Author's note: SO. This an orignal chapter, only because I got inspiration for this like a week or so ago at like... 12am so... yeah. I ended up writing half of it, but then I fell asleep. :P

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Disclaimer- I don't own Austin & Ally. I do own Miranda and her 'friend' (Read the ch. and you'll see what I'm talking about) ;)

PS: This is right after Partners & Parachutes :)


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"Okay," Ally says as Trish (The last person we where waiting for to get here [As usual]) sits down in the chair next to me. "So I just finished a new song for Austin." "Please make it not another mushy one!" Trish whines. I flip my phone open and close it again, staring at the screen. "What's wrong with romantic ones?" Austin questions. I flip open my phone and type a reply message to a conversation I'm having with an old friend.

"Nothing's wrong with them. It's just... Ally's written SO MANY since you guys have gotten together," I see Austin and Ally smile at each other overtop my phone screen. "It's beginning to get sappy, Ally." Trish finishes. Ally gives Trish a look, but continues smiling. "Don't worry Trish; this song is just like my old ones." Trish lets out an overdramatic sigh and relaxes her body. "Oh, thank goodness."

I roll my eyes at her. "Okay, Austin?" Ally asks him, sitting back down at the table we're sitting at by Mini's while Austin stands up. "Well, I've been working on some new routines with my back-up dancers and it's looking awesome!" He slaps Dez's hand while Dez goes, "Awesome!" I roll my eyes at the boys' juvenile behavior. My phone buzzes in my hand and I quickly open the text, smiling as I'm reading it.

Austin sits down and it's Dez's turn to stand up. "Okay! Well, I just got a new software and I've been testing it out on Austin's old video footage- The next video is gonna be sick!" "Wow, Dez! That actually sounded somewhat normal!" Trish says, smiling. "Well," Dez pops the collar of his plaid shirt underneath his bear graphic green tee. I shake my head as I flip my phone open again to send a reply. "I do have my moments." He says leaning backwards in his chair with his arms behind his head, only to lean back too far and fall onto the ground with a crash!

Trish laughs at Dez while Austin and Ally jump up from their chairs, mouth's hanging open. Me? I'm sitting here with the same goofy (And probably idiotic) smile on my face; waiting anxiously for another text. "I'm okay! I'm okay!" Dez says getting up and sitting back in his chair, glaring at Trish. "Aww." Trish pouts. "Miranda, how's Austin's wardrobe coming for his performance next week?" Dez asks me.

But I'm too busy opening and closing my phone to answer. I see Austin and Ally raise their eyebrows while Dez and Trish give me a look.

"Miranda..."

No response.

"Miranda-"

Still silent.

But when Austin finally yells, "MIRANDA!" I jump in my seat, focusing my eyes on the blonde singer. "Sorry." I say sitting my phone on the table. "I've just been texting this old friend that I haven't seen in 2 years and I really miss talking to them. Sorry," I shake my head, "Where where we.. uh..." "New outfits?" Austin helps me. I snap my fingers at him, "Yes! Outfits! Right! Okay, well I-" My phone buzzing on the table cuts me off. "OO!" I pick up my phone and open the text.

Austin tries to get up and come take my phone but Trish beats him to it. She holds a hand up to tell him she's got this and then knocks my cell phone out of my hands, sliding it across the table, donking Dez in the chest; sending him onto the ground again. "Trish!" I glare at her. "I know you miss your old friend, Miranda, but this is a team Austin-" "And Ally." Ally points out. Trish nods, "meeting so your friends in the same room with you, need your attention." I sigh.

"Plus, you can't text them all day." Trish says. Since Ally can't dance nor does she know karate, I got recruited to be her make-up artist, clothes stylist, body guard and dance coach when Austin's not available. So, I'm "working" for both Austin and Ally now. I'm happy Ally has gotten over her stage fright; but with being around Austin and Ally all day, having my dog sitting/walking/seeing eye dog training program and my dance classes to take care of all the time, I barely have any time to myself.

