Author's Note: Once again i don't own anybody but the other students at Marino High School. Don't sue.
Hi! Miss me? I'm back. Since i have no life since school ends I have time to write. So enjoy and review, just like with my other stories. The opinions of the popular guys written in this story isn't how I think but since I am writing about how the popular guys think, I had to write it that way. So don't hate me.
Austin walked into school with a couple minutes to spare before classes. He had slept in, he kept hitting the snooze button for 5 more minutes of bliss. He had been dreaming of a world where Ally and he were free of any fangirls of who didn't like any other girl in his life and the stress and pressure of the media of being the "perfect" rockstar that doesn't get into any trouble and always has award winning and chart climbing songs. In Austin's dreamland this was also a place where Ally and him could be the lovey dovey, gushy,sweet, romantic and slightly cliche couple that strangers coo and gush over, can't get enough of seeing and wish they had the same love story.
This was a world he never ever wanted to wake up from. He just wished he had the nerve to make his dreamworld a reality and make Ally his girlfriend, like he has been wanting to do pretty much since the day after they met. It had reached the point where he was starting to daydream what the moment he and Ally were sharing would be like if they were dating.
The only reason he got up was because he had to go to school (there was no way his mom would ever let him miss school to daydream in bed, even though she was a huge fan of Ally and him becoming a couple). More importantly he had to be around Ally even if it was between classes or he will feel like his day was incomplete. Of course there was also the fact that his mom had torn off his covers, thrown random clothes at him and told him if he wasn't downstairs in 5 minutes he will be going to school in his pjs.
He had thrown on the clothes, rushed downstairs then back upstairs when his mom reminded him that he had to brush his hair and wash his face then ate his breakfast (a blueberry muffin and orange juice in a bottle) in the car. When he had gotten to school, he had walked straight to his locker to get his books but of course was distracted by the collage of pictures on his door of him and his best friends being their fun loving, dorky and sometimes mischievous selves in places like the practice room, backstage of a concert or on the beach.
Austin glanced with a smile at each picture as the memory they entailed came back to him. His eyes lingered longer on and his smile grew even brighter on the pictures of either Ally herself or them together, either ones they knew were being taken or ones that Trish and Dez must have taken without their knowledge.
He couldn't help but notice that in every picture where he and Ally were together, his eyes,body language and gestures screamed how much he loved, adored and cherished her. No wonder people were always telling them how adorable and in love they were no matter where they went and why their family and friends were always teasing them about how obvious they were.
Oh well Austin was a guy in love who wasn't afraid to show or admit it to the world, he would happily show and tell Ally each and every day how much he loves her if and when he got a chance. He was lovingly gazing at a picture where he was giving Ally a piggyback ride down the beach, her smile shinning brighter then the sun and he could remember how her laughter had rang like bells, when he heard a hand slam itself down on the locker above his head.
When he turned around, he saw the most popular guy in school, George Banana, and his posse that he was never seen without staring at him .Oh great, my day was going so good and now I have to deal with the King Of Mean and his leminnings. I wonder what he wants with me but it can't be good. Hopefully once he starts talking, I can check out.
"Moon, I just wanted to tell you that you are a disgrace to all mankind. (Austin raised his eyebrows in confusion and "what is he talking about?" look at that statement). Don't give me that dumb look. You know exactly what I am talking about but since you want to play dumb I will explain myself.
Men are suppose to be strong, tough, don't take any crap from anyone and anyone who wants to give them any problems will have to deal with their fists. A man does whatever he wants with no consquences and always gets what he wants, no matter what anyone else wants or thinks. Men are the bosses of the world and everyone else is insignficant and slaves to our demands and wants. That is a real man, unlike you.
You are the opposite of a man. It is so obvious that you are in love with Ally and not because she is one of the most hottest chicks in school. No no, you love her personality and your shared interest in music as well as her looks. The only thing that you should have "fallen" for was her looks like a real guy would have. Ally went from an "nerdy little bookworm" to a total hottie, you should see the number of guys, even more popular and hotter then you, who want a chance at her.
