Hey hey hey lovely people!

Glad to be back with another chapter of my new story

I can't believe you guys gave me 17 reviews. 17 REVIEWS. For just one chapter, in which I gave you practically nothing, but you guys still managed to like it. This encouraged me to work out my next few ideas and think of new ones. Even the end is already sketched. Oops said too much

Anyway, one thing I can't wait for you to discover is their personalities and what made them to become the person they are today. It's kinda a big deal and you'll see it in today's chapter at least a glimpse of it. So enjoy!


After their rather awkward meeting, Austin took her to the corner of the room which was destined for ground exercises before starting the work out. A few blue mats occupied the floor together with some stopwatches and bottles of water. He drops down on the floor as he gestures for her to do the same. A little unsure, she lowers herself on the math opposite of her trainer. He stretches his legs in front of him before bringing his hands as close to his feet as he could reach.

''Let's warm up the muscles first. That way you won't feel so sore tomorrow,'' he looks at her as she uncomfortably moves her legs in front of her body with a friendly smile. She nods slowly, looking at his posture before copying it. Stretching her arms, she's surprised with how far she comes, her fingertips brushing against her shoelaces. As she tries to reach further, a sharp pain enters the bottom of her thighs, making release a soft breath. She feels Austin's hand on her pulse, grabbing it and carefully pushing it back. ''Don't overstretch, it won't do you any good. Go as far as you can without feeling pain in your muscles.''

''So, why are you here? You come here often?'' he moves so one leg is stretched next to him and the other under his body, leaning over with his whole body, he touches his foot with both hands. Ally copies him again while rolling his eyes at his sad attempt to make conversation.

''Okay, I'm gonna stop you right there,'' Austin freezes when hearing her interruption, looking up confused. ''You don't like being here, you don't like this and you don't like me. It's clear you're not someone to do this for fun so I'm gonna make a small assumption, okay?'' his eyes still filled with utter confusion and his slightly gaping mouth encourage her far enough to continue her story.

''At high school, you were the typical jock, getting all the girls and whatnot. But now you're in college, girls there actually see how little brain you have in there to wow them without using the muscles you happen to own,'' she lets her eyes go over his body once, raising one eyebrow as he inspects himself with a slight grin. ''Means you're here either for money, finding high school girls that have some interest in you or both.''

''Well, you're not completely wrong,'' she shrugs lightly in an 'of course I'm not' motion before letting him continue. ''I used to do this to make some money. College is expensive stuff.''

''So what I'm hearing is: you come here to gain some more muscle to outweigh whatever there is to be found in that small space in that head of yours, get good cash and, who knows, pick up some girls in the process,'' Austin shakes his head, softly chuckling as he stands up, making Ally even more pissed than she was. She narrows her eyes as she stands up, taking a step closer to him. ''How close am I?''

''Actually,'' he turns around to grab two water bottles from the table before handing one to Ally, which she snatches from him annoyed. ''not too close.''

''I quit this job because I didn't like being forced to spend so much time with someone didn't really know, with the chance of not getting along,'' he looks at her knowingly, making her look back with warning eyes that scare him a little, before continuing his story. ''I'm not much of a talker, you know.''

''You're kidding,'' she mutters before bringing the bottle to her lips. He watches her for a second with a tilt head before walking to a bench against the wall, sitting down.

''Most clients that applied to let me train them were girls,'' he sighs as he leans back against the wall. His eyes widen as she looks at him judgingly as she stands in front of him. ''Not that I have anything against girls, I just noticed they weren't as much interested in working out, but more in… other stuff.''

The thought of girls begging Austin to train them almost every day, seeing him in his workout clothes, touching them as they were testing their muscles didn't surprise Ally, she could honestly admit. He wasn't horrible to look at, she thought as she took another superficial glance at his appearance. His dirty blonde hair was swooped over his forehead, almost hiding the hazel eyes that seemed to look at everything curiously. The sleeveless shirt hung over his body, exposing his arms, from his broad shoulders to the veins running to his hand. She diverts her eyes quickly as he notices her stare. He was a catch for girls who were looking for someone empty-headed to get bored with after a day.

''You poor thing, I bet you had it rough,'' she beams sarcastically, taking a seat next to him. He chuckles before turning towards her, looking at her curiously.

''My turn,'' she watches him confused as he pursues his lips, looking in deep thought. ''You were one of those popular snobs in high school, maybe a dropout even, that puts as much attention to figuring out what to wear to the gym as what shade of lipstick would match the outfit. You obviously like to speak your mind, which is probably a result from little attention in a broken family,'' he glances at her lips that look coloured soft pink. She shakes her head with an amused grin as he sums up his assumptions.

''The one thing I don't understand is, if you're one of those girls who only get a personal coach cause you like his appearance,'' he thinks for a moment, thinking how to say this in the nicest way. ''Why did you pick Dez?'' the redhead was one of this best friends, but you could immediately see he wasn't the most appealing guys to pick, at least not to girls like Ally.

