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My eyes shoot open and I stare at Austin. His gaze is still serious. Did he just call me Ally? I think that's what I heard. How does he know? I don't remember giving away anything easily. I thought I hid this perfectly.
"W-what?" I ask making sure my accent is still French.
"Ally, I know it's you." Austin said standing straight up again but still looking at me.
"Okay, I don't know what you're talking about." I say nervously. "I've never even met this Ally girl."
"I know and you never will because you are the same person." Austin replied making me more nervous.
"I have no idea what you're talking about! My real name is Vanessa!" I yell trying not to be loud.
"Ally, I don't think I would have said what I did if I didn't know." Austin said. "Please take off your wig."
"But I'm not wearing one." I say still denying the truth.
He shakes his head. "Please stop lying to me Ally." He says sounding like he's begging a little.
"Why do you keep calling me Ally? I'm not her! I'm Vanessa and you know that! I don't know why-"
"Please." He repeats cutting me off. I'm looking at him now and his eyes are practically begging me to stop denying. I stare at him for a few more moments debating what to do. But of course I choose the right thing. I look around my surroundings making sure there was absolutely no one around.
"Okay," I say dropping my accent and going to take off the wig myself. I carefully get it off slowly making my brown curls bounce back down to my shoulders. I look back at Austin. "I'm Ally. I made up Vanessa." I finally tell him and he's smiling at me. He's smiling at me. Why? "Why are you smiling?" I ask accidentally sounding a little cold.
"Because I figured it out all by myself." He answers happily.
"How." I ask honestly confused.
He shifts his positions a little. "Do you mind hearing a long story?"
"Sure." I answer ready for his story.
"I didn't know when I first met you as Vanessa. When I first saw you at the auditions I sensed something about you but I honestly didn't know what. I thought you were pretty cool and when I found out you got the record label I was actually happy about that. For the charity fair I thought it was weird that you couldn't come once again but I didn't really think of it. But when Vanessa was singing I thought she sounded kind of like you. I wasn't positive that she did sound like you until your last song for your grandmother."
"Why not until the last song?" I ask still processing everything he said.
He chuckled lightly. "Because I heard you sing it before."
Now I was even more confused. "Uh, Austin? I've never sang that song to anyone before. How did you hear it?"
"Don't take this the wrong way but I was watching you write that song last year." I didn't really take that the wrong way considering he sometimes watches me sing or play piano when I don't know. I only catch him sometimes. I did write that song in the practice room. But I didn't think anyone heard me. "Anyways, I was surprised to hear Vanessa sing that song and I kept wondering: why is she singing Ally's song? But then I drew conclusions. You couldn't come to the auditions or the fair because Vanessa was going to be there. You never truly gave an opinion on her because she was you. I also remember seeing you in the wig shop a while ago." Oh wow he did see me! "So I begged Trish to let me go back stage to talk to you. When I saw you back stage I studied your features more carefully and I noticed your nose, your eye shape, and I saw a small and hard to notice brown ring around your blue eyes."
I don't know why but I felt my cheeks go hot at this. I can't believe he recognized me through my features! Especially my eyes! I thought I looked completely different. I looked at him to see a slight smile on his face and a bit of nervousness probably wondering how I'm taking this. I'm completely shocked. I started playing with the strands of red hair on my wig as something started to bother me.
"Then why did you tell me you liked Vanessa?" I asked kind of sad. "I mean, you seemed like you liked her a lot but you knew it was Me."
"Ally, I did that to tell you how I really feel about you." He said blushing a little. "I've been trying to find a way to tell you for a while but I didn't know how. When I figured out you were Vanessa I got the idea to make you think I liked her."
"Oh, so you just played with my emotions." I asked sounding offended.
"No! Not at all Ally!" Austin assured me. "I just didn't know how you felt about me. I thought if I went out with Vanessa I could figure it out."
"You know I could have been acting." I said making a point.
"Were you?" He asked nervously. I have to tell you I really want to be mad at him for tricking me. But I just couldn't be. All he wanted to do was tell me how he felt. I couldn't be mad at him for that considering I share the same feelings.
I smile at him and shake my head. "Nope." He looked back at me with his smile getting wider.
"So you like me too?" He asks wanting to make sure he got this correctly.
"Yeah, and you like me? Not Vanessa?" I ask back.
"Yeah." He answers and we spend a few moments just smiling stupidly at each other.
"So what does this make us?" I ask breaking the silence.
"I don't know. What do you want this to make us?" He asks back.
"I don't know..." I answer sheepishly.
"Okay how about this," He says taking a step closer to me. "Austin and Vanessa become good friends while Austin and Ally become more than friends." He suggested slowly wrapping his arms around my waist and kissing my cheek. My heart beat sped up once again and I couldn't stop my smile.
"I think Vanessa and Ally are perfectly fine with that." I say wrapping my arms around his neck and placing my head on his chest. We've hugged before. But this hug just felt different. His grip on my tightened but not to the point where he was strangling me. I closed my eyes enjoying the moment. I still can't believe this is happening. Austin knew I was Vanessa and he admitted he liked me too. I couldn't be happier right now.
We pulled away from the hug after a few long moments. We stared at each other for another moment. "Okay um, the wig is tickling the back of my neck." He laughs and I start to also.
"Sorry." I say unwrapping myself from him.
