I don't own "Party in the USA" by Miley Cyrus.
Austin's POV
After finishing getting dressed, I head downstairs to the kitchen to get some breakfast. I see my mom and dad already in there. My dad is drinking coffee while reading the newspaper and my mom is making a plate for me.
"Hey sweetie. Here's your breakfast." She said passing me the plate filled with all my favorite things. Eggs, bacon and most importantly pancakes! "Thanks mom.." I said kissing her cheek bringing a smile on her face before I sit down.
"Morning son." My dad said putting his newspaper down as I nodded to him. "Morning." I replied before devouring into my pancakes. "He's never gonna get sick of them is he?" My mom asked shaking her head at me. "Nope." My dad and I say at the same time before laughing.
"So, Austin...how is your senior year going? You haven't really told us much." My mom asked curious as I shrugged.
"Fine. I've just been focusing on studies so I can stay on the football team."
"Oh right. The recruits are coming to your last game right?" My dad asked as I nodded confirming his question.
"Well, how do you feel about that? Are you nervous or excited?" He asked as I thought about it. "Yeah, I guess I'm a bit nervous of screwing up in front of them but I'm more confident than anything. I know this is what I want more than anything so I'm going to give it my all." I tell them making smiles appear on both their faces. "That's my baby. Always the optimistic." She said kissing my cheek as I smile going back to my food.
"It's sad that you and that Cheryl girl didn't work out. She was really supportive of your football dream." My dad said as I looked at him then down before wiping my mouth.
"Yeah, it's a shame but we're still really good friends so it's no hard feelings." I say making sure they knew it was no bad blood.
"Really? You think there's a chance of you two getting back together?" My mom asked starting to clean the dishes in the sink.
"No. Not at all." I reply as they look at me confused.
"You say that so sure." My mom said with a slight chuckle.
"Because I am."
"Well, how are you son?"
"Because I'm dating someone else." I finally admit as they look at me with raised eyebrows.
"What? Since when?" My dad asked.
"Since about 3 weeks ago. It's still new but I know it's gonna last." I inform them as they glance at each other.
"Well, you seem to like her quite a bit." My mom stated.
"I do. She's amazing, kind and beautiful. All I could ever ask for."
"Oh god, is my son whipped?" My dad asked jokingly as I chuckled.
"Well, who is this angel's name?" My mom asked turning around from the sink.
"She's actually our neighbor. Amy Russo." I said as my mom stopped doing the dishes instantly and turned around to me.
"The teenage girl living with the Jones?" She asked for confirmation. "Yes." I answer and she opens her mouth to say something but turns back around. "Oh...okay." She says under her breath as I get confused standing up going towards her.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing?" She responds not looking at me.
"Mom." I say as she sighs turning to me.
"I'm just not a fan of her." She comments as my eyebrows furies.
"You aren't? I didn't know you met her, honey. I didn't." My dad said before I could say anything. "That's the thing, Mike. I haven't met her. Every time I see her on her porch, or whenever she's going to school or I'm taking out the trash, she never speaks and I know she sees me!" She says upset before turning to me.
"I'm sorry son, but your new girlfriend is rude." She says as I laugh a bit which makes them look at me confused. "What's happening?" My dad asked looking at my mom as she just shrugged looking back at me. "I'm sorry guys. I just find this funny because this is all because of me." I told them.
"What? What do you mean this is all because of you?" My mom repeated. "Because I'm the one who has been keeping you two from meeting each other. I knew from the day I met Amy, that I was into her and I knew that I didn't want you to meet her until she was my girlfriend. That as you can see took a long while and in the meantime I told her to avoid you until we could get it right between us. I guarantee you she didn't enjoy it at all. She felt like she was being rude but I told her that you guys wouldn't even notice. I guess I was wrong." I said shrugging.
"Of course you were wrong, idiot!" My mom said hitting me in the head.
"You know how big we are on manners, Austin. Now you made your mother hate your new girlfriend." My dad said amused as my mother sighs shaking her head. "You can be very stupid at times but I want to meet her now that I know she's not who I thought she was..." My mom trailed off as I smiled with a nod.
"How about I invite her over for dinner tomorrow night." I suggest as they look at each other before nodding towards me. "That's perfect." My mom says with a happy clap.
"I really hope she's as great as she says you are." She adds hopeful. "I'm sure she is, honey. My son has great taste just like me." He says winking my way as I chuckle finishing my food up. "You're gonna love her, mom. I'll see you after school." I say before kissing her cheek and leaving my house.
