Ch 10

(Austin Pov)

OK, one minute Ally, Trish, Dez, and I were running from a giant mob of Fans, the next minute Ally accidentally tackles some random guy with shaggy, semi long hair. Seriously what is going on?!
"Ally?" the teenage boy said

"Jack!" Ally replied back to him.

Oh, so now they know each other? What is going on? We are in a hurry! May I remind you that the mob is still chasing us, and they are catching up!

As Ally and the guy ,whom I am assuming was Jack, get up from off the ground, Jack pulls Ally in for a hug.

"Ally, you look different." He said softly.

"I know…" she whispered while she looked down.

She looked ashamed. Why did she look ashamed? And how did she look different? Once again, multiple questions were running through my mind. What happened with Ally here?

"Hey guys? I don't want to ruin your little moment, but I am going to anyway! WE NEED TO MOVE THE fans are CATCHING UP TO US! SO GO! BLONDIE, JACK, EVERYBODY MOVE!" Trish yelled. Well, that's one way to get everybody to get out of here.

"Oh she did not just tell me what to do!" The short, blond haired girl said.

"I did, and I will tell you again, go! Move it or lose it lady! I don't want to say it again!"

"Same old Trish, ok you heard her let's move it! Run!" Jack

After running for a couple minutes, I we stopped in front of some karate dojo called The Bobby Wasabi Martial Arts Academy. It was a pretty small building, and there were not very many people in there. When we start to walk into the building I realize that Ally did not enter yet. I was going to go talk to her, but that That Shaggy haired dude, Jack beat me to it. I am already starting to hate him, and I don't even know this guy!

(Ally Pov)

So if you knew what I was going through right now, you would know what my plan for avoiding Jack obviously did not work. I basically, accidentally tackled him to the ground. When I got up, I saw a beautiful blond haired girl who was giving me a glare. Let's just say that if looks could kill, I would have been dead a long time ago. I don't think she and I will have the best relationship considering I know she already hates me, and she is also getting on my nerves. Just when I thought my situation couldn't get any worse, we stopped in front of the dojo that Jack goes to. This was not just any dojo though; this was the dojo that my cousins Matthew use to go to. I know, I know, I should have mentioned this earlier, but I did not have the guts talk about it at that time. I never even mentioned this to Jack, I know I should have, but I just couldn't.

I did not have the courage to walk in and when I didn't, all eyes where fixated on me. I could tell that Austin was going to come up and talk to me, but luckily Jack had already started to make his way out of the building, and began to walk towards where I was.

Once he was finally with me, he grabbed my shoulders and whispered to me in a calm, soft voice that could make anyone feel better during any problematic circumstance.

"What's wrong?" He asked with worry written all over him. I looked into his eyes, and I felt as if the whole world stopped, and all my stupid Seaford drama was gone, but most of all, it felt like Jack and I were the only in the world. Trish wasn't there, Dez wasn't there, that glare shooting, teenage brat wasn't there (thankfully), not even Austin was there. I tried to speak, but nothing came out of my words came out of my mouth. I don't know how to explain it, but it was almost as if my words were frozen inside of my brain. I hated it, because I felt hopeless and weak.

"Ally, are you going to answer me? Hello?" Jack asked. His expression grew with worry by the minute. I had to answer him.

"I-I am fine, nothing is wrong." I replied to him trying to force a smile across my face.

"Come on Ally, I know you. Tell me what's wrong." Jack said to her.

"I said it was nothing, Jack! Now drop it!" I snapped at him.

"Fine…let's just go in." he replied to me with a disappointed tone. There was something that he was thinking about, but I couldn't quiet put my finger on it.

(Jack Pov)

What in the world is going on with Ally? She is not the strong, sassy, and opinionated girl that she used to be. First I see her in this girly cloths, then I notice that she is a lot more shy, and nice (the Kind of nice that would not hurt a fly). Don't get me wrong she was nice before, but she had her opinions, she stuck with them, and if no one supported her at what she thought, she would fight until they saw her side of things and supported her. She didn't care what people thought of her. Now, well as you can see, she seems like the one that is more afraid to show who she really is, and she won't fight back when people boss her around. One example is like earlier when Trish told us to move. The Ally I knew would tell Trish not to tell her what to do and fight back, kind of like what Kim did. I knew that the girl that I came to grow feelings for was inside of her somewhere, I just had to figure out a way to make Ally show that side of her. I also needed to figure out why Ally was hiding this side of her. I know she still has that sassy, strong personality, because when I asked her to tell me why she was upset a second time, she snapped at me. Ally and I walked inside the Dojo, and I noticed that Rudy, Jerry, and Milton were still there. Practice ended earlier this evening at 5:00, its 7:30 right now.

