr. Dylan himself. Was the boy who loved science not sports, him? I shook my head, it couldn't be. I mean, look at him. He didn't look like the type to be bullied. I might never really know.
My thoughts about Mr. Dylan were cut short when I passed by the courtyard used for various school activities. But it wasn't the colorful tulips under the cherry tree that caught my attention. It was the special blonde sitting under it that had my heart pumping in my chest.
I took a deep breath and slowly opened the door to the outside, breathing in the scent of cherries and autumn.
I slowly walked towards the tree and plopped down next to him, looking at the sky. Moments passed, still; he said nothing.
Finally, I couldn't take it. "Please, say something," I whispered breathlessly. I hadn't realized that I was holding my breath until now.
He sighed. "What do I say Ally? Sorry I interrupted your moment with Mr. Dylan?" He said, his voice rough and unforgiving.
I sighed. "I'm sorry Austin, that you happened to walk in at that moment,"
He turned to face me, his blue eyes cold and hard. "Well my bad Ally, I didn't realize that you two were that close," He said harshly.
I closed my eyes for a second, trying to keep from slipping everything out. "Would it make you feel better that all we did was kiss? And-I'm no expert-but he's kinda slobbery," I said, wrinkling my noise.
He cracked a smile and chuckled, but soon that was gone and he was giving me the cold shoulder again.
"Why do you care anyway?" I asked out of nowhere. "I know you're my friend, and I shouldn't have gotten involved with Mr. Dylan, but why do you care? I know you're probably worried because he's like seven years older than me, and it's so wrong. But there's no need to worry! We both mutually agreed that we kissed and that was it. There would be nothing else. So why are you worrying so much? Is that what friends do? I don't know, how would I know? I'm so-"
He cut my babbling off. He chuckled. "Ally, breathe," He said and I took a deep breath. "I was just worrying because I care about you, and he just doesn't seem like the right guy," He said, kind of uncertain.
I smiled at him, glad that he was talking to me again. "Thanks Austin. It's sweet that you care about me. But are you sure that that's the only reason?" I questioned him. He looked at the floor.
"Y-yeah. Totally. That's the only reason," he said. He gave me a nervous smile and I became more suspicious.
"Austin, what's going on? Why are you acting like this?" I asked.
He sighed. "I can't tell you," He said.
My eyes softened. "Yes you can. You can tell me anything," I told him. "We are friends,"
He got a hurt look on his face. "Yeah, friends. Right." He said. "It's just that…it's really complicated."
I was hurt. I told him pretty much everything. I even promised to tell him about my parents when I was ready, so why couldn't he open up to me?
"I get it Austin. You need space, I shouldn't have pried too much," I said getting up.
"No! Wait, Ally!" He said, getting up also and walking after me. "That's not what I meant."
I stopped and turned around, see him standing in front of me. I crossed my arms. "Then what did you mean Austin?"
He nervously scratched the back of his neck, which I found so cute, and sighed. "I would tell you, b-but, I don't know how," He said with a frown. My heart ached. I had never seen him this vulnerable before. I thought he was always the bad ass popstar that everyone said he was. I guess I was wrong.
I sighed. "Good bye Austin," I said and turned to leave.
Finally he let out a frustrated noise and grabbed my arm, turning me around quickly to pull me to him. I gasped, but the noise was soon muffled by his lips.
Oh my God. I'm kissing Austin Moon.
I know you hate me. But I was just so tempted to do a cliffhanger. So I did. Teehee. :)
How many of you guessed that Mr. Dylan was Elliot from the beginning? Anyone? Review if you did and I'll mention you in my next chapter. :)
Let me just get this straight. Mr. Dylan/Elliot should not have kissed Ally, it was very wrong. Because, she is a minor and he is not. Anyway, it was just kissing, but still...YOU HAVE TO ADMIT THAT IT WAS ROMANTIC! Even though I am Auslly all the way, Elliot is too cute to be ignored. :) So yeah. But don't think that Elliot will just let Ally go like that, oh no no no no, he'll come back. ;)
The song is Are You Happy Now? by Megan and Liz.
That song explains a lot about me. :)
R&R PLEASE!
