Sigh. This is yet another arysa13 plot that I borrowed.
It's on the 100 archive of our own site. Please go check out her stories, she's awesome! It's called 'Your Eyes Could Make the Moon Jealous'.
So I made some minor changes to the plot, but I loved this story too much to not base a fanfic off of it, so enjoy!
And without further ado, let's get into it!
I talk too much!
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"Do you want to come to a party?"
Austin snapped his head up so fast that he thought he would get whiplash. His eyebrows furrowed and they furrowed even more when they realized who was talking to him.
Ally Dawson.
It's not often that the 'most popular' and 'prettiest' girl came up to people like him, people with no reputable social status, inviting them to a party.
He didn't even expect it. It was during lunch and he took his usual seat on the bench by the big oak tree. Not many people sat there as was off to the side. His two friends barely joined him for lunch as they preferred to spend their time in the computer lab. He didn't mind though, he liked the peace and quiet so that he could read his book.
He was never much of a people person. Which is why it is so surprising that Ally Dawson, herself was talking to him, far less for inviting him to a party. He wonders if she has the right person, given they've barely talked despite being in the same year.
"A party?" he responded dumbly and she nodded slowly.
"Yeah, you know, a place where people gather to drink and dance and stuff."
"I know what a party is." He huffs.
"So?"
He bit into his apple, using that as an opportunity to think about his response. Her eyes were wide and expectant, it was almost too much that he had to look back down at his book.
He swallowed his bite in one gulp before looking back up into her chocolate brown eyes. "Um, I'm not sure. I have to babysit my sister most of the time." He said. It wasn't a complete lie, he did look after his sister a lot, just that she was allowed to stay home alone now.
"Oh." She responded looking a tad bit disappointed, he looked back down at his book to continue reading figuring the conversation was over. But she quickly smiled being the bubbly golden girl that she was. "Well, if you change your mind…" she motioned for his hand and he cautiously held it out. She smiled and as if on cue one of her many friends ran forward with a pen.
"This is my address. It'll be lots of fun and there will be loads of alcohol. Bring friends if you like!" she chirped as bent over to as she scribbled the address on his palm. His breath hitched softly as her skirt lifted slightly exposing more of her soft looking skin. He also didn't miss the way she smelled like vanilla.
She capped the pen and stood upright. He looked behind her to see her two best friends, Trish and Elliot, standing a little distance away as if they didn't want to get too close. He knew she had a lot of friends but he always saw these two around her so he assumed that they were her best friends. They were watching the scene amusedly.
He swallowed and looked back at her to see she was biting her lip and standing there awkwardly fidgeting with her hands, as if she wanted to say more but wasn't sure what to say.
He awkwardly scratched the back of neck. "Uh, do you wanna sit down?" he offered.
She smiled again and he almost smiled back when he remembered how weird the situation was. How did he know there wasn't a catch to this? He was dubbed as a nerd after all.
"Uh no, it's okay. I'll let you get back to your book." She smiled as she turned around, her skirt swishing in the wind. She sauntered away and turned back to him. "It's this Saturday, by the way!" she called before she walked off with her friends, most likely back to the 'popular' table.
His eyebrows remained furrowed as he recounted the exchange that just happened. He read over the address that was scrawled onto his palm and shook his head before going back to his apple and reading his book.
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"Dude what?" His friend Dez asked in disbelief as he sat up straight on Austin's couch.
Austin shrugged not seeing what was so hard to understand.
Dez's mouth still remained agape as his other friend Ethan piped in. "So let me get this straight. The hottest girl in school invited you to a party and you declined?" he asked incredulously.
"I didn't decline. I just told her I wasn't sure and said something about having to babysit Piper. She still gave me the details though." He said to his disbelieving friends.
Ethan snorted. "I can't believe you turned down Ally Dawson, to babysit Piper, who by the way is old enough to stay home alone."
"I didn't decline!"
"You basically did man." Ethan responded patting the blond.
"Whatever, the point is people like Ally Dawson don't usually invite people like us to things, which is why we have to go." Dez pointed out and Ethan nodded.
Austin sighed. "I don't wanna go."
"Why not?" Dez questioned.
"I don't know, you said it yourself, people like Ally Dawson don't usually talk to people like me, what if this is some kind of joke or sick prank? Or what if they are luring me into a trap or something? It's sketchy."
