A/N: Just something I thought of a few days ago.
Warning: This is Jemily and Auslly, maybe not in a romantic type of way, more like crush/friendship. I may change it later on, though. But still. Read at your own risk.
Disclaimer: I do not own Austin and Ally, nor do I own Power Rangers. They belong to their respectful owners.
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Team Spirit
Chapter 1: Unspoken Confessions
Ally Dawson was in a hurry. She had a meeting with all the store owners at the mall and it ended ten minutes later than she expected. What was she expecting?
Austin Moon.
She told Austin to be at Sonic Boom at 10:30 that morning. It was now 10:37. She was late. She was late and she knew it. It was Austin who had the problem of arriving there late, but now it was herself.
She was going so fast, she wasn't watching where she was going. She bumped into someone as tall as she was (which was saying a lot, because Ally wasn't that tall). That someone had blonde hair. Ally said a quick apology (which she meant), a walked away as fast as she could, trying to avoid the stares coming from the blonde's boyfriend.
She finally burst into the Sonic Boom doors at 10:42 and found the store thankfully empty, expect Dez, Trish, and Austin. Trish had her Italian Restaurant uniform on, which meant she probably still worked there. Austin (Eek!) was there, laughing at something Dez was doing. And Dez…
"DEZ!" Ally shrieked. "What have I told you about using the trumpet as a meatball launcher?!"
Her three dearest friends stopped what they were doing, obviously freaked out that she had snuck up on them as if out of thin air.
"Sorry, Ally," Dez said, quietly, afraid to anger the songwriter even more.
"Sorry, Austin. The meeting when on longer than I anticipated," Ally apologized immediately to Austin.
"It's cool. Ready to go?"
"Yeah. Let's get this started."
Trish and Dez watched as Austin and Ally when up the stairs to Ally's private practice room.
~PRS~PRS~PRS~
Ji had dragged the Rangers all the way out to Miami.
"Remember Rangers," he told them for the eighth millionth time, "We are here on official business, not vacation. Let's just find the next victim and defeat the Nighlock when it comes."
"Ji," Jayden said, obviously just as tired of hearing Ji say the same thing over and over again as the others were, "We. Know."
"And, dude, can you change into something more appropriate?" Mike asked. And he had a point. Mentor Ji was dressed in traditional Japanese clothing, just like what he usually wore. "We're not in Panorama City anymore." [1]
"Alright," Ji gave in. "I'll go into a clothing store and buy something more suited for this city." Ji left for the nearby clothing store.
That was Jayden's cue to take over, like always. "Alright, guys, we'll split up. We'll find the next victim faster that way. Mia, you're with Kevin. Mike, you're with Antonio. Emily, you're with me. Got it?" When the Rangers nodded and before they went their separate ways, he added, "Remember, his name is Austin Moon."
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Emily, who was very observant, looked around, while Jayden look ahead, being her eyes, since Emily had the knack of being such a klutz sometimes. Naturally, he was afraid that she would run into something, like a pole.
Naturally, he would be afraid of that. They all were afraid of that, even Kevin, who was very orderly and disciplined. Naturally, they were also afraid of hurting herself during practice, or slipping on a bag of peas like she had done earlier on when they all first met (1). Also, naturally, they were all afraid of hurting her. She was the youngest and naturally they were afraid of hurting even her pinkie. She kept telling them that it was fine if they hurt her. That was how everyone learned their lessons, by experiencing the pain that went with the choice you made.
However, it was unnatural that Jayden would always give into her smiles, like when they had saved the brides. Afterwards, she had come up and asked him to join them in having a "victory goodie" with them.
"Samurai Rangers, cupcakes are ours!" (2)
She had said that. And he would never forget it.
He had supposed that it was because either she was the youngest or she had the most charming smile. But he knew that wasn't it. Neither one was. So what was it then?
He liked her. Not in the friend way like the others. He felt an emotional connection with her. Along with Kevin, she was the most loyal and the most polite to him and was usually the one taking hits for him.
The only downside was that Mike liked her too. Mike was also the one that usually hung out with her the most, besides Mia. He also saw the way that the two were just chatting away like old friends on the plane here. Whenever he saw them together, he got a weird feeling, and it wasn't good. But unlike others, no matter what, he would respect her choice. And so, because of that, he kept his distance.
"Austin Moon, huh?"
Jayden snapped out of his reverie and looked at her. Oh, God. There was that smile again.
"Yeah. Our victim's name is Austin Moon."
"I heard his music before. He's pretty good, but every time he sings, he always credits his songwriter. Apparently, her name is Ally."
"Your point?" Jayden couldn't help but smile. That smile of hers….
"His songwriter is a girl. He's a guy. Maybe he's in love with her or something," Emily continued, smiling even wider.
Jayden paused, trying not to succumb to her powerful smile. "Maybe. I don't know, though. You're better at that stuff than I am."
Emily immediately bumped into someone, a brunette girl, who looked like she was in a hurry. The girl turned back around and said, "Sorry!" and continued on her way.
Jayden stared at her and when she was out of sight, which didn't take too long, he turned back to Emily and kneeled beside her, helping her back on her feet.
"You okay?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I feel a little disoriented, though. I wasn't expecting that," Emily replied, trying to regain her balance. Jayden merely held onto her arm and waited for her to regain her balance and sense of direction.
As he was doing so, Emily softly smiled at him while he wasn't looking. He was always her arm rest whenever he fell. He always let her lean on him whenever she was feeling dizzy after she ran into something. None of the others were like that, expect Mia.
