Ally had been humming a tune to the latest song she was writing for Austin when Trish interrupted her thoughts.

"Wow!" Trish exclaimed. "Can you believe Austin's old crush Cassidy got so famous so quick?"

"Please don't show that to Austin. He's still upset that she moved away AND she's living his dream."

"It's only a matter of time before Austin gets a record deal too. As long as you keep writing those hits and I keep my job as his manager."

"Speaking of jobs, shouldn't you be at Cheesy Charlie's?"

Trish shrugged. "They want me to dress up in that stupid mouse costume. I'll pass." She shook her head and looked back down at the magazine she was reading.

Ally smiled and shook her head before turning back to her songbook; she had actually been jotting down some of her thoughts that had, for some reason, been clouded with Austin. "It's Austin Moon!" she thought to herself. "My best friend and partner. Why would I be thinking of him?!"

She looked down at the lyrics and read them over and over, scratching things out, adding things in, trying to make it absolutely perfect.

She sighed as she realized she had to re-write them on a blank page because of all the side notes about her feelings for Austin. Her mind went back to the article Trish was reading about Cassidy, the girl Austin fell hard for. Surely Austin had forgotten about her by now; she'd been gone for nearly 4 months.

Ally couldn't help but feel guilty for being jealous because Austin liked Cassidy; she was a nice girl and all, but Ally just couldn't wrap her mind around Cassidy and Austin being a couple.

Then her thoughts shifted to Dallas, the cell phone accessory cart guy; she'd been crushing on him long before Austin…So, why couldn't she forget about the idea of dating Austin? Dallas was everything Austin was…wasn't he? He had the looks, he had the charm, he was goofy like she was, he was as horrible of a dancer as she was, and he liked her too. Austin was two out five. It was only logical that she'd go for Dallas instead of Austin…right?

Ally's head snapped up from her notebook when she heard the guys running in while throwing a basketball between them. She watched the ball fly back and forth before throwing her arms out and snatching it.

"Guys, how many times have I told you not to play ball in here?"

"Relax, Ally." Austin chuckled. "It's not like we would have broken anything, you can trust us."

As if on cue, a rack of violins crashed to the floor as Dez glanced around, trying to act as if he hadn't seen anything.

"Oh, I can totally trust you guys." Ally said with a sarcastic tone. She walked over to the mess and picked up the violins, handing them to Austin so he could place them on the counter.

"Okay, so maybe we're a little reckless, but-."

"A little?" Ally laughed. "Try a lot."

"Ally." Austin whined. "How about I make it up to you?"

"You're gonna pay for the violins Dez broke?" she said, with a smile on her face. She walked over to the counter to examine the instruments.

"No." He said, following her and looking down at her notebook. "Hey, is this the new song?"

"Yeah." Ally smiled. "Wanna hear?"

Austin nodded eagerly. "Definitely."

She began to sing;

I'm standin' here, but you don't see me

I'm talkin' to yah, but you don't hear me

I'm gonna make you see

Austin joined in;

I'm gonna make you believe

That I can be what you need

She smiled. "I know it still needs work, but do you like it so far?"

He smiled back at her. "I love it." He raised his hand and she gave him a high five. He took hold of her hand and stared into her eyes until she cleared her throat and looked away, hoping to hide the blush that crept up on her cheeks.

"How about…I…take you…on a date?" Austin asked sheepishly.

Ally blushed. "Us? A date?"

"Mmhmm." Austin nodded. "What do you say?"

"Uh, sure." She smiled at him.

"Awesome." He reached over and kissed her cheek. "Friday, seven o'clock." He announced before sauntering out of Sonic Boom.

Ally blushed as Trish walked up beside her. "Wow."

She jumped and looked at her best friend. "Do you HAVE to sneak up on me like that?"

Trish shrugged. "It's fun. Now, come on," she took Ally's arm, "we need to find you something cute to wear for your date."

Ally yelped as Trish dragged her out of the store. "What about the store?! I'm in charge!"