Chapter 9:First Date and A Kiss From...
He Could Be The One
A secret admirer.
How sweet...
I just stood there admiring the red roses that smelt of perfume and the note in my hand reading it over and over again. I think that I've might have memorized it. I just can't believe that someone has loved me ever since they laid their own eyes on me. I mean who would love me? Wait let me rephrase that, who would alike me? I'm just plain o'l me, nothing special…at all. I sighed and looked at the note again. I kept smiling at this note, those three words. I noticed a little arrow at the bottom of the note, a symbol for me to turn the note around. I turned the note to the back and it read.
There's only,
1 thing
2 do
3 words
4 you
I Love You.
At this moment I wanted to faint out of happiness. A poem, for me. Who the hell would do this just for me? I looked around me and saw an empty hall way. My eyes widen. No no no no no, I can not be late to class. I quickly, yet gently put the roses back in my locker and I put the note in my bag. I closed my locker then ran to my class. I ran into a hallway then took a sharp right.
If only I knew someone was there standing in that very hallway. So, you have probably would've guess what happened. Yup I crashed into that person and all of my books fell to the ground…along with me.
"Shit. Are you okay, I honestly didn't see you." The mysterious stranger said with a voice full of concern, but that concerned voice still couldn't hide the face that I knew who this person was. I looked up and my suspicions were correct. I had crashed into Austin. When he saw me he crouched down next to me and started rubbing my arms.
My eye brows knitted in confusion. "Are you okay, Ally?" His face so close to mine that I blushed.
"Yeah, I'm fine, no need to worry." I said. He let out a sigh of relief and got up sticking his arm out for him to help me get up. I gladly took his arm and got up. He pointed to the ground to where my books where sprawled on the floor and said,"I'll help with that." I shrugged and crouched down to the ground to pick up my books. I realized that my songbook wasn't in this book mess. I started panicking and hyperventilating.
"Is this where you keep your songs." I looked at him and snatched the book out of his grasp.. My book has so many secrets in there, I would die if anyone read it, and I might have put somethings about him. To be honest I haven't really discussed to myself about my feelings towards him. Now that he's my friend I don't know what to feel. Am I allowed to like him? Or is that only applied to best friends because a lot a people who are best friends and are from different sex, it's common sense that one of them will like the other.
"Yes it is, and I would like it if you didn't touch my book because my thoughts, feelings and songs are in here and I would die if anyone would read it let alone touch it, so please don't touch it, that would be very appreciated." I was out of breath from my rambling.
He looked at me with confusion and said,"Okay?" I smiled and then got up with my books in my hands. He got up as well and took the books from my arm.
"W-what are you doing?"
"I'm carrying your books to your class." He said in a duh tone.
"You don't have-"
"It's fine, what kind of friend would I be if I didn't?" I was about to answer to that but decided against it.
"You know, your songs are really good…you should audition for the school's talent show." He said in an excited tone of voice. I looked at him like he had grown two heads.
"I can't do that." He was about to respond when he gave me a face and said,"Are you shitting me? You have stage fright don't you?"
I gave him a sheepish smile,"Surprise."
"Why didn't you tell me about this?" He questioned.
I shrugged. "You never asked?" He sighed and one arm around me while the other carried the books. I blushed at his actions. Okay maybe I still like him.
"You are so lucky to have a friend like me, you know why?" I was about to answer but he interrupted me. "I'll tell you why, because I am a very helpful friend that cares for you, a lot. So, you having stage fright is not all that bad, it's just a second thing added to my list of things I plan to do in this friendship." He finished. I thought for a second about how sweet it was for him to make a list of things to do while we are friends, then it dawned me.
"What's the first?"
"What?" He sounded scared and nervous at the same time.
"The first thing on your list." I rephrased.
"Oh t-that? W-well that is to, um…take you to Disney Land!" I knew it wasn't true but I wasn't going to question it, I mean come on, who the hell would question Disney Land.
"Really? You are?"
"Psshh, Hell yeah. One of these days I'll take you." He said as we approached my class.
"So do you have any plans tonight? So we could hang out?" He ask handing me my books. I frowned as I remembered that I had a date with Ethan tonight.
"Ugg. I wish I was free. I have a date with Ethan tonight." His face looked a bit hurt and broken. He just stood there staring of into space.
I put a hand on his shoulder and shook him a little. "Hey, are you okay?" He snapped out of his deep thoughts and looked at me. "Yeah I'm fine, I-I just have to go. D-don't want to be late to class." Then he speed off before I could say anything else. I sighed and turned to the classroom door. I put my hand on the knob to open it, but the door flung open and there stood my Math teacher with an annoyed face.