I mean her dorky, goody-goody, sweet, innocent, wants to help as many people as she can, is nice to everyone even the losers and dorks of the school, actually listens to people when they talk, is friend\family obsessed and actually has a plan for her life besides being some guy's arm candy personality hasn't changed. But that is an easy fix once the right guy comes along and manipulates Ally into doing whatever he wants or whoever he wants her to be.
She has never had a boyfriend or anyone interested in her so she will be more then happy to change her "umpopular" personality into a more suitable one for her boyfriend so that she can be showered with affections, time, energy. So believe me when I say that if you don't man up and tell Ally your true feelings, you pansy, touchy- feely, mushy guy you, soon then a better guy will come alone and take her away from you.
But maybe if you are a good boy and admit defeat, once one of us gets Ally, maybe we would allow Ally to spend some time or at least talk to you, Trish, Dez or even her own family. So it will be up to how cooperative you are to helping the better men win by not standing in our way. Cause I always get what or who I want and no one stands in my way. Think of that loverboy and get back to me." George said with a slimy and smug smirk on his face, so confident that he would win in the end even if the war for Ally had only started.
"Thank you Georgie for that "interesting" version of the definition of a man. It is wrong, sexist and not 22nd century but you are entitled to your opinion. As for Ally, well duh. I can clearly see that Ally has changed from an innocent beauty to a drop dead gorgeous young lady, I am not blind and I have been her best friend of 2 years.
It takes a real man to unleash his sweet, sensitive, romantic and caring side to the woman he loves and really deeply cares for. I love Ally not only because she is beyond gorgeous but also because she is beautiful on the inside too. I love every bit of her from her adorkable quirks, the things she wishes she could change about herself to how music, family and best friends are #1 in her life.
I think I have a best chance then any of the "guys" at school to win Ally's heart. I seem to be the only true guy in this school who isn't afraid to show their true self to the world without caring about being "manly" or to show actual feelings. That and I am the only guy who loves Ally for herself and doesn't want to change her for anything which is what every girl wants to have; a guy who loves them for them. Ok so this "talk" has been great but I gotta go to class." Austin said with barely concealed sass.
He didn't like when people made him feel like a tiny blip in society or dissed him or the people he loves and cares for. He also gave himself a mental kick in the butt that today or tommarrow will the day he dreamed of and in a way feared; the day he gathers up all his courage and nerve to put his heart on his sleeve and confesses his unconditional love to Ally and officially make them Auslly, the couple of his dreams. No way was he going to let his sweetie get entangled with any of the losers, wannabes and manipulative jerks in this school, not on his watch.
He made a move to leave but was blocked off by George's lemmings who all looked the same with straight faces and crossed arms. It was a gang of people trying too hard to be like George that is was kind of sad to see. Austin turned around with a "what do you want now?" look on his face, he didn't want to be late for class, he wanted to spend time with Ally after school not be in detention.
"Did I say you could leave? No I didn't. I still have a lot to say to you Moon. There is no way that you will gather up the limited courage to confess your feelings for Ally, you care too much about your two's friendship and also the fact that she is the main person helping you become a famous popstar. So you will you lose the "girl of your dreams" to one of us sooner or later so you might as well give up. And when I win, I will laugh my butt off. Bye bye loser" said George stated before sauntering off.
Austin tried to shake what had been said to him by that jerk and recapture his happiness and hopefullness that the day would turn around for the better and allow him to spend some time with Ally. He succeeded somewhat, the words still nagged him at the very far reaches of his brain, as he went about his day. His first class was not one of his faves (biology) but since he shared a table with Ally, he was eager to get to it.
Today's lesson was the "oh so enjoyable" lesson; disecting a piglet. Oh please don't let me get sick in front of Ally. That will be so embarassing, I am suppose to be the calm and collected one that comforts and calms Ally down when she is feeling sick or uneasy, not the other way around.. Stay calm Moon.
