"Thanks, Martin." Ally said as she watched him wheel the baby grand piano out of the newly redecorated practice room.
She looked around the room. She still couldn't believe that two boys who were practically strangers to them, spent the fortune they had earned from being on tv to redecorate her private practice room.
Granted, they got on the tv show because one of them had stolen her song and the other had made a hit video out of it, but still the gesture was sweet.
She looked at her old piano back in its spot and sighed.
"Hey Ally!" Trish said as she walked into the room. "Hey what happened to the piano Austin got you? It's missing." she asked, suddenly puzzled.
"I sent it back." Ally said. "I can't be Austin's songwriter. I can't even bear the thought of writing songs for him."
"What? Why?!" Trish asked.
"Trish, come on. He stole my song and embarrassed me on live tv. And honestly, I think he may just be a one hit wonder." Ally explained.
Trish sighed.
"Look Ally, I know you and Austin didn't exactly get off to a great start, but you can't just give up on him. I don't know what it is about those two boys who we barely even know, but I just feel like this whole "team" idea is something really special. I don't know what's gonna come from it, but maybe it will be something great." Trish said.
"Maybe. But what if they're just messing with us? What if they're only using us to get famous and once they get there they just drop us?" Ally said.
"They would never do that." Trish said.
"How do you know? You just said yourself they're practically strangers to us, which they are." Ally said.
"I don't know how I know, I just know that they would never do that. I can just tell, ok?" Trish said.
"Ok, whatever you say." Ally said.
"Ally, I know you're skeptical about him, but please just give Austin one more chance. I really think this "team" thing is something we don't want to miss out on." Trish said.
Ally thought for a moment.
"Fine. I'll help him write one more song; but that's it!" Ally said.
"Eh, I guess that's better than nothing." Trish said. "Welp, I gotta get back to work, I said I was just taking my lunch break yesterday and I haven't been back since."
Ally laughed and waved at Trish as she exited the room, before returning to the piano; playing on the keys until she found a melody she liked.
She continued to messed with the ivories until she found a particular tune she liked, then she would play it over again and write down the chords.
"That sounds awesome!" Austin said, startling Ally causing her to crash down onto the keys, an unpleasant sound emitting from them.
"Austin! You nearly gave me a heart attack!" Ally said, still trying to catch her breath.
"Sorry." Austin said sheepishly. "But I really like that melody!"
"Thanks." she said dryly.
"So do you have any lyrics yet?" Austin asked, ignoring her negativity.
"Nope." she replied.
"Do you have a general idea of what you want this song to be about?"
"Nope."
"Awesome!" Austin said excitedly.
"In what way is that awesome?" Ally asked, very confused.
"Because I get to help with the song! I get to help you with coming up with what the song should be about and the lyrics." he said happily.
"Oh." Ally said, looking away from him, moving her eyes back to the piano keys.
"He really seems to care about this partnership thing. He's really excited to work together. I can't just crush his spirits by breaking it off. Ok Ally, just relax. Just write one more song and you can see how you feel after that." Ally thought to herself.
"So do you have any ideas of what you want this song to be about?" Ally asked Austin.
"Well... Kinda..." Austin said shyly.
"Do tell." Ally said.
He was quiet for a few moments.
"What if we wrote a song about finding the perfect team? About finding a team that you can't do it without. A person you can't do it without." Austin said.
"Hmm... Interesting. I like it." Ally said.
"Oh good." Austin said suddenly relieved.
"He was nervous to tell me his idea. He really cares about my opinion." Ally thought.
"So when you find your can't do without person or people, what do you want to tell them; like how would you tell them what they mean to you?" she asked.
"You'd just tell them there's no way I can do it without you. There's no way I would be here without you. There's no way I can make it without you." he said, looking her directly in the eye as he said so.
"I like that." she said smiling. "Those could be good lyrics!"
"There's no way I can make it without you, do it without you, be here without you..." Ally sang, messing with the keys as she did so.
"Ok, what else?" she asked.
"Well when you find that can't do without person, you just want to do everything with them. Doing stuff by yourself just isn't as fun anymore because you want them there." Austin said, a large smile growing on his face.
"It's no fun when you're doing it solo..." Ally sang.
"With you it's like, whoa!" Austin sang excitedly, finishing the lyric.
"Yes!" Ally said.
She had never had this much fun while writing a song. She had never had a person in her life who shared the same passion for music that she had. She liked it. She liked it a lot.
"And you feel like you can achieve all your dreams whenever they're with you!" Austin said.
"I own this dream, cuz I've got you with me..." Ally sang, full on grinning now. "And then the "there's no way I can make it without you" part repeats!"
"Wait, did we just write the chorus to a song in like 5 minutes?" Austin asked, astonished.
"Yeah, I think we did!" Ally said, nodding her head shockingly, but smiling nonetheless.
"Wow." Austin said.
"I know! I've never written a song this fast before!" she said.
"I guess everything just flows when you have inspiration." Austin said.
"Yep. So what was your inspiration for that song?" she asked him.
Austin looked down shyly and started playing with his hands.
"You." he said quietly.
"Me?" she said, surprised.
"Well yeah." he said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "I know we haven't known each other for very long, but when I'm with you, I just feel like we can do anything together. Ya know?"
"Yeah, I know what you mean." Ally said quietly after a few seconds of silence.
"There's no way I can make it without you, Ally." he said smiling, nudging her with his arm.
"Thanks Austin." she smiled shyly.
He smiled back at her.
"Well, as much as I want to finish this song right now, Dez and I have tickets to this hamburger eating contest and-" Austin said.
"Oh yeah, go! It's fine! We can finish the song later!" she told him smiling.
"Thanks Ally! You're the best songwriting partner I've ever had! Well, I've never actually had a songwriting partner, but-"
"I know what you mean, Austin. You're the best musical partner I've ever had too; even though you're the only one." she said.
He smiled.
"Well, see ya later, Ally!" he said as he walked out of the room.
Ally turned back to face the piano, smile still on her face.
There is no way she's walking out on this partnership now. There's just this energy between them that she's not quite sure what it is yet, but she knows she doesn't want to give it up.
And maybe Trish will be right.
Maybe this whole team thing will turn out to be something really special.
They'll just have to wait and see. But she's got a good feeling about it.
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