Chapter 1

No one's pov:

The sun's intense rays beat down on all of Miami where a certain circle of friends happily sat at one of their favorite restaurants in the mall. All had been normal the entire day; Trish had been bothering Dez, Ally had been working at the music store, and Austin was still enjoying hanging out with his new girlfriend, Kira. All was perfect, except for one thing. Ever since Ally, Trish and Dez had managed to salvage the first date between the two in the park before it turned even worse, something had changed. The brunette looked at the blonde differently ever since that one "Date." Trish was also more protective of her friend. Dez was the only one who had not changed. He was still lost in his own happy world.

"I have to get back to the store," Ally said picking up her tray and beginning to make her way back to where her father would be waiting.

The sound of chair legs scraping against the floor hit all of their ears as Trish rose to follow, clearly in no mood to stick around with Austin and his new girlfriend. The short girl followed quickly behind, leaving three at the now quiet table. However, only two were left as Kira slowly rose as well.

"I have to go. I promised my Dad I would meet him at home today," she said, kissing his cheek before walking in the other direction.

The two best friends stared at each other quietly before Dez finally opened his mouth with a question that the blonde had not seen coming. His friend was the unusual and corky one, when had he become so serious in a matter of seconds?

"Austin, why are you dating Kira?" he asked.

"Why would you ask that?"

"I'm just curious…" Dez said, placing his fingers against his chin as if he were thinking intently.

The boy across from his just looked at him strangely, wondering what had brought on this question. Why wouldn't he date his girlfriend? She was sweet, funny, loved video games, and most of all, pancakes.

"Why wouldn't I date her? We're perfect for each other."

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yes…" Austin said, now beginning to feel uncomfortable with Dez's constant questions.

"I don't think you're really sure why you're going out with her," he said before jumping out of his seat and skipping off to the music store.

His friend was back, but with an odd personality change. He didn't know what Dez was talking about. Kira was amazing and he was happy to be with her. Any guy would be lucky to date her. And with that, he rose from his seat as well to go and meet his friends and his favorite songwriter at their most loved store in the entire mall.

Ally's pov:

I slowly began to get out of my chair, knowing my Dad would be waiting for me to get back to my shift. Honestly, I was alright with that. I would rather sell instruments where I'm happy than watch Kira and Austin laugh lovingly together. I don't get it. Everything feels different now because of that one "Date." As much as I loved it I just wish I could rewind time and undo the mistake of helping him plan his romantic evening. If none of that ever happened I wouldn't be suffering from these feelings.

Ever since Trish found out, she's been acting really overprotective. It's a sweet gesture but I can still handle myself. But I guess that's what best friends are for. I could hear the sounds of feet running up behind me when suddenly her face appeared right next to mine with a bright smile plastered on it.

"Trish, I'm fine. I promise," I said, already knowing why she was looking at me like that.

"Sorry, it's just that I feel bad for you. Don't worry, he may be blind now but one day he will see all of the amazing things he's missing out on. On the bright side, one good thing did come out of this."

"What?" I asked curiously with a smile as we entered the store.

"We got to eat that amazing picnic!"

I laughed quietly with her as I took my place behind the counter, opening my book as I reread the message Austin had given me with all of the flowers.

"You know, you're right. If he ever does feel the same way, I don't want to spend every second feeling horrible. Besides, all I want is for him to be happy, and he is, with Kira."

Trish genuinely smiled at me this time, proud with how I was turning everything around. Little bits of music filled the store as customers tested the instruments, all stopping as Dez skipped into the store. He was definitely something. They soon returned to what they were doing as he walked back up to Trish. In a way, every time I look back as to how we got here, I couldn't be more happy with the choices we had made. We had stuck together as friends, even when a school threatened to tear us apart. But now, there was one thing that still bothered me. Maybe there was something in the picture now that could possibly try to break us up once again. Kira was here now, and even though she trusts me after everything that happened, she still believed that I tried to sabotage her date.

Little bits of laughter filled the area as Dez began to be his usual corky self. However, all time appeared to freeze as my favorite blonde walked into the store. I guess Kira had to leave. They haven't left each other's sides since they got together. Getting over this crush might be more difficult than I had originally thought. Hopefully I would be able to, otherwise everything could eventually be ruined and come crashing down. I knew this was it, because our friendship was way more important than a relationship. Time to move on from Austin.

Hey everyone! I hope you liked my story! This is my first Austin and Ally fanfiction so please go easy on me. Feel free to comment. Thanks again!