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Ally's POV

It was 6:00 A.M. when my alarm went off, and the last thing I wanted to do was wake up. I hadn't gone to bed until 1 in the morning because I was feeling nervous about starting at a new school. I hit my alarm, and got up lazily from my bed. My vision was kind of blurry, so I rubbed my eyes, and in the process, I tripped over a box that was left on the floor from unpacking.

"Damn it," I said, laying flat on the floor and looking up at the ceiling.

"Honey?" I heard my mom call as she knocked on the door.

"Yeah?" I said, still lying on the floor.

"Are you okay in there? I heard a bang." She said. I got up and straightened myself out and walked to the door, opening it.

"Yeah, mom," I said, smiling at her. "I'm fine."

"Okay, honey. Breakfast is on the table. I have to get to work, and your father went to the store to set up his office." She said, kissing my forehead. "Have a good day at school today."

"Thanks," I said softly, shutting the door behind her.

I had no idea what I was going to wear. I didn't want to over dress. Usually, back in Miami, I'd always wear dresses, skirts, or shorts; but New Hampshire was so cold, so I wouldn't be able to wear any of those kinds of things until the spring and summer came. Bummer. It didn't take me long to decide to just wear a pair of skinny jeans, a grey fitted t-shirt, and a pair of grey converse; simple, but cute. That was my kind of style really, I liked to keep things simple. I looked in the mirror and brushed out my hair and clipped my bangs off to the side, my usual hairstyle. Occasionally I liked to change it up, but right now I had no motivation to care, even though it was my first day at a new school. I applied my blush, mascara, and eye shadow; grabbed my backpack; and headed to the kitchen.

My mom left me a stack of pancakes and a couple pieces of bacon. It's safe to say I devoured them quickly, not only because I had ten minutes to go to Emily's house because I was getting a ride with her to school; but because they were delicious.

I ran into the bathroom and brushed my teeth, and soon after I grabbed my jacket, ran out the door, and ran across the street. I took my cell phone out and looked at the time. 6:58 A.M. Two minutes early. Yes! I always had to be on time, and if not, I had to be early. I don't know why, but that's how I've always been, no matter what the situation was.

Before I could knock on the door, Emily opened it and stepped outside.

"Hey Em-." I started to say, but was interrupted by her pulling my arm and dragging me down the stairs. Gee, I've been here one day and she sure seemed to like dragging me a lot. I got loose of her grip and followed her. "Where are we going? Isn't your mom driving us to school?"

"No," She said as we crossed the street. "I get a ride with Austin everyday, so now you do also. Oh, and by the way… Shotgun." She ran to the truck parked in his driveway, and I followed her. There he was, leaning against the drivers side door, staring at me. Emily got into the truck, and I walked up to the side Austin was standing at.

"You drive?" I asked, looking at him confused, but he just smiled at me.

"I'm seventeen," He said, opening his door and pulling his seat forward so I could hop in the back seat. "I stayed back in first grade." I nodded my head, to let him know I acknowledged what he said and began climbing in the truck. "You look great, by the way," He said, as I got in the back seat fully and looked at him.

"Thanks," I said, smiling at him. "You don't look so bad yourself." I was being honest, he looked really cute. He was wearing an orange and black plaid shirt, a leather jacket over that, black jeans, and black nikes. I must admit, he did have nice style. He shot me one last smile as he put the seat back in its correct position and hopped in.

Emily looked back at me and raised her eyebrows as Austin started the car up. I mouthed 'what?' to her, and she just smirked and rolled her eyes and looked forward. As Austin began to drive, he looked in the rear view mirror at me.

"So, are you excited to start at a new school?" He asked, looking back at the road as he continued to drive.

"I guess," I said, sighing. "I'm a little nervous, but I think I'll be okay."

"You'll be fine," Emily cut in, and I looked at her and smiled.

"Yeah," Austin said, stopping at the red light. "You'll be okay. What's your first class?"

"Um," I said, pulling my schedule out of my backpack, and looking it over for the tenth time in the past twenty four hours. "Social studies with Mrs. Richardson," I said, looking up from the piece of paper.

"I'm in that class!" Austin practically shouted, causing me and Emily to jump. "You can sit next to me,"

Austin's POV

"Someone's excited," Emily blurted out, causing me to blush. Wait, I was blushing?

"What? No!" I said, and Emily did that look where she raised her eye brows because she knew someone was lying, and that someone was me. I just had to play it cool. "I just think it's great because Ally will have someone she knows in that class, that's all."

"Uh huh," She said sarcastically, nodding her head.

"Well, I think it's great, too," Ally said from the backseat. I smiled. "I mean, it's good that I have someone I'm familiar with instead of having no one at all, right?"

