A/N: Hey guys, I'm back with yet another A&A story! Sorry it's been so long since I've posted, but hopefully I can post a few over my Spring Break! This is a pretty long one-shot, and I was going to separate it into chapters, but decided to just keep it as it is, so hope you enjoy it! Oh, and this is before Austin and Ally started dating in my story "Sickness & Songs", but there is flirting and Auslly moments, basically the same thing that Disney has been torturing us Auslly lovers with. Plus, read the Author's Note at the end, it clears up a few things from this story.

Okay, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Austin & Ally

Ally P.O.V

It was a really hot day in Miami, Florida, and I was working the morning shift in Sonic Boom. Even though it was only the morning, it was already super hot.

"Thanks for shopping at Sonic Boom, come again!" I said as I finished ringing up a customer. As they were leaving the store, Trish walked in sucking a lollipop bigger than her hand.

"Guess who got a job at the Candy Store?" she said.

"Wow, your job at Frank's Furniture didn't last long," I said. I couldn't say I was surprised.

"What are you talking about? It lasted for four hours, and that's a record. You should be proud of your best friend's accomplishment!" Trish said.

"Oh, Trish," I said, shaking my head.

"What?" she asked. I looked at her with a really, Trish? Really? look and bent down to grab my book.

"So, any new songs for Austin yet?" she asked, trying to peer at the page I had the book open too. I slammed it shut quickly.

"I have one started, but you're not allowed to see it yet," I said.

"Ugh, fine. Oh my gosh, why is it so hot today?" Trish complained as she fanned herself with her lollipop.

"It just is, and Trish, you know that's not going to help, right?" I said, pointing to the lollipop flying in front of her face.

"It's better than nothing," she shot back. I knew better than to argue with her, so I let the matter go.

Just then, my best guy friend Austin, and Dez strolled in.

"Hey girls," Austin greeted.

"Hey Ally, oompa loompa," Dez nodded at each of us, the last comment obviously meant for Trish.

She glared at him. "You know, I may have known you for almost a year, but I am still more than capable of smacking those freckles off your face," she threatened. "With a shovel," she added.

"You wouldn't," Dez said.

"Oh, you know she would," Austin and I said in unison. Trish nodded in confirmation.

"Anyways, Ally, when does your shift end?" Austin asked me.

"One, why?" I asked.

"Well, its 12:45 now, so after your shift is done, we should all go to the beach!" Austin suggested.

Everyone agreed, except me. "You know I have bad experiences at the beach Austin," I whined.

"It wasn't that bad last time!" Austin protested.

"Really? Because last time I checked, we almost got busted for breaking into an ice cream shop. Actually, technically we did get busted, but we're lucky we weren't put behind bars!" I exclaimed.

Austin rolled his eyes. "C'mon Ally, cut loose and have some fun. One day you'll have a good experience at the beach, and that day, is today!"

I stared at my friends' eager faces before finally giving in. I reluctantly sighed. "Alright, fine, we'll go to the beach."

"Yes!" the other three exclaimed happily.

"Well, I've gotta get back to work, so please, try not to break anything," I pleaded to the two boys.

"We won't," they said. I gave them disbelieving looks before heading off to help a customer looking at guitars.

"Can I help you find something sir?" I asked the man.

"Actually yes, I'm looking for a guitar for my thirteen year old daughter. Her old one broke last week, so she needs a new one," he explained.

I nodded. "Alright, well the ones on this rack are more for adults, but over here are the ones for teenagers," I said as I lead him to a rack with slightly smaller guitars.

"Oh, perfect! Thanks so much," he said.

I smiled. "Not a problem. I'll let you look some more and when you're ready, I'll ring-"

I jumped as I heard a loud crash from the other side of the store. I whipped around to see Dez and Austin standing in a pile of tambourines and trumpets.

"Would you excuse me for a second?" I told the man before running towards the mess.

"What on earth happened here? And what did I say about breaking stuff!" I exclaimed.

