A/N: Hey guys :) It's been a while since I've actually published anything, and I know I really should be updating Bad Boys & Bad Behaviour but the idea for this story has been plaguing me for a week and I really wanted to just get it out. Originally it was supposed to be a oneshot but then it started to get longer and longer and I realised that there was a lot I could do with it so really it should be a multi-chap. I really hope you guys like it and any reviews, follows or favourites would be greatly appreciated :) If this chapter goes down well then I'll upload the next chapter tomorrow, because I'm literally blazing ahead with this story and I've got a week off this week so I can dedicate all my time to Fanfiction because I have no life... #yolo

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Chapter One

Ally's day had been fairly quiet. Sonic Boom had been pretty empty for most of the day, with only a few customers every once in a while and frankly Ally was happy to have the peace and quiet for it meant she could finally get around to working on the new song she'd promised Austin.

Unfortunately for Ally, her quiet was short lived for it wasn't long before two of her best friends bounded through the door disturbing the peace.

"Hey Ally," Austin waved as he walked in with Dez at his side.

Though Ally had been looking forward to having some time to herself she was always happy to see her friends, especially Austin. She was reluctant to admit it to anyone but her journal but Ally might have developed somewhat of a crush on resident rock-star Austin Moon. It hadn't been intentional but after spending countless nights consumed with the music and each other, alone in the practice room above Sonic Boom it had been inevitable. There was just something so intoxicating about Austin that she just couldn't help herself.

Of course, when they weren't together writing a song it was pretty hard for Ally to catch any time alone with Austin. If Austin wasn't with Dez then Ally was always with Trish. Though as much as it sometimes irritated Ally that she couldn't spend more alone time with Austin, she had slowly begun to appreciate this little fact. For one thing it meant that Austin still had no idea that she was crushing on him - since Ally couldn't get him alone she was often able to push her feelings aside and act like a totally normal human being, unlike with Dallas who had suffered through a multitude of her 'quirky' idiocies. On top of that since Dez was constantly around him Austin often had difficulty attracting girls - Dez, like Ally, was also quite quirky and most people didn't really understand him in the way his friends did. This sometimes meant that Dez unintentionally pushed people away through his mannerisms, which was the opposite effect of what Austin needed if he were to score dates anytime soon.

Finally, the main reason Ally wasn't too bothered by her limited alone time with Austin was that she genuinely enjoyed hanging around with Austin, Dez and Trish as a group. In the few months since they had all become close Ally had really begun to appreciate their company as well as learning to have more fun because of it.

However, that being said, just because Ally didn't mind that she was unable to get her music partner alone long enough to deduce how he felt about her because of their friends, it didn't mean that Ally wasn't totally bothered by Austin branching out from the group and going on dates. Which is exactly what he had done, with Dez's help too!

"What?" Ally managed to stutter out, her mind in complete shock. Austin had been with Dez all day, she knew that for a fact, after all her phone notified her after each of his hourly Tweeter updates. Austin may have been a complete girl magnet but Dez, no offence to the guy, was a girl replant who overpowered Austin every single time. There was no way this could have happened.

"Yeah, isn't it great," Austin grinned, his face lighting up like the fourth of July. Unlike Ally, he was obviously pleased to have finally scored a date with a girl after several weeks of flying solo. "Dez and I were hanging out at the food court and when I saw her I just knew, you know?"

Ally couldn't believe he was asking her this. Of course she knew! She was reminded of that feeling of complete and utter bliss and want every time she saw him. Even when he strolled up to her in the school hallways immediately after gym class and he smelt worse than the month old tuna sub Dez had abandoned in the Tuba last week, she still had that feeling.

"Yeah," She mumbled, her eyes no longer focusing on Austin despite how angelic she thought he looked in that moment as the sun caught his hair lighting it up like a halo. Swallowing Ally eventually managed to ask the question that had been bothering her since he'd brought it up. "What's her name?"

"Oh, you know her," Dez said, answering the question for Austin who's chocolate eyes had clouded over dreamily. "It's Rachel, the girl that works at Amazing Glaze, remember? We went there last week, you said the donuts were awesome -"

Though Dez looked like he was going to continue talking about how wonderful Rachel and her donuts were Ally cut him off. "I remember," Ally said through gritted teeth.

It wasn't like she could forget the girl either. Ally only knew Rachel because Amazing Glaze happened to be one of the various stores her dad, Lester, liked to frequent before they opened up the store each morning. Though Ally was completely against eating a donut every day after breakfast, she hadn't minded joining her dad on his ventures just after sunrise. In fact, that was how she had first come to know Rachel. The pair had bonded over the fact that they both worked long hours and for their dad's.

What was irritating about the situation, aside from Austin potentially getting a new girlfriend, was that Ally couldn't even hate her. If their early morning talks had taught Ally anything it was that Rachel was a kind-hearted, smart girl who just happened to be exceedingly beautiful too. How could Ally live up to that?

There was a moment of silence in which Ally stood silently fuming over Austin's newfound love life, Austin stared dreamily off into space and Dez began fumbling with his camera. Luckily for Ally the suffocating silence was soon broken by the obnoxious sound of Austin's cell phone ringing in his pocket.

