Okay first of all I wasn't going to update this today, but a review was left that said "This is interesting,and I'll hope you'll update frequently and not every 3218983 years." First of all, the persons username is amazing, and the review made me laugh so much. I know the feeling of waiting for an author to update, so just for you, here we go. Thank you for making me smile :P Anyway, I kinda have this story planned out on where I want to go, but I don't want to make them fall in love within like 4 chapters. They will totally bang at some point though, don't worry ;) If anyone is interested in the song Ally sings in this chapter it's called "Watch Over You" by Alter Bridge. It's a really good song. Thank you for all the follows and reviews! You guys are awesome! ;)
"So he just gave you the job like that?"
"Apparently so. He looked desperate." Ally shrugged.
"Well make sure you mention your amazing best friend Carrie and how's she's one percent single and available to date." Carrie smirked.
"Oh of course." Ally laughed. "You know I don't really know who he is."
"How do you not know who Austin Moon is? What music do you actually listen to?"
"I like Taylor Swift." Ally smiled.
"I'm pretty sure he's done a song with her. He is so dreamy." Carrie happily sighed.
"Uh huh.."
"You don't think he's attractive?" Carrie asked.
"I do, but just not my type."
"That's right, because you go for assholes like Gavin."
"Oh haha." Ally rolled her eyes. "Anyway, I better get going. He already sent a truck over this morning to pick up all my stuff."
"I can't believe I'm going to be living here alone." Carrie sighed.
"At least now you'll be able to bring all your boyfriends over without interruptions."
"That is true." Carrie smirked. "Well, I will see you soon!" The pair hugged as they said their goodbyes. "Remember and tell him I'm single!" Carrie shouted as Ally left.
If Ally was being honest with herself, she was nervous. The long drive to his house just made her even more scared and terrified. What had she signed herself up for? Personally she had no idea who he was and had no interest in his career, but to everyone else he was a superstar. Ally Dawson was going to be living in the house of a millionaire. She was going to be looking after his daughter. She was going to be shopping for him, and cleaning, and cooking. What if she messed up? What if she set the house on fire or left the back door open and a burglar got in? She was probably just overthinking. There was nothing to worry about, it was all going to be fine. She pulled up to his driveway. This was it, she was singing her life over to him.
"Ah Ally, come on in." He greeted her with a smile. His hair was a mess and he was wearing a kitchen apron covered in what looked like cake mixture. "Sorry about the mess." He laughed as she walked in. "Katie demanded we make you a cake for moving in, and I'm not the best cook in the world."
"You didn't have to do that." Ally smiled.
"Oh I did, once Katie get's an idea in her head she won't stop going on about it until you agree."
"Ally!" The familiar voice of the little girl came booming from the top of the stairs. She ran down and threw herself into Ally's arms. "I didn't think you were coming back." She said latching on.
"Of course I was coming back." Ally smiled.
"I got Katie's uncle and auntie coming over pretty soon to take Katie out." Austin said glancing at his watch. "Give me five minutes to get cleaned up and I'll show you to your room?"
"Sure." Ally nodded as Katie dragged her over to the couch.
"I can't wait for you to meet my Auntie! She's the fun one, it's Uncle Dez that's boring."
"Oh I'm sure he's not that bad." Ally implied.
"He is!" Katie insisted.
"Okay, okay." Ally laughed.
"My daddy said he likes you."
"Did he now?" Ally asked.
"He said you are a life saver. All the other people that came for the job were kind of scary." She lowered her voice. "One of them was a nut job but don't tell daddy I said that, he says its bad."
"It is bad." Ally reassured her. "But don't worry, I'll keep it between us." She smiled.
"Alright." Austin said coming back into the room. "Let me show you the room."
He lead her up the what seemed liked never ending stairs to the next floor. She had already been here, but she hadn't explored the entire hall. He let the right to the end past all the closed, possibly locked doors. "So, this is my room." He pointed to the door on the right. "If you ever need me or anything." He shrugged. "And this is yours." He opened the door to the left. Ally was stunned at the sight before her. All her stuff had already been put in and sorted, with the exception of a few boxes which Ally assumed was clothes. The room itself was the size of her entire apartment. Never in her life had she seen such luxury in one room. "I hope you like it." Austin said smiling. "I know it's not very.. feminine, but it's yours to do what you will to it."
"This is where I'll be sleeping?" She asked in total awe.
