I don't own Austin and Ally or any of its characters. All rights go to Disney and its creators. I only own the plot and anything that I make up along the way.
Okay so I'm having a little writers block from Troubled Teens, and I decided to try and write a one-shot, so here it is. I don't own the song "The First Taste" by Fiona Apple.
I decided not to do an Authors note at the end of this one-shot so I just wanted to say that I love my readers and that Chapter 13 of Troubled Teens should be up in two days.
Stay Rydelicious!
-MJ
** I apologize if this isn't that well written because I've never written anything like this before**
"I love you baby." Austin managed to say in between breaths as he pulled himself away from his girlfriend of five months, Brooke. She was perfect for him. Brooke was tall, around 5'7, with a skinny but athletic build. She smiled at him, her straight, bleach-white teeth glistening in the sun, the red lipstick slightly smeared away from her perfectly plump lips.
"I love you too Austin. See you tomorrow." She planted a small, slightly wet kiss on his cheek and walked away, her perfectly curved figure heading to the food court with her straight brunette hair glistening in the sunlight.
Austin sighed at her retreating figure, his shoulders slightly hunched over with a love stuck grin plastered on his face. After what seemed like a few minutes, he made his way to an ice-cream parlour, thinking about the girl he couldn't be more happier with. Brooke wasn't snobby, she was genuinely a nice person, spending her free time volunteering at the local children's hospital, even though her parents were both lawyers. She gives Austin his space when he's hanging out with Team Austin, sending the group a small wave from a distance if they happen to see each other in public and he's great full for that. She never pressured Austin to go out with her and her friends, and she would never get mad if he had a boys night with Dez. 'She's perfect' he thought as he pulled open the door to Isabelle's Ice-Cream Shop, 'and she's all mine.'
"I love you too." She wanted to say when she over heard Austin talking to Brooke at Bill's Surf Shop. "Can't you see that?" Ally thought while looking at the happy couple from behind a blue surfboard. She sighed in defeat when she saw Austin's love-struck face when Brooke kissed him on the cheek. Though Ally had to admit, she is perfect. A 5'7 brunette with fair skin, perfect curves and athletic? She had all the qualities that Austin wants in a girl. She became his girlfriend exactly ten months after they broke off their second attempt at a romantic relationship. He said that their busy lives were getting in the way of their relationship, and how it would be best if they just stayed as best friends.
" We need to break up." Austin said in the practice room, folding Ally's hands into his own. "I really wished this could work, I really do, but our lives-" Ally nodded, cutting him off.
"We're just so busy all the time, and our feelings are getting into the way of our careers. I understand." She said, sending him a small smile, removing her hands from his grasp. He returned the smile.
"So are we still friends?" He asked, opening his arms for a hug. She nodded, wrapping her arms around his chest.
"Best friends, always." But she couldn't help but feel a sadness, an emptiness, because only she knew, that the feelings are always going to be there, no matter how hard she could try to put it off. It wouldn't matter how many hugs he would give, but as long as he had her heart, the emptiness would always be there.
"Goodbye Austin." She thought as Austin headed off in the opposite direction, a small tear rolling down her cheek. "See you in a few."
Once she was sure he was out of sight, Ally exited Bill's Surf shop and headed in the opposite direction of Austin towards the arcade. Entering the arcade, she weaved her way through the happy children and teens playing games while earning stacks of orange tickets to redeem at the prize center. "They're happy, and I'm going to join them too. Soon." Ally hid behind a Guitar Hero stand, giving her a clear view of Trish and Dez playing air hockey against each other. A smile formed on her face when she saw the small Latina throw her hands up in the air in victory. "I'm going to miss you Trish. All the secrets that we've shared, are forever in my memory, and all the times that we've shared are forever locked within my heart." A small laugh escaped her lips when she saw Dez slip in another token, with a poker face plastered on his face. "I need you to keep my friend sane, Dez. Especially after today.I'm going to miss you, my love whisperer." Right before Dez placed the puck on the table, Austin came and took the puck from his hand with his train whistle in his mouth, acting as a referee for the game.