''You couldn't be more wrong,'' she sets one foot on the bench, holding her knee with two hands as she laughs at him. ''This snob graduated Cum Laude with only a few good friends to back me up. I got offered a scholarship at Brown, where I've been studying Psychology for two years now.''

''Apart from a mother who gives her daughter a gift card for the gym, my family is perfectly fine. I decided to use it, cause I didn't have anything better to do in my break. I found out when I arrived, though, that it came with a personal trainer, an extra they didn't let me decline. That's where you come in,'' she eyes him proudly with her clarification before realizing they were both wrong in their assumptions, making her pride fall. ''Wait, you said you quit this job. Why did you come back?''

''I didn't. Dez asked me to fill in for him this once, cause he had a wedding he couldn't afford to miss. His boss isn't that understanding with those kind of things, so I decided to help him out, even though I really really dislike the job,'' Austin laughs carefully as he softly nudges her. ''So you better go easy on me.''

''I can't promise anything,'' keeping her look cold, she can't help her lips forming a slight smile as she looks away. ''Now that we cleared all the prejudices, we know what to expect from each other.''

''I now know you're horrible at reading people for someone who studies Psychology,'' he mutters, which is luckily not heard by her. He stands up, offering his hand to help her up too. She ignores his offer as she picks up her water bottle and towel, getting up on her own before turning to him.

''I'm not wearing any make-up, by the way,'' she whispers to him before bringing her index finger to her lips to make a shushing sound.


''How about we start with some push-ups. That way I can see what your limits are,'' he drops down his knees, placing his hands on the mat to support his upper body as he looks over his shoulder. ''You know how to do them, right?''

''I'm not an idiot,'' rolling her eyes, she drops down next to him, stretching her legs so the tips of her shoes were touching the floor. He checks to see if her body is in the right position, adapting where needed as he points at her knees.

''You can do it the easy way, if you want. Lean on your knees instead of your feet,'' she watches him with a fierce expression as she shakes her head sternly.

''I don't do easy,'' she says in which Austin smiles at her willpower as he grabs the stopwatch, supporting his body on one arm as he resets the time. Ally glances to her right as she lets her eyes fall on his upper arm, standing tense next to her own.

''First time, I won't put on a time, just see how far you can go,'' he meets her eyes as she quickly diverts them, fixing them on the mat next to her hands. ''Ready? Three, two, one, go.''

Austin slows down his own pace as he meets her push ups, counting them out loud. He keeps his eyes on her body, commenting when she doesn't stretch her arms fully or when her back isn't straight. Ally feels her arms starting to tremble after number six, squeezing her eyes shut as she lets out a breath. As soon as he notices her struggle, he starts his encouraging talk he memorized from years ago.

''Just a few more, you can do it. Try to reach the eight,'' he starts, but is quickly interrupted by Ally's heavy sigh.

''If you think that's gonna encourage me to do more, you're wrong,'' she mutters loud enough for him to hear, flipping her ponytail on her back. He thinks for a moment before grinning.

''I just saw that girl over there do nine,'' he nods in the direction of a few exercise bikes. A long, slim girl was watching the two with narrowed eyes. As soon as she sees Ally looking her way, she focusses on the handles on the bike, avoiding her eyes.

''Fuck no, that's one of those bitches from my old high school,'' she groans while pushing herself up one more time, her arms almost collapsing. ''She hates me.''

''Well, show her what you got,'' when he sees the dark look in her eyes, he knows his plan succeeded. She takes a deep breath before lowering herself and pushing up again. ''Eight, one more.''

To his surprise, she doesn't stop at nine, but does two more as she collects all the strengths she has left in her body to push herself up one final time. After stretching her arms till they can't hold her weight anymore, she rolls over so she's laying on her back, her chest moving up and down heavily.

''Eleven and not even the easy manner,'' he tells her, subtly raising his voice so it's audible for the girl on the exercise bike. They see her roll her eyes in annoyance before stepping off and throwing her towel against the wall in frustration. Ally hides her smile behind her head before sitting up straight, pulling her knees up. ''What did you even do to make her hate you?''

''Literally every snob hated me cause I had good grades and boys wanted to hang out as friends because I wasn't a bitch like them,'' she laughs to herself, her smile slowly fading when thinking back to the years she spent in high school, her senior year in particular. ''Last time I ever befriended a boy,'' snapping out of it, she throws him a fake smile.

''That's the only reason? She seemed to really hate your guts,'' Austin decides to ignore the sad glimpse in her eyes he caught for a second, afraid for touching a sensitive subject.

''Oh, yeah. She and her friends threatened me to stay away from some boy they liked, who I regularly hung out with cause he was actually nice,'' she fumbles her fingers in her lap, looking down as she shrugs indifferently. ''I made out with him in front of them just to show them I could. They didn't appreciate that.''