"Yeah." He nodded. "And that door there leads you to your own bathroom. I wasn't really sure how you wanted things set out so I just kind of placed them around, you can change it about obviously. I'm not very good with things like this." He said scratching his head.
"It's fine. It's more than fine, it's amazing." She smiled.
"Great! Cool.. um, I also have a sort of home studio down in the basement. If I'm home and you can't find me I'll most likely be in there."
"Noted." She said as the doorbell went.
"That'll be Trish and Dez, I'll leave you to get your things sorted and you can just come down whenever." He flashed her a quick smile before heading back down the stairs.
"Wow.." Ally said looking around.
"Austin what is that smell?" Trish asked as she and her husband entered.
"Goddamit the cake!" Austin said running over to the oven. He opened the oven door and tried to grab the tray with his bare hands, resulting in a burn. "Mother fu-" He stopped himself remembering his daughter was present. He grabbed a cloth and pulled the half burnt cake out placing it on the counter. "Great." He said sighing at the disaster that lay before him.
"Dad you ruined it!" Katie was annoyed.
"I'm sorry, I'll buy a new one."
"Why are you making cake anyway?" Dez asked laughing.
"We have a new housekeeper type thing, just wanted to welcome her properly I guess." He shrugged. "Housekeeper? You finally got one then?" Trish asked.
"Yeah, I hired her yesterday. She's pretty cool." He smiled running his hand under the water. "She's upstairs just now sorting her stuff out."
"I'm here." Ally said as she walked down the stairs.
"Ah, here she is." He turned off the tap. "Ally, this is Trish and Dez and Trish and Dez, this is Ally." He introduced them.
"Pleasure to meet you." Dez shook her hand.
"I'm a big fan." Ally blurted out.
"You read my work?" Dez raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, I find it very interesting." She smiled.
"Well Ally, I think we'll get along just fine." He smiled back.
"Glad Austin finally found someone to take care of this place, and that my husband found someone who actually likes his work." Trish smiled shaking Ally's hand.
"Alright so you know my sisters getting married in two weeks and you still haven't found a plus one." Dez said turning to Austin.
"Yeah well it's not that easy Dez. Besides can't Katie just be my plus one." He shrugged.
"No because she's already on the guest list." Dez shook his head. "Don't you have someone at the label you can go with? There must be plenty of girls out there who would be dying to go on a date with Austin Moon."
"It's hardly a date." Austin said. "And after Piper, I don't know. I'm just not looking for love right now. It's a wedding anyway, I don't need a girlfriend to go with me."
"Fine! If you say so." Dez rolled his eyes.
"Can we go now. We are going to be late for the movie." Trish interrupted.
"Yes. We'll be back before 8 at the latest." Dez said taking his nieces hand.
"Alright, enjoy the movie sweetie." Austin bend down and kissed his daughters cheek and with that they were gone.
"So, you know Dez then?" Austin asked turning to Ally.
"Yeah." She smiled. "I have all his books."
"You like reading?" He asked.
"Love it. It's how I spend most of my free time." She replied.
"Awesome, I'll have to make sure I update the library at some point."
"You have a library.. in your home…" She raised an eyebrow.
"Yep. I'm pretty rich.. I don't really know what to do with the money half the time, so I just tend to buy things I really don't need." He laughed. "Speaking of money, anything you need or want, just let me know and I'll get you it." He smiled.
"You don't have to do that."
"I want to." He insisted.
"Why are you being so nice to me?" She asked.
"I dunno." He shrugged. "I mean, my daughter likes you a lot and I think you are pretty cool." He smiled. "And you aren't an obsessive fan like most of the other people who wanted this job." He laughed. "Anyway." He shook his head. "It doesn't matter, you just let me know."
"Thank you." She smiled up at him.
"So the cake.. I kind of messed that one up." He said nodding towards the cake.
"Oh dear." Ally laughed. "I'm sure it's still edible."
"Yeah, I wouldn't even trust my cooking if it wasn't burnt."
"How about I make something?" She suggested.
"That would be awesome, then I can get to know you more over dinner." He smiled. "There is a lot of random stuff in the fridge." He said as she opened it.
"I'm sure I can figure something out." She said looking through the possible food items to use.
"Cool, well I'll be down in the studio if you need me. I gotta try get this album done as soon as." He sighed. "Sure." She smiled. "What about the cake?" She asked.
"Um.. just bin it." He laughed before heading off downstairs.
