Hi Everyone! HAPPY NEW YEAR! WOOOOOO HOOOOOO! (and MERRY CHRISTMAS! I'm a few days late aren't I? Oh well! Sorry, I'm just one of those crazy teens who will never, and I repeat, never get too old for christmas. It's just not possible.) I am sooooooo sorry I haven't updated in like ages. I had a severe case of...Writer's Block...Dun Dun DUN! Don't worry, hopefully it wont happen again. I was also feeling kind of sick for a few days, but I'm all better now! THANK YOU ALL SOOOOOO MUCH FOR ALL THE REVIEWS, FAVS AND FOLLOWS! Seriously, when I checked up on the story and saw I had over 100 reviews, I almost fainted. YOUR ALL SO AMAZING! It's always been a dream of mine to reach 100 reviews for a story, AND I DID! Well we did! I know this sounds super cheesy but I really couldn't have done it without you guys. Your all so encouraging and I'm really grateful for that, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
"Ally will you stop being so over dramatic!" Trish snapped loudly while rummaging through my wardrobe for a nice pair of heels. I simply ignored her and continued to lie lifelessly on my bed, while imagining my English teacher, Mr Bookson, drowning in a giant bowl of used toilet water. Ah the beautiful world of imagination. Now you might be wondering why happy, and usually perky Ally Dawson was lying lifelessy on her bed, plotting her English Teacher's sudden and accidental demise.
Don't start jumping to conclusions and thinking I had gone bananas or something, that wasn't the case. You see a few days ago, I did an English exam which is worth a big amount of my final grade. I studied like crazy! It was so insane I don't think I ate for 16 hours straight one day. Don't judge me I have a serious studying problem. Really! Well anyway, I thought the test went pretty well and today we got our results. When I saw mine- well lets just say I almost passed out.
"Ally Dawson, ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?!" Trish's voice echoed through the room, snapping me out of my thoughts. I sat up quickly and focused on my best friend, who was glaring at me like some kind of ferocious wild animal. Seriously, that girl could be down right scary sometimes.
"Sorry Trish, what did you say?" I asked sheepishly, while trying to stop myself giggling from comparing Trish to a wild animal. I don't know how you would imagine it, but I just picture that giant gorilla from the King Kong movie with Trish's head. That would be HILARIOUS! You know, except for the part where the gorilla dies... Darn! Only I could make a hilarious topic instantly awkward.
Trish rolled her eyes in frustration at my response before replying. "I said, stop being such a drama queen, just because you got a-"
"NO! Don't say it Trish, that letter is forbidden! I bet we could go a whole day without saying the letter C!" I exclaimed crazily while clumsily standing from the bed. Wait a minute-
"Nice Job dimwit, you just said the forbidden letter," Trish smirked with a chuckle while I face pamled in embarrassment. Darn it! So now you all know- I, Allyson Dawson (There is no way I'm giving you my middle name, ha!) got a C on my English paper. And what's worse? It wasn't even a C+, IT WAS A C-! A FREAKING C-! Go ahead, judge me and my poor English skills.
"That's not fair Trish, I wasn't ready!" I replied childishly with a very visible pout on my face. Trish snickered with an amused shake of her head, before returning quickly to the wardrobe to find me a nice jacket to match my heels.
"What are you, 5?" She murmered quietly with a subtle eye roll. I wish! If I was 5, I wouldn't have boring only Mr Bookson for English! I remember the good old days, back in kindergarten when all we had to do for english was write our names on some paper and colour it in with colourful pencil crayons. I used to absolutely love pencil crayons. Oh who am I kidding, I still absolutely LOVE PENCIL CRAYONS! They're so awesome-
My thoughts were rudely interrupted by a red dress suddenly smacking me right in the face, causing me to almost lose my balance and fall off the bed. Darn it, why was my balance so horrible? I blamed my gym teachers.
"TRISH!" I exclaimed and quickly placed the dress next to me. She shot me an innocent smile then pulled out a pair of strappy red heels. Hoped she wouldn't throw those at me too...
