Okay, so here's chapter two of The longest story I've ever written! My updates will probably become less frequent coming up, but that'll be okay because since it'll be long, it needs to have suspense and build up to the climax. No more talking/writing! Read and Review!
AUSTIN'S POV
School had just let out the day of the egg salad explosion fiasco. I trailed not too far behind Ally as we headed home. I had a car that I drove on rainy days, but we lived so close to the school that I usually just walked. As far as I knew, Ally didn't have a car. I've seen her walk to school every single day. Even through rain and snow. I've wanted to offer her a ride more than once, but I just didn't have the guts to do it.
Now that I've officially decided to try to recover my friendship with Ally, I had no idea how to do it. I mean, I haven't said a word to her in three years. It's ridiculous that we live right across the street from each other, have multiple classes together, and used to be best friends, and it's been that long since we've talked. I don't even know if she wants to be friends anymore. But I was going to try. Today. Right now.
I was still currently walking about thirty steps behind her, coming close to our houses. Just before she got to her front door, I followed her right up to her driveway, sucked in a deep breath and said,
"Hey Ally!"
She looked at me with a really confused expression, but not replying. So I kept talking.
"What's up?" I asked shakily.
Her confusion turned into an expression of complete disgust and she turned around and walked into her house slamming the door shut loudly.
"Well that went well." I muttered to myself sarcastically.
I sluggishly turned to make my way back to my house letting out a sigh. How was I ever going to get her to listen to me?
ALLY'S POV
Long story short, my life sucks. You wanna know why? Because everyone in my life has turned against me that's why. I used to have parents, best friends, people who cared. Not anymore.
My mom died about three years ago. Eighth grade, to be exact.
Everything starting falling downhill from there. Who am I kidding? The start of middle school was the fall. In elementary school, I was the social butterfly. I was friends with everybody. Austin Moon in particular. He was my best friend since birth. We have a lot of history together.
But middle school started and people were starting to be categorized by how they looked and what they did. Unfortunately for me, I guess I didn't meet those standards. I was thrown into the nerd category and left to fend for myself. I tried sticking around Austin for a little while, but he somehow climbed to the top of the food chain with every other jerk in our school. Eventually popularity took its course and everyone had their official spot in the social class.
By eighth grade, Austin and I didn't even spare each other a passing glance. Then that's when my mom died. She had some freak heart attack at work one day. I was absolutely devastated. Me and my mom were really close. She was my mom, sister, best friend(at the time), and my shoulder to lean on. Yeah, I had my dad, but me and him were never that close. Losing her was like losing half of myself. I couldn't bear the agony it put me through to know that she was gone.
My closest friend at the time was Trish. I tried to talk to her about it, and she listened, but I couldn't help but think how much better Austin would have listened. Even though he could be a totally different person by now, he was still my best friend until seventh grade.
I thought there was a chance we could go back to being friends since nothing ever happened between us, we just grew apart. But I started to constantly get bullied by people when I got into ninth grade, only to find out that it was a group of Austin's friends. Then he witnessed my total embarrassment in the cafeteria and sat there with his laughing friends and didn't do a single thing to acknowledge me or help. So much our friendship, because he obviously doesn't care anymore.
Honestly, I was hoping he would care because secretly he was my first crush. I mean, we kissed each other multiple times in this old fort in his backyard. Those were some good times. It wasn't weird then, but thinking about now would be weird. But I knew that he definitely didn't feel the same, and honestly I don't anymore either. We are two totally different people than we were before. And obviously fate decided for us that it wouldn't work out anyway.
That day when I was covered in egg salad, and walking home though, he did something he hadn't done in three years. He talked to me. I was just about to walk into my house when he called out my name. I stopped and turned around to see what caused him to randomly talk to me after three years. He paused then asked me what was up. My blood boiled at the nerve of this guy. He thinks he can be my best friend, then go years without talking to me, stand around and watch me get bullied and humiliated, not care at all about me, then just talk to me like we were friends? No. That's not how it works. I turned and slammed the door without saying a word.
I immediately smelled the rotting odor of alcohol filling the house. That would be my dad everyone. Ever since my mom died, he went into some sort of depression, thinking he could drown his sorrows in beer. But now he is just a rude, surly, lazy bum that sleeps and drinks all day everyday. He hardly acknowledges that I exist. All I wanted was support and someone who cared when mom died. But I got nasty old man instead. Thank you so much life.
I ignored my dad's cussing fit, buried my nose in my sweatshirt, and climbed the stairs to my room. There was a puddle of vomit in the hallway that I tried hard to ignore. I quickly locked myself in my room and opened the window hoping the fumes would escape. I slumped down to the ground and broke down into a hysterical fit of racking sobs.
Everything from this day, this school year, my life in general, took its toll on me. I heard my dad yelling and beating on the walls, glass bottles shattering against the floor. I only cried harder. Welcome to my life everyone.
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