"You got me like upside down.. you.. you.. goddamit." Austin scribbled out the last line and tapped the pen on the table. A knock came from behind him and he spun around in his chair.
"Ally, hey." He smiled up at her.
"Dinner will be ready in ten." She said looking around at all the guitars hanging on the walls.
"Thanks, I'll be up soon. Trying to finish this damn song. They told me I had enough songs for the album but now apparently I need one more." He threw the pen on the desk. "I can't think of anything." He sighed.
"May I see?" She asked.
"Um.. sure." He handed her the piece of paper with messy scribbles on it.
"How about this." She said putting it back on the desk and grabbing the pen. "You got me like upside down, you standing there I swear my whole world is turned around?" She jotted the words down. "Yeah.. yeah." He took the pen and started writing too. "I can't believe you're here." He paused for a second. "I was looking in the crowd, but you're here now."
"You standing there I swear my worlds turned around." She finished the chorus.
"I really like that." He smiled.
"I like to write songs every now and again." She shrugged.
"Really? You'll have to let me hear one." He suggested.
"Oh." She could feel herself turning red. "They aren't even that good, you don't want to."
"I'm sure they are great Ally, but if you don't wanna then that's fine." He held his hands up.
"Thank you for helping me there." He smiled. "I'll make sure to credit you."
"Please don't." She said. "I'm not really into that kinda thing."
"You just helped me write a song, I have to give you some sort of credit."
"No, no. Honestly, it's fine." She reassured him. "Now come on." She said running back up the stairs. "Alrighty…" Austin said looking a little confused that she didn't like fame.
"This is great." Austin said with a mouth full of food. "Any other hidden talents I should know about?" He asked.
"No." She shook her head. "I'm not that exciting."
"Neither am I." He said.
"I beg to differ. You're a superstar, that's exciting." She laughed a little.
"Ah I love my career but sometimes it can be the worst." He shrugged.
"Do you mind if I ask you something?" She said.
"Sure, go for it."
"You and your wife? Why did you two split up?" Ally asked.
"Piper, well we never got married. We were all set to get married and then she cheated on me. It was.. unexpected. Anyway, it was kinda a tough time. And then she got into a car accident.. I mean I hated her for what she done, but I never wanted that to happen. Especially because of Katie.. she's a tough girl but I know she misses her mom a lot." Austin explained.
"I'm really sorry to hear that Austin.. I had no idea."
"It's alright." He said taking another bite. "What about you? How come you don't have a boyfriend?" He asked.
"I did have, his name was Gavin.. but he cheated on me too." She sighed.
"Damn, well he's an idiot, I'm sure any guy would be lucky to have you."
"I doubt it." She laughed. "I'm nothing special, I'm still a huge dork."
"Dork's can be cute." Austin smirked.
"If that's your type of thing." She shrugged.
"Did you tell him I'm single?" Carrie said over the phone.
"No Carrie." Ally laughed.
"Why not?"
"He's my boss, I am not going to set you two up." Ally said.
"Fine!" Carrie said. "The apartment is so boring without you."
"Everytime I was there you said I was boring?"
"You are, but it's a million times more boring without you." Carrie said.
"I'm sure you could call one of those boys you always used to have over."
"Oh one of them is already here."
"Ew." Ally said.
"His name is Jaun."
"Jaun?"
"He's so hot Ally I swear." Carried gave a love struck sigh.
"Hold on I thought you were dating Elliot?"
"No, I'm fucking Elliot, but we aren't dating." Carrie reminded her.
"Right… because that's normal." Ally laughed.
"Mhmm, it is very normal."
"Ally?" Ally turned around to see Katie yawning.
"I gotta go Carrie, I will call you later." She hung up.
"Katie, what are you doing up so late?"
"I had a nightmare." Katie looked down.
"Aw." Ally took her into her arms."Come on, it's really late you should go back to sleep." Ally said taking her up the stairs again. "Can you sing to me?" Katie asked as she got back into bed.
"I can't sing." Ally stated.
"Please?"
"I can try." Ally said tucking her in. "Hrmm." She briefly thought of a song to sing. "Leaves are on the ground… fall has come… blue skies turning grey.. like my love. And who, is gonna save you when I'm gone? And who'll watch over you? When I'm gone."
Austin stood outside the door listening. He had never heard a voice like her's before. It was amazing and beautiful. He had worked with a lot of singers before, but never had anyone sang with such emotion. He couldn't help but smile and he leaned against the wall listening as she finished the song.