"So good of you to join us."
Shit
"So let me get this straight, you have to date Ethan so your parents can expand their company? How selfish!" Trish exclaimed. I nodded popping some more popcorn. I was so stressed about all of this, I just needed a break. So Trish decided to have a girls afternoon, At her house. I just finished telling her about the whole arranged relationship/marriage thing.
"I have a date with him tonight, what am I going to do?" I said.
She shrugged. "I don't know, just go along with it, I guess." I sighed, again. I know my mom would call me telling me to go home to get ready for the date at any minute now, but I didn't want to go home I just wanted to stay here forever and never get out of this house so that I won't have to do this. I was supposed to have a life, to myself, to fall in love with the right person, not just some arranged thing. If only I could've seen the future, then I would have had time to stop it, before it was to late.
"Ally, are you going to get that?" Trish said pointing to my phone ringing. I laughed awkwardly, grabbing my phone. The caller ID was, my mom.
I answered. "Hello."
"Hey Honey, I need you to come home so you can get ready for the date." She practically squealed into the phone. I rolled my eyes.
"Okay, I'm on my way."
"Alright, see you at home." She said before she hung up. I stared at my phone wanting to throw up because I knew I couldn't get out of this. I looked up at Trish and she gave me a small smile. I knew that she cared and that she couldn't do anything about it either. I got up from the floor as she did the same.
"I have to go home."
"I know."
"Thanks for today, I needed it." She smiled at me and pulled me into a hug. "You're welcome." We both pulled away from the hug. I grabbed my bag and walked out the door walking towards the car. I got in and started the car, driving to my house.
I arrived shortly to my house. I got out of the car with my bag in my hand and my house keys in the other hand. I got to the door and opened it with my key. I dropped my bag on the floor shutting the door behind me.
"Ally, is that you?" My mom asked from the kitchen.
"Yeah." I replied. She walked towards me and hugged me, then she grabbed my hand and lead me upstairs. When we got to my room we went inside and sat on the bed.
"Okay Ally, I have the perfect dress for you to wear." She squealed as she went over to my closet. She rummaged through it for a while then pulled out a dress I have never seen before. It was a coral colored strapless dress that went to just above my knee, and it had a few rhinestones here and there. I loved the dress, but if only I had to where this dress for a different reason. She smiled at me and said,"Do you like it?" I nodded my head while she put the dress on the bed and reached under my bed for a pair of heals. She took a pair of white ones and layer them next to the dress on the bed.
"So put this on and when you're done call me so I can do your hair and makeup, okay?" I simply nodded.
"Good."Then she got out of my room and closed the door behind her. I looked at the dress and started undressing myself. Once I was done undressing myself I switched my ordinary bra for a strapless bra.
I put the dress on and the heels. I walked over to my full length mirror and smiled at my appearance, but m smile didn't reach my eyes.
"Mom, I'm done!" I yelled.
"Coming!"
Twenty minutes later my hair and make-up was finished. My hair was in a curly ponytail and as for my make-up, my eyes were done in a white colored eye shadow, a thin layer of eye liner was applied, mascara, light pink blush on my cheek bones, and shimmery pink lipgloss on my lips. I looked in the mirror then at my mom. Even though I didn't like the idea of this I still appreciate my mom doing this for me.
I hugged her and said,"Thank you." She replied with a quiet 'Your Welcome'. I pulled away first smiling at her.
"Honey, they're here!" My dad yelled from downstairs. My heart was beating out of my chest knowing that I had to spend an entire night with him. My mom grabbed my arm and lead me down the stairs trying not to make me trip in my heels. We got to the bottom of the stair case and everyone gasped. I just blinked a couple of times.
"Ally, you look beautiful!"
"Gorgeous!"
"Amazing!"
Complement after complement. Ella and her husband Mark looked at the door. There stood Ethan.
"Can we go now?" He said sounding impatient. I silently scoffed at his attitude. This night was going to be one hell of a story to tell.
Ella and Mark cleared their throat awkwardly and nodded at him. I took that as a sign for me to walk out the door to his car.
"Good luck." My parents said to me. I gave them a fake smile and went inside the car on the passenger side. I waited a couple seconds until he came in the car, shut the door, and started the ignition. He turned to me and gave me the smallest smile he could muster, then we were off.
