Ahem, just another warning. You may be pissed at me at the end of this chapter.

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Ally POV

"Whatcha doin'?" Austin sang, practically flinging himself in my lap.

"Just working on my presentation." I said, saving quickly and closing Austin's laptop.

He smiled teasingly, making me smile immediately. "What, I don't get to see your presentation? You don't bad mouth me, do you?" he asked bumping me with his shoulder, and I bumped him back.

I sighed and laid down, putting my feet in his lap. "I just think it should be a surprise when we first see each other's presentations."

"Seems sensible. But I pretty much know what things were said in your presentation." he said. "It is about the most talented teenager in the world."

I laughed and gave him a small kick. "No, it's not. It's about how far we have come and our journey from hatred to comradery."

Austin stared at me. "You didn't happen to say that in the presentation, did you?" he asked and I shook my head. "Good."

He got up and ducked as my pillow sailed over his head.

"Austin, you need to go. I still need to film my first impression of you." I ordered and he scratched the back of his neck.

"Yeah, when you're done I need the camera." he said and I gave him a questioning look. "I need to redo my first impression."

"Why, do you bad mouth me in the first one?" I teased and he smiled.

"Would never dream of it." he said and walked out of the cabin.

I watched him go. Okay, time for complete honesty.

I really like Austin.

Ever since that innocent kiss that happened exactly a week ago, I couldn't focus on anything whenever Austin was in the room. My favorite shirt in still stained when I tried to eat tomato soup when Austin sat next to me.

I mean, I guess I always felt something. At first I had always thought that it was repulsion, but now I'm pretty sure it was attraction.

Really strong attraction.

"Ally, you here?!" Cassidy barged in right when I was about to talk.

I laughed. "Hi Cassidy." She walked in and Trish filed in hesitantly behind her.

Ever since the dance we've been okay with each other. We still weren't really back to normal, but I still somehow managed to confide my feelings for Austin in both her and Cassidy. "Hi Trish."

She smiled awkwardly and waved. Cassidy ran over and flopped on my bed.

"So whatcha doin'?" she asked and I gestured to the camera.

"Filming my first impression of Austin." I said. "Say hi to the entire camp."

Cassidy and Trish wove at the camera laughing.

"Did you think about telling Austin?" Cassidy asked and I shrugged.

"I don't know Cassidy. I mean, what if he doesn't love – I mean like me back?" I stuttered.

I wasn't particularly sure that I was in love with Austin, but these feelings I had for him were stronger than any feelings I've ever had for a boy. But honestly, who can develop love for someone in just a week?

"Wait, did you just say love?" Trish asked smiling slightly and I shook my head with wide eyes.

"Uh, no." I denied and Cassidy and Trish nodded their heads with grins on their face.

"You love Austin! Oh my God!" Cassidy squealed and I turned pink.

I turned to the camera and ejected the CD. "Obviously we're not going to be using this CD."

Cassidy swatted the CD out of my hand and it slid under the dresser.

"Ally! Do you love Austin?" she asked shaking me by my shoulders.

I pried her fingers off of me and brushed myself off. "Cassidy, I can't love Austin. I mean, I've only had these feelings since last week."

"I don't know Ally. Stranger things have happened." She said. "I mean, my parents met, and got married two weeks later. They're still together." She said seriously and my eyes widened.

"Your parents don't joke around." I said and Trish interjected.

"Besides, you told us that you've had that funny feeling in your stomach since you've met." Trish pointed out. "That was five years ago."

I shook my head. "But I can't love him!"

Cassidy blinked. "Um, why not?"

I sighed. "I only see Austin for 10 weeks a year, and it'll completely tear me apart if he breaks my heart."

Cassidy gave me a pat on the hand. "Well according to Dallas, Austin is in love with you." She said and got up. "I have to go finish up my project. I wish I thought of doing video."

"Tell him." The said in unison and walked out.

I waved goodbye to my friends and put a different CD into the camera.

I sighed and looked at the camera. "My first impression of Austin Moon?"

The next day was the presentation, and Austin and I drew last in presentation. I didn't really mean to be rude, but I didn't really listen to Trish or Cassidy's presentation. I mean, I caught a few tidbits. There was something about Dallas being afraid of monkeys and how Dez still drove Trish crazy, but she had come to realize that it was in a good way.