"Who cares? We're going to a high school party, the first one ever! We have to go, it's part of the high school experience!" Dez responded.
Austin shrugged, still not convinced. "Maybe she likes you." Ethan responded and Austin looked up at him abruptly.
Dez grinned and joined in. "Yeah man. It's because you're hot now." Tired of being picked on for being too gangly, he decided to work out over the summer before entering their senior year. People did notice his noticeably bulkier arms and didn't pick up on him anymore, they just ignored him now.
"I bet if you lost those dorky glasses, more girls would talk to you." Dez continued.
"Yeah but none of those girls are Ally Dawson." Ethan sighed dreamily.
"Hey! Don't talk about Austin's girlfriend like that!" Dez joked before the two burst into laughter. Austin rolled his eyes.
"Face it dude, Ally Dawson likes you!" Ethan grins.
Austin knows they're just kidding around but he can't help the lurching feeling in his stomach at the mention of Ally liking him. But he knows she doesn't like him like that. She can literally have any guy she wants and does not have to stoop to his level.
"Austin and Ally sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G." Dez sings before bursting into laughter.
"I bet lover boy wishes they were doing a lot more than kissing." Ethan mutters before he and the redhead burst into laughter.
"Hilarious." Austin deadpans. He chooses to ignore the part of him that wishes maybe Ally did like him.
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The next day, his head whips up again as he hears a figure plop on the opposite side of him.
And to his surprise, it's yet again, Ally Dawson.
He looks around to see if anyone is nearby holding a camera or laughing and pointing but there's no one. He also looks by her usual table to see if there are no free chairs and that's why she joined him, but there were in fact free chairs. But even if there were none, Ally Dawson didn't move for other people, people moved for her.
He looked at her warily and confusedly above the top of his book. She had sat down as if it were the most natural and ordinary thing in the world. Her friends, Trish and Elliot, however added some reality to the situation as they hesitantly sat down and also were slightly confused.
A few cheerleaders and jocks also sat at the bench, filling it up. But those who were too concerned with their reputation stayed at the 'cool table'. But even the 'populars' that decided to join him didn't pay him any attention and talked amongst themselves. The only people that acknowledged him were the three across from him that sat down first.
He cautiously put his book down and looked over at Ally. "Hey Austin." She chirped and grinned.
He quirked a brow. "Hey."
She noticed his quirked brow and shrugged. "Thought, I should spice things up today." She said before placing a spoonful of food in her mouth.
He nodded, not really sure what to say. Elliot cleared his throat and broke the silence. "So Austin, you work at the bookstore, right?" he asked.
"Yeah." He nodded almost a little flattered that they knew that.
"Yeah we saw you there over summer reading to little kids." Trish blurts out and then winces in pain. "Ugh Ally why did you kick me?"
Ally gives her a silent glare. "Sorry, foot spasm." She shrugs.
Austin looks at them confusedly as he had never seen any of them come into the bookstore besides Ally as she's bought a couple books from the store. His face softens in realization when he assumes that maybe she told them about it, and he feels a flutter in his heart.
"Oh yeah, Ally has definitely developed a passion for reading over the summer." Elliot says laughing and Trish despite having a pain in her shin joins in. Ally gives them both a glare that Austin can't decipher.
Cassidy, a cheerleader, who has been on her phone since she sat down speaks up and Austin is pretty sure this is the first time she's ever acknowledged him. "Why do you always sit here alone? I know you have other friends." She asks not looking up from the screen.
"Um, Dez and Ethan have lunch in the computer lab." He states, he might as well let them acknowledge his friends too.
"Oh." She responds and the table gets silent again.
"Different book, from yesterday, I see." Ally pipes in, breaking the silence. She stretches her hand to toy with the paperback cover.
"Oh yeah, I read a lot." He says a little nervously since all heads turned to watch him, not that they haven't been throughout the whole lunchtime.
"I could see that." She smiles and looks back at the cover. His hand tingles as she touches the cover again and their hands rub against each other. He almost feels to close his eyes at the feeling.
"Is it good?"
"What?" he blurts.
She giggles and pulls her hand back to rest it on her lap. "The book. Is it any good? I've been meaning to find new reading material." She responds.
"Oh." He blushes slightly and clears his throat which does not go unnoticed by the smirking pair besides Ally, as well as some of the other patrons at the table.
