Like the Seasons, Changing and Coming
Chapter 1
(3rd person POV)
Summer, that peaceful time before the mess begins
"None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change all the tenor of our lives."
-Kathleen Norris
"Now, kids, I don't want you all to think that just because summer vacation is starting very soon, that, that gives you the excuse to daydream!" Ms. Melwalsky aggravatedly explained for the fourth time that period. It was five minutes before summer break would officially begin, and everyone was either daydreaming, texting, or not paying attention in some unique and diverse way.
Even Ally Dawson, known as the 'sweet and kind nerd,' was drifting away from 'attention-land,' and instead was focusing on her diary aka songbook, writing a new entry in frantically.
Dear Diary,
Can you believe it? Five more minutes, and my time at Warkeley Middle School will be over. Even though I'm sad that I'll have to leave the place where I had so many good memories and practically shifted from my adolescence to teenhood, I'm also super excited for high school! Firstly, it'll be a new place, so, more exploring to do. Plus, for the first time, Austin and Dez are going to be joining us in school!
Even though they went to Marrera Middle School, both those middle schools and other middle schools have students that go to Clarkson High School, so I'm super excited to get to spend the supposedly 'Best Four Years of My Life,' with my three best friends! Eeeep!
Oh yeah, and also with an amazing boyfriend. I still can't wrap my head around the fact that Dallas and I have been dating for two years! We're even around the curb for our third year anniversary! I only hope it's as sweet as our two year anniversary, or possibly sweeter.
Ally was interrupted by the bell ringing, and she quickly writes a little more.
Well, I guess that's my cue to end this entry before I end up getting trapped in this school for two and a half months!
Lovingly and Sincerely,
Ally
Quickly and frantically stuffing her songbook diary into her purse, she goes into the hallway, and rushes to meet up with Patricia 'Trish' de la Rosa.
Now, anyone who knew them would have thought, "How in the world are THOSE two best friends?" It was true, the two were very different.
While Ally was more of a sweet smartie that had a 'floral cuteness and softness' to her with her pale skin, soft brown curly wavy locks, her doe looking brown eyes, and her adorable laugh mixed in with her petite body and brains, Trish was more of a sassy 'no stomping on me' girl with her very curly deep brown hair, tan skin, and a bit of a face and body that practically screamed 'you have no power over me'—especially with her sassy and bold looks. Even though they were very different, they both could be very hardheaded, and both were passionate to earn and achieve their goals, even though they both had different approaches to get it. Whereas Ally achieved them without a big fuss—and with a calmness—Trish liked to get things with her 'iron fist,' the two were practically like Gandhi and Hitler being best friends. No one knew if the other two famous historical figures could have been friends, but maybe they would have balanced each other out, like Ally and Trish did.
"So, are you excited to go to Clarkson High?" Ally asked Trish as they walked towards the front of the school to walk home.
"Obviously! I mean, now I'll practically have a clean record, and plus, I won't get distracted by Mr. Kowalski's shiny bald head (1) on the morning announcements every morning!" Trish ranted.
"Yeah, his head is pretty distracting. It's practically a human head disco ball, all we need to do is color it, and we'll have the world's first human head disco ball!" Ally said, giggling a bit.
As they turned down the sidewalk that would lead them to their homes, away from the middle school, Ally stopped, and took one last nostalgic glance at the middle school she had proudly worked hard at for three years.
Trish paused walking, and turned back to see Ally still nostalgically staring at their old school, and walked back to her.
"Hey, no sadness. This is the first day of our FREEDOM!" Trish says, tickling Ally's stomach to try and cheer her up and rid the feeling of sadness from Ally. It works, and Ally giggles.
"Now, come on! We're going to my house for a 'out of middle-school' celebratory sleepover!" Trish says smiling as she drags Ally to her house.
"What? But, I promised my dad that I would take care of the store… My dad doesn't even know that I'm going to go!" Ally replies, worry slightly tainting her tone.