Ally's POV
I'm currently at my locker standing with Kira and Cheryl just after leaving a really early cheer meeting. That's the reason I didn't ride with Austin this morning. "It's getting down to the wire. 3 games left." Cheryl commented as Kira and I nodded.
"I'm just worried for Austin and Dallas. I know football is there dream and if they don't get recruited for college football, it's gonna break their hearts." I say as they get down thinking about it.
"Do you doubt they will get picked?" Kira asked. "No, but it wouldn't be the first time people turned down someone great." I said. "That's true. I guess all we can do is pray that they get to live their dream in life." Cheryl said as nodded agreeing.
"What's your dream?" I asked her. "I want to be a nurse. I like the idea of helping people. I've applied to like four schools." She told me as I nodded with a smile. "It's funny, because I can actually picture you in the hat and white coat." I said as she and Kira laughed.
"What about you, Kira?" I asked her this time.
"Same thing as Trish. Fashion designer." She answered.
"Cool. You two look like the type to get into that stuff." Cheryl commented.
"Yeah, I love it. The difference between me and Trish though is that she wants to go do her work in LA, where the big names are."
"You don't?" I say.
"Nope. I don't like being like everyone else. I want to make a name for myself right here in Miami." She told us. "Me too. I've been to other places but nothing is like my home here. I want to live the rest of my life here." Cheryl responded as they smiled agreeing on that.
"What about you, Ams? You gonna be a singer right?" Kira asked with a chuckle from me singing all the time.
"Surprisingly no. I'm looking for something else to do. I think I'm starting to like photography." I say as they nod. "Now, that's a sight to see." Kira said as we laughed before we hear certain gasp and murmurs from people.
We turn around to see what people are looking at and all I see is a pretty brown haired girl with medium length hair. She seems to be looking nervous and shy looking around at the people before making her way through the crowd. It makes me feel bad for her because people are staring at her like she's a freak.
"What's the big deal? It's just a new girl." I asked looking that way as I see Kira and Cheryl still looking but with their mouths open. "Hello!" I say as they snap out of it looking at me.
"Can someone tell me what the hell is going on?" I ask confused.
"Amy, that is no new girl." Cheryl said to me.
"Okay...so she's gone to this school before? Big deal." I say as they sigh because I obviously wasn't getting it.
"No, Amy. That is Brittany...Austin's ex girlfriend. His crazy and obsessive ex girlfriend." Kira restated as my eyes then widen.
"Wh-wh-what? I...I...I thought she disappeared!" I whisper yell looking back at the place where the girl is gone now and people are still talking about it. "Yeah, she was! She left randomly and people never knew where she went." Kira replied to me.
"I don't get it. The girl has been gone 4 months. Why is she back now?" I asked in disbelief staring down the hallway.
"Who knows? I'm just worried about how Austin is gonna react. I remember him telling me how insane he found her when we use to date." Cheryl said as my eyes widen once again.
"Oh god. Austin!" I say realizing that he was gonna eventually see her.
"Do you think she's gonna try to get him back with her obsessive ways?" I asked concerned.
"I have no idea. I'm sure he still has nightmares because of her. Though her walking through those doors is the calmest I've ever seen her." Kira stated as I sighed closing my locker after getting my book.
"Whatever. I can't think about this right now. It's too much and I have class. I'll see you girls at cheer practice later." I tell them. "Yeah, you will. Bye Ams." Cheryl said as I smiled and waved to both of them before leaving to class still in shock over the news of Austin's ex being back at the school.
Austin's POV
I'm walking down the hallway with Dallas during my free period. "I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little nervous for tonight's game, Austin." He said as I turned to him a bit and sighed. "Yeah, no kidding. It's our biggest rival. Not to mention we're playing them tonight and the final game." I said as he nodded.
"That's exactly what I'm afraid of. What if we fuck up in front of the recruits on our final game?" He says worried and I don't say nothing to reassure him cause I'm just as concerned. "Yeah, I see what you mean, and if we don't win tonight, we'll ruin our perfect record so far. I'm going to be so pissed if we don't get this win tonight." I tell him as he stops.
"We need a major prep talk before the game. Make sure they know who we are up against. A lot of wins can cause them to think we're invincible." Dallas stated as I agreed. "Definitely." I said as we saw Dez and Chris come around the corner and when they see us, they kind of race over.
"Dudes, slow down. Whatever it is, it can't be that important." I say chuckling opening my locker for my sports bag for practice next period. "Yeah, we'll see about that." Chris said causing me and Dallas to look at each other confused.
"Okay, just tell us what the hell is going on? You know I don't like suspense." Dallas said causing me laugh.
"Brittany." Is all Dez said to erase the smile from my face.
