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Ally's POV

"Come on! You tell me that I never invite you to these things but when I do you say you're busy?!" I cried. Scott put down his glass and stared intensely at me with his cold blue eyes, "Not my fault you always seem to organize your stupid events to be on the same nights as my bar outings!" I slumped down in my chair and crossed my arms stubbornly, "You already went out with your friends 3 times this week! Can't you cancel?"

He abruptly stood up, his chair slamming against the wall behind him, and leaned his hands on the table, "I won't cancel anything now. I already abandoned my friends to have dinner with you tonight and so far, you're making me regret it." I stood up and collected whatever patience I had left in me, "We haven't been on a date for 2 months until tonight. Is it my fault I want to spend time with my boyfriend?!"

"This stupid excuse of yours keeps getting more ridiculous every time you say it. I have friends who I like spending time with because they don't criticize everything I do," He glowered. "You always say that no matter what! You have a girlfriend who you need to spend time with to keep your relationship! I wouldn't have to tell you to stop doing things if you just did everything the right way! I'm done. Leave my house right now and don't you dare ever come back again," I fought back.

He glared at me, "Fine! I'll leave. But you'll be the one begging for me to take you back." He stormed past me toward the door and slammed it after leaving. I took a deep breath. Should I feel happy that I finally left someone who never made time for me or sad because I just ended a 2 year relationship? I cleaned up whatever was left from dinner and washed the dishes before going to my room. I sighed when I noticed a framed photo of us together when we went on a skiing trip a year ago. We looked so happy. What changed?

I took the frame and put it in a drawer in my dresser. The last thing I need is things that remind me of him. I took a shower to clear my head and by the time I went out I felt better. I took off my robe to reveal my red and white polka dot pajamas and crawled into my bed.

Saturday night…

I looked over my appearance for the last time before leaving to attend Mark's party. I nodded approvingly at my figure-hugging red dress and softly curled hair with natural makeup. I turned to my best friend, Trish, for her approval.

She laughed, "You look gorgeous, Ally. That jerk, Scott, would be begging on his knees for you and not the other way around." She didn't really like Scott; she always told me to leave him before he hurts me and was quite happy when I told her about what happened. I smiled, "Thanks, Trish, for doing my makeup for tonight." She looked at me expectantly. I laughed, "and for doing my hair." She stared at me again. "And for choosing my clothes! Happy?" I said. "Very much, and you're welcome," she replied.

I laughed as I went over to the front door, "You sure you don't want to come with me? It's going to be so much fun." She shrugged, "Eh, not really. I need a break from all this meeting famous people thing. I don't know how you do it, Ally." I giggled as I opened the door. "Plus, I'll be waiting for you to come back so you can tell me any juicy things that happened at the party," she smiled. I left for my car after some final goodbyes. Good thing I know exactly where Mark lives or I'd be late.

At Mark's party…

I walked around a bit talking to some of the people I knew and introducing myself to new ones. I laughed as I said goodbye to someone before turning around to continue my roaming across the big hall. I fixed my necklace as I walked before bumping into something. I caught my balance before falling and embarrassing myself and looked up and groaned. It wasn't something. It was someone.

"What are you doing here?!" I hissed at the tall blond in front of me. He smirked, "You still don't look where you're going? Interesting." I crossed my arms and glared at him, "What are you doing here?" He dropped the smirk and glared back at me, "I'm not here for you if that's what you think. Mark invited me because he wanted to invite his best recording artists to this party." I gasped, "You're in this label too?!" He laughed, "Of course I am, princess," he retorted, "but I don't suppose you knew that because princesses like you don't care about anything other than themselves." I snapped, "Don't call me princess." He glared at me, " Sorry, I'm not good at taking orders. And be happy we were never forced to work together or hell would've broke loose sooner with an attitude like yours." I said, "I wouldn't work with you if you were the last recording artist in the world because of your careless attitude."

Austin didn't have time to respond because Mark walked up to us. "Ausin, Ally! Good to see you made it! I hope you're enjoying the party," he laughed. Austin shook Mark's hand, "Mark! Awesome party. I knew your amazing party planning skills wouldn't disappoint us as always," Austin said the last part while looking at me with a fake sweet smile. I cleared my throat, "Hey, Mark. Austin's right. This party is pretty incredible because of your excellent taste in music." Mark laughed before leading us to an empty corner, "Listen, so your producers and I have been talking about something for a while and now we agreed that it would be great publicity for the label."

Our confused expressions urged him to tell us more, "We want you both to make a duet album together as a Valentine's Day special!" My mouth went dry as Austin's eyes widened. "U-us? Together? On a duet album?" I stammered. Austin stayed quiet but I knew he was thinking the same as me. Mark nodded excitedly, "Yes! It would help you both in publicity matters and our audience has been demanding an album from both of you together! You wouldn't want to let down your fans, would you? So what do you say?" I stuttered and looked at Austin, who was doing the same, and then looked at Mark.

"Um-I-I…"

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