Austin and Ally: I Want You To Want Me

Prologue:

Ally was sitting in the practice room of Sonic Boom, her parent's store, which Ally and her brother, Dez, worked at.

The ding on her cell phone timer signified that it was time to lock up, so Ally closed up her song-diary (a combination of a songbook and a diary) and left the room to find Dez. When she got to the main storeroom, it was empty. I wonder where Dez is, she thought.

Assuming he already left, she snatched the store keys off the counter and locked the door. She turned away from the door and ran to catch up with Dez. She wasn't looking where she was going; instead she was looking at passing stores. Abercrombie, Hollister, Victoria's Secret…

Oooh I think I have that bra, she thought and peeked her head down the collar of her shirt to check. Yep, that's definitely… Before she could finish her thought, she realized that she could now see the ceiling – she was falling backward. It wouldn't be long now until her head met the ground. Suddenly she stopped falling. At first she thought she was either floating or dead but then she realized that someone had caught her. She turned her head to the right and looked up to see that it was a boy with slightly messy blonde hair. He helped her to her feet and smiled. Ally studied him carefully. He had hazel eyes that seemed to hypnotize her, leaving her frozen in place and staring at him. She noticed his muscles, which were natural looking and not too big, peeking out of the sleeves of his white short sleeve shirt. His shorts were a mocha color, reminding Ally a lot of the Starbucks at the other end of the mall.

"Are you okay?" the boy asked.

"Umm yeah, fine" she answered. "Wait…what happened to me? How did I fall…or almost fall I mean?" Ally tilted her head slightly, looking confused.

"You were looking at something in your shirt and weren't watching where you were going. I think you were running, but you slipped on this water puddle." He explained and pointed to the puddle next to their feet.

"Oh wow! I'm so stupid! I really should be more careful." She rolled her eyes at herself for her stupidity and then stared into his eyes once again.

"It's okay, I'm just glad you didn't get hurt." He picked up her purse and handed it to her.

"Thanks." She smiled. "I'm Ally." She brushed a stray piece of hair behind her ear.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Austin. Do you mind if I ask you something?" He looked at the ground nervously.

"Yea, sure. You saved me. The least I could do is answer a question." She started putting items that fell out of her purse back in it.

"Okay, so why were you looking inside your shirt?" He smiled nervously.

Ally blushed. She could tell that he felt uncomfortable asking her this question but she assumed he was curious so she didn't blame him. "Oh umm…no reason." She giggled nervously (she always giggled when she got nervous) "Well…uh…umm…see you around." She picked her phone up from the ground, dusted it off, and put it in her purse. She started to run again towards the building's exit.

"Hey Ally, nice meeting you. Oh and be careful, I wouldn't want you to fall."

Ally stopped running for a second and looked back at Austin. He smiled genuinely and waved. Ally waved back and started running again. Awh, that's so sweet. We just met and he already cares about my safety. She smiled at the thought. After Ally left, Austin picked his phone off the floor and put it in his pocket.

Chapter 1: Falling For You

Ally's POV:

I was sitting at my desk, trying to do my homework, but I just couldn't concentrate, at least not since I met Austin. He is just so sweet, I thought as I gazed up at the ceiling smiling.

Just then I heard a buzzing sound. I looked around the room, wondering what it was. Then I heard the sound again; it was coming from my purse. I fished past lip-gloss and loose change until I found my phone. That's weird, I thought, this isn't my ringtone. I turned on the phone, watching the screen illuminate. My wallpaper had been changed from a picture of my best friend, Trish, and I to an electric guitar with paint splatter.

A new message popped up on the screen. It said "Are you still going to that beach party tomorrow, cuz if not we can always catch a movie instead?" I read it aloud. Above the text, it said that someone named Natalie sent it.

"Oh. My. God. This isn't my phone!" I screamed. I frantically threw my bed pillows and dug through my drawers in hope of finding my phone, but it wasn't here. I tried to think of places that I might've put it, but the last place I remembered having it was at the practice room today.

I have a great idea, I thought as I dialed the phone. I can just call my phone and whoever answers it is the person whose phone I have. I waited patiently for the person to answer. When they did, I said, "Hi, I think you have my phone by mistake. Can we meet somewhere to exchange phones because I really need mine back?"

"Sure." The boy said. "You sound familiar. Do I know you from somewhere?"

"I don't think so. My name's Ally." I started to fix my bed pillows.

"Oh I do know you! We met at the mall today remember? I'm Austin, the guy that caught you." Austin said.

"Yeah I remember now." I twirled my hair and smiled. "Do you wanna meet me at Sonic Boom tomorrow at 2 o'clock?"

"Sure." He said. "Bye."

"Bye." I said and hung up.

Austin's POV:

Oh Ally…she's so beautiful. I get to see her tomorrow and I can't wait! I drummed my fingers on the table, lost in my thoughts. Wait! What am I thinking? I'm with Natalie and I really like her, but Ally's just so… No! I can't! This is wrong. On the other hand, they are just thoughts…but this feels like cheating even though I'm not. Hmmm…I know! ... I can hang out with Natalie; then these thoughts will go away.

I grabbed my phone and turned it on. The screensaver was a picture of Ally and another girl, her friend maybe.

Oh. I remembered. This isn't my phone and I don't know Natalie's cell phone number from memory. So…I guess this means I don't have to see her today. I shrugged, relieved. No, I mean I was upset that I wouldn't get to see her. Didn't I wanna spend time with my girlfriend?

I snapped back to reality and realized I was still staring at the picture of Ally. It's weird how Ally and I had the exact same phones…well, from the outside at least. Is this some kind of sign? I thought, still looking at the picture.

I snapped the phone shut, then, I opened it again and scrolled through to the Phone Info on Ally's phone. When I saw what her cell number was, without thinking, I wrote it down on a piece of paper. I turned off the phone and put both the phone and the piece of paper in my pocket.

I stood up and glanced at my glow-in-the-dark watch. "Holy shit!" I shouted. "I'm late!" I quickly threw clothes, toothpaste, toothbrush, hairbrush, deodorant, cologne, and a bunch of other things into my old high school football bag. I dashed out into my car, while carrying my bag, and fired up the ignition. I sure hope Dez doesn't mind that I'm late, I thought as I backed out of my driveway.