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(Ally pov)
I woke up in the morning with a head ache, and tired eyes that longed to get the rest that they rightfully deserved. You see, I did not get a lot of sleep last night. Since the day I came back to Seaford, every time I would fall asleep, I would be brought back to one of the worst days of life: the day Matthew died. I would twist, turn, and jolt in my bed with knots in my stomach, regretting the day that I even had that fight with him. Anyways, as I lazily got out of bed and walked to the Bathroom to get ready for the day, I remember that Team Austin had planned a day with the Wasabi Warriors to hang out. I found the idea of Jack and his friends hanging out with Austin, Trish, Dez, and I to be very strange. Frankly, the last time I checked, Austin and Jack were not reaching a friendly level at this point.
I took a deep breath knowing that I had better drop the subject about Austin and Jack completely before I complicated things more than they already were. I got ready and headed out of my hotel room, only to find that Trish was also on her way down to breakfast. I had to talk to her; we were going to have to work things out eventually, so why not get it over with now?
"Trish!" I called out to her, trying to get her attention.
I saw her stop abruptly, and then turn quickly to face me.
"Look, I am sorry for the other day. I should have told you. I guess I was always too stubborn to face the facts that were in front of me", I explained to her in hope that she would not ask any more questions.
"Yeah, I forgive you Ally, but you still did not answer my question. Why did you change who you were after you got back from Seaford that summer? Was Matthew's death the reason?" Trish questioned.
At this point I was becoming very annoyed that everyone was focusing on the fact that I had changed. Why can't people just accept the fact that who I was before, is not who I am anymore?! I could not take it anymore!
"Why do you care so much?" I spat, with irritability piercing through my voice. It was that moment when I saw Trish's facial expression change from sad to angry.
"ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO ASK ME WHY ALLYSON?! AFTER ALL THE TIMES THAT YOU KEPT SECRETS FROM ME, YOU ARE GOING TO ASK ME WHY I CARE SO MUCH! FINE, LET ME TELL YOU WHY! BECAUSE I WANT MY BEST FRIEND BACK! THE GIRL THAT WAS NOT AFRAID TO SAY WHAT WAS ON HER MIND, THE GIRL THAT DID NOT LET ANYONE MESS WITH HER, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE GIRL THAT NEVER HID ANYTHING FROM HER BEST FRIEND!" Trish shouted in rage.
I was in shock; I did not expect that from her. Had I really let my emotions be the top priority rather than friendship? Although I felt guilty for not telling her something as important as Matthew's death, I wanted to know if she had at least acknowledged how I might have felt as I went through this tragedy.
"I understand how I may have hurt you by not telling you a secret as important as this and I am sorry, but what about me?! Had you even at least considered how I would have felt when I lost the closest thing I had to a brother?!" I cried. I did not know what to think, or how to feel at this moment, for a mixture of emotions had been stirring with in me at the time. It was almost like I was feeling sadness, guilt, and anger all at once, and I had no idea how to express it.
"OF COURSE I DID ALLY! WHY DO YOU THINK I AM SO UPSET THAT YOU NEVER TOLD ME!? I COULD HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YOU! BUT YOU WERE TOO STUBORN WEREN'T YOU?!" She replied back to me in the same tone she had used before.
" WELL THAN, IF YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HOW I WOULD HAVE FELT MORE CLEARLY, AND NOT SO MUCH ABOUT YOURSELF, THAN YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT IT WASN'T THAT I DID NOT WANT TO TELL YOU, BUT IT WAS TOO HARD FOR ME TO TELL YOU! IT WAS HARD ENOUGH FOR ME TO EVEN ACCEPT THAT MATTHEW WAS DEAD IN THE FIRST PLACE, SO WHY DOES TELLING YOU MAKE IT EASIER!?" I fought back. It felt like for the first time in forever, that I was actually being able to defend myself in situations like these. To be honest it felt kind of good to be able to get that type of stress off my chest, but I had never imagined being in this kind of fight with my own best friend. We had never fought like this before.
As I broke out of my thoughts and began to focus on what was currently happening, I noticed that Trish's facial expression had changed from mad, back to sad and hurt.
"I don't know, but I thought that you still would have found a way anyways to tell me any ways." She said to me more quietly with disappointment and frustration filling her voice.
