DISCLAIMER: I do not own Austin & Ally. If I did, there would be more frequent episodes and at least 10 more seasons
Chapter One
"Last call for AA312, flying to New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Please proceed to Gate 27 in the next 10 minutes."
This is the correct thing to do, Ally! Just walk towards the gate! Her brain screamed, as it was as though it was trying to sway her decisions towards boarding the plane. But, wasn't her mind already made up? Wasn't she already so sure of going to New York? It's not like this type of opportunity happened everyday! She didn't have any doubts, did she?
"I'm going to miss you guys too, but you know I can't pass up this opportunity…"
Ally's words were echoing in her head – like a mantra. She was nervous. She bit down on her lip – the gang didn't even know that she was at the Miami International Airport, about to board a plane to New York. It was too painful to see them she had decided. Too painful to see the reaction on Dez's, Trish's and Austin's face. They would just have to find out that she had already left, the hard way. Ally did leave letters for all of them though. She wasn't that heartless.
"Ally, I'll miss you." Lester Dawson, her dad said, his eyes brimmed with unshed tears, as he pulled her into his arms.
"I'll miss you too, dad!" Ally had replied, her edges of her mouth turning up to a sad smile. "But once I have graduated from MUNY, I promise that I will take the first flight back to Miami."
"I know dear, it's just that, I watched you grow up into who you are today, I can't think of you as anything than my baby girl!"
"I know."
"I wish you all the best and I know that you'll do well."
"Thanks dad. I love you, dad."
"I love you too, sweetheart."
Ally kissed her dad on the cheek one last time, before grabbing hold of her belongings, and headed off to the boarding zone, with her dad's hand waving her off unyieldingly, in the background.
There was no turning back now.
Austin Moon thought that today, would be like any other day. Trish would come in declaring that she had a new job, Dez would direct a play or participate in some cinematic event, and Ally would be minding Sonic Boom.
But when Austin woke up, there was a sinking feeling in his chest, and ache that did not seem to go away.
His breakfast was typical enough, his parents was needed at the store and had left him a stack of pancakes and syrup. He met up with Dez at the fountain in the mall; he was totally engrossed in the latest adventures of the Electric Avenger.
"Hiya Dez!" Austin greeted him.
Dez frantically waved his hands around, trying to signal Austin to shush, his head stuck even more into his book.
"Come on Dez, you barely began that book, you probably have another bazillion pages to read! Do you plan on sitting here all day?"
"Quiet Austin, have some consideration! Can you see that I'm trying to read?" Dez dragged the last syllable for a few seconds.
Austin just laughed. "You can still read at Sonic Boom you know, and I bet you will totally freak Ally out that you are actually doing something, that is slightly educational."
Hearing "freak" and "Ally", Dez shot out with a goofy grin. "Come on slowpoke, we need to get our scare on!" Dez shot off in the direction of Sonic Boom. Austin just grinned and took off jogging too, not wanting Dez to reach first.
Yes, it did seem just like any other day. So far, Austin's and Dez's daily routine was pretty much the same. There was nothing out of the ordinary, there were no mysterious stalkers, but that uneasy feeling never left.
Austin soon found that he was dreading to enter Sonic Boom, for some reason, when he thought of that music store; he felt fear, and terror, to a certain extent.
"Hiya Trish!"
Dez's cheerful demeanor brought Austin out of his daze. He looked at the direction Dez was waving. Decked out in 4 different necklaces, as well as rings on nearly every finger, was Trish. Seeing us, she walked over.
"Guess who got a job in the malls luxurious jewelry store, the Bling Things?" Trish began, and then posed like a model "How do you like, my bling-blings?"
"That's awesome Trish, but isn't all of that like, really expensive?" Austin asked.
"I'm just borrowing these, and breaking them in. anyway, I have employee discounts on all the jewelry. So I bought something for all of you guys, even you Dez."
"Aww thanks Trish!" Dez exclaimed, and proceeded to wrap his arms around her.
"Continue to do that and I'm selling back your present."
Dez then jumped away from her, as if he was burned. Trish rolled her eyes. "I was going to get charm bracelets, but you guys, are well, male. And i won't be that mean to my client, maybe to you Dez. So instead, I go all of you a necklace each. Austin, yours and Dez's look like medallions, so it's more masculine. On the other hand, Ally's and mine are actual necklaces. They are all actually lockets, and I've already inserted a group picture of all of us on one side. You can decide what you want to put on the other."
"Thanks Trish!" Dez exclaimed again, clapping his hands together excitedly, like a toddler on sugar rush.
"Here you go."
Austin's pendant was circular, but the details engraved on it made it seem like a full moon. Dez's was shaped as a clapperboard, and even had his name engraved under director on the pendant. Trish also showed us hers.
"It was pretty easy to choose what you guys would like, Austin – your middle name, Dez you are pretty much determined to be a director, and Ally's is a sun, because Daw-SUN, or maybe DAWN-son, but I wasn't sure what to get for myself, so i choose a crown! Mostly because I'm amazingly awesome."