"Yeah, it's really good." He states, he doesn't elaborate as he's pretty sure she's not actually interested in what he's reading.
"Cool. Maybe I'll borrow it when you're done or something." She smiles before taking a sip of her water.
"Sure." He responds before taking a sip of his own drink. He knows he's being short with his responses but he can't help but feel uncomfortable and a little wary about whatever is going on.
"I wasn't kidding when I said that Ally loved to read." Elliot pipes in.
Austin then looks over to the brunette that she didn't see any sign of joking on her face instead there was a shy smile as if she feared he may judge her. Him.
And Elliot seemed sincere so he decides to fully join in the conversation. If Ally wanted to really be his friend maybe he should make it a little easier for her.
"Maybe, sometime you could come to the bookstore and I could show you some good books. Give some recommendations." He offers sincerely.
Ally grins and nods. "I'd like that." She smiles and this time Austin can't stop himself from smiling back.
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"Wait a minute, so Ally Dawson and her posse sat with you at lunch yesterday and we're just now finding out about it?" Dez inquires.
"Wait a minutes, so Ally Dawson sat with you at lunch and you didn't call me to join you?" Ethan asks frustratedly.
Austin rolls his eyes and closes his locker. "Yes, okay. Forgive me not telling you guys, the moment is still confusing and weird for me."
"So what did you guys talk about?" Dez asks as they walk down the hallway.
"Nothing much really, she asked me to borrow my book and I offered to show her around the bookstore."
"Oh how romantic." Ethen teases, nudging the blond. Austin again rolls his eyes.
"Um Austin why are we walking down this hallway, the exit doors are that way." Dez says confusedly.
"I know, but since Ally asked to borrow my book when I was done with it, I'm gonna give it to her now." Austin responds.
Dez and Ethan smirk and give him a knowing look. "What?"
"Nothing. We'll meet you by the exit, lover boy." They tease before walking off.
He walks over to Ally's locker and he isn't surprised to see there are a ton of popular people surrounding her.
His heart pangs though as he realizes that they were all laughing and listening to a story being told by the quarterback, Dallas Brooks. What has his heart panging though is that he has his arm slung over Ally's shoulders.
He doesn't remember Dallas sitting with them at lunch yesterday, so he assumes that he was one of those who were afraid to ruin their reputation.
After casting one last glance at the giggling brunette, he figures that he should save himself from potential embarrassment. He put his head down and walks away.
He meets up with his friends at the exit door and they eye the book in his hand confusedly.
"You didn't give it to her?" Dez asks and Austin shrugs.
"She probably left already." He responds and they nod as they start walking.
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It's the day before the party, aka Friday, when he realizes that he has feelings for her.
After she didn't sit with him on Thursday and this lunch, he realizes that he misses her presence. Granted, it was sorta awkward when she first arrived, as the lunch went on he noticed that he liked the sound of her laugh and voice and how her dimple appeared when she smiled. And how her bubbly personality was genuine and not fake like he assumed.
That lunch he found himself not so enraptured in his book, but enraptured in her.
He felt kinda creepy staring at her as she sat at her usual table with her friends, but she just looked so pretty. And his heart skipped as he heard her laugh flutter all the way to his ears. He shook his head and tried to return to his book, cursing himself that he only managed to read half a chapter, instead of the five he managed to get through every lunch time, if left unbothered.
However, this time maybe he didn't mind being left bothered by the vision of Ally Dawson.
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It's Saturday night, and just as he settles on his couch to watch his favourite show on his laptop, the doorbell rings.
He groans and sets his drink on a coaster before heading towards the door. He's not at all surprised that Dez and Ethan are there, dressed in attire that are not suitable for just lounging at his house.
They look at his shirt and sweatpants confusedly. "Dude why aren't you dressed for the party?"
Austin rolls his eyes before walking off, leaving the door open so they could follow him in. He had just spent ten minutes arguing with them on their text groupchat and he'd thought they'd finally given up, not gotten ready and waltzed all the way to his house only to convince him some more!
"Because I'm not going." he replies and they groan.
"Austin, we have to go to the party." Ethan states flatly.
"Yeah, you told Ally that you may not go because you had to babysit Piper. Where is Piper anyways?" Dez accuses.
Austin opens his mouth to answer but Dez cuts him off. "Exactly! She's at my house hanging out with Didi. Don't think I didn't see her on my way out." DE folds his arms.
