Austin and Dez were eating hamburgers at the food court when they saw Trish dragging Ally back and forth between stores.

Austin laughed and shook his head.

"I can't believe you finally asked Ally out." Dez said, taking a bite of his food.

"I know!" Austin exclaimed.

"Well, YOU'RE excited."

"Yeah, I am." Austin smiled. "I was really nervous about asking her because I thought she still liked Dallas."

Dez shrugged his shoulders. "What if Dallas still likes her?"

"What do you mean?"

"What if, even though she likes you, Dallas still likes her and tries to get her back?"

Austin shook his head. "Nah. Dallas respects Ally too much to get in-between her relationship."

Dez nodded. "You have a point."

"You don't...you don't think she's going on a date with me...to make Dallas jealous...do you?"

"Of course not!" Dez argued. "Yeah, Ally had a thing for him, but he hasn't been around much."

Austin nodded. "Yeah, you're right. Ally would never."

Just as Austin raised his hamburger to his mouth, a voice interrupted him.

"Hey, blondie."

He dropped his hamburger and stared the person in front of him.

"Uh oh." Dez said.


Austin strode into Sonic Boom the next day, trying to act casual.

"Hey, Ally." He said.

She greeted him with a smile; the one that just makes his heart melt. "Hey."

"So." He hesitated, stuffing his hands into his pockets. "Are you looking forward to our date?"

Ally grew confused. "Well, yeah. Are you?"

"Of course!" he cleared his throat. "But say, hypothetically, I had to cancel. Would you be upset?"

She frowned. "Yes, I would be. Are you…trying to tell me you can't make it?" her voice softened to a whisper.

"No!" Austin quickly lied. "No, not at all! I just…I wanted you to know that I can definitely make it." He laughed nervously.

Ally slightly smiled. "Oh, okay. Um, are you okay? You seem kinda…nervous."

Austin played with his hands. "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. I…have to go." He walked out of Sonic Boom as quickly as possible before she could say anything.

(Austin's P.O.V.)

Why couldn't I tell her? It was easy. "Hey, Ally, Cassidy's back in town and wants to take me on a date." Simple...right?

No! Not right! I couldn't do that to Ally, she's my best friend, my partner. And she said she was looking forward to our date, which I was to, there's no way I could bail on her, that's just wrong.

Dez would know what to do.

(End P.O.V.)


"Dude, you can't bail on Ally." Dez said to Austin. "That's just mean."

"I know!" Austin sighed. "But what do I do?"

"Tell Cassidy you can't go on a date with her, duh."

"But it's not that simple! I can't just tell Cassidy I don't like her anymore."

"Why not?" Dez questioned, raising his eyebrows.

"Because I just can't! Besides, she's only in town for the weekend. I'm sure Ally would understand."

"Austin..." Dez would have finished his sentence, but Austin already knew what his best friend was thinking.

"I just...don't know what to do." Austin stood up from the table they were sitting at and walked away with his hands in his pockets.

Was it possible that asking Ally out was a huge mistake? And if he cancelled, would she go back to Dallas?

Austin balled his hands into fists as the thought of Ally and Dallas being together burned in the back of his mind.


"It was weird, Trish. He practically ran out of the store today." Ally said.

"Maybe he's getting nervous about the date."

"You think so?"

Trish nodded. "Absolutely. You know how Austin gets when he's around a girl he likes."

Dez had overheard their conversation and walked over to them. "He's not nervous about tonight."

"He's not?" Ally questioned. "How do you ?"

"Because I know what's wrong with him, duh." Dez started to walk away.

"Hold on!" Trish grabbed the back of his shirt and yanked him back. "What the heck is going on, Dez?"

He sighed. "Cassidy's back in town and she asked Austin on date."


ooooooooh. What happens now? o: Will Ally be angry? Will she confront Austin? What will Trish say? WHO KNOWS?
oh yeah...I do xP