A/N: Here is the bonus chapter as promissed. Enjoy! Remember to review :)
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Chapter 14.
When they get home, Penny tells their daughters that she will be picking up her father and that they have another event to attend to, so once again will be late. Ally gets a special warning from her mother of not leaving the house (she's grounded anyway).
Just when her mother leaves her phone rings. It's Trish.
"hey Trish" Ally's sad voice says.
"So, I guess your mother found out about you on the newspaper".
"How did you know that? And why didn't you tell me anything?" she recriminates her best friend.
"I found out when you had already left! A girl at school showed me the article. You and Austin look like a cute couple you know?" Trish teases her.
"No, I don't know actually. I haven't seen it. My mom said she threw it away and I'm grounded so I can't go out and buy the newspaper. And anyway, how would I make a cute couple with that moron?"
Trish chuckles. "He's not that bad you know. Later tonight some of us are going to Rockwell. You know, the nightclub in Miami Beach. Austin will be there too".
"Yes, well I'm grounded" Ally responds but she can't help thinking about him. Austin. With his blond hair, his brown gorgeous eyes and that smile she should hate but secretly doesn't.
"Yeah too bad. He actually asked me when he saw me today, if his little fishy was going to be there too" she says with a playful tone.
Ally audibly gasps and feels betrayed. He told Trish, she knows. She feels anger at him. Why did he have to tell them such a humiliating story to Trish? Who knows who else he told. She feels ashamed.
"I gotta go. See you tomorrow" she tells her suddenly hanging up the call, not waiting for her friend to reply.
Rage takes over her momentarily and takes her silently to her room. She goes to her window and looks outside. It was just last night that she was standing there with him. She remembers his lips on her neck and shivers involuntarily, hating him even more for getting those reactions out of her even though she fights them with all her strength. She remembers his mocking tone of voice when he told her she was incoherent. She closes her eyes warily and flops on her bed. When she opens her eyes and looks at the ceiling she gasps again.
She feels all her anger ebb away as she stares at the giant picture that's there. The thought of him being here, in this very same space, in her room makes her blush. She stands on her bed trying to reach the Picture but it's too high. She decides instead to look at it. They look almost happy, like they're smiling at each other. She's hugging him from behind and he looks… he's just so…
Suddenly her eyes come down into the mirror in front of her bed and when she sees her reflection, she can barely recognize herself. Her eyes are sparkling with wonder and something else. Her face is beautifully flushed and her skin is glowing. She comes closer to the mirror and can't help smiling at the reflection of a girl who she's never been before. A girl who's fallen in love.
She decides she better think fast what she will be wearing tonight.
….
Later in the night, after Ally has taken the longest and most meticulous shower, she heads to Danny's room, wearing her pink towel wrapped over her body.
"Danny, I'm heading out tonight," she tells her sister who is currently on her laptop.
"What? Aren't you grounded? Where are you going?"
Ally sighs "I'm going to Rockwell" she tells her as she heads to her wardrobe and opens it. "Could you please lend me your new black skirt. The short one with golden buttons".
"No way! What if you end up ruining that one too?" her sister protests getting up from her desk.
"That was an accident and a one time thing Danny" Ally tells her little sister exasperated.
"Well, I'd rather not take my chances."
"Oh, right. But then when I participates in the siamese belt race and when I'm on the newspaper, you boast around with your friends. I bet you don't tell them that you don't want to share your clothes with me" Ally retorts.
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"Oh you'll see how it does, the next time you ask me for a favor" Ally tells her heading to the door.
"Fine! Take the skirt" her sisters tells her before she's out of her room.
"No, I don't want to wear it anymore" Ally replies coldly.
"Come on Ally! Take the skirt!" Danny practically demands "If you don't, I'll call mom and tell her you're going out even though you're grounded".
Ally turns annoyed at her sister. "I'll slap you harder than my mom slapped me today for being on the newspaper".
They're silent for a moment and suddenly they start laughing loudly.
"Here, take it." Danny says handing the pretty skirt to her older sister. They smile at each other and Ally goes back to her room.
She takes out her long sleeved golden top and her black high heeled sandals. When she's done dressing she looks at her reflection and smiles. She has straightened her hair tonight. She takes her best makeup out and does a pretty look on her, not overdone but definitely not her everyday makeup. She finishes by just applying a lip balm that smells and tastes delicious giving her lips just a subtle tint.
When she comes out of her bedroom, Danny is in the living room and stares at her dumbfounded. "Wow, you look fantastic sis" she tells her sincerely making Ally smile.
