Hey guys! Glad to have you back, this chapter's a little short, but sweet. Austin's feelings for Ally are a little bit more clear.
Chapter 13: School
I am waiting for Ally to finish getting ready so we can head to school. I grab the fresh smoothie her mom so graciously made for us, and transfer it into a water bottles to make them travel friendly. They are spinach and banana smoothies. Surprisingly, good.
"Ally! You need to leave soon. You're gonna be late!"
Ally's mom is cleaning the blender in the sink and washing the other smoothie paraphernalia.
Ally's parents encouraged me to enroll at Marino High, so that I can finish out my senior year with more kids my own age. I started three weeks ago. Ally's and my schedule are almost entirely different, however we do have one common course, our elective; music.
"I'm here, I'm here." Ally says briskly running down the steps.
Whoa, someone's dressing to impress. She pulls down her mini skirt so that's it's back to the appropriate length and drags the middle of her shirt up to cover her...self. Why am I mentally documenting this?
"Ready?" I smile trying to snap my mind back to reality. I stand up and pull my backpack over my shoulder.
"I think so…" She bites her lip thinking. She's wearing pink lipstick, it looks really cute on her. Most girls look kinda trashy with bright lipstick, but on Ally, it looks gorgeous. "Wait, I forgot my phone, how could I forget my phone!"
I stop her before she runs up, how could I let her run upstairs and risk messing up her makeup?
"I'll get it for you, we're already pressed for time." I fly up the steps into her bedroom. She has loads of makeup spread out on her vanity table and tissues piled up in the trash. I look around for her phone. An open magazine on her bed, catches my eye. It's a catalog for jewelry. Not just boring old jewelry, but like musical accessories. It has tons of charm bracelets with musical notes on them, and guitar pick necklaces, like mine, and even microphone earrings. This is really cool, I think as I begin to flip through the catalog.
"Austin, can you find it!" I hear Ally's voice.
I immediately drop the magazine and spot her phone under the night stand. I yank the charger out and retrieve the phone.
"Ally, your smoothie's-"
As soon as I start, Ally swings her elbow behind her knocking over one of the bottles that was on the counter, spilling the spinach banana smoothie all over the floor.
"All over the floor." I say slowly.
"It's fine Ally, you and Austin just go on ahead I can clean this up."
Ally's poor mom begins to wipe up the smoothie from the floor.
"Sorry mom! Ugh, now I don't have any breakfast." Ally complained as we left.
"You can have mine." I laugh. She seems so distraught over a little spill.
"Thank You!"
"Mmhm" I replied casually.
We arrive at school just a bit before the bell rings. I am eager to show Ally the science project my partner, Daren, and I have been working on.
I shut the car door and notice Ally is having a hard time opening her door. I run over to the passenger side and open it for her. I help her out by offering my hand and she takes it. As soon as she steps out her feet are splashed in a muddy puddle. A little bit of the dirty water splashes onto my jeans but I don't mind.
"Are you kidding me!" She shouts frustrated.
"Hey, it's okay. Nothing to worry about."
I bring her up out of the car, and her head smacks into the roof on the way out.
"Okay, that one was my bad. Sorry."
She glares angrily at me.
I grab her other hand and slowly help her out of the car. She steps over the mud puddle and safely makes it out of my car. Her hair is sticking up in the back because of the impact and I try to smoothie it out with my hand. She sighs frustratingly.
"Well, at least your makeup still looks nice."
"Yeah, and that's all that's gonna show up on the picture. That and my hair."
"Wait, is today picture day?"
"No, we're seniors, we don't take pictures our senior year, this is for my science project."
"Oh, by the way… I wanna show you something."
I grab her hand and lead her to the higher level of the school towards the science department.
We are running pretty fast.
"Austin, can we slow down?"
"Yeah," I say looking down at her muddy shoes "Do you wanna go to the bathroom and clean those off?"
"I can do it later."
The thought strikes me, Who wears heels to school?
"Why are you wearing heels anyway?"
"Just, cuz." She answers shortly. She's embarrassed. Why?
I look down at her and she seems to be a little bashful. She's starring in the opposite direction.
"Do you… not like it?"
"No, it looks great and besides, we're performers, we're known for going all out and wearing the most daring fashions."
"Yeah, but here, I'm not a performer. I'm just Ally, and I don't want to look like one of those girls who wear heels to school and look like they're trying too hard-"
She starts to ramble and I start laughing.
"Wha- why are you laughing?"
She's worried, so I place my hands gently on her shoulders without dropping my smile.
"Because you're gorgeous but still sweat the small stuff."
She lifts her eyes to meet my gaze. She's incredulous.
"Really?"
"Of course." I nod reassuring her.
A slow smile grows on her lips making me smile as well. I slip her hand in mine.
"Now, let's go see the most awesome science project ever."
She stops pulling me back with her hand. I give her a confused glance.
"Oh, if we're seeing the most awesome science project, we're going the wrong way."
I grin along with her and pull her back into the direction that leads towards the science wing.
See you next chapter!