An Incompetent Irritation
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Ally's POV
"Spill! How would someone like you ever be friends with someone like him?" I ask as soon as my butt touches the plastic chair in the cafeteria. Trish laughs and sets down her plate.
"Wow, eager are we?" she smirks. It takes me a second to register the meaning of her words and my eyes widen.
"Uh huh, no way," I defend, my voice dropping down a few octaves. "I don't like him. I'm just curious," I tell her, shuddering at the thought of liking any other guy again. Trish seems to believe me, but instead of continuing the conversation, she takes a bite out of her pizza. I sigh, slightly irritated, and begin chewing on my French Fries. After eating half of her pizza in comfortable silence, Trish finally sets the slice down and clears her throat.
"Okay, where can I start?" Trish asks herself out loud. She has a slight grin on her face, wondering why anyone would want to know about the former Austin Moon, especially when the one now was so "drop dead gorgeous, and amazingly sexy," quoted from a random girl in the hall. Sure, he's attractive, but he wasn't all that. Yet, I find myself picturing his God-worthy face and marble-like body again. Whoa! I mentally slap myself. That was most definitely not okay. I focus back on Trish, while simultaneously shoving those thoughts into the corner of my brain and burning them.
"So, before we begin, I want to say that I hope you don't judge Austin too harshly on this. It was the past, but he's still a pretty good guy, more or less." I just nod, pretending to agree with her hopes. But, it wasn't Trish's fault. I didn't like guys anymore, and this story will probably just enhance that feeling, not change my perspective.
"It was the about three years ago when Austin started to change. Before then, we were best friends—him, this guy named Dez, and I. We were basically connected at the hip, and could read each other like a book. Then, this girl named Abby came along and Austin and she got into a relationship. They were cute together, and we were fine with it, but after a couple months of them dating, Austin became distant and cold. Abby also disappeared. Dez and I tried to talk about it but he wouldn't even tell his best friends. The hangouts and phone calls got more infrequent and by the last month of sophomore year, we barely saw him anymore," Trish takes a deep breath, whether to let me register her words, or for her to calm down. Watching her, I could see that even while Trish claims that Austin is still a decent guy, she resented him.
"Then, during junior year, we saw him way too often. I don't know what happened but Austin had physically and emotionally changed over the summer. For one, he was toned, muscular, and his fashion became very "cool" I guess. Second, he was so confident, and had an air around him that screamed FOLLOW ME and everyone did. He became the most popular guy in school, and got every girl there was. There was no place for his former best friends, though he was too busy to notice. And his relationship habits, they were horrible. He either broke up with her, or was caught cheating with someone else only a week after dating. It was impossible to watch. No one bothered to care though. Everyone was too busy trying to become his friend or girlfriend to notice anything," Trish spreads her arms, a forced smile on her face, "So, now we've come full circle. There's the new Austin for ya," Trish says, and quickly stuffs a fry into her mouth. I remain still, though. My mouth pops open but I don't speak. I can't believe that guy! Who did he think he was to mess around with people's feelings like that? Even Elliot is better. It was a bet, but at least he didn't go making bets every week!
"Trish," I say softly, "I'm so sorry for that. To lose both your best friends—," Trish cuts me off, her hand waves through the air.
"Oh no, I didn't explain: only Austin stopped being my friend. Dez is still my best friend. We kind of have mutual feelings toward Austin so it works. He's just changing his class schedule right now." I sigh, relieved for this girl who I had only met today. Just hearing about this has me all sympathetic for her, and angry at that blonde-headed jerk. Luckily, there was only a year left before we could leave high school, and Trish could be away from Austin forever, although, I don't really think he'll ever leave her memories. He was one of her best friends… Ugh! I'm getting way too fired up over this. I need to calm down or how would I manage the rest of the school year?
I sigh and dip one of my fries into a pile of ketchup, mindlessly swirling it around.
"That explains that little scene down at the beach then," I mutter to myself, but Trish catches me.
"What?" she questions. I didn't want to, but I tell her what I saw at the beach that day, not hiding the disapproval from my tone. Trish just nods, not seeming surprised.
"Yep, that's Austin, alright," another voice says behind me. I whip my head around to see a guy behind me. But for the first time since I walked into this building, this guy didn't give me any flirtatious looks or try to see down my shirt. In fact, he seemed completely innocent. He had ginger coloured hair atop his pale head, nice blue eyes and an easy going smile. His wardrobe on the other hand was crazy and loud. He wore bright green pants with blue suspenders hanging off them, a yellow graphic t-shirt and orange shoes. He seemed very interesting.
"Hey, Dez," Trish greeted him. Ah, so this was Trish's friend. Dez takes a seat at the table with us, and after greeting Trish, turns to me.
"Hi, I'm Dez," he smiles, raising his hand to wave at me. I smile at his silliness, but wave back.
"Ally," I say, and before I can stop myself, I ask a question that has been on my mind since he sat down.
"So what's your opinion on Austin?" The table gets a little quieter at the mention of Austin, and I don't think they usually talk about him often. But, Dez answers nonetheless.
"Same as Trish's, I guess. He was our best friend, and then he just left us with no explanation. Plus," Dez hesitates, his eyes narrowing, "he dated my little sister, and then broke her heart." The anger in Dez's voice was obvious, and I felt anger too for the guy I just met, and his sister.
I leaned back on my chair, my appetite gone, and brain full of information. Of course I already had my doubts about Austin, and Trish and Dez had just confirmed them. This guy was trouble. I would stay away from him.
Suddenly, the bell rings, and I have a reality check. First day of school; 2 more periods left. I get up and throw out my garbage. I return to the table and Trish is waiting for me while Dez has already left.
"English?" I wonder, glad to be moving onto a different topic.
"Yep," Trish confirms, and together we walk to class.
Almost done. 2 more hours…
And there's a bit of Austin's history for ya. But, that sure isn't all of it.
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