Hey, my lovelies! How are you today?
I've gotten a great response from some of you and it really lifted my spirits. I'm so happy I'm able to share my new story with you again. Thanks for the sweet reviews, favs and follows!
Also happy to see that some of you have been voting for me in the contest! A super huge big great thanks to an anonymous guest and guest named Ocean for voting for Roles Of A Lifetime for best story and me for be author! I love you both lots! Big shout out to both of those baes. If you haven't voted yet (or you want to do it again ;)) go to my profile page, the links to the contest is at the bottom. It would honestly mean the world to me. Thank you in advance!
TOTALLY FORGOT THAT THE TITLE OF THIS SEQUEL COMES FROM USER oceanfanfiction, SHOUT OUT TO YOU!
''Who chose the restaurant this time?'' Ally uses the rear view mirror to look at the stuffed back seat of the car. Since they were using Austin's car, most of the time, he got to drive with Ally in the passenger seat. That left the other four to be forced to share the three spots in the back. Luckily, Hannah never passed an opportunity to take a seat on her boyfriends' lap, so the others were seated quite comfortable.
''I did,'' Hannah's perky voice rises from behind her. ''There's this new place everyone is talking about, 'Save it for desert'. It's nothing special, but the chocolate mousse is supposed to be out of this world.''
''Sounds like my kind of restaurant,'' Ally cheers as she bounces in her chair. It wasn't a secret that Ally was a picky eater when it came to snacks, she didn't even like chocolate that much, but everyone knew by now there were few things that you could wake the girl up for; salty popcorn, Maltesers and chocolate mousse.
''Good thing we made a reservation, it's packed,'' Austin calls out as they pass the restaurant, looking for a place to park. His right hand hadn't left Ally's thigh at all, except when he had to use the gearing mechanism, and she loved how it had become a habit for him. Whenever they drove on the highway, a part where he didn't have to change gears, she would lay her hand on top of his, sneaking her fingers in the gaps as Austin gave her a soft squeeze.
After eventually finding a rather close spot, the group enters the small building, immediately being greeted by a male waiter who leads them to their booked table. As Dan and Austin take their girlfriend's jackets before sitting next to them, Ian and Lib have a friendly bicker about a girl they spotted a day ago. They're being interrupted when a waitress appears at the booth to hand out the menu's.
''Hi, I'm Ruby and I'll be your waitress tonight. Today's special is the grilled steak with mushroom sauce, mashed potatoes and sautéed vegetables,'' the short, curvy, Latina girl tells them. Her big, dark eyes look at the group friendly before she reveals a tiny notebook. ''What can I get you to drink?''
''I'll have a pint, please,'' even after a year in the States, Dan still couldn't help himself and used to British words for all kinds of stuff. Hannah giggles at his habit as she orders the same. After Ruby finishes taking their orders, she leaves them to it, as two pairs of eyes watch her attentively until she's out of sight.
''Here we go,'' Ally rolls her eyes. The rest knows exactly what she means as Lib and Ian turn to each other as soon as the cute waitress is out of earshot.
''Dibs!'' they say collectively before staring at the other annoyed.
''Are you kidding me? She was clearly not gay! Didn't you see her checking me out?'' Ian checks his false observation as the rest sighs in exhaustion.
''Really? Do you have some kind of lesbian alert on you?'' Lib asks sarcastically in response, obviously mocking him.
''I do have an 'I'm into you' alert and hers way glowing bright red,'' he tells her confidently before pointing at himself. ''For me.''
''Fine, give it a shot,'' Lib gives up after a few seconds of intense staring. Like it was a sign, they see Ruby heading for their table, the drinks balancing on a round tray. ''I never pass up an opportunity to see you make a fool of yourself.''
''Trust me, by the end of the night, I'll have her number,'' he promises without a doubt as he eyes the girl with a smirk.
''When Ian has set his sight on a girl he likes, he will do anything to get her attention,'' Ally explains to the uninformed Austin, who eyed the situation curiously. ''Just watch the show and enjoy.''
''This is gonna be hilarious,'' Lib chuckles before picking up the menu to hide her grin behind as Ruby arrives at the table. While setting down the drinks, everyone's eyes are on Ian. His eyes are roaming the table as he seems to be thinking of something to say, when finally, his eyes light up.
''What's on the menu?'' he speaks up, catching Ruby's attention. She blinks a few times at this unusual question and is about to respond when Ian answers it for her. ''Me-n-u.''
