Author's Note: Hey, so I thought I might try to write another Auslly fic (since Im like OBSESSED with them lol, no joke). Anyways. I orginally was gonna make this a one shot, but it kinda turned into a bigger thing. I'm not sure how long this is gonna be but I am gonna do my best. Hope you enjoy :)
Disclaimer:I do not own Austin & Ally, or any characters related. Sadly, just the plot. :(.
It started out like any other day in Miami, warm, sunny and bright. However, unknowingly, this would be the day that would change everything for Ally Dawson. As usual, she was writing in her special songbook/journal, her family's store Sonic Boom had been quiet all day, and she hadn't needed to settle some silly argument or bail her friends Austin Moon and Dez Worthy out of some crazy situation, giving the songwriter time to write some ideas down in her book. Ally stops suddenly in the middle of writing for a moment.
Now that she thinks of it, she hadn't seen hide or hair of either Austin or Dez, which was very rare because they'd both, or either of them would be bursting into the front doors, proud smiles on their faces as they announced their "greatest idea ever" or wished to show or tell her about something "amazing" that happened, that never actually amazed her. That is, unless Austin got a performance booked somewhere, then of course she would be delighted to hear all about it.
"Hmm. They must be off doing something stupid" she chuckled to herself. "And sure to hear about it later. Might as well enjoy while it's quiet" she said, smiling to herself as she began to write down some lyrics in her book.
However for Ally, the quiet didn't last very long, for just then, who should saunter into the store but Austin Moon himself. "Hey Ally!" Austin's joyful voice suddenly rang out through the store, interrupting the brunette's thoughts as she suddenly looked up at the two boys with a scowl, "Well. That didn't last long" she said before dropping her pencil in between the pages as a bookmark and closing the book gently. "What's up?" she said, stowing her songbook away under the counter and returning with a smile.
It was then that she noticed that their best freckled friend was had not tagged along with him. "Thought you would be hanging out with Dez" she asked curiously. "I tried texting him, but he hasn't answered all day. So I went looking for him but thought I'd come see you" he said, sending her a small grin, causing Ally's face to suddenly feel hot, that's weird, he's never done that before, she thought to herself
However, she shook it off as Austin continued, "Were you just writing new lyrics in your songbook?" he asked curiously, motioning towards the counter. "Kind of. Just jotting down some notes, thoughts…" she said, drifting off into some kind of thought.
"About your crush on Dallas?" he snickered, watching as she continued to drift off, her eyes became glassy, and her face became blank as a small yet slightly creepy smile spread across her face. Yes, Ally Dawson still held a major crush on Dallas, the cute boy whom worked at the mall's library with his mother.
Even after the embarrassing event of telling Dallas that he was fired, made public by Trish, it did not seem to crush any of her feelings for the tanned, dark haired, kind eyed boy and Austin, Trish and even Dez would take any opportunity to tease her endlessly about it.
When she didn't respond after a couple minutes, the amused smile slipped from his face with slight concern. "Ally?" he called to her, but her face remained froze. "Ally!" he tried again, this time pushing her slightly, causing the small girl to suddenly tilt backwards. Thankfully, Ally regained consciousness before she went too far back, shaking herself out of her daydream.
"Sorry, Austin" she smiled shyly at him, "Guess I just got a little distracted" she admitted sheepishly, Austin chuckled at her, "No worries, Ally" he said, smiling brightly at her.
"Hey, since the store is dead, you wanna go work on the new song?" he asked hopefully, he would never really admit it, being a guy and all, but he really liked it when he worked on a new song with Ally in their practise room, him strumming on the guitar, belting out her freshly written words as Ally smiled on, her fingers gliding across the piano keys, jamming along.
Not that he didn't like hanging with Dez or Trish, he loved them both like family. It was just something about him and Ally practising a new song that got him pumped to perform it, knowing that it was something they both came up with together gave him the energy he needed for the show. But of course, that would not be very rock star of him if he admitted that he needed Ally Dawson. No, it wouldn't, and Dez would possibly laugh at him, so he would never admit it.
Ally had ducked behind the counter to retrieve her book, suddenly breaking Austin from his thoughts as she suddenly popped back up, smiling at him. "Sure. I got some great new ideas!" she said excitedly, making her way out behind the counter and towards the stairs, Austin following her. As they were about to walk through the door, she suddenly stopped to turn around and look at him, "But we should keep the door open just in case a customer walks in" she said, with a smile. Austin just chuckled, "Sure thing, Ally", and followed her into the practice room.