Sure she was the youngest, but it was either that or Serena being the oldest, even older than Jayden. Emily herself just turned sixteen last week (3), while Serena would be turning twenty-seven next month. Jayden and Antonio were both eighteen, Kevin was nineteen, and Mia and Mike were both seventeen. [2]
Age didn't matter though. Unlike the others, she felt a great connection with Jayden. He let her fight her own battles, but helped her when she needed it, and seemed the one to calm down the most by her flute music whenever she played. He always seemed to know how much space she needed and how much time she needed to get back on her feet. He knew how to make her laugh (like when he fought Kevin during practice and made the African male's pants fall down (4)) and always respected her choices. She often made mistakes that usually ended in him getting hurt (like their second battle together as a team (5)), but he always forgave her afterwards, saying that she already made up for her errors just by fighting with him and being strong.
"She hid it well. Everyone has something they don't want to hear." (6)
He was technically calling her strong right there. He thought the entire time that she was strong and was as good a samurai as himself and the others. He was the one who first believed in her.
However, Mia liked him too. The two were always sparring and fencing together. They were always laughing together. Whenever Emily saw this, she would feel a great pain in her chest. Not physical pain, but emotional pain. It was coming from her heart. She didn't want to hurt Mia's feelings, nor Jayden's, so she often stayed away. If Jayden was happy, then she guessed that she was too.
When Emily was feeling better, physically, not emotionally, the two went on their way, continuing to look for their victim.
~PRS~PRS~PRS~
Ally's hands flew across the keys like a swan. Austin's singing voice rang out in the practice room. The two finished the song together on the very last key just like it always was.
"That was a great song, Ally," Austin said, "You've outdone yourself this time."
"I have more," Ally said, smiling up at him.
Dear, Lord, that smile…
That was one of things he really liked about Ally. He liked her smile. It was contagious, just like her outrageous dancing skills and her silliness. Austin felt something different for Ally, different than his mother, Trish, and even Cassidy. He was emotionally attached to her, not just professionally. He thought it was because he thought of her a sister, an annoying little sister, but he eventually knew that wasn't it. Not even two weeks ago, when the group had heard that Ally would be leaving for New York to the music school, he suddenly realized it.
He was in love with her.
When he sang the farewell song that she wrote, when he sang that final line, he could swear that his heart broke. But when she announced that she was staying at his album release party that Saturday night, he was happy inside, but it was exactly happiness, but yet, at the same time, it was. It was something more than happiness. It was hard to explain it, but that's when he realized his true feelings for Ally. (7)
He couldn't live without her.
But she liked Dallas, and Dallas liked her too. No matter what, he just couldn't find the chance to tell her.
He broke out of his trance when Ally snapped her fingers in his face, but she didn't look mad.
"Hey, Silly," Ally said, with a small smile on her face. "You okay?"
"Huh?"
"You've been staring at my mirror for the past three minutes."
"Oh…yeah…I'm fine."
"Penny for your thoughts?" Ally asked him. She often said this. It was one of the many lines that he would remember until he was six feet under. Whenever she said it, she sounded really cute, like a worried, little kid.
"Oh, I'm thinking about a friend of mine. He really, really likes this girl, but she likes someone else, and that someone else likes her too. My friend really wants to tell her how he really feels, but is afraid that she will reject him, even though he will always respect her choice. He told me this, but I didn't know what to say, and I still don't, and I feel bad for him," Austin said, "Any advice for my friend?" He added a sad smile when he said this.
Ally smiled back. "Your friend should just puck up the courage and tell her. From your story, it sounds like this girl is not together with the other guy, not yet. So your friend should tell her before the other does."
"Just be straight forward?" Austin asked, breaking it down to his level.
"That's right. Just be straight forward," Ally repeated. "Feel better?"
"I think so," Austin said, smile growing wider.
If only she realized that the friend he was talking about was himself and the girl he was talking about was her…
Ally was writing a new song in her book, listening to Austin sing the one they had just finished. Dang, his voice was good…
His voice was one of the many things she liked about him. He was also charming and usually funny and able to cheer her up in no time. She also loved the fact that he was basically her best friend, besides Trish and Dez.
She smiled as she wrote and he sang. She loved his voice, the way he sang her songs. Nearly half of those songs were love songs and she wrote them for him, hoping that he would soon realize what she was starting to feel for him, but boys, especially Austin, seemed to be naïve concerning the topic and emotion of love. She had stage fright, which was bad, but telling Austin her true feelings would possibly mean ruining their friendship, and that was worse. She couldn't risk telling him, just for that very purpose. And besides, he had Cassidy to occupy his mind. (8)
But no one could deny:
Austin and Ally went together like peanut butter and jelly.
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Their friends knew. Both groups did.
Mike was just a brother figure to Emily.
Dallas was just a school girl crush that Ally was getting over
Mia was just one of Jayden's good advisors.
Cassidy was just a penpal to Austin.
Not one of those four knew that though. That's why the four are heartbroken.
But they rather be hurt than feel nothing at all.
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A/N: Review, please! Notes:
[1] In "The Strange Case of the Munchies", it is revealed that according to Mia's Driver's License, the rangers are in Panorama City, Los Angeles.
[2] I just made up the ages. It doesn't say specifically what the ages are, expect for the fact that Emily is the youngest.
Episode References:
(1) Sticks and Stones
(2) There Go the Brides
(3) Team Spirit
(4) The Team Unites
(5) Origins, Part 2
(6) Sticks and Stones
(7) Albums & Auditions
(8) Diners & Daters