Here's chapter five! I didn't get as much feedback as I usually do with a new chapter, but I wanted to get this story posted, because it does get better I promise. I don't want anyone losing interest because of one sucky chapter, so just bear with me. I'm now on chapter nineteen, and for those of you who were wondering, Auslly will get here, I promise. So enjoy, Read & Review! :D
AUSTIN'S POV.
Ally hadn't been at school for about a week. I was starting to get worried about her. All of my 'friends' kept high-fiving me and congratulating me. Apparently they thought that I had said something to her that day at lunch that ran her out of town. Maybe I did. I didn't think I said anything too bad. I just said hi, asked her what music she listened to, and if she was going to eat lunch. I don't think that's an intimidating conversation.
I went to the principal to ask about Ally. Usually they had records of students that didn't show up to school. I walked past Dallas in the hall and he tried to get me to go beat up some kid with him. No thanks. I arrived in the office.
"Mrs. Kline, do you have any information on Ally Dawson? Like, where she has been and stuff?" I asked.
"That's classified information Mr. Moon. I don't believe you have the right to know about it." She stated.
"But she's my...uh...friend" I lied. "I live right across the street from her and I haven't seen her since last Monday. I just wanted to make sure she's okay."
"Well, I guess I can tell you that a missing persons report has been filed for her by the De la Rosa family. The location of her parents is currently unknown along with Ally. She was last seen that Monday leaving through the girls locker room, heading towards the woods on the back left side of the school." She explained.
I immediately felt sick knowing that she was missing. Why would she run away? Heck if I knew, I really had no idea what was going on in her life.
"Well, um, thank you Mrs. Kline." I said.
I anxiously waited for the final bell to ring so I could go home. I needed to help find Ally. When I did get home, I dropped of my stuff at my house, then made my way over to Ally's front door knocking rapidly. The door swung open from my repetitive knocking. I immediately gagged at the awful stench of alcohol that rushed into my nose.
I stuck my head in the doorway looking around cautiously. It was dark in the house and everything was a total wreck. The furniture was dirty and stained, along with the floor. I saw numerous piles of vomit around the house. Broken glass and trash was everywhere.
"Ally?" I called into the nasty house.
There was no reply. I took a couple steps into the house only to find that the odor increased greatly.
"Ally!" I yelled louder.
Still no answer. I assumed that no one was in the house and backed out of the house shutting the door behind me. I coughed and doubled over in the front yard, seriously thinking I might puke. I calmed my stomach before it happened though. I suddenly had an idea. I made my way back to the school.
I remembered that the principal said that she was last seen walking off into the woods outside the girls locker room. I walked around to the back left side of the school and trudged into the woods.
ALLY'S POV
Eight days. Eight days that I've been out in these woods. Eight days since I've had anything to eat. I was in extremely poor condition and I knew it. I was already skinny and losing weight before, so that fact made it worse. I could clearly see my ribs and hip bones. My shoulders and collarbone stuck out noticeably as well. My arms and legs hardly had any meat on them, and I probably looked like a walking skeleton.
I barely had the strength to move. There was a nearby stream that I had been drinking water out of this whole time. If it wasn't for that stream, I'd probably be dead. Which doesn't so bad right now. Why am I even trying to stay alive? Nobody could care less about me anyway.
I really didn't want to die though. I was still human, I still wanted to be part of this world. I was only sixteen. Dying now was too soon. But I couldn't help but think how easy it would be to slip away right now. No more pain or suffering. Even though I knew how dangerous it was, I fell asleep. I had been awake about 90% of the time I had been out here, limiting my sleep as much as possible. I had been too afraid of slipping into unconsciousness in my sleep.
I had a dream that I was dying. But someone saved me. I never knew who it was, but they rescued me and everything in my life went back to normal. But then I was being pushed. Someone kept pushing me. It got really annoying. I heard the murmuring of a voice in the background. I was slowly fading out of my dream, the pushing felt more evident on my shoulders. I soon realized that I was awake again. I opened my eyes with the last bit of strength I could muster and saw a blur of a figure standing above me. It took about ten seconds for my vision to recover, I then saw that the figure was Austin Moon.
There's chapter five! Sorry that it was so short! but it was the only place I could break it up going into the next chapter,(which will be longer than this one definitley!) Tell me what you thought! I'm begging! I'll try to update soon if the feedback is plentiful! Until next time peoples! :D