"Right, so now you have no excuse for not going. Now, chop chop!" Ethan claps.
"You guys go, I'm staying here to watch the Electric Avenger." Austin states and the other two roll their eyes.
"One, you could watch that any time. And two, you were the one invited, we're just your plus ones…or plus twos!" Dez responds.
"I don't even understand how I'm invited!" Austin counters.
"And you'll never know, if you don't go!" Ethan responds.
"Why are we all yelling?!" Dez exclaims and Austin rolls his eyes.
"Austin, it's our senior year and we've never been to a high school party, far less, been invited to one. And now a giant golden beautiful ticket in the form of Ally Dawson has presented an opportunity to us… and you're just gonna stay home to watch The Electric Avenger?" Ethan says.
"Ally probably only said Ethan and I could come because it might get you to go." Dez explains and Austin rolls his eyes again.
"Okay, girl crushes aside, we're finally invited to a high school party! I mean, come on Aus, what's the worst that can happen?" Ethan reasons.
Austin pretends to think then starts, "They could throw eggs at me, they laugh at me, I could get thrown into the pool, they could-."
"Have you been watching 90's rom coms again?" Dez asks confusedly.
"Hey, those movies are classics!" Austin defends.
"Yeah bro, enough of the Never Been Kissed." Ethan pats his shoulder.
"Hey, Drew Barrymore is a very talented actress!" Austin defends again."
"And Ally Dawson is a very hot girl!" Ethan responds. "And if you keep up with this attitude, you'll never be kissed."
Austin rolls his eyes and sighs. Dez tries to reason with him. "Look, we're getting off topic here. It's a high school party, it's part of the experience. Let's just go check it out, and if you hate it we go home."
Austin sighs again.
The truth is, part of him really really wants to go to the party. And it's not the part of him that's scared that he would be humiliated by the popular crowd.
It's the part of him that knows that Ally would be there and he would get to see her, if even he doesn't talk to her just admiring her from afar is good enough for him given his social skills.
And he knows that it's cliché for the nerdy kid to have a crush on the popular girl, but here he is now and now that he's admitted it to himself, he's sure there's no going back. He had a crush on Ally Dawson.
And instead of staying home and pining and wishing he could see her, he was gonna do something about it.
"Fine." He sighs and Ethan and Dez gasp with excitement. "But the minute I say we're leaving, we're leaving." He states before ascending his stairs to change.
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The idea of going to the party isn't such a fun idea now that the trio are standing staring at the two story house from the sidewalk.
"Do we have to go in?" Austin asks as he stares at the house nervously. The duo don't respond and Austin just knows it's because they're nervous too.
They somehow drag their feet up the cobblestone pathway and up onto the front porch, in front of the door. They then stare at the door nervously.
"Um, do we knock or ring the doorbell?" Dez asks.
"I doubt anyone would hear it." Ethan replies. The music can be heard from the street and the thumping of the bass vibrates the door.
Austin chews on his lip, already dreading coming to the party. "Um so do we just-?" his thought is cut short, by the door swinging open and nearly knocking them away, but they move just in time.
A clearly drunk guy, that Austin recognizes from his Math class stumbles out, a concerned looking friend guiding him. The drunk guy's friend gives them a curt nod and instinctively leaves the door open behind him for the trio on the porch.
"Well we have to go in now, or we'll just be those three weirdos watching the party from the outside." Ethan states and Austin takes the first hesitant step inside as the other two follow.
Austin winces at how loud the music is and he also winces, expecting people to give him the 'what are you doing here?' look. But as usual, no one pays attention to him, and he's slightly relieved at that.
There's so many people here. Almost too many people.
He recognizes most of the faces from school and some of them he's never seen in his life and it makes him wonder how one person could know so many people.
"So, what now?" he calls out over the loud music when he finds a pretty much empty area. He's not sure if he should go off looking for her. If he's scared to talk to her at school, where it's mandatory for him to attend, how is he meant to talk to her at her house party where a bunch of her friends are most likely surrounding her.
"Um, let's find the alcohol." Ethan suggests and the other two shrug and follow him. After bumping into a couple people, they manage to find the kitchen, which is overly stocked with alcohol.
"Hell yeah!" Ethan cheers as he pours rum into a cup and diluting it with the coke and taking a sip and sighing in content. "Want some?" he offers Austin and Austin winces at the strong smell. Dez is fixing himself a similar drink.
