Disclaimer: I don't own Austin and Ally. If I did we would be seeing the Fearsome Foursome for another few years. This is my Austin and Ally story.
Summery: Ally has graduated college and has started to work on her comeback album. This does not follow the timeline the show gave us.
Austin knows he should have let go of her three and a half years ago when they went their separate ways, but he knows she is the one person he could never let go of. He stares at the picture she has posted on Instagram. She is up on stage with a big Ally Dawson smile. Only performing can bring that kind of smile to her face. Her new single came out last week and it has been on repeat on Austin's iPod. Whenever Dez catches him scrolling through her Twitter feed or Facebook page he gives him a sad pity look. Dez has kept in touch with Ally. He has seen her a number of times over the years. Austin always asks him a ton of questions about how she is doing after he does. Trish and Dez have tried to reunite the two love sick pop stars many times, but they are both too stubborn. Even though Austin's longs to feel her in his arms again he can't bring himself to tell her how much he stills loves her. She is the one who brought up taking a break in the first place. Austin flashes back to that night.
*Austin hears his lap top giving him the alert that someone wants to FaceTime with him. He knows who it is. Even though he normally looks forward to their chats this time he is dreading it. He sits in front of the laptop and takes a deep breath before hitting the accept button. She isn't giving him the sunny excited smile she normally gives him. "Hi." He mumbles. "Hi." She sounds tired and maybe a little sad. "I'm sorry. You know how much I wanted to be there. It was your birthday, and I should have been there." He really did want to be there. It breaks his heart that he let her down again. "I know you did. It's not your fault that you were snowed in. I read that it was worst snow storm Berlin has had in years. It just happened to be the year you were their trying to catch a flight back to states for my birthday." A small tear trickles down her cheek. It makes him want to cry too. "Ally, I wish there was something I can do. But I can't. By the time they let us board our flight it was time for me to head to Italy for my next show. I got into Rome a couple of hours ago. I tried to take the time to be there, but it just didn't work out this time. I will back for Christmas. We can see each other then." Ally shakes her head. "I already made plans to be with Trish in New York for Christmas. She won't be able to make it home this year and din't want to be alone. Maybe you can come too." Austin is the one to shake his head this time. "I promised my parents I would be there. I have seen them less then I have seen you. Besides Jimmy has me performing at the Miami Toys for Tots event. He thought since I was in town I should at least be singing and dancing on a stage somewhere." He rolls his eyes. "If you think he is working you too hard you should say something." Ally suggests with concern for his well being. "I can't do that. It is tense enough between us after what happened last year, I don't want to make it worse. Besides Jimmy has been doing this along time. He knows what he is doing." Ally rolls her eyes and huffs.
Austin starts to get frustrated. He doesn't want to have another argument. Since Ally left for college and Austin left for his tour they have been fighting a lot. They never use to fight this much in high school. "What?" He asks her. "Nothing. It's just Jimmy didn't know what he was doing when he said you shouldn't have a girlfriend. Your fans love Auslly. He also didn't have a problem when Kira was your girlfriend. In fact he gave you his blessing. He doesn't like me. I still think he is keeping you this busy so that we can't be together."Austin starts rubbing his forehead. He feels another headache coming on. He has had a lot of those lately. Mostly from stress and a lack of sleep. He has never been good at sleeping on airplanes. And that is all he has been doing for months. Going from one plane to another. Sometimes he isn't even sure where he is. "I don't want to fight about this again. I just want to enjoy your company. I miss you. I miss just talking about nothing and joking around. Why can't we do that?" He begs. "We can't keep doing this. It is putting a strain on both of us. We both have so much going on in our lives. We can't keep trying to juggle schedules and trying to figure when we can see each other. Last month I got to see you for ten minutes in an airport Starbucks. When we hugged goodbye for the one millionth time I didn't want to let go, because I didn't know when the next I would get to hug you again would be. It just hurts so much to say goodbye over and over again. And all the times our plans just didn't work out. I can't keep living like this. And I know you can't either." Austin sat up straight and searches her face to if she is suggesting what he thinks she is. "Ally, I don't want to break up."