"Hey, what are you still doing here? I thought you guys would have left by now." I asked Rudy, Milton, and Jerry.

"Rudy asked us to help him unload the new self-defense gear that he ordered." Milton replied

" That, And we decided to practice a little more since the competition with The Black Dragons is coming up and we want to beat them." Jerry said before getting a drink of water from his water bottle.

"Well, not necessarily, I told them that I would not help them until they helped me unload the equipment that I ordered." Rudy stated.

"Any ways, looks like you and Kim made some knew friends at the concert? Care to introduce us?" Jerry asked.

"I am Austin Moon, and this is my best friend Dez, My manager Trish, and my best friend and songwriter, Ally Dawson" Austin said with a smile on his face. I could tell by the way he looked at her that he had a crush on her. The thought of this just made me hate him more.

"Hey man, I am Jack and old friend of Ally's." I said shaking his hand and smiling the best I could.

"This is I—"I started to say, but I was soon cut off by a sudden scream of excitement.

"OH MY GOSH YOUR AUSTIN MOON" Kim said excitedly.

"Yep, that's me." Austin said with a forced laugh at the end. It was clear that he was kind of freaked out by Kim's sudden burst of excitement.

"My name is Kim Crawford; I am a huge fan of yours!" Kim said eagerly and more flirtatiously.

"No Kidding, on the way to the concert you were singing one of his songs and bouncing around in the car." I said to her. I wanted to see if she would have the same reaction when I said this as she did with Ricky Weaver, and apparently I was right because all she said to was "Jack." Then she shot me a glare.

"Kim" I said after snorting loudly trying to tease her.

"JACK!" she yelled while glaring at me. She tried to scare me by acting like she was going to attack me or something.

We soon found out that everyone was staring at us oddly at what we just did, but they seemed pretty entertained to me.

"Sorry… I was just teasing her about the last time she got to meet a famous singer, it is a long story."

"I would not consider myself famous, I am just another person like you guys" he said positively

"See I told you he was not going to act the way Ricky did! What he just said proved that he is not a doll haired pretty boy HA! I win!" Kim said

"Yeah, yeah rub it in my face why don't you!" I said

"Ok I will" she said as it followed by her victory dance while she was sung "I won! I won! IN YOUR FACE!"

We look over to once again see every one looking at us weirdly, especially Austin.

"Again it's a long story." Kim said looking embarrassed.

I looked over to Ally and Trish, and all I see is ally looking down at her feet, and crossing her arms. She was hiding something, and not just from me. I had a feeling had been hiding something from all her friends for a while now.

That was the moment when I decided to take advantage of the few moments of silence, and change the subject.

I walked over to Ally and Trish, put my hands in my pocket, and I tried to make a conversation with them. I thought that maybe, just maybe I could try to have some of the questions that were running through my head answered.

"So, what are Allyson Marie Dawson and Trish Della Rosa up to these days?" I asked, gaining Ally's attention.

Trish was going to answer, but as soon as she even tried to start talking Rudy had interrupted her.

"WAIT, WAIT, WAIT! DID YOU JUST SAY ALLYSON MARIE DAWSON?" Rudy asked

"Yeah, that's her name isn't it?" I asked dryly.

"You mean T-THE Ally Dawson?" Jerry asked suddenly getting interested in what was going on.

"Yeah, the Ally Dawson that is my song writer and partner in the music industry. Where in the world have you guys been for the past ten minutes?" Austin asked

"You know, what they usually do when people start to talk, they were probably spacing out in their own little world." Milton mentioned.

Both Jerry and Rudy ignored what Austin and Milton had just said, and continued to talk.

"NO! Not Ally Dawson the song writer!" Rudy said dully, but he was not finished. He then went on to finish what he was saying on this time he said it with more interest, more excitement. "SHE IS ALLY DAWSON! SHE IS A LIVING LEGEND HERE! THE RUMOR HAS IT THAT SHE WAS THE GIRL WHO COULD SINGLE HANDEDLY TAKE OUT FIVE OF THE BEST MARTIAL ARTIST AT THE BLACK DRAGON DOJO ALL AT ONCE!"

"Rudy." I said trying to stop him from finishing his sentence. Ally was getting upset. No one noticed because they seemed too busy listening to Rudy talked about all the things that he heard about Ally.

"SHE HELPED HER BASE BALL TEAM WIN AGAINST THE BEST TEAM IN CALIFORNIA ONE SUMMER!"

"RUDY!" I said getting louder to get his attention, but he still did not answer. It was hopeless. He was never going to stop talking was he? Sometimes I wish he had a mute button on him.