Luckily for the musical duo, Sonic Boom remained empty for the rest of the day, the two absorbed in their music making and song ideas so much that they would have barely noticed anyone entering the store anyways. That is, until their best friend, Dez Worthy entered the store, sporting a long, puffy Cotton Candy beard, two large lollipops and a smile spread wide across his face. "Hey guys!" he hurried up to the counter, ready to spread the good news to his two best friends, only to stop just before the counter, now noticing that the store was completely empty.
"Austin? Ally?" he called through the abandoned store and up into the open door of the practise room, causing Austin to cease playing his guitar and Ally to freeze at the piano, before glancing up at each other.
"Sounds like Dez" Ally confirmed after a moment, Austin nodded. "Up here, Dez!" Austin called, getting up from his chair next to the piano to put his guitar back on its stand, Ally gathered up the papers spread across the piano, and shut her book. Austin returned to his seat next to the piano just as Dez came running through the open door.
"There you guys are!" he smiled at them excitedly, ignoring the looks of curiosity and confusion his two best friends were shooting each other, "Working on a new song?" he asked, glancing between them. "Um, yeah" Ally answered, glancing at Austin, before returning her attention to Dez. "The store was quiet so we decided to come up here" she continued, Dez only nodded in understanding. The music room became quiet again as the three of them just stared back at each other.
Finally, Austin broke the silence again, "So Dez, what's up?. And where have you been? I've been texting you all day!" he said, sounding a little annoyed. "And why do you have a cotton candy beard?" Ally added in tilting her head to the side in confusion. Dez jumped as if a light suddenly came on in his head, "Oh!. There is a carnival down by the beach, and Trish had gotten a job selling cotton candy there. I helped!" he said proudly. Austin and Ally shared a glance, "Looks like you fell in the machine" Ally commented, chuckling.
"No, that would just be stupid, Ally!. I got so bored I began playing in it, then Trish and I got into a cotton candy war, and this happened" Dez retold, pointing up and down the length of his long puffy beard.
"Trish got fired, so now she works at the candy booth. She wanted me to give you guys these" he said, stepping forward and handing both Austin and Ally their respective lollipops, smiles spreading across each of their faces. "And to tell you to come hang out at the carnival, it's in town this week only!" Dez said with the enthusiasm of a sales person, his arms raised in the air for emphasis.
Austin's face broke out in an excited smile, while the smile across Ally's face seemed to disappear. Austin jumped up from his seat, striding over to Dez "Awesome! I always love going to carnivals!" he shouted excitedly, Dez joining in the excitement as if it was Austin's suggestion not his own.
Ally watched the two boys, giddy like little kids about the prospect of the carnival. "Come on, let's go!" Dez said, before turning towards the door, Austin turned his attention back to Ally, his smile weakened as he noticed her sitting worriedly on the piano bench. "Come on, Ally. You can't say you don't like carnivals!" he said worriedly, walking back over to her and sitting on his chair before her.
"Yeah. What's not to like about carnivals?" Dez piped up from his place at the doorway. "Carnivals are fun; the screaming kids, the dangerous rides, the sweet smell of overly priced, grease soaked food!" Dez said, becoming lost in his own daydream, while the other two watched on confused.
Seeing that Dez was now far off in La-la land, Austin turned his attention back to Ally. "What don't you like about carnivals?" he asked, watching her as she chewed on her bottom lip, staring down at the floor. "It's not carnivals themselves, exactly" she began slowly, not meeting Austin's gaze. He continued to watch her, waiting for her to continue.
There was a long pause before Ally looked up at him, though still chewing on her lip. After another pause, Ally sighed heavily, "It's the carnies!. The people that looked like they haven't bathed in weeks control the rides. I mean, come on, how much faith can someone put into a man with no teeth and no eye?" Ally began, "and don't even get me started on the fortune tellers and game booth operators" she continued to babble on until Austin grabbed her by the shoulders, silencing her.
"Ally, they are not all that bad" he tried to reassure her. "I mean, yeah the guys running the rides are kind of shifty, the games are fixed and the fortune tellers are weirdos" he said, making a face at the thought of all he just said. Ally interjected then, "And all the things Dez said!". Austin nodded his head, "But we will all be there with you. You have nothing to worry about" Austin said, watching as Ally's face remained its worried expression. He gently placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, gaining her attention once more.
"Trust me, nothing is going to happen to you" he said, smiling brightly at her, which she returned shyly. Seeing this, Austin jumped to his feet, his hand out for her to take. "So you comin', worry-wart or what?" he teased, smiling down at her. Chuckling, Ally took Austin's hand, him pulling her up with ease, Austin took a moment to grab his jacket, throwing Ally her own, and the two joined their friend at the doorway.
Austin poking Dez in the ribs, causing Dez to suddenly jump to life before realizing his friends were beside him and smiled. "Away we go!" he called, beginning to skip down the stairs that led to the main floor of Sonic Boom, his friends followed him, chuckling.