"Ally, what do you think I am, some kind of monster? Of course I wouldn't throw 5 inch heels at you!" Trish stated dramatically with her hands on her hips. I slumped sheepishly and mentally slapped myself for thinking out loud again.
"Your not a monster Trish, I just think if you were angry enough you could decide to throw a pair of hee-" I stopped my sentence when I noticed the death glare Trish was giving me. Hehe, maybe I said too much.
"Just get dressed Ally," She replied with a small smile. "And your right by the way, if I was super angry I could throw a heel or two at someone. But never you or Dez and nothing higher than 3 inches." I chuckled and shook my head at her while picking up the red dress and heels.
"I know you so well Trish," I smiled softly. "But are you sure you wouldn't throw a heel at Dez?" I asked and we both burst out laughing, knowing perfectly well that throwing a heel at Dez was something Trish would likely do in the near future.
After about half an hour I was all dressed up and my makeup was done. Trish was just finishing my hair while I flipped mindlessly through the university newspaper. I sighed when my eyes landed on an article about the football team and how they had won yet another game. In my opinion, football was totally stupid. It was dangerous, confusing and completely pointless. And I'm not just saying that because my ex boyfriend was the captain. Really!
"Liar," Trish snorted. Oh man, did I just say that out loud? I have seriously got to see a doctor about this.
"I'm not lying!" Trish rolled her eyes and gave me a look that said 'Yes you are'. "Okay fine, maybe I don't hate football, I just highly dislike the captain," I mumbled and crossed my arms childishly.
"Ally, forget about Douchey Dallas, let's talk about your way hotter waiter boyfriend," She smirked while wiggling her eye brows teasingly. I smiled softly and felt a blush appearing on my cheeks.
"Austin's not my boyfriend Trish, unfortunately," I sighed sadly and rested my cheek on my hand. "We're really good friends."
"Yeah, really good friends with benefits-
"TRISH!" I shouted and blushed madly as she burst out laughing. It's like she enjoys seeing me suffer.
"Relax, I'm kidding Alls, your hair's done by the way," She smiled after calming down a little.
"HEY! Only Austin can call be Alls!" I snapped at her teasingly before walking over to the mirror. She held her hands up in defense dramatically and mumbled a quick apology, which, by the way was completely unapologetic. I shook my head at her then turned to look in the mirror, my eyes widened in shock when I saw my reflection and I couldn't help but grin.
I was wearing the simple red dress which had long long lace sleeves and clung tightly to my body. It stopped around mid thigh and was paired with the strappy red heels which I really liked. My hair was in a curly half up style with some loose curls framing my face. My make up was fairly light but I was wearing bright red lipstick. The only jewelry I was wearing were a pair of silver rose earrings and my silver rose ring. I turned to Trish and wrapped my arms around her in a warm bear hug.
"I'm guessing you like it," She chuckled after we had pulled away. Like it? LIKE IT!?
"I love it Trish! Your a miracle worker! But why did you make me look exceptionally nice tonight?"
"Oh didn't I tell you? The restaurant is having some sort of party, you know, because it's christmas in 3 weeks," She replied simply with a shrug.
"No Trish you didn't tell me, and it's Christmas in 3 days not 3 weeks," I giggled. Her eyes widened in shock and I burst into laughter. Typical Trish.
"WHAT! I have to go present shopping!" She screamed and grabbed a random pair of shoes off the floor. "Sorry Ally, gotta go! Enjoy your date and whenever your around Austin, make sure you stand near mistletoe!" She shouted dramatically then rushed out of the room.
"See you later Trish! Good luck!" I shouted after her in amusement. I smiled lightly to myself, and couldn't stop a faint blush creeping up onto my cheeks from her mistletoe comment. I would be lying if I said that I hadn't thought about kissing Austin under the mistletoe- I'd be lying if I said I hadn't dreamed about it either. Unfortunately, lucky things didn't happen to me at Christmas. For example, the last time I hung up mistletoe in my house, it turned out to be poison ivy! How was that even possible?