"Why would you say that? Why are you saying her name?" I ask slamming my locker upset that he's randomly bringing her up for no reason. "Because she's here Austin. She's back at Marino High." He finishes as I felt my heart stop and mouth gap just a little bit before looking at Dallas who eyebrows were raised and eyes widen.
"What the fuck are you talking about? This better be a joke, dude." I said getting pissed. "He's telling the truth, man. We've seen her for ourselves. She's cut her hair to shoulder length but other than that, she looks exactly the same." Chris explained to me and Dallas.
I take a minute to breath in and out and back up into my locker trying to wrap this around my head. "Who the hell let her back in?!" I yell now angry. "Well, if I remember correctly, she didn't exactly get expelled or kicked out. She left on her own." Dez said reminding but it just made me even more pissed off.
"I can't fucking believe this...where has the psycho been this whole time?" Dallas asked curious.
"Probably making some grand scheme to murder me and my parents because I won't be with her." I said as they all chuckled.
"It's not funny. I'm serious. You guys know how crazy she was. She was obsessed and deranged." I told them before something came to mind. "Shit. Amy. She's gonna fuck with Amy once she finds out that I'm dating her." I said worried banging my head on my locker.
"Hey, let's not get ahead of ourselves." Dez told me as I looked at him as if he was crazy.
"What are you talking about? You know her Dez. You saw how obsessed she was when I was just single after breaking up with her! Do you think me having a girlfriend is gonna calm her down?" I ask sarcastically. "No, but she didn't seem all worried about anything or anyone when we saw her." He shrugged.
"That's true. If we're being honest, she seemed shy, embarrassed and...quiet?" Chris said trying to describe her in the best way.
"Well, I don't give a fuck of how she is now as long as she stays the hell away from me." I said picking up my bag and leaving.
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Ally's POV
"This is just not working." Cassidy said instructing me and Kira as we stood in the air while some of the guys and girls held us.
"I don't see the problem." Kira sighed annoyed that we were doing this over and over. "That's because you're not watching yourself!" Cassidy said upset as Kira rolled her eyes looking over to me. "She's lucky I'm her friend or I would toss her blonde hair to Kentucky." She said as I giggled facing back down.
"Cass, maybe we should all take a 5 minute break. The lift is only gonna get worse, the more we do it because we're tired." I tell her as she shakes her head. "No. Again!" She says as we sigh and she counts to 3 and we start.
It starts off fine but someone misses catching my right foot and my whole cheer side all crumbles to the ground. "Jeez, guys. What the hell?" Cassidy said exasperated. "Owwww..." I moan holding my right wrist on the ground as everyone else got up.
When Cassidy notices, she runs over to me. "Oh my gosh, Ams. Are you okay?" She asked trying to look at it which just makes me groan in pain more. "Stop please. It hurts." I say trying to stand up as she helps me.
Cheryl, Kira and Carrie come over to me as well. "God, Amy. It's swelling badly." Carrie said with a look of complete worry on her face. "It's definitely sprained. I learned the symptoms in health and medical." Cheryl said looking at it.
"God, this is all my fault. I shouldn't have forced you to keep going." Cassidy said feeling badly. "Stop. I lost my balance. That's not on you." I reassure her.
"Why can't I ever just listen?" She said to herself.
"Because you're Cassidy Jones. You were born stubborn." Kira said with a giggle so she wouldn't feel worse.
"Let me take you to the nurse, Amy." Cheryl said as I nodded and we walked out. "She's gonna put some ice on it, next wrap it with a warm cloth, and then give you a mini cast for it and you should be good to go." Cheryl tells me as I smile looking at her impressed. "Wow. You really know your stuff huh?" I asked as she smiled with a shrug.
"I just wanna be a good nurse."
"You'll be a great one."
"Thanks Amy." She responded before her teacher came out of his classroom.
"Hey, Cheryl. I've been meaning to talk to you about one of your grades in my class." He told her. "I'm actually walking my friend to the nurse? Can it wait?" She asked him. "I understand the nice gesture for your friend but this involves a deadline..." He told her as she nods and sighs before facing me.
"It's fine. He said it's important, so go. I'll be fine. I know where the office is." I told her before she can say anything. "Sorry, Miss Russo." The teacher said to me feeling badly as I nod saying it's okay while Cheryl goes in his classroom.
I walk down the hallway, turning a corner when I bump into someone knocking the paper in their hand down. I try to bend down with my other hand to get their stuff but the girl beats me to it. I don't see her face until she stands back up and I realize it's the one and only Brittany.