"Exactly," I stated, pulling into my usual parking spot at school. Emily was first to get out of the car, leaving me and Ally alone. "You ready for this?" I said, looking at her through the rear view mirror. She nodded her head, and I smiled. I got out of the car and pulled my seat forward. I grabbed her backpack for her and threw it over my shoulder, and let out my other hand to help her out. She grabbed my hand, and I wrapped my hand around hers, helping her out. Wow, her hands were really soft… and small.

"Thanks," She said, jumping out of my truck, still hand in hand, but she let go as soon as her feet hit the ground. I handed her back her backpack and closed the door and locked up my car.

"No problem," I said as we walked around to the other side of my truck to Emily.

"Well, since you guys have first period together, I'll leave you to it. I have creative writing, so I'll see you guys later." Emily said, looking at the pair of us and then focusing on Ally. "Are you gunna be alright?" Ally nodded and smiled at her. She had a great smile.

"Yeah," Ally said, looking up at me and smiling at me now. "I think I'll be fine,"

Emily looked at her and smirked, "Alright you two, I'll see you guys in math," Emily said, and she was off.

"You're in our math class, too?" She asked, and I nodded my head happily.

"Not to shabby," She said looking at me, then to the school. "This is much smaller than my old school,"

"Well, Derry isn't as big as Miami," I said, as we started walking toward the entrance. "It'll be easy for you to find your way around here, believe me,"

"I'm not worried, but if I need any help, I'll be sure to go to you, my savior," She smirked at me, and I just laughed. She was being smart with me again.

"You're a smart ass, you know that?" I said, still laughing. She nodded her head and smiled.

"So, I've been told. Can you get used to it?" She asked. We were in the schools lobby by now, heading up to the second floor where our first class was.

"I think that can be arranged," I said, smiling. I couldn't help it, I met this girl yesterday, and I was constantly smiling whenever I talked to her. We walked up to room 208, our first class and I put my hand out, gesturing for her to go in first. "After you," She walked in first and I followed her as she sat in an empty seat in the back, which so happened to be very convenient since I sat in the desk next to it. I started pulling my books out of my bag when I heard a girl's voice say my name. I sighed because I knew exactly who it was; Cassidy.

"Hey, Austin," Cassidy said looking at me, then to Ally. She looked confused. "Are you new here?"

"Yeah, today's my first day," She said, smiling up at Cassidy who was standing between mine and Ally's desks. "I'm Ally,"

"I'm Cassidy," She said, smiling back at Ally. Ally's eyes widened and then she looked at me then back to Cassidy.

"Uh, well, it's nice to meet you… Cassidy." She said, looking forward. Why'd she look at me like that? Did Emily tell her something? Now I'm curious.

"You too," She said simply, and went back to her seat on the other side of the room.

Ally's POV

Sheesh, I haven't even been in the school for ten minutes, and I already met the famous Cassidy that Emily was telling me about. It was kind of awkward. The first five periods went by slowly. First I had Social Studies, it wasn't all that bad. Austin and I whispered here and there about how boring it was. Second period I had English. Emily introduced me to some of her friends, and from what I could tell, they seemed pretty cool. Third period I had Chemistry. When I tell you that class was boring, I mean it was so boring to the point I would have rather walked into on coming traffic then be in that class, even though Emily was in that class, too. Fourth period I had French. Austin was in that class and he introduced me to this girl Trish. I liked her. She was so funny, and I could definitely see myself becoming good friends with her. Fifth period I had Study Hall and Trish was in that class, too. We sat there and talked the whole time. Now it was sixth period; Lunch.

Trish and I walked to lunch together, and I felt like I knew her for years because we got along so well.

"Did you bring your own lunch?" She asked me as we walked into the cafeteria. It was loud.

"Yeah," I said, trying to speak over the voices throughout the cafeteria.

"Good," She said, as she gestured me to sit down in the seat next to her, "School lunch here isn't that great."

"Good to know," I said, and gave her a smile. I pulled out a brown bag out of my backpack and poured the items out of it. My mom packed me a turkey sandwich, a bottle of water, and a bag of chips. My mom was awesome. As I started to eat, Austin walked over with a tall, red-headed boy, who I assumed to be that Dez boy Emily told me about. He had a slice of pizza, too.

"Ally, this is Dez," He said, pointing to his friend as he sat down. Dez looked at me and I smiled.

"You weren't kidding when you said she was cute," Dez said, and I looked at Austin and smiled. He blushed. "It's nice to meet you. Hey, Trish," He said looking from me then to Trish. The two of them started bickering about something, but I didn't know what. Were they always like this?

"So, you think I'm cute, huh?" I said, looking at Austin who had pizza sauce on his face. I reached across the table and wiped a chunk of tomato off of his face, and he smiled. Man, did he always smile? Seriously, I haven't seen him not smile.

