Rapunzel
By: Stephgirl9
Chapter Ten:
Oh Those Moments
Recap
Austin handed me the drinks a few moments later and I smiled. "Thank you very much, kind sir" I said and he chuckled. "Anytime" he replied casually and I grinned and turned to leave when a realization struck me.
I turned back to Austin and placed the smoothies back on the counter.
"Um...Austin...can I ask you something" I said and he narrowed his eyes at me. "Of course" he said reluctantly and I absentmindedly twirled a lock of hair around my finger.
"Why didn't you want me to know that you worked here?" I asked curiously and I saw a blush creep onto his cheeks. "I was embarrassed" he said and I smiled. Aw. How cute.
Austin's POV
I knew I was blushing. Why was I blushing? I barely ever blushed.
I had told Ally the truth. Well; most of it. I was embarrassed to be working at a place where I was a real-life 'Indiana Jones' but I had to keep the job for numerous reasons; that I didn't feel completely comfortable about telling Ally about now.
Ally smiled at me sweetly, her dimples proving evident. Her pearlescent white teeth glistening in her glossy pink lips and I couldn't help but feel like someone had just turned me to jelly.
Why?
"You don't have to be embarrassed; it's sort of cute you know" she said and leaned over the counter to fix my jacket. I swear. I stopped breathing, probably.
"So...you...you...don't care" I stammered hopelessly, feeling extremely idiotic and relieved at the same time. She nodded.
"Of course not Austin" she said and nudged me playfully. "You don't have to hide anything from me, you can tell me anything" she said sweetly; in her naturally melodious voice and gave me the most adorable and genuine smile ever.
I bit my lip to stop me from telling her every secret I knew; related to my life and not.
This was crazy. No one else had this effect on me...
Why her?
"Um Ally...can I have your number?" I found myself saying and she nodded eagerly and gestured towards the paper and pen beside me the cash register. I handed it to her and she scribbled something down quickly before she handed the paper to him.
"That's my number, email address and address" she said and I raised an eyebrow. "For future references, it'll save us the time" she finished and I nodded understandably and smiled.
"Great!" I said excitedly.
Shut up Austin.
"Okay...now I better get this smoothie before she starts to f-" she began before Trish cut in. "ALLY, WHERE ARE THE SMOOTHIES" she sort of singsong yelled. "Freak out" Ally finished and we both chuckled before she picked up the smoothies and turned to leave.
I stared after her in a daze; until I was stopped by the sound of my best friend's voice.
"Dude; what are you doing?" Dez asked.
My head snapped up and I stared at the cash register and pushed random buttons. "Nothing" I mumbled.
"Okay then" Dez said happily and walked off.
Wow.
Ally's POV
"Finally! What took so long?" Trish exclaimed as I sat down at the table with our smoothies.
"Um...trainee employee; he wasn't very good" I lied; trying to sound convincing. Trish frowned. "Maybe I could teach him a lesson or two" she said bluntly and got up.
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"To set this employee straight; duh" she said; like it was the most obvious thing in the world. I shot up quickly and went after her.
If Austin hadn't wanted me to know about hid job; he definitely wouldn't want Trish to know. I'd only known her for less then forty-eight hours and I already knew she was capable of doing bad things to people she didn't particularly like very much.
Trish smirked.
"Chill Ally; I'm not doing anything drastic; I'm actually seriously going to teach him a lesson, I worked here yesterday; then I got fired" she said.
"You know Trish, perhaps you should let him learn from his mistakes...and not yours" I said slowly and she rolled her eyes and continued to walk to the counter.
"Wait, stop!" I said as I grabbed her wrist, causing her to turn to me once more.
"Ally; it's just a conversation. CHILL! Whyare you stressing so much?" she snapped. "No reason" I mumbled and a piece of hair found it's way into my mouth and I chewed it slightly as I looked at my feet.
"No!" Trish said in a surprised tone and I looked up at her through my fringe and she had this devilish grin on her face that sort of scared me.
I gave her a sheepish 'what' look.
"Blondie works here, doesn't he" she said with a smug expression.
I scoffed uneasily as I removed the luscious curl from my mouth. "What" I said probablyextending the a's a little too long as I folded my hands and then let out a nervous giggle.