"Um, not to do it?" Austin said, rubbing the back of his neck nervously. Good, he's always been intimidated when I'm ticked, I thought in victory.

"Exactly!" I said, throwing my hands up. I sighed, "Clean this up please."

I left the boys to clean up the mess of instruments while I went behind the register to ring the man up, who had picked out a pink guitar.

"I think she'll like this one," he said happily. "Pink is her favourite color."

"Alright, that'll be $400 please." He handed me a wad of money.

"Keep the change," he said before leaving.

"Oh, thanks!" I called after him. I flipped through the money. There was $600 here! That guy must have some money to spare, I thought. What a nice guy.

"Ally, we're heading to our places to get our stuff, so we'll meet you at the beach," Trish called as Dez finished putting the last trumpet back on the shelf. I nodded and the three left the store.

I put the money in the register and glanced up at the clock on the wall. It was already one o'clock, and Heather, a family friend who helped out at the store, came in just in time.

"Hey Ally," she greeted me. Heather was about twenty years old with long blond hair and green eyes. She was really nice and I had known her for pretty much my whole life.

"Hi Heather. I'm heading to the beach now, so tell my dad when he comes back please," I told her.

"Sounds good. Have fun!" I grinned at her and left the store before quickly dashing home. It took about five minutes, as I didn't live too far from the store, but I was sweating from the heat when I got back.

I went upstairs to my room and changed into a midnight blue bikini with a white sundress overtop, white flip flops, grabbed my beach bag, which already had stuff in it from last time, and went back downstairs.

As I ran out the door, my neighbour, Mrs. Carson, was playing with her four year old daughter Angela in a plastic kiddie pool in their front yard.

"Hi Ally," Angela grinned at me. I smiled back.

"Hi Angela! Hello Mrs. Carson!" I called to her mother as well. She smiled and waved as Angela started splashing in the pool again, laughing hysterically.

I started giggling at the little toddler's antics and continued on my way to the beach. Luckily, the beach was closer to my house than Sonic Boom, so before I knew it, I was already there.

I spotted Austin, Trish, and Dez sitting in the sand under a couple of umbrellas and headed over.

"Hey guys," I greeted.

"Hey!" they said. Trish was reading a fashion magazine, Austin was tanning while listening to his iPod, and Dez was drawing faces on his toes.

"Um, Dez? Why are you drawing faces on your toes?" I asked as I sat down next to Austin.

"I need to have buddies to swim with me, duh!" he said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"That's why we're here, you whack-a-doodle!" Trish exclaimed as she whacked him upside the head. Austin and I stifled laughs as Dez and Trish got into an argument.

Austin pulled out his earphones and turned his iPod off. He sat up and looked at me. "Well, while they're busy doing that, want to hit the water with me?"

I hesitated. "Uh, there's this thing called sharks and other vicious animals that live in the ocean, so nah, I'm good."

"Oh c'mon Ally, please? For me?" he asked with puppy dog eyes. Oh, damn that face! I thought.

"Fine, just for a bit," I said reluctantly.

"Yes! Thanks Ally!" Austin said as we stood up. I slipped off my sandals and wiggled out of my sundress and couldn't help but notice that Austin was looking at me.

"What?" I asked, now somewhat self conscious. It's not like I was staring at his shirtless chest, no matter how hot he looked. Wait, what?

"Huh? Oh, uh, nothing. That suit looks good on you," he said, and I swore I saw a faint blush spread across his cheeks.

"Oh, um, thanks," I said. Before things got more awkward, I said, "We're staying near the shore. I don't need sharks attacking me!" I added.

That snapped him out of it. "Don't be so paranoid. And don't worry, I'll protect you from the sharks," he teased as he poked me in the ribs. I playfully hit him on his shoulder as we made our way to the water.

Once we were at the edge, Austin dove right in, but I dipped a toe in.

"That's cold!" I shrieked.

Austin chuckled from the water. "You've just gotta get used to it."

