Author's Note: This story's almost finished! (As I said earlier, this story might be a little short.) Well, short means 6 chapters! Yay!

My cell phone rang early the next morning when I was still in bed.
"Ally?" It was Austin's mom.
"Yes, Mrs. Moon?"
"Can you come over? Austin wouldn't eat dinner last night, and he won't eat breakfast, and he even frowny-faced his pancakes."
"Yeah, sure. Just let me get dressed and stuff."
Ten minutes later, I was ringing the doorbell of the Moon residence. Austin's mom opened the door. "Hi, Ally!" she said. I gave her a little wave. "Where's Austin?" I asked. "Upstairs in his room doing something," she replied. I hopped up the stairs and assumed his room was the one with the door that had a red "A" on it. "Austin," I said, opening the door and seeing Austin sprawled on his bed. "Austin!" Austin sat up. "What?" His skin was pale, and his eyes were red and puffy, as if he had been crying. Actually, he probably had been crying. "Austin... Why aren't you eating your pancakes?" I grabbed one from his bedside table. "They look sad." Austin let a small grin escape from his mouth, then he narrowed his eyes and stared at me. "Ally, why did you lie to me?" he asked.
"What?"
"About Derek. You lied about having feelings for him."
"It was because-"
"Oh, save it. And then you went on that date and you guys-"
"Austin! It wasn't-"
"Do you know how much that hurt me."
"Austin, I lied for a reason-"
"Tell me."
"I know you hate Derek, so I was trying to not hurt your feelings!"
"You did everything but not hurt my feelings."
"Austin, I am so sorr-"
"No, you're not."
"Yes, I-"
"Just go."
"But Austin!"
"GO!"
Feeling intimidated, I backed out of the room and bumped into Austin's mom. "Oh, dear," she said. "I thought your little visit would help cheer him up..." I nodded and ran out of the house and into Sonic Boom, where Trish was waiting to announce her new job. "Guess who got a job at Poppy's Pencils?" she asked. "You!" I asked. Trish nodded. Them the tall redhead next to her began to speak. "Man, Ally, how are you so good at this game?" I rolled my eyes at Dez. "Guys," I said urgently. "There's something wrong with Austin. He's not eating, and it looks like he hasn't been sleeping, either!" Dez nodded. "Yep, he'll get over it. He's probably just upset about something. He'll be good by tomorrow." I smiled with relief. "That's great!" I exclaimed. "We can work on that new song tomorrow!" I turned around and heard Dez muttering. "Hopefully."