"On the tenth day of christmas my true love gave to me, ten lords a leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a milking, seven swans a swimming-"
"When is it gonna end?" I mumbled boredly to myself as the cheery carollers continued to sing noisily. About 15 minutes earlier I had been casually walking to the restaurant, when suddenly I was attacked by a group of elderly carollers wanting me to listen to some songs. They looked so sweet and I would feel bad if I had just walked away. WORST DECISION OF MY LIFE. It turns out the sweet carollers were planning on singing every single christmas carol they had ever heard. And to make matters worse- none of them could actually sing! One of the old men had actually fallen asleep standing up and I could hear his extremely loud monster like snoring. It was a complete medley of awulness and I couldn't leave because they kept insisting that I hear one more song.
One more song? ONE MORE SONG? MORE LIKE 10 MORE SONGS!
So there I was, listening to their eleventh christmas carol, wishing that I wasn't such a big pushover.
"Hey eyeryone look over there, it's Elvis Presley!" I loud voice shouted suddenly, causing all the old people to stop singing and turn around. Someonoe instantly grabbed my hand and began to pull me away from the big group of confused carollers. What on earth was happening? Uh Oh, I think I'm being kidnapped! It's because of that C- isn't it? ISN'T IT!
"What? Stop! Let me go! Who are you? Just because I got a C- on my English paper, doesn't mean you have to kidnap me!" I exclaimed worriedly while pulling my hand away from the stranger's. They suddenly started chuckling and took off a black beanie, revealing a head of bright blonde hair. They then turned to me and smiled. "Austin!?" I gasped in shock. "Why on earth were you trying to kidnap me?" He was full on laughing now while I stared at him in confusion.
"You have a very vivid imagination Alls, I'm not trying to kidnap you," He chuckled while shaking his head at me. Aw, he called me Alls! Cue the crazy fangirling! Wait, did he just say he's not trying to kidnap me?
"Your not?" I asked sheepishly and he shook his head again. Well done Ally, you've just accused your crush of kidnapping you. Man, I can be really dense sometimes.
"No, I was just saving you from all those crazy carollers, you would have been there for ages because your way too nice to just walk away." Darn it, he knew me so well. I sighed in embarrassment and turned to face him slowly.
"I'm sorry, I was just jumping to conclusions, thanks for saving me, it was really sweet," I replied sincerely with an apologetic smile.
"No problem, I kind of guessed you would react like that," He grinned with a calm shrug of his shoulders.
"What, crazy and stupid?" I asked quietly while staring at the ground. He smiled and placed his hand gently under my chin to tilt my head up, so I was looking at him. Our eyes locked immediately and I felt my knees buckle. My cheeks began turning a dangerous shade of red and my heart was racing like mad! He smiled softly at me and I felt my cheeks getting even redder, how was that even possible?
"Not crazy and stupid, awkwardly paranoid which I think is extremely cute," He whispered and I smiled tenderly at him. I give up, I'm going to remain a cherry tomato head forever! I stared into his bright, hazel eyes for a few more seconds before letting my gaze flicker down to his lips. His soft, and oh so kissable lips- stop! Control yourself Dawson, he doesn't want to kiss you! He only sees you as a friend.
My heart dropped at this realization and I took a small step away from Austin, while staring intensely at the ground. He only saw me as a friend. Most of me knew it was probably true, like 97- make that 98% of my brain. But there was still that little 2%, telling me that nothing was impossible and anything could happen. It was either that or I'd been listening to way too much of that Ellie Goulding song.
"Are you okay, Ally?" Austin asked softly, snapping me out of my thoughts. I looked up slowly and saw that his eyes reflected concern. I smiled and tilted my head slightly to the side. He just looked so cute! Like a little lost puppy- no, stop it Ally, you can't keep comparing Austin to cute animals. I ain't gonna lie, I've done it before. Please don't judge me, blame his eyes!
"Wha-what did you say?" I asked softly, still slightly dazed. He stepped closer to me and smiled.
"I said, are you okay?" He repeated quietly while searching my eyes curiously. Okay Ally, make sure you think before you spea-
"Me? Okay? Yeah I'm okay! In fact I'm more than okay! I'm great. I'm GREAT! I'M ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!" I blurted out crazily while doing weird and incredibly awkward hand gestures. In my desperate attempt to appear okay, I ended up making an absolute fool of myself. Seriously someone, book me a mental doctor! Austin chuckled loudly while I facepalmed in embarrasment. So much for thinking before speaking.
