Two Stars- An Auslly Fanfiction

Chapter 18

I see  his blonde hair, and I call out to him. I really need him right now. 

But he doesn't turn around. Maybe it's all in my head, but he might just be walking a little bit faster. Something inside of me hurts. 

I guess I should be used to this, it's always been like this. I get that at school, I'm considered uncool, a reject. I just thought that maybe by now, he'd care enough to look past that. Evidently not the case. Well, if that's how he feels. 

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"Ally, what's wrong?" Austin asks after school. I refuse to answer him. He grabs my shoulder, stopping me in the middle of the sidewalk. It's weird how even when I'm irritated, and want little to do with him, his touch still sends a tingle down my spine. That aside, I shake my head and look down. 

"Nothing's wrong," I lie. Except it's a terrible attempt at a lie, because as it escapes my mouth, a tear wells up in the corner of my eye. Everything's wrong. I blink hard, and shift so my back is to him.

It's a bit funny how this works. If he supposedly likes me, why won't he let his guard down for me at school? If I supposedly like him, why can't I bring myself to tell him how much it hurts? 

"Ally," he says gently. "Seriously. What's the matter?" I shrug. 

"Seriously. Nothing. Just a bad day," I mumble. I glance up for a split-second, before averting my eyes again. His expression gives me proof that I'm doing a terrible job fibbing to him. He can tell that something is deeply bothering me, and he can also tell I'm not going to tell him anything, which bothers him. 

"Ally-"

"I just don't want to talk about it now," I snap. Austin looks taken aback. "Sorry," I apologize on instinct. I shake my head again, just because I need to clear my mind. "I'll tell you later." He stares at me oddly for a moment, then nods reluctantly. 

"Okay. Whenever you're ready to talk, I'm here." Unless, of course, we're at school, and you're much to good for me. I think bitterly. I take a deep breath. I can't stay mad at my friends. Or friends with benefits. 

"Thanks for understanding," I say, but it comes out wrong, it comes out shakily, like I'm holding back sobs. Which I hadn't even realized I was doing. 

Running a hand through my hair, I turn, and speed along down the sidewalk. 

Bursting into my room, I drop my stuff and pick up my guitar. Subconsciously, I find myself playing the same song Austin and I had played together at his house. I stop. I don't want to sing this song right now. 

Not a second after I put away the guitar, both Dez and Sabrina invite themselves in. Their expressions are very identical, and very anxious. 

"What?" I ask. "What did I do?" 

"Ally," Dez begins,

"Your dad is here," Sabrina finishes. 

"He's talking to Eli," Dez adds. I straighten up, my blood running cold.

"What? What! How-I-why-" I can't get a full three words out. My cousins sit on either side of me and begin to explain. They're so good at finishing each other's thoughts, it's a little freaky. 

"So while you were singing, the doorbell rang." I wince. I'd forgotten again that they could hear me. 

"My mom answered the door."

"And he was standing there."

"She invited him inside, and told Dez and I to find you."

"As we were leaving the room, Eli walked in, and they began to talk."

"Began to talk?!" I screech. "Talk?!" Sabrina shushes me. "They've never even met before. What do they talk about?" I exclaim, but in a considerably lower volume. 

"I don't know!" Dez replies in the same tone. I can't tell if he's mocking me, or just being Dez. Either way, Sabrina gives him a look, and gives me real information. 

"He started to explain to your brother...everything, I guess." 

"And they're still there now?" I question intensely. Both redheads nod. I open my mouth, and find that no words are making themselves able to come out. I put my face in my hands and groan. Suddenly, I hear a shuffling noise coming from outside. I look up to see Austin jumping over the balcony railing. I give a small shriek in surprise, and Sabrina laughs lightly.

"Why is he...?" I start as shakily as before. 

"I asked him to come?" Dez says, holding up his phone, but he makes it sound like a question.

I really don't get him.

Dez unlocks the door for Austin, before I can protest. 

Not that I don't want to see Austin, I just...okay, maybe I am trying to avoid him a little. 

But that's only because he's fully aware that something's wrong, and I can't just flat out tell him what it is. I can't say he's the problem. I can't just tell him that while every time he looks at me, my heart swells, but now for the first time it also pains me. He wouldn't understand everything. 

He walks into my room, and it takes a moment for him to make any sort of move. He's thinking. 

When he finally looks ready to say something to me, however, something stops him, he stops himself, and speaks to Dez instead. 

"So...why did I need to use the balcony gain?" he inquires. Something in his voice is different. Hollow. Dez explains it all, and I cringe, wishing it were all just a story to be told. 

But as I take a deep breath in, my father in also breathing, in the same house. That is something I can't deny. 

Austin faces me again, this time I'm sure he'll talk to me. But when he opens his mouth, someone else's voice fills my ears. 

"Ally?" Right outside the door.

And all four of us freeze. 

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Blah...my chapters are running so dry...sorry if this was boring AGAIN, I just...I don't know...

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