I hesitated before wading up to my waist. For me, that didn't take much, since I was pretty short without my usual heels on.

"Hey, that's actually not that bad. It's kind of nice," I said before diving under and coming back up.

"See? You can have a good experience if you just try," Austin said. I grinned at him and splashed him. He wasn't expecting it at all.

"Ah, Ally!" he spluttered. I just giggled and dove under the water before he could get me. I came back up quietly behind him and jumped on his back. I couldn't help but notice how toned he was, but I pushed the thought out of my mind. We're just friends. Best friends.

"Gotcha!" I laughed.

I could hear him laughing and he leaned backwards in hopes that I would slip off into the water. Sure enough, I did.

Oh, it's on, I thought.

We spent about an hour play fighting each other and having a great time when Austin said, "Man, all this fighting is making me hungry. I'm going to head to the Snack Shack and grab some food. You coming?"

I shook my head. "Nah, I'm fine. I'm just going to swim around for a bit longer."

He shrugged. "Okay, suit yourself." He waded out of the water and went to get food, and I moved a bit closer to shore, still a bit paranoid about sharks, especially with the fact that I was now alone.

I floated on my back for a bit and dove around like a dolphin for about ten minutes before deciding I was going to get out for a rest. As I walked along the sandy bottom of the beach, I suddenly felt a sharp pain shoot through my foot, like something was zapping it was an electric rod.

I screamed in pain and looked down to see a jellyfish slightly buried in the sand where my foot had just been.

"OW!" I shouted. Trish, Dez, and Austin looked up and saw me collapse on the shore while grabbing my foot.

"Oh my god, Ally!" Austin yelled as he dropped the food and bolted towards me. Trish and Dez ran to get the lifeguard, who, unfortunately, was on the other side of the beach.

"Ally, what happened?" Austin exclaimed as he knelt down in front of me grabbing my shoulders.

"I stepped on a jellyfish and it stung me. Now my foot feels like it's on fire. Austin, it hurts so bad!" I said, as I felt tears of pain brimming my eyes.

He noticed and looked at me with concern. "Let me see it," he said. I shook my head.

"Ally," he said gently. "I need to look at it. I'm no doctor, but I can still see how bad it looks. Alright? I'll be gentle," he said as he took my hands and slowly pried them off of my foot before carefully replacing them with his own. I mentally smiled at how careful he was being. Stop it Ally, now is not the time to be thinking about that!

"That looks pretty bad Alls," Austin said as he took one last glance at it before taking his hands off. "I'll be right back."

He ran to our stuff quickly and came back with an ice pack and handed it to me.

"Why do you have an ice pack at the beach?" I asked, but accepted it gratefully none the less.

"I brought one since you were coming. No offence or anything, but you know, in case you got hurt, since bad things happen to you when you're at beach," he said, smiling slightly.

Despite the pain, I giggled slightly. "Well, thanks."

We were quiet for a moment and I tried to ignore the pain for a minute. "So much for this being a bad-experience free day, huh?"

He gave me a small smile at my attempt at a joke. "Yeah, I thought today was the day."

He met my gaze and we both found ourselves unable to look away. It didn't last long though, as I caught sight of Trish and Dez running back with the lifeguard on their heels.

"What happened, Ally?" the lifeguard said. I wondered how she knew my name, but then I noticed that it was Carrie Walsh, a recent graduate from my school.

"Jellyfish sting on my foot, and it hurts really bad," I replied.

She took a look at it. "When did it happen?"

"About ten minutes ago," I replied.

"Did you see what the jellyfish looked like?"

I nodded. "It was about medium sized with yellow stripes on the head part."

Carrie's eyes widened. "How many tentacles?"

"Um, about 6, why?" I asked. Now she was freaking me out.

"That's a Tiger Jellyfish, no wonder you're still in so much pain," she said.

"I'm sorry, but what's a Tiger Jellyfish?" Austin asked. I nodded, confused as well.