Trish clapped her hands excitedly. "This is awesome!" she said and retrieved her phone from her pocket.
She began walking up to the counter and my eyes widened worriedly as I followed her. "What's awesome?" I asked and she giggled.
"Wait till the entire student body gets a load of resident bad boy; Austin Moon as Indiana Jones" she said and tapped her phone screen numerous times; navigating to the camera.
"Trish, you can't do that" I whined and without turning to she answered.
"Course I can; and you can be okay with it; you don't like him; right" she said and casually and I rolled my eyes. Of course I didn't. She should just stop asking that.
"RIGHT" I snapped and she finally turned to me and I cleared my throat.
"I mean, I don't; but Trish what you want to do isn't really nice" I said calmly and she raosed an eyebrow at me and began walking again.
"And what gave you the idea that I was a nice person?" she asked and scoffed as she marched right up to the counter and I rushed up to her and tried to unconvince her.
Austin was busy writing something, again and Trish rudely got his attention by pulling a strand of his perfect blonde hair.
Did I just say his hair was perfect? No, no way? Well. It was...
"Ow, what!" Austin snapped as his head shot up and he rubbed the back of it with his hand. He glared at Trish and she just smirked.
"Nice too see you too Blondie; now could you just stay still and say Indiana" she said brightly and singsonged the Indiana part. She lifted her phone and was about to take the picture; when a little beep was heard.
Trish glanced down at her screen and sighed. "My mom texted; I've got to go" she said and Austin and I breathed a sigh of relief simultaneously and laughed.
Trish rolled her eyes at us both and headed to the table; and after giving Austin a small wave; I followed her.
"So is your mom here?" I asked her and she nodded. "Outside; and if I don't go now; she'll come in hear speaking Spanish angrily and I won't even be able to translate what she says" Trish answered and slung her bag over her shoulder.
"Why?" I asked and she shook her head. "Don't ask" she answered simply and I giggled slightly.
"So; do you want a ride?" she asked and I shook my head fiercely. "No! My mom would have a heart attack if she saw me coming home in a car that wasn't the driver's" I said and she giggled but nodded understandably.
"Alright, I guess I'll catch you tomorrow then" she said and I nodded and gave her a three-fingered wave as she left.
Once she was gone, I sat at the table and the sipped the rest of my smoothie as I looked at my phone to check how much time I had left.
I also stumbled upon some text messages from my mom. And by some. I mean fifteen.
I sighed.
It was like she knew I wasn't really at school. It was like she knew I was lying and was doing really well at keeping it from me. It was actually like she was watching my every move; I could feel it. Creepy.
As I concluded with the last message; I dropped my phone on the table and ran a hand through my hair and looked up amd shrieked when I found myself face to face with a freckled Dez/.
I was very taken aback; so much so that the shrieking and the accompanying motion; caused me to fall out of my chair.
"Ally; I am so sorry" Dez said and gently took my hands and helped me to my feet. "It's fine" I said with a weak smile and he breathed a sigh of relief but kept hold of my hands.
"Um Dez...why were you even staring at me?" I asked and his face turned as red as his hair and he began to babble.
"It's fine actually! And you can let go now..." I said with a small smile amd motioned to our hands with my head, he chuckled before he slipped his fingers away from mine.
"Ally, I saw you fall, are you alright?" I heard a familiar voice say and I smiled as I turned to see a seemingly worried Austin, approaching me.
"Yeah, I think so" I said. "Are you sure?" he said and stepped closer to me and began to examine my forehead. He was so close; that if I moved an inch; we would be kissing. And I did not want that.
Right.
"Yeah...I-I'm...positive" I said breathlessly and he smiled as he looked down at me. "Good" he said and there was a brief, I guess 'moment' between between us until an 'ahem' interrupted it.
Austin and I turned from each other awkwardly and Dez turned to Austin. "Um...Dude...can I talk to you" he said and then smiled at me a little before looking back to Austin. "Alone" he finished and Austin nodded.
"Sure Dez" he said and they began to walk towards the counter. "Well thanks for making me feel right at home" I huffed sarcastically and Austin chuckled.
With a small smile; I slumped down into my seat.
Yes.