I stayed silent, I had run out words for say. I felt like I had been the worst friend that could have possibly been created. I should have told her, and I might not have been in this mess in the first place. Why did I have to be so stubborn to think that I could have gotten through this on my own?
"Come on, we need to get going. Austin and Dez are probably waiting for us down at the breakfast area." Trish told me breaking the silence as she began to walk a head of me.
I quickly followed her down to the breakfast area, but I still kept my distance. I knew that we were going to need some space because of what just happened.
Soon after we started to make our way down to meet Austin and Dez, I found that we were already at the table that Austin and Dez were sitting and eating at.
"Good morning girls, are you ready to spend the day with Jack and his friends?" Austin asked us with a smile on his face. His facial expression seemed to have showed excitement and also a hint of mischief. What was this boy up to? I wondered to myself.
"I guess, if I have to." Trish replied to him gruffly, it was obvious that she was still frustrated from our "little" argument.
I however, stayed silent. I was not in the mood to socialize at this point. I had too much on my mind, and after what had happened earlier this morning with Trish and I, could you really blame me?
Once team Austin was done eating, we called cab to pick us up from the hotel. Dez and Trish took a separate cab to meet Austin and me at the Seaford mall, where we were meeting Jack and the rest of his friends at. I didn't know what we were going to do today, but I did know that this was going to be an interesting day.
I got into the cab with Austin sitting right beside me. He looked at me intently, as if he knew that something was bothering me. Finally, he broke the silence.
"Are you looking forward to spending the day with Jack and his friends?" he asked me, trying to start a conversation.
"Yeah, I think it will be fun, it will be nice to spend time with Jack again. Hey,do you have any idea of what we are doing today?" I asked Austin while sending him a small smile.
I soon saw that his carefree attitude and facial expression was quickly replaced with a look of sudden anxiety. He looked very tense.
"U-umm Nope, I have no idea." Austin replied in a rather jittery, nervous tone in his voice that was soon followed by a forced laugh that he only uses when he is trying to hide something.
It was then when I knew for a fact that Austin was planning something, but what could it have been? Do Dez and Trish know about it? Gosh… this whole situation is so confusing. What was Austin hiding? Although I did not know what he planning, I did know one thing for sure. I knew I was going to find out, some way, somehow.
Before I could ask anything more, I found that we had just arrived at the mall.
"Come on Ally! Let's go!" he exclaimed, as he regained his fun carefree attitude, paid the taxi driver, and ran out of the car.
"Austin! Will you hold on a second? I can't keep up with you!" I yelled after him
I found myself trying to catch up with Austin, he was nearly jogging to spot that we were supposed to meet at, and for some odd apparent reason he looked very jumpy, and excited.
"Sorry, I guess I am just really looking forward to finally getting this day off." He said giving me a shy and childish grin.
I tried to hold in my laughter after he said that, Austin could act so childish sometimes.
"It's fine, but just let me catch up with you first!" I told him with a smile on my face.
Soon after this was said I saw Trish and Dez were already at our meeting spot talking to Jack and his friends.
"Hey guys!" Austin and I greeted kindly.
"So what do you guys want to do?" I asked them.
"We could go to the space museum!" the tall, scrawny redheaded guy suggested, I think his name was Milton."
"That's BORING! Let's do something fun! I know! We could go to the amusement park that is just here in town! Think of all the girls, food, and rides there would be! It would be totally swag YO!" Jerry yelled in a spirit of excitement.
"No, I don't want to do that! I have had really bad experiences when I go to amusement parks." Kim told us.
"We could go shopping!" Trish suggested in a happier mood that she was in before. I could not help but smile at what she said; shopping always helped her feel better.
"NO! I would rather be chased by a raccoon, two squirrels, and a dozen rats then go shopping! Besides, we all know who would end up holding the bags!"
I took a moment to let out a sigh of frustration, as I ran on of my hands through my hair.
"Then what do you guys want to do?" I asked, desperately hoping for an idea that we would all agree on.
"Well, I do have one idea." I told everyone in an unsure tone.
I saw Jack take a step closer to where the group was, and then look at me with a look that said "Please don't kill me, this is for the best"… Oh Jack, what did you do this time?
(Jack Pov)
"Then what do you guys want to do?" Ally asked tiredly.
"Well, I do have one idea." I told everyone in an unsure tone.
I took a step forward, getting closer to where the rest of the group was, in hope that Ally would not kill me for going through with this plan. I looked at ally and gave her a look that pleaded her not to kill me, and began to speak.