I look at her in shock but hurriedly hide my reaction when she smiles facing me. "Sorry. I'm a bit of a klutz. I was just too busy looking at my new roster since I've been back." She informed me as I nod with a fake smile feeling completely awkward. "It's fine." I say in a high voice before coughing. "It's completely fine." I say again normally.
"Wait...you don't look familiar. Are you new here?" She asked curious.
"Sorta, you could say. I came about three months ago."
"Oh, a month after I left. That's why I don't remember you. It's nice to talk to someone who doesn't know who I am or look at me like I'm an alien." She said with a laugh as I laugh too so uncomfortably.
"Yeah, um I actually have to go to the nurse. I sprained my wrist." I told her as she looked down at it.
"Oh, wow. I'm sorry. That must suck badly. Mind me asking how did you get it?" She asked as I internally sighed not wanting to be here a minute more.
"Cheer-leading practice." I replied trying to keep my composure.
"Seriously? I was actually thinking about trying out for the team but I was told that I missed the deadline." She said bummed out and thank god! Imagine her being on the team with me and the other girls. It would be completely insane. "That is too bad..." I say as she nods.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Where are my manners? You go to the nurse. It was nice meeting you...?" She asked hinting for my name and I panicked because I didn't want to tell her my name just in case she was as crazy as they all said she was.
"Veronica." I eventually say holding out my hand as she smiles shaking it.
"I'm Brittany. I'll see you around?" She asked as I fake smiled and nodded going on my way.
I walked into the nurse's office and the nurse started to attend to my wrist right away while I got my phone out and called Trish.
"You are not gonna believe who I just bumped into." I said still in disbelief.
"Who?"
"Brittany."
"Whoa, seriously? Jeez, I heard she was back but I haven't seen her yet."
"Yeah, I saw her for the first time when I was with Kira and Cheryl this morning."
"Well, what did she say? Did she find out you were Austin's girlfriend?"
"Of course not. There was no way I was telling her that. We bumped into each other when she was reading her new roster and then she asked if I was new."
"Yeah, she probably could tell you were. That psycho knew everyone here just in case she could blackmail them in a plan to get with Austin."
"God, she sounds so freaking demented."
"Because she is doll face."
"Anyway, she asked how I hurt my wrist and I told it was from cheer leading and she told me how she had wanted to join the team!"
"What the fuck?"
"I know right?! Lucky enough, she's too late in the school year to try out."
"Thank god."
"I know. She asked me my name and I told her it was Veronica."
"Amy, that's hilarious." She said laughing as I did along with her.
"I didn't want to know my real name. She's crazy after all. Even though she didn't seem crazy in that moment."
"Well, what did she seem like?"
"I don't know...normal? But I don't trust it. I don't trust her." I say.
"You shouldn't. I still can't believe she's fucking here. I gotta go, Ams. But we'll talk more about this at lunch."
"Yeah, sure thing." I reply as we hang up.
Austin then races in the nurse's office scaring both the nurse and I. "Oh my god, Austin. You scared me. I thought you were a shooter." I say with my hand over my chest. "Cassidy told me you were in the nurse's office. They said you got hurt in a fall. How bad is it?" He asked looking and touching every visible part of my body before I grab both his hands causing him to look at me.
"I am fine. It's just a sprain wrist." I tell him showing him the purple bruise as he sighs holding it before putting his head between my neck. "I was so worried." He muffled in between it causing me to smile at his concern.
"She's gonna be okay, lover boy. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to wrap her wrist up." The nurse told him sternly as he lifted his face from me. "Oh sorry." He said backing up as I giggled at him.
"I'm sorry for him. He's just very caring." I told her as she looked back at Austin who was just tapping his feet waiting for me to be done. She laughed shaking her head and facing me again. "Don't apologize. He's a good boyfriend. I wish my daughter dated guys like that." She said bandaging my wrist up.
"She doesn't?"
"Nope. She's into guys who are careless, reckless and all around horrible. You have a good one. Hold on to him." She tells me as I watch Austin and smile. "I will." I say more to myself.
"Well, you are good to go." She told me as I nodded. "She is?!" Austin raced over. "Yes, she is." The nurse told him before we smiled at each other and she left. "Thank god you are okay." He said hugging me as I hugged him back.
"What has gotten into you, babe? I know you get worried about me but this is different. You're acting a bit strange for a sprained wrist." I said as we pulled away and sighed. "There is something I have to tell you." He said and I had a feeling about what it was about.
"Is this about your ex Brittany?" I ask folding my arms as his eyes widen.
"Oh god, you've already seen her?"
"Talked to her too." I said honestly.
"What?!"
"We kind of bumped into each other and she was acting nice to me but it was very uncomfortable for me. I left as soon as I could." I tell him. "Good. I don't want you anywhere near her." He told me.
