The Fallen

Ally's POV

I closed my door as I stepped inside kicking my shoes off to the side. I looked at the clock and realized it was only 3:35 so I walked upstairs and went inside my room closing the door and locking it. I breathed in the sweet air of my room as it smelled like vanilla and honey in a way it was different. I sighed and walked over to my dresser looking for an outfit. I wanted something perfect but nothing that made me look like I was trying to hard to impress him. I looked at the time and yawned...well a little sleep won't hurt for awhile right? I yawned once again and got in my bed pulling the covers over me as my eyelids got heavier and heavier...

I woke up as my eyes fluttered adjusting to the light. I looked at the time as it was only 7:35. Wait 7:35!? I jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom turning the shower on warm. I ran back out grabbing my dark blue skinny jeans and a pink floral top with some pink and white flats that looked casual enough. I ran back into the bathroom closing the door and stepped into the shower making sure my hair got completely wet. After 5 minutes I stepped out and dried off pulling on my jeans and my floral top. I quickly blow dried my hair and curled the ends of my hair just to give that extra bounce. I brushed my teeth as I grabbed my phone looking at the time and I nearly screamed it was 7:53 and I barely had time to put on any makeup! I added some chap stick to my lips as I started to put on my earrings and I looked in the mirror. I think I look pretty good for a carnival date...I mean hang out? I quickly stepped into my flats and ran downstairs grabbing my cell phone and stuffing it in my back pocket. Suddenly on perfect cue the doorbell rang and I checked the myself in the mirror one last time before going over to the door. I breathed in and out and then opened the door to see Dallas, Joyel and Elliot standing there. "Hey Ally ready to go?" he asked sweetly. "Yup." I said as he got out of the way. I closed the door locking it as we walked down the steps. Dallas opened the door for me and I blushed at his sweet gesture...gosh was he a gentlemen. I stepped in as Joyel was right behind me. She was wearing a red floral top with a black belt and black skinny jeans that made her look perfect. "You look amazing." I whispered to her as she closed the door. Elliot stepped in and closed the door as Dallas started the engine. "Thanks you look amazing too!" she said with obvious excitement. "So have you girls ever been to Persephone carnival?" Dallas asked as he drove onto the main road. "No not really... I don't think I've ever been to Persephone city either." Joyel said as I looked out the window.

"What about you Ally?" Dallas asked.

"Oh yeah I've never been to Persephone either." I said still looking out the window. The clouds were finally beginning to clear and the sun was coming out it was beautiful.

"Well you guys are going to love Persephone carnival they have tons of cool carnival games it's the best in all of Miami!" Dallas said as the car entered into the parking lot. He finally stopped the car in a parking spot as we all got out of the car. I gasped at the sight. The whole place was lit up with exotic lights and the Ferris Wheel. It was utterly breathtaking. "Like the view?" Dallas asked as we walked up to the man at the front gate. He pulled out a 20 dollar bill and the man opened the gate welcoming us in. "Yeah I love it! But why are you paying for us?" I asked as Dallas started to laugh a little. "Ally I don't mind paying for 8 people I think I can handle paying for four." he said as we all stopped at a booth. "Ok so what game do we all want to play."

"I want to play air hockey!" Joyel chimed in.

"Ally want to play air hockey?" Dallas asked.

"Sure why not." Joyel squealed and hooked our arms as Dallas walked next to Elliot they were talking about something but I couldn't hear it. We entered the arcade and lights were everywhere boys and little girls were screaming and to me it just felt right. I remembered when my dad would take me to the carnival and we would play air hockey. He was such a child when we used to play in the arcade it was a side of him I really understood... "Hey Ally we'll take the left side and they'll take the right side." Dallas said as I walked behind him. He was going against Elliot and Joyel starred at him dreamily. Wow she must really like this guy. "Ok ready.. go!" Joyel said and the guys began to chuck the hockey put everywhere. Dallas was focusing on Elliot's hands and movements as Elliot was naturally just hitting it back and forth across the table. Wow he shows off a lot in the most obvious way. As I was intensely watching the game I saw a patch of blonde hair over by the cotton candy machines and the gift shop. He looked up at me and I found that it was only Austin...well of course he's here! He's probably here to creep me out again or be a know-it-all jerk. I jerked my attention back to the hockey game as Elliot called time-out. "I have to go to the bathroom." he said excusing himself and walking out of the arcade. Joyel gave me a strange look and I just shrugged, I really didn't know why Elliot was always leaving...

