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Chapter 3

Ally and Trish spent their first hour in the spa alone as Ally was enjoying a body bronzing and Trish was enjoying a massage. They came together in the salon to have their hair done.

Ally decided that she would return to a look that had worked for her in the past, so her stylist had applied color about halfway up her hair to create an ombre look. She was waiting for her hair to process and getting her nails done. Trish was also having her nails done while waiting for the conditioning treatment on her hair to finish.

"This has been wonderfully relaxing," Ally sighed as she settled back in her chair. The manicurist was sliding dark red polish over her nails. "And look, I'm almost tan."

Trish nodded. "This was just what the doctor ordered. I can't wait until we go out tonight. It's going to be so much fun to just forget about everything for a couple of hours."

Ally agreed as her manicurist asked what color accent flowers she wanted on her big toes. "I don't know what I'm wearing tonight. Ask her," she tilted her head toward Trish.

Trish smiled at her friend and said, "White flowers with yellow accents."

"Yellow?" Ally asked raising an eyebrow in Trish's direction. "Why yellow? Why not pink? Or blue?"

"Because pink or blue will not go with your outfit tonight and yellow will," Trish said nonchalantly as she tried to direct her own manicurist.

Ally smiled as she shook her head at Trish. "So it doesn't have anything to do with the fact that Austin's favorite color is yellow?"

"Whaaaaat?" Trish asked surprised. "I had no idea his favorite color was yellow. That had absolutely no bearing on it whatsoever."

Ally mouth twisted into a pout as she rolled her eyes. "Are you sure you're not trying to get Austin and I together or something crazy? You know we tried dating before, and it didn't work."

"Didn't work?" Trish asked. "You guys were together for what? A week? That's not not working, that's not trying. Or not giving it a chance. Which is what I personally think happened. You two were just too scared of losing your friendship to let go enough to try to be together. Also, you were barely sixteen."

"Now you're both twenty-one," Trish continued. "You've both accomplished so much in your careers, you've even finished college in three years being on the road half the time. You both are available as your current relationships are falling apart. There's nothing holding you back now."

Ally took a deep breath as she considered everything Trish had said. It was true they had accomplished a lot in the past several years. And it was true that their current relationships were not going to be current for long. And it was true that they had been young, very young, and scared, very scared, of messing up before.

Trish watched as her friend worked over everything that she had said. She wondered if Ally was going to agree with any part of it.

Ally asked, "Do you really think we were just too scared of screwing things up that we didn't give it a try?" She tilted her head pensively as she continued to think about their failed relationship.

Trish looked over at her friend until Ally finally looked back at her. "Yes. I do think that. You were both so focused on not hurting each others feelings and trying to keep everything the same, that you just didn't even try to let the change happen. The change could have been a really good thing."

Their manicurists finished up and their stylists returned to finish their hair, so the two friends couldn't continue their talk, but Ally certainly had a lot to think about as she began to get her hair rinsed.

…

Austin and Dez also spent some time apart enjoying massages and getting shaves. They ended up back in the suite an hour or so before they expected the girls. Since it was still early afternoon, they ordered a late lunch from room service, knowing the girls were eating downstairs between services.

They kicked back on the large couch and flipped on the TV to watch while they waited for lunch.

"So what's up with Jasmine, dude?" Dez asked as he flipped through the channels.

Austin rolled his eyes and looked over at his friend. "I have no idea. We met at a gig a couple of weeks ago and, I swear, she wasn't this ditsy when I met her. At least, I don't think so."

Dez nodded back, but kept his attention on the TV. "And what about that ass Ally brought with her?"

Austin stood up and began to pace around the room. "I don't know, man, but he is irritating the crap out of me. I'm going with Ally tomorrow, I don't care what she says, she's not going to be alone with him again. I'm going to suggest that she change her flight so she won't have to deal with him again."

Dez smiled to himself, his plan was coming together beautifully. After this weekend, Austin and Ally would realize that the feelings they had for each other were real and deep and forever.

"I think we need to make tonight fantastic for Ally, to take her mind off him," Austin continued. "We need to go out and just forget everything and have fun."

"What are you going to do now that you and Ally are single again, at the same time?" Dez asked slyly.

Austin stopped pacing and looked over at his friend. "What do you mean?" Austin responded, looking confused. "We've been single at the same time before, although I don't know what that has to do with anything."

Dez sat up and turned off the TV before setting the remote down on the table in front of him. He looked up at Austin's confused face and sighed. "Haven't you noticed how for the last couple of years, whenever you and Ally are going to be in the same city for any length of time, either one or the other of you is dating someone."

Austin thought back over the last couple of years, he was surprised to realize that Dez was right. Either Ally was dating someone or he was dating someone if they were in the same city for any length of time. Very rarely, they were both dating, but they were never both single during those periods.

He looked back at Dez, amazed again at how wise he could be sometimes. "I never realized that before. I wonder why that is?"

"Well, Austin, you never realized it because apparently you're not as observant as I am."