I, Allyson Marie Dawson, slumped. My mom would probably give me a long twenty minute lecture on etiquette at the moment, if she'd seen me.
Anyways; I hoped Austin and Dez would be back soon. Well...
Austin anyways.
Austin's POV
"So what did you want to tell me" I said to Dez as I headed behind the counter and Dez stood in front of me.
"Dude! You called her Ally! I haven't heard you call a girl by name, since the 'incident'" he whispered and I visibly flinched at the mere mention of the memory.
"Dez" I whined. Why did he have to bring it up? He bit his lip. "Sorry I forgot about how you are about...that" he said and I sighed.
"It's fine and for the record; I said Pinkie, not Ally; you must have misheard me" I lied and he just nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, my mom has been saying I should get my ears checked since I bought mice and bees instead of rice and peas for dinner last week" he said and I chuckled and raised an eyebrow.
"What?" I asked and he shru
gged. "I'm not good at going grocery shopping; so yeah" he said simply and I rolled my eyes playfully at my unique friend.
"But don't change the subject" Dez said suddenly and I raised an eyebrow at her. "I didn't...you did" I corrected and he took a minute to think before it registered.
"Oh right...so Ally...I think she's pretty nice you know" he said and I shrugged. "I guess" I said.
You Don't Guess, You Know And You Think She's Other Things Too.
"She's pretty cute too" he continued and I shrugged. "I guess" I said.
Cute? You Don't Think She's Cute. You Think She's Beyond Gorgeous.
"I might ask her out" he finished and I shrugged. "I gue-. what!" I said, everything finally sinking in. "I said I might ask her out" he repeated.
"You can't!" I blurted out and he narrowed his eyes at me. "Why? Were you thinking of asking her or something?" he said curiously and I shook my head.
"What" I said extending the a's.
"Why would I do that! We're not even on a first name basis! Like what is her name?" I babbled and ended in a nervous giggle.
Dez gave me the 'weirded out' look that I was usually giving him. "Then why can't I ask her ouy" Dez asked and I scratcehed my head as I thought of an excuse.
But wait, why didn't I want him to go out with Ally?
"Because...because...because" I began. "Yes...?" Dez prompted. "She...has...a...a boyfriend!" I blurted out; although I sort of regretted it.
Dez looked really taken aback. And sorta sad. Maybe I shouldn't have done that.
"Oh...what's his name?" he asked and I shrugged. "I don't know" I answered. "Does he go to our school?" he questioned further and I shook my head. "Well...does he li-" he began before he was cut off by his cell. Thank God.
"Excuse me" he said and grabbed his phone from his pocket. "Hey Mommy! It's Dez. What? What? Wha- Okay. See you. Bye" he said and I chuckled. Dez's conversations were always interesting; in a funny, stupid way.
"Sorry dude, I've got to go; my mom called for mine and Mr Tink's bath night" he said and I smirked.
"Lemme guess, your dog's going to be giving you a bath" I said jokingly and he nodded. "Yeah! We've got paw-sized sponge and everything" he exclaimed brightly.
I opened my mouth to speak; but decided against it. "Well bye now Austin" he said as he began to xit Jamba Juice; stopping at Ally's table briefly to say goodbye.
As soon as he was gone I breathed a sigh of relief. Thank God for Mr Tink. And bath night.
Ally's POV
After I said goodbye to Dez; I waited for Jamba Juice to empty before I ambled over to the counter and leaned on it and smiled at Austin.
"Hey stranger, I'm looking for my friend Austin, he's cute, tall, blonde and he hates brown leather" I said jokingly and Austin smirked.
"Ha ha ha, like I said, hilarious" he said sarcastically and I giggled. "How'd you know I hate brown leather?" he asked and I shrugged.
"You know, I just kinda assumed" I said and gestured to the brown leather jacket he was wearing. He chuckled. "So how much time until you have to go?" he asked and I excused myself from the table to grab my phone and check.
"About twenty minutes" I said sadly. "And it'll take me ten minutes to get to school" I finished. "So! You still have ten minutes" I wanna sing you something" he said and grabbed the piece of paper he had been scribbling on all day and came out from behind the counter.
He helped me onto the counter and then stood directly in front of me.
"Okay, so this is a song I wrote. I wanna know what you think" he said and smiled at me.