It stays quiet before Ruby gives him a nervous smile while giving him his beer. That clearly wasn't the reaction he was looking for as he quickly tries to think of something to cover this painful failure. The other five are struggling to hold back their laughter as they follow Lib, ducking behind the menu's while diverting their eyes from the scene.
''Your name must be Candy, cause you look so sweet,'' the boy does another attempt, even worse than the first one as he looks at her expectantly. She's clearly getting uncomfortable as she steps back.
''It's, eh, it's Ruby,'' she stutters before looking at the rest. They don't know if she's too innocent to get the joke or too annoyed to take him seriously. ''Have you made your decision?''
As the rest starts to pity the poor girl, they quickly tell her their choice of food to put her out of her misery. She smiles thankfully and walks away from them as soon as she's done writing. Ian's last pick up line follows her as she practically runs away.
''How hot does your gas oven get?''
The five now burst out in laughter, feeling slightly guilty when they see the disappointed look on their friend's face and think about how distressed their waitress had looked.
''Woah, I think we reached a new personal worst tonight,'' Lib laughs most of everyone as she ruffles his hair. He pushes her away irritated.
''Shut up, you're throwing off my game.''
''Your game was never on, honey,'' Lib takes a sip from her beer before shaking her head. ''I guess this girl isn't into your smooth lines. Weird, huh?''
''Are there ever girls who are into that?'' Austin chuckles in disbelief before Ian throws him a deadly stare.
''You have no idea how desperate some girls are. Trust me, I know,'' Lib answers. ''It's comforting to know I can never be that bad, though.''
The rest of the evening, they talk about their studies, parties and other stuff, but the usual joke about the past event still pops up once every few minutes. Especially when they see another waiter appearing with their food, possibly being asked by Ruby after she got too scared to deliver it herself. The food is pretty good indeed, but they weren't kidding about that desert. After everyone scooped their bowls empty, so clean they're almost ready to be used again, they sit back satisfied, their stomachs never been fuller.
''I can't eat another cup of chocolate mousse again, ever,'' Hannah groans, letting herself fall against her boyfriend's shoulder before he puts an arm around her shoulder, laughing. Grabbing his phone, he checks his reflection.
''Fringe check,'' he states before trying to fix his bangs carefully. ''Damn it, I've got splinges.''
''Here, let me do it,'' Hannah turns to him as she brushes her fingers through his hair, messing it up.
''Splinges?'' Austin mumbles with one eyebrow raised.
''Splits in a fringe. It's a British thing,'' Dan explains with a chuckle while his girlfriend focusses on his hair. Instead of making his bangs splingeless, she creates more small gaps by ruffling through it, giving him a messier, but more playful look.
''But you're only making it-'' Austin cocks his head before Hannah interrupts him.
''Done!'' the girl cheers as she watches her work with a proud smile.
''Thanks,'' he kisses her on the cheek before handing his bowl to the waiter who comes to clean their table.
''I like it better this way,'' Hannah whispers to Austin before bringing a finger to her lips in a 'keep quiet' way. He nods with a chuckle as he agrees.
''Here's the bill,'' Ruby finally appears at the table again, surprising the others, but Ian stays silent as he avoids her eyes.
''Can I pay by card?'' Ally holds her car between two fingers as she stands up. They agreed to take turns in paying and making sure the total would always be around the same amount. Ruby nods before taking her to the cash register. While walking back, she quickly fumbles the receipt in her back pocket. Hastily, she grabs her coat and makes her way towards the exit. ''Okay, let's go.''
''What's the hurry? I wanna check the receipt one more time, I think they doubled my burger on accident,'' before she can react, Austin has taken the piece of paper out of her back pocket and studies it. But it's not digits of the price of his hamburger that interest him. On the back of the paper, someone wrote their phone number in black pen. A hint of jealously is detected in his voice as he shows it to his girlfriend. ''What's this?''
''I can explain,'' she tells him quickly, eying the cash register nervously. ''But can we go outside?''
''Did one of the waiters hit on you?'' Austin raises his voice slightly, catching the attention of the others who were just grabbing their jackets.
''What's going on?'' Ian walks up to Ally before he sees what they're arguing about. ''Maybe we should indeed go outside before disturb anyone here.''
''Ally, talk to me,'' Austin insists, ignoring Ian fully.
''It wasn't a waiter,'' she sighs eventually, lowering her voice so no one else could hear it. With a slight nod to the cash register, she makes everyone turn their eyes to Ruby who keeps her gaze on Ally. ''It turns out Lib was right. Ruby didn't like Ian, because she likes girls.''
