"But then he just kissed me, and left me there" I said sitting on Cassidy's bed telling her the story of what happened two nights ago. I know it has been two whole days since I've talked to Austin. Well, to be completely honest I couldn't talk to him yesterday because he went out to Sauble beach with Charlie and Dez for the day, and he didn't get back late. Now, that I think of it... Today he left early too.
"I can't believe he would do that! I'm actually pretty surprised I mean.. he doesn't seem like the type to kiss a girl" Cassidy said handing me a glass of water and once she said that I scoffed
"Are you kidding me? You honestly don't think he's the type to kiss a girl!" I said pretty shocked
"Yeah, I mean he's just so sweet, but to be honest I never thought I could see him kissing you! I mean I'm glad that you guys are together and all but I just thought that make you and Aus-" She began but I cut her off
"Why couldn't see him kissing me?" I said starting to feel self-conscious
"Just I don't know he's just so quiet, and you are too sort-of, but I thought you would be with the more outgoing type" Cassidy started to say and I slowly zoned out as she continued to talk just something caught my ear in that sentence
"Wait-Say that again" I said pretty demanding
"Say what again?" She asked confused
"The last part!" I said shocked at what I just heard.., Maybe I didn't hear correctly, but I wanted to make sure!
"That you two are really alike but just don't seem to fit right?" She asked confused.
"No, No before that" I said
"Oh that you and Dallas-" She said.. Yup, I did hear right
"Stop" I said cutting her off before she could continue
"What?" She asked confused and I couldn't help but smile
"Did I ever once say I kissed Dallas, well actually he kissed me?" I said and she furrowed her eyebrows at me
"No, but didn't you go on your date with him last night and -" She said cutting herself off. Now that I think about it, I never actually told her he kissed me... oh god..
"WAIT! So Dallas didn't kiss you?" She said and I nodded
"Did you not listen to the part where I said I went in for the kiss me he turned his cheek I said and she gave me an apologetic smile
"Well, when Taylor Lautner is on t.v., I barley listen" She said and smiled while I couldn't help but crack a smile at her
"Well he is pretty good loo-" I began but I was cut off her her tackling me
"What was that for?" I laughed as she was now on top of me literally
"Who did you kiss!" She screamed overly excited
"Okay, if I tell you do you promise not to scream or tackle me again.. Because I'm pretty sure you snapped my neck!" I said rubbing my neck and holding out a pinky
"Promise" She said locking her finger with mine
"Alright... I kissed... Aushtftn" I said mumbling his name and she just glared at me
"Wait- what?" She said wanting me to speak up louder and I did
"Okay" I said taking a deep breath "You ready?"
"Ally, if you don't tell me I am going to explode! Tell me" She pleaded
"Okay, last night... Austin... He... Kissed me" I said closing my eyes waiting for her to jump on me, and the funny thing was... she didn't. As I slowly opened one eye at the time I was Cassidy sitting on the couch facing me and grinning like an idiot
"Your trying really hard not to scream or tackle me, aren't you?" I asked and she nodded
"I'll be right back" She said going into the kitchen and I had a feeling what was going to come next so I plugged both of my ears with my two index fingers
"Oh my gosh! They kissed! Austin kissed you AHHH!" I heard Cassidy scream from the kitchen and I heard her jumping up and down too, goodness she was more excited than me
"Are you finished?" I asked smiling as she came out to sit beside me again
"Yes, and so the story of the stars and the hammock and you singing was of Austin.. Not Dallas!" She said as I nodded
"Okay" She said breathing in "So when are you guys going on your first date?" She asked and my mind went blank.. First Date? I was still overwhelmed at the fact that he kissed me.
"Well" I said dragging that on a little to long
"Ally?" Cassidy said waiting for an answer
"Well, he just kissed me. I don't even know if he likes me! And I haven't seen him for two days" I said sadly
"Well, do you think he's maybe ignoring you? I mean since he went yesterday with Dez and Charlie?" Cassidy asked and I suddenly got this really bad feeling in my stomach but I decided to ignore it
"I was thinking that too, but why would he want to ignore me? I mean... He was the one who kissed me!" I said starting to get nervous
"Well, maybe he just felt bad for you" Cassidy said shrugging making me get really nervous causing me to start to chew on my hair
"Ally! Relax I'm just kidding" She said taking the hair out of my mouth
"I guess.. maybe I should..."
