CH. 10: THE DATE THAT'S NOT A DATE

Ok, it's alright Ally, I try to calm myself down. It's Saturday and today's the day that Austin and I are going to the carnival. I'm freaking out because I can't seem to find a perfect outfit… Not that I'm trying to impress anyone in particular. I just want to look good. As I see myself in the mirror with my pale pink skirt that has these swirly patterns on it and a bright yellow shirt with my tan boots, I can't help but stare at my phone. I want to, but I don't want to text Trish because she'll ask to many questions about where I'm going and with who and if I say Austin then she'll tease me. She's telling me that I'm in denial after talking to her about Zayn and a little bit of Austin. She says that it's obvious who I'm falling for and when I said Zayn in an uncertain tone, she rolled her eyes at me and began speaking in Spanish which I don't think I really wanted to know. The only thing I did understand from her little tempered speech was Austin. So if I call her for advice on what to wear will mean that she's right and I'm wrong and… Oh who am I kidding! I am so in denial! I go to my phone and send her a quick text telling her that I need advice for what to wear today.

(Ally and Trish)

Hey Trish, can you come over and help me wear something that's decent.

Why?

Just because…

Well because why?

I just want to look good today! Can't a girl look nice without having a reason?

Ally, honey, the only time that a girl wants to look good is when there's a guy involved so cut to the chase and tell me who it is.

Why is it with this girl that when you want her actually advise she has to be lost in her own world to notice and when you want her to ignore whatever you're trying to hid from her, she has to nosy. Either way, she knows me too well to keep it hidden from her.

Well it might involve a boy… but I'm still not telling.

Fine I'll be there in ten.

I let out a sigh of relief that she didn't keep bugging me about it. Now thinking about it, I haven't had too much time to spend it with Trish. When I want to see her, she's with her boyfriend. I still have no clue how it happened or who it is. All I know is that the guy's name starts with the letter d. And when she has time to hang out, I'm with Austin or Zayn or with work, but mostly it's with Austin. Oh pickles, I just made my situation with Austin a whole lot worse. I know that I really shouldn't care about tonight and much less, stress out on the outfit that I'm going to wear but I can't help myself. Something tells me that I'm falling… and I'm falling down in a deep, deep, hole. I know for a fact that I don't love him but maybe it's more than attraction but nothing more than a baby, or kindergarten crush. Yea that's it! I only feel a kindergarten attraction towards him. It's not like I can pretend that being around him almost 24/7 didn't affect me, but the real question that is running through my mind is, has spending all this time together affected him in anyway?

Before I can overthink the situation that I think I have found myself in I hear the doorbell ring. I run to the person that will save me from a bad outfit and open the door. "ALLY!" I hear her yell and I respond in the same way except I yell, "TRISH!" After that it's followed by, I haven't seen you in a while, and how are you, and all that jumping up and down that you do when you see your best friend again after not seeing them what seems for a lifetime. I'm leading her up the door laughing at the memory that Trish brought back from my very first date. The guy's name was Sam and I might have accidently dropped water on him in a place that made it seem liked he went to the bathroom and pretty much the whole school witnessed it. After that the guy stayed away like ten feet in case if I ever tripped. As you can tell I've never been graceful. And once we get into my room we get down to business.

Three hours later and we still haven't found anything. About ten minutes into my closet Trish asked me who the guy was and I tried to stay strong but she was giving me her infamous death stare and let's say that I thirty seconds of it I lost my mind. Either way, I would have told her sooner or later. "So are you over denial and have finally accepted the idea that you, Ally Dawson, are in love with Austin Moon?" Trish asks me for the fiftieth time. I sigh and then say, "Trish I already told you that I might have a baby crush on him but I am definitely no in love with him." She rolls her eyes and utters, "Denial." I ignore her and tell her that we should concentrate on what I should wear. I want an outfit that says, I spent some time trying to get ready, but not so much that I actually care what you think, that when he sees me he will say that I'm cute, but really wants to say that I look hot. I want him to be breathless and call me beautiful and most of all I want to leave him speechless. But I don't want to hint that I might, possible have a tiny crush on him.

I'm ready to give up and come up with whatever outfit I come up with but Trish is really determined to find me the right outfit. She's dressed me in many different combinations and I find all of them ok but she always shakes her head, tells me to get out and then hands me a whole new outfit. "Ok Ally, try this dress," Trish commands me. She hands me this creamy colored dress that has a rose pink flowers print on it. I go put it on and then I look at myself in the mirror. It has a sweetheart neck so it reveals some of my chest but not a lot. It hugs me until it reaches my hips and then it flows out. It's short but not too short that it doesn't seem like I'm showing too much skin and it looks perfect. It's exactly what I'm looking for. I came out and I wait for Trish to shake her head, except this time I see her form a huge smile followed by a gasp and then she tells me, "Ally we have found the dress!" She squeals in happiness and I can't help but laugh. I get out of it and I invite her to lunch.

