Hey everyone, this is my new story! It's totally different than the kind of setting in the show, so I hope you all don't mind. I hope you guys enjoy this story as much as you are all enjoying my other one!

Austin's POV

It had been a cold day in early November, and my father had me outside raking leaves on the front lawn. That's the only reason why I didn't like the fall season: yard work. It usually didn't bother me, to be honest, but it was so chilly to the point I could see my breath whenever I breathed.

I was raking up by my mailbox when I saw my neighbor, Emily, walking over toward me with another girl beside her. From what I could tell from the distance, she was brunette.

"Hey Austin," Emily said, putting her hands in her pockets.

"Hey Em," I said, leaning the rake against the mailbox. I looked next to her at the brunette and I smiled at her. She had brown hair that had curls at the end, big brown eyes, and she was wearing skinny jeans and a hoodie. She was so beautiful. "And who is this beautiful girl right here?"

"This is my cousin, Ally. Ally Dawson." Emily said, looking at Ally who was now smiling at my remark, so I smiled. "Her family just moved here from Miami. She's going to be going to school with us."

I crossed my arms and looked at the girl, who I now knew was called Ally. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Ally Dawson. I'm Austin Moon."

"It's nice to meet you, too, Austin." She said sweetly. Even her voice was beautiful.

"Just one question," I said to Ally, and she nodded her head. "Why on earth would you move from Florida to New Hampshire?"

"That's what I asked my parents," She said, shrugging her shoulders. "My mom said she wanted to be closer to the family, so here we are. My dad is taking over the Sonic Boom up here. Her father was managing it up here while mine was managing the one down in Miami."

"I love that store!" I said excitedly.

"Yeah," Emily cut in, nudging Ally's arm. "Austin here loves to play the guitar."

"Oh really?" Ally asked, looking impressed. "I'd love to hear you play sometime," She said. A smile curved on my lips.

"Definitely," I said.

"Good," Ally said, clasping her hands together. "We should get going, though. We have to help my parents unpack the boxes." She said, pointing to the house to the right of mine.

"Wait," I said, shocked that I didn't realize this before. "You're the new family moving in next door?"

"Yeah," She said, raising her eyebrows and smirking. "I hope you don't mind. I mean, I wouldn't want it to be an issue."

I caught on quickly that she was being smart with me and I laughed. She was definitely something else and I just met the girl five minutes ago. I could absolutely see myself being good friends with her.

"No issue at all," I said, putting my hands up in defeat and smiling at her.

"Great," She said smiling. "We'll see you later, neighbor." Ally and Emily turned around and started walking toward Ally's house. I watched them, and couldn't help but smile.

"I have a feeling you and I are going to be really good friends, Ally Dawson," I called out. She turned around and smiled at me as Emily kept walking.

"We'll see about that," She said, then turned around and caught up to Emily. I picked up the rake and started raking the yard again. A smile stayed on my face the whole time.

Ally's POV

I had gotten to New Hampshire early in the morning, and the first thought I had was, "Damn! It's cold here." It was like a whole different world than Florida, but change was good sometimes. Plus now I was closer to most of my family, so the move wasn't so bad.

The first person I saw when I got to my new house was my cousin, Emily. She lived across the street, which was great because she and I have always been super close, and we're the same age also.

She took me outside to go introduce me to the neighbors. First, she took me to Miss Clemens house, who lived in the house to the right of mine. She was a small old woman who lived with her two cats and dog. From talking to her, she seemed to be very sweet. Next she took me over to the neighbors who lived to the left of me. One of the people that lived there was outside raking leaves in the front yard. The boy outsides name was Austin. Now, I'm not going to lie, he was extremely cute. His blonde hair flopped just the right way, his brown eyes were big and very nice to look at, and he had a smile that could sweep any girl off her feet, except for me, of course. I got a good vibe off of him, his niceness seemed genuine to me, which is always a plus in my book.

Now I'm here, in my room with Emily, unpacking boxes. We stayed quiet for a while, but that didn't last too long on account of we both loved to talk, a lot.

"He was totally flirting with you," Emily said, while helping me push my bed frame against the wall. I looked at her confused.

"Who?" I asked, and she rolled her eyes.

"Austin, stupid!" She said, grabbing my bedspread out of the box. "He called you beautiful and he only just met you." I smiled and shook my head.

"He was just being nice," I said, grabbing the sheets from her.

"Listen, Ally," She said grabbing the other side of the sheet, helping me pull it up on my bed. "I've known Austin a long time, and not once have I seen him flirt with a girl like that. He's usually shy around girls, but with you it was different."

