Chapter 3

Austin's P.O.V

I stepped outside and felt the chill in the air.

'I forgot to get my jacket from Ally, I'll just get it back tomorrow' I thought.

I headed over to my house that I share with Dez.

It's on campus and it was supposed to be some kind of musical fraternity house, but I told my parents that Dez and I didn't want to live in the same house as them, so they gave it to us.

Maybe I should throw a party this weekend.

I'm performing at the mall tomorrow for charity, so I put my guitar in its case and put it by the front door.

I go upstairs and get ready for bed. Just as I'm about to fall asleep I hear Dez come in. He doesn't bother me, but I can hear him talking to someone over his videogame headset.

A&A

Ally's P.O.V

I wake up and Trish is still asleep. It's only 8:30 but I can see a few people outside. I go to get dressed but I don't have anything that will keep me warm since I'm used to the Miami heat.

I put on some jeans, and a grey Miami Heat t-shirt.

I see Austin's black leather jacket on the edge of my bed. 'Why not?' I ask myself

'If I see him I might as well have it with me to give it to him' I thought as I slipped it on.

I look in the full length mirror on the bathroom door, the jacket is big but I work it. I put on black heels and wake Trish up.

"Trish!" I yell throwing my pillow at her, "Wake up" "Why?" she grumbles.

"Because we are going to the mall today" I stated bluntly. "Okay!" she gets up and starts getting ready. I go into the bathroom to curl my hair.

"Ally?" Trish asks,

"Yeah?"

"Where did you get that jacket from?"

"Um…." I don't know if I should tell Trish or not. I mean, she my best friend but still…..

"Where do you think I got it from?" I ask suspiciously.

"I don't know" she replies, "It kind of looks like the one Austin- was- wearing -last -night" she finishes slowly

"And!" she starts again, "Since was cold out last night he offered his jacket on your way back and you were wearing it last night when he dropped you off so you still have it. Also you're wearing it now which means you like him".

Alright, I know Trish has seen every episode of Crime and Judgment, but how can she tell that much from a jacket?

"First of all Trish, I don't like him, I barely know him, and second, I'm only wearing it in case I see him today, so I can give it back" I responded very matter-of-factly.

"Suuure" Trish said, going back to doing her makeup.

A&A

When we got to the mall, we headed to Starbucks. The barista asked what we wanted and Trish spoke up, "I'll have a medium chai latte" "And for you ?" the barista turned towards me, "I'll have a medium cinnamon dolce frappuccino with java chips and 2 pumps of mocha" (This is my FAVORITE drink ever!) "Alright your drinks will be out in a few minutes"

We sat down at a table and checked our Instagram feed. When we heard our names called we got up to get our drinks and headed out. "Where do you want to go first?" I asked Trish

"I don't know let's just go to any store that looks good"

"Okay, fine by me"

We headed to the far side of the mall and worked our way to the middle, where we heard singing and guitar strumming.

"Do you want to go see who's singing?" Trish asked me.

"Sure I could use a break from walking" we walked over to the stage only to find Austin Monica Moon sitting on a stool singing to the crowd.

"Hey, your boyfriend's here" Trish laughed.

"So is yours" I said pointing behind the stage at Dez who was tap dancing.

"We never speak of this again, agreed?" Trish asked.

"Agreed" I replied.

We walked over to Dez who was now doing a different type of interpret dance.

"Hey, Dez" Trish greeted him, "Oh! Hey Trish! Hey Ally!" he responded while still dancing. "Why is Austin performing here?" I asked.

"Austin's raising money to give to orphans. He is on his last song so he will be done in a minute" Dez said. Trish looked at me "Isn't that so sweet and caring of Austin to be raising money for orphans?" she said obviously teasing me.

"Shut up" I muttered under my breath.

"Alright that's it, I hope all of you had a great time, don't forget donations to the orphans!" I heard Austin say before he came back stage.

"Hey Ally, what are you doing here?" Austin asked. "Oh Trish and I were shopping and we saw you so we stopped to say hi" I said. I could see him eyeing his jacket and he smirked when he saw that I was wearing it "Oh! And I brought your jacket" I said setting my bags down, starting to take his jacket off.

"No, you can keep it" he said still smirking.

"Austin it's your jacket I-"

"Not any more, it's yours now, I have like 3 more of those at my house"

I stood there gaping at him, "Austin I refuse to accept this"

"Well I refuse to take it back" he says slipping it back on my arms.

"Well" I say smirking at him "Since your being such a gentleman today, giving money to orphans and jackets to girls, I suppose you won't mind carrying our bags out to our car?" I said sweetly. "Of course malady" he said, not knowing what he was getting himself into.

I pointed at our bags that we had set down earlier.

"Those are your bags?" now he was the one gaping.

Trish and I had gone to every store in the mall, and each had at least 15 bags that were full. "Dez!" Austin yelled.

"Yeah, buddy?" he asked poking his head around the corner.

"We have to carry their bags to the car" he said motioning to our bags.

Dez's eyes went wide and he gasped, "Austin, what have you done" he whispered almost in tears.

After a 10 minute struggle, the boys finally made it to Trish's jeep.

"Dez! Stop crying, we are men!" Austin shouted back at him.

"But they're so heavy!" he cried.

"You're carrying 4 bags!" Austin yelled.

Trish and I laughed at their arguments, and once they loaded the bags into the jeep we left.

A&A

When Trish and I got back we dumped all of our clothes on our beds to look at everything. Trish headed to the school café with her laptop for free wifi.

I decided to take a shower, even though it was early evening. I had just gotten out of the shower when I heard a knock on the door.

"Hold on" I called out, trying to find my robe. "I'll be right there!" I heard a knock again, "Campus Police!" someone yelled.

'Oh no, did Trish get in a fight ?'

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" I yell.

I open up the door to find Austin and Dez in cop costumes.

'This boy has some serious arm muscles' I think to myself

"Oh my gosh, don't scare me like that ever again!" I let out a sigh of relief.

Austin hands me an envelope, "You are ordered by the MFAU Campus Police to attend my super cool party this Friday at the frat house across the street"

I let out a small laugh, "I don't do big parties, sorry"

Austin smiles, "But it's not a big party, only like 30 people max."

I look at him and Dez, "Well maybe…." I look at the ground.

"Trish is invited too, is she here?" Dez asks

"No" I answer, "She went to the café a little while ago". We all kind of just stood there not sure what to say until Dez coughed.

"Well we better go hand out some more invitations"

"So will you come?" Austin asked with a big smile

"Sure, why not" I answer.

I watch them walk down the hall and quietly whisper to myself as I close the door, "Man, that boy knows how to work a uniform"