Soon I find out that her boyfriend name is Dez and he's the ginger that she always ditches me for when we go to clubs. Apparently she wants kill him most of the time because he always annoys her with his random thoughts but she finds herself loving him the most for that reason. I'm happy for her, but I can't help feel a bit jealous because she thinks for once in her life that she has found the one and I'm still by myself with no boyfriend and definitely not the one. Well… I try to cheer myself, there's Zayn. I then remember the kiss that we shared and I shudder. Between the first kiss that we shared and now, things have changed and Zayn no longer looks like a knight in shining armor but just as a friend and that's it.

I'm telling her that I need to leave to get ready but she tells me she's doing my make-up and hair because if I want to get Austin to notice me, or at least to find out that I love him, I'm going to need to blow his mind away. Three hours later, I have my hair curled in a natural looking way that looks nice. Some is loosely pinned up and the rest is down. My make-up is done natural even though Trish tried to convince me that I should go with color. In the end I told her that I want to look decent and not like a hooker. This made her come to her senses. I put on my dress and these wedges that are white and have this cute little bow at the tip. I do a spin for Trish and she gives me the approval.

As if he was spying on me, I hear the doorbell ring and I'm glad that Trish is here. I feel so nervous and I can't help but feel that, at least for me, this "not a date" is really a date. It's like saying that a love song is really not a love song. Oh that's a good lyric to start from! I hear the doorbell again and this time it's being pushed a hundred times in a row. "Oh gosh he's here. You know what I'm going to change Trish, this outfit is too much," I panic. I'm going to start chewing my hair but Trish swats my hand away and she says in a threatening tone, "You do not ruin my master piece Ally! And you are leaving with Austin in that dress with your hair out of your mouth." Even if I'm a little bit taller than Trish, she still manages to scare me more than anyone I've ever known. And something tells me it's because she's good at revenge. I only nod my hair and I'm going to reach for a jacket but she tells me that I won't need one because it's hot and nice outside. I give her a weird look but I go anyways.

Austin's POV

Oh come on Ally, I think. I want to leave before I start growing my own white beard. I've been standing outside her house for five minutes, wait no, ten, and I'm getting impatient. I'm not telling anyone, but I feel really nervous for tonight. I don't know why, but this is the first time that Ally and I are going to actually spend time together without doing anything. I still don't know why I asked her. It's just that I feel like her date with Zayn didn't turn out good and she looked so sad and confused and I want her to be happy and see her smiling. I also want to show her what a real date is supposed to be like and what it's like to be enchanted by the Austin charm. I'm pushing the doorbell and I'm hoping that the yellow with the tint of red roses don't freak Ally out. I was by the grocery store which happens to be next to a flower shop and when I walked past it, I couldn't help but think of Ally and so I bought them for her as a way to say thank you and nothing else. I just hope that she likes them.

I think that she won't come out anytime soon when I feel a hand on mine and a soft utter of, "Stop." I look up and I feel paralyzed. I don't know why but all of a sudden I feel my heart rate skyrocketing and suddenly, I find it hard to breathe. In front of me is Ally. She looks so beautiful. She looks elegant and awestrucking. I have no words to describe her. I think I like how she's dressed now more than when she's in the club. I love it how she dresses so innocent and her eyes. Oh her beautiful eyes are amazing and grandeur that it seems as if the stars didn't know the first thing about shining. Her hair like always felled perfectly on her shoulders and she's just breathtaking, "Austin… Austin... Are you ok?" Her voice snaps me back to reality and I find my throat so dry that all I do is nod and hand her the flowers. I feel really shy as I hand them to her, and I feel myself blushing at the smile that she formed when she took them from my hand. "Aw. You didn't have to buy me anything, but it's sweet of you. Now I feel bad because I didn't get you anything," she tells me but I butt in and tell her that she wasn't supposed to and that I really wanted to buy her these flowers. That manages for me to get a kiss from Ally Dawson on the cheek. I don't know why but I like these kisses a lot. I feel like they mean more because all we ever do is make-out and yea…

She puts the flowers in a vase and then we get into the car. The ride like always is quiet but this time, for the first time, it doesn't feel awkward. I try to catch glimpses of her without noticing me and I can't help but wonder how long it took her to get ready. I wonder if she was worried about my opinion and I wonder if she called Trish to help her. She looks cute but sexy… and the thing that I love about her the most is that even though she's pretty, she's so down to earth. Nothing like any of the past girlfriends I've had and that's including Cassidy. I see her hand on her lap and I can't help but think how lonely it looks like by itself, so I decide to give it a little company. I reached over and took her hand in mine. At first I can tell that she's a little tense but after a few seconds she relaxes within my grip and we stay like that for the rest of the ride.