"Talk to him? Yes, talk to him! That's a very good idea" Cassidy said reassuring me
"Alright, I think I'll do that! But when I see him since he isn't home right now. He left early this morning" I said shrugging
"Actually, I know where he is! Dez told me to meet him at Jimmy's tonight for ice cream! Apparently, everyone is going" She said getting up and getting her purse
"But I wasn't invited?" I said rubbing my arm
"Well, I'm inviting you! So get off your ass and let's go" Cassidy said dragging me up
"And maybe while were there, you can ask Dallas why he didn't kiss you back" She said and my mouth kind of dropped open. I mean she read my mind, it was really upsetting me that he didn't kiss me back and he didn't even give me a reason why
"Why would I want to ask that?" I said trying to play it off as if I didn't want to know the answer.
"Because your curious Ally, I've known you long enough that I could tell that it was bothering you! So come on" She said and with that we were off.
"Cass, I just ordered your favourite ice cream, orange sorbet" Dez said as he came over to us and kissed Cassidy. They were actually too cute!
"Thankyou babe" She said kissing him on the cheek
"Awe! You guys are just too cute!" I said a little too loudly because Dez turned to me
"We know" Dez said jokingly
"Ally, is it?" I heard Jerry said as he came to give Cassidy her ice cream
"Yeah it is, and whoa Jerry this place is packed" I said to him
"Yeah were doing a new thing here" He said and started to explain it "It is still an ice cream place but on Friday's Saturday's, and Sunday's I'm turning it into a bar and people can go up on stage and sing" He said and I couldn't help but think I was going to spend a lot of time here because of Cassidy. She loved to sing
"That's such a smart idea Jerry, I bet it's going to increase your profit" I said and he laughed
"I hope so! We're going to be testing it out tonight? Are you going to stay to watch some of the singers?" Jerry asked me and I nodded 'yes'
"That's great! See you guys later" Jerry said and he was off to the back of the shop again
"Dez, we'll be right back" Cassidy said as soon as Jerry left. She took my arm and dragged me to the side
"Ow! Ow! Ow! Your stronger than you look you know?" I said jokingly as she squeezed my arm
"You have to sing!" She said and I just stood there
"You know I have stage fright! I can't" I said shyly
"Listen to me Ally, I've heard you! Heck even Austin's heard you! Your honestly a really good singer and you should preform a song you wrote" Cassidy said smiling at me and I shook my head
"I just.. I just can't. I rather not embarrass myself again" I said staring at the ground
"Where have you ever embarrassed yourself before?" She asked me and I just glared at her
"Karaoke night" I said and she looked at me almost angry
"Forget Karaoke night Ally! Your a freaken amazing singer and I think the world should no, so whether or not you like it, you are going to preform do you understand me Ally Dawson?" She said and I just rolled my eyes in a playful manner obviously
"Maybe" I mumbled
"Can you consider it?" She asked hopefully
"Alright maybe" I said
"Good! But you have to promise me one thing?" She said holding out her pinky and she reminded me to Trish, damn I miss her
"You remind me of my friend Trish. Every time I pinky promise her something, it never ends" I said jokingly
"Hm... seems like I would get along with this girl.. But C'mon promise me something"
"What is it, and then I might consider it?"
"Promise me, that before the summer is over you will face your fear and preform here" She said and I have no clue but I locked our fingers together
"Promise" I mumbled
"Good, now let's go find Dallas and Austin" Cassidy said as she dragged me to a booth where Dez and Dallas were sitting
"Hey boys" Cass greeted them as I stood there awkwardly
"Hey do you mind if I maybe... erm... talk to you?" I asked Dallas as he slowly nodded as if he was unsure of whether or not he should come.
"Do you mind if maybe we talk at a booth, somewhere more private" I said as a crowd of people swarmed the booth where Cass and Dez were
"Why, you don't want Austin to see us?" Dallas said and I just gave him a confused glare. We ended up sitting down at the farthest booth away from everyone
"I'm guessing this was about our date" Dallas said awkwardly and I nodded
"Look, I don't want this to be awkward between us. I mean I like you as a friend and-
"But.. just as a friend" He said and I sat there and didn't say anything
"Ally, It's okay it's just not the first time I've lost a girl to Austin is all" He said and I shot him a glare
"What do you mean to Austin! I don't like Austin" I said almost meaning it... almost. I don't know why that bothered me, it just did.