The only time I've gotten any time to myself is when I'm doing schoolwork- and sometimes not even then. And with Austin and Ally being a couple now, they're ALWAYS together. If you're looking for one of them, you'll find them both. Usually that's how it worked with all of us before they got together. But now... I'm usually around Trish & Dez and keeping them from killing each other if I'm not body-guarding (Is that even a word?) for Austin or Ally. I still love 'em but... I think they're spending a little too much time together.

"Well, in my defense, we have been talking now for," I check the watch on my necklace, "two hours. It's Saturday- they're not doing anything important." "But you're doing something important." Trish says. I roll my eyes but Austin speaks up too, "Can you just tell me how my suit is coming along so I can give you your phone back and you can stop talking?"

I roll my eyes again and say, "The jacket is done but I'm still working on the pants...Especially when you power slide across stage and it destroys the knee's in them." I say glaring at him and raising an eyebrow. "OH! Speaking of!" Dez tosses me a pile of jeans. With my mouth agape, I look at them. All the knees are gone. This is going to take me all night by myself! "Are you kidding? All the knees are gone?! I just fixed these last week, Austin!"

More work. Yay... Austin cringes, "Sorry." I nod, "No. Thank you. Now I won't have to worried about being bored all weekend." I say sarcastically. "Oh good! I thought you where mad!" Dez says, relieved. I glare at Dez while Ally, Austin and Trish give him a look.

Is this guy for real?


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"Okay!" I say coming into Sonic Boom with Austin's (and a pair of Dez's.) jeans with the knee's all replaced. "It only took me all night, but they're fixed. Please don't wreck that many more; I'm running low on knees to patch them with." I tell Austin as I hand him a stack of neatly folded jeans. "Thanks Miranda. You're awesome." I smile but it seems forced.

"OH MY GOSH!" I turn around to see a little girl standing there with an Austin Moon t-shirt on. Another fan. "AUSTIN MOON!" She runs up to Austin but before she could latch onto Austin, I hold my arm out and stop her. Austin hops down from the counter and Dez comes behind the counter with Ally and Trish.

"Hold it, girlie." I say before pulling a security metal detector out of my bag and waving it around her. When it gets to her mouth, it beeps. -I find being a crazy body-guard can be extremely fun. "Uh huh..." I pull out a flash light. "Whacha got in there?" The girl looks at her mom then back at me. "A retainer." I nod, "Uh huh. I've heard that story before. Open!" I say turning on my flashlight and looking in her now open mouth. I knew there was a retainer in there but I love playing around with this crazy body-guard 'character'.

It's always interesting.

"She's clean!" I yell before stepping back and shoving the metal detector and flashlight back in my pink bag. As Austin's signing her shirt, talking to her and taking a picture with her, Dez, Ally and Trish give me a look. "What? This one of the highlights of this job!" I say innocently. They give me another look and I turn back to Austin who is now standing up.

"Is she OK?" I hear the little girl's mom ask him, pointing her index finger at me; not so secretly. I make a face at this and cross my arms over my chest. Austin laughs, "Yeah, she's fine. She just gets REALLY into the job." The mom nods and she and her daughter go up to Ally, pay for a pair of headphones and a violin and then leave the store with the little girl bouncing up and down excitedly.

Austin looks at me and laughs, "Miranda-" I hold up my hand. "Sorry. But it's fun." "And always very entertaining." Dez adds, laughing. I laugh and roll my eyes. "Miranda?" I hear a familiar voice call from behind me. Trying to pinpoint the name of the owner's voice, I scrunched my eyebrows together as I turn around.

I knew it sounded somewhat familiar, but I still couldn't put a name or a face with it. My face completely drops when I see who it is. "Dominic?" "Wow, Miranda? Where's that geeky nerd I left two years ago?" I smile and run up and give him a hug. I can almost feel Team Austin & Ally's confused faces burn into the back of my head.

