A/N: Another short series in progress I'm making with a cliché plotline. I need something else to write because my brain wouldn't let me continue to write my main Austin and Ally story. Hope you like this short series. Disclaimer: I do not own Austin and Ally or any of its original characters. They belong to their rightful owners.

Chapter One

Austin paced back and forth nervously. He had practiced many times on how to break the news to Ally, but there was no other way. It would hurt him to see Ally unhappy, but he had to say it because he could not hide it anymore. He just hoped it didn't hurt Ally too much.

He heard the door to the practice room of Sonic Boom open and close. He looked up to see Ally smiling at him as he gave her an awkward yet sad smile in return. Ally's smile dropped, and Austin knew she understood that he would be giving her bad news. Ally sighed and looked at him. As if knowing, she spoke the words for him instead of him saying anything.

"You want to break up with me, don't you?" Ally asked. Austin froze and his eyes widened at her question. He started becoming nervous and nodded, incapable of saying yes. Tears started to form in her eyes, and Austin could feel his heart breaking. They had dated for two years, but Austin didn't love her as he used to. The feeling was just gone, like it disappeared somewhere.

"I'm sorry. I just don't feel the same feeling like I did when I was in love with you. The feelings I had for you are gone. But I don't want to lose our friendship and I don't want to lose you," he muttered. Ally nodded before smiling sadly at him, her hand holding his.

"I promised you if anything happened, we would still be friends. I will keep that promise," Ally said, "But I do need time. Need time away from you so I could heal."

"I- I understand," he stuttered, not understanding why he felt his heart breaking but then pushed the feeling away.

"I just want to know. Have you found someone you like or fallen in love with?" Ally asked quietly. Even if she didn't show it, she was already crying, crying in the inside. But she held on just for Austin because she still loves him.

Austin couldn't answer and Ally knew. He didn't want to be out of love for Ally, but he found someone that liked the same things as he did, and he just fallen for that girl. She smiled but her eyes were already threatened with tears. She couldn't stop them and let them fall. She wasn't strong enough. She let her hand slip away from his. Just as she did, he felt like Ally was also slipping away from him even though she guaranteed to still being friends with him.

"Congratulations, Austin. Goodbye," Ally said. Before she knew it, she turned around and ran out of the practice room.

Austin stared emptily after her before falling down on his knees and cried. He didn't know why but he felt empty when he heard her say goodbye. Was this how he supposed to feel? In all of his break-ups, he had never felt this empty before.

It had been three weeks since he broke up with Ally and two weeks when he dated a beautiful blonde named Kelly Knight that he found himself falling for when he broke up with Ally. Ally still continued to be his songwriter, but the partnership between them weren't the same. He wasn't able to see Ally for those three weeks because he wanted to give her the space she deserved, but Austin could never get used to the feeling like he lost part of himself.

Luckily, he spent most of his free time with Kelly to take his mind off of the small pain, and they hit it off quickly since they had the same hobbies and basically liked the same things like playing video games and pancakes. But even so, nothing seemed to fill that small empty space in his heart. Sadly for him, there were moments when he was alone, he felt so empty that he couldn't move his body. It freaked him out why he couldn't move and hoped he didn't have any disease.

Right now, he was in the park and laying on the grass looking up the sky. His body wouldn't let him move or get up like some of the other times, and he wondered why. He suddenly remembered Ally and how she tried to get him to like cloud-watching, which he disliked. But now, he started seeing shapes, and he could almost hear Ally's voice telling them what they were. He could feel tears prick his eyes. He missed Ally. He missed Ally so much.

"Austin?"

That voice… It sounded so real to his ears unlike the other times, and he prayed it wasn't just him hearing things. Austin quickly looked over to the voice to see Ally. He felt his heart thrumming hard against his chest and his breath hitched. He felt like his body can move again, and he quickly got up from his laid position and ran over to her.

"Hey, Ally!" He greeted her excitedly. Ally giggled and shook her head.

"The same as always," Ally said gently.

"I missed you," Austin said to her. Ally stopped and looked at him. Austin felt his heart stopping and fear suddenly entered him. He felt scared for some reason. But when Ally smiled again, the feeling disappeared as soon as it came.

"I missed you too," Ally whispered. She gave him a side hug instead of her usual full hug she would always give him. And for some reason, he didn't like it. He was about to wrap his arms around her waist and gave her a real hug, but she parted from him before he could. And that really hurt.

"While I was gone, I already wrote a few songs that you might like," Ally stated. Austin frowned at the statement. They would usually do the songs together. Mistaking his frown, she giggled and said, "Don't worry it isn't about love or a drizzle of darkness. It's actually upbeat and I let Trish and Dez hear it to see if it is good enough. They give their thumbs up and said it's perfect for you."

And he felt his heart break. He was supposed to be the one to hear the song first not Trish or Dez. He then realized she said a few songs. Will that mean they won't write songs together for a while since she already wrote them? He didn't want that. He didn't want to be further away from Ally than he already is.

But he found out soon enough, it was just the beginning.