I was at crossroads and a war raged on in my head. Here Austin was, sitting next to me looking so amazing, and all I could think about was whether or not I should tell him that I loved – I mean liked him in boyfriend-girlfriend way.

"Ally." He whispered. "You're up."

I blinked and looked up in time to see Trish and Dez walking off stage.

I nodded and walked up to the stage. I faltered a bit and looked back at Austin who nodded encouragingly.

I sighed and walked on stage. "Hey everyone. Austin and I decided to present our videos separately. So, um, I guess that's it. Enjoy." I smiled and walked back to Austin.

The video started out with a clip I found of Austin and I arguing, but there wasn't any sound, just my voiceover.

"It's no secret that Austin and I have a history." There was an echo of agreement. "My first impression of Austin Moon? Well that's a difficult question; because I met two Austin's."

Austin gave me a weird look and we turned back to the screen.

A picture of an 11 year old Austin flipped on the screen.

"There's the façade that Austin puts up with everyone that I've considered smothering in his sleep."

Several people laughed, and Austin pretended to be offended but he smiled at me.

"And there's the sweetest guy in the universe that has become my friend."

A loud 'aww' echoed throughout the crowd as a video still of Austin and I out on the dock. He had his arm around me and I was laughing.

The video continued on with several cute videos for Austin and I messing with each other, and when the video came up of Austin admitting to me that he has dyslexia, several people looked our way in shock.

Austin was looking down at his hands, and his cheeks were red, so I reached over and grabbed his hand. He smiled at me and turned to the screen.

The last shot was a video that Dez had apparently taken while Austin and I were dancing at the Summer Fling. It stopped into a still and my voiceover went off.

"My first impression of Austin Moon? When I really got to know him, and he opened up to me, he became one of my best friends."

The video faded out and people began to applaud. Austin looked at me with a grin on his face.

"What?" I leaned in and asked.

"You called me your best friend." He whispered to me and I rolled my eyes.

"I guess I did."

Uncle Chip handed me my CD and Austin introduced his video.

"I hope you like it." He whispered and I smiled.

"As long as you don't bad mouth me, I'm sure I will." I whispered and he still looked scared and unsure. Weird.

His face appeared on camera and it shook as he set it up.

"Alright so there is a 99.9% chance that my video won't be as, um…classy and graceful as Ally's video. But stick with me."

Everyone laughed, and I nodded at him, to which he responded with a roll of the eyes. The video continued on and contained probably some of the sweetest things someone had ever said about me.

"Something I learned about Ally also happens to be my favorite quality." It cut away from him and showed me on the boat and I stiffened. Austin grabbed my hands like I had done with him.

But Austin had extended the clip to make it look more dramatic as I stared out into the water. The camera was angled just right so you could see both me and my reflection in the water.

"She has a lot of layers to her. Everyone knows her as happy Ally. Ally the weirdo who actually likes reading."

I delivered an elbow to Austin and he grinned cheekily.

"But she harnesses a lot of pain, and is graceful enough to never let it show."

"My mom died." Video Ally whispered loud enough for it to echo throughout the area.

There were several gasps and I saw almost everyone look at me in shock. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Trish bury her head in her hands.

The video went on to explain how and when she died and I could feel the sympathetic glances piling on me and I regretted ever admitting this.

The video had cut away to one of the filming days Austin scheduled. We were lying on the floor and the camera was crooked, giving a nice effect to the video.

"I feel like it's my fault sometimes." Video Ally said and the video Austin looked at me. "Like maybe if my dad hadn't wasted so much time making sure was okay, he could've gotten to her in time."

"Ally, that's stupid. No one should blame you." Video Austin said.

"My dad does. We fought a lot more after she died, and every time he just looked at me and I could see it in his eyes."

The video cut back to Austin. "Ally handles a lot of stuff, and nobody really takes the time to thank her for it, or admire her for it."

I looked at the real Austin, but he wasn't looking at me. The video continued and I decided then and there. Austin thought so highly of me…hopefully that meant he loved me back.

And yes, I meant love that time.

"Austin." I whispered lowly, but he didn't hear me. "Austin!" I hissed and was shushed.