"Dork," He smirked with an affectionate shake of his head, which caused his bright, blonde hair to sway slightly. I rolled my eyes and nudged him playfully.
"Says the guy who attempted to distract old people with an imaginary Elvis Presley," I giggled while he pouted childishly.
"Hey, it worked didn't it? And I couldn't have exactly used someone like Justin Bieber or One Direction. I mean, those cute little old people probably don't even know who they are," Austin smiled while crossing his arms playfully. I shook my head at him and smirked.
"Oh Austin, you underestimate old people. My grandma knew Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber were dating before I did." It's pretty shameful I know, but worse things have happened to me. For example, the time I was gullible enough to believe that melons were baby watermelons. I would love to give the excuse that I was like 5 or something, but in truth I was 14 years old. I don't know how it happened! I think it had something to do with my excessive desire for large fruit at the time-
"You know they've broken up right?" Austin asked suddenly, snapping me out of my trance.
"WHAT!" When did this happen! More importantly, why didn't grandma tell me?!
"Your so slow Alls," He chuckled teasingly while I glared at him playfully. "But in a good way, definitely in a good way." My glare immediately turned into a flustered smile and I felt my cheeks become slightly warmer. Can this guy get anymore perfect? He isn't freaked out by my embarrassing outbursts, crazy actions and tragic slowness. There are two possible reasons to explain why he was able to put up with my craziness:
1) He experienced something dangerous as a young child.
2) He likes me.
Well, isn't the answer obvious? The poor guy was dropped as a baby! He couldn't possibly like me, right?
"Erm, hi I'm Ally. It's nice to meet you," I smiled while sitting down in the empty seat across from my date for the evening. It was at that moment that I realized he was cryi- well bawling his eyes out over dramatically. His fairly long brunette hair was all messy and dishevelled and I could hardly make out his dark brown eyes through the tears.
"Er, what's wrong?" I asked quietly. What's wrong? Great question to ask a crying male Ally! Note the sarcasm.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?! My girlfriend just dumped me, that's what's WRONG!" He whimpered loudly. Sheesh I was just asking... "I'm sorry, it's just I thought she was the one. I thought we were gonna get married! I thought we were gonna have kids! I thought we were gonna grow old and die together! Then she dumped me because she thought I talked about the future too much! Stupid huh?!" Hmm, I wonder where she got that from?
"Maybe you just scared her with all that future stuff, it might have been a bit overwhelming for her," I suggested smartly. Wow, where the heck did that come from? Keep going with the wise words Ally!
"Your right!" He shouted happily. "But there's no hope, SHE'LL NEVER TAKE ME BACK!" He shouted sadly and dramatically this time. I looked at him in confusion.
"Why not?"
"I called her a pig face who wouldn't know a good boyfriend if he bit her on the butt." Bit her on the butt? What kind of guy bites a girl's butt? That's just down right rude if you ask me! And highly weird! You know, unless your a vampire.
"Why would you say that?" I asked incredulously, while shaking my head at him.
"I was mad okay!" He shouted before beginning another round of crazy bawling and slamming his head down on the table like a child. The poor dude was messed up! You know, I was starting to think that this guy needed a mental doctor more than I did! And that's saying something-
My thoughts were soon interrupted as Austin walked over calmly with his usual notepad and pen. He smiled warmly at me before speaking. "Hey guys, I'm Austin and I'll be your waiter for the evening. Can I take your-" He began but slowly trailed off when he noticed my date crazily banging his head against the table. The tall blonde boy sent me a confused look which I couldn't help but giggle at.
"He got dumped by his girlfriend," I whispered quietly and he nodded in understanding.
"Hey dude, stop hitting your head on the table, you could hurt yourself," Austin chuckled at the other boy's dramatic and not to mention loud actions.
"I know how you feel, getting dumped is one of the worst ever feelings, but you've gotta move on. Who knows, you could meet someone even better," I added softly while glancing at Austin who was already looking at me and smiling. "I mean, being dumped by my ex was the best thing that ever happened to me, now I realize how much of a douche he was." Austin chuckled lightly while my date lifted his head to face us.