The mini pep talk kind of worked; once the poor dead little piggy was placed in front of Ally and him. It went beyond gross and disguesting to purtrid that one sniff and you felt sick to your stomach and would never get that smell out of your nose. The smell got to them, both of them went green with a hand over the mouth, gagging and trying not to get sick.
Austin rushed over to the sink, wetted paper towel and kneeled on the floor. He gently and tenderly wiping Ally's face and forehead while the other hand rubbed her back in comfort, trying to get color back into his sweetie's face so she wouldn't be sick in front of their judgemental classmates.
"Ok nothing can smell this bad. What did this poor little piggy do to deserve this? Ok we can do this but we need to stick together. Ok so first of all sit down, take deep breaths, that a girl. How are you feeling? Any better? Hey you are getting your color back, that is good." Austin said as he knelt by her feet thinking of ways how they can both get through this disgusting task with their breakfast still intact.
It came to him "Ok let's pretend that we are doctors, though besides writing songs would be a good job for a smarty pants,kind hearted, want to help as many people as she can little lady like you. Here is our new case Dr Dawson, we have to find out what killed this poor little piggy. Are you up for this important mission?" (Ally nods while trying to stife her giggles at her best friend's silliness and yet found it sweet that he was using humor to help her get through this uncomfortable situation)
"Ok we will do the major cut together. Austin and Ally cut hand in hand the piggy open. They both trying not to shudder at the usual sparks flowing through their bodies and their hearts racing at the fact that they were practically in each other's arms, give or take, a place where they both loved to be). Ok first we need to locate the heart."
Austin and Ally went through the worksheet, locating all the organs they needed to find with "Dr" Moon narrating their findings with each organs while Ally wrote it down in the notebook. Both of them kind of feeling like an actual doctors as silly as they sounded. All the while they thanked their lucky stars that Mrs Cadavar had brought in nose plugs for this experiment.
Next class was gym class with Mr Fitness with the game of dodgeball as today's activity. During the game, Austin kept close to Ally, practically becoming a human shield which for some reason seemed to get attacked more then their team members. He didn't care that he would probably have lots of bruises tommarrow as long as not a single bruise appeared on his love's milky and sensitive skin.
His attention was taken away from the game by the horrendous catcalls coming from the boys on the sidelines to his own sweet angel which of course couldn't go without any consquences from Ally's own protector. Austin was so caught up glaring and mouthing "stop it" at them that he didn't notice that he was a standing target for the other team to hit him until he felt the force that knocked him off his feet and the air out of his lungs.
Soon he was looking up at the ceiling with a concerned Ally by his side: "Austin, are you ok? See this is why I don't like dodgeball. People get hurt so easily and all you need is someone with a good arm. I know you can't talk right now but at least nod or something to tell me you are ok. We should get out of the way of flying balls and then go see the nurse, just to make sure you are ok."
At the nurse's office, Austin laid back and enjoyed the TLC and worrying from his little nursemaid. Usually when his mom babied him, he resisted with each inch of him and keeps reminding his mom that he isn't a baby. But with Ally he weclomed any and every form of affection and attention from her. All he had to do is put a little pout on his face with a mixture of puppy dog look and maybe a couple of winces and he got "Poor Austin. Here let me get you some ice for your tummy. There does that feel better?" along with cooing from Ally.
Luckily the next period was lunch. So Austin and Ally met up with Trish and Dez who were bickering about whether history should be changed to "theirstory" so not to be sexist. Ally had a yummy lunch of bolgne, cheese, mayo and lettuce on a nice, soft keisher bun, chocolate milk in a thermos, fresh strawberries and homemade chocolate cookies. Unfortunately she never got to eat any of it cause just as Austin was opening her thermos, someone accidently bumped into him spilling her milk all over her lunch.
