How would I describe Austin Moon?

He's a hunk, that's for sure. He has a great voice that is easily recognizable and distinguishable, he writes great music that speaks to my soul, he's multi-talented and did I mention that he's a hunk? He's so hot, I could fry omelettes on him.

Sure, I idolized him, but I would never go to the extent of actually wanting to date him. Every girl in the world wants the honor of being Mrs Austin Moon, except for me. Unlike most girls, I'm a level-headed person who knows where to draw the extremely thin line between admiring a singer's talents and obsessing over a celebrity.

You would think that I would be excited about dating Hollywood's most lusted-after heartthrob, but I'm not. Wow, I can already hear the throngs of female teenagers screaming, "What the hell, Ally Dawson?!" Even my parents were ecstatic when they heard the "good news." No, I'm not a lesbian or anything, I just don't want to actually get to know Austin Moon – that would most likely ruin my impeccable impression of him since most celebrities are completely different people on- and off-camera.

I received an email from that 'Celebri-Dates' show yesterday, congratulating me on my successful application. They wanted me to go on to the studio on the first day of summer vacation to tape the segment where I first meet Austin. They also clearly instructed me to, and I quote, "Jump up and down in excitement when Austin walks on-stage and scream as much as you like."

I tried to convince my parents to talk to the producers of the show to pull me out, since parents have more clout and all, but they refused because they wanted me to spend a summer without my calculator for once. Hey, I'll have you know my calculator is fully loaded with Calculus Sudoku puzzles where everything's basically like Sudoku, except you have to solve the definite integrals to obtain the numbers! It's even more fun than watching a Spongebob marathon and I love Spongebob.

And so, thanks to my overly-helpful best friend and my very supportive parents, I found myself walking towards Stage 14 of Miami's biggest studio lot with Trish at eight in the morning on a sunny Saturday morning.

I could've been spending that beautiful Saturday morning at the beach with Calvin but no, I was stuck in a deal I couldn't get out of. Who's Calvin, you may ask? Well, he (or rather, it) is none other than my beautiful Texas Instrument TI-84 Plus graphing calculator!

"Relax Ally, it'll be fine," Trish said, petting me like she would a dog.

I hoped so.


"Ally, I'd like you to meet… Austin Moon!" Monica, the host of 'Celebri-Dates' said. They played the applause track as the blonde star, whose face was my iPhone's lock screen wallpaper, sauntered onto the stage. He wore a yellow shirt, a red leather jacket, ripped jeans and black converse shoes.

In other words, he looked totally edible. Get your mind out of the gutter – I said that because he was technically wearing McDonald's theme colors.

Adhering to the script I had to learn on the spot just five minutes ago, I jumped up from the couch and shrieked with all my might. "No way!" I screamed as I ran forward to hug him. I assumed Austin also learnt the script as he hugged me back instead of being freaked out like I thought he would.

The host introduced us and asked both of us questions. She asked me questions like how long I've been a fan for ("Three years"), how I felt at that moment ("Surreal") and what my dream date would be like ("An arcade date"). Austin was also 'interrogated' with questions like how he perceived the idea of dating a fan ("It's cool"), his first impression of me ("Affable") and whether he thought our relationship would work out ("Why not?").

I have to admit, it was pretty cool being in a studio with your favorite singer. Austin seemed friendly – maybe this whole dating thing wouldn't be so hard after all.

After the cameras were off, we were given one simple rule: we were not to hook up with or date anyone other than each other. Well that was easy considering I've never had a boyfriend and no one was interested in me romantically but Austin looked pained. So he was one of those players… Oh well.

"Let's get this over and done with," he said once the cameras stopped rolling. He rudely snatched my phone out of my hands as I was texting my dad.

"Hey!" I protested.

He ignored me as he began to type some things into my phone. When he returned it to me, I saw that he had saved his phone number in my phone and used it to call his phone to get my number.

"I'll text you, Angela," he said with a wink as he walked off the stage with his manager Dez following behind him. Dez shot me an apologetic look as he walked quickly to catch up with his client while taking notes on a notepad.

"It's Ally!" I yelled after him but he didn't even turn around to spare me a glance. What a prick.

Remember when I said that this whole dating thing wouldn't be so hard after all? Well, I would like to retract that statement. This would probably be more torturous than the time my dad banned me from reading for a week. I shuddered at that frightful memory – it still haunts me in my nightmares.

Trish walked over to me and put her hand on my shoulder.

"I'm sorry, Ally, I didn't know he would be such an asshole," she muttered guiltily. Trish de la Rosa was apologizing? Now that was rarer than berkelium. She must feel really bad for me.

I shrugged. "Eh, it's alright. It's just one month – I guess I can put up with him," I told her, with uncertainty shrouding my voice.

Trish seemed slightly more cheerful after my reassurance. Her lips formed a smirk as she nudged me in my sides and gushed about how much cuter he was in person. I agreed with her 100% – Austin Moon definitely looked more dazzling and dashing in person. Too bad he didn't have the personality to match his ravishing good looks. Well, you know what they say, you can't have the best of both worlds. Sorry Miley.


Author's Note:

Sorry for the late update! I was on vacation and I was going to update during the vacation but there was no wifi in the hotel I was staying at. :(

Thank you for all the lovely reviews you guys have left! It's great to hear that you guys liked the little prologue. I hope you'll enjoy the story. And to launi9 who said, 'up date because you were purposely teasing us with this. ;D', well you're in for more teasing! ;D