Ally sunk down on the bench next to Austin a slight smile on her face. He looked over at her and sighed, looking heavenward. "You again?"

"I said I'd be back." Ally replied.

"But why?" he asked, "Why are you following me? What's the real reason? And why me? I'm sure there's plenty of other guys willing to get stalked."

"That's nice of you," Ally smirked, before she shook her head, "But it's not like that. I didn't mean to stalk you things just...fell into place like that." Ally told him, "And I wasn't kidding: You really are different. You just don't understand it yet, but you will."

"Understand what?" Austin grunted.

"I said you'll figure it out." Ally repeated.

"Can't you just tell me?" Austin questioned, irritated.

"No." Ally said, "I mean, I could, but I really think it's best you figure it out on your own."

Austin stared at her dumbfounded. "Okay?"

"Austin!"

Both Austin and Ally looked forward to where they'd heard the voices. Ally glances back over at Austin. "I'll see you around." she says.

"No, you won't." he replies, rudely.

"You will." Ally smirked, walking away. Austin shook his head and focused on Trish and Dez who were coming towards him. He glanced over to where Ally was and his annoyed expression faded into a confused one. He looked around.

Ally was gone.

It was just like the time she'd gone around the corner; She'd just disappeared. "What the..." he muttered to himself. "Damn, she's got fast legs." he said to himself, shaking his head. He looked back over to Trish and Dez who had finally gotten to where he was.

"Hey, Austin." Dez said, crashing his bag onto the ground and taking a seat next to him. Austin felt mildly popular when Trish sat on his other side. He would've made a small, humorous comment but his thoughts were still stuck on Ally.

"Austin?" Trish said, waving a hand in front of his mortified face. "What's wrong? You look a little bit lost."

His eyes snapped to Trish's. He shook his head, pushing Ally to the back of his mind. "Oh, nothing. I'm just really tired."

She seemed to believe him. "Dez and I want to take you to the arcade after school. Miami has the best one in all of Florida." Trish started to ramble about the arcade but Austin lost himself in his thoughts again as he tried to piece together what had just happened.

It's not like Ally disappeared, of course not. It was just that he was always seemed to have this odd tingle climb up his spine when Ally was around, when he even so much as thought about her. There was something different about her - literally. She wasn't...normal, maybe?

Austin took a deep breath, interrupting Trish's arcade speech he hadn't been listening to. "Let's get to class."

x

He sat there in his desk, tapping his pencil to a distracted rhythm. He should've been taking the time to write down his biology notes, but he really had other things on his mind.

Other, other things.

Like, Ally things.

Like, Ally basically, sort of, totally, not really disappeared things.

The bell rang suddenly and he leapt out of his desk, stumbling out into the hallway. Dez and Trish exchanged odd glances. Trish shook her head and grabbed Austin's things, which he'd left behind during his distant body language of "needing to get some air".

Once outside, Austin ran his fingers through his hair, blowing out a deep breath as he tried to regain his posture. He straightened up and forced himself to stop shaking, - and sweating, for God's sake! He didn't know why her exit had left him so bothered all day. He has the feeling he couldn't shake. Like something wasn't right with Ally. Was something up with her or was she just super fast? And what was with that vibrating tingle that he gets when she's around?

He doesn't know what to think about all of this exactly.

He heard his name being called. He turned around and saw Trish and Dez waving at him to stop.

He shook his head and turned the other way, forgetting about the plans for the arcade. He really didn't want to be bothered right now. He knew he was only worsening their confusion and curiosity, but he was suddenly not up to the arcade. Don't get him wrong, he's a really good gamer, he just...didn't feel it. His thoughts were everywhere else today. Maybe tomorrow he'd feel up to it.

"Your friends seem to want to hang out with you."

Austin jumped, turning around and he saw the brunette standing there with raised eye brows. Austin shook his head. "Why do you always do that?" he questioned.

"Do what?"

"Sneak up on me like that?" he asked her. Ally shrugged. He started walking and Ally fell into pace with him, standing right by his side. She glances over at him and found something completely reassuring, relaxing, calming, about his presence.

