Sixteen year old Ally Dawson stood at the counter waiting patiently. Tik...tok. The clock seemed to be moving slower then normal. A few excruciatingly long minutes later and it was finally noon. Lunch time, which meant practice time. Austin had had his license for a year now, and even thought it was illegal, he had been teaching Ally to drive. Ally walked over to the door and flipped the open sign to closed.

"Hey, ready to go?" Austin asked coming in from the back door. Ally turned.

"Yep. Just locking up." She stuffed her keys in her pocket and the two headed out the door. She got in the driver's side of Austin's car. It was silent as she drove, but like always Austin found a reason to break it though.

"You can speed up a little ya know." He told her. She scoffed.

"I'm already doing the speed limit." Austin rolled his eyes.

"Alls, this is the highway. You can go over it, everyone else is."

"That doesn't matter."

Austin sighed as he realized he wasn't going to win this argument.

"Ya wanna hit Micky D's?" Austin asked.

"Uh sure." She took the next turn and pulled onto the parking lot. They walked inside. It was almost empty. Ally ordered their food and was reaching for her wallet when Austin's hand caught hers.

"I've got it." She stood back and waited while Austin paid the cashier. He grabbed their food and they found a table.

"So...your birthday is coming up. You're finally going to be seventeen like me." Austin said with a smirk on his face. Ally rolled her eyes.

"So? It's no big deal." Austin rolled his eyes this time.

"Whatever you say Alls."

They continued talking as they ate, earning glares from an older couple when they laughed to loud. Once they were finished they headed back to Sonic Boom. Once inside the store Ally changed the sign and grabbed her and Austin's name tags.

"What time's closing tonight?" He asked as he hopped up to sit on the counter. Ally shrugged.

"Don't know yet." Mr. Dawson was out of town and left Ally in charge, so she got to choose closing time.

"Make it six." Austin suggested. Ally smirked.

"Who's the hot date?" Austin laughed at her comment.

"You of course." He said causing her to blush.

"I'm going take you to that vampire movie you want to see. You've done so much for me. You got your dad to hire me, and you're helping me with my career. I really appreciate it." Ally grinned and threw her arms around her best friend.

"Thanks Austin!" She said.

Ally decided to close the store at five-thirty, that would give her enough time to get ready. She walked inside Trish's house, where she was staying.

"Trish?" She called. She set her purse on the table. Trish came in then.

"Hey. Home already? Did you and Austin get in a fight?" Trish questioned. Ally laughed.

"No, he's taking me to the movies." Ally told her. Trish's eyes widened and she squealed.

"He finally asked you out?"

"Uh not really...and what do you mean by finally?" Ally asked.

"Oh. Uh, nothing. You better go get ready." Ally looked at her friend curiously, but went upstairs to get a shower. The warm water felt amazing, but all to quickly Trish was banging on the door saying it was already six. Ally sighed. She got out and wrapped a towel around herself. She dried her hair and applied a small amount of make up. She walked into the guest room and grabbed her overnight bag.

"You should go with the strapless yellow dress and the white jacket." Trish suggested from the doorway.

"You think?" Trish nodded. Ally grabbed the dress and went back to the bathroom to change. When she came out she heard whispering from downstairs.

"You were supposed to ask her you nimwad." She heard Trish say. It was followed by a smacking sound and a muffled 'ow.'

"I got nervous okay? Happy now?" Austin muttered. He sounded frustrated and Ally frowned, wondering what was bothering him.

"Well. You better tell her. Or I will." Trish warned. Tell who, what?

"I would listen to her if I were you, she's scary." Dez told Austin. It was quiet for a few seconds so Ally walked down to where they were.

"Whoa." Dez said, making Austin turn around.

"Ally, you look amazingly-"

"Beautiful." Austin finished. Trish smacked the back of his head.

"I was going to say awesome." She said glaring.

"You ready to go?" Austin asked. Ally nodded as Austin grabbed her hand. They walked outside. The sun was just beginning to set and it looked beautiful.

"I thought we could go grab something to eat." He suggested. She nodded as Austin held the car door open for her. After twenty minutes of an extremely quiet car ride, they pulled onto Red Lobster's parking lot. Ally's eyes widened.

"Austin no, this is way to expensive for two friends hanging out." She said. Austin chuckled.

"It's okay Ally." He told her. Ally frowned. Why was he trying to do such nice things for her. Austin once again opened her car door and smiled at her as she stepped out of the car. He grabbed her hand and tugged her to walk with him. They walked in and were immediately seated by a friendly host. They had just ordered their food when Austin's phone vibrated.

"Hello?" He said into the phone.

"Tell her, or I will. I'll hang up on you right now and call her." Trish said.

"How do you know I won't just say I'll tell her and then I really won't?" Austin questioned as he avoided Ally's curious eyes.

"Look behind Ally." Austin's eyes widened with worry as he leaned out of the booth to see Trish and Dez sitting a couple tables away. Austin swallowed thickly.

"Uh, I'm...gonna have to call you back." He said hanging up the phone quickly.

"Everything alright?" Ally asked.

"Yeah. It's fine, great actually. I mean why wouldn't it be?" Austin asked in a rush, suddenly feeling nervous. He heard Trish laugh. This was complete madness, he had to tell Ally if he wanted to relax at all tonight.

"Ally, I have something I need to tell you." Austin said seriously.

AN: Well, I hope you liked it so far(: Please let me know what you think(: