Chapter 26: Downtown Dance
The floral dress felt more lose at the end, it twirled when I spinned and I loved the feeling. The only problem was my panties would show, so I had to put on some spandex shorts which made it look better. As for the heels, I didn't dare put them on yet. Trish was doing my hair, she had just finished putting on my make up and kept gushing about how pretty I looked, which I didn't really see a difference, make up wasn't my thing.
Although I had to admitt I didn't look to bad, I felt like I looked more older and I sort of liked the feeling, Trish had put some red eye shadow on me, eyeline and curled my lashes and used mascara, it was a little scary but I got through it. I was surprised when Trish didn't put blush, I had asked her why and she said I didn't need it, because apparently I would be blushing the whole day.
Trish was almost done with my hair, when she looked at me to smile a little. "So are you nervous or excited? How are you feeling?" she asked. I bit my lip, "I really don't know." I said, thinking how funny I looked with half of my head curled and half straight. "Are you sure?" she asked, I sighed. "Yeah. I mean Elliot is really nice but I don't know if I could like him that way, but I promised to give him a chance and it seems fair to me." I admitted. "C'mon we all know why your not sure Ally," Trish started, "I know because I have a crush on Austin, I get it Trish." I admitted.
It was quiet, and I was looking down. Then I looked up to see Trish withher huge eyes and a huge smile on her face, she sounded speechless because she had her mouth open but nothing was coming out. "What?" I said, she closed her mouth then smiled. "I knew it! Now you admitt it." she said, I pursed my lips. "Because theres no point, I realized a while ago. The thing is Austin doesn't feel the same way and I don't think I'm ready for a relationship, and it's just a small crush." I admitted. She just continued to smile, it was getting a little creepy. "Ally, how would you know that? you should tell him." she said, I shook my head quickly.
"No Trish. Austin is still in love with Cassidy, sure they broke up but he's giving her another chance so that means something." I stated, she frowned. "Maybe he wouldn't if you told him." she said, "Trish just forget it. Austin can't go from hating me, to liking me, like like I mean. Sure he can like me, but as a friend which is normal." I said, she sighed. "Ally, don't you notice the way he treats you. He treats you better than Cassidy." she said, I just laughed a little. "Can you just please forget it, and I think your burning my hair." I said, she quickly pulled the curl out, then apologized to me. "Ally," she said, "Please Trish, and you have to promise you won't tell anyone." I said, she sighed and was quiet for a while.
I looked at her with a serious face, she sighed again. "Fine Ally." she said, I smiled. "Promise?" I said, she nodded her head. "I promise." she said, sounding like it was the hardest thing to say. "Now hurry, your almost done with my hair." I said, she giggled. "Sorry, you don't just tell me something like that and expect me to not react like how I did." she said, continuing to do my hair. "Your right, I'm sorry. But thanks Trish for keeping this secret, you have no idea how much it means to me. If Austin found out, things would change and I don't want them to." I just smiled, "I like the way things are, I'm really getting the hang of everything." I said, she smiled. "I'm glad your getting used to things to, but just know life isn't always good, things will go wrong but you just have to be strong." she said, I nodded my head and she smiled at me. "Elliot is totally going to drool." she said, I couldn't help but laugh.
After my hair was done, Trish put on my jewelry and then I looked at myself in the mirror. The person in the mirror couldn't be me, it didn't look like me at all. "Who is that?" I asked, Trish just laughed. "Thank you, I know I'm amazing at it. Now I have to go and get ready which will be quicker than you, you really need to work on not moving when I put make up on you." she said, I smiled. "Thanks Trish, can I help you out somehow?" I asked. She grinned, "Sure! Come to my room and help me choose which dress to wear." she giggled, and I laughed, of course Trish would buy more outfits than she needed. She pulled me to her room and that's when it all began.
Austin's P.O.V.
It took the girl's at least 4 hours to get ready, seriously who needs that much time to get ready? It's ridiculous. Me and Dez were sitting in the living room just waiting, Dez was wearing a golden or brown blazer with a white t-shirt under and some dark blue fitted jeans and black shoes. As for me, I was wearing a black blazer with a white t-shirt under, some dark blue fitted jeans and black shoes, I didn't really try to hard to pick the outfit because I didn't really care what I wore. I wasn't sure how to feel about tonight. I would be taking Cassidy to the Downtown Dance and I would be performing on stage.
The thing with Cassidy is she kissed me out of nowhere during that one party, and I didn't know why but I did even though it hurt. I just thought maybe if the dance tonight with her will go good then maybe there will be another chance for us, but at the same time I'm unsure. I still love Cassidy but things are different, and I just don't know. What I do know, is that when i'm with Ally, all that pain goes away. I don't want to use her, but sometimes I can't help being near her, it just feels so right. I don't think I like Ally, but I won't deny that she's beautiful and nice. She's unlike any other girl I've ever met.
I remember the first time she moved in, there was something that irked me about her. I think it's the fact that she was too nice, it made it hard for me to trust her. I felt like there had to be something wrong, I don't know what but I knew there was something. Then I realized how clumsy the girl was, always having accidents happening and almost getting hit by a girl, this girl is seriously accident prone. Then she admitted to me Cassidy was cheating on me, and that she didn't know how to tell me and couldn't because she didn't want me hurting. That really got to me, it showed that she really cared for me even though I was horrible to her. She was a good person, and now i'm close to that good person but I can tell something has been up with her, but I don't know because she doesn't really tell me things like that.
My thoughts were interrupted by Trish, coming downstairs. She was wearing a magenta dress, it was long and a little poofy and the top had straps, there was bling at the top, I'm not sure what color. I really wasn't good at colors, I think I'm color blind but oh well. Her hair was done and her make up was done perfectly as usual, it was the usual Trish when it came to big events like this. She was smiling as she stood at the bottom of the stairs, "Now time to introduce Ally Dawson!" she said, her arms referring and turning up to the stairs to showcase Ally, but after a minute she didn't come down. "Ally! Come on, you need to come downstairs, so they can see how gorgeous you are!" she said.
"Why are we making this such a big deal?" Ally's soft voice asked from up the stairs, she was still hiding. "Because, haven't you ever seen She's all that? We need to make this a moment like that. Minus the part where she trips." Trish said, sounding almost like she was talking to her self. "Wait, what?" Ally asked, sounding even more confused. "Just get your gorgeous butt down here Ally!" she yelled, there was a moment of silence. "Fine." Ally said in defeat, Me and Dez were now standing at the bottom of the stairs with Trish, I was closest to the door.
She finally revealed herself, and I felt my jaw drop. She was gorgeous, well she always was but this time was different. She didn't look like Ally, and I felt my heart stop. She was walking down the stairs with her floral dress, hair curled perfectly, make up outstanding and her dark red heels, she was walking like a model. She was looking down for a while, as she held the rails, and then she looked up and I gulped. She started to smile, I couldn't believe how she looked and how I was feeling just by looking at her. I was about to say something when Trish spoke, "Ally be careful!" but it was too late, she was tripping and I quickly walked up to her to help her, with one of my arms around her waiste and the other holding her free arm. We looked at eachother, her lips were so shiny and glossy, I just wanted to...
"I'm sorry Austin," she said, smiling nervously. I chuckled a little, pulling back a little. "It's okay, your just your usual clumsy self that's all." I joked. She playfully glared at me, as I helped her walk down. "But are you sure you can walk in these heels?" I asked, she just smiled. "I'm going to do my best." she said, I chuckled. "Okay then, goodluck Ally." I said, patting her on the shoulder. She grinned at me, and I noticed her lips again. "Well we better get going!" Dez said, handing me the keys. We were going to pick up Cassidy, she would sit in the front while they would be in the back, so I was going to drive. The thing was, as we walked to the car, I noticed how Ally's dress moved a lot and I worried, what if someone would see something, I don't know why I felt so protective. "Your wearing shorts right?" I couldn't help but ask her when the others were getting in the car, she just nodded her head then smiled. "By the way, you look really nice." I admitted, and she smiled even more. "Thanks Austin." she said, and got in. I got in as well, and the ride to Cassidy's was quiet, and is it bad that I couldn't stop looking at Ally in the rear view mirror.
