Saving Ally

Chapter 7

--Drew Borden

After science, I watch as Ally gets up and rushes out the door. I run after her and behind her as I watch her look around. She looks as if she's looking out for someone. Is she scared?

I walk faster until I'm walking next to her. She keeps her head down, but I know that she knows that I'm here. "W-what do y-you w-want?" she asks and starts to walk faster.

"I just want to talk to you is that so bad of a crime? I'll go to jail right now if you want me to." I joke and grin. She doesn't look up and she doesn't laugh; which is surprising to me. "W-why do you want t-to talk t-to m-me?" she asks, glancing up at me.

I think for a second before speaking, "Because you're an interesting kind of girl."

"Interesting as in b-boring?" she asks.

"No," I say then stop her by stepping in front of her, "interesting as... different."

She looks into my eyes and I can tell that she's thinking about something. Her eyes get to me every time with its... beautiful...ness. Is that even a word or did I just make that up?

"Interesting as in... different." she says. It was more of a statement than a question. I nod and I give her a small smile. Her eyes move to something behind me and she starts to back up. I tilt my head and give her a concerned look, "What's wrong?"

"Hey!" a voice from behind me shouts. A voice that I know far too well. A voice that belongs to a girl named Kate. "Stay away from my boyfriend you stupid slut!" she says as she comes up next to me and glares at Ally. Ally stays completely still with her head down. Kate is the reason why this is happening. Kate hates her. Kate, my ex-girlfriend now, is the reason why Ally is so afraid. I feel rage bubbling up in me as I turn to Kate. "Shut the fuck up Kate! Now! You don't fucking know Ally, so you have no right to call her a slut, because she's not one! If anything, you're more of a slut than Ally will ever be!"

Kate looks at me dead in the eyes and her face falls. I watch as tears start to form in her eyes and she starts to back away. "How could you say that. I thought we had something." she says so quietly that it's almost a whisper. It got so quiet after she yelled at Ally and a crowd is starting to form. "We don't have anything! You're a lying, bullying, stupid bitch! I don't want to date someone who bullies someone so kind and innocent as Ally!" I scream, motioning my hand towards Ally who's staring at me. Kate glares at Ally then glares at me then turns on her heel and stomps away. I turn to the air that Ally was once in, but she's gone.

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I sit in my car, thinking about what I had just done. Why did she go, I thought. Will Ally show up to school tomorrow? I hope so.

Suddenly I hear a tap tap tap on my window. "A-are you o-okay." a voice says. I look up and see Ally with a concerned smile on her face. I instantly sit up straight and roll down my window. The wind blows her hair away from her face and I realize that she's smiling.

"I'm fine just... thinking and sitting." I mentally curse at my myself for not being able to think about anything better to say. She giggles and holds her binder up to her chest, "S-sitting and th-thinking is interesting."

I nod and scratch the back of my neck, hopping to find something smart to say there. "Um... so why did you run off earlier?"

She looks down, "I-I was s-scared that she might h-hit me."

I feel the anger bubble up in me, but I hold it down. "That's what she does to you? So, I'm guessing you didn't just jump into the trash can?"

She shakes her head and says, "S-she hurts m-me and c-calls me" -her voice cracks- "h-horrible n-names."

I feel like I wanna get out and hold her in my arms and let her cry into my shoulder. "Horrible names like what?"

"Ugly a-and s-slut a-and..." she drifts off with her voice shaking and I suddenly hear her crying and gasping for air. I open my door enough for me to slide out and I hold her close to me. She starts to shake and gasp for air, then I realize she's having an anxiety attack. "Shh Ally it's okay. Whatever she says to you isn't true, okay? You're not a slut, you are the most beautiful girl I've met so she's lying to you."

Ally shakes less and her breathing is under control. She lifts her head up and looks me in the eyes, "W-what do you s-see? W-why do you l-like me?"

I smile slightly, "Because you are the most amazing and beautiful girl I've ever seen."

She smiles slightly and lays her head on my chest with her arms still tight around her binder. After a minute of silence she pulls away and wipes her eyes, keeping her head down. "I-I should g-go." she stutters then sniffs, "M-my Dad will g-get w-worried."

"Do you need a ride home?" I say before I realize that she has a car of her own. I nearly smack myself when she says, "N-no I h-have m-my own car, b-but th-thank you."

With that she walks off a couple of empty car spaces down before reaching her car. She gets in, glances at me with her big beautiful eyes, then drives off, leaving me standing there.

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