I'm allowing all my readers to punch me as many times as you like.

Go ahead. I deserve it.

I honestly have no excuse as to why I haven't updated, truth is I just had writers block and moved on to make an actual novel out of this book. Obviously that hadn't worked out and I moved on to giving up on writing completely. Although, I started to become a fan of bxb (Ikr!) So I gained inspiration and wrote a chapter called "Confessions of a Pessimist" on Wattpad. It's is bxb but if anyone wants to check that out my name is 'writergirl2506'

So just now I was like 'hey, let's see how my old fanfiction account is doing' I saw your reviews and honestly even though it's only a few it's enough to make me want to continue at least a little bit of this story. So for you guys; I present … Chapter 2 ;)

Austin

Masked Chapter 2:

The next few days passed as a blur. I couldn't focus on anything but that girl. She actually had the audacity to slap me. Me.

To be completely honest, it felt refreshing. After living in such a blur for the past few months, it felt invigorating to experience something new; even if that something was a slap to the face.

Literally.

That is why, in my current position in the cafeteria, I drum my fingers on the table anxiously. A few people give me weird stares, but I could care less right now. Running a hand through my hair, I sigh and slumpin my chair dejectedly. Reason being; Dez was supposed to return 5 minutes ago with as much info on the new girl as possible.

With 5 minutes soon turning into 10, I hurried out of the cafeteria to find Dez.

The only place he could be was in the Media room; two floors up from my current level. After finally running up 2 flights of stairs; I burst into the Media room while frantically looking around for Dez.

He was seated in the far back of the room, headphones plugged in and completely immersed into what he was doing. I pulled a chair from one of the desks and placed it calmly next to Dez. He couldn't know why I was so anxious to know about that girl.

A few people had seen the spectacle the morning when she slapped me, but most thought she was just some girl I slept with and ditched. I really have no idea as to why though, I wasn't that type of person. Even If I was considered a Casanova; I really had no interest in sleeping with every girl I laid my eyes on.

Diseases man.

Dez finally acknowledged my presence after several minutes. He grinned at me and yanked his headphones off.

"Any news on the new girl?" I asked cautiously.

"Only bits and pieces, but dude, you're not gonna' believe it!" He exclaimed.

"She's a fake!" He grinned.

"Fake?"

"I managed to hack into our school's student profiles and records and you wouldn't believe it! She's not on there. No files, no schedules, no student reviews or academic preferences; nothing. Dude, she doesn't even go to this school."

"What? But doesn't she attend class or anything?"

"No at all, she makes it seem as if she's there; she attends her first and last period, lunch and extra curriculums only. The only reason we think she's here is because she attends when people actually bother to pay attention. First period and last period because that's when people's attention spans tend to lower and they get bored easily, that way they turn to their surroundings. Same applies to lunch and extra curriculum, except that's when we're more acutely aware. Do you get it?"

I stared blankly at him, "Dez that's by far the most non-sensible thing you've said yet."

"Just think about it!"

"But that doesn't make any sense! Why on earth would she need to escape for majority of the day anyway? It sounds like she just has some issues or likes to skip school or something. Maybe she just does it to go shopping or some shit like that, I mean-"Dez cut me off.

"Austin, the school gates are always locked, where would she even go? I mean skip school to hang out at school; yeah right. Besides, why would she need people to think she's there? The teachers don't even think to know she exists. Her first and last probably think she's there as foreign exchange or something. It's just a little strange; I mean yesterday she started harassing one of our janitors and calling him 'demon' or something like that. It's just fucking weird man."

I stared at Dez incredulously for a moment, "Alright" I sighed deeply.

"Forget that, what else do you know?" I enquired.

"Um, just a few things. Some asshat jock made a flirty comment about her and she somehow heard him and flipped her shit! He's got a black eye now and everyone either looks up to her or is scared of her. Majority are scared; rumours about her spread like wildfire."

"But she's just some girl."

"A girl who had the guts to slap the school's golden boy and sock a football player in the eye."

I blinked. "Touché"

"I don't know; there's something about her. Something…surreal."

"Right, I'll take your word for it. Anything else? Like her name, age, hobbies…fetishes maybe?"

"Austin!"

"Just joking!" I placed my hands above my head in mock surrender.

Dez just chuckled. "Some freshman girl-Karlie I think her name was- was being bullied by a couple of your groupies and she stepped in like some kind of hero. Those girls ditched and Karlie managed to talk to her a bit. She didn't get much, just a few basics, but Karlie said there was something off about her from the start. Although the she didn't say it was a bad strange."

"Get to the point Dez." I urged him to continue.

"Yeah, yeah I'm getting there. So Karlie got a name and a few of her periods; she played the topic into the conversation quite nicely, seems like even Karlie was curious about this 'mystery girl'. She's a senior, like us."

"I figured that much, what else?"

"I matched her schedule with yours, but you only have Monday's and Thursday's first and last period together."

I sighed, rubbing my temple, "I can work with that. It's better than nothing."

"That's pretty much it; she doesn't talk to anyone or reveal much of herself. No-one knows where she lives or where she even transferred from. She's the living embodiment of mystery."

I chuckled, "Thanks Dez, this helped a lot." I began to get up from my chair when Dez pulled me back.

"Uh, one more thing," He shot me a sideward glance and fidgeted with his thumbs. "Be careful around her."

I raised my brow, "what could she possibly do to me?"

Dez simply shook his head.

I tugged at a loose strand of hair and tucked it behind my ear.

"Alright man, see ya' at lunch?"

"Yeah, will do." He smiled.

I began to walk away before Dez called my name again. I chuckled and turned around.

"What now Dez." I asked teasingly.

Dez grinned and started to pull his headphones back on, "Her name's Ally Dawson."

He continued to immerse himself in whatever he was doing; but I was too busy smiling idiotically to care.

"Ally Dawson." I murmured to myself.

Alrighty! That's finally done. I just wanted to give you some insight on Ally's character.

Feel free to ask me questions!

What are your opinions on:

What do you think of Ally's character?

What did Dez mean about 'be careful'? Does he know something?

Is Ally just insane or is she hiding something?

What role does the amulet play?

Why is Austin so obsessed with Ally?

Why did Ally save Karlie?

That's all the questions I have!

So I figured I might do a little thing and tell you more about what's been happening over the past few months.

I'm literal Phan trash guys, it's not even funny.

Throne of Glass is my new favourite book!

IM OBSSESSED WITH TAKE ME TO CHURCH BY HOZIER AND FLIGHT BY TRSITAM AND BRAKEN. (Did I spell those correctly?)

I love bxb, I have no idea why. *shrugs*

I'm best friends with my BFFL's boyfriend :'D its insane.

Anime is still my life, nothing has changed :/

Dragon Age: Inquistion is amaaaaaaazing. I ship my MC with Iron Bull.

That's about it actually :D

I love you guys! Reviews, criticism are all welcomed. I haven't edited this yet, so please mind the mistakes :)

If you're into bxb, please go check out my story Confessions of a pessimist :)

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