22 September 2012
19-Ally
~Ally's POV~
I watched him walk away. I couldn’t believe what had just happened. I don’t know what he had been going to tell me, but I knew that Tyler coming and ruining everything didn’t help at all. I glared at Em as soon as I remembered that she had been the one who had said “yes” to Tyler. Emily looked confused. “Whoa…why are you looking at me like that? If anything, you should be happy! I just set you up with a hot junior!” I shook my head. “But I don’t like Tyler!” I snapped. Em raised her eyebrows. “I’m sorry, Ally. I thought you thought that he was cute.” I looked at her. “I know you mean well, Em, but…come here. I need to tell you something.” We sat down on some stools near the fitting rooms, and I found it hard to find a comfortable position in this stupid dress. I didn’t care though. I needed to tell Em the truth. So, that was the first time I ever unleashed my secret crush. Of course, I knew Emily would never tell anyone, so that was why I told her….but also because she was my best friend. Emily’s mouth dropped open as I told her. “Oh, god, Ally…I am so sorry. I had no idea.” I sighed. “Good…I guess I was really convincing about the whole thing.” She shook her head slowly. “But I ruined it. I ruined your chance. James was probably just going to ask you out, or something, and he saw what happened. Oh, my god, I am such a horrible person.” I touched her arm. “Hey, you are not! You are an incredible person. You were trying to set me up with a totally hot guy. Only incredible people will do that kind of thing.” Emily smiled a little. “Thanks, Ally.” I smiled back at her, but inside, I felt torn apart. Not about Em, because I had already forgiven her…but the look that had been on James’ face when he had left. It was the look that people get when they had just received a broken heart. But I must have just been seeing things, or something. James would never ask me out. That was just nonsense. Em looked at me again, and stood up. “What do you say we get out of these dresses, and go over to Jenna’s? Maybe she can hook you up with an awesome dress for tonight. I mean, if you still plan on going.” I nodded slowly, and stood up, too. “Yeah, I’ll go. I don’t want to just sit around the house and mope. I am going to do this. Maybe it will get my mind off of…James.” Just saying his name caused my eyes to water. Yes, I realized that it would be hard getting over him, because he just happened to be my brother’s best friend…so I would be seeing him often. But…to James, I was apparently dating Tyler from the football team. Any chance I had with James, no matter how microscopic it might be, was now gone. And now, as I went into the dressing room to change, I let the tears fall.
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