Dez nodded his head thoughtfully. "So there really was no reason why you chose a crown huh."
Trish just ignored him. "I actually wanted to give these necklaces to all of you at one shot, at Sonic Boom, but when I saw you guys, I couldn't resist! I was so excited!"
"Okay, okay, now you should go give your present to Ally, or would you rather stay here, and talk to me?" Dez said to Trish, wriggling his eyebrows around.
"Nah, I think I will pass. Maybe some lonely lady will stay and accompany you, maybe someone just as sad and lonely. But I'm out!" Trish brisk walked towards the music store.
"When have ever been sad and lonely?" Dez exclaimed indignantly at her retreating form.
"Don't worry bud. You're not really sad or lonely." Austin said, patting his back reassuringly. "Let's just go and meet Ally. After all, it's not like we have much time to spend together now. She is leaving any day."
When both of them were approaching Sonic Boom, they noticed something strange. Firstly, instead of Trish going into the store, and gossiping with Ally, she was stood frozen at the door. Secondly, there was a sign pasted on the door.
It wrote: For all music students, all classes have been cancelled until further notice.
We are sorry for the inconvenience and seek your understanding.
For further enquiries, please refer to Mr. Lester Dawson.
Austin quickly ran up to Trish, her face looked horrified and in shock. "What's wrong?"
With her eyes still wide, she replied. "That's...That is not Ally."
Her finger pointed forward, towards the counter, and sure enough it was not the sweetheart that we knew. She was as different to Ally as light was to day. Her hair was bleached blonde, and her eyes were strikingly green. She was tall and she did not seem awkward around the customers. But she wasn't Ally.
Dez walked into the store first. "Hi there, I'm Dez, who are you?" He asked as suavely as he could.
"Hi there! My name's Megan. It's nice to meet you!" She smiled prettily. "Hold on a sec, are your friends Trish and Austin?"
"Yeah, how do you know?"
"Well, I was told by Mr. Dawson that if a trio of people, by the name Trish, Dez and Austin come in, I would need to direct the group to his office."
"Why? Did something bad happen to Ally? Because no offense, but you are kind of in her spot…"
"Nothing necessarily bad happened to her, but I'm sorry for your loss…"
Austin snapped up when he heard this. He immediately charged over to the counter, his fists shaking in fear. He slammed his fist down, his eyes were wild and his body shook. "What do you mean sorry for her loss?!"
"I'm sorry, but I think that Mr. Dawson should tell you the news, rather than me." She said apologetically
"Well, I'm sorry for Austin's behavior. He's kind of in love with Ally, you know?" Trish cut in, whispering the last sentence into Megan's ear.
"Ah, I see. Don't sweat about it! I understand." Megan replied back,. "Now go to his office! Or Austin here will blow a fuse. His office is the first door up the stairs"
Trish thanked her, and hurriedly grabbed hold of both Austin's and Dez's hands, practically dragging them along. It seems that the practice room has now been turned into Mr. Dawson's office.
Austin was both devastated and furious. How dare some girl step into Ally's spot? And what did he mean that she was sorry for my loss? He let himself be manhandled by Trish. Dez on the other hand, was concerned, but he mostly was looking around the store in awe, trying to see if there were any other differences.
Soon, they stood outside the door. Instead of the "Keep Out" sign that Ally used to hang; it now had a proper sign, which wrote "Lester Dawson" across. Trish took a deep breath in, and hesitantly knocked on the door.
"Come in!" The unmistakable sound of Ally's dad was heard, and Austin tentatively pushed open the door, expecting the worst.
"Oh, hi kids. Megan sent you guys up, didn't she?" He said to us. We nodded our heads.
"Well…" he continued. "I should just go straight to the point; Ally has already left for New York, and won't be coming back to Miami until after she graduates. She says she is sorry that she left so suddenly, and she will miss all of you. She also told me to give these letters to you three."
"WAIT WHAT?" Trish yelled, her eyes blazing. "She just took off and left? She didn't even inform us which day she was leaving! She thinks she can just do this to us?"
"I'm sorry Trish, I did tell her that she should inform you guys, considering you four are such good friends, but she feared the worst, and she was scared of your reaction too."
"So this is what our friendship amounts too huh." Austin said sadly. He walked over to Mr. Dawson's table, and took the letter that had his name written on in her perfect calligraphy, and walked out of the door.
Mr. Dawson sighed. "Look, Dez, Trish, Ally really cared for you guys, and I think you guys were also great friends to her. So just read her letters, before judging her decisions please." He passed the last two letters out to them, and went after Austin.
Austin was sitting at the piano downstairs, playing a melancholic piece. His heart felt like it was tearing itself to pieces, his chest clenched so much, it hurt. His eyes were watering with unshed tears, threatening to spill over any moment now.