Austin's POV
"Okay...um here I go" I said and rubbed my hands together nervously. Why was I nervous though? I was Austin M. Moon; I exuded confidence one hundred percent of the time.
Ally gave me a thumbs up and I grinned a little before I took a deep breath and began singing.
"I'm writing a song about a double take, that is what you've gotta make people make, double take, double take, yeah" I sang and turned to Ally hopefully.
"What did you think?" I asked.
"Well" she said; extending the 'e'. I sighed. "It stunk didn't it" I said and propped myself on the counter besider her with a sigh.
"On ice" she replied and I nudged her gently. "But it has potential" she concluded and took the small piece of paper from my hands. I looked her at her with a small smile.
"How?" I asked and she absentmindedly twirled a lock of hair around her finger as she spoke. "Well, the messages is good, it just needs better and more thought out lyrics and a good rhythmic beat" she said simply and I smiled at her.
"Something like this: They want to know, know, know, Your name, name, name, They want the girl, girl, girl
With game, game, game, And when they look, look, look, your way, way, way, you gotta make (make), make
Make 'em do a double take, Make 'em do a double take" she sang and grabbed a pen from behind her and scribbled down the lyrics before handing the piece of paper to me.
"Wow, how did you do that?" I asked; truly amazed. "I write songs" she said softly and I smiled.
"Is there actually anything you aren't good at? Your great at school, music, your nice" I said and she scoffed. "I'm bad at stuff! Especially dancing, except for ballet but I hate that with a passion, courtesy of my mom; oh and yoga" she said and I chuckled.
"Lemme see some of your moves!" I asked and she shook her head. "No way, someone might lose an eye" she said and I laughed as I jumped off the counter.
"Come on, I'm sure you're not that bad" I said and grabbed her arm and pulled her off the counter. "Austin, I don't wanna" she whined and I grinned.
Did I ever mention that were whining was adorable?
"But you've gotta" I said and grabbed her other hand and twirled her around. We did crazy dances together; until Ally's attempt at the shuffle landed us both on the ground.
We exploded into fits of laughter as we lay side by side.
I swear. I hadn't laughed that much in three years. Not even when I was hanging out with Dez; and trust me there was always lots to laugh about.
I turned to my side and Ally was still laughing but looking up at the celing.
She had that carefree and vivacious and most of all; happy glint in her eyes. The same one that she'd had that day at the fair. I don't know why; but whenever she felt happy, it was like I was obligated to be happy too. I liked it.
She finally noticed that I'd stopped laughing and she turned on her side to face me. "What" she said softly and I smiled. "Nothing" I said and grinned.
"Wait...still still" she said and extended a slender hand towards me and began to fix my hair in the front. I took hold of her wrist gently. "What are you doing?" I asked with a curious smirk. "Nothing! Relax Blondie" she said with a small giggle and continued to run her delicate fingers through my hair.
It gave me a warm fuzzy feeling. Like drinking hot chocolate did. Or eating pancakes.
"There, perfect" she said with a content smile. "Psst, like it wasn't perfect before" I joked and she hit me in the arm before beeping sound caused her to get up.
I got up reluctantly and looked over her shoulder as she sighed at an alarm on her phone. \2I've gotta go" she said sadly and turned to pick up her things.
I sighed.
I didn't want her to leave yet. I bounded up to her as she walked out the door. "Um...can I walk with you?" I asked and she nodded and I quickly grabbed my stuff before I locked up and headed out with Ally.
Ally's POV
"So what were you and Dez talking about?" I asked Austin as we headed down the street towards the school. I breathed in the musty Autumn afternoon air and picked a falling oak leaf from my head as I grinned.
Austin chuckled. "You won't believe it; but Dez likes you and he wanted to ask you out" he began and I stopped in my tracks and turned to him.
"Come again?" I said in a tone of disbelief. Austin laughed.
"Don't worry. I figured he wasn't your type so I told him you had a boyfriend" he finished and we continued walking. "Oh, so you know my type huh?" I said sarcastically and he shrugged, making me smile.
"So, do you have a boyfriend?" he asked and I shook my head. "No! My parents are super strict about dating; but I do really like this one guy" I said dreamily and twirled a lock of hair around my finger as the image of Dallas at my table popped into my head.
