A/N: Hi guys! So this story is my treat for you! My first Austin&Ally fic. I hope you'll enjoy it! :) Read and review, please!

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

Chapter One

Ally's POV

I kept pacing in my room in Sonic Boom, together with Austin Moon, who likes to be called Awesomus, and Dez. Just Dez.

"Where's Trish? She's supposed to be here an hour ago," I asked them. "Can you guys call her?"

No one minded me. Austin was unusually quiet, punching some letters in his phone. Dez was busy applying something on his cut-earlier he tripped and earned a gash on his leg.

"Ha! No one minded Ally," Dez snickered.

"Dez!" I said. "You don't need to rub it in,"

"What do you mean?" He looked at me, confused. "Are you telling me not to apply or rub my medicine?"

I rolled my eyes. Trish then entered my room, walking directly to my refrigerator. She took a bottle of water and gulped it all.

"Guess...who...got...a...job...at...Mini's?" She panted and sunk in a chair, sighing in relief.

"Who did?" Dez asked.

Trish glared at him. I approached Trish and frowned. "Trish! You're late."

"Don't blame me! Blame the old lady you invited to a movie 2 years ago."

"What does she have to do with this?"

"She apparently liked sleeping in the movie theatre. She asked me a hamburger so she could sleep tightly. Then she replaced her order with a hotdog after I cooked the hamburger. And she ordered me to make a milkshake. But we don't have any milkshakes in Mini's! We argued then finally she left."

"Um, okay then! Let's start!" I clapped her hands. My gaze moved to Austin, whose eyes were glued to his screen.

"Austin!" I called. "Austin!"

He finally looked up, dazed. "What? Oh yeah. I was just chatting with Cassidy,"

"Cassidy...the one you sang to in Melody Diner?" I asked, with a hint of envy.

"Yeah!" Austin grinned. "She's coming back to town and we'll have that date."

"You still have feelings for her?" I asked, masking my jealousy with a smile.

"Well, yeah, maybe." Austin nodded.

"All this time? Really?" I feigned a smile.

Austin nodded again hastily.

"That's so sweet!" I exclaimed happily, but inside I was ripped to pieces.

"We should start the meeting," Trish said impatiently. Her gaze moved to Dez. "What's taking you so long, applying that ointment?"

"Actually I'm currently putting glue on my hands, drying it up, then removing it. It's so relaxing!"

"Ew!" Trish turned to me. "So, updates on your new song, What We Do?"

"Yeah! I'm writing the bridge." I nodded vigorously.

"Good! How about you Austin? Have you tried to make a song?" Trish asked him.

"Yeah! Surprisingly, it's turning out great! It's called, 'Dance, Baby'. With Dez's help and his great judging skills, I have some very good dance moves up my sleeve."

Trish wrinkled her nose. "Dez has great judging skills?"

Dez turned to her. "There's a lot of things you don't know about me."

"So, what's your latest update on your 'directing skills'?

"Well I just signed with one of the world's greatest movie companies and sealed him to a two-movie contract."

We squealed with delight. "Dez, that's great!" I exclaimed.

"What movie?!" Trish smiled.

"The first one's a film named Secondary Musical." Austin's really fit for that one! His name there is Trey. Then we're still finding the girl actress, who will portray Gabrianna, a very studious and witty girl."

"What's the second?" I asked.

"Bitsy & Butch & Bailey, an animated film. The company based the film of the non - famous Butch & Bitey,"

"Well, then! We all know Austin is Butch. Who's Bitsy and Bailey?" I asked.

"Maybe Cassidy should be Bailey! Let's make it a surprise!" Austin hollered.

"We still have Gabrianna! Maybe she could play her too." Trish agreed.

Just then, my phone rang and belted out the chorus of You Can Come To Me. I answered it. "Hello?"

"Hi, Ally," said the voice from the other line.

"Please don't be an axe murderer! Or a chainsaw maniac!"

The other voice laughed. "You see, I'm going to Sonic Boom. I just got home from a trip."

"I don't know you but that's greaty-great-great! Oh and don't get a guitar pick if you won't buy something." I hung up.

"Who was that Ally?!" Trish asked, smiling.

"I don't know, to be honest."

Unknown POV

I sighed after calling Ally. She doesn't remember me. I like her, but she still likes Austin. I went up the steps of the libary-I meant library.

I practiced that all throughout the trip, as I've heard Ally hates people who say libary. I greeted Mason, the head librarian.

I quitted this job few months ago, but I missed it. I missed the smell of the old books and parchment. I missed the feeling when you caress the wooden shelves. I missed the cold air conditioning. I missed it.

Someone has replaced me with my job. Her name was Cassidy. She said to me her band disbanded and she's running low on money. She said someone replaced her in her old job. She was forced to do this job. She liked singing.

While I was opposite. Mom made me work in Melody Diner. "Let's switch jobs,"

"My goody two shoes brother always visits me here." Cassidy rolled her eyes while arranging the shelves. She dropped a brown, worn book that looked like a notebook.

I bent and picked it up. The cover was a polished skin of some animal, pleasant to the touch. I gave it to Cassidy. "You dropped something,"

"Oh that old notebook? That doesn't even belong here. It's not in the catalogues." Cassidy pointed. "It's just a notebook full of corny secrets, deep and boring quotes, and some lines that I think are lyrics to a song or poem."

I opened the book and saw beautiful handwriting. I flipped the pages and something caught my eye. The author said that he liked a boy named after a city in Texas. There were many guys named after Texan cities, but I had a strong feeling it was me.

I needed to find her.

A/N: As usual! Read and review. I will be posting the next chapter shortly after I post this one.