Mission: Help Allyson Dawson

Astrawberry11: I've never seen 'Pretty Little Liars' but no they aren't going to start dating like that. You'll have to read to find out what's going to happen.

HussieHusky: Austin is 23 (just turned) and Ally is 17 (will be 18 soon).

chloe: Sorry dear, I mean no disrespect. I just picked the most popular...popular girl names and that's what came up.

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Austin was at his limit. For three days now he had been trying to get one Allyson Dawson alone with him. Yet every time he tried she either made some lame excuse (she was a horrible liar) or found some way to avoid him. Something was wrong. He noticed something was off the first day he saw her sitting alone in the back of his classroom singing to herself. His suspicions were confirmed when she ran out of class. The only thing he wanted to do was apologize for the class's behavior that day, but Ally wasn't giving him the time of day.

Finally he had no choice but to give up. Instead he decided to try a different tactic. All day Austin went around from teacher to teacher asking about Ally. By the end of the day it was clear that Ally was being bullied. Apparently some of the other teachers had tried to help out but they couldn't stop all of the students for torturing the poor girl, plus Ally wouldn't ask for any help. She was a loner, barely talked to anyone and even ate her lunch outside instead of in the lunchroom. Now that Austin knew all of this he was going to make it his mission to help Ally. He would show her that there were people out there in the world who cared for her, but before he could do that he had to get her alone at least for a few minutes.

Normally Austin would be sitting in the music room during lunch, thinking of that afternoon's lesson plan; he usually forgot to do it the night before. Luckily last night he remembered to do it, making him have a free lunch period. Now was the time to strike. When the lunch bell rang he strolled outside to the courtyard. The students like being inside; for reasons he couldn't fathom, meaning nobody liked to eat in the courtyard which is why Ally probably decided to eat there everyday.

He stood at the entrance doors to the lunchroom for about five minutes before it opened, revealing Ally Dawson walking out, try in hand. She seemed lost in thought and didn't notice him, until he laid a gentle hand on her shoulder, stopping her. Startled Ally jumped dropping her tray. "It's me." Austin voiced, hoping to calm down the scared girl.

Upon hearing his voice Ally relaxed slightly and turned towards him. "Mr. Moon, what are you doing out here?" Noticing that Ally still looked uncomfortable Austin released his grip on her shoulder and stepped back allowing her some room to breathe. "Trying to get you alone, since you've made it damn near impossible to do so, this is what I had to resort to." Ally narrowed her eyes, "You shouldn't swear Mr. Moon. Surely a teacher would know better." She scolded, but instead of making Austin feel ashamed he was amused.

"I'll make sure to remember that Ms. Dawson." He replied but it was evident by his tone of voice that he was being sarcastic. This only made Ally narrow her eyes more, now they only looked like two small slits. "You wanted me alone Mr. Moon I suppose you have a reason." Austin nodded his head; he had almost forgotten why he was here. "Yes I wanted to apologize for what happened in class the first day I taught. The class should have respected you instead of lashing out."

Ally's eyes widened with surprise. Apparently this wasn't what she was expecting Austin to say. "It's the teacher's job to make sure nothing like that happens, yet I couldn't control my class." Austin looked at her with pleading eyes, hoping that she could forgive him.

For a few minutes Ally only stared at him, making Austin fidget a bit but he continued to look at her as well. Then Ally hung her head, "Don't apologize. I'm used to it." She mumbled but Austin heard her clearly. "You shouldn't be." He retorted. Ally lifted her head up with a smile. "Thank you for caring Mr. Moon, but I'm really alright. Now if you will excuse me I need to get another lunch before classes start up again." On that note Ally walked back into the classroom, leaving Austin alone with an empty feeling.

He thought that if he apologized he'd feel better but now he felt worse and helpless. Ally needed help, but Austin didn't have a clue how to help especially when she was closed off. Lost in thought Austin walked back to his classroom, waiting for lunch to end so he could start his next class.

Ally didn't go back into the lunchroom. On her way back to buy another lunch she received a call from her mother, demanding she return home. Being the good girl she was hated the thought of skipping classes but would rather skip than face the wrath of her mother. She grabbed the work she needed and sneaked out of the school. Her house wasn't that far from the school, it took her only a few minutes before she was walking in the front door.

Her mother was sitting at the kitchen table. She looked angrily at her daughter, but made no move to get up. "Cook me something. I haven't eaten anything for a while now. What kind of daughter are you, letting your own mother starve to death?" Penny was furious if her body didn't ache she would have been more forceful, something Ally was grateful for. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. I'll cook something straight away." She quickly made her way over to the stove whipping up a couple of eggs and toast; she noted that it was time to go shopping soon. As soon as Ally set down the plate of food her mother hungrily attacked it. Ally felt sick as she watched her mother devour the food.