The phone call didn't last long but it was easy to get the gist of it, even if you didn't have the phone attached to your ear like Austin did. Austin had done something wrong and as a punishment his mom wanted him working the lunch shift over at the family's business, Moon's Mattress Kingdom; something Austin begrudged doing. With a quick goodbye and the dreamy look wiped off of his face, having been replaced by a sour frown, Austin hurried out of the music store and presumably to meet his mom in the parking lot, leaving Ally and Dez standing alone.

Not wanting Dez to know she was upset, Ally mumbled a lame excuse about having to do inventory before disappearing upstairs into the practice room. She had not expected Dez to follow her.


The practice room looked the same way it always did. Colourful and untidy, but that was the way Team Austin liked it, with the exception of Ally who was a bit of a clean freak to say that least. Today there was something off about the room, or so Dez felt there was. It might have been that the poster Austin had bought the week before was hanging crookedly off the wall or it might have been the sniffling brunette hunched over the piano furiously playing a tune Dez didn't recognise. He couldn't decide which it was that was off balance, so naturally Dez decided to fix both.

Once he had corrected the wonky wall hanging Dez moved on to Ally, who had apparently taken no notice of his arrival for she had not stopped playing piano nor had she opened her eyes since he had arrived.

"Ally?" Dez's voice cracked unexpectedly as he spoke. He felt as though he had been silent for an eternity, an uncomfortable eternity in which he had been forced to watch someone kick puppies. It was painful to see Ally this sad.

Ally's song came to an abrupt and painful end as she looked up to see the Austin's redheaded sidekick towering over her. "Dez?" Her usually bright eyes were red rimmed and it didn't take a genius took work out why.

"I'm sorry, "Dez said quickly. He hadn't intended for his words to come out rushed but he wasn't the best in these kinds of situations, usually preferring to keeps things happy and upbeat. Dez placed his camcorder on top of the piano and took the space on the piano bench usually reserved for Austin.

"What for?" Ally asked, her eyebrows knitting together in confusion, causing them to appear bushier than they actually were. "You didn't do anything."

"Yeah, I did two things!" Dez threw his hands up in the air annoyed with himself for having upset Ally. "I left another tuna sub in the tuba again, and I didn't stop Austin from hitting on that girl."

Ally sniffled again. "Firstly ew," thankfully this was followed by a small laugh, informing Dez that she was not angry at him for his casual misplacement of food in the store. "And secondly, why would you think I care about that? I'm - um, I'm... just hormonal. Yeah, that's all. I'm just hormonal."

Dez shuddered obviously at his friend's use of the word 'hormonal'. Yes, he read his mom's 'female magazines', so he was slightly more comfortable than most guys with such subjects, but that still didn't make him feel any less at ease or any less disgusted when he heard them out loud. Once he was done with his amateur dramatics Dez placed what he hoped to be a comforting hand on Ally's shoulder.

"You don't have to lie to me Ally. I'm the Love Whisperer, I know when two people like each other."

Ally scoffed, attempting to act nonchalant but failing completely. "Fine, I like Austin and I'm upset that he's going on a date with another girl. Especially Rachel."

Dez nodded, not bothering to question why Ally was so irritated by Austin's choice in date because it was obvious even to Dez why. "Why didn't you just ask Austin out yourself?"

"Because he doesn't like me," It was clear that Ally was frustrated as she threw her hands to the ceiling mimicking Dez's earlier actions before bringing her hands down heavily to the ivory keys in front of her. The sound she created was painful to Dez's ears but he paid it very little attention for the cogs of his brain were working overtime as a plan formed in his head.

Too quickly for Ally's liking, Dez rose to his feet almost knocking the girl beside him to the ground. "Ally, will you go on a date with me?" He asked loudly, his grin was broad like the Cheshire cats and his blue eyes were glittering like diamonds; Ally would have thought it to be adorable to see him so excited about something if that something hadn't been asking her out.

"Um, Dez I'm flattered but I just -" Ally didn't get to finish her sentence for Dez cut her off by pulling her to her feet all the while shaking his head violently, causing strands of orange hair to fly comically in various directions.

"No, not like that," Dez grabbed his camera from the top of the piano before flailing wildly around the room like a kite that had been caught by the wind. "I've gotta make a movie for AV club, right?"

"Right..." Judging by the confused look etched upon Ally's face she wasn't understanding where Dez was headed.

"Well, I could make it about the first date of a guy and a girl. It wouldn't be real, obviously but we could pretend like it is to see how Austin reacts. That way you'll know if he likes you or not and then if he gets jealous you can ask him out afterwards," Dez explained, as he fiddled with the settings on his camera.

"Dez that's brilliant! I could kiss you!" Ally squealed happily, unaware that Dez had pressed record already. "But wait, how will we handle my stage fright? I can't be on camera, what if I make a fool of myself? What if I ruin your entire movie? What if -"

"Ally, I'm sure you'll do just fine," Dez smirked before showing her the footage he had recorded moments ago.

The petite brunette gaped at the short video in front of her. "I can't believe it, how did you -"

"I'm a director Ally, it's what I do," Dez flicked his head in a fashion similar to the way he had seen guys like Austin and Dallas do, and for a brief moment he wondered if he had managed to do it as well as they did. Maybe if he had then girls might notice him more, specifically - but the thought was unimportant. He needed to help Ally.