Okay so this is my first fan fiction so please don't judge too harshly; She was told it was a blessing, she was told it was a beautiful thing. But she, Ally Dawson saw it as a curse, a curse she could tell no one about!

Austin M & Ally D – Rated T – Romance/Supernatural

Here is the second chapter of 'The Real Her.' Again in this chapter we will be meeting the characters (Trish and Dez), it should also be longer. Sadly I do not own Austin and Ally. I do own the plot line though.

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Chapter 2: I Hate Shopping

It was now 10:45, 55 minutes after Austin barged through her bedroom door, interrupting her thoughts.

The blonde rockstar had left 30 minutes ago, in search of his best ginger friend, Dez. He had received a phone call, which did not last long, and after hanging up Austin had mumbled something about; "Zoo... Dez... Penguin... Police station" and "needs a ride" before waving a quick goodbye and mumbling "see you later."

She didn't even bother trying to ask for more information because a; Austin had already left before she could question it and b; she also figured that she didn't want to know what he had done because she would most likely question the sanity of her freckled friend even further.

She was currently back to lying on her bed once again, trapped in her pleasant thoughts of freedom. She lay there quietly, listening to the sound of the rain as it gently hit the roof. She wished she was a raindrop, she could have all the freedom she wanted as she fell silently from the sky, nothing stopping her as she'd hit the ground with a slight splash. Ally noticed the sound of the rain hitting the roof ease slightly and come to a sudden stop. She let out a sigh.

"Finally, I can go for a walk," she said quietly to herself, getting up from her oak wood bed. As she got up off of the bed she felt her feet touch the rug underneath her. She felt the fabric in-between her toes and she chuckled ever so slightly at the feel. There was sunlight now shining through her open bedroom window lighting up her room. She looked around her four walled bedroom and sighed, no matter how trapped she felt in here she couldn't help but admire the decoration. Every wall was covered in atlantic blue paint and every piece of furniture was made of oak wood and her bedspread and curtains matched; they were both white and at the bottom were small patterns with different blue colours one of the colours matching her wall paint.

She walked over to her window. And she felt the warm and soft pearl white rug change to the cold and smooth feel of the oak wood flooring underneath her. She popped her head out of the window to find crystal clear blue skies with only one thing in it, and that of course was the ball of blinding fire; the sun. She felt its light on her as it warmed every part of her body; she relaxed in its warm embrace, closing her eyes lightly as she did so. She turned her attention from the sun and back to her room where she looked at the paintings on her wall. All of them were related to one thing, and that was of course the ocean. There were paintings of lighthouses, the beach, and cliffs on a stormy day as the waves crashed ferociously against the rocks and one of a beautiful sunset as it made its slow decent, getting ready to plunge the world into darkness, preparing everyone for the night time that would ascend.

'Flip a switch, turn on the lighting'

'Get it right; show them how it's done'

'Free it up, no ma...,'

"Hey Trish, what's up?" Ally Dawson answered her phone, once again slightly annoyed that someone else had interrupted her, for the second time today.

"Hey Ally; I was wondering if you want to meet up at the mall?" Trish replied in her usual cheery tone

"I don't know Trish; I'm not really in the mo..."

"Ooo, come on Ally, it'll be fun. I haven't had a decent shopping trip in ages, and I really want some new clothes" she pleaded, interrupting Ally's rant against going to the mall.

"Urgh, fine I'll go, you owe me one though."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Trish repeated hurriedly.

"It's okay, hang on.., didn't you go shopping last weekend for eight hours?" Ally questioned her latin friend.

"I know right, I'm struggling to breath properly I haven't been in a clothes shop in sooo long." Trish answered, sounding shocked at her own answer. Ally rolled her eyes and let out a slight snigger before replying;

"Well, do you want to meet outside Smooth Smoothies?"

"Nah, I was just fired from that store"

"How about Doughnut World?"

"I was sacked from Doughnut World about a week ago, ahhh, good times."

"Okay, how about Pizza, Piz..."

"Nope, I'm currently working there now. Sorry allow me to correct myself; I should be working there now. How does outside Sonic Boom sound?" Trish suggested happily. Ally chuckled, after hearing her friend talk about her jobs with the least amount of care in the world. Although Trish could be very irresponsible she always looked out for her friends and Ally loved her care free attitude.

Realising she hadn't replied to Trish she agreed to meet up outside Mr Daw... her dad's music store in about 15 minutes. She didn't have to worry about making herself look good as she already did that this morning. She wore a plain white skirt that came just above the knee and a plain white top but over it was a lemon yellow cardigan. It was what she liked to call a classic Ally, there are only two colours in the whole outfit yet it looked so colourful. She had her hair down, natural and wavy. She also wore a bit of make-up but nothing too much.

Ally slipped on a pair of white flats and ran down the stairs and out of the front door. Once outside she basked in the warmth of the sun. She smiled up at the heavens, and in that moment she wanted nothing more than to take off, to fly high, up into the cloudless sky and to soar above the green trees. But she wouldn't, not now when she would be seen. It took a lot of her control to keep two feet on the ground. She had mastered the air so it wasn't too difficult to stay in control but when the sun was shining and she felt happy her emotions were very hard to contain. She began to skip off to the mall, trying to keep her emotions under control, but still with a smile spread across her face, lighting up her features instantly.

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Ally arrived outside Sonic Boom at about 11:05, just in time. But she was surprised to see Trish ready and waiting for her. Trish was never early or on time, she was always late, or in her words fashionably late. She walked quickly up to her best friend who currently had her phone out and by the look of it, was texting someone.

"Hey Ally," Trish called out to her friend, lifting her head up from her phone.

"Hey Trish," Ally replied happily. Trish currently had a smile plastered on her face and her eyes danced in excitement, most likely at the thought of going shopping. Trish was a short curly haired latin girl with a very short temper. She had very long, dark and curly hair which bounced ever so slightly when she walked. She has fairly dark skin and pink-red lips which she brought to life with her favourite lip-gloss. She had very dark brown eyes but they held a friendly quality to them.

"So, where to first Trish?"

"Well, there's this new store..." And she was off, blabbing about all the stores she wanted to go to by the end of the day. Once Trish started to talk about shopping, clothes, fashion, shoes, make-up... there was no stopping her. All Ally did was smile and nod at her friend before being dragged into clothing stores, shoe stores and make-up stores. She hated shopping; she just couldn't enjoy herself when she went. She couldn't understand what the entertainment in shopping was. But she went anyway to please her best friend.

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It was now 7:00 and Trish and Ally are sitting in the food court; burgers, fries and cokes on the table in front of them. It was still light as it was summer, but there was that evening feel in the atmosphere as everyone starts to tire from a day of activates. Looking up at the sky, Ally could see the blue begin to mix with the pink, purple and light orange as sunset was fast approaching, although there would still be a couple of hours until darkness.

Ally sighed lightly at the thought of wasting such a beautiful day on shopping. She would be too tired to train tonight, she didn't even buy anything. Looking to her left was an empty chair; no sign of a shopping bag, but to her right was another chair, although this one was far away from empty. Trish had about ten bags filled to the brim with clothes, shoes and make-up.

"This has been the best day ever, I got so many clothes," Trish suddenly spoke up, looking pleased with herself. Ally on the other hand just looked at her short friend with a glum look on her face and her head in her palm.

"Ooo, come on Ally, it wasn't that bad. Although I can't believe you didn't at least buy one thing." Trish said, noticing the look of sheer boredom on Ally's face. Ally didn't reply, she just gave her friend a look that said 'Not in the mood Trish, not in the mood.'

"Okay, okay, don't get your panties in a twist." Trish replied to the look on her face.

At that moment a flash of blonde caught her eye, she turned in the direction and saw Austin and Dez walk over with trays in their hands. Once her eyes landed on her music partner she felt a smile grace her features and her body relax, she felt everything inside of her lighten. The blonde and ginger caught sight of the two girls and immediately made their way over to them.

