Author's note: for anyone who read my last story, The Tour Bus, this is not a continuation of that, this is a continuation of what happened in the actual show. Sorry if that causes any confusion.

In the practice room (early September)

Ally's POV

Austin and I were debriefing from his tour in the practice room. Just the usual routine, discussing what went well and what didn't. It's important to figure out what needs to be improved.

"So, what went well during the tour?" I asked, starting the conversation.

"Well, you came while we were in Seattle!" Austin replied enthusiastically.

"Okay, how can that be applicable to your next tour?" I asked, taking notes.

"You can come for the whole tour!" was his excited reply.

"Okay, okay." I laughed. "What didn't go so well?"

"The first two months." Austin said.

"Why not?" I asked.

"You weren't there!"

Awww. He's so sweet, I don't see how anyone couldn't fall for him. Of course I have, but we decided to just be friends a while ago. It's kind of obvious that we're more than that, but we haven't really talked about it.

"I wasn't there, okay," I say after I recover from blushing, "how can we change that for next time?"

"You can come for the whole tour!" he said again.

"What about in terms of organization? What went well and what didn't?" I asked, trying to find out what we could improve that someone like Jimmy could actually work on.

"Umm, before you came, Trish was super unorganized and I wasn't really focused with organization and after you came everything was super organized." Austin replied uncertainly.

I rolled my eyes.

"So basically, I'm not just your songwriter, but also your secretary? And manager? Even though that's Trish's job?"

"Yep, Ally Dawson is my multi-talented friend, songwriter, secretary, manager, and girlfriend."

"Girlfriend?"

"Oh, um..." Austin started, "will you be my girlfriend, Ally?"

"Aww, of course!" I replied, hugging him.

"I love you, Ally." he said, hugging me back.

I could've melted right then and there.

"I love you too, Austin."

He continued holding me in his arms for a few more blissful minutes.

"Wait!" he said, suddenly sounding anxious, "Ally, I don't want this to turn out how it did last time. I don't want it to be awkward between us."

"I don't want it to be awkward, either, but I don't know if staying just friends would make it any less awkward." I replied.

"What do you mean?" Austin replied, his brow furrowing.

"Austin, what I mean..." I struggled to come up with the right words, "I mean, I love you so much, being just friends would make it more awkward. But if that's what you want, then I'll go with it."

"No, Ally!" he exclaimed, "I didn't mean it like that. I've always wanted to be more than just friends. And I totally agree with you. Just...I don't want anything to happen to our friendship."

"Don't worry, Austin. I promise that no matter what, we'll always be friends."

"And partners." he added.

"Forever." I finished.

"So...do you wanna go to Shredder's Friday night?" he asked.

I giggled.

"Of course! Trish will be there, too!" I replied.

We both laughed. The two of us on a date with Trish as our waitress, sounds typical of our friendship.

"This is going to be so fun!" I said.

"Ally, do you think we should just keep this between us for now? I mean, not tell Jimmy or Ronnie?" Austin asked.

"I don't know," I replied uncertainly, "maybe for now, but if it gets hard then we should tell them."

"Okay," he agreed.

I don't want Jimmy or Ronnie to interfere with our relationship, but I also don't like lying. I just want us to be happy, as friends, partners, and a couple. I think I would be willing to do almost anything for Austin. After all, he is my friend, partner, and boyfriend. I love him!

Author's note: I hope you liked it! That was probably the longest time that I haven't updated a story! It was what, 3 days?

There will be later chapters which explore Auslly more, including one in the near future which will be their date at Shredders! There will also be chapters with more humor, with Dez!

Please review! Feedback is always appreciated, whether or not you liked this or not. If you did, awesome, tell me what I can do again to make other chapters good, and if you didn't tell me how I can improve.

If you have suggestions for new chapters, please review or PM me and I will definitely consider!