HEY! :D
So, finally, finally, I'm back to you with a new chapter. I'm really sorry that it's been such a long wait, but as I said, I'm working for a literature contest where I have to write a story, and I really want to win, so…yeah.
Anyway, enough of my blabbering, on to the chapter. By the way, there is just one more chapter after this one, with maybe an epilogue if I'm in the mood and if you're up for it. ;)
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*Ally's P.O.V*
We walk home.
Austin parked his car a long way from my house, which is so that we'd have more time together. We walk unnecessarily close, our shoulders brushing every once in a while; when that happens, it's as if someone has shocked me with electricity. Austin stares straight ahead though, as if nothing happened, though I see a ghost of a smirk on his lips.
Finally, my house appears in front of us, and I'm about to ease the front door open, when Austin grabs my hand. I turn around, surprised, to see him smiling. "Aren't you going to say goodbye?" His voice is tired and lazy and I can tell he's exhausted. He has bags under his eyes, but he looks happy.
"Bye," I whisper back, and suddenly we're hugging.
It's nothing like the hugs we've ever shared before. He's holding on to me so tightly, as if scared I'll disappear if he lets go, and his hand is tangled in my hair, our bodies pressed together. When he let's go, his lips brush my ear, and he breathes out, "I'm sorry."
Nodding, I smile, and step on my tip-toes to kiss his cheek. He looks taken aback, but pleased, and I grin inwardly, turn on my heel, and open the door. When I reach my room, I rush to the window, to see if Austin has left yet, but he hasn't.
He's standing where I left him, grinning, looking at the rising sun. The sky is a brilliant red, with sparks of yellow and orange. His hair looks alight, and his eyes are sparkling. I suddenly want to climb back downstairs, and jump into his arms again, but, with a sigh, I close the window and climb into bed.
/
I dream of swings, and burgers, and Austin and when I wake up, I immediately reach for my phone to call him. I'm about to dial his number, when I see that I have a text.
Prom today.
We're still on, right?
Love, Colin
Replying hastily with a quick 'yeah, see you then', I call Trish instead. She picks up immediately, and starts yelling at me. "IT'S PROM DAY, AND YOU JUST CALL ME NOW? HONESTLY, ALLY, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'D BE SO STUPID, AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE DRESSES HOW-"
Half way through, I interrupt her. "Yes, Trish, we do have dresses, we bought them a long time ago."
She laughs. "I know, but I just couldn't think of enough reasons to yell at you, and trust me; I really wanted to yell. I can't seem to get my make up right, and I'm so nervous about Dez. This, Ally, is probably the most important day of our school lives."
"What about graduation, which by the way, is tomorrow?"
I get out of bed, and go into the bathroom while we talk. "Ally," she says, "that's irrelevant. Graduation is nothing special, and we already know we're graduating anyway. Prom is the real thing. I expect you at my house in no more than five minutes."
And then she hangs up. Laughing, I get dressed and head towards her house.
/
"Make-up?" Trish asks me.
"Flawless."
"Dress?"
"Flawless."
"Dez?"
"Flawless."
Trish glares at me. "I meant is he here, Ally! This isn't a joke!" But she laughs anyway. After about a minute, the doorbell rings, and Trish does a couple of gymnastic movements to get to the door in three seconds.
Colin and I are supposed to meet there, and Dez is supposed to drive Trish and me. As the school draws closer and closer, I notice that my palms have gotten sweaty, and I silently thank Trish for making me put on so much deodorant before leaving.
She's nervous, too. She keeps glancing from Dez to her outfit, and when he notices, he says, with a laugh, "You look beautiful." That seems to put her at ease for the rest of the ride.
I start to wonder where Austin is, because I have no idea who he's going out with. Dez told me he and his girlfriend broke up, and he isn't here with Dez. Maybe, for the time we've been in a fight, he's managed to get out of a relationship and find himself a new one. Even though I don't have feelings for him, the thought doesn't make me thrilled.
Finally, Dez pulls over in the school parking lot. Even from there, you can see there's a special event. Students are filing into the school, laughing, talking and eyeing each other's outfits. I spot Colin the second we come in, and he walks over to me. I expect him to hug me or kiss me, but instead he takes my hand and says, "We need to talk."
And so, letting him lead me away, I glance back at Trish and Dez apologetically, though I doubt they'll miss me; ever since we got into the car, there's been some tension between them, as if they were holding back on devouring each other's mouths. I both gag, and grin at the thought.
When we're far away enough to be left alone, Colin drops my hand, and turns to stare at me. The silence stretches between us, so finally, I say, "What'd do you want to talk about?"
"Austin," he says.
I'm taken aback, since we haven't mentioned Austin between us, since that time when we were lying on the canteen floor, staring at the ceiling. It seems like forever ago. "What about him?" A colder edge has wound its way into my voice.
He sighs. "Look, Ally, I know that you don't want to talk about this, but we have to. After last night…"
A chill goes through me. How could he possibly know… "Nothing happened last night that requires discussion."
