Okay, so I posted another chapter because well, frankly, I'm having fun with this! A continuation of our last chapter and this chapter is kind of to get a feel. I'm about to start working on the next chapter and that one is going to be a lot more interesting. I'm already Favorited which makes me so happy! Anyway, review, comment, read...I'll shut up now and let you guys read.

Disclaimer: I do not own Austin and Ally nor anything affiliated with it such as Sonic Boom. I do not own Nicholas Sparks or The Last Song either.

Austin's Point of View

I wasn't sure if walking over to talk to her right now was the best idea, but I really wanted to.

I gazed at Ally from behind the guitars of Sonic Boom and daydreamed about holding her in my arms once again, kissing her one more time. She was reading some book behind the counter and occasionally looked up to see if any customers needed her assistance or if anyone was ready to get ringed-up. I watched and stared and gazed and gawked and drooled at her. Customers looked at me occasionally and gave me a strange look. They would turn to see who I was staring at and then look at Ally and then just look at me and laugh or aw. I mean, I couldn't have been more obvious but fortunately for me, Ally could not have been more oblivious.

I felt like a stalker just staring at her but talking to her wasn't that easy anymore. I felt nervous now. Why? Well, I didn't want to sound too friendly because she could get the wrong idea and not want to keep my friendship or if I acted like I didn't care, my chances with Ally would go down the drain and through the sewers. Plus, she could think I want nothing to do with her and that is definitely not what I wanted.

She kept reading her book intensely. I wish she'd read me instead so she can finally know that I still have feelings for her. God, this was so annoying. I had never felt this way towards anyone and here I am drooling at Ally, the one girl who was able to totally mess up who I am and how I act. I was so different than from when before I met Ally, or at least even before I started dating her and before she broke my heart and stabbed it with her million Ally word-play…

Okay, I thought to myself. I can do this. I inhale and exhale before running my fingers through my rowdy blond hair and smirking. I CAN DO THIS! I gently maneuvered my way around the stack of guitars when the sleeve of my red and blue plaid shirt got caught on a guitar peg. Oh no. I tried to untangle myself but in moving too quickly, I knew I would knock down something. Ally would get mad if I broke another instrument (my tab is getting pretty big here-thanks Dez) and that is not something I wanted. I shook my arm a bit but felt the guitar shaking so I stayed in place. Well, this is just awesome!

I stood like that for about ten minutes when Ally looked up and noticed me behind the racks of guitars. She lifted an eyebrow and grinned. I grinned sheepishly and puckered my lips a bit and then smiled showing teeth in an embarrassed fashion. Ally giggled and closed her book gently, setting it aside. She leaned on the counter and folded her hands. God, she looked so gorgeous.

Ally raised her eyebrows again and cocked her head in the most adorable way possible.

"Um, Austin?" I smiled at the sound of my name coming from her lips. "Yeah?" Ally laughed. "You, um, need some help there? You seem to be in some sort of…predicament." Well, I was but I wasn't going to admit that. "Um, not really. I'm just, um," I looked up at the guitars and strummed the strings of the one closet to me. "Just inspecting the chords. " I strummed again. "Yup, sounds about right to me. Gotta go…" I tried to walk away but the guitar nearly fell so I just stayed in place, red as a tomato.

Ally laughed again and walked over to me. She untangled me quickly and handed the guitar to me. I took it and hung it back up again and smiled sheepishly at her. "Um, well thanks for that. I'm sorry about nearly destroying another instrument and stuff." Ally dusted some dirt off my shoulder. "Well, you're welcome and it's alright, Austin. The important thing is you didn't just break that guitar. You still owe me around seven hundred and fifty dollars for the violin and the flute." I huffed.

"I'm going to pay you back! I just need a few more gigs to be able to pay it off."

Ally smiled. "I didn't say you weren't going to, I was just saying you still owe me money, well the store…well actually my dad. He's not going to let me let you get away without paying up what you broke." My vague grin faded. "I'm sorry, Ally." Ally put each of her index fingers on the corners of my lips and tugged them upwards. "Hey, smile. You'll pay it off, Austin. There is no way that you aren't going to get another gig soon." I smiled for real and grabbed her wrists and placed them at her sides. "I'm only getting booked because of the songs you write for me. Ally, there's no way I can make it without you, you know that."

Ally smiled brightly, showing teeth. "Aw. Thanks Austin. That's really sweet…kind of cheesy and overused but still, really sweet." She threw arms around me like how she would do so before. I wrapped my arms around, securing her along my chest. I felt whole at that moment but she began to pull away. I felt empty once again when she let go. Man, I was hoping it would be longer than five seconds.

Ally then began to head back to the counter and grabbed her book. I glanced at the cover and raised my eyebrows. "You're reading The Last Song?" Ally looked at her book and nodded. "Yup. It's really good. You should try reading it sometime, it is so beautiful!" Like you… "Really? What's it about?" Ally's face practically glowed at my words. I used to be the one that made her shine like gold…

"Well, it's basically about this girl named Ronnie, who moves with her little brother Jonah to North Carolina to spend summer with her dad since her parents are divorced. She doesn't want to move because she hates her dad and stuff and…"

Okay, so zoning out to stare at her was kind of rude but she was talking to me about a book. I already know what the book was about (I saw the movie with Dez) but I just wanted an excuse to stare at her from up close. I nodded every so often as she prattled on and said "uh-huh" every now and then. She smiled a lot at me and squealed at times. I wasn't focusing on her words when she stopped talking.

"So, what do you say, Austin?"

I burned red. "Um, can you repeat that please, Ally?"

She rolled her eyes at me and grinned the way she always used to and responded me: "Sure." I nodded and gestured for her to continue. "Well, I said if you'd like to read the book after I'm done with it?" Oh, that's what she said. I thought it through my mind. Did I really want to read another love story by Nicholas Sparks? Well, reading it would score me points with Ally and she would want to talk about it afterwards and who would she come to? Me! I nodded quickly and grinned stupidly. "Yes! I would love to read it!" Ally clapped her hands and opened her book. "Awesome. I'm a little less than halfway done but don't worry, I'll finish it soon." I nodded.

"Don't worry take all the time you need."

Was that terrible? Ahhhhh... I want to keep writing...this is actually kinda fun!