2: My Not So Real Relationship

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I stood there frozen, as if someone had just shot me with a freeze ray and I was stuck in a block of ice. He was just standing there as if everything was normal and he had just asked me to copy notes, instead of asking me to be his GIRLFRIEND!

"Y-y-y-you want me to be your g-g-girlfriend?" I was shivering. No, not because I was cold. It was because I was freaking NERVOUS AND SCARED.

What if Austin was playing a prank on me? What if there were secret cameras in the bathroom and I was on that TV show "Secret Pranksters?"

Austin laughed. "No. You're going to pretend to be my girlfriend!" he pulled something out of his pocket. It was a card, and he showed it too me. "It's a gift card to that new hair salon. I was going to give it to Kira for her birthday in two weeks, but I think we could use this to start off your makeover. Once you're beautiful, Kira is bound to be jealous when she finds out we're going out. Well, pretending to go out. She won't know, of course. It would be stupid if she knew. Sorry, I'm rambling."

"Well, that explains it – and this is a great opportunity and all, but I never agreed to this!" I looked in the mirror. My hair was a complete mess, especially since I was almost late this morning and I didn't have time to fix it. My hair would look horrible even if I did fix it. "Well, maybe my hair could use a little touch up.."

"Great! It's actually part of a spa, so maybe we could fix up your skin too, and your feet, and your nails, and – ugh, rambling again. Anyways, after that, we can fix up your wardrobe and I think your makeover will be complete after that. We can go after school." Austin looked at his phone. "We still have five minutes left until sixth period, and we don't have to go back to class. So.."

I giggled. "Maybe we could start by leaving the girl's bathroom. Pervert," I replied, emphasizing the word girl. I punched him playfully. "That's what girlfriend's do, right? Punch the boyfriend – playfully."

"Yeah, Kira did that to me." We exited the bathroom. Luckily no one was around to see us. Austin turned to me. "So, meet me at the front of the school right after you get out of eighth period. Kay? I'll drive. I got a convertible for my birthday last month."

"Um, okay. See you later."

Austin waved and was on his way to whatever class. I had history, so on the way I passed Trish who was just leaving. "Did you leave class early? And what's with those clothes?"

I completely forgot! Mrs. Laker told me to go to the lost and found to get some new clothes. "Uh, I spilled some flour on me during home economics. I was on my way to the lost and found. I just cleaned up my face."

"Oh. Too bad!" she looked around. "Kira lost a dress a few weeks ago during gym class in the locker room. Kira might make a big deal about it, but I heard it was designer."

"Uh." Austin might be pleased to see I'm wearing that. "Well, I'll wear it." Who cares if Kira blows a fuse?

"Remember, she lost it a few weeks ago, so it might be at the bottom of the bin. You can thank me later." She smiled. "See you later! Oh, remember, you promised to go to the mall with me this afternoon!"

I jumped. I forgot all about that! Would I go with Trish or Austin? Argh.

"Trish, actually, something popped up, do you think we can go tomorrow afternoon?" I lied. "It's a family thing, sorry."

"Nah, it's okay. I'll just go with the Valerie and Vivi, they said they had nothing to do this afternoon anyway. So, I'll see you tomorrow morning? See you!" she made her way down the hall.

"Yeah!" I called. Then, I made my way to the office, found the designer dress, and changed. Luckily, the history teacher excused me for being late when the office explained what happened, and Kira wasn't in sixth period history so I didn't have to deal with her – until seventh period.

Apparently, Kira got sent to the office because Mrs. Laker didn't think it was an accident, even though of course it wasn't, so I didn't have to deal with her and the dress. Go Mrs. Laker!

At the end of the day I waited at the entrance. Austin was there after a few minutes. "Hey Ally, we can go now." We exited the school and I saw Austin's red convertible. It looked extremely cool. "Nice, huh? I see you starting."

"Y-yeah." I blushed. I got in the passenger's seat and of course, Austin got into the driver's seat.

Soon, we were at Mall of Miami. "Hey, why are we at the mall?"

He took out the gift card. "Graceful Bliss –" he paused after saying the name, "- is in this mall."

"Alright." I got out the car, and we started walking. "It's at the end of the mall, so we might be walking for a while."

"Um, okay, fine with me."

When we got to the end of the mall, we entered Graceful Bliss and a lady standing behind the counter jolted up. "Welcome to Graceful Bliss. Do you have an appointment or a gift card?" she smiled.

"Gift card," Austin replied. "For $100. Will that be enough for a manicure, a pedicure, a hairstyling, and a skin treatment?"

"For you?" the girl raised an eyebrow, looking honestly confused. She wasn't joking.

"Uh, no, for her." He pointed to me, and I smiled and waved.