Ally's P.O.V.
Cassidy was wearing a very stunning dress, I was a little jealous. She was wearing a light pink dress, that was tight and fitted, it stopped before her knees and it was a strapless dress. I watched as Austin talked to her and then pulled out a small rose from his pocket, she smiled and grabbed it hugging him. I felt my stomach turn and I turned away to look out the other window. Soon enough they were in the car, and the car ride to Downtown was quiet as it was going to her place. Trish, Dez and I didn't even say hello to her, I'm pretty sure we all were not really sure about Cassidy because she cheated on Austin.
When we got to Downtown, there was already many cars parked. We were lucky enough to have the last parking space in our area, and we screamed with joy when we did. We got out, and I checked my phone. Elliot said he would meet up with me at the place, but he hasn't texted me yet. We were walking away the parking lot, and I almost tripped but instead of Austin coming to save me it was Dez. "Careful there," he said, I grinned a little. "Sorry," I muttered, "It's fine Ally." he said, with a small smile.
Then I recieved a text, I pulled my phone out of my small black bag. It was from Elliot, he told me to meet him at the entrance, and as soon as we got to the entrance, I spotted him. He was actually wearing a red blazer, a white button up along with black slacks and black dress shoes. I smiled at the sight of him, I tried to run but slowed down when I almost tripped again. I walked as slow as I could to not make myself look like an idiot but I guess he could sense my problem and held out and arm for me. I giggled a little, and grabbed his arm. We walked away, and I looked back to see Trish and Dez smiling at me, as for Austin and Cassidy they just looked confused, but I turned back to Elliot and we walked through the entrance.
It's been 5 hours, and me and Elliot have just been talking the whole time. It's nice to get to know him, but I just feel like he's only going to be a friend to me and that's all. Elliot tried to hold my hand, but I quickly pulled away and pointed at something to try to make him forget. I pointed to a counter with a huge sign, saying Cotton Candy. I used to eat it when I was younger, but my parents stopped after a while because it caused cavities. Yeah, I barely eat candy even though I want to though I know it was for my own good but I think it wouldn't be bad to have some sweets for the moment.
"You want some?" Elliot asked, I quickly nodded my head. He smiled, and took out his wallet and that's when I tried to stop him but he kept telling me it was okay and payed the guy at the counter 5 dollars, which made me feel guitly. "This is a date anyways, so I pay." he grinned, as he was handed the stick with cotton candy on it. He tried to hand it to me, but then I almost dropped it which actually made him laugh. "You never surprise me Ally," he said, I frowned. Why was I so clumsy, I was looking down when I saw a pink cloud coming up to my lips. I looked up to see Elliot had some in his hands and he was trying to feed me, "Here," he said.
I smiled and tried not to laugh, "C'mon, try!" he said. I gave in and opened my mouth, he gently put it in my mouth and I let it melt in my mouth, sweet cotton candy, oh how much I missed you. He smiled, "It's good huh?" he asked, I giggled. "I know, I've had cotton candy before it's just I haven't had it in such a long time." I admitted, he blushed a little. I knew he thought that maybe it was my first time, but it wasn't. Maybe the way I reacted to it made it look that way, but I couldn't help myself. We both turned to see Austin and Cassidy standing there, Cassidy was smiling and Austin looked a little bothered by something. "Oh hey!" Elliot said, Cassidy smiled and waved at the both of us. "Hey," I said, waving at them, Austin still didn't say anything.
