What did I just do? Ally asked herself, finding it hard to concentrate on the Algebra worksheets Mrs. Winter gave to them. All she was thinking about was about the little incident at lunch. Ally sighed, dropping the pencil she was holding. She looked behind her – Austin was working on his Algebra worksheets, eyebrows furrowed deep concentrating, but when Ally looked down to his worksheets, there were barely a few answers – he had only answer the first question, unlike Ally – who was almost done with her worksheets – but her mind was going somewhere else, she cannot concentrate. Thanks to Austin Moon.
The bell had finally rang, and Ally herself sighed in relief. She packed her pencils back in her pencil case, and put her books back in her backpack. When she turned to get her bag, Austin was already gone from his seat. She smiled despite of herself – obviously Austin can't stand being in a classroom for so long doing worksheets like that.
Ally got up from her seat and walked to her locker as slowly as she can.
"Hey, Ally!"
Ally turned, surprised to see the blond grinning in front of her. Kira and Brooke were dangling on his arms, but the blond seemed casual about it. And of course, he'd probably had been in the same position like that a few times before. He's a superstar after all. "Hey, Austin," Ally greeted him softly. "Hey, Kira – Brooke."
Both of the girls looked up at her and smirked annoyed. "So, Austin, there's a party tonight at the mall today," Kira started. "You wanna come? There's going to be some gigs for you – probably. You can sing."
Ally turned away already – she figured she wouldn't be invited, and besides, Austin probably would've say 'yes'. Parties were his thing, but not for Ally. She only goes to party once a year – and that was birthday party, and she would leave after the singing and cake part.
So she was really surprised when she heard Austin answered, "Nah, I'll think about it."
"I really hope you can come," Brooke said flirtily, poking his cheek. "It wouldn't be as fun without you." She said again, and Ally couldn't help but rolled her eyes. Brooke was saying that like she had known Austin her entire life – which probably, yes, but she had only began to talk to him today! I mean seriously! Brooke had gone into enough party without Austin anyway.
His next sentence was predictable though: "sure, no one can resist the Austin Moon."
So without waiting for any replies, Ally continued walking.
Austin smirked as he watched Ally disappear through the crowd. A party will be fun – especially after what he had gone through today. Sure, there won't be any stars there, and no red carpets, and he didn't think there won't be any drinks, but it's a party – which means there's going to be music and dancing, so it would be fun.
But there's something more important that he needed to do. Okay, sure, she said he can be her friend now, but she didn't trust him. Yet. He would need to make her trust him. Less than 2 weeks now. "Sorry, Kira," Austin apologized, wincing, because this was really hard for him. He was turning down a party – he never turns down a party before.
"You can't come?" Kira asked in (unconvincingly) horror.
"Sorry – but I have…," he tried for an excuse. "Homework." Now he was wincing again, because Austin Moon didn't have homeworks today, and if he does have homeworks – he wouldn't be doing it anyway. "I really need to do my homework. Grades means… so much," he responded again, acting, patting his heart, "so much to me."
"Wow, you're cute and smart!" Brooke poked his cheek again, and he couldn't but rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, I am Austin Moon," he replied. "I gotta go."
He couldn't help but chuckle as he heard a chorus of 'goodbye' from the girls.
Got my first day at Science Club – I'll walk home. – Dez
Austin sighed as he read the message from Dez. He grabbed his car keys from inside his bag, and put on his black glasses and hoodies – papparazzis were everywhere, you need to hide from them. He hopped into his Mini Cooper and hurried up to find his songwriter.
He got stucked at traffic.
Great, Austin Moon never get stucked like that. But he was undercover now in Miami – he needed to adapt this things. Austin looked around – figuring that he might as well take the time to do something until the traffic get better.
His eyes followed every girl that walked on the sidewalk. There weren't many, but enough to make him busy.
Then he saw her. Ally, walking with her head down in a book. It was actually a miracle that she can still walk straight and didn't get caught in the bushes or fall or something. She looked like one of those clumsy type of girls – nerds. Even when she dressed beautifully like that, she looked like nerds. Austin got back from his daydream, when the car behind him belled on him. The car in front of him hadn't move out of his way yet, so he can't move too.
"ALLY!" he screamed at the brunette.
She didn't turn.
"ALLY!" he screamed again, this time more louder. But the brunette still had her head stuck in her book. What was she reading? Was it that interesting to make her deaf like that? He groaned in frustration. "ALLYSON DAWSON!"
That finally got her attention. She turned confusingly, and saw him. She looked at the traffic first before walking in the road to him. "What?"
"You walking?" he blurted out, because what can he say like that?
"Yeah… I am walking," Ally replied.
"I meant… ugh, what did I meant… I meant like, why don't you come with me?" Austin asked, flustered. "I can drop you at the mall – to Sonic Boom. I need a new pair of headset too, so I probably go to Sonic Boom too today."
"Nah, thanks for the offer," Ally smiled at him politely. "But I think I'll walk. It's a short walk anyway. I probably will get there sooner than you with this horrible traffic. Traffic in Miami is always like this," Ally shook her head apologetically.
"Come on, it can't be that bad," Austin said again.
"Of course it can," Ally said reasonably. "That's why I walk – or ride bikes sometimes. I don't have a car at home."
"So get in with me," Austin offered her again.
"No," Ally said, shaking her head stubbornly. "I think I'll pass. Maybe sometimes though, when the traffic wasn't horrible like this."
"Get in," he said again seriously.
"No."