"Really? What's he like?" Austin asked, seemingly interested and I sighed happily.
"Perfect" I breathed and he smirked.
"How...um...perfect" he said and I giggled. "How about you?" I asked and he turned to me. "What?" he said and I rolled my eyes. "Do you have a special lady in your like?" I asked and nudged him jokingly and he laughed.
"Sorta, there's this girl who works at the Melody Diner at the mall, her name's Cassidy but I call her BB" he said and I raised an eyebrow. "Why?" I asked.
"It stands for Blonde-haired Babe" he said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "I see" I said bluntly and he laughed.
"So have you asked her out?" I asked and he shook his head. "Nope, she's too busy all the time" he said and shoved his hands into his pockets.
"Have you asked out" he asked making air quotations around the words 'Mr Perfect'. I glared at him jokingly before I ran a hand through my hair as I shook my head.
"No way! I'm always too shy, I don't think he would go for a girl like me" I said and fiddled with my fingers sadly. Austin placed a strong yet soft hand on my shoulder.
"Don't be crazy Ally, your awesome" he said and I smiled up at him. "Thanks Austin" I said softly and he grinned as he removed his hand from my shoulder and returned it to his pocket.
"Does Cassidy know you like her?" I asked and he shook his head. "Nope" he said, popping the 'p'. "Well you should tell her" I said and he shook his head.
"Nah, I'm not really an express-your-feelings-kind-of-guy" he said. "The why don't you give her some flowers?" I suggested. "Nah" he said. "Chocolate?" I suggested. "Nope" he said. "Balloons?" I tried once more and he shook his head.
I frowned and stroked my chin slowly as I thought. "Music!" I blurted out in realization and grinned. "That's actually pretty good! I could write and a song and perform it" he said excitedly. "Yeha" I exclaimed and his face fell.
"Just one problem; I'm horrible at writing songs" he said sadly and I laughed.
"No worries Austin, I'll help you, you can come over to my house to practice" I said and he smiled, but before I could celebrate, I cut in.
"But you've gotta help me with my guy problem" I said and he nodded.
"Fine!" he said and I gave him a look that said 'what are you waiting for'. "Oh...now...alright" Just ask him out, maybe you could go dancing; perhaps at this cool place called Happy Feet in the mall" he said and I just looked at him.
"Austin; did it not register when I said I stink at dancing" I snapped and he raised his hands defensively. "Okay okay, chill, I can help you, why don't I give you dance lessons" he said I took a moment to consider it.
"Okay...we could do it at my house, after we've worked on the song" I said and he nodded. "You still have my number and address and all right?" I asked and he rooted in his pocket for the paper before he nodded.
We talked a bit more about times before I could already see the driver's car parked in front of the school. "Well, I've gotta go" I said and he sighed.
"Yeah...see you tomorrow though" he said and I nodded. "Deffo! Oh and Saturday at four" I said and he chuckled before I slipped my hands around his neck in a quick hug before I ran towards the car.
"Bye Austin" I sang and shot him a three fingered wave behind me. "Bye Ally" I heard Austin say softly as I slipped into the car.
Austin's POV
How sweet could Ally get? She would wait at a smoothie bar with me, let me walk with her and then help me write songs to impress the girl I liked.
Ally.
I mean...Cassidy.
Because I did not like Ally. We were just friends. Just extremely good friends.
I shoved my hands deeper into my pocket as I began to walk in the direction of my home; which was only about five minutes from here.
As I walked, I felt something gentle and wet fall on my head and I knew it was raining; which was weird because it barely rained in Miami.
I grabbed my hoodie from my backpack and placed it on my head to semi-protect me from the pouring rain. As I walked; I couldn't help but think about Ally and I sort of wished she was here now.
My thoughts were interrupted by a large honking beside me and I turned to see Ally's driver's car beside me. Ally was seated at the back and she edged closer to the window and rolled it down. "Need a lift?" she asked and I smiled.
She caught the smile and opened up the door. "Hop in" she said with a grin and I chuckled and did as I was told. I slid in beside her and she scooted over and we exchanged smiles.
"Hey again" she said and I grinned. "Hey".
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