Austin looks back into the party, seeing if he could pick out a head of brunette curls and bewitching brown doe eyes.
"Here Austin." He turns to see Ethan holding up cup of red liquid that reeks of alcohol. He gingerly takes it and eyes his best friend.
"Relax it's punch. It'll calm your nerves." He says as he takes a sip of his own drink.
Austin looks back down at the cup, looks back into the party. If everyone else is drinking it, it can't be that bad. He looks back down at the cup before taking one large swig.
It tastes fruity and it has a strong kick that Austin knows is the alcohol. He hums in appreciation. It's not great, but it's not bad either. He gulps the rest and sticks out his hand.
"It's good. Can I have another?" Austin hands the cup back Ethan.
"That's the spirit!" Dez cheers as he pats Austin on the back quite roughly and Austin thinks the alcohol may already be getting to him.
"You should go find Ally. She invited you after all." Dez suggests as he sips his drink.
Austin's stomach lurches at the mention of her name. He suddenly feels queasy and he's not sure if it's the punch or the thought of potentially embarrassing himself in front of her and all of her friends.
"Can you guys find her for me?" he pleads and they eye him confusedly. "Please, you don't actually have to talk to her. Just tell me where she is and I'll go." He continues. "I just don't want to look like a complete loser just walking around looking for her."
"So you want us to look like complete losers?" Dez asks.
"No-wha- please, you guys made me come here." Austin responds.
Ethan and Dez share a look before sighing. "This better end with you guys making out in a secluded corner." Ethan grumbles before exiting the kitchen.
Austin flushes at the vision that Ethan has created. "It's not like that!" he calls back as Dez chuckles and follows Ethan.
Austin feels a little looser now and he downs the rest of the punch before deciding to take it easy.
After five minutes of standing up alone, waiting for Dez and Ethan, Austin chews his lip and taps in his foot, unintentionally to the rhythm of the song.
To ease his mind and his nerves he decides to pour another cup of punch so doesn't look like a complete loser just standing aimlessly in the kitchen, alone.
As soon as he's finished pouring, the kitchen door swings open and Austin jumps slightly and nervously wonders if it's Dez and Ethan returning to tell him where she is.
He does want to see her but he's nervous to talk to her, even if the punch is calming his nerves.
However upon turning around, he recognizes that it's Gavin Young from his English class. He places a six pack of beer on the counter and proceeds to take one. Austin briefly stares at all the alcohol on the countertop and wonders where it'll all go when the party's over.
He then looks over to Gavin to see him sipping his beer, sighing in content and turning to watch Austin amusedly. Austin sips his punch trying to seem cool but on the inside, he's nervously wondering what Gavin would want to tell him, given that he's seen Gavin hang out with Ally and her crew a couple times.
"You're Austin right?" he asks. Austin is flattered that Gavin Young knows him. Austin nods and sips his punch. "Yeah we have English together."
"I've never seen you at any houseparty. How come?" Austin could tell that he's genuinely interested and not teasing him for being a loser.
Austin shrugs. "I've never been invited."
Gavin nods and motions his beer to the crowd. "If I'm being honest, I'm sure half of the people here aren't invited." He laughs and Austin chuckles along.
"Do you know where Ally is?" Austin blurts out and he thinks the punch is making him bold.
Gavin chuckles amusedly. "I take it you have a thing for the resident golden girl."
Austin blushes. "No. I just wanna know." He mutters and looks down at the contents of his cup.
Gavin chuckles again. "I don't know where she is, man. I just got here." Austin nods wondering why Dez and Ethan were taking so long.
Gavin places a hand on his shoulder. "But hey man, there's a packed crowd out there, dancing and having fun. You should go and have fun instead of being cooped up in here. And I'm pretty sure it'll be easier to spot Ally out there than in here." Gavin gives him a pointed look.
Austin gives him an unsure look. Even in his state, he still doesn't like being around much people.
Gavin shrugs and pats him on the shoulder before heading for the door. "It's a party. Have fun, my dude. But if I run into her, I'll tell her to come your way."
"Please don't, I don't wanna seem desperate!" Austin calls out after and he realizes how desperate he sounds just saying that. Gavin chuckles and leaves the kitchen.