"You don't understand, how am I supposed to get over Shelley when she's sitting right over there!?" He sobbed loudly and pointed manically to a pretty ginger girl sitting a few tables away from us. I noticed she was with a tall boy with very dark brown hair and glasses, they seemed to be deep in animated conversation. That's weird, ex boyfriend and girlfriend show up in the same restaurant, shortly after their breakup. Oh the irony of life.
"Wow! That has got to be awkward, ending up in the same restaurant as your ex girlfriend! I feel sorry for you-" Austin began but stopped mid sentence when he noticed both me and my date glaring daggers at him.
"Austin, your not exactly helping," I said bossily but couldn't help the smile that appeared on my face when he pouted playfully. Aw, he's such a child. An incredibly kind and hot child- stop it Ally! Your getting distracted by Austin's hotness. Calm down before you do something crazy! I sighed and then turned to my date quickly before saying. "Hey, I don't mean to be rude, but what's your name?" Shame on you Ally, after all this time, you never asked the poor guy for his name!
"It's Marthalmeno," He replied quickly. Martha-what-now? "But you can just call me Martha." Both me and Austin burst out laughing not even a second later. MARTHA! What kind of guy's name is MARTHA! Oh my gosh, I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe. Have you ever been in that situation, where you laugh so hard that it hurts and you can't breathe, but you just can't stop it? Yep, that's what I was experiencing right now. But seriously, MARTHA!?
"It's not funny!" Marthalmeno snapped then crossed his arms angrily. It was so funny! What parent calls their male child Martha? After a long while, both Austin and I had calmed down.
"Yeah, your right it's not funny, Martha," I began seriously but at the mention of his name, Austin began chuckling unsubtly which led to another loud session of both of us laughing uncontrollably. Marthelmeno rolled his eyes in annoyance while I wiped an amused tear from my eye. Hahahahaha, MARTHA! Haha-
"AUSTIN MOON, WHY AREN'T YOU WORKING! YOU HAVE TO GET THINGS ORGANIZED FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARTY, IT STARTS IN FIVE MINUTES! GET TO WORK, OR YOUR FIRED!" A loud voice boomed suddenly from inside an office near the bathroom. Austin rolled his eyes calmly and smirked.
"Please, my dad would never fire me-"
"AND I DON'T CARE IF YOUR MY SON AUSTIN, I WILL FIRE YOU!" The voice boomed again causing Austin to sigh with a sad pout on his face. I giggled softly and shook my head at him.
"I have to go set up stuff for the party guys," Austin mumbled sadly, but before he could leave, I stopped him. I actually had an idea! It was cunning, but brilliant! Oh my gosh, Trish's mischief was rubbing off on me. Eh, it was bound to happen eventually.
"Austin wait, I have an idea for how to get Marthalmeno back with his girlfriend, Shelley!" I exclaimed happily while clapping my hands together excitedly. Both boys raised their eyes at me in amused disbelief as if to say 'You can't think of a good plan to save your life, Ally.' I rolled my eyes at them and crossed my arms. Sheesh, was it so hard to believe that Ally Dawson could come up with a brilliant plan that would actually work!? It's probably best you don't answer that.
"Okay guys that's the plan. Ready...GO!" I whispered dramatically to the boys as we all huddled at our table. Austin had set up all the party stuff and cleared away a few tables for dancing space. Martha (LOL) had fixed himself up a bit and stopped crying, finally! I had snuck into the store room and borrowed an extra sprig of mistletoe. Notice how I said borrow instead of steal, I was gonna put it back! Ally Dawson is no thief people! But I have to admit, I felt like such a cool rebel when I did that. I mean, sneaking into the store room, which is only for staff by the way! Total baddie!
Soon we all sped off in different directions, Marthalmeno walked over to the crowd of people dancing along to the booming music on the dance floor. Meanwhile, me and Austin headed over to Shelley's table. The plan was to persuade Shelley to get up and dance so she would hopefully run into Marthalmeno, then somehow get them to dance. Next, I would hang a mistletoe on the door frame above them and they would be forced to kiss. After kissing they should fall madly in love again and live happily ever after. I'm a freaking genius!