"The tie breaking game against Dez Fisher and Trish de la Rosa, begins!" Austin exclaimed, blowing into the whistle and sliding the puck towards Dez. Ally smiled at the trio, remembering the times that they've shared together.
"Ally's on my team while Trish is on yours." Austin said to Dez on the other end of the Foosball table. Dez pouted.
"Why do I get Trish?! I want Ally!" He protested. Austin shrugged.
"Dude, I'm doing you a favour. You have someone with athletic skills." The game ended in a draw, after she accidentally jabbed Dez in the balls with the stick.
"I can't do this." Ally said as she neared the front of the line to the rope. "What happens if I fall from the rope?" Dez rolled his eyes.
"That's the whole point. You hold onto the rope, jump off the boardwalk and let go in the ocean." She froze when the rope was hanging in front of her. A pair of arms wrapped around her.
"All you have to do is put one hand here," Austin whispered into her ear, guiding her hands with his, a shiver going down her spine when his warm breath tickled against her ear. "And another here." He placed her left hand on top of her right. He let go of her. "Then you place your feet on here.", he explained, pointing to the big knot at the end of the rope. Ally obediently followed his directions.
"Now what?" She asked. An evil smile formed on Austins face.
"This." Ally shrieked as Dez and Austin pushed her out into the sea, sending them an evil glare as she swam up with a piece of seaweed on her head.
"Truth or Dare?" Trish asked Ally at the camp fire. Team Austin went on a weekend camping trip to a big cabin at the hot springs for Spring Break.
"Dare." Ally said, while eating her roasted marshmallow off her stick. Trish left her log and came back a few minutes later, her hands behind her back.
"I dare you to take one bite out of this." She explained, revealing a perfectly made s'more in her hands. "I present to you, the forest s'more. Salt water infused marshmallows with mouldy chocolate and graham crackers that expired a year ago." Ally made a disgusted face.
"Ew gross!" Austin exclaimed, a terrified look on his face.
Ally protested moving away from Trish. "That thing is not going in my stomach." Dez shrugged.
"If she won't eat it, I will." He snatched the s'more from Trish and devoured it whole. They spent the next two days in the hospital because he contracted food poisoning.
Ally smiled at the trio. Taking one last look, she turned around. "Goodbye Team Austin. I love you guys, forever and always." She headed out of the arcade, thinking about what she was going to do next.
Austin looked at the door in confusion. The sign read 'Closed', and the lights were all off in Sonic Boom. He checked his phone in his hand, re-reading the text over again. Meet me in Sonic Boom - Ally Testing his suspicions, he tugged slightly onto the door handle, the door swinging easily against his hold. "But she never leaves the store unlocked." He thought as he entered the memory making store. "Everything in this store holds a memory of Team Austin." He thought as he walked towards the staircase leading up to the practice room.
"Ally?!" Austin shouted up the stairs. "Do you want me to come up?!" No response came. "Ally?!" Still no response came. He ran up the stairs. It was unusual for her not to respond when someone called her name. "Maybe she fell asleep." He thought, heading to the door. "Yeah, she fell asleep, so when I wake her up, she wouldn't notice that I was late. Again." Austin opened the door.
No one was in the room. Confused, Austin walked deeper into the room, doing a 360 in the middle to make sure she wasn't hiding anywhere, waiting to pop up and wanting to hear his girlish scream.
"Ally?!" He exclaimed, his voice echoing off the acoustics they've recently installed a few weeks ago. No reply. Sighing, he went over to the piano bench, where there was a note attached to the body of the piano.
Open my laptop - Alls
Austin looked up and saw Ally's laptop sitting on top of the piano. Cautiously, he opened her laptop and another note was stuck onto the screen.
Plug in your iPod. There's a song that I want you to listen to - Alls
He got out his iPod and hooked it up to the adapter connected to her laptop. Beeping noises from his iPod sounded a few seconds later signaling that whatever she wanted him to hear was finished syncing. Austin unhooked his iPod and plugged in his earphones. Clicking 'play' on his iPod, he sat himself on their couch. A few seconds later, her voice rang through his ears.
Hey Austin. Ally here. I know you're probably wondering why I'm sending you this message. It's because I'm done waiting. For everything, really.