When we get there, there are rides, food, entertainment, and little random booths like people who can read your hands, paint your face, or buy souvenirs. It's starting to become dark and the reason why I brought her here so late is because I want her to see it in all of its beauty with the lights on and feel the magic of the night. I turn at her and her eyes are big and she's taking the scene that's in front of her. We decide to buy tickets for rides first and then to eat. I find that a very smart choice because one year I decided to do the opposite and the outcome was not pretty. I get us both, unlimited wristband for rides and when I turn around there's Ally looking at me. "You should've let me help you pay for those," she whispers. "I know, but I invited you so I need to be the gentleman and treat you like the beauty and queen that you truly are." I tell her right back. I see her blush and start looking at the ground and I take this time to tell her how beautiful she looks like. "Ally… I want to tell you that you look," I spend a few seconds trying to find the word but I don't think there is one so I tell her, "You look so stunning that you've left me speechless. I can't find the words to tell you how great you look, not I'm joking, beautiful seems so little to how magnificent you really look."

She brings her head to look at me and she's blushing. I love to see her blush and she utters a thank you and tells me that I look nice too. She doesn't know it but I spent getting ready for tonight more than I really should have. I tried on so many outfits in two hours than I ever will in my whole entire life. That's how important it is for me to Ally think I look good. We decide to get on the Ferris wheel, a roller coaster, this one that takes you up high and then let's you drop and a different on that takes you up high and spins you around. We also took calm rides because Ally said that if she didn't get a chance to get her heart rate back to normal from all the horrible rides that then she was going to have a heart attack and it was going to be my entire fault. Right now we are standing to my favorite ride, the zipper (1), it's this oval shapes ride and it's like the ferris wheel in some way that is spins you around except you are in these cages and they spin along with the ride. It's so much fun and once you've been on it, you can't get off. "Please Austin can we not go on this one, it looks dangerous," Ally is telling me as we move in the line to get on it. "Nope," I reply, "I really like this ride. Look I'll make you a deal, let's get on this one and then we can go eat and no more scary rides." I can tell that she's thinking and soon she says in defeat fine. I can't control my happiness when we are boarding the cage/seat thing and Ally looks horrified. The only bad side to this part is getting on and off because if you move the seat and it manages to get in an uncomfortable position then you're stuck like that until the ride starts.

The first time I got one, I didn't dare to move a muscle but after getting on it so many times, I kind of stopped caring. So when I started rocking our seat Ally screamed right into my ear. "Ow Ally! Why you screaming?" I say a little bit annoyed. She must have caught on because she answered in the same tone as me with, "Yea Austin, there's not much too scream about the fact that you're rocking the seat we're in and I don't want to die at this age." I give her a pity look and then I continue with Ally shouting in desperate pleas to get me to stop. To be honest, I know that I should have stopped but seeing her get angry at me, which is something uncommon, was turning me on. I also found it funny, which is a plus. After a few seconds she tells me, "Fine be like that Austin, but as soon as we get off I'm either going to kill you or I'm going to ignore you, whichever one I find as the better option or maybe both!"

I start to laugh at her cute attempts to threaten me and I earn death glares from her. I reach over and I hold her hand and squeeze it to let her know that I'm right here and she has nothing to worry about and then I lean my head to her ear so I can whisper, "You know you look sexy when you're annoyed at me." I then nibble her ear and this earns me a little squeal from her and what are you doing, but I ignore it. I slowly make my way to her jawline and then to her neck. I can tell that she's enjoying it because her breath got shallow and as I reached her sensitive spot, I heard her moan. I pull away and I can't look into her eyes. So much for not making it into a date! Even though I know that it would have been one. I just needed an excuse. I have to admit that Ally fascinates me in a way that I haven't been for a long time. I wanted an excuse to spend time with her and get to know her a little bit more. I get interrupted in my day dreams by, "Why did you stop?" I turn and look at her but she's looking somewhere else. "Do you want the truth or a lie?" I ask her. She wants to know both so I tell her the lie first, "I thought that this outing was supposed to be just friends and last time I checked friends don't do that with friends." I then tell her the truth, "But to be honest, hearing you moan my name is just turning me on even more and I don't want to walk around the carnival with… you know…" I slowly bring my tone down. I feel like it's my turn to start blushing and then Ally comes down to my ears and says, "Don't worry baby, I can take care of that as soon as we're by ourselves and for the lie, we both know that we're friends, but we're friends with benefits, so that kind of is excluded from regular friends behavior." Before I can reply the ride starts and like how I suspected it, Ally loved the ride. We got on five more times before we went to dinner.