"Ally! Austin!" Trish greeted them as the three of them walked up to the candy booth. She shot the red head a annoyed look, muttering freckles under her breath before returning her attention back to the other two.
"Welcome to the Candy Counter!. What can I get you?" she asked excitedly. Ally watched as both Austin and Dez ordered almost everything in the booth, "You think you guys should eat all that before going on any rides?" she asked as Trish handed each boy their treats. "Your going to end up getting sick" she said. Almost instantly, Austin and Dez began chowing down on their sweets. "You worry too much, Ally" Austin said through chewing on a caramel apple. Ally sighed disgusted, refusing any food when Trish offered.
As they stood there, the guys chewing noisily on their food, Ally watching disgusted, talking to Trish in order to calm her nerves, Dez was suddenly distracted by one of the many "death traps" in the distance.
"Oh, wow. Austin, Look!" he said, furiously slapping Austin on the shoulder in order to get his attention. Austin turned, annoyed, but once he too caught sight of what Dez was so eager about, he too became entranced. It was a ride, where people sat in a round cage like thing that spun around and also moved up high into the air and down several times.
"Dude, we got to try that!" Austin said to Dez excitedly, the red head nodded furiously. "Ally, are you coming?" Austin suddenly turned to a worried looking Ally, "Um, no thanks" her voice quivered in fear. Before he could try to comfort her again, Ally placed a hand on his arm, stopping him. "It's ok, I'm fine, really." She assured him, "You guys go have fun" she said, giving him her most genuine smile, which he returned. "Ok. Thanks!. Come on Dez!" he said, turning back to his friend.
"Here, Trish. Can you hold this for me?" Dez asked, handing Trish back the armful of candy before she could refuse, Austin smiled before handing a surprised Ally his own armful of candy, he and Dez suddenly running off.
"Thanks guys!. Be back soon!" Dez called to the girls, before he and Austin became specks in the distance. The girls watched them disappear, sharing a glance and shaking their heads. "Boys, I will never understand them" Ally said, walking up to the counter and dumping the candy onto the counter where Trish had disposed of her pile. "You said it" she said, still shaking her head.
There was a moment of silence before Trish spoke again, "Hey, we should go to the fortune teller, Madam Trudeax! They say she is the best and insanely accurate!" Trish stated excitedly, however, Ally looked on edge. "I don't know, Trish" Ally said slowly. "I mean, fortune tellers are so weird!.
They act all freaky staring into a glass ball, and how can you really believe in half of the stuff they say?" Ally rejected. "Come on, Ally!. It's all an act! You know for tourists and little kids!" she assured her friend. "It's mainly just for fun anyways. Unless of course, she says I will come into a mountain of money!" Trish said, her expression turned very dark and menacing as she began rubbing her hands together and chuckling evilly.
This did not help Ally's case, and she became even more worried. Noticing this, Trish snapped out of her evil self and put on the most reassuring face she could. "Come on, Ally. What harm could it do?" she asked, Ally shot her a skeptical look, "Um, she could tell me a could die in a week?. Or someone I love could die?. Or she could tell me I will lose everything!. Or…" Ally began to ramble on, however Trish silenced her by calling her name.
"Don't worry, Ally. Of all my four hours working here I have never heard of anyone getting the death card" she smiled reassuringly though Ally didn't seem convinced. "Come on, it will give us something to do while the doofuses are distracted" she teased. Ally had to giggle, she knew Trish called the boys names but they were a tight nit little family who cared for each other, even if Trish and Dez always fight.
She knew they still cared. "I suppose that is better than waiting around here while they are off having fun" Ally began. "Then let's go!" Trish said, making her way from behind the counter and stood next to Ally. "What about your job?. And the guys' candy?" she asked, motioning towards the pile of candy left on the counter. Trish merely scoffed, "I was gonna get fired from that job anyways, you know that!" Trish explained.
"Dez and Austin can get their own candy! I'm not the candy keeper!" she said, rolling her eyes before walking off towards the Fortune Teller's booth. Ally glanced between the large pile of candy, and her latino friend walking off, torn between the two. She did promise Austin she'd hold it for him. After a long mental battle, Ally ran over to the pile of candy, grabbing two handfuls of candy, shoving them in the pockets of her jean jacket before hurrying off to catch up with Trish.
Author's note:Ok, so how was that?. Hopefully you enjoyed, I tried to be as true to the characters as I could. Next is the fortune teller and her prediction, and like I said, dunno where this is really going so any ideas, you would really help :). To any of my Diary of a Freak readers or my Fate Intervenes readers, I am currently writing the next chapter, so don't worry that will be posted soon. Anyways, that's all, please remember to review (and hopefully alert) and see you all soon :)