"What is it man?" Jerry asked getting eager to find out what my idea was.
"I was thinking we could play some…sports?" I said while looking Ally straight in the eye, knowing that she would catch on.
Her eyes immediately went wide in horror.
"Oh, no, Jack you know how I feel about 'certain sports'!" she said frantically trying to convince me that this was not a good idea.
"Well I was thinking that maybe, possibly, this time could be an exception." I replied back to her before yelling "HEY GUYS! COME ON OUT!"
"Oh this can't be happening to me, Jack please, tell me that you didn't do what I think you did!" she begged him.
"I did!" I winced.
"Wait, hold on a second. What exactly did he do?" Dez asked.
Just as if it were on cue, our old baseball team had walked in to the same area that we were standing in to greet her.
"YO what's up… ally? Wow you look different." One baseball player said.
"YO Ally! Ready to play some baseball?!" another called out.
Just then our closest friends we had on the team had just walked in to greet Ally.
"Hey Allison, did you miss us! Oh my. A-ally you look um… different." Riker stuttered.
"It's a Good different though" Ratliff clarified nervously.
"Yeah, it's a very good different." Rocky said in a girl-crazed tone in his voice, earning a punch from both Riker and I.
"OWW! Hey! What was that for?!" Rocky yelled in an angry voice.
"That was for being an idiot." I mumbled. What? don't judge me, I can't let Rocky talking about my Al- umm Imean Ally That way!
"Jack, what's up with Ally?" Riker asked pulling me aside from the group, while my friends and team Austin (aside from ally) were being introduced to the baseball team.
We looked over at Ally (who looked uncomfortable), seeing that she was currently looking down to where her feet were while she was being bombarded by questions that Rocky and Ratliff were asking her.
"I will explain everything later, but for now the long story short is that Matthew died, she blamed herself, she has not been the same since his death, and she still does blame herself for Matthew's death" I answered back to him.
"Oh poor Ally, I can only imagine how she is feeling right now." Riker said sympathetically while turning his head to look over at her.
"I know, since then she completely ignored me till now, obviously changed her look and personality, and stopped doing anything that she did with Matthew. It's been really hard for her to handle all this." I told him.
"Wow…so why are we going to play baseball if she stopped doing any hobby that Matthew did with her then?" Riker asked.
"This is all part of the plan that me and Austin, the guy with the blond hair that is wearing a red shirt, made up to get her be herself again. I want the Ally I know that is still in her back. She is not acting like herself, you saw her! She used to be outgoing and stubborn, now she is shy and more like a push over." I replied back to him again.
"What if she is not ready to be herself again though? You don't want pressure her into doing something that she is not ready to do." Riker pointed out.
"Trust me, she is ready. I have seen how miserable she is when she is not being herself." I told him.
"Okay if you say so, I just want to make sure you know what you are doing." He explained to me before her walked off to tell Ratliff and Rocky, and go see Ally again.
What if Riker was right? Oh boy… I sure hope this works.
I walk back over to where our goup is, and ask "OK, so is everyone ok with playing baseball?"
I begin to hear everyone but ally agree to playing baseball.
"Please Ally? will you please play with us just this once?" I pleaded while looking into those beautiful brown eyes of hers as I began to walk closer.
"Fine,but dont expect me to have fun while I play." She muttered. my face lit up like a light bulb. I was so happy she was at least going to play.
"Thank you! Thank You! THANK YOU! Ally Dawson, You will not regret doing this!" I exclaimed in excitement and happiness as I embraced her into a great big bear hug and spun her around, and as if the impossible happened, I smiled even wider than before after I had heard her trying to contain her laughter.
"LET'S GO PLAY SOME BASEBALL!" I cheered, as I led Ally, my friends, and Ally and I's team to the park that we always use to practice in. This was going to be fun...wasn't it?
How did Austin react when Jack spun Ally around in a bear hug?Will Austin and Jack's plan work? Will Trish and Ally make up soon? How will Ally handle all this drama? And who do you vote for? Do you want Austin and Ally to be together? Or will Ally's heart forever belong to Jack? Give me your opinion! Tell me what you think about this chapter! Please review! and I know you are probably mad because I have not been updating, but I tried to make this a longer chapter, I still have more to this story. This is only the start to this story, and I will try to write longer chapters from now on. I have decided to try to write new chapters for this story every other week.