Author's Note

Hello :) Here is the second part of the fake date! I've forgotten to do discliamersfor the last chapters. Opps.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything apart from the plot. No ofense, but if I did then I wouldn't be on fanfiction.

Chapter 9

Austin's POV

So tonight was going well so far. I could tell that Jess was a bit shocked by our fake story, So that means that she totally brought it. It whipped the sickly sweet smile that she had plastered on her face at the beginning of the night, clean off.

Dez and I had an unspoken conversation. He gave me a look that said 'is that her?' and I replied with a little nod. I forgot to tell him that Ally was the mystery girl. I stormed out so fast, that I didn't get a chance to tell him.

So when she asked how we met, I could see her teasing smile, expecting us to blow our cover. But she did not expect; was the story we gave her. I even think by the end of it, she was a bit dazzled by our fake story. I almost burst out laughing, and I was dying to shout 'take that bitch!' in her face; but I resisted and smiled to myself feeling really smug.

I could tell Ally was still annoyed about the kiss. I just couldn't help myself. It was the perfect opportunity! One, because Ally had to go along with it, and she couldn't slap me. And two, it left Jess gobsmacked. I gave her a smug grin to say 'I win'. However, she just replied by raising her eyebrow to say 'not yet'.

"So how long have you two been 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend'?" Jess asked, sending me a look that said 'I know you're lying'.

"A week,"

"A couple of days" Me and Ally said at the same time. Jess gives me a victorious grin to say 'I gottcha'.

"I can't keep track of time when I'm with Ally, because when I'm with her, she is the only thing occupying my mind," I say grabbing Ally's hand and giving her a longing gaze. Once again, acting, a good choice for me.

"Aww, Austie-cakes," Ally squeals, giving me a kiss on the cheek. My body freezes a second as I process what just happened. She is getting her own back. Bring it on sugar.

"Austin, that is so sweet," Jess gushes, sending me another fake smile.

"Oh yeah. He acts all confident on the outside, but really, he is like a big teddy bear," Ally says poking me in the ribs, making my body jerk in surprise. I just look down and take a bite out of our long forgotten food.

"Don't be shy Austin. Did you know that he cried at the end of 'Marley and Me' when we watched it at his house. I had to hug him and comfort him," She continued. This girl is going to be the end of me!

Jess sends me a look that says 'really'. I can tell she loves hearing all these fake things about me. I just reply with a fake smile that actually means 'fuck you'.

"Wow Austin, I have never seen this part of you. You must really like her to let her in so much," Jess says. I look over at Ally, to find her blushing again. So cute!

"What about you Ally? I always have to save you when you see a spider." Trying to divert the conversation to her.

"Please. You are just as scared of them as I am," Which is true. I am pretty scared of spiders.

"Yeah, but I step up and save you in the end,"

"My prince in shining armour," She says flatly, taking a bite out of her food. I pout and give her the puppy dog eyes.

"I'm sorry," She says. I just point to my stuck out lip. At first she looks shocked, and then she gives me a glare. Then she puts on a fake smile and quickly pecks my lips. I can tell I am going to pay for this later, but right now, so worth it.

"Seriously, you guys are just too cute," Jess states. "So the picture of you two kissing; when was it?"

"It was after I interviewed him," Ally said smiling. I felt myself smiling at the memory too. "I just found out that he was famous,"

"She stormed out right after the interview, and I chased her," I continued, still smiling at the only memory that was actually true between us.

"He yelled at me to stop. When I finally got annoyed, which didn't take long considering his kind of high pitched voice," I press my hand to my chest in mock pain.

"Then I said I was sorry, and that I really like you, and that was why I didn't tell you," I said directly at her, pretending to get lost in her eyes.

"And that you wanted it to be real, and not based on the fame," She finished with a distant smile and placing her hand on my knee. My body stiffened at the action. I guess we are still teasing each other.

"Wow," Jess's annoying voice interrupted our moment. "That is so romantic," she said in a daze. I could see Dez giving me an amused smile. Where has he been all night? I almost forgot he was there. I guess he just sat there, amused by all our lies.

"So you haven't talked much Dez," I point out.

"Well you guys have done all the talking," He replies.

"Yeah, we've done all the talking," Ally repeats. "I want to know about you guys,"

"What do you want to know?" Jess asks.

"How you two met," Ally says eagerly.

"Oh boy," I mumble. Why did she have to ask that question? Whenever some body asks that, Jess goes on forever about it.

"Well I was just sitting in town square by the fountain, when my hat got blown away in the wind," Jess started. I've heard this story about a million times before. "And Dezzy-ro was so sweet, and ran after it for me. And he ended up in the pond," She laughs.

"Yeah, I kind of slipped and fell," He explained sheepishly.

"And after that we got to know each other, and started dating. And the rest they say, is history," She says, me mimicking her last sentence, making Ally giggle adorably. Jess caught this, and kicked me under the table.

"So are you ready for dessert?" Jess asks changing the subject.

"No thank you," Ally declines politely. "I think I am full from your delicious pasta,"

"And I'll have my dessert when we get home," I say suggestively, making Ally gasp and hit my arm, with a ghost of a blush on her cheeks.

"Are you sure? Its strawberry cheesecake" Jess temps us. I could see Ally's face light up.

"If that is the case, I think I have a little room left," I couldn't help but laugh at this. How can someone so petit eat so much?