By now every one of her friends was speechless, well except Trish she knew all of this stuff. Ally looked like she wanted to go find a hiding place and hide there forever. She obviously tried to change who she was for whatever reason, and I am assuming that she did not plan on telling anyone about what had happened in the past. One question still remains a mystery to me though, WHY DID SHE CHANGE!? I suddenly became aware reality, when I heard him finally add a conclusion to his "little" speech about Ally to end what he was saying. How did Rudy know all this stuff anyway?

"Yeah…And she learned a lot of her Karate and baseball playing from Matthew her cousin. He was a really cool man." Ok, this had officially gotten weird. How did he know about Matthew?

Ally looked like she was on the verge of crying. She was very close to Matthew; he was like a big brother to her. She looked up to him. I don't think she could hold in her tears much longer, but she was trying very hard. She did not want to cry in front of the people who were surrounding her. She knew that everyone was staring at her. I walk up to her and embraced her in my arms and let he silently cry in my shoulder.

"What was it something I said?" Rudy asked. How could he be so stupid? If he knew about Matthew, he would have also known not to talk about it around her. Matthew was always a sensitive topic after he died.

"Rudy, how did you know all this stuff about Ally and Matthew?" I asked in a very stern tone while I let her still cry in my arms. I was holding her tight. No matter what the situation was, it still felt good to hold her in my embrace, and keep her safe again like I could before I moved.

"Matthew and I were very close friends, he use to go to this dojo. He helped me teach Karate to the Students that I had. He always talked about Ally and all the great things that she had done before. She even came over here with him a few times while she spent the summer with him one year." He answered with a troubled look on his face.

I was shocked. Matthew went here? I was hurt that she did not tell me this, now I knew why she did not want to come in here.

I let go of her and gently grabbed her hands. "Ally, why didn't you tell me?" I asked. Before I even came to know the answer to this question, she ran out and she was gone. I was hurt; I thought that she could trust me, especially with the Matthew situation. I was the one who comforted her when he died. I stayed up till 3 o'clock in the morning and let her cry on my shoulder on the night before she was going to leave! I just thought she could tell me anything. I guess things change when people change. I will find that strong girl inside of her, I have to. I had to run after her and find her, this may be my only chance to get her alone and talk to her.

"I will go find her" Austin said as he began to walk out.

"NO! I mean I will go find her I need to talk to her." I said trying to keep my cool.

"It's ok, I need to talk to her also, she is my best friend, and I want to be there for her!" Austin said getting annoyed.

"Well, I'm sorry but if I can remember correctly you weren't the one that had known her the longest. Let me speak with her. I think your little chat can wait for now!" I said trying to hold myself back from yelling at him.

"AND LAST TIME I CHECKED YOUR NOT THE ONE THAT SHE NEEDS RIGHT NOW! SORRY TO BURST YOUR BUBBLE JACKSON, BUT SHE IS BESTFRIENDS WITH ME NOW NOT YOU! I KNOW HER BETTER THAN YOU NOW!" he argued. He was about to leave again when I stopped him in his tracks I walked right in front of him. That was the last straw, NO ONE CALLS ME JACKSON!But most importantly NO ONE knows Ally like I do.

"EXCUSE ME? ARE YOU THE ONE THAT HAS KNOWN HER ALL YOUR LIFE? NO YOU AREN'T! I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR ALLY IN HER WORST SITUATIONS! LIKE WHEN HER PARENTS GOT A DIVORSE, OR WHEN HER MOM LEFT TO GO TO AFRICA, OR WHEN ALLY'S COUSIN MATTHEW DIED! THAT'S RIGHT I TOLD YOU GUYS! MATTHEW DIED HERE IN SEAFORD! ALLY WAS DEVESTATED! SHE CRIED EVERY DAY WHEN SHE WAS IN SEAFORD WITH ME THAT SUMMER! I HAVE KNOWN ALLY SINCE WE WERE IN DIAPERS! I KNOW EVERYTHING THERE IS TO POSSIBLY KNOW ABOUT ALLY, AND YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SAY THAT SHE DOESN'T NEED ME AND THAT YOU KNOW HER BETTER?!" after saying this, I took a deep breath and tried to restrain myself from punching this guy in the face.

"Last time I checked, I was not the one that didn't know that Ally use to do karate and baseball. You wouldn't know that Ally also use to be a tomboy. Now I am going to go talk to her. I hope you don't mind." I said to him while I looked at him straight in the eye. Then I left. I had to find her.

So I know that this was a very sad and intense chapter, but I promise you that things will get a lot better. Please review and tell me what you think. I will update soon. J