"Soon! We will be having our performances start. If you'd like to watch the concerts, better make your way to stage. As for you performers, be ready!" a voice came from an intercom, that's when I knew. Austin was scared. "Could I speak with Austin for a moment?" I asked Elliot and Cassidy, both had confused expressions. "Sure, but hurry because me and Austin have to go backstage." she said, I nodded my head. I pulled away the confused Austin, "How are you feeling?" I asked, when we were 10 feet away from the other two. "Um... I'm not sure." he said and I frowned, which made him look even more upset.
Then I did the one thing I knew I shouldn't of done, but I knew it would make him feel better... I mean it makes me feel better. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and hugged him. And as naturally as I did, he wrapped his arms around my waiste. I hugged him for a while and tightly, "Austin, I believe in you and you can do this! Just remember to look at one spot to focus on, it helps, or so I've heard from some pop singers." I admitted, I pulled away and smiled at him. He looked like he wasn't too happy that I pulled away fast, but I had no choice. "Thanks Ally, I feel more better." he said, I patted him on the shoulder. "Goodluck! Even though you won't need it." I said, he chuckled.
We walked back to Cassidy and Elliot, Cassidy looked angry and Elliot was confused. They were probably watching us, but I didn't really care, Austin needed a pep talk. "Goodluck you two!" I said, Cassidy just rolled her eyes, grabbed Austin's hand and pulled him away. I turned to look at Elliot, "What's her problem?" I asked, he just sighed. "I don't know." he said, I bit my lip then he smiled. "Come on, lets go watch them perform." he said, I nodded my head. In less than 5 minutes we were at the stage, that had huge red curtains that draped around it, it was connected to the side of Sonic Boom. I saw Dallas who on the stage, I couldn't believe he would be the one hosting it since he was so shy.
"Dallas!" I yelled, and the crowd stared at me, making my face flush. He just grinned, "Hey Ally!" he said, I smiled and turned to Elliot, who was waving at Dallas as well. "I see Ally is coming out of her shell." he said, I giggled a little. "So is Dallas huh?" I said, he nodded his head. "It's funny because he was never that way until you came." he admitted, and I cocked my head confused, he just shrugged. Dallas introduced Cassidy who was the opening act, she was singing New girl in town, I do believe it's from Hair Spray and it was a nice song. Cassidy had a nice voice, but the song didn't seem right and I couldn't help but feel like she was staring at me, but I ignored her stares and just looked at Elliot to show I liked her singing and the song, he liked it too.
Next was Tanner, he was singing Beauty & a Beat. Tanner was a jerk, but he had a great voice and a killer smile, although that still didn't change his personality. He was dancing around on the stage and all the girls were screaming for him, it surprised me. I looked at Elliot who was only laughing, "It's only because they think he's 'cute'" Elliot said, putting his fingers up to show quotations on cute. I couldn't help but laugh, then as Tanner finished his performance there was a long round of applause and cheers from girls. Then Dallas had to push Tanner back behind the curtains, and he then said Austin's name and I felt my heart race, this was his moment.
He walked onto the stage, Dallas placed a stool in the middle of the stage and placed the microphone in front of it. Austin sat down with his guitar in his arms and soon on his lap, he grinned at the crowd. "Hey everyone, I'm going to sing a song that I wrote, it's called You had me at hello, for all those who've felt love at first sight." he said, winking and girls started to cheer. I giggled, I knew his confidence would come. Then he started to play, and he sang. Immediatly the crowd started to clap along with the song to the beat, and it was so catchy that people were singing the You had me at hello part. It was great, and Austin sounded amazing of course. After he finished, he smiled and the whole crowd went wild. "Thank you," he said, and grabbed his guitar, bowed and walked off. I was so proud of him, I knew he could do it.