As we approached the table, I began to wonder how we would even get Shelley to get up and dance. She could hate dancing for all we knew, or have a broken leg! I take it back, I'm not a freaking genius.
"Hey Austin, how are we gonna get Shelley to dance?" I asked Austin sheepishly while playing with my fingers.
"I thought you knew, your the one that came up with this plan," He chuckled and I blushed in embarrassment. "Don't worry, just wing it," He smiled softly and I sighed in relief, I had a feeling he had everything under control. Thank goodness for Austin, I would have totally made a fool of myself. Before I knew it, we were at the table, just standing there awkwardly, well at least I was.
"Helllloooo, I am the Great Austin Moon-ey, here to read your fortune," Austin began in a mystical, weird type of voice. What? What the heck was he doing? I stared at him in pure confusion but he simply winked at me, then turned to Shelley. "Shelley, I have seen your future! You must go over there over to the dance floor, there, you shall meet the love of your life," He continued in the same freaky voice. Shelley stared at him blankly before speaking.
"I don't believe a single word you just said," She said bluntly while narrowing her light blue eyes at Austin in confusion. "But how do you know my name?" Quick, panic!
"The Great Austin Moon-ey knows everything about you," Austin replied calmly while doing weird hand movements and gesturing for me to join in. We probably looked like such fools at that moment, swaying our hands around like lunatics.
"Fine prove it, if you can tell me 2 more things about myself, then I'll get up and dance," Shelley stated with her arms crossed. I began to look even more panicked while Austin smiled calmly.
"You've just gotten out of a relationship and your ex boyfriend is called Marthalmeno," He replied cockily and Shelley's eyes widened in shock. A few seconds later she smiled and began making her way over to the dance floor. YES! My plan is working! Go Dawson, Go Dawson, Go Dawson- I'm embarrassing myself aren't I? I should stop. Me and Austin gave each other a proud thumbs up before rushing over to the big crowd of dancing people. A slow love song was playing and couples were slow dancing everywhere. Austin and I glanced at each other before blushed lightly.
"Look Austin, they're talking to each other!" I exclaimed suddenly and gestured to Martha and Shelley having a conversation. "This is great! They don't look as mad anymore." Soon the couple smiled and began dancing together. Well that was fast. BUT AWWWWW! THEY'RE SO FREAKING CUTE!
"Your right! Hey have you got the mistletoe?" He asked quickly. I showed him the small sprig of mistletoe in my hand and he smiled. "Good job Ally, now we just have to hang it up on the doorway they're dancing under," He finished. We quickly made our way to the doorway and hid behind a random table. Okay Dawson, you can do this! I slowly snuck up to the doorway with the mistletoe in my hand, after a few seconds of hiding behind a group of dancing people, I crept out and reached up to the top of the doorway. Unfortunately, I was too short. No surprise there. Come on, you can do this Ally, just stand on your tiptoes! So I did stand on my tiptoes- still too short. Oh man, why was I cursed with having such a shrimpy body?
After a few minutes of me failing time after time to hang the little mistletoe sprig, I came up with the fantastic idea of standing on a chair. Then I scolded myself for taking that long to come up with, the fantastic idea of standing on a chair.
After a few more minutes of standing on the tall chair and trying to hang up the small sprig of mistletoe, I finally succeeded. YES! I was so proud of myself that I began to do my crazy happy Ally dance. WORST DECISION OF MY LIFE. (Well actually, second worst decision. The first worst decision was staying to listen to those crazy carollers.) My happy Ally dance was a little too crazy and suddenly, my chair began to wobble. My mind was in a crazy state of panic and I began waving my arms around in an attempt to stay balanced. You all know about my dreadful balance skills right? Of course you do. The arms thing only made it worse and soon I found myself slipping manically and falling of the chair.
My life flashed before my eyes as I fell, no I'm just kidding. It sounded pretty dramatic though, right? I closed my eyes quickly and prepared to meet the hard impact of the cold floor when suddenly I felt everything stop. No cold. No floor. No pain. Just warmth. I felt a pair of arms arms around me, cradling me gently. When I looked up, my brown eyes locked with Austin's hazel ones. I breathed a sigh of relief and smiled softly.
