Early the next morning, Austin woke up with his arms wrapped tightly around a girl, who was hugging him back with equal intensity.
Did I hook up with someone last night?
Everything had been a total blur.
When he looked down and saw that the girl was Ally, everything came rushing back to him:
Her phone call.
Her fear.
His comfort.
He gently removed her arm from its place on his body and got up out of the bed. He did his best not to disturb her, and so far was succeeding.
It seemed unbelievable that they had met for the first time yesterday. He felt like he'd known her for ages.
Well, he HAD known her for ages, but it was different when you see the person on a regular basis, as oppose to NEVER seeing them in your life.
He quickly tucked the blanket in around her and kissed her cheek softly.
Austin tiptoed out of her bedroom and closed the door behind him. As he exited her room, he nearly tripped over a box, clearly having forgotten that she still wasn't unpacked.
"Sh*t!" he mumbled under his breath.
He quickly popped into the bathroom to straighten out his hair and left just as quickly as he'd come. But not before leaving a short note for his friend.
Hi Ally,
I hope you're feeling better. You scared the crap out of me last night.
I'll be at my apartment for the next few hours at least. Call me if you need anything.
Love, Austin
This must just be the worst luck ever.
Austin bumped into Mary on his way out of Ally's apartment, wearing an unnecessary look of guilt on his face.
"Austin! It's so early! What are you doing up?" she questioned him.
"I just woke up, Mary, leave me alone!"
And that was another bad move.
"You JUST woke up?!... Oh my God, you slept at Ally's apartment!"
"Yes…"
Mary shot him a look. "You have a girlfriend, Austin. What the hell did you just do?"
"I didn't sleep with her! Well, I mean I slept with her, but-"
"What?!" she half-yelled.
"We didn't have sex! I just…slept in her bed…"
"What were you doing sleeping in her bed?"
"Long story short: she couldn't sleep last night, apparently something was scaring her, so she called me at like 3 in the morning, and I came over here to comfort her. I meant to go back, but we just kind of fell asleep on each other!"
She looked at him skeptically. "Okay… I still wouldn't tell Brooke about this though."
"I won't. I just don't see what the big deal is!" Austin exclaimed, throwing his hands up in the air. "We're just friends!"
"If you looked at it from MY point of view, you'd get it. And I'm sure Brooke will be very understanding when she finds out her boyfriend was sleeping on top of another girl!" she said, sarcastically.
"For the love of GOD, I wasn't on TOP of her! We were kind of hugging each other. I don't know, okay!? We're just best friends!"
Mary got the feeling that she should back off. She shrugged and walked into her apartment.
One question started to eat at the back of her mind though.
How do Austin and Ally know each other?
Ally sat in her living room, enjoying the new television her parents had gotten her as a gift. Just as the Three's Company theme song started to play, she heard more music as her cell phone rang.
Muting the TV, she stood up and went to retrieve it from her bedroom. She glanced at the name 'Private Caller' flashing on the screen and flipped the phone open, wondering whether or not she knew the person.
"Hello?" she greeted, uncertainly.
"Hello, Ally?" a sweet voice replied.
"Yes..."
"Ally, it's Elliot!"
"Elliot! Hi!" She mentally slapped herself upside the head for not being able to recognize him.
"How are you?"
"Good, I'm good. How are you?"
"Great!" Elliot suddenly became apprehensive and sounded kind of shy. "Uh...actually I called to ask you if um, if you would like to maybe, join me for dinner sometime this week?"
Ally smiled. He found his nervousness unbelievably endearing. "Of course! I'm free tomorrow night."
"Really?" his voice perked up.
"Really," she confirmed.
"Okay, I'll pick you up at seven, then?"
"Mmhmm, I'll be ready - I'm very excited!"
Elliot laughed. "Me too, I can't wait!" Pause. "I'll need your address though."
"Sure, do you have a paper and pen handy?"
"Yeah hold on."
Ally heard a shuffling of items until he came back on the line.
"Okay, I'm ready," he announced.
"495 Grove Street. It's the big brick building on the corner of Bedford and Grove; you can't miss it. Buzz Apartment 19 and I'll let you up."
Author's Note: Welcome back Elliot ;D
Austin is still leaving Ally little notes :D :D
Please check out my other stroy 'It was in the Moment' Im excited about it :D
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