Trish shrugs off her worry, replying coolly with, "Don't worry, it's all taken care of. Your dad knows and gave you his permission, and he even dropped off a bag with stuff for our sleepover!"
Ally shrugged, and then they reached Trish's house.
"MOM! I'M HOME!" Trish yells once they reach the house, and Trish's mom's voice replies back in a few seconds in Spanish.
"Kay, you can go upstairs while I get the make-up kit and nail polish," Trish stated in a bit of an ordering tone.
Ally's already used to not exactly being one hundred percent on board with Trish's ideas, so she just heads up, sitting on Trish's bed.
In a few minutes, Trish comes up the stairs with two big make-up boxes, a mirror, and a few nail polishes.
"I do you first, then you do me," Trish quickly says before she starts working on Ally. After about twenty minutes, Trish finishes the make-up, and hands Ally the mirror. Ally stares at her reflection, and she inwardly and outwardly gasps. Her reflection's wearing a bit of foundation, and there's a light pink blush covering up her cheeks. Her eyes seem to really pop with her coral eyeshadow that's expert fully covering her eyelids, and there's brownish black mascara making her eyelashes look so… amazing with her eyes. Then, her lips are coated with a thin coat of pale pink lipgloss, and overall, Ally feels like she looks amazing.
"What color do you want?" Trish asks, gesturing to the nail polish bottles. Ally thinks for a second before choosing the coral pink.
"Good choice," Trish says approvingly before she picks up the bottle, and starts carefully painting Ally's nails on her hands and feet. After she's done, Ally gives Trish a cool makeover and nail do. All of a sudden, Trish has a crazy idea.
"Hey, we should post pictures of us with our makeovers on Tweeter (2)!" Trish exclaims excitedly. Ally tries to talk her out of it, but in the end—of course—they end up doing just that; posting this on both of their Tweeter profiles:
Hey guys! We just had a bunch of fun giving each other makeovers, and well, we decided to show you guys how BEAUTIFUL we each look now! :)
First, Ally:
Then there was a picture of Ally smiling in that 'oh Trish' way.
Now, Trish:
There was a picture of Trish looking sassy as usual.
Us both!
Here, a picture of both of them posing with puckered lips could be seen.
Well, that's it for now. See ya later!
-Ally and Trish ;)
"Come on! Let's go shopping and get some cute outfits!" Trish exuberantly said.
Ally frowned, and later regretted not having said anything two hours later, when they were both carrying two heavy bags full of their shopping. Once they got back home, it was 11:00 PM, and since Trish's mom had threatened to stop letting Trish have sleepovers—if they didn't get in bed by exactly that time—they immediately went to bed, and while Trish slept like a baby, Ally couldn't sleep, so she pulled out her phone.
Automatically going to her Tweeter app, she checks her profile, and to her surprise, she already has ten comments on her and Trish's makeup photos.
From: Austin Moon
Hey hey Alls! You look kool like that, so pumped to see you guys tomorrow! Summer FTW!
From: Dallas Centino
You have no idea how happy I was to see that picture when I went on Tweeter. Having to go to my cousins in Montana in never any fun, so thank you for looking your adorable self and making me happier. :)
Aside from those two comments, she didn't recognize any of the people that had commented on her pics with… pervy comments that kind of disgusted her, so she just ignored them, and went to sleep slowly.
\*/
DING! DING! DING!
Trish's alarm clock blared loudly, and Ally groaned softly while stretching her arms and legs. She checked the time and saw it was 10:00 AM, and saw that Trish was still sound asleep, so she decided to wake Trish up.
Luckily, Ally had no troubles waking Trish up, and they both skipped down to the kitchen to make their classic morning-after sleepover breakfast. Banana-strawberry smoothies with cinnamon muffins.
After eating their breakfast, they head down to the mall, where they see Austin and Dez in the food court, and while Dez is checking out girls, Austin is merely texting someone with a grin on his face. Trish and Ally share baffled looks at the sight of Austin NOT checking out girls, and decide to join them.