''Ruby gave you her phone number?'' Austin whispers with wide eyes, earning himself a shy nod. He's about to burst out in laughter before seeing the warning look on Ally's face. They follow her example and walk outside the restaurant before they let themselves go.
''That means my game wasn't off, she just doesn't dig guys. I'm still the ladies' man, oh yeah,'' Ian cheers, receiving a high five from Dan who's laughing more at him than with him.
''You're even attractive to girls, I have to watch out,'' Austin murmurs in her ear after pulling her closer while walking to the car.
It was Wednesday evening and, since this was Austin's standard gym night, Ally liked to spend a few days at the library, since she didn't like studying on her own in an empty room. But this particular evening, the library was packed. Packed as in so full people were literally laying across the floor to get a spot. Naturally, peace and quiet was far to be found in this madness, Ally discovered, and decided to head back to her room. Studying in the cramped dorm room for one night wasn't the worst thing in the world. Only, when she unlocked the door, she found it far from empty.
''Jesus Christ, you scared me,'' Ally puffs while closing the door behind her and throwing her book case on the bed. In between the two beds, Austin was laying on the floor, supporting himself on his lower arms. Without a shirt. ''What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at the gym?''
''Turns out, David closed it tonight for some staff trip. I should have known, Dez told me a few days ago,'' he lifts himself up to sit down, leaning his back against his bed as he wipes his face with a towel. ''I tried the school gym, but I was getting stared at by a lot of people, so I came here, since I knew you would be at the library anyway.''
''Well, apparently, tonight is 'International Read A Book and Fuck Ally Up' day, because the whole world decided to study there tonight,'' Ally sighs as she has a debate inside her head. Eventually, she picks up her bag again and opens the door. ''I'll find another place to study so you can do your thing here.''
''You don't have to, I'll be quiet so you can study. Don't mind me,'' he raises his eyebrows while offering as he watches the girl think about it.
''That sounds good, I guess. Thanks,'' stepping over him, she jumps on the bed before grabbing her book about human behavior, the subject she would get a quiz over in a few days. In front of her, Austin lifts himself up on his arms again, now training his arms as he performs push-ups. Ally lets her eyes roam the body once before she forces herself to concentrate on the words on the pages. She has read two sentences before she notices her gaze being switched to the figure again. Blinking a few times, she shakes her head as she furrows her eyebrows.
Clearing her throat, she tries to bring back focus, only to make Austin look at her curiously. A reassuring smile makes him get back to his workout. Ally had now permanently laid her book on her lap as she keeps her stare at the boy, her eyes raised appreciatively and unconsciously biting her lip. Austin now turned to lay on his back as he performed crunches, his stomach muscles almost ripping out of his skin as his skin shines, his hands supporting his head and his eyes closed while fully concentrating. Ally cocks her head, her text book long forgotten somewhere on her bed.
He's counting in his head. Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-. When something makes him stop moving. Lying flat on his back, he's about to go up again when a weight lands on his waist. His eyes snap open to see his girlfriend straddling him as she watches him intensively. Her hand lays on his lower stomach, not putting any pressure, rather feeling the muscles beneath.
''Hi,'' she tells him simply with a sly smile.
''Hey,'' he breaths. ''Shouldn't you be studying?'' he asks her not so confidently. Not that he wants her to get off him. God no.
''You're making it very hard for me to concentrate,'' she whispers, not minding it at all, as she lifts her hands slightly before letting her nails graze over the small hills just above the waistband of his low hanging sweatpants.
''Oh,'' he manages to say, suddenly short on breath that is not caused by his exercises. ''Sorry,'' he tells her, not meaning it.
''Keep going, don't mind me,'' she repeats what he told her 30 minutes ago and he does, not knowing what to do else. Closing his eyes as usual, he lifts his upper body up. When he reaches the highest point and is about to use his muscles to restrain the lowering when he feels two lips capturing his. They disappear not a second later as he can't keep himself up longer and the lips don't follow him. Every time he's at his highest point, she kisses him again as some kind of reward before he moves out of her reach. Her nails keep teasing the skin as they lower, inch by inch, until she finally caresses the skin that lacks the fabulous hills.
''Fuck it,'' she hears him mumble after he managed to hold himself up for a few seconds longer, giving their lips the opportunity to open up. His hands move to her waist as he opens his eyes again, lifting her off of himself before softly throwing her on the bed, his body quickly hovering over her. He doesn't waste a second to continue what they started as he attacks her lips hungrily, now finally being in charge after waiting to be kissed. Ally sighs thankfully as her hands move to the back of his head, running her fingers through his hair.