"Get in."
"No," she shook her head stubbornly again, making her hair fell down to her face.
"Get in or else."
"No."
"Get in," he was ordering now. He scrunched his eyebrows, but failing to look serious. "Ally. Get. In."
"Austin. I. Said. No."
"Get in!"
The car in front of him had moved, and the cars behind him honked at him angrily. But he didn't budge. He was talking to Ally. "Austin, please you should go!"
"No." it was his time to be stubborn. "I don't take 'no' for answers."
"Well you should!" she was screaming now. The cars behind him honked again at him. "Alright fine!" she hopped into the car beside him, and he continued to drive, satisfied. "Seriously! You could be annoying sometimes."
"I know."
"Yeah, I know that too." She muttered. "But thanks," she smiled at him shyly, and Austin nodded his head understandingly. "Where's Dez?"
"He's busy at Science Club. I can imagine him running around using labcoats and glasses, holding colorful glasses, and explode right in his face! BOOM!" he yelled, and she jumped a bit at the sound. "Okay, sorry, probably shouldn't have done that."
"That's Chemistry Club, Austin," she corrected. "It's different from Science Club."
"Oh."
"Right. All I get is 'oh'," she rolled her eyes, but smiled anyway. "Cool car."
"It's my pride and joy," Austin said as he patted the steering wheel lovingly. Ally giggled at his antics, and Austin smiled.
They sat there in silence after that, but it wasn't awkward, and they got to Sonic Boom shortly after.
"Thanks, Austin," she thanked him. "For giving me that ride."
"Sure," Austin nodded his head again.
Ally was sure that Austin would leave after, but he was staring at her like that, and didn't continue to drive. It was almost creepy, Austin smiling so nicely at her like that. Ally stammered nervously. "You… uh, need anything?"
"Oh yeah," Austin shook his head and chuckled nervously. "Daydream. Sorry." He hopped out of his car.
Ally walked inside Sonic Boom, and Austin followed her in. "Wow, Sonic Boom is much better at day," he commened, and Ally couldn't help but giggle. "I mean, at night, it was so quiet. And you wouldn't kick me out of the store when you have customers don't you?"
"Yup," Ally replied popping the 'p'. "So what do you need? We have guitars over there," she pointed at one of the section. "CD's over there," she said. "Piano, there," she pointed to the grand piano. "And others – everywhere."
"Headsets," he answered shortly. "Is there a yellow one?"
"Oh, I think so," Ally said,looking around one of the shelf nearby, and took one off. "Here you go. That's 50 dollars."
He gave her his dollar note, and Ally gave him the headset.
Ally turned to the other customers, figuring he would leave anytime soon.
But noooo, Austin had to hop on the counter. "Austin?" she called for him with a questioningly tone. She tilted her head a bit. "What are you doing? You need anything else?"
"Nope."
"Then why are you still here?" Ally asked him again, confused. "Aren't you supposed to go home?"
"Well, yeah, but my parents lived in New York, and I lived here alone in Miami with Dez and Jimmy. But Jimmy had business sometimes in New York, so just me and Dez."
"Right – but that's not the answer I'm going for. Don't you have things to do… like you know, go and get ready for Kira's party?"
"I'm not going – unless you want to," he added, smirking.
"No thanks," she said quickly, shaking her head nervously. "I only go to one party a year – and I have. Trish's birthday party."
"So you never go to any high school party?" he said in horror. His eyes widened in disbelief. "Yeah right. You're probably just joking."
"No, it's true," she said calmly, without glancing at the boy. She was busy helping a customer. "I never go to a high school party. Unless that year-end party I went to last year at school. That was a fun party."
"That's not a party!" Austin groaned. "Oh, you have to come to this party with me, Ally."
"And why is that?" she tilted her head pretendingly.
"Becauseee…," he whined and hopped off the counter to walk around Ally. "You're no fun."
"I'm going to deny that," Ally responded, giggling. "I am kind of a fun thing."
"Yeah?" Austin challenged. He hoped it would get her going. "And may I ask why?"
"Because…," Ally mused a bit, thinking. What was fun about her? Books she got? Songwriting – no. That was out of limit. "I got A at art?"
"So that means…," Austin said thoughtfully. "You always color inside the lines and never outsides like the other kids?"
"Yes, because I'm not a kid again," Ally deadpanned.
"Wow, you're no fun," Austin scoffed at her challengingly. Ally's cheeks were red already, and that's what Austin was going for. She has to explode, Austin thought, smirking. "Kira, Brooke and Cassidy were right after all. You're no fun. Geek, nerd."
Ally looked down, tears filled her eyes, but she blinked several times to make them stop. She wasn't going to explode in front of Austin – who she had just befriended today. She wasn't going to. "I am fun!" she snapped at him.
"Really? Prove it!"
"Fine!" Ally couldn't help herself. "I'm going to that party with you."
AN: Okay, this chapter isn't my best one yet… but I hope you like it! I think I'll post another one tomorrow or Saturday – I already have an idea in my head. This chapter was really hard to write too, because I got stuck a bit about ideas and stuff. I was going to give up, but no, I'm still going to continue. So I improvise a bit, and that's why this is kinda a filler (I don't know what that meant) because there's no problem inside this, except for some stubbornly act from Austin. Also can you tell me what AU and OOC means? I know what HIATUS means, but what's AU and OOC? Please tell me in your reviews! I will be expecting for them! Oh, and Kira here isn't Jimmy's daughter, okay? Bye-bye!
