CH. 5: Forget YOU!

And although there's pain in my chest, I still wish you the best with a...
Forget you!

Take a deep breath in…

I try to remind myself that there's no reason to be angry. Except I'm cursing too much to believe it. I will myself to understand that Ally's reaction was completely normal. After all, it's not like she agreed to see me.

Take a deep breath out…

I caught her by surprise. Even though it was never my intention. She just needs time. I'm sure she'll eventually come to peace with the idea that fate has once again intertwined our present. It's not like we can ignore the fact that I'm getting married to her boyfriend's cousin in a matter of time.

Take a deep breath in…

I'm not sure if the reason why I'm angry has to do with the fact that I'm stuck in traffic or that I'm sort of.. just a WEE bit pissed off at Ally for treating me like used gum when I was only trying to make the best of our situation. It's not like I wanted to see her anymore than she wanted to see me! And just because I felt this way when I realized she was at the party didn't give me any excuse to be mean.

I mean it's not like I can ignore her from now on. We are going to need to face each other and talk at some point! In fact, we're practically family now!
I can't help but groan in annoyance as this thought cross my mind.

I keep tapping my fingers to the steering wheel while I pray to the God to just please, cut me some slack and change the traffic lights to green. It feels like I've been in the car forever and once I've finally reached my destination, I get out of the car and slam the door shut. I don't even bother to knock. I just walk right in when I hear a scream, and I can't help but smile a bit.

"Austin is that you?" Dez screams as he rushes to give me a hug.

"Yea man. What up!" I say right back as we do our handshake.

This almost makes forget the reason why I'm so pissed off at the world right now. It almost erases the horrible hour drive to his house. At least until Dez says, "So you finally decided to tell Ally how much you still lo-"

I don't even want to imagine how this conversation can go as I yell, "DON'T YOU DARE FINISH THAT SENTENCE!"

It's not even a second later when he continues to say, "But I thought you were crazy in love with-"

"NOPE!" I quickly say as I walk away into the kitchen.

"Not even puppy lo-"

I turn around really quickly to look at him as I'm a few words away from falling right off the edge as I yell, "I DO NOT LIKE ALLY! IN FACT, THE LESS I HEAR OF ALLY DAWSON THE BETTER I WILL BE!"

Dez gives me a quizzical look as he says, "So you don't have any what so ever feelings for-"

"NO DEZ! For the last time, I AM COMPLETELY, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OVER HER!"

He takes a deep breath, trying to figure out my words as if I'm speaking a different language when out of nowhere I start ranting about the way Ally treated me at the reunion.

It's just I still can't get it around my head how cold Ally was. Of course I wasn't expecting our reunion to be filled with unicorns and world peace between Austin and Ally world, but I was definitely expecting it to be smoother. Or at least to have a decent conversation.

Instead I got one worded answers and sarcasm! It's like the year gap between us doesn't even exist. We still can't get along with one another even if our lives depend on it. All we do is bicker and argue over stupid, silly stuff that happened a year ago! Next thing I know we'll be fighting on the freaking wedding!

It's only when I'm yelling to Dez how inconsiderate and selfish Ally is that he stops me by yelling, "WAIT! You're getting married! To a girl that isn't Ally?"

Now it's my turn to look confused at Dez as I casually say, "Uh yea Dez. I told you over the phone when I asked you to be my Best man."

"Oooooh. That makes so much more sense. I thought you were asking me to be your best friend and thought that it was ridiculous since we've been best friends for so long," he says as he whips invisible sweat from his forehead.

I just shake my head at his response with a chuckle as I continue to say, "Any way, Ally is just the most annoy person on Earth! It's like my bitterness makes her happy. She makes it her life goal to get under my skin!"

I'm serving myself some coke and take a nice slow sip before spitting it all out as I hear Dez say, "Are you sure you don't have feelings for Ally anymore?"

My eyes grow wide open at his statement as I say, "Of course not! I mean I'm getting married. I have a girlfriend. SHE has a boyfriend. We haven't seen each other in a year. How can I possibly still have feelings for her?"

"Uh Austin, you still haven't answered the question. Do you or do you not have feelings for Ally?"

And for the first since I got to Dez' house, I am left speechless. I don't know how to answer that question. It seems to be out of my comprehension as my brain searches for the right words to say.

I'm only snapped out of my daze when Dez says, "And I'm going to take that as a yes!"

"No! I can't love Ally. I'm going to get married in three months!"

This only makes Dez laugh as I groan out loud.

SO what if I still have a tiny, little, harmless crush on Ally? It doesn't mean anything. I'm still going to get married, she's still going to be with Zayn, and we'll both live freaking Happily Ever After! It's what's set in stone. She has clearly told me she hates my guts with her her actions. And frankly, I'm not so fond of her after our reunion.

"Dez what am I suppose to do?" I complain as I think about tonight.

"Simple, tell Ally you still like her and see what happens," he smoothly replies.

I groan out loud again as I tell him, "But that's just it. I already know she doesn't like me anymore. She's into douche bags who like to dress in skinny jeans that are too tight for them. And you're missing the small detail of... OH YEA!

I'M GETTING MARRIED IN A MATTER OF THREE MONTHS!"

This just makes Dez laugh harder as he says, "Well then I don't know what to tell you man. Don't get either woman pissed off?"

I just roll my eyes as I whisper, "Easy for you to say. You're not going to an awkward double date with your ex tonight!"

We change the subject after that and catch up. For a couple of hours I feel like everything is fine. As if I never left Miami. But when I get the text from Halley telling me to come home to get ready for the date, I can't help but miss California and it's lousy traffic.