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Apologies & Flowers
Austin's POV:
The only thing I remember from last night when I got home was ignoring my mom's questions and just crashing hard on my bed. I woke up with serious bed head, and I was all groggy and all of the thoughts raced through my head. I looked over on my phone and realized it was already Christmas Eve.
I went into my bathroom and splashed my face with ice-cold water to wake me up before going into my closet and grabbing a black T-shirt, a white denim jacket with the sleeves cut off, red pants, and blue high tops.
As usual, I put on my whistle necklace, brushed my teeth, and fixed my hair. I looked in the mirror to make sure I was presentable, and then headed over to Sonic Boom.
"Hey guys!" I said to Trish, Ally, and Dez as I walked in.
Trish and Dez responded, but Ally ignored me. I took a deep breath and walked over to her.
"Hey Alls. You ready for tomorrow?" I asked her, my hands on the counter as I looked down at her. She eventually looked up at me.
"I'm still waiting on an answer from last night." She said before returning to her work. I sighed.
"Look, Ally, I can't exactly explain it. It's just that one girl…" I say, hoping she'll understand. I had to play it off like Ally wasn't the one girl that I've been talking about all this time, and I could only hope everyone was buying it.
She takes an aggravated breath.
"If it's about that girl, then why did you kiss me?" she asks, closing her book and looking my right in the eye.
I ignored Dez and Trish's reactions, clearly they heard what Ally asked me.
"I-I-I…" I stammered, trying to figure out how to respond.
It could be so easy to tell her. Just to say 'Well maybe you're that girl.' I couldn't. It'd freak her out, ruin our friendship, our partnership, everything.
"That's what I thought." Ally replied coldly before looking down at her songbook again.
She's never been this cold to me. I just stood there, frozen. She wanted nothing to do with me, and it was obvious.
But I wasn't going away anytime soon.
"I'm sorry, Ally. If only I could tell you everything…" I murmured, so only she could hear.
She didn't respond, and I gave up and went upstairs to the practice room, ignoring Dez and Trish. Heck, I never "gave up". I just decided maybe a little space between her and me would help her cool down.
I sat down in one of the chairs and put my head in my hands, thinking. I couldn't sing to her, that would show her I loved her. She freaks out when I even make the smallest move like kissing her on the cheek. So what was I supposed to do?
I had no idea. But I had to make it up to her before tomorrow, who wants a grumpy friend so close to Christmas, or any time? I had an idea. I got up and walked to the practice room door and opened it, where Dez and Trish were just reaching for the knob.
"Oh, good, Austin, we just wanted to ask you-" Trish begins but I cut her off.
"No time for questions right now. I have to go and fix up things between me and Ally." I say, and jog down the steps and run out of Sonic Boom.
First stop. Flower shop. A few months ago Ally has said her favorite bouquet of flowers were red, yellow, and white roses while we were walking past the store. And that's exactly what I got.
I went home and carefully put them in a vase. I sat down on my desk with a plain sheet of paper and a pen. Time to start writing.
Dear Ally,
I'm sorry about everything. Absolutely everything I've ever done that you didn't like. I'm sorry for acting strange around you the past week and making you angry at me. The one thing I don't regret doing that you didn't like was kissing you, though. Even if it was only on the cheek. I don't regret it now, and I don't think I ever will. I knew you'd keep asking what's wrong until you got an answer out of me, but the truth is, I just can't tell you. It's not just because I don't want to, it's killing me inside to tell you what I've wanted to. But it would change everything. I don't know how to apologize to you, but I want you to know from the bottom of my heart that I'm truly, deeply, sorry for everything. But remember, Alls, that we're best friends and partners. No matter what, I'm never leaving your side. I'll be by your side, always.
My hand was starting to shake as I began to write the last sentence of the note. You know what that was? The very end of the note?
I love you.
-Austin
Was it necessary? Probably not. At least it was considered normal to write Love, y/n at the bottom of a letter to friends.