"Is there a reason you don't want to be with them?" she inquired.

"No - Yes - Well - I don't have to explain anything to you." Austin justified. Ally looked at him with her eye brows lifted high before she gave a small chortle.

"Well, Okay, then." she said.

"How do you always know where I am?" Austin asked her suddenly.

She looked away from him and stared ahead. It was a question she wasn't quite sure with herself. "I don't know. We just always seem to be...around each other and the right times." she fibbed. Austin rolled his eyes and sighed.

"Yeah, whatever." he mumbled. "Do you like the arcade?" he asked.

"No." she replied honestly. "The kid's there are weird and it smells like pizza. I hate pizza."

"You've got to be kidding me." Austin halted in his footsteps, "Pizza?!"

She sighed, "I know! I know! I've heard it a million times! But pizza is so cheesy and...and the tomato sauce is...ugh." Ally's nose crinkled with disgust.

"That is...That is unbelievable. You really are the weirdest person I've ever met." Austin said.

"Gee, Thanks." Ally's tone was wet with sarcasm. Austin didn't even apologize because she really was the weirdest person he ever met: She stalked him and now she just admitted to hating pizza.

They fall into a brief silence as they pass a small group of three kids who don't even seem to notice Ally's existence. In fact, Ally swiftly jumped to the side to avoid them running into contact with her. His eye brows furrow together as he looks back at the kids who are going about their day, not one of them shouting back an apology for being so rude. Austin might've said something to defend Ally but he has the odd tingle running along his back, so he keeps his mouth closed.

"Who are you exactly?" Austin blurted.

Ally looked at him, laughing lightly. "Ally Dawson?"

"No, no," Austin shook his head, "Who are you? I see you everywhere but at the same time I don't. How old are you? What do you do?"

Ally nodded slightly. "Well, I'm seventeen. My name really is Ally Dawson, and I used to go to school full-time but I haven't for last three months."

"You get kicked out or something?" Austin queried.

"No," Ally shook her head, "In fact, I was on the honor roll, but something came up and I had to be excused for a while. Family stuff." Ally said, waving a hand dismissively. Austin nodded his head.

"Do you have any friends?" he asked.

Ally smiled at him and nodded. "Yeah, great ones. They come and see me a lot now that they don't see me around at school."

Austin nodded. "That's good."

Ally nodded her head. "Where do you live?" he questioned.

"That's a little bit too personal coming from the boy who thinks I've been stalking him." Ally said.

"Which you have been." he added sarcastically. Austin shook his head. "Sorry. Don't answer that question."

Ally laughed slightly. She glanced over her shoulder then smiled at him. He looked at her confusedly, wondering why she was smiling. "Looks like they don't let you go too easy."

Austin looked behind him and saw Trish and Dez. He sighed. "Guess not."

"They get like that." Ally nodded her head. He looked at her, realizing she knew who Dez and Trish were but before he had the time to ask Ally dismissed herself turning the corner. Austin frowned slightly before letting Dez and Trish catch up.

"Austin!" Trish said.

"Hey, Sorry." Austin cleared his throat as he looked at his friends concerned faces. "I was talking to an old friend on the phone. We were just catching up."

"Oh," Dez said, "Well, why didn't you say so? Still up from the arcade? It's got the best pizza."

Austin almost blurted about how he couldn't believe Ally disliked pizza but instead of saying anything, he nodded his head. "Yeah, I guess so. I'll do anything for pizza."

Trish and Dez laughed. The group of three began walking forward, heading for the arcade. Austin snuck a glance over the corner, expecting to see Ally and staring around the corner for a long moment. It was suddenly not a surprise that she wasn't there. It was like she had disappeared again.

And Austin was even more suspicious.

x

damn, what is going on in this story, hm? sorry i haven't posted, i'm bad at this. i take excessively long breaks and then forget about stuff and half to re-read and it's a big mess that you do not want to know about. anyway...i got nice comments for this story so i posted. i don't know if this is really a halloween fic anymore, so it's just a supernatural fic. sorry if you wanted something halloween spirited. the more i write, the more i realize how it's just another fic, nothing more special.