"Why did you even want to talk to me Ally?" Dallas asked not rudely but more in a curious way
"Just... Uhmm" I started start to get nervous "Why-just" I bit my lip "Why didn't you want to kiss me?" I blurted out then grabbed a piece of my hair and started to chew on it. I can't believe I just said that out loud
I heard Dallas laughing... Yeah, laughing.. I didn't think this was funny but apparently he did. "Why are you laughing?" I asked him pretty upset
"Because you clearly don't get why I didn't kiss you back" He said chuckling while I sat there
"Clearly I don't. Care to explain? I mean, like I really liked you" I said upset
"Liked?" Dallas said raising an eyebrow
"Well. when I say liked I mean uhmm-"
"Ally, take your hair out of your mouth, your getting nervous. Just relax" He said calmly which made me calm down just a little
"Then why would you-"
"Do you remember what we talked about on our date?" He asked me and I shook my head 'no'
"We talked about dancing, do you remember who's name you said every other second that night?" He asked me and I shook my head 'no' again
"I know you probably sub-consciously said his name not wanting to, it just came up. Look Ally, that night I realized you didn't like me. And when you repeated his name over and over it all made sense." He said grinning at me now
"Ally,...I think you went on the date with the wrong person" He said and my eyes suddenly widened
"Dallas I don't know what your talk-"
"Yes, you do and don't try to lie. Ally, I know you like Austin" Dallas said and I know I tuned bright red
"I-I-I don't" I mumbled
"Just stop lying to yourself Ally, I know you do and honestly it's fine. It just hurt knowing that you weren't the first girl I lost to Austin" He said sincerely
"Who else did you-"
"Jo" He said looking down at his fingers which were twirling
"Oh, I'm sorry Dallas." I said looking at him feeling extremely guilty
"It's fine, I realized Joe was a bitch so I was kind of glad Austin stole her from me" He said and I kind of laughed just a little and he joined in with me
"Thanks Dallas! And by the way, do you mind not saying that I like Austin to anyone... because honestly I have no clue how I feel about him. We just kissed" I said shyly
"Yeah, he's usually a girl's shining armor. So when we didn't kiss he swooped in right?" He asked me and I slowly nodded having this really bad feeling in my stomach
"He usually does that to most girls" Dallas said shrugging and I grabbed my hair and starting to chew on it again
"Ally" He said taking my hair out of my mouth and grabbing both of my hands "Relax, I can tell he likes you.. Even though he won't admit it" Dallas said smiling at me and I hugged him
"Thank-you" I said smiling as he hugged back
"So how'd it go?" Cassidy whispered to me as me and Dallas walked over to the table
"You don't have to whisper, we agreed to be friends" I said smiling at her
"Just friends" He said smiling too. I think we both knew it was for the best, plus I could possibly like Austin... Possibly who was I kidding? .. I like him
"That's great! So now awkwardness?" Cassidy asked jokingly
"No awkwardness" We said at the exact same time and laughed
"So where is Austin Dez?" Cassidy asked knowing I was too shy too
"I don't know, he left with Joe and one of her friends" Dez said shrugging
"He left with her? Or with with her?" I asked wanting to know
"Can you explain the difference?" Dez asked confused
"Are they going to hook up?" Cassidy blurted out and that moment that moment right when Dez nodded his head, my heart sunk not only a little but a lot
"Probably, when does Austin ever leave a place with a girl that he doesn't intend to hook up with" Dez said shrugging his shoulders like it was normal
"Uhm excuse me" I said and walked over to the counter while I heard Cassidy smack Dez
"What the heck is wrong with you?" I heard Cassidy say and Dez shrieking 'Ow' but just ignored it .I mean it wasn't Dez's fault Austin was a complete... what shall I call it? Player... But I still liked him so much, and just after one kiss. Who was I kidding? I mean I've always thought he was good looking, and not seeing how nice he could be is not helping at all.
"Hey Ally, what do you want?" I heard Jerry say as he came up to the counter
"Uhm.. Can I have a smoothie please?" I asked him as he nodded and walked off
As soon as he came back with my smoothie, I heard a bunch of people start talking really loudly and I had a familiar voice behind me and I knew that voice, I would know that voice from anywhere and as soon as I turned around did I not see the one and only, Austin Moon sitting on the table and talking and flirting with people.
".." I was going to call him over but instead I just smiled and waved to him and I knew he saw it but for some odd reason he just ignored it and turned back to talking to some girl with black hair. I was going to go over there and talk to him but I knew there was no way I could get through the crowd
"So I see you have found Austin" I saw Dez walk over to me and ask Jerry for a dinosaur ice cream. I'm 100% sure that 'dinosaur' ice cream is not an actual ice cream, but Jerry understood what he was saying
"Yup" I said shyly
"Ally, he's my best friend.. he told me everything" Dez said and I cocked an eyebrow
"Everything? What do you mean?" I asked wanting to make sure that
"He told me about the kiss" Dez said and I just starred at him. I mean I didn't think that Austin would actually tell him about it.. especially the kiss.. wait, a minute. Austin Moon? Really, hopefully he didn't twist the story around! Wait, who am I kidding? It's Austin..