"Austin, t-thank y-you," I stuttered quietly as I felt butterflies erupt inside my body. He smiled softly and slowly stood me up securely on the ground, his strong hands still holding onto my waist gently. Oh my gosh! I just lived one of those cliche movie moment, where the girl slips and falls into the boy's arms! Well, that's another thing crossed off my bucket list.
"Your Welcome, just be carefull Alls, I don't want you to get hurt," He replied with a smile. "Hey do you wanna dance?" He asked suddenly, I noticed his eyes reflected a little nervousness. Oh No! I can't dance to save my life, let alone waltz! I'd probably injure the poor guy. What do I do? Quick Dawson, think of something!
"I-I can't d-dance," I whispered sadly, then bit my lip and looked down nervously. Austin just grinned and gently took my hand, he placed my other hand on his shoulder and his free hand cradled my waist. It was a waltzing position. Uh oh.
"Just follow my lead okay?" He whispered kindly and took the first step. It was really hard at first, but soon I began to get the hand of it. Shocking, I know. After a while, I let him glide me across the floor while staring intensely at my feet. I really didn't want to step on his feet, that would be incredibly embarrassing. I'd be forever known as the clutz that broke her crush's foot!
"Hey," Austin's soothing voice snapped me right out of my thoughts. "Don't focus on your feet, your not gonna fall. Just keep your eyes on me, your doing great. And even if you do step on my foot, I'd still find it cute," He smirked while I blushed and mentally cursed my thinking out loud habit. He lifted my head up slowly and smiled as our eyes locked.
"I don't get it, how do you find everything I do cute? You weren't dropped as a baby were you?" I blurted out curiously, he stared at me in pure confusion and chuckled. Smooth Ally, real smooth.
"No, I wasn't dropped as a baby Ally, I just happen to find everything about you adorable, your an amazing person and I'm really glad I met you," He replied with a grin and pulled us closer together. My eyes widened at his words and I blushed deeply. H-He thinks I'm amazing? For once in my life, I was absolutely speechless. Actually I think I've been speechless before... But that's not the point.
I stared at him deeply for a few more seconds before smiling softly and laying my head on his chest. I giggled quietly when I heard his heart beating faster and sighed as I felt his arms wrap securely around my waist. My arms slowly joined around his neck and we swayed silently together. Hmm, I could so get used to this!
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Marthalmeno and Shelley kissing passionately under the doorway. I was mentally fangirling at that moment, my plan had actually WORKED! I was also happy for Martha, he was gonna need someone to stick by him while everyone made fun of his girly name, and now he had Shelley. AW, I just love love!
"AUSTIN MOON, THIS RESTAURANT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSED HALF AN HOUR AGO, GET TO WORK!" A loud voice boomed suddenly from the office next to the bathroom. It was then that I noticed we were the only ones left in the room. You know what they say, time flies when you dancing with Austin! The blonde boy sighed while I gently lifted my head from his chest and looked at him.
"Is your dad always like that?" I asked in amusement and he shook his head.
"At home he's just a normal dad, but at work he turns into a monster!" Austin exclaimed dramatically. "Come on, you should get home before it gets too late." We reluctantly let go of each other and walked over to my table to get my bag and coat. Afterwards, we slowly made our way to the exit.
"Tonight was great Alls, we met a guy called Martha, we got a couple back together, you even learned how to dance!" Austin said in shock as if me learning how to dance was a world class achievement. I mean, it was a world class achievment, but he didn't have to rub it in. I rolled my eyes at him and crossed my arms childishly.
"Hey, me learning how to dance isn't that shocking!" I began jokingly, then my face turned serious and I looked at him properly. "And Austin, I just wanted to say, I think your amazing too and I am really glad I met you," I said and smiled nervously. When I looked at Austin, I realized he was staring upwards nervously. I looked at him in confusion before following his gaze. What could he possibly be staring at? My eyes widened in shock when I realized what he was focusing on.