"Wait. Did you think she sabotaged my fall?" I asked him as he looked around the room and I giggled.
"Well, can you blame me? The girl is crazy!"
"I know sweetie but that fall was all on me. I lost my balance and now I'm fine." I tell him getting off the seat and standing in front of him.
The bell rings and I sigh with relief. "Can we go to lunch now? I'm starving and I don't want to talk about your stalker ex anymore." I ask him and he smiles before nodding. "Yeah, let's go." He said kissing me before holding my hand while we walked to the cafeteria.
Austin's POV
Amy and I walked in the cafeteria and sat down at our usual table with the gang. Dallas, Cassidy, Dez and Trish. "What's up, losers?" Trish said causing us to laugh. "I just failed my history test." Dallas said picking with his fries.
"Dude, you know you have to keep your grades up or you can get kicked off the team." I told him. "You don't think I know that? It's not as easy as it seems." He said as I sighed feeling bad for him. I would help him if I was good in the subject.
"I'll help you, Dallas." Amy offered.
"Seriously?"
"Yeah, why not? You're my friend and I don't wanna see you fail, especially if it involves your dream." She said to him as he smiled.
"That's awesome. Thanks, Amy." He said giving her a side hug since we were at a table.
"It's no problem. Just meet me during study hall on our free periods from now on."
"Sure thing." He responded before someone came up to our table and we realized it was none other than the devil herself.
Brittany.
This is my first time seeing her since 4 months ago and people were right, she did change her look a bit by cutting her hair a bit shorter but overall she was the same psycho I've always known. "Hey..." She said to all of us but more looking right at me. Everyone felt awkward looking around before I sighed.
"Brittany, what are you doing here?" I asked not really wanting to here an answer. I just wanted her to go away. "I uh...I'm here to apologize." She said and as soon as the words left her mouth, everyone looked completely in shock.
"What?" Is all I could say and she sighs.
"May I?" She asked to sit in order to talk. No one says anything so she takes the seat anyway.
"I've been away for a long time." She started.
"Where, by the way?" Trish asked as everyone looked at her.
"What? I'm a curious person." She said shrugging.
"No, it's fine. I was in therapy. Lots and lots of therapy." She awkwardly said putting hair behind her ear.
"So, that rumor was true." Dallas said to us. "Yeah, it was. My mom took me once she found out all the things I had been doing. She was embarrassed and had no idea why I was acting the way I was."
"You ever find out the reason why?" Dez asked.
"My therapist thinks it's because I felt neglected by my mom and dad since they are always working all the time. I don't get much attention from them so I reflect attachment onto other people." She explained which actually made a lot of sense.
"Why did she have to take you out of school just to go to therapy?" Cassidy asked confused.
"Well, she didn't. But she didn't think getting therapy and being around the guy I was obsessed with was really gonna help the process." She explained as we slowly nodded understanding except for Amy who just looked at her with a blank face.
"Look..." She trailed off facing me. "There aren't enough words in the world for me to say how sorry I am. I ruined a lot of your high school experience and most of all probably gave you some scary nightmares. The point is, I'm gonna try damn hard to just stay out of your way. I'm a senior now and my only goal and priority is to graduate. I'm looking for a fresh start and that begins with me making amends with people I've done wrong." She said stunning all of us at the table except for Amy like I said before.
"Wow. I don't know what to say. I didn't expect this. Ever." I say awkwardly chuckling.
"It's fine. You don't owe me anything." She told me. "No, it's um, thank you for saying that. It takes a lot of courage for someone to do that after their history. We're cool." I tell her as she smiles with relief before she looks around at everyone else.
"Yeah if he's cool with it. I can be too." Dallas said as Dez agreed.
"Sure. Why not? I heard therapy's good." Trish shrugged drinking her juice causing us to laugh.
"Yeah, you're alright with me." Cassidy smiled going back to her food.
"Oh, this is Amy. My girlfriend." I introduced her since she only met her once apparently.
Amy's eyes widen after I say that and Brittany looks confused and Amy looks away embarrassed which puzzles me. "Well, it's nice meeting you Amy." She said shaking her hand as Amy did shake it but not enthusiastically.
Ally's POV
When lunch is over, I walk out and go to my locker and sigh with embarrassment. Austin said my real fake name. I know it sounds weird but whatever. I told her my name was- "Amy!" I hear and turn around to see Brittany. "Or should I say Veronica?" She asked folding her arms.
"I'm just kidding." She said smiling.
"No, I don't blame you for telling me a false name. I'm guessing you found out who I was before I met you and was worried for me to know who you were, right?" She asked as I nodded.
