So the feedback from you guys is AMAZING! I know I've said that before, but it really is. You guys have no idea how much I appreciate your comments. I decided to get this chapter up today because I won't be able to update again until probably Wednesday. I've been thinking of starting another new story, but I can't think of any ideas. It seems like everything has been taken. Maybe if you guys could offer some suggestions, that'd be great! But we still have a long way to go on this story, and I don't want to worry about posting two stories at once, so you probably won't actually see a new story from me for a while, but I'd like to go ahead and start writing one. Okay, that was like the longest Authors Note ever...so just Read & Review!
ALLY'S POV
I hadn't been at school for a week. I had been getting my food from sneaking into the school kitchen after lunch hours, and grabbing what I could shove in my sweatshirt pocket. I know that this wasn't good for me, because I was supposed to be eating regularly to help my stomach heal. But it wasn't getting better. The pain in my stomach had been increasing recently. I knew it wasn't good for me to be skipping meals so often, but getting food wasn't easy.
I was walking around on the streets one day with nothing better to do. Being at home was stressing me out, and there wasn't much else to do. So i just walked. Trish happened to also be walking her dog at the time.
"Ally! Hey! Oh my gosh, I haven't seen you in forever!" She squealed with excitement.
"Hey Trish. Yeah, I'm back..." I trailed off, forcing some form of friendliness.
She ran over and hugged me. It kinda hurt because she wasn't aware of my body condition. But I acted like it was okay.
"Why haven't you been at school?" She asked.
"Uh, family issues..." I said, hoping she would understand and leave the subject alone.
"Oh, I'm sorry. But hey, if you need a place to stay, you know where to go okay?" She stated.
No. I didn't know where to go. "Yeah, okay." I lied.
"Alright, see ya later, I gotta get my dog back home." She told me.
I sent a halfhearted smile and wave in her direction, and headed back towards home.
I got back in the shed, and picked up the iPod that Austin gave me. It was really nice of him to let me have it. I turned it on, finding that the wallpaper said, 'I love you' in big pink mushy letters. He was pathetic. I looked through the songs to find many of the same songs that I like to listen to. I picked one, and put the headphones in my ears.
I decided to clean up 'my room' a little bit. I picked up some clothes, folded them, and put them on a small table. I moved some of the tools aside to make more room. Then I picked up my backpack, but the zipper was open, so everything fell out. I picked up everything and shoved it back in. But something on the floor caught my eye. I picked it up to find that it was the note that Austin threw at me a couple of weeks ago. It said 'I love you' on it.
Seeing and hearing this statement so many times, I was slowly starting to believe it. 'Don't let him in Ally! Do you want him to turn away again?', my conscious screamed at me. I smoothed out the piece of paper and laid it on my table with my clothes. I continued to clean up, hoping all this would pass over.
Once I was done, I felt like I was trapped in this tiny little shed. The stresses that I had been keeping inside, were boiling over. The pressures of life were closing in around me again. I needed a place to escape. Somewhere where reality disappeared, and you could just live in a fantasy land. I suddenly had a crazy idea. An absolutely crazy, ridiculous idea.
AUSTIN'S POV
I was once again sitting at home with nothing to do. School was terrible today. Now, people were starting to pick on me, for spending so much time around Ally. She hasn't even been at school. That made it worse for me. I knew something was going on with her, if she wasn't showing up. But I carried on, trying to stay calm, and keep my stress level down.
My mom had been trying to get me to try out for a sport like football or baseball recently, but I wasn't interested. My dad thought I should do wrestling. I'd probably be good at that, but still no interest. My parents just wanted me to do something, because they noticed that my personality seemed a little dull lately. I hadn't been out doing as much either. I never really thought anything of it personally, but apparently, it upset my parents.
Usually if I had nothing to do, I'd hang out with Dez, but he moved away a long time ago. His parents got a job in New York, and he had to transfer schools. I haven't talked to him in forever. We used to keep in touch a little, just shortly after he left, but it just became harder to find the time to talk. Dez and I were really close friends. He was my best guy friend growing up. When he moved away, Ally remained my closest friend for a while, then that's when I started hanging around Dallas and them.
Sometimes life just doesn't go the way you want it to. I wish I could just tell my life like a story, that way I could create it myself. Everything would go the way I wanted it to go. My fantasy world. Then it hit me. There has always been a place where life doesn't matter. A place where you create your own world and live in it. The place where you can be a little kid, and nobody cares. I slipped my shoes on and wasted no time traveling to my destination.
Yeah, yeah, another short chapter, I know and I'm sorry. But I just had to leave you with that cliffhanger! Where do you think they are going? Review and tell me what you think! Shout out to geeksrchic, becauseI think that you already know where they are going. You must know me so well, or you are at least good at predicting, but don't spoil it! My goal for this chapter is to get at least ten reviews, can you help me reach my goal? See you guys at chapter fourteen! :D