"I am so sorry Als. Here you can share my lunch. Ok let me see; I got leftover meatloaf, vanilla milkshake, a banana and some of your homemade cookies. What is mine is yours and what is yours is yours but if you want to share it with me then I accept. That is not the saying but you get the picture." came the rambles, which of course Ally thought was adorable, from Austin as he tried to wipe the mess up with loads of napkins while Ally tackled the spots of mess on herself.
Austin and Ally's shared lunch was kind of nice, they got to share the milkshake like you see in pictures ( each person has a straw for the same drink) and it gave Austin an "excuse" to hang his arm over Ally's chair and scot her as close to him as possible without making her uncomfortable or squishing her. Though to be honest, he never needed an excuse to be as close as he could to the woman he loves.
Next was drama class with Mr Line; where the class had to act out scenes that the teacher told them. Lucky Austin was a good actor cause his role was the irritating, thinks he is all that and player-type of guy in the skit. It was like a scene from their real life: Ally being shamelessly flirted with really bad and cheesy pick-up lines and her being her lovable sassy but not wanting to hurt anyone self. What the teacher forgot to add was someone playing Austin, trying to keep his irritation down but wanting this jerk as far away from his lady as possible.
"Good job Austin. I almost believed that you were a player who actually thinks girls will melt and swoon at really cheesy and kind of lame lines and moves. But that isn't the Austin I know and love; the sweetheart, sensitive, caring, down to earth, straightforward guy who doesn't need pick-up lines or moves to win girls' hearts. All you need is to be yourself and they fall at your feet. Lucky me for having that kind of guy in my life." Ally said in low tones, her warm breath making him shiver as it danced over his ear and he could pick out the loving, slightly gushy tones (sucess) but also slight sadness as she thought of the girls he would be interested in.
Austin was about to set her straight; Ally was the perfect girl for him so he didn't use pick-up lines or moves on her was because he didn't need to. He was able to be 100% himself around her, just a guy in love using words and actions no agenda attatched, to show a girl he loves her. But he never got the chance before the class was told to quiet down for the next group.
Last class was English with Mrs Story; Austin's little bookworm's favorite class. The class was reading a book entitled "The Definition of Love" (this book I made up) which was about a young girl who was struggling to determine her true feelings towards the people in her life. Whether it was her emotional distant mother, a father that comes in and out of her life, her crush who obviously is a big player, jerk and user but she doesn't see his true colors and a best friend since babyhood who was madly in love with the girl.
Austin's response to the question "Define the different type of love depicted in the story?" "Well first of all Claira loves her mother as her protector, source of love, comfort and trust in her life, no matter how small that source is. At the end of the day, Doris is still Claira's mother. She loves her father when he is in her life ; when he is around he is the perfect father, kind, caring, understanding, there for her when she needs a shoulder to cry on or a listening ear.
She loves Carlos or she thinks she is in love cause he seems to be the only guy besides Chris, to ever give her the attention, love, concern and understanding that she is so desperate to have in her life. But what Chris feels for Claire is true love, unconditional, truly understanding Claira inside and out and would do anything to make sure she is happy, has the best life she can get and knows she is loved. He loves her for her and wouldn't change her for anything. Glad she realized who her true love was in the end."
All the girls in the classroom went aww but it was Ally who shifted over until she was practically cuddled up to him and put her head on his shoulder a bit that made his heart skip a beat and a huge smile appear on his face. He didn't care if the other girls thought he was sweet. Ally's opinion was the only one that counted. I always knew that Ally liked sensitive and inuitive men. Ohh I like this side of my Ally, the side where she initiates the displays of affection in public especially when I am the recipicant of that affection. Now how to get more of it?.
Austin and Ally left the room arm in arm, one of Austin's arms were laddened with some of Ally's books (he asked to carry them like a gentlemen) and while Ally talked to Trish who walked beside them talking about tonight's activities, he made sure to send the popular guys a look that said Still think I don't have a chance with Ally? The sweet and tender affections I have been getting all day proves you wrong. Now what do you have to say?
TBC