Sad part is, I think the last time I hugged a boy, I think was in 3rd grade. And I think it was Dominic. I would say some things never change, but as I pull back and I stand back and servey his clothes, I've proven that wrong. The boy that I knew two years ago was wearing monster truck and hawaii flower print shirts but now... he's morphed into a teenage boy with a leather jacket on, a white shirt underneath, black jeans and red, gold & black hi-tops.

Not only that, but he's WAY taller and his light brown hair has gotten a shade darker, his braces are gone and his voice has gotten deeper. I laugh, "I-I'm not sure. I guess I changed more over the last two years then I thought." He smiles and was about to say something but was cut off by Austin saying, "Miranda," I spin around to see a smirking Trish, Ally, Dez and Austin.

I glare at them but Austin speaks up, "Who's your friend?" I glance at Dominic then back at the guys. "Guys, this is Dominic, he's been my best friend since we where 3. " Dominic nods, "Yeah, I lived down the street from her. We where tight." I smile. Austin, Ally, Trish and Dez smile at him and Dominic shakes Austin and Dez's hands.

"And Dominic, these are my friends; Austin, his girlfriend and music partner; Ally, his best friend since forever," Dez and Austin smile and do their 'What up?' handshake. "Dez, and Ally's best friend since forever," Trish laughs and smiles proudly. "Trish." "Nice to meet you guys." Dominic says. "You too." Was team Austin's responce. I turn to Dominic, "And we where geeks together. Remember how we threw a block of ice at my neighbor's garage door?"

He laughs, "OH YEAH! ...You're aim is really bad." I give him a playful glare, "Well at least I missed my neighbor. I was embarrassed enough when we almost got caught for throwing it at him and missing and hitting the garage." He laughs again. "That was funny." "That was scary." I tell him. Still laughing, he says, "Remember when Kim sat on his head?"

"Of course! That was classic!... I still feel kind of bad for him." "Pfft! That kid is annoying." I notice team Austin's faces out of the corner of my eye. "We lived in New York for a while, down the street from each other." I tell them. "Yeah, and now I'm living in a couple cities over." I turn to Dominic. "Yeah, I heard that! My mom told me that! ...how's Olivia?" Olivia is his chinchilla. "She's great. She's getting old though."

I put a hand on my chest, "Poor thing." "But she's good." "That's good." I say. "Well, we'll leave you two-" "NO!" I yell at Austin, making team Austin stop in their tracks on their way out the door. "Uh... That's great Dominic, and I'd love to stay and chat but unfortunatly I have to go... clean Ally's bathroom!" Dominic gives me a look and Ally says, "Uh... No you do-"

But Ally's dad comes to my rescue. "Ally, if she want's to clean the bathroom, I'm not stopping her." He says as he passes us with an accordian. I roll my eyes and say, "Talk to you later!" before taking off up the stairs.

Ally raises an eyebrow, "That was weird." "Well, I gotta go. Unpacking doesn't happen itself." Dominic says before waving and walking out of the store. Team Austin look at each other and then look back up to the bathroom door I had slammed seconds ago.


"Miran-" I hear Austin say just before he opens the door to Ally's (I guess tecnically it's Sonic Boom's bathroom but whatever.) bathroom with Ally, Dez and Trish behind him. "What are you doing?" Trish asks as they come inside the bathroom some more. I stand up and wipe my forehead with the back of my arm.

"Well. I was just cleaning under the sinks. -For a place that never gets walked on- It's nasty under there!" I tell them. The boys make a face at me while the girls make a desgusted face. "Good to know... uh, what was all that about?" Ally asks. "All of what?" I ask innocently as I put the wet sponge back in the bucket and start to pull off my rubber gloves.

"The whole thing with Dominic," Austin says giving me a "Really? You should know what we're talking about!" look. Dez laughs, "What, do you like him or something?" I widen my eyes at my hands as I pull off the gloves and put them in the bucket. "NO WAY!" Ally and Trish yell at me, running over to me (Almost toppling the boys over in the process.).