"Hey guys!" Ally cheerfully says to Austin and Dez.
"Hey Ally!" Dez cheerfully replies.
"ALLY!" Austin happily exclaims, and hugs her tightly. Ally responds happily, at least, until she starts to choke.
"Austin—can't—breathe," She manages to choke out.
"Sorry!" Austin says hastily letting Ally go.
"So… who else is pumped that it's summer, and that next year, we're all going to the same high school?" Ally asks exuberantly.
Austin high-fives Ally, basically saying "me" through that, and Trish replies, "I'm okay with Austin, but not the bozo."
"HEY!" Dez says, frowning and crossing his arms. "I'm not a bozo!"
Austin and Ally exchange 'oh no' glances, and quickly sneak off before Trish and Dez start arguing loudly and heatedly.
"So, Austin, who were you texting?" Ally curiously asks.
"Cassidy, can you believe it? She said yes when I asked her to be my girlfriend!" Austin exclaims, his tone full of joy.
"Since when was Cassidy your girlfriend?" Ally asks with a bit of confusion. She feels happy that Austin got his dream girl, but at the same time, she feels a small panging of sadness in her heart that feels like jealousy.
'Whoa… You are NOT jealous of Cassidy Rubens being Austin's new girlfriend!'
Ally quickly scolds herself.
"Since this afternoon. I asked her out before last period, and she said yes!" Austin cheekily smiles and says.
Ally smiles, and hugs Austin."Glad to see you got your dream girl, Austin," she fake-happily says. Even though she tries hard to be happy for her friend, she still feels that pang in her chest.
"Thanks Ally!" Austin says, happily returning the hug.
\*/
At this point, it's almost been two and a half months, and while Austin, Trish, and Dez are pretty glum about starting school again, Ally is excited since it's high school.
They'd all recently gotten their high school schedules, and each of them had at least one class together or with another Team Austin member.
Ally had this schedule:
HR: Ms. Sylvie, 9A6
1st: Ms. Sylvie, 9A6, Science
2nd: Ms. Hope, 9B3, English
3rd: Study Hall
4th: Ms. Iglota, 10B7, Songwriting
5th: Mademoiselle Pierra, 10A2, French
6th: Mr. Carters, 9C5, History
7th: Mr. Bloom, 9A1, Geometry
Austin had this schedule:
HR: Ms. Sylvie, 9A6
1st: Ms. Sylvie, 9A6, Science
2nd: Study Hall
3rd: Mr. Froyo, 9A2, History
4th: Mr. Dooley, 10B5, Chorus
5th: Senorita Consuela, 10A2, Spanish
6th: Ms. Hope, 9B3, English
7th: Mr. Bloom, 9A1, Geometry
Dez had this schedule:
HR: , 9A6
1st: Ms. Sylvie, 9A6, Science
2nd: Study Hall
3rd: Ms. Hope, 9B3, English
4th: Mr. Pipo, 10C3, Technology Lab
5th: Mademoiselle Pierra, 10A2, French
6th: Mr. Froyo, 9A2, History
7th: Mr. Bloom, 9A1, Geometry
Trish had this schedule:
HR: Ms. Sylvie, 9A6
1st: Ms. Sylvie, 9A6, Science
2nd: Ms. Hope, 9B3, English
3rd: Mr. Carters, 9C5, History
4th: Professor Marko, 10B4, Management
5th: Senorita Consuela, 10A2, Spanish
6th: Study Hall
7th: , 9A1, Geometry
It was the night before their first year at high school would happen, and each of them had their own different opinions, and reactions.
Austin was sitting in his room, in the middle of a phone call with Cassidy.
"So, what classes do you have?" Austin asks Cassidy.
"I have Ms. Sylvie, Ms. Hope, Study Hall, Ms. Iglota, Mademoiselle Pierra, Mr. Carters, and Mr. Bloom. You?"
