Ally and Austin were hanging out working on their next song, and Austin felt like he was melting. He always had that feeling when he heard her play, and most times he tried to brush it off, but sometimes he can't hold himself back from singing with her. He loved the way their voices always perfectly harmonized like a perfect duo. He was having his inner battle, when suddenly Trish burst in.

"Guess who got a job at the Coffee Cart?" she exclaimed. They just rolled their eyes. "Hey I was down there and your mom was looking for you, Austin." She said.
Austin walked down the stairs with Ally not far behind. "Hey Mom. What's up?" Austin asked. "I was just dropping by to remind you to get a present for your sister this year. You never get her anything and she's always gotten something amazing for you for your birthdays. Which I don't know how she does, seeing as you haven't spent even a second with her since the day she was born, but still. Please try to make her happy." She said. "Alright. Whatever. Okay, so what do 12 year old girls like most?" Austin thought out loud. "She's turning 14 Austin," his mom said. "Oh yeah, I knew that." Austin said. He always forgot important details like that, so he didn't understand why his mom seemed so irritated.

"You have a sister? How come you never told me?" Ally asked. He just shrugged. "Never came up I guess." He replied.

"I'm sure Cartr would appreciate anything," his mom said. "Wait, I thought you said it was his sister's birthday?" Ally said confused. "It is. Cartr is his sister." His mom replied. "Ohhh. Okay, so what is Cartr short for?" Ally asked. "Carlota or something. I forget." Austin replied. "How do you forget your own sister's name?" His mom asked obviously upset. She directed her attention to Ally. "Cartalyn Rose. She abbreviated it CR for a while but decided to just use a portion of the first part then R, and her teacher thought it said Carter, so. It stuck."

His mom left and Austin looked back to her and said, "Why don't we work on our new song?"
"You aren't upset about your sister?" Ally asked looking terrified. "How come you don't talk to her?" she asked.
He rolled his eyes and replied, "When I was little, before she was born, I got all the attention. But then she was born and everyone ignored me and it bothered me. So in return I've always ignored her. Why?"
"Maybe you should try to spend time with her. I think it would make her day just to have her brother there for her. "She'll be fine without me. My Mom is just overreacting. Don't all moms do that?" Austin asked.
"I don't know. Just do me a favor and spend some time with her." Ally asked. Austin seemed irritated. "Why?" he asked. Ally was even more irritated, and slightly angry.
"Because it's important! Do you have any idea what it's like to have siblings who are never there for you? The feeling like you are alone and you have no one? Don't you understand Austin?" she half shouted.
"Alls, I don't know what you're even talking about!" Austin replied confused. He looked at Ally who now had tears rolling down her cheek. The sight broke his heart, especially because it was his fault, but he had no idea what he did wrong.
"Why did I bother asking? You just don't get it!" She said quietly with tears rolling down her cheek. Austin opened his mouth to reply, but Ally ran away before he could say anything. "Ally, wait!" he shouted after her. He felt guilty, and wanted to see Ally more than anything. Trish walked out of behind the stairs where she was creeping on Austin and Ally's conversation.

"Trish, I know you were listening. What was she talking about?" Austin asked. "I can't tell you. I swore on her songbook." Trish said.
Austin knew how serious that was. Ally's book was kind of sacred because she never let anyone touch it, unless she trusted you with a secret, then she'd make you swear on it not to tell. He felt terrible, and for so many reasons. He made his better-than-best-friend cry, he made her so upset that she ran away, he got in a fight with her, and she said he didn't understand. The way she said it made him feel like it meant that he not only didn't understand what she was saying, but her vibe made him feel like she was saying "you don't understand ME." He still didn't know what she was talking about, or why he felt guilty, or why he was to blame for her being upset, but for some reason, he just knew that he needed to be by her. "I wonder if they'd think I have feelings for her if I did that though..." he thought to himself. "Trish is an expert on this stuff, maybe she'll know what to do."
Trish somehow read his mind and said, "I think you should go find her, because, one, she gets really emotional about this kind of stuff and when Ally is emotional, she writes songs. AMAZING SONGS. Two, you guys need to talk this through, and she needs a friend. Just go find her if you know what's good for her." He nodded and left.

He ran all over town and then realized where she was. When they were at the park not long ago, she mentioned her family taking her to the huge museum down on 1st avenue when she was little, and she said the feeling of the place calmed her. He didn't have any money with him, so he couldn't take a cab, so he ran.

He ran through the middle of the street, and got hit by a car (not so hard that he would be that hurt) and even knocked over an old lady, but he didn't care. He had to be with her. He wasn't quite sure if it was just the guilt inside of jim talking, but he had to stop it, because it hurt. He always had felt funny around Ally, but it was the good kind of funny, like you're high, but not on drugs. Almost like you're high on love. That's it. LOVE.

He had always had this feeling in his stomach when he was around her, and now he understood. Why he felt guilty, why his heart broke when she was sad, why he could hardly breathe when he looked at her, why he felt electricity when their hands touched, why he missed he warm feeling he got when they sat on the piano bench together, why when something exciting happens, he always wants to tell Ally first, what Ally meant (kind of) when they were back at Sonic Boom, and why he's doing what he's doing right now. It was all because he loved her.

He loved her smile, her love of music, the smell of her strawberry shampoo mixed with her heavenly perfume, her quirky habits, the way she got lost in a song, the way he melted in her chocolaty brown eyes, and the feeling he got when he was with her. He loved everything about her and he needed to tell her. Now that he realized the feelings he had all along, he ran even faster than before, running to the one he loved.

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