Then Dallas announced it was time for the Ball dance, and my heart stopped. I turned to look at Elliot who slowly smiled at me, he leaned in, almost close to kiss me but he didn't. "You ready?" he asked, I nodded my head and smiled a little. This shouldn't be bad, I had to make this moment the best. It would be my first ever dance with a guy, and it had to be memorable.
The music started to play, and it was a fancy string symphony and I laughed because I didn't expect that type of song to play. Elliot smiled at me, "Why are you laughing?" he asked, his hand out for me to grab. I grabbed it and he pulled me close, one arm now on my waist and the other on my shoulder, and I did what I practiced. "I just didn't expected for that song? Cause," I was about to admitt that me and Austin had practiced with a more modern song but I stopped myself. "Cause what?" Elliot asked, I just shook my head and bit my lip. "Oh nothing," I said, smiling a little.
Soon enough Elliot started to move his feet, and I looked down to follow his steps, I felt more stiff and odd while doing it. I kept looking down, I mean I knew what I was supposed to do but I didn't know if I should look up or not. "You got the hang of it? Just keep doing the same thing." Elliot said, as I finally looked up and he was gazing at me. "I-I..." stuttered, "It's okay, you got the hang of it, you see!" he said, I realized I was so I turned to look at my side and I saw Austin dancing with Cassidy but I couldn't see how he was feeling since his head was turned the other way. I turned back to glance at Elliot who was smiling at me, "Are you sure that this is your first time?" he asked, I bit my lip and smiled a little.
We continued to dance, until I nearly tripped on his feet. He held me up, and I looked down for a moment and our feet stopped moving. I looked up, "I'm sorry." I said, he just smiled. "It's fine," he said, and then we just stared at eachother. His gaze, it looked so familiar. He leaned, closer, closer and closer. He was an inch away from my lips, and I took a deep breath and pulled away. I took a step back away from him, and he looked at me confused. "I-I..." stuttering once again, I needed to tell him. This all felt to wrong, it wasn't right and it was awkward. "I'm sorry, I can't." I said, feeling guilty. Elliot's confused expression was replaced by a frown. I gulped, and I felt knots tie up in my stomach.
Before Elliot could say another word, I walked away and passed through the crowd of dancing people. People continued to dance all fancy, although I recieved a couple stares since I was breathing a little too heavily, I'm not sure why. I started to run once I was away from the crowd, and I was surprised that I hadn't tripped but at the same time, I didn't care. I ran and ran, there were a couple people just walking through the streets, luckily all the streets were all blocked from certain cars to be going through. Finally, I tripped and was able to hold onto a wall and I started to cry. I really don't know why, but I just felt too bad, things just didn't feel right.
I was hurt because I had just hurt Elliot, I gave him a chance but it just wasn't right. I couldn't take his frown, I had never seen him frown, I had always made him smile. I quickly pulled off the heels, and didn't care if my feet got dirty from the streets. I just sat down on a bench, the stores all around me were closed but the lights were on. I'm so sorry, was the only words that ran through my head. Was it bad that I was thinking of Austin while me and Elliot danced? Ugh, that's a stupid question, of course it's bad. That's another reason why I feel horrible, I shouldn't be thinking of him while I'm with Elliot. I know I had a small crush but did it really have to ruin things, it's not fair. This crush on Austin seriously needs to go away, it's just changing things and I don't need change right now, because I liked things the way they were. I won't deny, I'm scared but that's normal. I've never really liked anyone, I don't know what to do. I continued to sit there and cry, until I felt water drop on me and I realized it was raining very lightly and my feelings suddenly went from hurt and confused to calm. It was like the rain was comforting me and telling me It would be okay, but I couldn't help myself and cried a little more but it wouldn't matter because no one would notice since the rain continued to drop down and it started to rain harder.
Its funny, because I feel like i'm rushing the story now. I'm sorry for the lag, I'm doing my best to type, it's just difficult when I have a lot on my mind. But I love my reviews and I love you guys who support and like my story, it still gives me hope and makes me feel better. Thank you for your reviews and thanks for reading!