"Shy?" I asked, surprised. "How is a cute guy like that be shy around anyone? He could probably get any girl he wants." Emily looked at me and grinned. "What?" I asked.

"You think Austin's cute!" She said.

"So what? I be a lot of girls think he's cute. I'm not the only one." I said simply.

"All the girls in school think he's cute, but all he ever wants to do is be friends with them, nothing more. The only girl he's ever given the time of day to is Cassidy Rogers," She answered, as we pulled the comforter over the sheets on my bed. "But, that didn't last long at all."

"How come?" I asked, curiously.

"She was using him to make her ex boyfriend jealous, and they haven't really talked since. This happened last year in ninth grade. Lately, she's been trying to talk to Austin, though." She said seriously. I felt so bad for him.

"Wow, that's terrible," I said sincerely. "Has he been talking to her?"

"I don't think so," She said, putting a pillowcase over my pillow. "But, what do I know?"

I don't know why I was so curious, but I was. I felt so bad for him because from what I've experienced from talking to him, he seemed to be like a pretty nice guy. Why would someone want to use him like that? Why did I even care? I only met the guy for five minutes.

"Did you get your schedule? I want to see if we have any classes together?" Emily asked, throwing the pillows on the bed. Well, the bed was all finished. Now we just had everything else to set up in the room.

"Oh yeah," I said, walking over to my backpack, pulling out a folded piece of paper and handing it to her. She scanned her eyes down my schedule and smiled up at me.

"We have three classes together!" She said excitedly. I felt so relieved since she was the only one I knew at that school, besides Austin, kind of.

"Great! Which ones?" I said, returning the smile.

"Math, English, and Chemistry," She said, looking over the schedule again. "We don't have lunch together, but you're in Austin's lunch, so I'm sure he'll let you sit with him and his friends."

"Does he sit with all guys?" I asked. If he did, I'd rather ask the guidance counselor if I can get a schedule change so I could get into Emily's lunch.

"No," She said, handing me back my schedule. "He sits with his best friend Dez, and this girl Trish. I've hung out with them all before, they're pretty cool."

"Alright," I said quietly.

For the next couple of hours, we stayed in my room and unpacked all of the boxes. We organized my room, hung up posters and pictures, put my clothes in the closet and drawers, and laid out a couple of area rugs. After we were all finished, my mom called us down for dinner. She made spaghetti, and it was delicious. In my opinion, my mom was the best cook, but everyone thinks their mothers are the best cooks, it's like a rule.

"Thanks for dinner, Auntie Penny," Emily said, giving my mom a hug. "I'm so happy I get to see you guys everyday now."

"Me too, sweetie," She said, kissing her head.

"I'm going to walk her home," I said to my mom. It was dark outside, and Emily hated the dark, even though she was only going across the street.

"Okay, sweetie," My mom said, smiling at both of us.

We left the kitchen and walked outside. When we walked down the stairs, I noticed Austin was still outside working on the yard. He was bagging the leaves that were spread in piles around his front lawn.

"Does he usually stay outside this long?" I whispered to Emily as we walked toward her house.

"He's a hardworking kid. His dad makes him stay outside until everything is done," She said quietly. As we were about to cross the street, she dragged me over to Austin's yard for the second time today.

"Austin!" She said, dragging me with her closer to him. He dropped the handful of leaves he had in his hands in the bag and smiled at us.

"What's up, ladies?" He said looking at Emily then at me. I smiled back at him.

"Ally here has the same lunch as you," She said, and he nodded. "So, be a good boy and let her sit with you. She's also in our math class,"

"No problem," He said, looking at me. "Me and my friends are chill, you'll like us. I promise,"

"Thanks," I said relieved. I didn't want to be one of those new students that sit by themselves on the first day of school, so I'm happy he said it was okay for me to join them at lunch.

"You're very welcome," He said flirtatiously.

As we walked away to cross the street, Emily nudged me and gave me a smirk.

"Shut up," I said, rolling my eyes, walking up her front steps with her. "I'll see you tomorrow," And with that, she was in the house and I was on my way back to my house.

"Hey Ally," I heard someone call, I looked around and noticed it was Austin who called me.

"Yeah?" I said, stopping in my tracks.

"I'll see you tomorrow," He said, and even though we were some distance away, I could tell he was smiling at me.

"Looking forward to it," I called back at him, and then walked in the house.

So, what'd everyone think? Let me know!