"Uh, hi. I'm Ally."

"OOH, okay. You can start with getting your hair done. The salon is just down the hall, you'll know where it is when you walk down the hall."

We walked down the hall, and saw a door with "SALON" printed on a sign. We entered, and saw a girl sitting in a salon chair.

"Oh, hello! My name is Kiki, and I'll be your stylist today! What would you like?" she handed me a menu with lots of choices and hairstyles.

"Uh…"

"She wants dipped highlights, blonde, er, curls, and fix those split ends! Oh, and enhance the color of her hair. It looks so dull!"

I stared at him.

"What? I picked up a couple of things when I was with Kira." He laughed.

I rolled my eyes, and Kiki lead me to a chair in front of a sink. "Lean your head back."

"So, how do I look Austin?" I asked after the long afternoon at the spa.

Austin's mouth hung open. "Uh.."

I turned and saw that there was a mirror. Oh. My. Gosh.

My hair was just like Austin had wanted it to look like. It was beautiful. My skin was no different. All my acne was gone, and my nails looked gorgeous. They even did my makeup.

"You look better than Kira!" Austin exclaimed. "No, that's an understatement. You look better than Jennifer Lopez! She's pretty hot, too."

"Yeah, right." I twirled my hair and smiled. Maybe even the Jennifer Lopez thing was an understatement. I did look pretty nice.

Austin gave them the gift card, they scanned it, and they gave it back even though there was no money left on it. We thanked them and exited Graceful Bliss.

Austin looked at his phone. "It's six o'clock. You still have time to fix up your wardrobe. I'll take you to the shops Kira shops at. You'll look even better when we finish." He looked around. "Hmm, Miami Sun seems to be closest. It has all the cool summer fashions, but it's warm all year down here in Miami so why would it matter? Let's go."

"Alright, sounds co-"

"ALLY?!" I heard my name, and saw Trish with Valerie and Vivian (or Vivi, apparently.) "I thought you had something to do – why do you look like a supermodel?"

"Trish, I can explain-"

"Is this Ally? I thought you said she was a dork!" Valerie examined me, and so did Vivian.

"What? You told them I was a dork, Trish?"

Trish frowned. "I only said what was true. Now I have two questions. The supermodel thing, and why are you here with AUSTIN MOON?!"

Vivian's eyes glowed when she realized Austin. "I didn't see you there Austin. You look totally hot."

"Thanks?" Austin raised an eyebrow. "Uh, Trish, Ally is here with me because…we're going out."

"Ugh, Austin, what a horrible excuse! And Ally, I hate you!" she grabbed Valerie and Vivian's wrists. "Let's go." She dragged them inside a frozen yogurt shop.

I sighed. "Austin, let's just go to Miami Sun."

"Don't worry, you'll get much more friends when I make you popular."

We walked to Miami Sun, and entered. The store's floors were wooden, and the store itself had a beach house feel. I looked around, and suddenly feel in love with a sleeveless turquoise dress with a pocket on the right side of the bust with a zipper going straight down the back.

"It's not exactly my style, but I love turquoise!" I said, pointing to the dress.

Austin and I walked over to the dress and I checked the price tag. "$50? Eh, I'll find something else."

"Don't worry, I have about $500." he replied, digging for his wallet in his back pocket. "I'm loaded, you can get anything you want."

By the time we got to Austin's convertible, we had twenty bags with fifteen different brand names. Austin threw them all in the truck, and I gave him directions to my house. I thanked him, got all the bags, and he helped me carry some of them inside.

"Thanks again, Austin."

"No prob. By the way, wear that outfit you got from Blue Sky tomorrow, okay? It'll make a very good first impression outfit." he winked.

"Isn't that the outfit with the tight jeans?" I frowned, but then giggled. "Fine, whatever you say, I'll listen."

"Would you lick my feet if I told you to?" Austin pretended to look grossed out.

"Be quiet." I punched him playfully.

Austin laughed. "So, I'll see you tomorrow. Be there around 7:30, if you come around that time the school will let us hang out in the court yard until eight o'clock, okay?"

"Okay, fine. See ya."

"See ya."

Tomorrow morning, I woke up at six, took my shower, brushed my teeth, fixed my hair, all that good stuff. I threw on the short skirt outfit.

It included a teal and white sort of tight striped tank top, white tight jeans, and brown sandals with a denim jacket.

When I got to school at 7:29, I found Austin and waved. He saw me and ran over to me. "Looking good, Ally."

"Thanks, I think I look pretty good too." I giggled.

"Anyways, I have a plan to give you your new popular reputation." Austin smirked.

"Why are you smirking?"

"You'll see."

Hmm, I wonder what Austin has planned for Ally…