"Thanks Danny" She kisses her sister and then waits for her Uber. Her Chanel perfume subtly mixing with her mother's lilies. As she waits, her heart races and hundreds of thoughts fill her mind. What will Austin think? Of her outfit and her makeup. Will he notice her hair? When she gets into the car, she has no idea that soon she will have the answer to all of her questions.
….
Rockwell. In front of the entrance, a tall and sturdy man with a silver piercing on his left earlobe stands making a group of people wait in a line. Ally gets in the line. Right before her, two girls, with way too many makeup and and faux diamond earrings and fur jackets wait to be called. Ally knows exactly how these places work, she doubts they'll get in.
The Gorilla man looks at Ally.
"You" he says calling her. She walks past the crowd, the girls looking at her with sour faces. She smiles at the guard before entering.
Music surrounds the place, the bass synchronizing to her heartbeat. She walks over to the bar walking through the crowd. She looks at the dancefloor and can't help but smile as she sees people dancing, lost in their worlds. She likes the place. The huge dance floor is on the first floor with the bar and on the second floor, all around the dancefloor you have the lounges with different groups of people looking from up there at the people dancing. Ally looks around but there's no trace of Trish and Dez. Or Austin.
What if they didn't come? Ally starts thinking worriedly. Then, like guided by a divine force she turns around and sees them in a corner of the second floor. They're all there. Trish, Dez, Dallas, Erick, Trent and other guys she doesn't know the names to. Piper and her chubby friend are also there. And him. Austin is there, drinking a beer looking at the dancefloor like looking for something or someone. Could it be possible that he's looking for her? What if Trish told him that she had mentioned they would be coming? She feels her hands cold and shaky.
She stares at him and smiles. He's so different. With that attitude and facade of a strong, rebellious, bad buy. His black leather jacket just contributing to that reputation. But there's something good in him. Could it be something in his eyes? Just when his eyes start scanning near the are she's standing she turns around frightened and not wanting for him to find her yet.
Ally asks the bartender to serve her a Bellini. She loves the peach taste it has. She drinks it all at once and then she looks up again and sees him now standing and leaning on the railings. He's still looking intently at the dancefloor, moving his head slowly with the beat. She smiles feeling strangely euphoric and makes her way through to the dancefloor, to the spot she knows he won't miss her.
Music takes over her as she closes her eyes and starts moving with the rhythm. She's happy and somewhat tipsy, dancing in a perfect balance of innocence and sensuality in the middle of all these strangers. She puts her arms up as she moves her shoulders from side to side in synchrony to her hips. She opens her eyes slowly already look at the place where he was standing. Their eyes meet. He was already looking at her hypnotized. For a moment, he doesn't recognize her, Trish sees her too and her turns quickly to ask her something. She nods at him and he turns to look at her again. She smiles briefly before looking away again and continues dancing.
Austin turns to the stairs quickly, without worrying about anything else or anyone. Dez shakes his head but Trish excitedly kisses him as they watch him go. Once he gets down, he walks over to where she is. She's there in front of him. Another guy who dances close to her obviously interested in her, decides to walk away as he sees Austin approaching her. He stops a few steps away from her but she continues dancing with her eyes closed. He approaches her from behind and slowly takes his right hand caressing her shoulder and going down until he reaches her hand which they interlace. Her breath hitches as she feels his in her ear behind her. She turns around slowly and opens her eyes and it that precise moment, he is lost. Lost in that brown. Lost without her.
Silently and smiling the dance together. No word is exchanged. They dance chasing the beat of their hearts. He takes her perfect waist in his hand pulling her closer to him. He can smell that perfume that has been on his mind all day long. She covers her face with her hands smiling and continues dancing and he can't help but laugh. She's so beautiful. He surrenders as he looks at her bewitched.
He has never seen such innocent eyes. Her lips look plump and soft and her soft skin burns under his fingers. Everything in her looks so fragile and perfect. She takes her hands off her face and he takes the chance to caress her cheek with his own. They're so close but he stops. Afraid at the idea that if he continues, this will be just a mirage, that it will be over but then her lips part and he knows it wont.
He brings his lips closer, savoring every single second. When he finally feels the warmth of her breath over his mouth, he gives in and softly presses his lips against her. Her arms come behind his head timidly as she softly moans in ecstasy.
On the second floor, there are mixed emotions. Happiness and Pain. Trish looks at the scene with a smile from ear to ear. Piper looks at the scene unfolding beneath her sad. In the end, she had known, he never promised anything.