Cassidy said.
"I have Ms. Sylvie, Study Hall, Mr. Froyo, Mr. Dooley, Senorita Consuela, Ms. Hope, and Mr. Bloom. Hey, wait! We have 3 classes together! Oh yeah, and Ally has that exact same schedule. You're going to love Ally! She's super nice and a really sweet and smart girl," Austin eagerly said, not realizing that he had just inadvertently caused Cassidy to think about causing terror to Ally. Cassidy had Austin, a super hot and talented guy, and she was not going to lose him at any costs.
As Austin hangs up, he lays in his bed, hoping to find some people that are more like… him. He loves his friends, but he feels like they aren't exactly like him, so he wishes to find some people more similar to him before he drifts off to sleep.
Five minutes across town, Dez lies in his bed, thinking of what usually happened every school year. Usually, he'd automatically be branded as the 'crazy freak,' but this year, he wanted that to change. Right before he sleeps, he wishes for a school year with someone else as the person considered strange, and hopes that he'll fit in with a crowd.
Fifteen minutes from his house, Trish lies in her bed in her leopard spotted silk pajamas. She's thinking about what might happen in ninth grade, and she's hoping to find some other friends. She loves all her friends, well, not exactly Dez and she's so-so with Austin—of course, she has Ally—but she's hoping to find some new girls that have more similarities with her. She quickly wishes for that before she drifts off to dreamland.
Ten minutes across, in a cozy house, Ally lies in her bed all alone in the house since her dad's off to another work convention. She sighs sadly, since it seemed to her as if these past few months, her dad had been going to more work conventions lately. Thinking about the first day of ninth grade; she feels her insides fill up with happiness and eagerness. She's going to go to school with all her friends, and her amazing boyfriend! Smiling as she feels the clutches of sleep start to slowly take over, she quickly wishes for the chance to have a memorable year that she'll forever remember.
What none of them know is that their wishes couldn't be able to come any more true.
Author's Note: Okay, so even though I said that this would most likely be up in a week or so, my awesome beta reader, AusllyLoverN, had this beta-read in like a day or two. THANKS N! :)
Okay, so honestly, this idea just came out of the blue to me one day while I was in LA class, and we were talking about symbolism. Then, I thought about how a tree changes during each of the seasons, which could indicate different things, and then, the idea hit me. :) So you should thank my LA teacher for having indirectly given me the idea for this FOUR-SHOT. Yes, this will be an Auslly FOUR-SHOT.
Now, you may or might not recognize me as an A&A author you're familiar with. You may know me from my stories "An Austin and Ally Story", "Reunions In The City", "Always Gonna Be That Ally", "The Lonely", and my most recent and by far, most popular story, "The Two Parts of Ally Dawson's Life". If you've read or heard of those stories, and don't recognize me as the author of them, it's because I used to be 'The Reading Wizard', until I recently changed my penname.
Now, this story has a bit of a different story feel to it since I'm still slightly experimenting with how to really format my stories, and honestly, this story format is very comfortable for me. :)
Also, another different thing about this chapter is most definitely how long it is... xD Before this, the longest I'd written was like 1,500 words, and this is 2,500 words! :) See the difference?
Okay, so you may have noticed some numbers, and those numbers are always used by me whenever I need to discuss something about the thing near that number:
(1) is a teacher based on my 6th grade homeroom/LA teacher. He hated pandas, and had a shiny bald head, but his hair was mostly on his face. xD
(2) I don't own the parody of Twitter known as Tweeter, Austin and Ally from Disney made that parody up.
Okay, so usually after the numbers is where I'll thank people and whatnot. Well, I'll just thank my beta reader, AusllyLoverN, for being an amazing and really fun to know person that beta read this, and well, I just had the fortune to have chosen a beta reader that was someone I knew already from the A&A wiki.
So, this is the end of my A/N, and I'll see you guys next time! Until next time!
Yours Sincerely,
Dream-to-reality123