"Hey girls, what's up?" Austin plopped down onto the seat to the left of Ally, a little closer than what most people would call friendly distance but Ally wasn't bothered by it. He instantly began to gobble up his meal of burgers and fries whilst Dez stood staring at the seat filled with Trish's shopping bags debating whether or not to move them. He looked at Trish and noticed that she was giving him a look that read 'touch my shopping bags and you die'

"Eeeep!" Dez yelped under Trish's current glare putting his tray down on the table and wondering off to find another chair. Trish giggled happily at her control over the freckled boy.

"Did you have to be so mean Trish; couldn't you just put your bags on the floor?" Ally questioned her friend half annoyed half amused.

"I could have... but I didn't want to," Trish replied with a shrug. Ally shook her head at her friends un thoughtfulness towards the ginger, smiling slightly all the same.

"Hey, Austin, what was that phone call this morning all about?" Ally said turning to look at the blonde.

"Wha." Austin replied clearly confused and his mouth full of food. Ally rolled her eyes at his rudeness but carried on as if he hadn't done anything.

"Remember? You said something about the 'zoo, Dez, a penguin and a police station' before mumbling something like 'needs a ride' and 'see you later."

"Owww, that, yehhh. Dez had decided to go to the zoo and he saw a penguin doing a bunch of really cool tricks and Dez thought this penguin would be awesome for our next music video. And, well, you know what Dez' like so, he decided to jump over the barriers and simple take the penguin. Obviously the police arrested him, but thankfully they let him off with a warning and he needed me to pick him up." Austin finished, Trish snorted with laughter at Austin's story and the blonde chuckled at the look on Ally's face which held shock and even horror.

"I wish I hadn't asked."

"Hadn't asked what?" Dez interrupted, a little confused returning with a chair and sitting down, starting on his meal.

"That you tried to steal a penguin this morning at the local zoo." Austin answered his crazy friend. Dez immediately blushed whilst Trish burst out laughing not even trying to hide it.

"Paul the penguin is my friend, he would have loved to star in a music video. Thanks to the police I will never see him again." Dez shot back, slightly offended but with a sad expression on his face. Everyone just looked at him shocked at this.

"Why don't you just visit him at the zoo?" Ally questioned. Dez looked a little awkward at this.

"I was banned." He said, rubbing the back of his neck in embarrassment his face promptly turning the same colour as his hair. Trish for the third time burst out laughing whilst Austin and Ally tried to contain their laughter.

"I-I ca-can't believe yo-you were b-banned from the z-zoo." Trish stuttered, shaking with laughter. Dez simple shrugged and started on his meal as Austin and Trish finished their food. Ally sat there as she had already finished her food, so she pulled out her songbook and began doodling some phrases, lyrics, tunes and pictures, anything that came to mind really. Time went by, but she didn't notice, she was too focused on her songbook to really acknowledge anything else. She hadn't noticed that Trish and Dez had both left and she hadn't noticed that Austin had gotten up off of his chair and was now making his way slowly and quietly behind her.

She was still busy writing in her book when she felt a warm breath on the back of her neck making her shiver. She turned her head and there was Austin, looking over her shoulder and at her songbook. She immediately closed the book, but she kept her eyes on Austin. That was when she noticed how close he was, they were inches apart and she could feel his hot breath on her lips but she remained to looking into his eyes, but this just made it worse. His eyes flickered down to her lips, noticing how irresistible they looked and her eyes soon did the same but flickering back to look him in the eyes once again. His stomach had erupted with butterflies and her heart had sped up to pump a million times a minute.

'Flip a switch, turn on the lighting'

'Get it right; show them how it's done'

'Free it up, no matter how yo...,'

She tore her gaze away from Austin and pulled her phone out of her pocket. Her heart was still beating much quicker than normal and she hadn't realised she wasn't breathing until she answered the phone.

"Hey Mr D...Dad, what's up?" She answered, sounding flushed.

"Hey Ally, are you all right you sound a little breathless?" Lester Dawson replied, sounding a little worried about her daughter.

"I'm fine dad, but why did you ring?" She definitely didn't want to tell her Dad why she sounded so breathless so she decided lying would be the best thing for now.

