Section 10
Disclaimer: None of the characters, songs or anything else recognizable is mine.
Five weeks later...
Ally's POV
I step out of my car, taking in the view of Marino High. Luckily, it hasn't changed. I didn't know what I was expecting. Maybe a sudden make over while I was gone for the last month and or so. Trish walks out of the passenger side and stands beside me.
"You sure you want to do this? You've missed more than a month of school and will be surrounded by all the curious students asking questions, half of them you don't even remember yet." I glared playfully at Trish, not that bothered by her statements. Yes, I was feeling kind of bad for ruining my perfect attendance and I also knew it was going to feel strange walking around with half the students feeling like strangers to me- and I say half because a lot of my friends came to visit me in the hospital and I recognized them immediately. This brought me to thinking about Austin Moon. How strange that I would remember my other friends on sight but Austin had been telling me about himself almost every day, trying to persuade me into remembering him. It was actually a little overwhelming, being pressured like that but, I must've been an important person in his life for him to be trying so hard, so I didn't have the heart to shoo him away.
Trish and I step into the school and like my best friend said, a dozen students come up to me, shouting and asking questions, probably to use to gossip later. I furrow my eyebrows and before I can talk, Trish pushes into the crowd, pulling me with her and shouting, "people, give her some space. She just got out of the hospital for gods sake!" I smile, trying to soften her words and then it fades when I see a certain fair haired boy come towards me.
Austin looks at me with a sad smile, then instead of coming up to me to ask how I was doing like he usually does, he shifts his backpack slung on his one shoulder and walks into a classroom. I stare after him a little hurt. Not to seem self- centered but I thought he would've wanted to know if I remembered him or not. The answers still no and I guess he's finally choosing to accept that now.
Trish sees my grimace and her face changes to a considerate one. I don't think she knows what my relationship between Austin was. I was fortunate for that. If she decided to tell me, it would've just been awkward and I think Austin also knows this because for the past month, he's only been telling me about his interests. I shake my head as if the action could clear my head and we walk into my favourite class. It was 'Show and Tell day' and my eyes widen in horror as to why the teacher would make us perform like this. My hand is numb by my side and the teacher looks at me expectantly as if I should already be up there. I gulp and furiously shake my head.
"I'll go," an all too familiar voice offers and I see Austin walk to the stage and grab an acoustic guitar out of its case. All the sudden attention is taken off me and turned towards Austin and I make a mental note to thank him later.
"What was that Ally?" Trish demands, nudging me.
I narrow my eyes at her, thinking she would know. "You seriously expect me to go up there with my stage fright? You know I can't perform in front of all these people."
Trish's face pales slightly. "Oh no, Ally-," she is cut off by Austin.
Hey girl, I really wanna let you know
Your style is something that's so natural
You laugh and everyone around you stops
Your smile, I wish you knew just what you got
Austin continues to sing and the entire time his eyes are focused on me. I squirm under his gaze but can't help feeling mesmerized by the depth of emotion in his voice. Our gazes are locked and when the rest of the students applaud and he moves back to his seat then do I snap out of my sort of trance. And before I can have those eyes on me again, the bell rings.
Austin's POV
'Our relationship is doomed,' I think to myself. Here's the reason why:
~Flashback~
I walk out of Ally's room wondering how I could get more disappointed than this. It has been almost a month and Ally still doesn't seem to have remembered anything about me. 'At least she remembers my name,' I think negatively. I knew I should be caring about Ally more than us right now but it was so painful to be always by her side knowing that she had not a single idea on what we used to have together. I sigh and trudge down the hall.
Suddenly, Ally's doctor- whose name I still haven't gotten yet- pops his head out the door and tells me to come in. I reluctantly change my direction and do as told. As soon as I step in, the doctor gets straight to the point, without a greeting or anything.
"Austin, it is in the best interest of Miss Dawson that her dad suggests that you stop interacting with her." I almost fall off the chair that I just plopped down on.
"I'm sorry son, but her father has informed me that Ally says that your visits and attempts to jog her memory have been causing her stress and we do not need that during her recovery process. So, from now on, if you want to help her, only brief encounters are recommended. I am proud that you haven't mentioned the two of your status though. We do not need that detail to burden her, knowing that she can't remember her boyfriend." My eyes were wide and I try to process his words. The whole speech was disbelieving but the last sentence really stung. After long minutes of thinking, I accept the fact that the doctor is right and I need to do what's best for Ally. I stand up and tell the doctor that I agree and then I walk away without another word.
End
So after that, I was only allowed to go see Ally a couple times a week but lucky for me, Ally was done recovering from her bone injuries and could go back to school. Unfortunately, I couldn't interact with her that much at school either so that morning when I saw her healthy and walking down the hall, my face fell and I walked into music class.
During class, commotion came from behind me and I turn to see Ally looking horrified when the other students were telling her to sing. I sucked in a breath, the idea that Ally might've forgotten that she overcame her stage fright dawning on me. I quickly raise my hand to volunteer and could've sworn I heard Ally's huge sigh of relief.
I got up on stage and sang my song 'Who U R,' directing my gaze at Ally, feeling my heart pound when our eyes locked.
When I finished, the bell rang and I didn't know if that moment helped my heartache or not. I don't think so.
Ally's POV
I was thinking about pancakes as I was going to the cafeteria. Not knowing why though so I brushed the thought away. I turned the corner and smacked into someone, giving a small scream as I fell to the floor. But, I never made it for a pair of strong arms wrapped themselves around my waist and pulled me up. I blushed and my eyes landed on Dallas. He was many of my classes since I enrolled here but we never talked much. He was also quite cute with his brown locks and charming smile. Yet, I felt like I knew someone cuter. Who...?
Suddenly feeling uncomfortable, I backed out of his grip and thanked him. We had a couple minutes of small talk, leading up to a question that I was not prepared for.
"Ally, I know this is kind of direct but, I've liked you for some time. Would you like to go out with me?" I blinked at him and decided to give him a chance. Besides, I had been cooped in a hospital room for more than a month. I needed to get out.
"Sure, Dallas," I say immediately feeling like something was wrong. There was something nagging in my mind, a person...
Dallas quickly hugs me, startling me and the thought slips away. He pulls back and tells me he'll text me later and walks away.
I shake my head for the second time that day and continue to the lunchroom, hoping to find Austin to thank him, but little did I know that the blond was inside a nearby class, overhearing my entire conversation and my date plans.
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