She hears him groan softly when she moves her hands down his neck to repeat her actions, this time using her nails to leave an invisible trail all the way down to teasingly fiddle with the elastic waistband of his sweatpants. She feels his hands disappear under her top to run over her small waist. It only takes one spread hand to cover her whole stomach, his pink to his thumb, she had found out. He bites her bottom lip before his mouth disappears, pressing small kisses down her neck to pay special attention to her color bone, making her back ache. Three soft knocks on the door make the two freeze.
''Hello? Is Ally there? I need my notes back,'' Hannah's muffled voice sounds through the door.
''No,'' Austin quickly responds before shutting Ally's protests up by continuing to kiss her. Laughing, she pushes Austin off to answer the door, fixing her top and hair first. Hannah's back was already turned to the door when Ally opens it and she looks at the girl surprised, quickly detecting Austin's lie.
''Did I interrupt something?'' she looks at Ally with wide eyes before noticing the shirtless Austin sitting on his bed.
''Kinda,'' Austin lifts himself up before using his towel to wipe his forehead again, not being able to help his irritated stare. He really likes Hannah, but she did interrupt a little something.
''Sorry,'' she giggles innocently. Turning her attention back to Ally, who's holding back a chuckle, she looks at her hopefully. ''I do need those notes, though.''
''Here you go,'' Ally hands her the notebook that was lying on the desk.
''Thanks! I'll leave you two to it,'' throwing them significant smile, she's about to walk back to her room when she gives Austin another glance. ''Maybe you should take a shower, Austin. You're kinda sweaty.''
Ally closes the door after Hannah left to lean against it. Studying Austin, she nods to herself.
''She's right.''
''Care to join me?'' he smirks at her while grabbing a clean towel.
''Go,'' she giggles as she opens the door for him.
''You sure? I think I might've gotten you a little dirty yourself,'' Austin whispers in her ear as he walks past, waiting for her in the hallway.
''I'm positive,'' she leans against the doorframe as she looks at him thoughtfully. ''We should have more of those workout/study evenings.''
''Really?'' his eyes light up before he leans down to give her another kiss.
''I'll be waiting,'' after sending him an air kiss, she pushes the door closed. Her eyes fall on the text book lying on her pillow as she thinks about the other way she could've spent her night. Shrugging, a smile appears on her face, thinking about the activity that came instead. ''Totally worth it.''
I don't know why, but I particularly love how this chapter turned out. I loved writing it and I think I managed to show my writing style in the best way possible. I hope you guys appreciate it as well! This week starts the guessing what personality traits I put in the story. I don't think it's hard this time ;)
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So glad to see a sequel! I forgot all about it and now I am into it. I had to refresh myself but I am a fast learner. Can't wait for the next chapter! Til then - Yaay! Glad to see you again, girl. Nothing wrong with rereading Work Things Out to freshen up your memory, god knows I even do it sometimes. Besides, some important characters might make a comeback comeback..
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Hellooooo! It has been sooo long! I have missed reading your writing, not that I didn't read your other stories a million times in the past few months ;)
This is just brilliant! I love all the new characters, especially Lib(by). I think your hidden characteristics is fantastic! I re-read this story a few times and I have to say... I have literally no idea! I just going to guess- do you have a habit of rolling your eyes? That is the only thing I got but then again, I am hopeless with this kind of stuff.
Well, I cannot wait to read more amazing stuff from you! Update soon,
Amn - I missed you! Aww, aren't you a doll ;) Thank you so much! I loved creating new personalities, it was more fun that I could've imagined. Lib is one of my favs too, not only because I stole the name from one of my best friends. I love how strong and funny she is, she's a lot of fun to write. Sorry, I think you missed how I told you the first chapter didn't have my traits! This one does, though, so guess away!
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Wow i feel so dumb...i didn't realize this was the sequel until like, the ending... I didnt even notice when they explained how they got together omg I feel really stupid right now. - Hahahaha, don't worry, it happens to the best of us ;)
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Hey Le Le! Uh, you probably don't remember so if that's the case ignore the Le Le thing. But I LOVED this chapter and I think this will be a great story. I am going to look forward to every Sunday now not just for the new A&A episodes! I like how Austin and Ally had new friends and I will enjoy their storylines. Bye! - Hey sweetie! Of course, I remember you, Mia, how could I ever forget your reviews? Heeeeey double party tonight, both my story AND the new A&A episode. Don't know which one will make you more excited, but it sure is a reason for a double celebration. Make sure you'll watch it, y'all. I feel like it'll be a good one.
I love you all so much xx