He sighs and leans back onto the counter, sipping his punch. The song changes to a song that he actually recognizes. He then considers Gavin's statement of going out and having fun.
He downs that last of his drink and makes his way outside. Everything seems a bit hazy and he's not sure if it's the alcohol or the dimly lit living room.
He bops his head to the music and soon becomes bold enough to sway to the beat. Everyone is too into either dancing or making out to even acknowledge him and he is actually having fun.
The song ends and a new one begins. One that Austin doesn't recognize but he dances anyway.
He feels a tap on his shoulder and at first he doesn't acknowledge it as it's probably another dancer bumping into him.
However, he feels that tapping again and he turns around nonchalantly and confusedly wondering who could possibly want to talk to him.
He turns and his mouth drops and his eyes land on the starring figure of his thoughts for the past week.
Ally Dawson herself.
Naturally, his eyes focus on her gorgeous face. Her makeup is a little darker than what she wears to school and a dark pink lipstick adorns her lips. Her hair is a little more voluminous and frames her small face. She has on a white spaghetti strap crop top and a high-waisted silver sparkly skirt that stops by her mid-thigh. Even though not much of her body is showing, Austin could still see a sliver of skin where her top and skirt don't meet on her abdomen.
His eyes meet hers again and he blushes and he notices her grin, probably as she realized he was checking her out.
"I didn't think you were gonna come." She grins and he grins back.
"Yeah, my friends and I thought we should come to at least one high school party." He admits, leaving out the part where his friends forced him to come.
"You should, they're pretty fun. Especially if they're thrown by me." She jokingly brags. He chuckles and nods.
He looks around and whereas nobody paid attention to him before, now they're a lot of people looking at him. He just knows it has something to do with the girl right in front of him.
He looks down at his shoes, not liking the attention he's getting. Some are giving him the 'who invited you?' or 'why are you talking to Ally Dawson?' or just outright jealous looks from guys. He's glad though that most of them are probably too drunk to process what's going on right now.
She doesn't seem faltered by the attention, most likely because she's used to it, but he's not like her. He despises it. He feels all his nervousness resurface.
"Let's go somewhere to talk." She says comfortingly, sensing his discomfort.
He smiles and before he could respond, he hears a loud "Incoming!" before he gets hit by a football on his back, sending him not falling forward, but crashing into Ally and taking her to the floor, knocking over the speaker.
The scene is completely chaotic and he couldn't picture it going any worse.
The music stops and this time, everyone turns to look at him, with a disgusted or confused look.
He looks down at the girl who's beneath him expecting her to give him a similar look, however her eyes are filled with concern.
"I'm sorry Ally." He mutters ashamedly before hanging his head in embarrassment and standing up. Once he's off of her, he sees people rushing from different areas to help her stand and as usual they crowd her. She however, couldn't care less about the people surrounding her, asking her if she's alright.
Dez and Ethan glare at the source of the ball, who appears to be Dallas as he's trying his best not to laugh. "I said incoming." He says lamely before bursting into chuckles again. Next to him, Austin notices Elliot and Trish giving him disapproving looks.
He can hear a few snickers coming throughout the room but people are staring at him in shock and silence for the most part.
Austin pushes through the crowd of people as he makes his way to his friends who are thankfully near to the exit. "Let's go." He says and his friends don't fight him on it as they nod and follow behind him.
"Austin!" he hears call behind him but he doesn't turn around. He can't face another embarrassing situation.
Maybe she's calling him back to make him pay for the speaker. Or maybe he's calling her back for crashing into her and accidentally taking her to the ground. Or maybe she's calling him back to embarrass him further and laugh at him.
Whatever the case is, he looks forward and ignores her as he keeps walking. He makes it to the sidewalk and he's barrelling ahead, trying to get away as fast as he can. He can hear hurried footsteps behind him as his friends try to catch up to him.
"Austin!" he hears her voice call out to him and he wonders how she made it out of the house so fast given pretty much everyone had surrounded her.
"Austin!" he hears her call and he speeds up. If she's desperate for him to pay for her speaker, he'll give her the money on Monday. Right now he needs to lock himself in his room and shove his face into a pillow, away from society.
"Austin wait!" he hears again and Dez and Ethan are struggling to keep up with him.
"Austin, don't you think should slow down? I mean she followed you onto the damn sidewalk for Christ's sake." Ethan calls out.