My eyes broke away from the hockey game as I saw Austin playing a booth game. He looked at me and gave me one of his famous smirks...ego. "Who's that?" Dallas said as my eyes went back to his hazel ones.

"Oh that's just Austin."

"Are you guys...?"

"Ew gross I would never date Austin he's not my type anyways I go for the sweeter ones." I blurted out as I felt my cheeks blush. He smiled at me and looked at Austin. "He keeps looking at you want me to go over there?" He offered taking a step closer towards the other booth but I stopped him. "Thanks Dallas but no thanks I'm good."

"Austin's been stalking her for the past few days!" Joyel spoke up making me give her a death glare. I gave her a look saying what-the-heck-are-you-saying!? and she gave me an apologetic look. "Wait what do you mean by that?" Dallas asked with a concerned look on his features.

"Oh it's just that Austin keeps bothering her that's all."

"Joyel!" I yelled.

"Ally is that true?" Dallas asked looking me intensely in the eyes. I gave him a sly nod as his face turned a bit red with anger? No jealously? Intimidation? Anyways as he was trying to walk past me I put my hand on his arm. "Dallas I'll take care of it I'm not a little kid." I said sweetly as he kept his eyes on an unaware Austin. "Ok but I want you to stay away from him he's not the type you should be hanging around." he said as he returned back to the hockey table. I kept my eyes on Austin. What reason would there be for me to stay away from Austin? Does Dallas know more about him or anything about him? Looks like I'll have to find out myself. I turned my attention back to the game when I realized my throat was a bit dry, "Hey guys I'm going to go get a drink."

"Ok we'll be right here when you return." Joyel said not taking her eyes off the hockey table. I rolled my eyes at her attention to the game I wondered why she could pay that much attention to a game and not her teachers. I laughed at the thought but then ran right into someone causing me to stumble a couple steps back. "Hi Dawson." He said with a smirk.

I groaned in frustration as he got closer to me. "You ok?" he asked with a concerned face. "Yeah I'm fine what are you doing here?" I asked as I walked over to the counter to pay for a drink. "Mango smoothie please." I said as I gave the man 5 dollars.

"Can't I just be here to be here?"

"No you can't because you're stalking me." I said as the man came back with my smoothie I gave him a smile before heading off the other direction but not before Austin grabbed my arm causing me to stumble back. "I am not stalking you it's just a coincidence that you happened to be here when I was here." he said with a playing smile tugging at the corners of his lips. "Yeah that's what a stalker is suppose to say." I said as I turned to walk away.

"Go on the Minerva with me!" he shouted out before I turned the corner. I stopped in my tracks and backed up. "Minerva?" I asked. He pointed his finger up and I followed it as it pointed to a tall roller coaster...probably the biggest one out of the whole Persephone carnival. "That my friend is Minerva."

It looked creepy actually horribly creepy, it was black and purple and crows were flying around...they probably weren't even real right? I gulped as I heard people from the drop of the roller coaster ride. There was a high drop and I felt like throwing up just looking at the thing. "I am not going on that death trap you call fun." I said looking at Austin. "Oh yes you are." he said as he grabbed my wrist dragging me to the line. "If you think I'm going on that ride you're crazy."

"Then I must be crazy." He said with a casual tone.

"I'm not going on the death machine." I said sternly and he sighed.

"Let's make a deal if you go on the 'death machine' without screaming I will leave you alone the rest of the day I won't even think about ruining your date with lover boy."