"Mistletoe," He murmured quietly. "It's the same mistletoe you hung up earlier Ally." Oh my gosh! This was awesome! Wait. This was awful! What if he didn't want to kiss me? What is he rejected me? What if we did kiss, and I died from the lack of air supply! Okay Ally calm down. Don't say anything stupid. This time, actually think before you-
"M-Mistletoe! Listen A-Austin, you don't have to kiss me if you don't want to. I mean, I know it's tradition and everything but no one's forcing you. I don't mind breaking tradition AT ALL! B-But if you do want to kiss me then feel free! I don't mind, in fact I really want to kiss you right now. Because seriously, Christmas only comes around once a year and if you get a chance to kiss someone under the mistletoe then you should definitely go for it!" I rambled crazily without any pauses. I just didn't want to make Austin feel awkward! As you could see I was failing miserably.
But it seemed I just couldn't stop myself.
"Unless of course you don't want to go for it, I won't judge you or anything! Really! If your uncomfortable or feel awkward about k-kissing me then you don't have to! Even if you did, it doesn't have to be on the lips, it could be on the cheek, hand or even toe, I DON'T MIND! Seriously I mean it, if you don't want to kiss me I'll be-
I was just about to finish my 'We don't have to kiss' speech, when suddenly, Austin's warm lips captured mine. My eyes widened in shock for a moment before fluttering shut and resting my arms on his shoulders, slowly. I sighed as his strong arms wrapped securely around my waist while pulling me closer to him, so our chests were gently touching. I felt sparks and tingles moving rapidly through my body as our lips moved together, slowly and innocently.
My mind had gone completely blank. For once in my life I wasn't thinking. I wasn't thinking about the rest of my blind dates, I wasn't thinking about how much my heels were killing me, I wasn't even thinking about the awful C- I got on my English paper! All I was focusing on was Austin. Just Austin. How he was always so sweet and kind. How he could always make me laugh and make me feel better. How he was always so gentle and had such a calm personality. Our lips continued to move in slow and gentle unison and my heart was beating so fast, I thought it was gonna jump out of my chest and dash out of the restaurant! Crazy and disturbing thought.
After a few more seconds of pure bliss, we slowly pulled away. We stared at eachother for a few seconds after, grinning like mad, while my hands were still on his shoulders and his were gently cradling my waist. A few short minutes passed and we reluctantly let go of eachother. I beamed at him while he smiled back with a small chuckle.
"Wow," I murmured dreamily, while touching my still tingling lips and blushing. I still can't believe Austin and I just kissed! AAAAAHHHHHH!
"Yeah, wow," Austin replied softly with a very visible blush on his face.
"Merry Christmas Austin."
"Merry Christmas Alls." And at that moment, I knew I was falling for him. Hard. Seriously, like rock hard. I, Ally Dawson, was falling in love with Austin Moon.
Things just got a lot more complicated. I blamed Trish.
YAY! THEY KISSED! I had so much fun writing that part. Unfortunately, this doesn't mean they're together yet. That will happen in later chapters! (Which I CAN'T WAIT to write BTW!) I hope you guys liked this chapter, but I feel I could have done a bit better, I'm kind of disappointed in myself to be completely honest. This chapter turned out pooish (That's probably not a word, but oh well!) for me. I hope you guys like it though, it's hard when I'm disappointed in myself, but if you guys weren't happy (Wipes fake tear from eye dramatically) I wouldn't know what to do with myself! Your all so AWESOME! I DID IT AGAIN! I'm SOOOOOOOO sorry I over wrote AGAIN! Thanks for being so understanding last time, I never thought I would do it AGAIN! Hopefully you won't mind? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW! I love knowing what you guys think. Also, feel free to PM me, I promise you I WILL reply. I PROMISE! I LOVE talking to you because your all so nice.
To Alexia, the guest reviewer that asked me what grade I'm in, thank you for being so nice and polite! To answer your question, I'm in Year 9 (I live in the UK) which is equivalent to grade 8 in the USA, I think? I'm not entirely sure to be honest! But I'm 13 years old, if that helps :) A shoutout to ALL the people that reviewed! YOUR ALL AMAZING! I will try and update as soon as I can!
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