He turned to me and leaned it. "What's up?" he whispered.

"I have to tell you something. It's going to sound crazy." I warned him in a whisper. He nodded warily. "Lately I've –"

"Austin, no!" Video Ally groaned and interrupted me. "Austin, I'm sick!"

My head snapped to the screen to see the video of me playing. The video I had specifically begged Austin not to put up. The video he promised he wouldn't put up.

I looked at Austin who was pointedly not looking anywhere in my direction.

The entire video continued, including me admitting that I wanted to leave Miami.

I swallowed back my anger. This wasn't a big deal. Right?

Austin appeared on the screen looking guilty. "So obviously, Ally is going to be pissed at me when this airs." A few people looked back at me and I must've looked silently furious because they turned back around quickly.

"But I've done worse to her. So hopefully she won't be too mad at me." Video Austin shrugged and smiled. "She's my best friend and I'd do anything for her."

And just like that my anger evaporated. He was too cute to be mad at over some silly video.

"My first impression of Ally Dawson was the standard hormonal boy first impression of a girl, so I'll just preserve everyone's ear and not say." Several people laughed and I delivered a not-so light punch to his arm. Okay maybe I was still a tid-bit angry at him. "Again when I confess this Ally isn't going to be happy."

I huffed. I didn't like this. "In the beginning of the year I made this bet. A horrible bet that I don't even care about anymore." Austin said quickly. "I bet Dez that this would be the year that Ally Dawson would fall for me, and I would break her heart like some sort of sick game."

The video cut off and when I looked at the projector Dez was holding the cord. It took me a minute to process what had actually been said and several people were staring at Austin who was still sitting next to me.

Suddenly it became too much. I don't know what it was. Maybe the fact that Austin was never true with me and played with my heart or maybe it was the haunting fact that my mom wouldn't be there when I ran into my room crying.

"Ally!" Austin shouted chasing after me as I ran as fast as I could away from the area. "Ally, please can we just talk?!"

I stopped and spun around with tears streaming down my face. "I asked you. I asked you from the start if there was anything I needed to know, and you lied to me."

I turned away to walk around but he reached out and grabbed my arm. I jerked my arm out of his grasp and turned around.

"Don't. Touch. Me." I said and walked away. He didn't follow me this time.

"Ally, you're my best friend!" he called after me and I turned around again.

"No, I'm not." I said slowly and angrily.

He swallowed and looked pained. "But you said –"

"Any opinion I had about you Blondie is now nonexistent. I don't want anything to do with you." I said and stormed away.

Austin POV

She left me standing there feeling like someone had stabbed me in the stomach with a spoon and twisted it for good measure.

Part of me felt like she was overreacting and the other part of me was on his knees singing Baby Come Back because he knew she was right.

I really blew it this time, but for the life of me I couldn't understand why she was taking this so badly. Unless…no. Don't even go there Austin, it'll just kill you even more.

I felt someone shove me out of the way and Cassidy and Trish ran by me after Ally.

I trudged back to my cabin and stood in the doorway as Ally began to move her stuff out. Even though we were only best friends, I couldn't help but feel like we were a married couple and Ally was leaving me in an empty house.

When I looked around the room it was shockingly empty. The bottom bunk was just an empty mattress. It was no longer the bed that I would sit on with Ally while we ate food and laughed.

I walked forward and sat on the bed and all I heard was the song Just Want You to Know by The Backstreet Boys. Pretty random, but then Dez walked into the cabin with his myPad blaring the song loudly.

"Hey buddy." He gave me a pat on the shoulder.

I felt the Ally-Heartbreak Disease set in.

"This is your fault!" I shouted at my best friends and started shoving him.

"Austin, what's –"

" Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up! SHUT UP!" I shouted at him, pushing him out the door and slamming it so hard that it actually creaked and shuttered.

I threw myself onto the carpet, too dramatic and angry to even make it to the bed. I looked under up and under the dresser. There was a CD; probably one of Ally's. I reached under it and grabbed it.

I popped it into my lap top to see if anything was on it. And there was something. A very important something.

Damn, I really screwed up this time.

Camp Days: 6 Weeks

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Fun Fact #11: I was in tears when I wrote this chapter, and it's probably my least favorite chapter.