A/N- Sorry this took so long! All the characters except Mr Dawson are 17. Well, duh! He can't be 17! And thanks for all the reviews on chapter 5! Check out my other fanfics if you want!

Ally's POV

Austin's been ignoring me for a week. Ever since I told him I have a crush on him. I don't think it was the best idea. But I had to do it. He would have always thought of me as just a friend and his songwriter. Nothing more. And I want us to have more.

"Ally?" My dad knocks on my door. I've been in my room for the whole week, except for school, which I HAVE to go to. And at school, I've completely avoided Austin, Dez, and Tess. I'm never speaking to that girl again. She told me she wasn't telling Austin, and then she just HAD to text him.

"What?" I sniffle. He opens the door.

"Trish called." He says.

"She texted me too." I tell him. She's coming over to help me get over this, say, funk I'm in. "She's coming over in about 5 minutes."

"Okay, I'll leave you alone for awhile." He stands up. "Feel better soon, Ally."

"I'll try to." I smile. Trish comes in five minutes later, like she said she would.

"Ally!" She exclaims. I haven't seen her since yesterday at school. Which is like, forever if you're as down as I am.

"Hey Trish." I say.

"Can you explain exactly what happened?" She asks. I don't really wanna relive it, but it's my best friend. I explain the whole phone call. It has been burned permanently into my memory.

"Oh my God." She covers her mouth with a surprised look in her eyes.

"I knooooww." I close my eyes. "I can't stop thinking about it. Austin... He's everything to me. And apparently I'm nothing to him."

"You're not nothing to him." Trish says.

"How do you know?" I blurt out.

"Because he sometimes sits with us at lunch. You're never there anymore. He always talks about you. So much, his girlfriend Staci broke up with him." She explains.

"Staci? Staci Jones?" I ask. She's the most popular cheerleader at school and my mortal enemy.

"Yeah."

"Uggh." I groan.

"Oh, and she hates you too!" Trish says brightly.

"Good. So, where's Austin now?" I try to be subtle but I know I'm not.

"He's at his house. Why, do you wanna go see him?" Trish asks me.

"Kinda. I wanna tell him.. Something." I explain.

"Uh, I don't know if he'll talk to you, but he might."

"Okay, see you later." I stand up.

"Aren't you forgetting something?" she gestures to my pyjamas.

"Right!" I shout out. I go to my closet and pull out my yellow shirt, flowered skirt, studded jean vest and high brown boots. I take high white socks out of my sock drawer. I quickly get dressed and grab my cell phone.

"What about your hair?" She calls.

"I'll brush it on the way!" I say, leaving my room and unlocking my car. I buckle my seatbelt and turn on the radio. A Billion Hits is on. I sing along, and after it's over, I'm at Austin's. Mr Moon lets me in right away, claiming Austin "was missing me" and "wanted to talk." Well if he wanted to talk, why didn't he come over? I came to his house. I knock on his bedroom door.

"Austin, it's Ally!"

"Just a second!" He yells. He comes and opens the door. I can't believe the condition he's in. Hair a ruffled mess, wearing pyjama bottoms and shirtless, bags forming under his eyes.

"You look like you haven't slept in a week!" I exclaim.

"I haven't. I've been thinking about our phone call. A lot." He sounds so sincere.

"I have, too. I've been worried."

"Worried?" He says it like it's a bad thing.

"Well, yeah! I thought our friendship was gone forever."

"It's not gone forever. During this week, I realized something." He says.

"What is it?" I ask.

"I realized that I like you back."

A/N- I've learned that cliffhangers are good ways to end chapters. In every single book I've ever read, at least one chapter was a cliffhanger. Oh, and I accidentally put some of the disclaimers in the summary, but that doesn't mean I'm gonna use "Fashion Is My Kryptonite" as a main song. :)