"And what did he actually say about this 'kiss'?" I asked him knowing that he would be like Austin said that 'you came onto him and kissed him'
"He told me that he kissed you" Dez said and my mouth dropped open
"Careful Ally, you don't want to catch flies" Dez joked and I quickly closed my mouth
"I'm just surprised he actually told you the truth...Just because like-"
"At school he acts totally different?" Dez said smirking at me
"Yeah, but it's all okay because were... ugh... friends? I think.. maybe" I said taking another sip of my smoothie
"Well why don't you go and find out?" Dez said signaling that Austin was at the table talking to Cassidy, Charlie Dallas, Joe and some random guy
"I-I can't" I mumbled not wanting to talk to him in front of everyone
"Alright then I will" Dez said and before I could say anything, Dez called Austin over
"No Dez what are you-" I began but shut up as soon as Austin came over
"Sup Dez" Austin said as they did there handshake and said 'Whadup' together
"I'll leave you to alone" Dez said as walked off
"No Dez I- Ugh" I said as I just stared up at Austin awkwardly
"Hey" I said awkwardly and Austin sit stood there with his hands in his pockets and just gave me a half smile. I didn't bother saying anything so he turned around and started to walk away... But I couldn't just let him go
"Wait! Is there anything you want to say? Or maybe... anything we should talk about?" I said standing there and starring him
"Nope" He said shrugging and then turned away to go back to talk to Charlie.
"How'd it go?" Dez came back as soon as he saw Austin leave and I just glared at him
"No luck, the duck stays stuck" He said and I nodded my head
"Well, I say keep on trying" He said and I just cracked him a small smile "I guess so" I mumbled as we walked over to the table where Cassidy, Charlie, and Austin were sitting.
"Ally! Come and sit" Cassidy said as Charlie got up and left with Dallas and Jo
"Okay" I smiled and sat down inside the booth so me and Austin were facing each other but we didn't make any eye contact, or at least he didn't bother to look at me
"So guys, anything new?" Cassidy said making things a little too obvious as i elbowed her
"Ow" She said glaring at me "What I meant was, how was the day at the beach yesterday? You two went to Sauble beach right?" Cassidy said changing the subject which made me ease down a bit
"Yeah, it was so hot yesterday! Honestly we were so glad we went to the beach" Dez said and soon him and Austin started to laugh and talk about the beach
"And the girls were so hot" Austin added in as Dez agreed with made Cassidy glare at him
"So who wants ice cream?" Cassidy asked us like we were a bunch of kids but I can't say we weren't because we all cheered like we were
"Alright, who wants what?" Cassidy asked and as soon as we said our flavors she started to get up
"Dez, honey, do we want to help me get them?" She asked and I guess took the hint because he agreed way too quickly
"Cassidy" I mumbled as soon as they left realizing that this was there plan all along, to get me and Austin alone so we could talk
"So..." I started off trying to make at least a decent conservation with him
"Don't you think it was a smart choice for Jerry to turn this place into a bar on the weekends including Fridays! And people can come and sing, how cool is that?" I asked him starting to make conversation and hoping to lead onto the kiss
"Yup" He said 'popping the p'
"So do you think you might preform.. Since you can sing" I asked him
"Dunno?" He said shrugging and taking out his phone and scrolling up and down on the screen probably on twitter
"That's cool! So what song do you think your going to do?" I asked him and he shrugged not even giving me an answer this time.
"That's cool" I said again. Honestly, It felt like a first date. Awkward Very, very awkward. Have you ever been on those dates where you have absolutely nothing in common. I mean it seemed like one of those but in reality he was just.. being a complete ass.
"So, when do you think you will preform?" I asked him
"Maybe this Friday" He said shrugging. Hm.. Friday, which is in two days? And whoa.. did he just give me a three word answer? I must applaud him
"Whoa, a three word answer. Your improving on your conversational skills, I should applaud you" I said not realizing I said it out loud
"Huh?" He said looking up from his phone. Whoa, first time tonight
"Okay, Austin I don't get why your-"
"Hey guys, we got your ice cream" Dez said happily
"Thanks man, but I'm gonna get going" Austin said thanking his friend and then walking out the door
"Did you end up talking to him?" Cassidy said and I slowly shock my head.
"Really?" Dez cocked his head up almost shcoked.
The rest of my night went okay, I mean I did have fun... Just the entire Austin thing bothered me. Well, I was pretty happy that Dallas finally told me why he didn't kiss me.. and to be honest I am pretty glad he didn't. But I am going to, and you can quote me on this, talk to Austin tomorrow. I mean.. today I couldn't since he was... ignoring me.. I need to find out..
Why is he ignoring me?
leave a comment sorry shitty chapter don't hate on austin! thanks :)