We decide to eat at this little Italian place that looks amazing. There is live music and it's beautiful. We are eating outside and there are lights that outline where a canvas top should be. It makes it seem as if there are stars and after that there's this garden look and feel to it. And to top it off there's a dance floor. I asked Ally the second that we got there if she wanted to dance but she said no. We we're having small talk and then our food got there. It is amazing. I can't believe how good it is. I would have devoured it in five minutes but I kept noticing how Ally was staring at the couples that were on the dance floor. "Ally, do you want to dance?" I ask her for the fifth time. "No I'm fine," she replied looking at her food. "Come on Ally, tell me why you don't want to dance," I beg her. It took a few minutes but finally she caves in. "I can't dance," she finally tells me. "I'm the worst dancer that you will ever meet and I can't make myself not step on people or injure them when dancing." I can't help but chuckle. This girl has to be crazy she is one of the best dancers I've seen and I remember the way her body moving caught my attention the first time that I brought her to my house. I tell her and she just says that she was drunk and she's not drunk now so she overthinks. "Ally Dawson you are going to dance with me and no buts!" I say determined to grant her wish.

Before she can say no and what not, I stand up, grab her wrist and drag her to the dance floor. To our luck, there's this slow song playing. It's supposed to be a waltz but something tells me that Ally can't, so I move her hands to my neck and I move mine to her waist. She' really not as bad as she makes herself but I can tell that now she's staring at the couple that's waltzing. I don't know if I'm going to regret it but I say, "Put your feet on mine." I get a confused look from Ally so I tell her, "Let me show you how great you are at dancing." She still is confused but she does as I tell her. I move on of her hands on my shoulder and the other is holding mine. I slowly start to move us in a waltzing movement and then as I hear the words of the song I realize that I know it. So I start to sing along with it, "It's like catching lightning, the chances of finding someone like you, it's one in a million the chances of feeling the way we do."

I continue singing, but to my surprise Ally starts humming with me. I continue and then I whisper, "See I told you that you're an amazing dancer." I hear her giggle and I can't help but feel like the luckiest guy on earth. Ally slowly steps off from my feet and begins cautiously following my lead. She's actually really good and then I find myself lost in her eyes. I know that the song just has to sing the chorus again and then it's going to be over. I feel like time freezes and it seems like we're the only people here. I don't know what I feel for her, but for the first time it's not lust as in I want to do her and that's it, but I want everything from her. I want to know her fears, her dreams, the way she likes to go to sleep; I want her soul and heart to be mine and only mine. I want her all for me and that includes her body. I don't want to let her go but I can tell that the song is close to its last line. I spin her and then I dip her, never once losing eyes contact with her. I feel like we're one person and that as long as I have her in my life things will work out. As the last note is being played, I slowly bring her back up and I feel like my heart's going to explode. I have never felt so many emotions in a second. She looking into my eyes and I see something but I can't tell what it is. I bring myself down while saying, "Ally can I kiss you?" Before I even get a response I feel our lips connecting and I feel this spark of electricity rushing all through my body and the intensity of butterflies in my stomach that I have never felt before. I feel myself pouring myself in that one kiss. All too soon, we pull away and I feel like for the first time I'm seeing her in a different light.

We keep staring at each other but our moment gets interrupted by people saying "Aw." Both, Ally and I are looking anywhere but each other and then I tell her that we should go look at the booths. She just nods her head and waits for me outside while I pay. Just my luck, I hear someone from behind me clapping their hands while saying, "Bravo, bravo!" I turn around and it's douche bag. I ignore him and I'm going to turn around but he stops me. "Well I guess you must be the guy that Ally screws around with." When I hear him say this I feel hurt that Ally would have told him that. "That was quite a number you pulled out there," he continues. I don't know why I'm still listening to him but I can't move. "It seems like you have feelings for her, or at least you have something that seems more than physical attraction." I then interrupt him and say, "What the hell are you doing here?" I get pushed a little while he says, "The real question is why you are here, Uh? Do you really think that a girl like Ally will ever take you serious? You're the average guy that probably dropped out of school, and is a player. What can you give her? Tell me…" I stay speechless because I know that what he's saying is real. "See how pathetic you are," he laughs in my face, "You can't even answer. Unlike you I can give her the world. For now you might be the guy the she screws around with, but I'm the guy that she marries."