"He's not my lover boy and if you win?" I asked as the we moved up in the line. With each step I was getting scared as the constant screams got louder. "We'll just have to see..." he said as it was finally our turn to go on the ride. Austin stepped in before me and held out his hand. I took and hopped in buckling my belt. "All passengers a boarding Minerva please keep hands to yourselves and enjoy the ride." A lady on the intercom said before the ride started to move. "You ready to get your scream on?" Austin said as the ride began to turn slowly. Suddenly a scary image popped up on the side of the wall of the roller coaster ride making all the riders scream well except for me. "That wasn't scary enough you?" Austin asked as we moved slowly down a tunnel. "No not really I'm not into the whole scary thingy stuff." he rolled his eyes. As the ride began to move a bit faster I saw a light at the end of a tunnel as it closer and closer...Suddenly the ride sped up as we got closer to the light. We made a horrendous drop causing me to hold on to the bars of the ride as it went dark. I couldn't see anything it's like someone turned off the sun. The ride was jerking my body side to side causing it to hit hard against the metal. The ride went even faster as I tried to hold on to my seat belt but it was gone and it was too dark to even find it. As the ride went faster and faster the drop came and I was lunged out of my seat. I was desperately holding onto the handle bars of the ride when I screamed. I was going to die, I was going to die! My eyes were closed as I didn't want to witness my own death.

"Ally!" A voice yelled my eyes popped open. To my surprise the ride was stopped in front of the main entrance of the roller coaster. My screaming died down as people were starting to give me strange looks. I looked down to see my seat belt was fastened right around my waist and that I was sitting right in my seat. My hands kept shaking as I was trying to unbuckle my seat belt. I quickly got off the ride and looked at Austin as he was smiling. "Well looks like you screamed." He said as we walked out of the dark room and outside to the lights that lit up the whole carnival. "I fell..."

"You what?" he asked stopping in front of the line beside us.

"I fell out of that ride Austin I fell out of my seat!" I yelled as people began to give me some weird looks.

"You fell out of a ride which I was in right next you does that sound like I would let you fall?" He questioned me with a serious look playing on his face. "I...don't know?" I said in more of questioned tone. He looked at me and sighed. I took a deep breath of air trying to calm my nerves and my adrenaline rush. I started to put a piece of hair in my mouth and lightly chew as Austin looked at me as if I was crazy. "What are you doing?"

"What does it look like?" I asked as I pulled the piece of hair out of my mouth and sighed. Maybe I just needed to get back to Joyel and Dallas the two people who kept me sane in this life time and the moment. He scoffed at my rude comment and I walked around the corner and into the arcade. I walked to the back as Austin (of course) followed me. I stopped at the hockey table as they were nowhere to be seen. Did they leave me? Why would they leave me all alone knowing I didn't have any transportation? This just absolutely sucks. "Looks like your little posse ditched you before the fun even started." Austin said laughing. "They didn't leave me they probably went for something to drink come on lets keep looking."

An hour later after looking for Joyel and the rest of the crew I sat down on a bench trying to catch my breath. "Someone needs to get more exercise." Austin said as he sat on the bench right next to me. I can't believe they would leave me stuck in a carnival with...ugh Austin. First the Minerva and now this! Can't I ever get a break!? "Ally it's getting late you need to get home." Austin said as he got up from the bench and shoved his hands in his pockets. "They'll find me I just know it." I said but we all knew it was bare face lie. Austin groaned and grabbed my arm leading me away from the bench. He dragged me through the crowd of screaming people and walked out of the front entrance to the carnival. "Austin." I complained as he lead me out into the parking lot. We stopped at a motorcycle as revved it up. He tossed me a helmet and looked at me.

"Well? Are you getting on or not?" he hissed at me. Obviously he was getting quite annoyed...pff HE'S getting annoyed?

"Why on earth would I get on that death trap?"

"I thought Minerva was a death trap." he said with a smirk. Trust me, Minerva was a death trap but so was this thing.

"Austin." I said as I put a hand on my hip. "Ally." He mocked. I sighed and got on the motorcycle. He put the engine into full throttle and soon we were off. We rode out of the parking lot not a single eye looking back because if I did Minerva would be in full view.

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