Austin looked confused for a moment, then laughed softly. He had to remember that Dez's moments of wisdom were few and far between. "No. I meant, I wonder why we were never single at the same time if we were going to be spending a lot of time together."

Dez nodded sagely and sat back, crossing his arms over his chest. "I always thought that you were scared of what could happen between you if you were both single. You might have to give yourselves a real chance to be together and I am certain that thought scares the bejeebers out of the both of you."

Austin shook his head as if to clear it. "Scared us, why would being together scare us?"

"Well," Dez drawled as he threw his hands out and laid his arms along the back of the couch. "I think it has something to do with the first time you were together. You were both so afraid that something would change for the worst that you never tried to see if something would change for the better."

"Do you really think that, that we didn't make enough of an effort to make it work between us?" Austin asked.

Dez nodded. "That's what I just said. When have you ever known me to say something I didn't mean?"

Austin thought about that for a moment and knew it to be true. Whatever Dez said, he always believed it was true, no matter how ridiculous it really was.

Unfortunately there was knock at the door, signaling the arrival of their lunch and an end to this conversation. After eating their lunch, both men retired to their rooms for a nap to rest up for the night ahead of them.

The girls saw the note that Austin had left them about napping and agreed it was a fantastic idea. Ally went to her her room and Trish just crashed on the couch.

…

After nap time, Trish joined Ally in her room to get ready to go out that evening. Ally was sitting cross-legged on the bed waiting for Trish to get her present before she got changed. Ally was still thinking about their earlier conversation and she had butterflies in her stomach thinking about what could happen now.

Trish popped out of the bathroom with a small bag in one hand and a hanger with white clothes on it. "I hope you brought the shoes I asked you to."

Ally smiled at her and pointed next to her on the bed where a pair of shoes rested. They were gold strappy sandals with platform wedge heels.

"Good. Good," Trish nodded to herself as she tossed the small bag into Ally's lap. "Happy Birthday!"

Ally took the bag, opened it and looked in for a moment. Her jaw dropped open at the contents and she looked up at Trish in surprise. "Are you serious? You bought me slinky yellow underwear for my birthday?"

"You're welcome," Trish said. "Now go put them on, so you can put on the rest of your ensemble for the evening."

Ally started shaking her head as she closed the bag. "No. No. I'm not wearing these tonight."

Trish pouted at her and pulled her off the bed leading her towards the bathroom. "That wasn't our agreement. I said you didn't have to buy anything for my birthday if you would wear what I picked out for you tonight. What you wear includes underwear. You promised."

Ally sighed to herself and walked into the bathroom. She removed her clothes and folded them so she could tuck them back into her suitcase. She opened the bag again dumping the bright, almost neon, yellow bra and thong out onto the counter. She slid them on and looked at herself in the mirror, with her newly tanned skin and new hair, she had to admit she was looking really good.

She went back in the other room and blushed as Trish whistled. "Looking good, Ally," she said as she turned around so Ally could zip up her purple dress.

"Trish, these are making me kind of uncomfortable..," Ally began.

Trish shook her head and handed her a pair of white linen shorts. "Don't start with me Ally. Just put these on and suck it up. You are going to look amazing tonight. We are going to have so much fun."

Ally slid the shorts on and buttoned them. She then slipped on the top that Trish handed her and walked over to the full length mirror on the bathroom door. She had to admit, if only to herself, she looked pretty good.

The loose fitting white top fell off her shoulders showing the pretty lace straps of her new bra, the rest of which she could also see as the shirt was really sheer. The sleeves were gathered at her wrist and were slit from shoulder to wrist showing her tanned, toned arms every time she moved. The shorts, which were high-wasted, ended just below her bottom and showed off her legs.

She smiled at Trish in the mirror. "You were right. This outfit is amazing. Let me just add some jewelry and lip-gloss then we can join the guys."

Ally slid the barrette that Austin had given her into her straightened hair to hold the front section off of her face, she slid diamond earrings in and a gold necklace with her name on it around her neck. She slipped on a sheer red lip gloss to complete her makeup and tossed it into a small gold bag which she slung over her head to rest on one hip.

Trish handed her her shoes before picking up her bags to move them into Dez's room.

Austin and Dez were waiting in the living room of the suite when the girls appeared. Austin could hardly take his eyes off of Ally. She looked amazing with her hair straight and those shorts should be outlawed, they were so short. And she was wearing a bright yellow bra, he could see it through the sheer top. He was definitely going to have to stay close to her tonight. Beat any guy who looked twice at her off with a stick.

Ally couldn't take her eyes off Austin. With his white v-neck t-shirt clinging to muscles she had forgotten he had, and his tight black jeans doing the same thing she was going to have to stay close to him tonight. She noticed that he was staring at her and she turned her head away before he could realize that she was doing the same thing.

As soon as Trish and Dez, who was wearing one of his crazy pants, t-shirt and suspenders combinations, returned from putting Trish's luggage in Dez's room the quartet left the suite for their night out on the town with Austin scooping up his black leather jacket on the way out.