I would be lying if I said the car ride wasn't awkward, because it was. It was pure silence, and I was praying that he would turn on the radio so that it wouldn't be as awkward, but he didn't. I just laid my head on the window looking at the buildings we passed while he keep his eyes on the road. Finally, after what seemed like forever we made it to our destination. I expected to see some fancy restaurant that made you pay ten bucks for a soda, but instead I saw the beach and the sun was almost setting so it looked…breathtaking.
I cautiously got out of the car following him to the sand. Before I stepped into the sand I took off my heels and caught up to him. We walked for a while, until he stopped and asked,"So, do you like it?"
"Definitely."
"Sorry if it's not some fancy restaurant, but I thought we should get to know each other, and what better place than the beach." I smiled and shook my head.
"No, it's okay. Honestly I would pick the beach over a fancy restaurant, because fancy restaurants are way overrated." He chuckled and looked at me.
"So, how do you feel about this?" I asked.
"I hate it, did you know that I had to break up with my girlfriend of three years for this." I gasped as soon as he said that, but then I questioned.
"Wait, but your sister told me that you were a total player, no offense."
"None taken, and she always says that, she comes up with these lies so that it looks like she's so innocent when she really isn't, I mean I was a player back then but when I met my girlfriend I changed for the better, because I love her and now that this has happened I had to come up with a lie so that I can break up with her, because my parents didn't want to her to know the real reason why we needed to break up…do you know what that lie was?" His voice started to crack notifying that he wanted to cry.
At the same time I wanted to know but I didn't want to know, so I stayed silent but he spoke anyway.
"The lie was that I cheated on her, by…by sleeping with another woman." And that's when he cracked. He started to cry non stop. The only thing I could do was hug him, so I did. I rubbed his back and whispered soothing words into his ear. At one point he stopped crying and straightened up, pulled away from the hug, and said a quiet 'Thank You.'
"For what?" I asked.
"For comforting me."
I sighed. "I'm sorry this had to happen."
He wiped away is tears. "Don't be sorry, this isn't your fault, it's their fault." I nodded and looked out at the ocean, the sun had already went down but it wasn't that dark out here.
"What about you, how do you feel about all of this?" He asked looking at me. I looked at the sand beneath me and answered his question.
"Honestly, I hate it to."
"Why, did you have to break up with someone too?"
"No, but I do have a crush on someone."
"Aww, you have a crush wushy." He teased. I blushed and smacked his arm.
"Shut up!"
"So, who do you like?"
"Can I trust you?"
"Totally."
"Fine, do you know a guy named Austin Moon?" I asked.
"Wait, are you talking about the guy that I got into a fight with?"
"Yup, him, I have a crush in him." I said, but then I continued to ask,"Why did you two fight anyway?"
He hesitated for a second, but then he gave in. "Well, since I was new I wanted to talk to someone, someone that looked trust worthy and someone who wouldn't judge me, so I saw you and you looked trust worthy and none judgmental so I wanted to talk to you, but I didn't know your name." He paused for a second. "So I asked blondie who you were, but then he got all questiony and so I got tired of the questions and I was like, 'Dude what's your problem, do love her or something' and after I said that he looked angry and I tried to apologize but he already took a swing at me." He finished. I just stood there still gathering up all the information.
Why would Austin be mad at what Ethan said?
Did Austin like me?
No, no that's impossible.
But then again, nothing is impossible.
"You know, this night wasn't all that bad." I confessed to him. To recap, after the beach we went for frozen yogurt and got to know each other. To be honest he isn't as bad as he looks, he's actually really sweet and thoughtful.
We both approached the front door. "I know, you're really fun to hang out with."
I blushed at his complement. Out of the corner off my eyes I can see both our parents peaking out of the curtains watching us. I scoffed at their behavior.
"Hey, you know they're watching us." I whispered to him.
He chuckled a bit. "Yeah, I know and they're not gonna leave us alone unless we, you know…kiss."
I gulped, but attempted to play it off cool. "Do we have to?"
"No, no no, unless you want to."
I blinked and thought.
Why not?
I leaned up as he leaned down since he's taller than me. He wrapped his arms around my waist while my arms went around his neck. I looked back at the window and saw that they were gone. Just when he was about to kiss my lips I turned my head to the side and he ended up kissing my cheek.
I pulled away quickly and waited for his response.
"Thank Goodness you did that…not that I didn't want to kiss you, it's just that-"
"Yeah, I know."
"So, do you want to walk in together or…"
"Together." He opened the door and we both walked in together. We both heard a lot off noise coming from the kitchen, so we walked in it to see our parents acting like nothing had happened.
"Oh, hey guys, how was the date?" Ethan looked over at me and gave me a look.