"It's a rare jellyfish that usually doesn't stick close to shore, therefore we don't have to worry about people getting stung, since they are always far out, away from swimmers. However, we do get the occasional incidents where a surfer will get stung while they're far out in the water. A Tiger Jellyfish sting is very painful, as a normal jellyfish sting should only be feeling like a dull pain after about five minutes post-incident. You said it's been about ten minutes, correct?" Carrie explained, while directing the last part at me.

"Yeah, about that," I said.

She nodded. "Yep, you've gotta get to a hospital so the doctor can fix it up." She looked at her watch. "I'll drive you guys, just let me tell Ryan to cover my shift." She left to let the other lifeguard, who I assumed was Ryan Miller, another recent graduate, know where she was going, leaving us four alone again.

"We'll pack up the stuff, and meet you guys at the hospital," Trish said.

"No, Trish will pack up the stuff. I need to finish drawing my family on my toes," Dez piped up.

"Dez! Now is not the time!" Austin exclaimed frustrated as Trish grabbed Dez by the ear and pulled him away.

When we were alone, Austin said, "This is my fault."

I looked at him shocked. "How on earth is this your fault Austin?"

"If I never would have made you come to the beach, this wouldn't have happened," he said as he looked down with a guilty expression.

I took the hand that wasn't holding the ice pack and brought it up to put it on his cheek. He looked up at me.

"Hey, this is in no way your fault. I was actually having fun with you before I got stung," I said. I must not have looked convincing because he looked doubtful, but I was serious, so I said more forcefully, "I mean it, Austin."

He looked at me fore a second before nodding slowly. "Okay. Well, in that case, I had fun too." We smiled at each other, and Carrie came jogging back.

"Okay, you ready?" she asked as she dug her keys out of her pocket.

"Yeah, I'm ready," I said.

"Hey, where are Trish and Dez?" Carrie asked, confused.

"They're meeting us at the hospital," Austin explained.

"Oh, okay. Well, let's get going before that sting gets worse," she said. I handed the icepack to her and Austin wrapped his arms around me to help me up. It was pretty hard using one leg, and very painful, but I finally got up into a standing position. Well, a flamingo position is a more appropriate answer.

Austin turned around and crouched down. "Get on," he said.

I hesitated. "I can just hop."

"Ally, just get on," he sighed at my stubbornness. I climbed onto his back with some difficulty and wrapped my arms around his neck while his went around my legs to hold me. He hoisted me up and the three of us began to walk to the parking lot.

Carrie walked ahead to start the vehicle, leaving me and Austin alone…again.

"Thanks Austin," I whispered to him as I rested my chin on his shoulder.

"For what?" he asked, confused.

"For helping me, for caring for me, and for just being you. You're my best friend, so it means a lot." I kissed his cheek to show him I meant what I said, and I saw his cheeks glow pink.

"Uh, you're welcome. I'd do anything for you Alls, you know that," he said as he hoisted me up again.

"Yeah, I know. I'd do anything for you too," I replied, smiling.

We got to Carrie's convertible, which had the roof down, and Austin helped me into it before sliding in next to me. I laid my leg across his lap.

Carrie started the engine and sped out of the parking lot towards the hospital.

When we reached the hospital, Austin helped me out and gave me another piggyback ride to the doors, with Carrie leading the way. Once inside, she went to the front desk explaining our situation and a nurse led us to a room down the hall.

Austin set me down on the bed while he took a seat on a chair by the bed.

"Thanks Carrie," I said. Austin nodded his thanks too.

"Oh, I'm not leaving yet. I'm staying here until you're free to go, since you're obviously not walking home on that," she said, pointing to my foot. I smiled at her gratefully, and she gladly returned it. Before Carrie had graduated, she was like my older sister.

Just then, the doctor came in. "Hello, Miss Dawson, I'm Dr. Saunders," he said, shaking my hand, along with Carrie's and Austin's.

"Hi," I said.