"Look Austin. I don't know how much a difference this will make, but she really cared for all of you guys, and if it will make you feel better, she feared your reaction the most. She was afraid to hurt you. And I have never seen that on my daughter before. She knew Trish for a long time, and I think her reaction would be pretty obvious, and she was not as close to Dez as you. I'm telling you Austin, she really cared about you, and I bet she will miss you the most. You really changed her, and I am grateful that she still feels so much love from her friends." Mr. Dawson said when he found him. However, Austin just ignored him. His own heart was breaking, and he felt as though his own soul was being ripped out. He felt so hollow inside.
He finally played the last note on the piano and sighed heavily.
"Mr. Dawson, tell Trish and Dez that I'll be leaving first." He said, stuffing the letter into his pocket and trudged out of the door.
"I think he really loves Ally, boss, even though he doesn't notice it yet." Megan commented as she watched the exchange.
"I can see it too, Megan, and it is just so pitiful to think that he is going through such heartbreak, with my daughter too. But I can't do anything about it…"
"Good luck sir."
"No… I don't need luck today, Austin does."
Dez was feeling sad. Without Ally's constant lame jokes, to laugh at, and ridicule, there did not seem like there would be much joy in his life. In fact, he was unable to imagine life without Ally. She was the one that made Austin famous, and helped bring up his reputation as a director. But he knew that what he was feeling was probably considered minor in compared to what Austin and Trish were feeling.
So yes, Dez was really unhappy. But he knew that this opportunity that Ally has received was a real big deal. If Dez was offered a place in a filming academy in another state, he probably would also have taken it. This type of opportunity could make or break a career!
He wished he wouldn't feel so lonely and abandoned though, regarding how Ally has left them. He wished that Ally had told them that she was leaving. If they could only have spent her last day, well knowing that it was her last! They could have thrown her a massive farewell party, brought her out adventuring! But due to Ally's actions. There was no way to know what would have happened if her decision was different. Dez sighed sadly, and opened the letter, hoping that what was written would not hurt him so much.
Trish was angry. That was how she dealt with sadness. She was no crybaby. But she could not deny that what she found out did not make her eyes water, did not make her want to cry. She couldn't believe that her friend, of so many years, could so easily pack up and leave the country, just like that. She now regretted, helping to fill in that application to MUNY for Austin and Dez. She should have just let them send in a joke of an application, resulting in her getting rejected without her even knowing! But no, she just had to care so much.
Trish felt as though she had just lost a friend. She felt as though Ally thought that her friendship with Trish meant nothing. Trish felt abandoned. Now she only had the two boys to keep her company. There were no more girls' night out; there were no more shopping sprees with bffs. She opened the letter that was still clutched in her hand, and read.
She didn't understand, and the hurt she was feeling was being translated into fury. She needed an outlet, and she started punching the wall, letting her emotions out. But when her fury started to flatter, her punching reached a minimum, and soon her dam broke. Hot tears poured down silently, and for the first time, she had let her walls down. This was how much Ally meant to Trish, but was what Trish meant to Ally the same?
Austin felt depressed. Not suicidal depressed, but more sad to the point that he did not feel like eating at all, sleeping at all, feeling at all.
How could she do this to me? She's my partner! We're supposed to always be there for each other! He thought angrily, kicking a pebble on the sidewalk. His fists clenched even more, and he could feel his fingernails digging into the palm of his hand.
He reached home quickly, since his mind was busy being preoccupied with thoughts of Ally. His parents were still not back from Moon's Mattress Kingdom, so the house was empty, and it reflected his heart.
He quickly locked himself in his bedroom, and tore open the letter.
And what he read made his body shiver even more, and soon salty tears were rolling down his cheeks, after so many years. It was amazing that Ally had such an effect on him. The sky had darkened during the time he was reading Ally's letter, and soon it was raining, and thundering.
Being alone in the house had its perks at a time like this. He let his tears flow freely, not caring to mask his sadness at this point of time. He cried and cried. His heart was aching so greatly, it felt like it would give out. His brain was hurting for thinking so much, about her, and his vision was blurry as he collapsed on his bed. He only hoped that the sound of thunder was loud enough to cover his frantic sobs.
Like pieces of a puzzle,
without each other,
we're in trouble, trouble
Hey, I will always stay,
By your side forever,
cause we're better together,
Hey there's no other way,
We'll make it through whatever
cause we're better together
like the waves need the
sand to crash on,
like the sun needs a world to shine on,
you're the bright side of everyday,
me without you just isn't the same,
it's not the same,
better, oh better,
oh we're better together
A/N: Hihi! My name is Misty, and thanks for reading my story! I do accept constructive criticism and also you can point out any errors that I may have done. Also, sorry if the characters are a bit OOC, haha. If you have any ideas about how the story should continue, feel free to tell em! If I like, i'll put it in the story :). Also if you can, tell me your opinion about Trish and Dez, whether they should date (at all) and if they date, who would you like them to date! Lastly, sorry if this comes of as demanding :X
xoxo Misty!~
