-Hay guys! Sorry the most recent story was such a bust but we put our retarded minds together and thought of a new one! Winning! Anyway here it is!

Austin gaped at his mother. "You've got to be kidding me"

Earlier that morning

Austin was casually sitting at the kitchen island, eating a plate of pancakes like he always did every Saturday morning at 11 a.m. Ally of course didn't approve, but she put up with the obstacles of being best friends with him.

Suddenly, his mother came rushing out of her bedroom, hair ruffled and knotted with her navy blue scarf hanging loosely over her left shoulder and quickly rushed out the door, her brown clogs still in her hand. "Love you too?" Austin said aloud. "What time is it?" A deep, unfamiliar voice called from his mother's room. Austin curiously arose from his chair and walked quietly to reveal the strange man voice.

A tall guy with gray hair beat him to the door. Austin eyed him. It was the same guy that picked up his mom a few months ago for a date at the movies. How cheesy. "Hello Austin" The man said. "Jeff" Austin replied. He pushed past Jeff and entered the living room. "I'm going to the mall." Jeff followed him. "Don't you need pants to do that, Austin?" Austin looked down at what he was wearing. And there were no pants in sight. "Right. First pants… then to the mall,"

Once Austin had finished looking like a normal human being, he darted out the front door and just ran to the mall… well it's not like its far… only a block.

He entered Sonic Boom as his eyes fell upon a pretty tall girl who had strawberry blonde hair with aqua streaks tossed around it. Then his eyes wandered over to a short girl, who looked about 14 years old, and had dark chocolate hair which was dip-dyed red. She met eyes with Austin as she looked around after talking secretly to the other girl, who was standing behind the counter. The 14 year old smiled brightly at him and walked over while sticking out her hand. "Austin right?" She said. "Uhh… yea" He awkwardly shook it. "You know Jeff right?" He nodded. Talk about 3rd degree stalker.

"Why are you staring at me like that?"The girl said. Austin snapped out of his creepy vision of her being some life threatening spy. "Well I just don't know who you are… and you know all these things about me soo…"She narrowed her eyes a bit "I only know that you know someone named Jeff… and that your name is Austin"

Suddenly, Ally came in and stood next Austin. "Have you ever noticed that that fountain doesn't even have water in it jus- what's going on…?" She asked weirdly looking back and forth between the two. "Okay, okay listen bro," The blonde said unexpectedly, coming out of no- where and shoving her hand in Austin's face. "Ally why don't you keep Skylar entertained" She said as Ally nodded and put her hand on the small of the little girls back and guided her to the piano.

The tall blonde ushered Austin out the door and to Miami Pier. They walked all the way to the end and the blonde lifted herself up on one of the ledges as she dangled her feet. "Remember when you, me, and Dez use to come out here when we were little?"

Austin remembered her.

Marigold.

Dez's twin sister but, she was also like a sister to Austin. When his parents got divorced, she and Dez were both there to help him, but mostly her because Dez was on some sort of spiritual guidance kick again. She was also his surfing and skating partner, since none of his other friends were coordinated enough. It's extremely hard to know that she and Dez are twins, she has long wavy blonde hair, much like his own, but Dez has short reddish hair. Dez has pale skin and freckles, she has golden tan skin. She has teal, greenish, blue, eyes. While his are just grey.

"Yeah, I do. Do you remember the time we pushed Dez off and he claimed he got saved by a mermaid named Yolanda?" She laughed and he hopped up next to her.

"Yeah…. How old was he?" She twisted the charm on her necklace.

"That was two months ago." They both laughed then Marigold cleared her throat.

"So you probably want to why Skylar was here." She looked nervous, he wondered why.

"Yeah and how does she know Jeff?" He played with a stick of wood that was coming off the siding.

"She's Jeff's daughter… and she wants to talk to you becau-"Mrs. Moon came running down the boardwalk.

"Austin! There you are I've been looking for you everywhere, come on we have to go home" He spun around and jumped in front of his mother.

"Mom what's going on? Why does she want to talk to me?" Austin said slowly and curiously.

Austin's mom, Mimi, sighed quietly. "If you come home with me now you'll find out… now come on,"

Austin turned around and looked at Marigold. He smiled apologetically and waved a bit. She waved back and shrugged her shoulders a bit, than Mimi tugged Austin's hand and guided him to the car.

The car ride was silent and awkward, which wasn't new for the both of them. Once they parked in their oddly long driveway, they just sat there. Lingering in their awkwardness.

"You know very well I can't keep crying about your father leaving us every night" Mimi said in barely a whisper.

"You could've asked me first" Austin said in the same tone.

"I didn't realize I needed your permission to be happy" She said, her voice rising. That's all it took for Austin to ditch her and trap himself in his rather messy room, passing Skylar and Jeff on the way that were waiting at the dinner table patiently.

Ally would understand.

-Yo ma peeps! What's the haps?! Did you like the chap and what not!? Ok gangster talking style = failed. ANYWAY R&R pleaseee!