He's walking away and I can't help myself. I know that Austin Moon never gets jealous, but now I know that he doesn't deserve her. He only sees her as a prize when she's far from that. He doesn't value the time she takes to get ready or how she bits her lips when she wants to be kissed or the fact that her eyes can make you forget all your worries. No, he only sees her as a piece of meat and I will not let anyone talk about her like that. Before I can stop myself and think straight I find myself turning him around and I punch him in the stomach. "Stay away from Ally. You don't deserve her. She doesn't need a douche bag that doesn't value her!" I warn him. With that I pay and find Ally. As soon as I see her waiting for me I notice that she's staring again and this time at a big teddy bear. I walk behind her and wrap my arms around her waist. "Hey what cha' looking at?" I ask her. She tells me that she wants the teddy bear but she sucks at playing games. So now I'm trying to win it for her. After I win, we decide to go home. As we were walking out the park I see her shiver and I offer her my jacket which she accepts.

On the way back home she falls asleep with her small teddy bear because I couldn't win her the big one, with our hands intertwined. I park the car and I see her sleeping there. She looks so beautiful and I can't help but have this over protected behavior when I know that a douche bag wants her all to him. I feel myself tense at his words but when I catch another glimpse of her I calm down. I know that I don't deserve her either and that's ok because I still don't look at her that way. I just want the best for her. For the first time I think about Cassidy today and I can't help but compare her with Ally. They are both so much alike and yet so different. I wonder what would have happened if we never broke up. I wonder how it would have turned out. I get out the car and I open her door so I can carry her to her room but she wakes up. Before I have any time to react, she comes at me with full force as her lips crash on mine. I wrap my arms around her waist and I feel how good it is to have her lips on mine.

She closes the door somehow and we slowly walk our way to her front door. She has moved her lips from my lips to my neck. I feel her body pressed upon me and I feel like she's not close enough. I feel her hands going underneath my shirt and I know what I want. I want Ally. Right now I want Ally more than anyone and I can't believe I'm saying this, but I don't think Cassidy ever made me lose my mind as much as Ally. I feel her curves underneath my hand and suddenly I feel like she has too many cloths on. I'm going to go under her dress but she pulls away and has a smirk on her face. "Ok so I guess I'll see you tomorrow Austin," she says in a sweet, innocent voice. Oh hells no, she better not think she can play me like that and not expect me to leave. She's turning to walk into her house and before she can close the door, I insert my foot so she has to open the door. As soon as it's wide enough for me to go through I walk in and I close the door while pushing her up to the door. "I want you Ally," I tell her in between the kisses that I'm trailing along her neck. "How much?" I hear her ask. I hear her moan soon after and I say, "A lot. I want you so bad right now that it hurts." Before she can say something I kiss her and it feels so right. Every time that Ally and me screw around it feels so right when it should be wrong, but it feels like it's where we are supposed to be and that's what we're supposed to do. For the first time and only time I'm going to admit it, maybe Ally Dawson has me wrapped around her finger.

A/N: So... what did you guys think of their date that is not a date? I like how it came out and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I loved writing it. Questions, was it too much, what did you think of the scene with Zayn and Austin in case you didn't understand that douche bag = Zayn. What do you think of Austin and his emotions? either way on to shout outs!

sweetmoment5 :Thank you so much! I have this smile on my face that makes people give me this weird look because it's too big but i really enjoyed reading your review. Thanks for being the first to review and I hope you liked where the stories going. And yea i've been told that the crazy ex was unfair so yea but i just had to put her in there you know? Either way thanks and i hope you enjoyed this chapter! :)

itscalledkarma:You're review made my day for days! :) Thank you so much for taking the time to review becasue they mean a lot to mean. I also like to hear your opinion. Yea I know that they've violated every rule but they still haven;t realized it. I also want to find a guy like Austin from this story but I don't even think that one exists. :( Either way moving from that, Yea i guess you were kind of right because it involved Dez so i'll give it to you and it was unfair for me to throw a random crazy somewhat normal ex. :) sorry... I hope you liked how they're date came out. and until next time! Again big thanks for you're review! :)

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queenc1:Thanks for reviewing like always and I know that what you wrote is true, but Austin just needs to see how much Ally actually means to him. You know boys, sometimes you can be talking about them in front of their eyes and they still won;t know that it's him who you're talking about. It's sad i know... Thanks again and i hope you liked it! :)

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Ok so that's it, the zipper is an actual ride that i don;t own and same with the song from high school musical three, can i have this dance, and i still do not own Austin and Ally. Thanks to all who favorited, followed or read this story. It made my day! have a good day or night depending where you are and until next time! :D

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