Austin's face scrunched up in confusion.
Really Austin, you were my first boyfriend, my first kiss, and my first love.
His jaw dropped to the ground.
I really wanted to tell you that I loved you, I really did. But then you began to date Brooke, and I smiled and said 'I feel happy for you' because I was. If you're happy, then I'm happy. But I couldn't help but feel a small ache inside of me, because you have my heart.
"I love you too Ally." He said out loud. Although he was dating Brooke, he loved Ally. Brooke was just a rebound. She's a nice girl, and pretty too. Though there was this feeling in him, that this wasn't right, because it wasn't. He could never replace her. She wasn't Ally. She wasn't his Ally.
I wrote you a song. And it really means a lot to me, because everything, down to the chords are written in my journal, and I'm letting you touch it, and read it, but you can't share it. Promise me this though, that when you hear this song, you will only sing it once. And once you sing it, you can't sing it ever again, because I want this song to be our little secret.
She gave him her song book. The Songbook. With the journal, filled with her secrets, and her thoughts of everyday life. "But why?" He thought. "Why would you give me your journal?" A guitar began to strum. He shook his head clear of any thoughts, wanting to focus purely on the music.
I lie in an early bed thinking late thoughts
Waiting for the black to replace my blue
I do not struggle in my web because it was my aim to get caught
But daddy longlegs, I feel that I'm finally going weary
Of waiting to be consumed by you
Ally grabbed the rope that she bought at the hardware store. Looking at her tablet screen with teary eyes, she forced herself to follow the instructions on screen, her hands shaking at each step,looking up at the hook that her dad made on the ceiling to hang her lantern four years ago.
Give me the first taste
Let it begin, heaven cannot wait forever
Darling just start the chase
I'll let you win, but you must make the endeavor
Austin sat up from the couch. "This song is depressing, and sad. The complete opposite of Ally." He thought to himself, fumbling with the iPod in his hands.
Oh your love gives me a heart contusion
Adagio breezes fill my skin with sudden red
Your hungry flirt borders intrusion
And I'm building memories on things we have not said
Ally went down stairs to the kitchen. She was the only one home, since her dad went out for grocery shopping, and would not be home until late. Opening the cupboard beneath the sink, she grabbed the wooden stool.
Full is not heavy as empty, not nearly my love
Not nearly my love, not nearly
Austin's face paled. He stood up and ran down the stairs of Sonic Boom. Fumbling for his phone in his pocket, he dialed 911.
"911. What's your emergency?" He screamed into the phone while running to her house.
"My girlfriend's about to commit suicide!"
Give me the first taste
Let it begin, heaven cannot wait forever
Darling, just start the chase
I'll let you win, but you must make the endeavor
Ally stood on the stool and hooked the noose around her neck. Shaking, she said a quick prayer and popped four pills into her mouth and swallowed them dry. Sticking two notes against her body, she kicked the stool away.
The first taste
Let it begin, heaven cannot wait forever
He busted the front door open to her house, and sprinted up the stairs leading to her room.
Start the chase, I'll let you win
"Ally no!" Austin screamed while bursting opened her bedroom door, tears racing down his face. He took her limp body off of the noose, cradling her limp body in his arms. "Please don't go." He touched her blue lips.
But you must make the endeavor
Austin shook his head. "Its all my fault!" He screamed in the air. "It's all my fault." He broke down with Ally in his arms, interlacing her hand with his.
The first taste
Let it begin, heaven cannot wait forever
He looked up and saw an orange bottle filled with pills. Tears still streaming down his face, he grabbed it from the foot of the stool. He grabbed a handful, and looked at the pills in his hand. "I love you Ally, you know that right?" He looked at her, her head rested against his thigh. "I want to be with you." Austin exclaimed, his voice beginning to waver. He looked at the notes that she attached to her torso. The first one had the word 'sorry' written on it in her perfect cursive writing. The second had his name on it. Removing his hand from Ally's, he grabbed it.
Don't do it now. Please stay. Promise?
Austin gulped, shaking his head.
Start the chase
"I'm sorry Ally. I'm so sorry." Tears began to stream down his face.
I'll let you win
He raised his hand.
But you must make the endeavor