"Horrible." Was the last thing I said before I stomped up the stairs, acting like I was angry. Once I got to my room I closed the door and headed to the shower. I let the hot water relax me and wash away all the negative thoughts that were in my head. Once I was done showering I grabbed my towel and got out of the shower.
For my pajamas I was in a baggy shirt and a pair of shorts. I put up my hair in a messy bun and got under my plush baby blue blankets. My eyes were getting droopy, just when I was about to sleep I heard a noise.
Tap
Tap
Tap
I looked around my room to see where that noise was coming from, but the tap pin stopped. I thought nothing of and went back to sleep.
Tap
Tap
Tap
Frustrated, I got up from my bed and looked around
Tap
Tap
Tap
Ah ha!
The tapping was coming from my balcony window. I cautiously walked toward my double door balcony window and opened it. Slowly I walked onto the balcony with care.
"Finally, you opened it."
"Aaahh-" The stranger quickly put his hand over my mouth and shushed me.
"Please don't scream, I'm not going to hurt you, Ally." I mumbled a few things out of my mouth, but with his hand over my mouth, none of what I said made sense.
"Okay, I'm going to remove my hand from your mouth, just please don't scream." I nodded quickly. He removed his hand from my mouth just like he said he would. I breathed in deeply and shook a few steeps back.
"H-how do you k-know my name?" I was so scared at this point, I couldn't even speak!
"Ally, it's me."
"Huh?"
He sighed. "It's me, Austin."
I let out a big breath I didn't even know I was holding in. I relaxed for a bit, happy that it was Austin and not some crazed guy who snuck up onto my balcony, asking for some forced sex. But then I was quite pissed, so to let my anger out I repeatedly smacked his arms.
"You scared the hell out off me!" I whispered yelled.
"Ow, okay that hurts!"
"Well that's what you get!"
He grabbed my arms. "Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you."
I let out a huff and stretched my arms. "What are you even doing here it's…" I looked over my clock. "One in the morning."
"I just wanted to know how the date went."
"Couldn't you have waited till tomorrow boring?"
"…No"
I sat at the edge of my bed. "Well to answer your question, it went fine."
He stood there for a moment, then joined me on my bed. "Oh, okay."
"So, how was your day?" I asked.
"Fine."
"Cool."
"Yup, cool"
The awkward silence filed the air as we sat there.
Hey that rhymed!
I heard laughter coming from the blonde himself beside me. I looked at him weirdly.
"Why are you laughing?" I asked.
"Because, this is so awkward." I nodded a bit before I laugh along with him. We both calmed down for a bit and looked at each other. Our eyes bore into each others eyes as our faces got closer.
"So, is there a reasons as to why you're here?" I whispered softly.
"Of course, there's a reason for every thing." His breath tickled my lips.
"So, if I slap you remember, there's a reason why I slapped you."
He laughed a bit not taking his eyes off of my eyes. "…And if I kiss you there is a reason for that too." Finally our lips met in a sweet yet passionate kiss. His right hand was on my right cheek while his left hand played with my hair. I slowly moved my arms up to his neck, playing with his blonde locks. His lips were soft and they tasted like mint. I pulled him closer to me as he wrapped his arms around my back.
At one point in the kiss, I heard footsteps. I pulled away quickly and listened carefully.
"Why did you-"
"Ssshh." I shushed him and listened carefully again. The footsteps were getting louder and louder. I turned my head to him and we quickly untangled ourselves from each other. I got up from my bed and paced for like five seconds.
"You have to go, like now or my parents will kill me!" I whisper yelled again. He nodded his head and quickly yet quietly walked toward the balcony and climbed down using the vines on the side of the house. I got in my bed, put the covers on myself, and pretended to go to sleep leaving one eyes open slightly so I could see. My bedroom door opened and my mom walked in. She looked around and sighed. I heard her coming towards my bed as I quickly closed my eyes. I felt my mom kiss my forehead, then she made her way to the door and closed it.
So close
"… And then she left." I had just finished explaining to Trish about last night. About how I was so close to be getting in a crap load of trouble.
"So, you finally kissed!" She squealed.
"Yeah." I sighed happily.
"So are you too a thing?" I paused for a second.
"I don't know."
"Well if he kissed you then that means he likes-"
Just then we everyone in the hallway turned their heads to the front doors, whispering things. I stood there frozen in shock, while Trish looked at me to make sure I'm okay, when I obviously wasn't. Standing in front off the doors was…Austin his arm wrapped around Nicole Michaels, and they kissed right in front of me.