"Maybe I do," He said matter-of-factly. "Is that a problem, Ally Dawson?" Now he was being smart with me, and it made me laugh. I had to spit it back in return, of course.

"What if it is? What're you gonna do about it?" I asked, and he sat there silently, looking at me appalled. I smirked, and took a sip of my water.

"I'm gonna… uh… I'm gonna…" He started but was interrupted by the bell ringing. The whole cafeteria got up and started piling out of the cafeteria. Next period was the last period of the day, and I had math.

"Our class is just next to the cafeteria," Austin said, and I looked at him confused, but then remembered he was in my math class, too.

"See you on Monday, Ally," Trish yelled to me as she walked out of the cafeteria. I nodded my head and smiled. Austin looked at me as we started walking out of the cafeteria. "What?"

"You and Trish seem to get along great," He said, grabbing my water bottle from my hand and chugging the last sip down.

"Hey!" I said, taking it back and looking at the empty bottle. He just smirked, and I couldn't help but smirk back. "Yeah, she's cool. I like her a lot. I can definitely see us becoming great friends,"

"Well, good." He said, as he walked into a class room. I followed him. Emily was sitting at a desk in the middle of the room, and she waved me over.

"Hey, Emily," I said, lazily sitting down. I was exhausted. I'm glad it was Friday, though. I could have a weekend to relax from the long move. I looked at Austin, and I gestured him to sit down next to me. He smiled. Oh my god, why was he always smiling, and why could I feel myself wanting to smile whenever he did?

"How was lunch?" She asked, looking at both of us.

"Great," I said. Even though I was a small girl, I sure did love to eat.

"Good. Are you having a good first day, overall?" She asked, and I nodded. The bell rang and class began.

Math wasn't so bad. I actually enjoyed math, and I had no shame in admitting that it was my favorite subject. Each class seemed to go by super slow, but math didn't. When the bell rang to end the school day, me, Emily, and Austin all walked out to his car together.

"Shotgun!" I yelled, smirking at Emily who was clearly unhappy that I beat her to it. She just rolled her eyes.

"Fine," She groaned, opening the door to his truck, pulling the seat forward and hopping in the back seat. I got into the front, and right after me, Austin got into the drivers side, and smiled at me, yet again.

"You're always smiling, aren't you?" I said as he started the car. His smile turned into a grin, and I smiled slightly. There I go again, smiling when he smiled. What was wrong with me? Emily kicked the back of my seat and I shot her a look and she started to mouth 'Austin and Ally, sitting in a tree' and then she blew kisses. I just rolled my eyes, and shook my head no at her.

"It's hard not to smile around you," He said, pulling out of the parking spot and out of the parking lot. "It's not everyday I meet someone as beautiful as you,"

"Oh yeah?" I said, shaking my head yes at him slowly, and raising my eyebrows. "I bet you say that to all the girls, huh?" He shook his head no and smirked, looking forward at the road. "Well then, aren't you just the ladies man," I said sarcastically, and I knew he could tell I was just being smart with him. He was fun to mess with, I could get used to this.

"I don't want to brag or anything," He started, and pretended to slick his hair back. I laughed so hard at this, and I have no idea why. "But, I am pretty good with the ladies."

"Oh, I bet you are," I said this while nodding my head. We ended up pulling in his driveway as I said this, and Emily was in a hurry to get out, so I got out of the car and pulled my seat forward, and she jumped out immediately and began running across the street.

"I'll see you tonight, Ally," She yelled, looking back at me. "I want your mom to feed me!" And with that, she ran into her house.

I shut the door to the passenger side of Austin's truck, and when I turned around I jumped because he was standing right behind me. He started laughing, and that's when I noticed, he got these cute little dimples when he laughed. Not that it mattered or anything, just something I noticed, that's all.

"What are you doing tomorrow?" He asked me.

"Probably just going to be unpacking boxes all day," I said, leaning against his truck. He put his right arm next to my head and leaned against his truck. He was extremely close to me, but to be honest, it didn't bother me, instead I just smiled up at him. He was really tall, he had a good seven or eight inches on me, maybe a little more.

"Well, maybe I can help you?" He suggested, biting his lip and looking down at me.

"I mean," I said, shrugging my shoulders, "If you really want to, then sure you can help."

"Trust me," He said, rubbing his hand through his hair with his free hand. "Anything is better than being home."

"Then come on over," I said simply, and smiled at him.

"Great!" He said, pulling his phone out of his pocket, and giving it to me. "Put your number in my phone. Here, let me see yours so I can put mine in." I took my phone out of my bag and handed it to him. We both took a minute and put our number in each other's phone and then handed them back. "I'll see you tomorrow, then."

"Tomorrow," I said, and then off I went, walking over to my house. I turned around, for God knows what reason, and Austin was looking at me, leaning up against his truck and biting his lip. I turned around and ended up biting my own lip and walked inside my house.