The Thing About Ally
"Okay, and you're on in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..." the camera man said, pointing to Laura. Laura quickly averted her attention to the interviewer and smiled. She always felt a little nervous but excited for interviews. What would they ask? What if she said something stupid that made her sound like an ass? Interviews could either go up or down. For her, they usually went up.
"Hi Laura," the interviewer greeted.
"Hello," she replied, waving to the camera.
"So I just have a few questions for you, a couple are from me and a couple are from the fandom."
"Bring it on!" she laughed, and the interviewer laughed as well.
"Okay, so what is it like to be on Austin & Ally?"
Laura tilted her head in thought. What was it like? She would wake up early in the morning, maybe at around 6 am, to review her script while sitting in the make up chair. Then Ross would usually come into her dressing room and crack some silly jokes and she would laugh and...
Stop it, Laura, she thought to herself.
"Well," she finally said after a long wait. "Being on the show is definitely so much fun. I've gotten to know some really amazing people, like Ross, Raini, and Calum. And they're all so talented and they're personalities are just so different. Like Raini is the speculative one. She'll overanalyze everything and it'll actually make me stop and actually think about it in her perspective. Calum is probably the strange one. He's got some interesting thoughts rolling around in his brain that not all of us can quite understand but it makes sense, you just need to look at it his way. And Ross..."
Is perfect, cute, a flirt, and has really brown eyes... oh my god, I need to stop!
"Yes?" the interviewer asks, with a mischievous glint in her eyes.
Laura clears her throat, laughing nervously. "Um... well, Ross is... he's... he's great! He's funny, he doesn't like calculus too much but I mean, what can you do right?" Laura shrugs her shoulders, hoping the questions will move away from Ross. Ever since they filmed the... kiss... she'd been getting funny feelings in her stomach around him and she knew exactly what kind of feelings they were.
"What do you have in common with your character Ally?" the interviewer asks.
Ally likes Austin. I like Ross- oh. my. god. STOP IT LAURA! she thinks, wanting to physically whack herself but not in front of this interviewer and DEFINITELY not in front of this camera.
"I think we can both tend to be awkward and dorky. We both love school, I love learning. We both write songs. I write my own lyrics whenever we're on break from taping or just when something comes to me. I also think that in Season 2, she's finding herself a bit more, and I think right now I'm finding myself as well." Laura breathed. Wow. Since when did she get so personal during interviews? This interviewer was good.
"Why do you think people appeal so much to the show?"
Okay. An easy question, Laura, breathe. "I think the reason why people love the show so much is because a lot of people can maybe relate to it. Like, maybe they have a group of friends who are all extremely tight-knit, like Austin, Ally, Trish and Dez. Or maybe it's the music, and that they like the songs or the lyrics. I know on Twitter, there's an entire Auslly fandom-"
"Auslly?" the interviewer asks, when really she's thinking, There you go, Laura, bring it up...
Laura stammers. Shoot. "Oh," she waves her hand in the air to dismiss it. "It's funny, actually. There are many people that want Austin & Ally to get together, it's really cute actually. I love the fandom."
"Do you want Austin & Ally to get together?" The interviewer leans in, eager to listen.
"Oh, well you know... I mean, I... I don't know."
"So you don't?"
"No, I mean, yes, well not exactly-"
"So that would be a no?"
"No! I mean, yes!" Laura's head is spinning. She hateshateshates being caught off guard. "Yes, I want them to get together!" Her heart is racing rapidly.
"And why?"
"Why?" Laura practically screeches. "Have you seen the way they look at each other? It's one of those obvious but in denial relationships! Ally is shy and sweet and vulnerable but Ross... I mean, Austin! He helps her break out of her shell a little bit and together they make great music and make a great couple."
What did you just say, Laura?! OH MY GOD CLOSE YOUR MOUTH NOW, CLOSE IT AND GO HIDE IN A HOLE. WHAT IF ROSS SEES THIS?! Laura thinks to herself. Her palms are sweating and she wipes them against her jeans, still trying to appear calm and collected.
"So Austin helps Ally shine brighter?"
Laura breathes a sigh of relief. Simple question. "Yes." Sticking with one worded answers is safer.
"And they're going places, aren't they? Making great music and making the No Ordinary Day song a number one video, right?"
Simple question. "Yes."
"And Ross is a good kisser?"
"Yes."
"Thank you for your time, Laura. You can shut the camera off now, Bill," the interviewer says, immediately leaving. Laura relaxes in her chair. Simple questions, especially the last one. Then she gasps.
"And Ross is a good kisser?"
"Yes."
Shit, she thinks to herself. Then also thinks, That interviewer is goooood...