"Yeah..."
"I completely get it. You have nothing to be ashamed about. If anyone should be ashamed, it should be me. No matter how different I am now, my legacy will always be the crazy girl." She said and I didn't respond because I believed she was still the crazy girl.
"It was nice meeting you again, though. The real you this time." She giggled as I fake smiled while she walked away.
I head to class and smile when I see Austin in there but it goes away when I see Brittany as well. Damn it! She has class with us. Stupid roster! I take a seat far away from her and the teacher does a 45 minute lecture on division.
After class, I stand up about to go over to Austin when the teacher calls both him and Brittany over. I decide to listen from a distance.
"Brittany, as you know you didn't have the best grades in math before you left." The teacher started.
"That's an understatement." She replied.
"Yeah, well I was told by the principle that anyone who fails my last quarter is not allowed to graduate." He tells her as her eyes widen.
"Are you serious. Oh my gosh!" She says upset and Austin looks at her feeling badly because she said her only goal earlier was to graduate. "That's where Austin comes in." He said as Austin and her looked confused including me.
"Austin, you have the best GPA in all 5 of my classes so I assigned you as Brittany's tutor." He told her as my eyes widen in shock and anger. What?! You have got to be kidding me?!
"Really?" Austin asked awkwardly which made Brittany feel uncomfortable as well.
"Yes. Is there a problem?" The teacher asked as he shook his head.
"No, not at all. I'll help her the best I can." Austin tells him as the teacher smiles satisfied and dismissed them.
"Austin.." Brittany says pulling him to the side by his arm and I am not loving the contact. "This has to be very awkward for you just as much as it is for me but thank you so much. This means the world to me. I want to make my mom, dad and myself proud more than anything so graduating really would be at the top of the list." She said as he chuckled with a nod. "It's no problem. I'll make sure you do." He told her nicely before coming over to me with a smile.
"Hey babe." He said sweetly. "Hi you." I replied kissing him.
Austin's POV
Amy pulls me to the side after we leave the classroom. She gives me a look of sadness and hurt and I realize why. "Babe, don't even think twice about the tutoring arrangement. I'm just gonna help her for a few weeks and then it's over." I tell her as she rolls her eyes annoyed at the situation.
"A few weeks is a long time with your stalker ex girlfriend." She replies as I chuckle.
"It's not funny, Austin." She says pouting.
"It is. Plus, she's not like that anymore."
"Are you serious? You really buy that?"
"I don't think there is nothing to buy, babe. I think she's really changed. She went away and got some help. Now she's better." I told her my honest opinion and she sighs looking away.
"I don't trust her."
"Then trust me." I say as she looks at me sadly before I lean in and kiss her and she deepens it wrapping her arms around my neck.
I wrap my arms around her waist as my tongue ask for entrance and she accepts as they wrestle along with each other. It starts to get intense and there are still people in the hallway so I pull away. "Come here." I say lowly as we walk to a janitor's closet and I turn the light on at the top.
Amy smiles at me before going back to kissing me and I smile into it as we back into the wall. Her hands begin to roam my chest and I bring my hands to the bottom of her shirt and start to lift it some. Suddenly, I feel her pull away strongly and stop me.
"Um, no we can't." She said looking away a little awkwardly. "What's wrong?" I asked concerned. "Nothing. I just don't want our first time being intimate together as a couple to happen in a janitor's closet." She said with a nervous giggle.
"Of course. I was thinking we could just fool around but no rush." I tell her with a smile kissing her on the lips as she kisses back before we leave the closet.
"I'll see you after the game?" I asked her as she nodded with a smile. "Yeah, you will." She says kissing me one last time before I head to the locker room to get changed.
Ally's POV
We're at the football game right now in the middle of the day and I gotta say it's a real close one. This is their biggest rival tonight, the same one they'll be playing for the last game in front of their recruits. It's a tie and we are in the last quarter.
I'm watching Cassidy, Cheryl, Carrie and Kira cheer with the team while I sit out because of my wrist. I'm okay with it though, because sometimes I'm so busy cheering that I don't get the chance to watch the full game and see Austin in all his true glory. I guess I'm not the only one with my eyes on Austin tonight.
I see Brittany a few bleachers down cheering her ass off for the team but I'm really convinced that it's just for Austin. I mean she's smiling and giggling his way right now! God, what is her problem? I know what she's doing and she's not gonna get away with it. She's playing everyone but she's not fooling me. Not today. Not ever. I'm not having it.