"I was just wondering what time you'd be home?"

"I'm actually on my way home now Dad"

"Okay, I'll see you in a few minutes then."

"Bye... Dad."

"Bye... sweetie." Her Dad hung up and Ally put her phone back into her pocket. She turned to Austin who had a smug look on his face.

"What?" Ally asked questioning the look he was giving her.

"I'm your ring tone." Austin replied, cockiness etched across his face. She only rolled her eyes at him.

"I better go now; my dad's waiting for me." She said picking up her songbook and shoving into her shoulder bag.

"I'll walk you."

"Thanks Austin but you don't have to. Besides it's not even dark y..." She stopped mid-sentence as she was proved wrong by the blanket of black that was the night sky. Truthfully she didn't want to walk home with Austin, only because she thought it would be awkward after what had just happened between the two.

"It's not that I have to, it's because I want two."

"Thanks Austin, that's really sweet."

"Well, sweet is my middle name." Austin replied, cockiness returning in full measure. All Ally did was laugh and shake her head.

"Noo, your middle name is Monica." She said back, teasingly.

"Ha ha ha, very funny Dawson." His voice screaming with sarcasm but she chose to ignore it.

"I know, I should become a comedian." At this Austin burst into laughter, genuine this time.

"Okay. That one really was funny Alls." He said, still shaking with laughter. She crossed her arms and rolled her eyes at the blonde for what felt the hundredth time today.

"Hey, what happened to Trish and Dez?" Only now noticing the absence of her two friends.

"You really do get lost in your thoughts when you write in that book don't you." It wasn't really a question but she nodded all the same. "They left, Trish to find a new job and Dez went home. Oh and by the way we are all going to the beach tomorrow." Austin said, matter of factly.

"What? No... I-I can't."

"Oh, but you are" Austin replied easily

"But..., but..., b..." Ally started, but was interrupted

"No buts Ally, we're going to the beach." Austin said, a hint of finality in his voice. She sighed knowing it was a lost battle. They were already halfway there and the conversation had now died. It wasn't awkward but it wasn't comfortable either it was almost pleasant. They were just glad to be in each other's company, but after what happened earlier the atmosphere was a little tense.

She looked up at the black sky and noticed how clear it was. You could see the stars and moon shine brightly above them twinkling cheekily as if they were winking at them, knowing full well what had happened earlier.

Before she knew it they were at her front step, outside her door. They were both waiting in silence for someone to say something and she knew that like her, he was thinking about their moment earlier. The thought alone made her flush a deep red, that would make even the reddest tomato jealous.

"I suppose I'll see you tomorrow, would you like me to pick you up?" Austin asked, a little nervously which was very odd for him, he was never nervous.

"Sure, how about 11:30, I'll bring a picnic, is that all right?" She asked

"No problem." He said although one look in his eyes and she could see the topic burning in them. She did not want to talk about it just yet, not when she wasn't sure how she felt about it herself. She pulled him into a hug, ignoring her heart and stomachs reactions as she did, and kissed him lightly on the cheek. He was trying desperately to ignore the fact that his cheek were her lips had momentarily been in contact with had now set itself ablaze. He was dying to ask about what she thought about they're moment in the food court.

"See you tomorrow." Ally said, trying to tell him in those three short words that they'll discuss it another time. She kept a smile on her face though; she didn't want to appear rude because she knew she was asking him to leave. He seemingly understood though.

"Okay, see you tomorrow, bye Alls" He replied with a short wave before turning around and walking down the steps. She watched him leave, until the darkness engulfed him. She let out a sigh before turning back to her front door and opening it quietly and closing it with a snap behind her.

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There was chapter 2 for you, hope you liked it. Big Auslly moment in that chapter. The next chapter will be quite short. R&R will be much appreciated and I gladly welcome plaudits and constructive criticism. Please don't be mean, just tell me how to improve. Also if there are any questions don't be afraid to ask.

- Ally's ringtone are the lyrics from 'Double Take' a song sung by Ross Lynch. I do not own Double Take.

- AllItTakesIsASmile