Chapter 8- She Doesn't Fall
Ally's POV
"Austin!" I say again with more force. I look at him but he keeps on breaking our gaze. I roll my eyes. As soon as I recognized his smile, it didn't take long to see the familiar blond hair sticking out of his hat or the way his cheeks turned this certain shade of pink when he was embarrassed. But, the only thing that was bothering me was that I had thought he was hot… too weird to even think about any more.
I lean in closer to Austin, slightly seeing his brown orbs through his sun glasses. I stare at him and then fold my arms across my chest. After what seemed like forever, he finally pulled his glasses lower on his nose and smiled his smile at me.
"Hey Ally, what's up?" he asks, raising his head to look at me more. I stare at his idiocy and burst out laughing. I continue until I feel like tumbling off the chair again and then, I stop and look at him.
"Really Austin? I just caught you in your… disguise," I say, motioning towards his hat and shades. "And you still want to flirt with me?" I double over laughing again until I couldn't breathe and then I sit up straight to look at him again.
"But, no. Seriously, what's with the cover?" I ask. He just raises an eyebrow and moves his head to look at everyone on the beach. I quickly catch on.
"Oh, because of the crowd and paparazzi?" I ask just to confirm. He nods his head and goes back to the position he was in before our conversation. I just lightly shrug my shoulders after he decides to stop our talk and then I also go back to looking at the ocean and enjoying the weather.
Now, as life would have it, I had only started to get comfortable for a couple of minutes before loud footsteps were heard, which was strange because the only ground was covered in sand, and then, lots of talking from the far left of the beach. I turn my head in curiosity and see a dozen of people walking around the beach with cameras, their heads craning to find someone and I knew that that person was right beside me. I turn to look at Austin and I freeze when I see that his hat is gone. I quirk my brow, having no idea what had happened to it. Then, I hear that the footsteps are closer and I am reminded of the second day of school. But, this time, we had nowhere to hide. And even if we could find somewhere, the paparazzi were so close now, they would surely spot Austin. I panic and then scan around. The only things close to us that I could see was… nothing. Not even a towel to cover him. I had everything in the change rooms and I guess he did to.
Suddenly, I hear a scream from behind us and I turn to see a little girl screaming to her mom, "Mommy is that Austin Moon?" I quickly curse under my breath before hearing the footsteps and people talking all at once. It sounds so loud and then, the whole area bursts into screams as every girl gets up and rushes to the group, offering to help find Austin. Well, except me.
I take in a deep breath as the group starts to split up and then I mentally hit myself for what I am about to do. It was risky and I felt like I had completely lost my head. But, I still felt my limbs moving against my thoughts. I try to draw as little attention to us as possible as I climb out of my chair and scoot closer to Austin. I wonder why he hasn't stopped me yet. Then, I throw one of my legs to the other side of his chair, thankful for my flexibility. I grab onto his shoulders and drop onto him, feeling his body undermine. I blush at our proximity and try to get his attention. "Austin!" I whispered into his ear. He didn't move. Then, I realized that the damn boy was sleeping! Who stays asleep during this?
"Austin! Wake up!" I say a little louder and then when he still doesn't move, I lean in and bite his ear. Not nibbling, mind you. I just want to wake him. And I think it worked. Austin starts to squirm but then, the whole crowd of public fan girls and paparazzi join back into a group and they start walking in our direction. I freeze when I realize that it might be Austin's noticeable blond hair drawing their attention. I groan and push myself higher. Unfortunately, this action caused me to grind against that thing and Austin jerks awake. He yawns and tries to move. When he realizes that something is weighting him down, his eyes open wider and he finally sees my face, dangerously close to his. But, before I can explain, the crowd is no more than a few meters away, and it looks like all of their eyes are trained on us. I inwardly groan and hesitantly reach my arms up and wrap them around Austin's head, hoping that I am blocking any sight of Austin because if not, this would be the worst magazine cover ever.
We stay in that crazy position, Austin lying motionless below me, his breathes hot and rapid against my neck and me, completely on top of him, chest to chest with my arms wrapped tightly around his head. Finally, we both hear the people so loud that it seemed like they were behind us.
"I don't understand," I hear one say. The others mumble something too.
"That little girl said she saw him," one with a feminine voice says.
"Well, I guess she saw wrong. The only thing here is… a couple acting sexual," a man says and the others laugh at his choice of words. I blush wildly and feel Austin's heart beat faster on my chest. Then, the sounds become softer and when I finally dare to look, I see the group travelling down the other side of the beach. They weren't that far away yet but I bet they couldn't hear us.
So, once the coast is somewhat clear, I quickly get off of Austin and instantly, my body feels cool without the heat radiating off of him. I look down the beach and the crowd is farther away. I clear my throat and then turn back to look at Austin. He still sits on the chair, face flushed and unmoving. Déjà vu hits again and this is like on the second day of school. I walk up to Austin and crouch in front of him. Then, I roll my eyes as I raise my hand like last time. But, only difference is that this time, Austin snaps out of it quicker and when he sees my hand facing his cheek, he quickly raises his hand to guard his face. I laugh at this and then stand up and brush the sand from my skin.
Warmth suddenly seeps into my right shoulder and I look up to see Austin looking at me strangely. I nod my head, urging him to continue.
"Ally, what you did before… why? I mean, why did you…?" I smile at his nervousness and shrug out of his touch, immediately losing the warmth again. Weird.
"Hey, it's cool. I helped you with the paparazzi like before. It's no big deal." And, I meant it. I honestly didn't care what Austin thought of what I did but I did it to help him… and myself? No. only to help him. I frowned at the thought and Austin seemed to have the same expression. Then, he smiled and said, "well, to thank you, can I take you out to dinner later?" I scoffed at his attempt to ask me out but I was starving. I smiled and his eyes lit up. But, I just couldn't allow that.
"No. But, since I am quite hungry, you can drive me home so I can make some dinner. Thank you!" and with that, I turned around and headed to the change rooms.
I don't know if you guys are frustrated at me or not about having Ally always reject Austin but some of the other stories, Ally always falls too soon and it's not as fun. And besides, my story is called 'She Doesn't Fall.' But don't worry, there will be Auslly.
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