Either way, I was happy with it. Nervous, but happy. I check my watch. Just in time. 1:15, Ally would be going on lunch break now.
I folded the note and grabbed the vase of flowers and headed over to Sonic Boom. I left them on top of the counter, where she would find them when she returned. I quickly ran out, not wanting her to see me drop them off. I ran off, and just avoided passing Ally at the food court.
I went back home and recorded some of the music tracks for the songs Dylan and I wrote. After a while, I had the instrumental part of each song I was going to perform recorded, so that I could eventually put the demos up on my site.
I cleared out my basement and put on my headphones and played the instrumentals for each song with a microphone that wasn't on, and I rehearsed for the concert and rehearsed my dance moves.
There were a couple little dances Dylan and I would do during the songs, and other songs would just have full on dance to almost every lyric.
I had just run through all of the songs without stopping and was in the middle of the dance part of Can You Feel It when Ally had come down the stairs. I had stopped my iPod, took out my headphones, wrapped my sweat towel around my neck, and took a few gulps of water before talking to her.
"Sorry I'm all sweaty and everything… I wasn't really expecting you to come over. Not that I have a problem with that…" I say awkwardly, putting my water bottle back on my keyboard.
"Its fine, Austin. Anyway, I wanted to thank you for the note and the flowers. That was really sweet of you. And I'm sorry I was mad at you, I completely over reacted." She explains, walking over to me as she talked.
"So… is my apology accepted?" I asked, grinning. She grins.
"Yes, Austin. Apology accepted." She chuckles.
"Yay!" I exclaim, probably sounding like some 5 year old who just arrived at the park. I pulled her in for a quick hug, since I didn't want to get her all sweaty.
"So, now that we've cleared things up between us, what do you wanna do?" I ask her. Before she can respond, my mom pokes her head through the door.
"Austin, I need you to go Christmas shopping for your cousins today, some of them still don't have gifts. And could you get something for Dylan, Bella, and their parents? And you're getting a present for your father." She says, almost like a demand.
She holds out a list for me to take. I come and take the list out of her hands.
"I already got a gift for dad, mom." I say, looking down at the list.
"You have to get one for both of them." She whispers to me. I look up to look at her.
"No. I'm not getting a gift for him." I state.
"Austin, that's not right. The least you could do is give the guy a gift." She says.
"He's not even going to be here! And it's not like he deserves one from me. It's not like I know anything about him." I say, my voice low. She looks at me sternly.
"Austin! You're getting a gift for him. I don't care what it is. As long as it will make him happy. Why don't you put a picture of him and you in a nice frame and wrap it? I have one in one of the cabinets in the closet in my room. I'll get it for you after I get back." She says.
She walks back upstairs, ending the conversation as it is. Of course I hated the idea of getting my father a gift for Christmas. I never wanted to see him again, ever. I sigh and put the list in my pocket. Ally opens her mouth to say something, but I cut her off.
"Don't even ask…my family is complicated." I explain, and she nods, understanding, and just stands there playing with the rim on her shorts.
"Sorry Ally, it's just…I…" I stutter, trying to find the right words.
"I get it, Austin. Family is a sensitive thing, and you don't want to talk about it. Its fine, I completely understand." She says, ending her sentence with a grin. I smiled back at her.
"Thanks for understanding." I say. "So...you want to go and help me find Christmas presents for my family?" I ask her.
She shrugs. "Sure, why not. I've got nothing else to do today, anyway."
"Okay, awesome. Why don't you go back and tell your dad that you're going with me, and I'll just take a quick shower so I don't go out in public smelling like a dirty gym sock." I say.
"Okay. I'll see you later, Austin." Ally says before going to walk back to Sonic Boom.
Meanwhile, I jump into the shower, just glad that Ally and I have made up for all of the conflict.
Author's Note: Ello, lovely readers! I already have the next chapter written out, but I was wondering if you guys wanted me to post Austin & Ally Christmas shopping or just sort of skip over it? Please PM me and tell me what you want, and I'll choose the winner!
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