I woke up to an ear screeching alarm clock. I threw my hand out of the blanket and clicked snooze. As I started to fall back asleep I heard a knock. I groaned and rolled out of bed. I opened the door and sat on the floor in 'criss-cross-applesauce' position like a child. My eyes were still closed and I started to doze off sitting on the floor.

"Ally? Ally! ALLY!" I heard someone yell. My eyes snapped open. I had to work today. I jumped up and checked the clock. 7:58. I stay home for work most of the time but I had a meeting today. Fortunately, I have 30 more minutes to get ready. I slammed the door shut.

"Sorry, I have to hurry!" I yelled to the person behind the door. I heard someone walk away in response. I put on a dress, unplugged my phone, and did my hair. I let it down and then curled it carefully. I looked in the mirror and realized I haven't done my makeup yet. I grabbed my supplies and headed for the door.

"DANIEL, can you drive me to my meeting?" I yelled across the house. Austin came out.

"He went out so he could get to work early," he explained. I groaned in despair. When I looked up I saw Austin standing by the door with car keys.

"Let's go," he smirked. I smiled back. He drove me to my meeting place while I put on some makeup.

*After the Meeting*

I stood outside with my failed ideas. I wrote poems and books but the editors just didn't like this idea, I guess. The wind blew my hair in front of my face. I brushed it out of the way and found a bench. It was kind of cold outside because of the wind but the sun warmed me up.

"Hey, what's wrong," I heard someone say. I didn't recognize the voice. I looked up at the person who was speaking. It was a man. He had brown hair, dark brown eyes, and nicely styled hair. I sighed and just shook my head. I hugged my ideas tightly. Why wouldn't they like my idea? I've had multiple people say that it was good. I bit my lip. Should I just give up? If no one's going to take up my idea I shouldn't even be entering this business. I started tearing up. Tearing up turned into full blown crying. I cried for at least 10 minutes… Silently. I finally raised my head and took a deep breath. I looked up and the sky and smiled. I felt better. I turned to the side. The guy was still there. He had sat down with my on the bench and started working on his computer.

"Sorry. You can go. I'm fine," I told him. He shook his head.

"Are you alright now?" he asked me. I nodded. I was still kind of shaking from how hard I was crying. He reached into his backpack. Backpack? Was he still in school? He held something out on his hand. I looked at it. Cookies and a bottle of water. I took it and thanked him. I started eating the cookies. They were Oreos. Why did he have Oreos in his backpack anyways? I glanced at his computer and smiled. He was writing an essay on global warming.

"How old are you?" I asked him.

"I'm 17", he responded. So he is in high school. I got up and took out my phone.

"Are you going to go now?" he asked me. I nodded. I called Austin to come pick me up.

"Where is your ride picking you up? I'll walk you there", he offered. I shook my head and told him that he didn't need to.

"What's your name?" he asked curiously.

"It's Ally", I answered with a smile. He twiddled his fingers like a little kid.

"Will you proofread my essay? I saw you and you had all these documents and I just assumed you were a writer a-"

"Sure. I'll proofread your essay", I told him while laughing. I wrote down my number and personal email onto one of his notebooks. He thanked me and I walked away. I saw Austin waiting for me at the corner of the road. I hurried up and opened the back door. Austin started driving and asked me how the meeting went.

"Not very well," I responded with a sigh. I looked out the window. The meeting took up a lot of time. It was almost time for lunch. I felt my phone vibrate. I opened my purse and shuffled around so I can find my phone. I finally pulled it out and looked at the number. I didn't know it. I hesitated answering it but I did anyways.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Hi. It's me. I never told you my name. It's Elliot. I also finished my essay," he informed me.

"Alright. Do you want to meet up for lunch then?" I asked. I wrapped up the conversation and hung up.

"So who was that?" Austin asked. I told him it was a high schooler who needed help proofreading his essay. Austin nodded. I told him to stop at Connie's Pizza. Austin and I walked in. I asked for a table of 3. We sat down and waited for Elliot.

"Hi," Elliot said while coming in. I smiled. Austin was on his phone. Elliot sat down and took out his computer.

"Alright. Here's my essay," he told me. I took a look at it. I pointed out some clear mistakes that he had done and he sighed every time I did. We ate pizza while proofreading and Austin even joined in.

*Later on in the day*

I slipped on my red dress and looked in the mirror.

"You look beautiful", I heard Daniel say as he slipped behind me. I looked at him.

"I love you", he whispered before kissing me. I smiled.

"Yeah, get dressed. We have to get to the restaurant", I responded with a giggle.

We both got in the car and drove to the restaurant. When we got there we were guided into a room.

"You rented a room?" I asked. He nodded with a sly smile.

Hi guys! Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I have History Fair and High School stuff going on. My teammates on a Science Project won't make any process so I'm trying to deal with that. Oh well.

ANYWAYS, I'm thinking of making Elliot one of the love interests for Ally. Maybe I'll add someone to make Ally jealous too. What should happen next?