"No." he grumbles, before he thinks better of it. Austin sighs and continues walking albeit much slower. He could hear her heeled feet clanking on the concrete as she rushes to catch up to him.
"Austin." He hears before he feels a hand grab his arm and turn him around.
"What? What do you want?" he spits and she flinches at his tone. "Why did you invite me here?"
Her eyebrows remain furrowed in hurt and confusion. "I-I thought you might like to come."
He narrows his eyes at her. "Really? It's not to publicly humiliate me or get your friends to make a fool out of myself to get a good laugh out of it." He spits.
She narrows her eyes in hurt. "What? Is that what you think of me? That I invited you to embarrass you?" she fumes.
"What an idiot." He hears one of his friends mutter but he ignores it.
"Yeah. Isn't that how you and your friends get your kicks, making fun if nerdy kids? Did you follow me out here to laugh in my face about it?" his nostrils flare as he glares at her and she glares right back.
"That's not why invited you asshole and that's not why invited you either." She spits.
"If it's about your speaker-."
"I don't care about the speaker. My dad owns a music store, I could get one of those for free if I really wanted to. I followed you to see if you were okay, but then you started acting like a dick."
He folds his arms and ignores the last part. "You followed me to see if I was okay?" he repeats as if he doesn't believe it.
"I don't get what's so hard to believe t-."
"Why?" he asks. It's the question that's been plaguing his mind for the past week now. She furrows her brow.
"What?"
"Why?" he repeats. "Why did you follow me to check up on me? Why did you even invite me here?"
She scoffs "I already told you. I thought you might like to come."
He shakes his head. "I find that hard to believe given that we barely talked before you just approached me at lunch and invited me. Why did you suddenly take an interest in me?"
She looks at her shoes. "I don't know what you're-."
"Is it another one of your games?" he feels insecure and confused at the same time.
"Jesus Christ Austin, it's not a damn game! I would never intentionally embarrass you!" she looks into his eyes and he could see she genuinely means it.
"So what is it then?" he whispers and she groans.
"God I don't know-."
"Answer me, Ally! Why do you suddenly care about me?"
"Because I like you! Okay?" she yells and he freezes.
"Y-you like me?" he whispers.
"Yes okay." She looks down at her shoes shyly.
"You like me?" he points. She rolls her eyes.
"Yes, Austin." She responds and looks into his eyes.
"Why?" he asks softly and she furrows her brows. "Why do you like me?"
"I don't know. I guess it's because…" she pauses. "You don't care about what people think of you. You know, how you read alone every singly lunch and even though people make fun of you for it, you just don't care." She shrugs.
He blushes as she continues. "Yet at the same time, you care about things that mean a lot to you, not to impress anyone but just because you're a caring person. Like how you look after your sister and…how you read to those kids at the bookstore. And how you always get so passionate in English class." She responds. She tucks a strand of hair behind her hair.
He looks at her incredulously, wondering how someone so perfect can be into him. He really didn't think much of it, yet here was the most popular person in school, noticing a nobody like him.
"And I think you're really cute with your glasses. And don't even get me started on your new muscles." She teases.
"Ha! Told ya!" he hears from behind him and he then remembers his friends are witnessing the whole thing.
"Ally I-I I like you too." He responds. She blushes and smiles bashfully at him.
"Really?" she responds.
"Yeah, I mean, I now see why half the school is in love with you. You're always so sweet and positive and beautiful and-."
Before he could continue, he feels a pair of soft lips crash onto his. He stands stunned for a moment before easily melting into it. His arms reach out to grip her face as he kisses her back deeply.
After a while they pull away and stare into each other's eyes. He still can't believe it.
She likes him.
Ally Dawson likes him.
"No fair, I let you ramble." He mock pouts and she giggles cutely. Her dimple becomes displayed and he wonders how he hasn't liked her sooner.
"Well you can continue talking about what you like about me, when we go out on our first date."
He blushes and quirks a brow. "How's next weekend?"
She twists her mouth in thought and disappointment. "I'm actually having another party next weekend. It's Trish's birthday." She replies. "Speaking of, would you like to come to a party?" she teases as she replicates their first real encounter.
He smiles and shakes his head at her antics. Any other day, he would've said no, that they weren't his scene and he would feel uncomfortable.
But as he stares into the warm brown eyes of the girl he's been captivated by for the past week, he realizes that he would do pretty much anything for her.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world."
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