It was just another normal, routine Friday in the Sonic Boom. I was making sure my father's store was running correctly while he was out at one of his extreme couponing conventions. Then, Austin walked in. "Hey Austin," I said. "Hey Als," he replied while moving toward the guitars. He grabbed his favorite acoustic, started messing around with it, and sat on the counter right next to me. "Austin, you're getting in my way. I need to help my customers. Get off the counter," I said. Even though Austin looked particularly cute in his dark purple V-neck with his black skinny jeans and bright blue high tops, I was a little annoyed that he never listened to me. "Oh come on Ally. You know you love me up here," he said. Of course I love you up there! Is what I wanted to say. But I didn't. I held in my weird thoughts of whatever it was I was feeling. "Austin, if you don't get off that counter right now, I will make you get off!" I tried to sound intimidating but I don't think it worked considering I started giggling right after I "stood my ground". Austin said, "Fine. You do that. Make me." Well. I certainly did not expect that answer. "Fine then!" I attempted to push the blondie off but it wasn't working. I decided I would try to pull him off instead and that just made me fall. Austin jumped off the counter and helped me to my feet. Well THAT worked, I thought.
While we were in our little moment, Trish ran into the store and proclaimed her usual, "Guess who got a job at-," I was wondering what other store she could possibly be working at considering she had been fired from almost every store in the Miami Mall, or ALL of Miami for that matter. Trish continued, "The magic store!" I am completely confused as I question her, "Wait Trish. Haven't you already worked at the magic store?" "Yeah," she explained, "but they got a new manager so I was hired again!" Well alright then. Trish asked, "You want to see a couple tri-," She was cut off when Dez sprinted into the store screaming, "Ahhhh! Help me! I have a squirrel in my pants!" I ran up next to him and made him stop in his tracks, "Dez! How did you get a squirrel in your pants?!" "I was at the park and I wanted to pet a squirrel but he got angry and ran down my shirt! I was okay with that but then he crawled into my pants and I was like, 'Woah buddy! You are breaking the boundaries!' Now get him out!" he screamed. "I am NOT going there!" I yelled, repulsed at the thought. "I'll get it," Austin said calmly as he started hitting Dez's legs with the acoustic guitar he was playing a few minutes ago. The squirrel ran out of Dez's pants and into the mall bushes outside. "Thanks buddy," Dez said, relieved. "No problem Dez!" Austin said as he began to do his signature handshake with his best friend. "What up?!" Austin and Dez said in synchronization.
"Austin! What were you thinking?! You could have damaged the guitar! That is store property! My dad would kill me if anything happened to the instruments in here!" I said angrily, gesturing to everything in the Sonic Boom. "Sorry Ally. It won't happen again," Austin replied as if he's said this statement a million times. That's because he HAD said that statement a million times. "I can't keep forgiving you every time you do something stupid Austin. Just because we are best friends and music partners does not give you the right to disrespect me and my store," "Ally, calm down. I'm sor-," "Sorry doesn't fix anything!" I yelled, too angry to let Austin finish his sentences. "That's it!" Trish cut in. "I can't handle you two fighting over the stupidest things all the time!" she exclaimed as she moved forward, took her magic handcuffs off of her belt and attached one cuff to my right hand and the other cuff to Austin's left hand. "What are you doing?" Austin and I said at the same time. "I'm handcuffing you guys together until you figure out how to get along," Trish said, trying to calm down a bit. "Now go into the practice room and work it out." "This isn't funny Trish. Take these off," I said. "It's not a joke Ally," she replied firmly. Austin jumped in, "Fine we'll go into the practice room and make up if it will make you happy Trish." "Oh it will. Now scoot," Trish said, pointing to the practice room.
As Austin and I sat in the practice room, connected to each other (I never thought I would say that), I asked him, "Can we just apologize to each other so we can get these handcuffs off? I would really like to be able to use both of my hands," "Ugh. Fine. I'm sorry that I used a guitar that wasn't mine to get a squirrel out of Dez's pants," Austin said. I laughed, "And I'm sorry that I get my panties in a twist way too easily." "You are forgiven," Austin said. I smacked the blonde, "Oh shut up. You're forgiven too," I said in a mocking voice. We stood up and Austin attempted to hug me. It didn't exactly work considering our hands were still connected. I decided to give him an awkward side hug, "Let's just go back downstairs," I said. "Good idea," Austin replied. As we walked down the stairs into the main part of Sonic Boom, I noticed that Trish looked very uncomfortable. She was pacing back and forth with a worried look on her face. "What's wrong Trish?" I asked. Trish looked at me, even more worried now, and I began to think I knew the answer to my question. "Um... Ally? Austin? You guys are going to think this is hilarious. But, you see, while I ran here from the magic store to tell you guys my big news about getting my job back, I think I kind of sorta maybe... lost the key to the handcuffs."