Summary: Ally is dragged along with the rest of Team Austin to a theme park, which has been transformed from family friendly by day, to things only nightmares are made of by night. But Ally has a secret, one that no one in Team Austin knows about. What is it, and how will the others react when they find out? A two shot in celebration of Halloween!
'No.'
'But Ally-'
'Austin, I said no.'
'But why?' Austin whined, much like a child would.
'You know why,' Ally sighed. 'I don't celebrate Halloween, I have way too much homework to do, and besides, you know I have to work tonight.'
'Can't you just ask your Dad for the night off?' Austin begged.
Before Ally could respond, Lester Dawson walked into Sonic Boom, and upon hearing Austin's question, walked over to the pair.
'What night did you want to have off, sweetie?'
'I don't, Dad.' Ally insisted, and prayed that Austin would not say anything more on the subject. She was not so lucky.
'She wants to come to this Halloween themed night at the theme park tonight, but she doesn't want to leave you to run the store by yourself.' Austin said, telling a little white lie. He knew Ally's Dad would gladly give her the night off if he said it like that.
'Of course you can go, honey! You don't have to worry about me, I'll be fine.' Lester insisted.
'But Dad, I really-'
'So it's settled then! Come on, Ally, let's go pick out our costumes!' He said, as he grabbed her by the hand and led her out of the store. Ally's mouth was opened in shock that he had somehow managed to drag her along. She was having trouble formulating the right words in respond to what Austin had just done, which resulted in her mouth opening and closing several times. Austin thought it resembled a goldfish, and found it completely adorable.
He knew he still had very strong feelings for Ally, not that Austin would admit it to anyone else but himself. He would much rather they were more than friends again, but was happy he still had her as his best friend. He was hoping soon they could give dating another try, though he wasn't sure if she still felt the same way.
'Austin, I can't believe you did that! That was very sneaky bringing my Dad into it. You knew he would give me the night off!' She exclaimed, finally finding her words, and giving Austin a light hearted slap on the shoulder. She was slightly annoyed, but she knew she wouldn't be for too long. She never could stay mad at Austin Moon.
Austin just gave Ally his most charming smile, 'Aw, come on, Ally, you'll be glad you came and you'll have lots of fun! Besides, if you didn't come, we'd have an odd number for when we go on all the rides,' Austin explained.
'Argh, fine! But I'm still not happy with you.' She said as she started to walk away, but stopped abruptly. She turned around and pointed a finger in Austin's direction.
'And don't think you can just charm me into doing anything with that smile of yours. It doesn't work on me.' She said fixing him with a glare, then stalked off again.
Austin just smirked, knowing it always did work on her, whether she wanted to believe it or not, then followed after her.
After picking out their costumes with Trish and Dez, the four friends went to Trish's place to get ready, though Ally was a reluctant participant in this.
'I don't understand why you don't want to go, Ally,' Trish said.
'I've already told you guys multiple times why. Now can we just get this night over and done with?'
'Yeah, this is going to be the best night ever! I can't wait to throw up my dinner after going on a really scary roller coaster!' Dez exclaimed with a really goofy grin.
Austin, Ally and Trish looked at him with frowns.
'What? You guys have never wanted to do that before?' He asked with raised eyebrows, looking at them sceptically.
'Nooooo..' The three said together.
Dez only shrugged, and then continued getting himself ready.
Austin, Ally, Trish and Dez were lined up at the entrance to the theme park, with tickets in hand. While Austin, Trish and Dez were staring in awe at the park decked out in Halloween themed items, Ally was starting to get restless. This just wasn't her scene at all and it was starting to scare her a bit. It wasn't just the Halloween theme, but more what came with it. Her biggest fear, bigger than even her stage fright.
Hopefully she would get lucky and wouldn't have to see any; what were the chances they would be here at a Halloween theme park. They weren't typically linked with Halloween; in fact they were linked more to kid's parties and carnivals. There was just no way she would see any here, so she decided to relax and try to enjoy this time with her friends.
Once they were inside, though not safely in Ally's opinion, she could see her three friends were almost jumping up and down in excitement.
Everyone around them was in some sort of costume, including the staff who were wondering around in their costumes, trying to scare the visitors. There were certain characters Ally recognised like Sweeney Todd and The Grudge. Ally was a naturally jumpy person, so she did not like this one bit.
'What should we do first?' Trish asked.
'Oh! Let's go on some roller coasters! No, lets go eat first! No, let's go do a scary maze!' Dez yelled in excitement.
'Yeah, that's a great idea, Dez!' Austin and Trish said in agreement.
No one noticed Ally's silence.
'Which one should we do?' Trish said as she got the park map out.
'How about this one?' Austin said, pointing to one Ally couldn't see. Though it didn't matter which one it was, she was still not thrilled about going through any maze. She knew what happened in those things, they would walk through, and the staff dressed in costume would jump out and try to scare everyone.
'That has got to be the best one! Let's do it!' Austin yelled in excitement, pumping his fist in the air.
'I uh, think I'll sit this one out guys. I might go take a look at the gift stores.'
'Oh, I see someone's chicken!' Dez said looking in Ally's direction.
'Whaaaaaat! No I'm not!' Ally denied.
'No, I mean, I see someone's chicken.' He said again, pointing behind Ally to an abandoned bucket of deep-fried chicken on a nearby table. Dez then walked passed Ally and starting eating the chicken.
'Ew! Dez, you don't know where that chicken's been!' Ally said disgusted, while Austin and Trish also looked on in horror.
Shaking her head, Trish turned to Ally.
'Come on, you have to come in! It's not like its real or anything.'
'Yeah, Ally, you have to come with us. I'll even protect you from the scary monsters.' Austin said with a smile, flinging his arm casually over her shoulder, drawing her close.
Neither were aware of the effects it had on the other, and it was over all too quickly. Ally was unaware that while she was getting caught up with Austin's close proximity, they had arrived at the maze.
A/N: The next chapter isn't too far off so please leave a review and tell me what you think so far! :)