"So, Miss Walsh here tells me you've been stung by a Tiger Jellyfish, correct?" he asked. I nodded in confirmation.

He took a look at it, asking me all the standard questions like "does it hurt? How about here? Can you feel this?" yada yada yada. And yes, it hurt everywhere he touched.

"Okay, well, it's not a bad sting; it's just the fact that it's a Tiger Jellyfish sting, which is why it's so painful. I'm going to get some stuff to clean it with, and I'll be right back," Dr. Saunders said as he left the room.

He came back right away with the cleaning stuff. "Now, I'm giving you fair warning that this is going to hurt, so I'm just letting you know. I'll go as gentle as I can," he said as he started to clean the wound.

As he was cleaning it, it felt like I was walking over big chunks of broken glass, and Austin must have noticed, so he offered me his hand. I gratefully took it and held it until the doctor finished cleaning my foot. Five minutes later, he finished, and it didn't hurt as much anymore, but it was definitely not okay to walk on yet. He put some sort of gel on the wound, which almost immediately soothed the pain, and then wrapped it.

"Here are some crutches," Carrie said suddenly as she came into the room with crutches. I hadn't even noticed she left. "Trish and Dez are in the waiting room too," she added.

"Okay. Thanks so much doctor," I said.

He smiled at me. "Not a problem, I'm glad I could help." He handed me a bottle of the gel. "Put this on the wound two times a day for seven days and you'll be good as new!"

I nodded. "Thanks again," I said before he left the room. I handed the bottle to Austin before taking the crutches from Carrie.

We headed out to the waiting room where we saw Trish and Dez arguing over what sounded like dogs. They stopped when they noticed us.

"Ally!" they exclaimed happily as they got up and came over. "How's the foot?"

"Way better than it was before, but I still can't walk on it for at least a week, hence these," I said, gesturing to the crutches.

"That's good then. At least it wasn't anything serious," Trish said.

"Well, I better get you four home, and I've gotta get back to the beach," Carrie said as we all went out to the car. Austin, again, helped me in.

We dropped Trish and Dez off first, then came to my house. As soon as Carrie stopped the car, Austin jumped out and ran over to my side and opened the door for me. I couldn't help by smile at how generous he was being.

"Thanks Austin, but you don't have to do that," I said.

"But I want to," he replied smiling as he helped me out and up the stairs to my door.

"I'll see you tomorrow," I said.

"You sure you'll be okay here alone?" Austin asked.

I giggled. "Yes Austin, I'll be fine, now go. You've been more than helpful to me today."

"Alright, it's just that I worry about you Alls," he said.

I smiled softly at him. "I know you do, but I'm fine, honestly. And thanks again for everything you've done for me today, it means a lot."

He nodded and put the bottle of gel in my bag that was on my shoulder. "Not a problem. See you tomorrow," he said before leaning down to kiss my cheek and heading back to the car. Carrie was grinning at us like an idiot in the driver's seat and I blushed. Damn Austin and his ways, I thought.

"Thanks again for everything Carrie!" I called to her as she pulled out of the driveway.

"No problem Ally! Keep me updated and feel better!" She smiled and she and Austin waved as she sped off down the street.

Oh, what a day, I thought as I headed inside.

A/N: And there you have it! Hope you guys enjoyed it, and please review!

I'll clear up a few things right now incase some of you are confused:

1. I'm pretty sure Tiger Jellyfish don't exist, so I just made it up, plus I don't know how bad a jellyfish sting really is, since I've never been stung, but for the sake of the story, Ally's was bad.

2. As mentioned before, Austin and Ally are not dating in this story yet

3. Some grammar is supposed to be spelled wrong, such as "gotta", since it's a teenager speaking, and most teenagers say "gotta, not "got to". Just saying :p

I'm pretty sure I covered everything, but if I didn't, just PM me!

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I'll hopefully write some new stories soon! Oh, and in case you haven't, read my other story, "Sickness & Songs" and review it! I love reviews!