Austin laughs at her story, standing up to see if he could still catch a glimpse of the girl, missing the fake laugh on Ally's face. He stretches a hand out for her to grab, looking down with an easy smile and raised eyebrows as he waits expectantly. After hesitating a few seconds, she decided to grab it, easily being lifted up in a matter of seconds. She lets go of his hand as soon as she stands on both feet, awkwardly brushing her hair out of her face.

''Let's do a few more exercises and we're done for today.''


First actual training, you got to know everyone a little bit better. Any thoughts? What do you think about the characters, relatable, can you see right through them?

The plan is to update ROALT and this story alternately, so it's gonna be about once a week. Can't wait to see new thoughts! Oh, btw, this story may be multi-chaptered, but it won't be a full story. Perhaps max 10 chapters.

First review is not for this story, but for Window To The Soul. Since the story has ended already, the review was something I could answer and I saw the user is reading this story too, I'm using now to answer it

libra986 chapter 5

Good story, but I have very missed feelings about this ending. It feels incomplete, especially since the issue with Jason was never resolved, and looked to be just getting started really. In addition there were questions left open about Ross' current financial situation. Why are all of his bills so pass due? Is it because of the money he gave his ex? I feel like this story is really good, but very incomplete. - Hey! I totally know what you mean. The thing is with this story, I lost interest halfway through. You might notice how the last chapter seems slightly rushed and a lot of things are unanswered. I have no intention of continuing cause it's already ended for a long time or write a sequel, but if you can give me ideas, I'd love to hear them. I'm sorry with leaving you with this slightly incomplete story, but I hope you enjoyed it nevertheless xx

These are the ones for this story:

chapter 1

I had no idea that you had already posted the story! Thank goodness I noticed that you had mentioned it in your Author's note in "Roles Of A Lifetime" otherwise I would have not had a chance to read this genius! I am honoured to be reading this!

This story is ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! Seriously, I normally never ever read AU stories but this is one of the few that are really interesting.

Can wait to see what you do next,
Amn - Heyyy good to see you here too! Ahahaha lucky me for mentioning it so you found it! YOU are honoured to be reading this? I should be honoured to have you like it. You're making me feel like some kind of popstar, and thrust me, I'm not. Thanks for saying that after reading only ONE chapter! I never write AU stories so this is also kinda new, but I'm glad it's being appreciated

mia chapter 1

I HONESTLY CANT WAIT! This story seems like its gonna be legit so far! YAY! Also did you see that they finished their last table read for Austin and Ally? :( :( :( - Aww thanks for being supportive! I did….. super sad, BUT Ross AND Laura have confirmed they're posting pictures this week. Can't wait!

auslly4ever2012 chapter 1

This story is just as good a ROALT! I was so upset that it ended so soon! But I like it very much and it will be a great story. - Thank you! Yeaaaa don't expect chapters as big as in ROALT, this story is way too fresh for that. For the long chapters you should count on the other one hahah

SomeMusicalMelody chapter 1

Oh snap! Austin and Ally's first encounter doesn't start so good. It's feeding up my anxiety and I'm itching to know what happens next. I have a feeling that her mother just basically called her fat lol. Jk.

I'm not a great conversation starter so... how ya doin'? - Nope, it sure doesn't. And it didn't get any better, did it? There's so much on their paths in just twenty days, who KNOWS! Hahaha it kinda does, I don't know if we will ever find out mom's motive behind the gift, though.
Me neither, so let's do this the Joey way. How YOU doin?

xxSmileYoureBeautifulxx chapter 1

This sounds like a really interesting story and I can't wait for more! I think that it'll be a really great one! Keep up with the lovely work, darling! I love it so far. (: - Ugh Cassie aren't you adorable. Thank you for reading this story too! Always awesome to see your reviews xxxx

Rebekah Rowe chapter 1

Awesome I love this book! You are such a good writer! Hope you post the next chapter soon. Also "Roles of a lifetime" is bae! - Thanks sweetie! ROALT is bae? YOU'RE BAE :*

missmia10 chapter 1

IM SO PROUD OF YOU LE LE! This seems so great and amazing! Even though you didn't choose my title suggestion I am really glad you didn't because this one is wayy better and it fits so perfectly! I loved how Austin thought that she put a lot of effort into her outfit! He's so clueless. Ahhh typical Austin Moon, can't wait to see whats in store. Btw I was so confused in the beginning when they said the trainer was Dez but then I figured it out. Great job girl! Please update soon! - HEY YOU AGAIN! Aaaaahhh thanks so much. Oh I'm glad you understand, your suggestion was great, it would've been perfect if my Ally's character would've been slightly different. But that's okay, thanks for helping. They're BOTH so clueless, a great example of prejudices. They'll get to know each other better and better. A personal trainer and his client spend a lot of time together, obviously