"Fine. Then tell me why you blew me off, when I know for a fact that you didn't go to bed."
I stare at him for a while, without answering. My hands fiddle absently with the clutch in my hands. Finally, I decide not to answer. It's my business after all, not his. "How are you so sure, then?"
Colin scowls, and I know that he was thought this discussion will finish earlier. "Because Austin and I were talking last night," he says. After seeing the look of utter alarm on my face, he continues more gently. "Don't worry, we never talked about you. I just…I wanted to see if he was a decent guy. Anyway, that is beside the point. Last night, we were talking, and, after him telling me he has to leave, I asked him why. He gave me a straightforward answer; saying that he was going to meet up with you.
"I'm sorry to say that the curiosity got the better of me, but I decided to see if you were doing anything too secretive. Therefore, I texted you, asking if you'd want to meet up. But after you told me that you couldn't, because you were going to bed, I knew that you were hiding something. So, spill it, Ally. What'd you do with Austin last night?"
Maybe he didn't mean to offend me, but the way he formed his question released some kind of monster in my stomach. I glare at him, disgusted. "You…I thought you trusted me! You could've asked me what I was doing last night, and I would've told you, going out with Austin. By the way you formed your question, it seems more that you're asking me if I slept with him. No, Colin, I didn't. Of course I didn't. I would never cheat. I thought you knew that."
Burning triumph pounds within me when I see the look of utter embarrassment on his face. "Bye, Colin," I say, and head to the prom.
/
I find Austin, watching Dez and Trish kiss, looking amused. He's alone, which makes me smile, despite myself. He looks handsome; his tux looks amazing on him, and I have a flash back to when he showed up at school like that, just for me…
"Hey," I say cheerfully, as I sit down beside him. "Trish and Dez are really going at it then, aren't they?"
He laughs. "They're eating each other's faces off," he says, and looks up at me for the first time. His gaze seems to burn me as his eyes travel up and down my body. Finally, when they settle back on my face, he breathes out, "Wow."
I chuckle. "Ah, you and your amazing vocabulary. You're pretty wow yourself, you know."
Austin bows dramatically. "Thank you, m'lady. Your opinion I value greatly. So…where's Colin?"
Despite the fact that he meant it as a perfectly innocent question, I glare at him. "I don't know, and I don't care."
His eyebrows rise so high, they get lost in his hair. "You broke up?" I notice that he can't seem to keep away his enthusiasm. When I nod, he sighs. "I'm sorry to hear that," he says, even though I highly doubt it. "Look, I have to go on stage."
"You're performing?"
Austin grins. "Yeah…you'll see."
Then he's gone.
Dez and Trish have finally pulled away from each other, so I go over to talk to them, telling Trish about Colin. She too has trouble hiding her relief, and I wonder if they've hated on Colin the whole time we've been going out. "How sad. But it's all on him; little idiot, poking his long nose where it's not needed."
I laugh, but I'm only half-listening. Austin has climbed on stage. I notice that everyone else has turned in his direction too, and half the girls are swooning. Beside me, Trish mutters, "About time."
"Hey, everyone, and happy prom! This, as you all know, is for some of us the last time we'll ever get together, as a whole, apart from tomorrow. So, this is important. Drink up, get crazy, and enjoy yourself! I'd just want to have your attention for a quick minute," Austin yells into the mic. "Thank you. And now, this song…this song, is for a beautiful, amazing girl, whose heart I was stupid enough to break."
My blood pounds in my head, and I clench my fist. How dare he…how dare he sing a song to Isabelle, after all this time…how could he…but then I notice that he's not looking at anyone else but at me, and my mouth falls open.
"This one is for Ally Dawson."
Tear drops in your hazel eyes
I can't believe I made you cry
It feels so long since we went wrong
But you're still on my mind
He jumps off stage, and the crowd parts to let him through. Suddenly he's there, right in front of me, so close we might as well be kissing.
Never meant to break your heart
Sometimes things just fall apart
So heres one night to make it right
Before we say goodbye
So wait up, wait up
Give me one more chance
To make up, make up
I just need one last dance
Freshman year I saw your face
Now its graduation day
Said we'd be friends, till the end
Can we start again?
So wait up, wait up
Give me one more chance
To make up, make up
I just need one last dance
Na na na na oh-oh
Na na na na oh-oh
I heard you're heading east
So lets just make our peace
So when you think of me
You'll smile, and I'll smile
So wait up, wait up
Give me one more chance
To make up, make up
I just need one last dance
So wait up, wait up
Give me one more chance
Just one song, then I'll move on
Give me one last dance
I just need one last dance with you
And then we really are kissing and it's the best thing ever. It's so much better than Colin, and that first kiss we had. It's not even fireworks, it's past butterflies; it's simply perfection. Just like in the movies, the only thing I see and feel is him, and that's when I really forgive him. What does it matter? It's all in the past. We're graduating tomorrow.
This is our one last dance.
Ta-daa! :D
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