"You know this breaking US. You said it yourself. All we do is fight. I could see it on your face when you answered. You were prepared for a fight. That is not how this should work. I want to love you with out missing you. I want you by my side not in Berlin or Rome. I get invited to things with a plus one. I don't have a plus one. I have sit around watching other couples doing what we should be doing." Ally wipes away some tears. " I always dreamed of what our first time would be like. I knew as long as it was with you it would perfect. And it was until Jimmy called and you had to leave while we were cuddling afterword." He closes his eyes trying to fight his own tears. That night did not go as he planed. He wanted Ally to feel special and loved. The look on her face when he walked out of that hotel room made him hate himself. He didn't want to go. Jimmy changed the flight. He was suppose to be in New York for two days. Ally took the train from Cambridge to New York so they could spend those two days together. At the last minute Jimmy booked him an interview in L.A. where his next show would be. Leaving her in that bed was the hardest thing he ever had to do. He ruined her first time. Their first time.
"You're right. It hurts so bad every time I have to leave you. But does it really have to end?" She looks away. The pleading look in his eyes is killing her. "Maybe just a little break. We will see how it goes." Looking everywhere except her face he nods. He doesn't want her to see how much this is hurting him. "When do you get back to the states?" Clearing his throat he weakly says. "A few weeks." Sending him a weak smile she nods letting him know she heard him. "Maybe when you get back we can try again."
They tried, but one break turned into a longer break. The longer break turned into the finale break. Austin moved to L.A. a couple of years ago. After a very long tour ended he tried to live in Miami again, but it wasn't the same without his friends. The memories brought joy and pain. At least in L.A. he is close to his best friend. Dez and Carrie don't live very far from the cozy little beach house he bought. They even have a key so that they can take care of his dog when he is away. Pickles is a great dog. Very loyal and even loves to surf with him. He is a mutt he found at some adoption fair charity thing he performed at. He was lonely and Pickles seemed lonely too. It was a match made in Heaven.
Austin puts his phone down and starts strumming his guitar. A quiet ding alerts him that he has a notification on his phone. He looks down and sees Ally has Tweeted something. Picking up the phone Austin swipes his finger across the screen. 'Thanks New York! I had a blast. Now off to L.A. for a few months.' He drops the phone then picks it up again to check to see if he read that right. She is coming to L.A.
"What can I help you with?" The robotic voice breaks the silence in the house. "Call Dez." He commands. It rings a few times. Dez doesn't like picking up until it rings a few times. "Hey, Buddy. What's up?" The red head says cheerfully always happy to hear from his best friend. "Why is she going to be in L.A. for a few months?" Dez sighs. "How did you find out?" "She Tweeted it." Dez has tried many times to get him to stop following her on social media. He even broke into his phone and did it for him. It took Austin two days to figure out what he did and to fix it.
"With her new album coming out her record label wanted her to be closer to them. There are also more opportunities here for her to promote it. They are giving her some radio show about her comeback and making the album. She will do interviews and stuff. It doesn't make sense, but sounds fun. I told her I want to be her first guest. Trish said she has to be her first guest. Ally finally had us compromise and we are both going to be guests." After being at school for four years Ronny decided he needed an artist who would perform and put out new music. So, when Ally graduated she had to find a new label to sign with. A big one in L.A. snatched her right up.
Dez noticed Austin's silence. "Why? Are you planning something? Like maybe telling her that you are still crazy in love with her?" More silence. "Please tell me you aren't going to pull a Brooke and stalk her. I really don't want to have to bail you out of jail." Austin rolls his eyes and finally speaks up. "I'm not going to stalk her. But I would like to see her in person at least one time. I haven't seen her beautiful doe eyes in person in so long." Dez's heart breaks for his friends. He knows they are soulmates. So does Trish. I guess it's time to play matchmaker again. "Don't worry Buddy. I will make it happen. I'll call you back tomorrow." He hangs up. Austin is confused, but he trusts his friend. If anyone can make it happen it is Dez Wade.