Suddenly, the other team makes a touchdown ultimately meaning our team lost it's perfect record so far. God, Austin's gonna be so upset about this but they still did good. I get off the bleachers and head to where the girls are who look upset. "It's a shame. They were doing so good. So close." Cheryl commented as we all agreed. "There's always next time. I have faith that they will win the final game." Carrie said because she was always the hopeful one and that's exactly what we needed right now to be honest. Especially me.
Austin comes over to me and I grab his hand bringing him over to the side. "I'm sorry about your game but there's something I have to tell you." I say as he looks confused.
"What is it?"
"Brittany." I say as he rolls his eyes.
"Amy, we talked about this."
"No, I'm serious. She's playing all of you. She was cheering so loudly and I'm pretty sure it was just for you."
"That's crazy!"
"Crazy? Have you forgotten that she is crazy?"
"You are the only crazy one I see right now, babe." He said as I gasp.
"How could you say that to me?"
"Because instead of trying to comfort me after losing one of the biggest games of my high school career, you pulled me over here to talk about a girl who's completely irrelevant in our relationship." He said with a sting of hurt in his eyes but I was not giving up my theory yet.
"It's a game, Austin! You win some, you lose some. Get over it." I said as he looked a bit shocked at me.
"Wow...you are such a great girlfriend." He stated sarcastically as I roll my eyes.
"Don't insult me."
"Same to you." He replied harshly with his tone.
We both look at each other with small breaths coming out of mouths and he ends up sighing. "Look, I don't want to argue with you. Can we please leave this alone before it blows up in our faces?" He asked as I realized he was right. I don't wanna have my first fight with Austin. Not about this. "Yeah, we can. I'm sorry about what I said. You were great. Amazing as always." I said honestly as he smiled a little before I leaned up and hugged him tightly and he hugged me back.
"You are forgiven, Russo." He said as I chuckled pulling away and leaning up and planting a big one on his lips. "I gotta head home but I'll see you tomorrow morning?" He said to me as I nodded with a smile even though I was sad because I knew the reason he had to head home. To tutor the devil. "Of course." I say as he kisses me one more time before leaving.
I can't hold this in anymore. I need to talk to somebody about it. I feel like I'm going crazy stuck with my own thoughts.
xXxXx
I asked Kira and Cheryl to meet me in the music room so I could talk to them. I hear a knock on the door and I answer it to only Kira coming in. "Hey." She said as I closed the door behind her.
"Hi. Cheryl was coming but she got stopped for having a too short skirt. Can you believe that? After all this time she was wearing it today, now is the time they notice."
"Yeah, that's weird."
"Anyway, surely you don't mind just telling me whatever it is you needed to tell us?"
"Of course not. I just need someone to talk to." I tell her sitting down on the piano seat.
"Okay, what's this about?" She asked sitting next to me.
"Brittany."
"Okay, what about her?"
"I don't trust her."
"Oh, you don't believe she's really changed?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Well, why do you? You saw the crazy up close and personal."
"That's why I'm giving her a chance. I've never seen her like this. Maybe she really is different."
"No way. I refuse to believe that."
"Has she given you a reason to think otherwise?"
"No...but that's not the point!"
"Then what is?"
"Why are you defending her?"
"I'm not! I'm just...okay maybe you're a little worried about something else."
"What do you mean?"
"Maybe you're somewhat scared of Austin being taken away from you. Especially because she's supposedly normal now." She says as I realize she may be right.
"Okay, so what if that is true? I still think she's crazy and now she's gonna be with him all the time!"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"I mean that Austin just got assigned as her math tutor and they are gonna be having their first session after school."
"At his house?"
"Yep. Fantastic right?" I say sarcastically.
"Well, I understand being worried about that." She said as my eyes widen making me more paranoid. "But Austin's not a cheater so don't be!" She told me rubbing my arm as I groaned. "It's not that I don't trust him. I don't trust her." I replied as she just nodded thinking about it before facing me again.
"What?" I ask because it look like she just had some plan in her head.
"If you're so worried, why don't you just go see for yourself?"
"See for myself?"
"Yeah, go check it out to see if anything suspicious is going on."
"Kira, are you suggesting I spy on my boyfriend?" I asked as she looked a bit guilty. "It's not like he'll know. You just peak in a window for a few minutes and when you see there's nothing to worry about, you'll be out of there like lightning." She said as I actually thought about it.
"If it makes you feel better, I'll go with you. I just hate seeing you like this Ams and maybe this will bring you some peace." She finished and I knew she meant exactly what she said.
"Okay, yeah."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah. Let's spy on my boyfriend.." I say with a nervous smile before we leave school together.
