Pretty Little Lady With The Swollen Eyes(Alan Ashby Love Story) **discontinued**

Chapter 6; This Is Not What It Is Only Baby Scars

**Sorry this has taken a little while! I had a bit of writers block(sadly this early on-.-)**

Maryanne's POV;

"So.. What do you want to do?" I asked him in what I call my suggestive voice, because I ended up blushing over how it sounded. It was like a girl at a bar asking a guy if he wanted to go home with her... Though I wouldn't mind that with Alan... What am I thinking? Oh my god... He probably thinks I'm a freak. Shit. Thank god Austin's not here! He'd probably freak at me for flirting with Alan. Then again, me and Alan randomely flirt a lot, it's just something that happens. I don't think either of us really noticed that we are most of the time unless someone mentions it or we realize afterwards.

When I looked back at him though, he had a faint blush too. Huh... After a minute or so he finally replied, "How 'bout we go out for lunch? My treat". I nodded and said, "Yeah sounds great. Where to?" he smiled and replied, "It's a surprise". I laughed and nodded then he grabbed my hand and his keys, pulling me outside to his car. He opened my door for me and went around to the drivers side. As I put on my seatbelt I wondered if this was like a date or just us going out for lunch as friends... Silently hoping he'd make it clear when we got there.

About 15 minutes later we arrived at this cute little place Id never been to before. Hell I'd never even seen it before.  

"I found this place a couple weeks before we left for the tour. I was going to bring you befell but Austin told me to wait till we came back.", Alan said pulling me out of my thoughts. The sign in front of the small building said 'Denvers'. I guess it's the owners name or something. Alan opened his door and got out of the car so I followed.  

"It looks like a dump...", I started to say before Alan cut me off. "Don't judge a book by its cover Marebear" he laughed, grabbing my hand and pulling me inside.

It smelled so good. I didn't know what the smell was but it smelled amazing. We walked over to a desk where a man stood ready to serve us. "Oh what a lovely looking couple we have here! Table for two I assume?" he smiled at us. "Oh we're not a..", Alan cut me off once again, "Yes thank you." I looked up at him and he just smiled back. Confused, I followed the waiter to a small table with a chair on either side. We sat down and the man asked if we'd like anything to drink. "Just a water please", I said before Alan nodded saying "make that two please".

The waiter walked away to get our drinks. Alan looked at me smiling and asked "what's wrong Maryanne? I can see that you're confused, it's all over your face.." I sighed looking back at him, "Uhm well.. Look Alan it's just you've been holding my hand recently and you wanted to bring me here before and then you just agreed with the waiter that we're a couple? I just want to know where I stand with you because I really like you okay?" I can't believe I just blurted all that out so quickly. Oh man he's probably going to laugh or something because I like him. Shit I probably just ruined everything.. 

"Maryanne.. You like me?", I nodded at him. "Oh thank god! I was so nervous that you didn't feel the same but you never said anything when I held your hand so I was hoping that you did. I like you too Marebear. A lot."

Of course the waiter came back with our drinks right at that moment and handed us the menus before walking off again. "So you do feel the same way?", I questioned nervously. "I've liked you for a while Mare" he stated, "I just wasn't sure if you did because Im your brothers friend and all.." Well shit, he does feel the exact same way. I smiled at him, "I felt the same, I thought you'd never like me because Im your best friends little sister". He reached across the table and grabbed my hand smiling back at me, "You're too amazing for that to have ever stopped me from liking you." Blushing, I looked down at the menu and said "We should pick what we want to get.." so Alan agreed and let go of my hand looking at his own menu.

We sat in silence reading our menus until the waiter came back to take our orders. We told him what we wanted and once again he walked off. "So is this place really that good?" I asked Alan laughing because I already knew he'd say yes. He wouldn't bring me somewhere unless it was really good. He chuckled and replied, "You already know the answer to that don't you" I smiled at him, "Well of course, I know you well enough by now silly." After that we just smiled at each other for a minute before saying anything else.

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Alan's POV;

She finally knows. She feels the same way. The exact same way. I'd only ever dreamed about this! Wait are we together now? I don't think we are.. I'll ask her tonight, I don't want to wait any longer. I reached across the table to hold her hand as she brought up Warped. "So, I was thinking about asking Aus if I could go on Warped with you guys this year.. I wanted to know what you and the guys thought about that too". I know the guys want her to come on Warped with us, we all miss her when we're gone. "Yeah well, I'd love for you to come with us. I wanted you to come last year but you were working.. I'm pretty sure everyone else wants you to come too, even other bands!" That was also true, last year we had Sleeping With Sirens, Pierce The Veil, All Time Low, and a couple other bands asking if they'd be seeing her around Warped anytime soon. I heard Justin Hills has a thing for her, but I'm sure she doesn't like him back or anything, she'll have me by then. Hopefully.

God she's so beautiful. When she smiles, it's the most amazing thing ever. I love her smile. The waiter came back with our food so I let go of her hand and we started eating talking about the tour and funny things that had happened at signings and all the fangirl moments. It's never been this easy to be with someone. It's never been so easy to laugh and smile, even just reaching for her hand was the easiest, most natural thing on earth.

She quit work a month before we had gone on tour so she said she was going to start looking for a new job after Warped. What if she started working as our merch girl? I decided to ask her, "Hey Mare, instead of having to look for a new job and not be making anymore till Warped tour, why don't you just come be our merch girl? You could tour with us and make money at the same time". She nodded and smiled a big, beautiful smile at me, "Alan that's a great idea! I'll ask Aus when we see him later! You're so smart, you ginger princess, you". I laughed at how happy she sounded.

Ugh she's so amazing. I pulled out my phone to text her even though she was sitting right across from me, "Mare, you're so cute, don't stop, I like it a lot :)" I hit the send button and heard her phone go off a couple seconds later 'IT'S YOUR GINGER PRINCESS, LOOK AT YOUR PHONE!' I burst out laughing. I had recorded that before tour and set it as the ringtone/notification tone for when I called or texted her. I didn't know she still had it on there. She blushed laughing with me, "Alan you're right in front of me, why'd you text me?", she looked down at her phone and blushed more before texting me back. My phone vibrated, 'Awh I'm not tho Alan, you're the cute one $:', I smiled and could feel myself blushing a bit too. What is this girl doing to me? Does she have to be so adorable..? Of course she does, who am I kidding.

I put my phone back in my pocket and continued eating, Maryanne did the same. After about 20 minutes of just chatting and eating we finally finished. "WOW Alan you were right, that was soooo good, damn." I chuckled, "Told you so silly girl". The waiter came back to our table once again and gave us our check. I paid for the both us, even though Maryanne protested about me paying for her. She always had a problem with people paying for her, but I never let her pay for herself while she was with me no matter how much it cost.

We stood up and as we walked to the doors of the restaurant I grabbed her hand in mine, she looked up at me and smiled, though she had a weird look on her face. Like something was bothering her. She gripped my hand though our fingers intertwined. I unlocked the car and opened her door for her once again. I walked over to my side and got in smiling. This girl makes me so happy, I can't even begin to explain it. I looked over at her and noticed she was looking at me too, she smiled, "Wanna just go home now and watch movies or something?". I smiled back and replied to her, "Yeah sure, there's popcorn right?", "Duhh, there's always popcorn, and chips and salsa!" she looked so happy.

I pulled out of the restaurants parking lot and drove back to her and Austin's home..

**I'm sooooo sorry this took a while, but it's longer than the other chapters! So hopefully you guys like this one and keep reading!(: School and stuff has been distracting me, but I'm trying to write a little every day. Hopefully there'll be a new chapter within the next week**

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