"You're telling me you don't think it's a cool idea?" Dez asked in disbelief.

"I'm just saying me on top of a volcano dancing with a penguin wouldn't work for a music video. It's not even relevant to the song!" Austin replied.

"Celebrities. They're never reasonable." The red haired teen muttered, causing Austin to roll his eyes.

They walked into Sonic Boom talking amongst themselves when Trish came up to them. "Guess who got a job at the movie store!" she said cheerfully, pointing to her headband that had a small plastic roll board on it.

"Let me guess; you?" Dez asked, seriously oblivious.

She sighed and smacked his arm. He yelped an "Ow!" before holding his injury. "Oh calm down you baby. I didn't even hit that hard." Trish waved him off.

"Says you!" Dez exclaimed, pointing accusingly at her.

She was about to retort when Austin interrupted them. "Trish!" Once he got her attention, he said, "Where's Ally? I need to get the new song from her."

Trish sighed and pointed behind her. "She's over there, talking to guess who?" She said the last part in a fake happy tone.

Austin looked over at the shop counter. There he saw Ally leaning over the counter top, talking to boy with shaggy brown hair. She was twirling a piece of hair around her finger and smiling at the boy, who wasn't very much taller than her.

"Dallas?" Austin asked, although it was more of a voiced thought.

"Yep. They've been over there since I got here two hours ago!" Trish exclaimed.

"Yeah, they've been pretty much inseparable since Trish's Quincinerra." Dez chimed in.

"Trust me, I know." Austin responded. Although for some reason it sounded more bitter than he intended.

Suddenly their attention was back over at their friend. Ally waved to Dallas before he walked out the door and out of sight. Austin took this as his chance.

"Ally!" he called. She looked at him and smiled. Austin felt his face grow warmer, but he decided to ignore it. He didn't know if Dallas would be coming back and he needed to talk to her about the new song.

"Hey!" she greeted as she came over to them. "How long have you guys been here?"

"Not long." Austin said, but behind him he heard Trish mumble "Two hours."

"Good. I would've been with you sooner, but I was a little…distracted." She giggled at the last part.

Trish, forgetting her resentment bout waiting so long, smirked. "Yes, we all saw Dallas."

Ally blushed. "Well, never mind that." She turned to Austin, a bigger smile on her face. "Guess what I have?"

"What's with all the guessing today?" Dez asked to no one in particular.

Austin ignored him. "My new song?" he asked hopefully.

She nodded and grabbed his hand, pulling him over to the counter. She went behind it and grabbed her song book from underneath it and flipped to a page. "I think this is pretty promising." She said, not taking her eyes off of the page.

"Well, you wrote it. It's bound to be promising." Austin smiled. Ally looked up, surprise on her face. She didn't realize that she said that out loud. But she smiled back at him. "Thanks."

"No problem. Now come on! Let's go run that baby!" With that he ran up to their practice room, her laughing and following right behind.

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Ally hit the final keys on the piano as Austin sang the last notes. The room went quiet for a brief moment before the blond singer said, "Ally, I think this is my new hit!"

She shook her head. "You're exaggerating."

"No, I mean it." He said, causing her to face him.

"Really?" she asked. He thought it was cute how much hope was clear in her eyes.

Wait, did he just think she looked cute?

He came back to reality. "Yes." He clarified, making her show a huge smile.

Suddenly they heard a beep coming from across the room. She jumped up and ran over, retrieving her phone. She came back over, reading the new message on her phone's screen.

"What's up?" Austin asked, looking up at her.

She didn't respond for a second, her eyes scanning the screen. Then she met his eyes. "Um, can we call it an early day? I have to go meet someone."

"Don't tell me; Dallas?" he asked, a knowing smile on his face.

She was about to say something when she sighed and grinned, telling him her answer without words. He chuckled and motioned to the door. "Go. We'll just practice more later."

She let out a squeal and side hugged him. "Oh, thanks!" she said, pulling away from him. She then grabbed her purse and ran out the door.

He watched her retreating back, smiling. But when she was out of sight, he frowned involuntarily. He felt something at the pit of his stomach, something that did not feel good. He just shook his head, thinking it wasn't important.

He stood up and walked out, ready to meet up with Dez. But something would be tugging at the back og his mind for the rest of the day, he just knew it.

Yay, my first Austin and Ally fanfic! Haha :D

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