We get to Cassidy's aka my house and we go straight over to Austin's. "Here, here." Kira says as I go over to where she is ducked in front of some bushes with perfect window excess inside of Austin's home. "There they are." I say lowly under my breath watching them seat on his living room sofa with a few books open. He's showing her something with his pencil and she smiles getting it.
"Oh, Austin. You are the smartest man on earth. We should be together forever. Hehehehe." I mocked in a high voice as Kira laughed.
We sat there for about 5 minutes and nothing seems to change. "Well, you got what you wanted. Nothing." Kira stated as I sighed and nodded. "I don't know why I'm disappointed. I should be happy nothing is going on. He's s great boyfriend." I say looking back at him.
Kira then loses her balance standing up to leave and falls in the bushes behind us making a loud noise when she screams. My eyes widen and go to her helping the leaves out of her face and I start to help her up when Austin opens his front door with Brittany behind him. He looks at Kira and I in shock at what we're doing here.
"What the hell? Babe, what are you two doing?" He asked as Kira and l looked at each other speechless.
"Were you spying on me?!" He asked upset as I cringed at his tone and Kira came forward. "To be fair, it was totally my idea. She was curious and we were just making sure everything was fine." She defended. "And everything was fine babe. We were just leaving actually, until someone had to fall..." I say eyeing Kira as she looks down guilty.
"Really? Is that suppose to make me feel better?"
"I don't know...no?" I say as he rolls his eyes angry.
"Maybe I should go..." Brittany said putting her book bag on her shoulder walking out. "No, don't. You need to pass that class to graduate." He tells her. "There's always next time, Austin. Thanks again." She said walking out and down the street before he looks back at me.
"I can not believe you!"
"I'm sorry!"
"Yeah, that's not exactly good enough."
"Fine. I'll just go home. Give you some time to cool off."
"No, we are talking about this now." He said as I looked at Kira and sighed.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Kira." I said as she awkwardly waved while I went inside Austin's house.
I hear him slam the door shut and face me.
"What the hell were you thinking?!"
"I was thinking that my boyfriend has no idea what he's getting himself into."
"Amy, I can handle myself."
"What's the problem with me looking out for you."
"It's a problem when it involves you spying on me outside a window. Which is kind of ironic since you're supposedly trying to save me from a stalker."
"Oh my god, it's not a big deal! It was only gonna happen once and I found nothing."
"Exactly, you found nothing because there was nothing to find. You keep creating drama for yourself."
"No, I'm not. Just because you want to be blind and trust her, doesn't mean I have to."
"You didn't even know her before. Why are you taking this so personal?!"
"Why aren't you?! You remember everything she did! How is it so easy for you to forgive her?!"
"Because I forgive people, Amy! That's what normal people do! They forgive!" He said as I didn't even know how to respond to that. "You're probably not use to manners or forgiveness where you come from because you're from a rich society but people make mistakes and they deserve the chance to make up from them."
"Yeah, you call years of obsessiveness a 'mistake'. Makes sense."
"God, Amy..." He trailed off.
"Okay, even if she was faking this, you shouldn't just automatically assume she is until she proves otherwise."
"This isn't court, Austin. You're not innocent till proven guilty."
"Why are you doing this?" He asked frustrated turning around running his hands through his hair.
"Because I care about you!"
"This doesn't exactly feel like someone who cares about me."
"Stop being such a jerk. I'm trying to protect you and you're being a complete ass!" I tell him as he groans throwing his keys ultimately hitting a vase and loudly breaking it against the wall.
My mouth gaps open in shock, looking back at the broken glass all over the floor. I look back at him and he's breathing heavily but looks guilty from doing what he just did. I lick my lips as tears start to form in my eyes. I don't say anything and start to head to the front door as he stops me.
"Amy, I didn't mean to do that. I didn't know they were gonna hit the vase."
"Whatever. I just wanna go."
"I didn't mean to scare you."
"Too late." I say looking in his eyes.
"Fine. Go. This is all your fault anyway." He said as I slightly gasp before opening the door and slamming it shut.
I run in my house with tears streaming down my face and Cassidy comes out the kitchen when she hears me. "God, Ams. What happened?" She asked wrapping her arms around me in a tight embrace. "Austin and I had our first fight." I said as we pulled away.
"It was horrible Cass. I don't think we're gonna come back from this."
"Shhh. Don't say that. Every couple fights. It's shows they care about each other." She said sitting down letting me place my head on her lap as she ran her hands threw my hair.
"You think Dallas and I got 3 years easy? Hell no. Relationships are hard, Ams. I promise you guys are gonna work this out. It's not over." She told me as I just closed my eyes and cried myself to sleep.
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