~ Ally's POV ~
Its been six months since I last talked to Austin and I have been a mess. I have been locked in my room, I have hardly eaten, only a few times like twice a week but that's all. I was sleeping in my room when my ringtone when off. I slowly opened my eyes and looked for my phone. Once I found it, I looked at the caller ID, 'Rydel' I sighed and answered it, "Hey Rydel" I said. My voice was hoarse from all the crying. "Are you ok?" she asked. I shrugged, "I don't know" She sighed and told me to get dressed and come to her house. "Is Au-" I got cut off by her hanging up. I sighed. I got up and looked at myself in the mirror. I sighed at the cuts on my arms. Yes, I did cut for a few weeks but stopped. No one knew about the cuts and it was going to stay that way. I put on one of Austin's long sleeve sweatshirts, some ripped jeans and black boots that go up to my ankle. I didn't feel like brushing my hair so I just put it in a ponytail. I walked downstairs and everyone looked up at me. "Ally! Where are you going?" my father asked me. "Going to see Rydel" I said rubbing my throat. My mom made me take some medicine for my throat first. "Is Austin going to be there?" she asked me. I shrugged and walked out the door.
"Who's here?" Austin yelled from upstairs. Rydel's eyes widened. I whispered something to her, "Just tell him" I had tears rolling down my face. She nodded, "Ally's here" We heard complete silence till a door opened. Austin walked downstairs and just stared at me. "I'll give you two some privacy" Rydel said leaving the room. Austin came and sat beside me. "So..." Austin said. "So..." I said in my hoarse voice. Austin raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong with your voice?" I sighed. "Lets not make this any weirder than it already is" I said, "We haven't talked for six months" Austin nodded, "And those six months have sucked" I nodded. "How did it come to this? I thought we would be friends forever" Austin said. I nodded and said, "It always ends up with something going wrong. I would really like to just be friends again and not worry about the times we actually dated" Austin nodded. "Should we be friends again?" I asked. Austin didn't waste any time thinking about it, "Yes please!" I smiled and hugged him, he hugged back.
- THE NEXT DAY -
I woke up, and slowly got up. I rubbed my eyes and tried talking. My voice was still hoarse but getting better. I put on a blue oversized sweater, black jeans, some uggs and a white beanie. Before I put on my beanie, I straightened my hair. I walked downstairs and saw Rocky putting on his black leather jacket and sunglasses. Him and his parents basically live her now, but my parents don't mind one bit. "Someone looks happy today" he said. I smiled and nodded, "Me and Austin are finally friends again" Rocky smiled and hugged me. I hugged back and he drove me to school today. I walked up to my locker and Austin walked up to his. "Do you know Brooke?" he asked. My eyes widened, "Brooke!?" I yelled. He nodded and I looked towards the entrance of the school. "Oh no..." I whispered. Brooke bullied me when I was younger. Its weird, cause in kindergarten we were like best friends. She started bulling me when I accidently knocked over her tower. "Ally, is everything alright?" I heard Austin ask but I paid him no attention. Brooke noticed me and walked over to me.
"Hey Dor- I mean Dawson! Long time no see" she said sweetly even though she really wanted to say something mean. "Um, hey" I said. "What's up with your voice?" she asked. "I lost my voice" I said. I could tell she was trying really hard to hold back her laughter. "How that's cut you got when you got hurt by those scissors. It was on your arm right?" she asked trying to roll up my sleeve. I tried to stop her but it was to late. My sleeve was rolled up to were you could see where I had cut myself. I looked at Brooke, her mouth was wide open staring at my arm. I looked at Austin, he looked shocked, mad and upset. I had tears rolling down my face. I rolled my sleeve back down and ran to the bathroom.
~ Austin's POV ~
I cant believe Ally had cut herself. I was shocked, angry and upset all at the same time, but I wasn't going to yell at Ally. I know she did this all cause of me, but I wish she would of least to me. "Did you know?" Brooke asked. I shook my head no and tried to find Ally. As I searched for her, I saw Rocky and Maia. "Have yall seen Ally?" I asked. They shook their heads no and I sighed, "Why?" Rocky asked. "Cause apparently she cut sometime over the six months we didn't talk" Rocky's mouth dropped wide open. Just then Trish came up to us. "Hey Ally's in the bathroom crying her eyes out" Trish said. "Trish go get her for me" I said, Trish raised an eyebrow, "Why?" I sighed and explained what just happened. "Wow wow wait!" she started, "Brooke's back?" I sighed and nodded, "What's the big deal about her anyways?" Trish rolled her eyes and said, "Brooke bullied Ally when we were younger!" My eyes widened, and before I could say anything else the bell rang.
~ Ally's POV ~
A few minutes after the bell rang, I looked out the door of the bathroom. The halls were completely empty. I walked out and slowly walked to the nurses office. I felt like I was in a horror movie. I reached the nurses office and smiled at the nurse. "Ally! What brings you here?" she asked. I rubbed my throat, "I have a sore throat and a really back headache" The nurse motioned me to sit down on the chair. I did what she wanted me to and she checked my temperature. I had a fever and the nurse called my mom. I had to go get my stuff from my locker. Once my mom got me, she told me to go home, get into my pjs and get comfy in bed. She said she would stay home for an hour or so but then she had to go back to work. I did was I told and once I got comfy in bed, my mom brought me some medicine and gave me some iced tea and some ice cream for my throat. She felt my head, she said it was burning up, she got a cold ice pack for my head. When my mom left, I watched tv and ate the ice cream. When I finished the ice cream, I went to sleep.