After a while, Jess comes out with a delicious looking strawberry cheesecake. She serves us all a piece and Ally get stuck in. I shake my head a little, and break a bit off so I could eat it.

"So what job do you do Jess?" Ally asks starting up the conversation again.

"I'm a hair stylist," She says proudly.

"Awesome," She say taking another big bite out of her cake. "What about you Dez?"

"I'm a director," He says simply.

"Yeah. Back in the day he used to do my music videos. He even does some now," I point out.

"But now I am focusing on photography," Dez explains.

"Really, what type?" Ally asks, genuinely curious.

"Natural forms mainly. And some flora and fauna. And I also do some events on the side,"

"Wow! That is really cool!" Ally says taking her last bite. I could feel her eying my piece.

"You can have the rest of mine if you want," I offer.

"No it alright," She declines, even though I know she wants it. I scoop a bit onto my fork and place it in front of her mouth.

"Open up," I say like I am talking to a 5 year old.

"Nope," She replies stubbornly.

"I know you want it," I tease. She crosses her arms and shakes her head. I laugh at her stubbornness.

"Here comes the aeroplane," I tease. She just laughs and opens her mouth.

"That wasn't so hard," I say, making her stick her tongue out at me.

"There's more if you want some," Jess points out, interrupting our moment.

"No thank you. In fact, we should be going," Ally says looking at her watch. I just nod and we all get up.

"Well it was really nice to meet you Ally," Jess said walking us to the door.

"You too Jess," Ally smiled, grabbing her coat. "And you too Dez," She adds, remembering that Dez was there too.

"See ya bro," I say to Dez, doing our not-so-secret handshake. "Bye Jessica, thank you for the dinner," I politely say, even though I am feeling really smug right now, and want to dance and say 'in your face'. Jess catches this, and raises her eyebrow again saying, 'still two weeks'. Oh yeah. And she isn't actually going out with me. Oh crap.

"Treat her right Austin. She is a nice girl." Jessica warns. "And good luck dealing with this one. I could tell he really likes you. And you'd have to like him enough to deal with him," Jess directs to Ally, making Ally blush, and my face get hot.

"Goodnight, and thanks for the dinner," Ally thanks once again walking out.

"Any time," Jess says closing the door.

When Ally and I are out the door, we walk over to the elevator and press the button.

"See, Jess is not a psycho bitch," Ally says when we walk in to the elevator.

"That's because you just met her. I've known her for like a year," I state in my defence. "And why would some act crazy as a first impression?" I ask smugly.

"I get your point," Ally says annoyed at my smugness. We stand in a awkward silence foe a little while.

"So tonight went well," I comment, wanting to start a conversation.

"Yeah, you owe me," She snarled.

"Yeah," I sigh. "Thank you," I mumble, after a moment of silence.

"You're welcome," She replies, a bit taken aback; not expecting my appreciation.

"They would have been on my ass if you hadn't come," I confess not completely lying. They would have; well Jess would have; been on my ass about the bet. Because this is all for the bet.

"Well I wouldn't let that happen," She mumbles, looking down. Why does every thing she does look cute. Stupid cute. We share a moment of just looking at each other.

"How can someone as small as you eat that much?" I ask, making the air around us become a lot lighter.

"I like food," She mutters sheepishly. "You didn't have to give me your piece you know,"

"I could feel you eating it with your eyes!" I tease, making her gently shove me. "And plus, I wasn't that hungry,"

"Yeah but you didn't have to feed it to me from your fork!" She exclaimed.

"I was just teasing you," I smiled. "And why are you so stubborn?"

"You were treating me like a kid. I thought that I might as well act like one,"

We both l a small chuckle. Then the ding of elevator brought us back to the world. I walk her to her door. We stand there in silence while she finds her keys. After she finds them, she clumsily inserts them into the lock, and then she pushes the door open.

"So tonight was fun. Your friends are nice," She comments, not really knowing what to say.

"Yeah. Thanks again," I reply. This is really awkward. "Oh yeah, that little competition we had, I totally won,"

"You wish!" She resorts back. "I totally won that!"

"Yeah, sure," I say walking closer to her.

"But I will get you back for kissing me. Twice,"

"You enjoyed it. And technically, you kissed me one of those times,"

"Shut up," She mumbled, pushing me playfully. I could tell she was trying to suppress a smile by biting her lip.

"You know you are really cute," I slip out. She just looks away and blushes. I lean in a bit closer.

"You know you're not the jerk you pretend to be," She says crossing her arms.

"Really?" I ask a bit taken back. Where would she get that idea?

"Yeah. You care what your friends think. I think that is really sweet," This time it was me who blushed. To be honest, I only did it for the bet. Now I feel like a jerk.

"I'm just a nice guy," I say leaning in for a kiss. However, she just puts her finger on my lips.

"Nice try. Goodnight Austin," She says closing the door, leaving me speechless. I let out a little laugh.

"I will get my kiss!" I shout so she could hear through the door.

"Good luck with that!" I hear her muffled reply through the door. I just smirk and walk away. Ally Dawson, you are really something else.

When I was re-reading this one last time, I was laughing at how far behind you guys are! I always think that you guys were futher, but then I realise you are only here! I know how this story is going to end. Well you gus will just have to wait I'm afraid.

Till next time,