"It's okay." He said unwrapping himself from me as well.
"What should I do with this?" I ask Austin holding up my wig.
"Try putting it back on." He suggests and I try but I couldn't do it.
"I can't," I tell him. "I'm supposed to be able to pin it back in place but only my mom can do that."
"Oh," Austin said thinking again. "Hide the wig in your jacket." He says and I put the wig into the side of my jacket. That will hide it. I also decide to rub the freckles off my face considering I don't have to be a Ginger right now.
"How do I look?" I ask him.
"Like Ally with blue eyes." He says smiling. I roll my eyes and smile at this. We then leave our hiding spot and go back into the open. We noticed that there were still barely any people here and it was getting darker outside. We decided to walk around a little more. Holding hands once again I told Austin about becoming Vanessa and how hard it was to balance my two lives. I told him about Ethan and my band. He told me about how much Trish hates Vanessa. I already knew that but I didn't realize how much she hated her. He also told me about Dez's celebrity crush on me. I laughed at this knowing he would kind of freak out if he found out. I told him about my new song writing and how I couldn't come up with anything new for him in a while. Luckily he understood my reason and I was glad for that.
"Can I ask you something?" Austin asks as we still walked around.
"Okay," I answer wondering what he wanted to ask.
"Why did you become Vanessa?" He asks. "I mean, you could have gone on stage as yourself. Why did you do all this?"
"Oh Uh..." I stutter remembering why I came up with Vanessa in the first place. "You guys didn't think I could get over my stage fright. Remember when I told you I wanted to and you guys laughed at me? That same day I came up with an idea to create an alter ego."
He stops walking and I copy a little confused. He stands in front of me and grabs my other hand so he is holding both now. "Ally, I never laughed at you or thought you couldn't get over your stage fright. That was all Trish and Dez." Now thinking about it that was true. I don't remember Austin laughing in the car and he never said anything about me not being able to get over my stage fright. I never really thought about it because what Trish and Dez said hurt me a little. "I tried to speak up but Dez changed the conversation too quick. I should have done something."
"Austin, it's not your fault." I assured him. "Besides, Vanessa was my choice and I'm glad I came up with her. It makes me feel better knowing I'm not going to fail as Ally."
"You will never fail. You're awesome." He said and then kissed my forehead. "And just so you know I will always support you. Whether you're Ally or Vanessa."
I smile up at him. Okay, he's the sweetest guy ever. It's official. "Thanks Austin." We then continue to walk around. At one point I decided it was getting late and I should head home.
"Austin I think I should head home now. It's getting late." I tell him and he nods. "Do you think you can walk me home?" I ask. I think my parents should know he knows about Vanessa and that we're now dating.
"Sure," Austin smiles and we head down to my house. We reach my house in no time.
I walk up to the front door and turn around. "Austin I think I need to let my parents know about what happened. Is that okay?"
"Yeah of course." Austin replies. I let go of his hand and open the front door. I walk in and motion for him to do the same. I wait for him to get in before closing the door.
"Mom? Dad? Where are you?" I call out.
"In the living room." I hear my dad say in the distance. I motion for Austin to follow me. When we get into the living room I see my mom and dad watching TV.
"Hey sweetie how was-" She stares at me with her mouth gaped. "Why is your wig off?" She looks at Austin. "And why is Austin here?" She asks worried. I see the same expression on my dad's face.
"Guess what?" I ask with a little enthusiasm. "Austin now knows. Yay." I fake cheer sheepishly. I look over to him to see him give me a weird look. But then we start cracking up.
My father turns off the TV. "Why did you tell him?" He asks me.
"I didn't tell him. He figured it out." I told them and they look shocked."
"How?" my mom asks Austin. He then tells them the story he told me at the park. The whole time they listened with surprise. "Wow you're good." My mom says once he finishes.
Austin chuckles. "Thanks I guess."
"Anything else we should know?" My dad asks.
"Actually there is." I say looking at Austin. He wraps his arms around my shoulders and I snake mine around his waist. "We're dating too!"
My dad's mouth drops ad my mom squeals. "What?" My dad asks in a stern tone.
"Oh my gosh I'm so happy for you guys!" my mom says happily.
"What?" My dad asks once again making me a little nervous.
"Oh stop Lester!" My mom says smacking his arms lightly. "I'm allowing it and don't listen to what your father says." My mom tells me and I laugh.
"Okay, well I want to show Austin my closet." I tell my parents.
Austin looks at me. "Your closet?" He asks confused. "Why your closet?"
"It's not my closet. It's Vanessa's." I tell Austin as we leave the living room and go upstairs. I led him to the door of my closet and opened it.
"Whoa," He said stepping into the closet. "This is everything Vanessa owns?"
"Basically." I tell him putting the red wig back in the proper shelve and taking my jacket off to hang back up. "My mom and I had a huge shopping day when you saw me at the wig store."
"How much did you buy?" Austin asked looking around.
"More than my dad would like." I say and we laugh at this. "I'm glad you know now," I say to him once our laughter dies down. "I won't have to hide it from you."
"Yeah I know," Austin replies. "You're not good at keeping secrets."
"Hey!" I say faking hurt. "That's mean."
"I know but it's cute to see you upset." He replies and I can't help but smile. I go up to him and hug him. He hugs me back and I lean my head on his chest.
This has to be the best day ever.
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