A/N: Wow! I have been working on this story for just over a year. The chapters do not seem like much progress. So for now on, I will try to update at least once a week. Probably a Tuesday. Thank you all for your patience and an even bigger thank you to all my reviewers, followers and the people who favourite this. If you do have any critiques or if I have made any mistakes (spelling grammar etc.) then please don't hesitate to inform me.
Ally's POV:
"It's you."
It was with those words that everything became obvious to me; the way Austin acted around me all the time, Trish and Dez always seemed so willing to give us time alone and Austin's reaction when I told him I was dating Dallas.
It all made sense.
The shock must have been evident on my face because Austin forced me from his bedroom. I knew that I had over- stayed my welcome. I bid Austin's parents goodbye and made the decision to go for a walk. I had a lot of things that I needed to work out.
I knew that I had a problem; as much as I claimed to love Dallas, I wouldn't even think of leaving him for Austin if I truly cared.
Dallas is an amazing guy, but Austin has always been there for me.
But if I date Austin, there could be a chance that it would ruin our friendship. I really don't want to do that.
However, if I don't tell Austin anything, there would be an even higher chance that it would ruin our friendship.
The one thing I know for certain though is that I should break- up with Dallas. Even if I don't end up dating Austin, I'm pretty sure it would hurt him a lot less if I wasn't dating Dallas.
Right now I think the best thing I could do is go and find Trish. I'm sure she would know what to do. Even if she didn't, just talking with someone would probably help.
To be honest, I'm glad Trish doesn't live to far away from Austin's House; I don't want to be left alone with my thoughts for too long. That could be quite self- destructive if I did.
The five minutes it took to get to Trish's house felt more like five hours. I just hope she is in. With each step I took closer to Trish's house, the more I hoped and prayed that she would actually be in today.
Once again, I held my breath as I knocked on the door. From this point onwards, I knew it was a waiting game.
I jumped at the sudden movement that lead to Trish's front door being opened and allowed myself to look upwards. To my relief, it was my best friend who answered the door.
"Trish I need your help." I allowed all of the emotions I had felt in the past hour to express themselves upon my face.
"Ally, what happened?"
I then recapped the previous hour. I explained how I had been worried about Austin and so I visited his house.
I then gave her a brief summary of the conversation that I had with Austin.
"Took you a while, didn't it?"
"What did?"
"Dez and I have known about Austin's crush on you for ages!"
"And you didn't think to tell me?"
"Well one, Austin told us not to tell you. And two, we figured that you were smart enough to work it out for yourself."
"But still-"
Trish interrupted me "So, on another subject, what did you tell him?"
"I-I didn't. I was in shock."
"So was I when Dez asked me out, but I knocked it in the head and said yes."
"Wait since when have you and Dez been going out?"