You could be one of those people who constantly change throughout their lives and never really rest on one personality. Or maybe one that foes through one huge change, but everything remains the same afterward. Or...maybe one of those who never change at all.
Take Ally Dawson, for example. She's a little bit of a mix between all of those. It's strange how one person did that for her though. If she never met Austin Moon, she would never overcome her severe stage fright, never have anyone know how talented she really is, never be living her dream. She would still be the dork going to the library to read at recess instead of playing dodgeball outside, and be the one getting hit by those dodgeballs if she did. She would still have the weird habit of chewing her hair when she gets nervous.
She did have her best friend Trish, but what would she do for Ally? Sit there and listen to her babble on about her problems? There was one flaw about that plan: Trish never listens. She can't keep a job for even a whole day because she doesn't listen...that is, unless that job involved being paid to sleep.
And then Austin Monica Moon came along. Overheard her singing a song she wrote, stole it, sang it, posted it all over the Internet, became an overnight sensation. So, later he begged her for forgiveness and asked her to be his partner and write sings for him. Wait, you know this story. So let's skip ahead a bit.
Austin's more outgoing, upbeat personality started rubbing off on Ally slowly. Before she would never even consider letting Austin and his BFF (best freckled friend) Dez play some type of game with the instruments in her father's music store, Sonic Boom, the next thing you know, she's saying that Dez's instrument domino course was amazing, next, Austin's teaching her how to play clarinet golf. She dyed the tips of her hair blonde and exchanged her lacy vests, frilly skirts, and combat boots for bright tank tops, tight skirts, colored jeans, and wedges. She first overcame her stage fright disguised as Taylor Swift, with Austin performing with her. The second, actually being her, without being under disguise, Austin also performing with her.
But if I told you that was all that happened within that year, I would be leaving SO much out.
They always say you want what you can't have, right? That's where Austin and Ally began to take the first huge drop down in the roller coaster that was their relationship. And this, my friend, is where it begins.