When she was down eating, pushed the plate away and slumped over the table. Used to this sort of behavior; Ally grabbed the plate washing it straight away. She quietly put it away and silently went to her room. Once her door was closed, she let out a deep sigh of relief.

Dear Journal,

Today seems to be an okay day. At least I didn't receive any unnecessary bruising from my mother. Too dad it won't last long. Anyway speaking of bruising I have one on my back from a couple of days ago when a student roughly pushed me into my locker. Luckily no teacher saw and I won't have to explain how I received it since you can't see it.

Did I say today was okay? Because it was more weird….Mr. Moon finally caught me alone and apologized. I was expecting him to ask questions, but it turned out fine. I am a little worried though since unlike the other teachers he seems interested in what goes on in my life. The good thing is that he is a caring teacher and he makes music classes somewhat fun (I still miss our old teacher). Oh I have some new lyrics.

Lyrics:

- I'm the girl in the corner of the room

The one you never notice

Getting lost among the stars in the sky

Like a picture out of focus

I'm the sun in your eyes

Yet, you don't see me

I wear no disguise

But you don't see me

I'm a total surprise

And you don't see me

I'm so agonized

That you don't see me

You don't see me. – [1]

Ally closed her book with a smile; lately she had a lot of inspiration and had been writing song after song. She was still a bit bugged that Austin heard her sing; no one has ever heard her sing before him; but he hadn't mentioned anything about it. As Ally lay down to sleep she kept thinking of the bright blonde haired teacher and how nice he seemed.

The next morning Ally wasn't lucky like the night before. She had overslept leaving her alarm clock beeping for 15 minutes straight angering her mother because she was woken up by the noise. She received a smack in the face; she wasn't looking forward to that explanation; and a kick in the stomach. Her day may have started out bad, but on the bright side she had worse. However the trip to school was brutal, she was aching with each step she took.

At school the other students pointed at her newly formed bruise which was already turning purple. They didn't ask how she had gotten it, instead they started making up rumors on how it happened. Coming up with ridiculous notions; along the lines of her applying make-up to make it look like she had a bruise to get attention. Basically they were now calling her an attention whore and after the first few comments, she tuned them out.

Again Ally was slammed into her locker, this time it was her front that hit the door, but it hurt just as bad especially since she now had a bruise there as well. "Are you alright? That looked like it hurt." Ally turned her head surprised to see, a girl there staring at her with a worried expression. Now that she thought about it she remembered her from music class. "Trish, right?" Ally asked dodging the first question. Trish nodded, "Yes and how did you get that." She pointed at the purple blob on Ally's face. "Didn't you hear, it's make-up." Ally joked. "That's what the others are saying." Trish frowned, "Sorry I tend to ignore stupid rumors. Besides you never wear make-up why start now." Trish's comment surprised Ally; she didn't realize people actually paid attention to her besides when they were bullying her. "I'm clumsy. I ran into a door, silly me."

"You're a horrible lair. You know that?" Trish and Ally looked to see Austin leaning against the locker next to Ally's. He was staring at the bruise with a furious look. "What?" Ally's voice squeaked, betraying her. "I…I ran into a door okay. Honestly I don't think it's any of your business Mr. Moon." Austin raised an eyebrow, while Trish clapped happily from the sidelines. "Wow! You're feistier then you look, but on a serious note I don't believe you either." Ally sighed her arms were held tightly at her side, stopping her from fidgeting. "Believe what you want it's the truth. Now if you will excuse me the bell is going to ring in a few seconds." Ally threw both Austin and Trish a smile before rushing off, leaving them both unhappy with her response.

Austin grumbled about how stubborn she was and then continued on like that to his class. Trish stared after both of them with a grin on her face. "He so likes her." She exclaimed to herself. "Hmm…maybe I could get them together." Suddenly a thousand scenarios popped into her head, each one ending with Austin and Ally as a couple. "I think they can get together on their own. You shouldn't push them." Trish pouted. "Dez! How many times do I have to tell you not to tell me what to do?" Dez shrugged in response, annoying Trish even more. "Fine, be like that. I have to go otherwise I'll be late." Dez followed after her. "You're always late." He commented.

[1]: 'You Don't See Me' sung by Ally in the episode of Austin and Ally called 'Deejays and Demos'.