"I didn't even say anything!" I yell defensively, holding up my hands in defense. "Yes! But hesitation is comfermation (1)!" Trish yells at me. I look through the corrner of my eye and see the boys look completely lost. I chuckle lightly at them and turn back to the two excited girls infront of me. "Ask him out!" Ally says. "WHOA- Stop the bus!" I say, taking a step back and holding my hand up. "I," I turn around so my back is facing the boys. "Do," I start backing up towards the door... "Not like him!" I yell before taking off out of the bathroom.

"Really?" Austin questions the girls as he looks at the bathroom door where I just exited. "You just had to make her paranoid." "Hey!" Trish defends, "Dominic did that!" Austin thinks for a second then says, "True.. True..."


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I walk into Sonic Boom with a pair of Dez's pants and a shirt of Austin's that I found in my closet that I never fixed. I guess I got annoyed and threw it in there and when I was freaking out last night about Dominic and going through my closet, looking for a t-shirt, I found them and to get my mind off of Dominic, I fixed them.

-It didn't work.

"Hey guys." I say to the second half of Team Austin, Trish and Dez. Trish looks like she's watching the store for Ally and Dez is in the lounge area looking through CD's. "Hey Miranda." I mentally slap myself as I turn from facing Dez and see Dominic hop down from the Grand Piano. I make the best smile I can, "Hi Dominic!"

"Hey- Wha-" He notices the clothes in my arms. "I'm hoping those aren't your's..." He jokes. I laugh then mentally slap myself again. NO! STOP! Remember what this guy did to you! "No, they're Dez's and Austin's. I just fixed them." I turn to Dez, "Speaking of. Here," I toss Dez his sweatpants. He catches them and smiles at me, "Thanks Miranda! -I thought you forgot about these, honestly." I shake my head. "Nah. I found them in my closet. Apparently I threw them in there and forgot to fix them. But they're fixed now."

I turn around and avoid Dominic's eye contact. I turn to Trish, "Hey Trish, have you seen Austin? I need to give him his shirt," I hold it up, "I also need to tell him something." "What's that? That you wish you where his girlfriend, not Ally." My face drops in his direction, "Boy who I've known forever and just crossed the line say what?" I ask, raising an eyebrow. "Yeah I was just on my way up to ask him why he's dating Ally when he likes you." Dominic says pointing towards the practice room. I make a face and look down at my sandals.

"Oh! You where about to go talk to him?! Great! Give him this for me!" I say with a smile on my face but my insides where doing anything but. Feeling a little green, I chuck Austin's shirt at his face and stomp upstairs. "I'm so confused!" Dez yells after me with a smile on his face. I roll my eyes and knock on the practice room door.

"Yo!" I hear Austin's voice on the other end say. "Austin, It's me." "Who's me?" He jokes. "GAH!" I groan, slapping my forehead in frusteration, regreating it as my palm hits my skin. "Ow..." What Austin just said sounds a lot like what Dominic might say. "Austin!" "Yo!" "Can I come in! I bring a message from your parents! -Or are you and Ally making out in there? If that's the case, I'm good out here."

Ally opens the door seconds later. "No, we're not making out." she rolls her eyes but smiles. I smile back and walk in the practice room. "Austin, I'm staying at your house for a couple weeks while my mom goes to Purto Rico. Lucky duck..." I say, crossing my arms. He laughs, "Okay. Cool. My parent's know right?" "Didn't I just say I had a message from your parents?" I ask, raising an eyebrow at my blonde friend.

"Man. The blonde hair has gotten to you more then I thought." I say, ruffling his hair. He rolls his eyes. Austin see's Ally's confused face next to me and evalutates on the situation. "Miranda stays at my or Dez's house when her mom goes away on business trips." Ally nods, "OOHHHH Okay. That makes since now." I nod. "Yeah." I mouth.


"How's that?" I ask Austin as he stands infront of a mirror I had rolled out of the closet in the practice room. "It's cool, but the pant's are a little long." He says, looking at himself in the mirror. I nod and bend down to his ankles and start to pin a hem in his pants. "Don't poke me!" Austin whines like a child. I roll my eyes, "I'm not gonna poke you!"

"Knock." I hear an all to fimilar voice say, coming into the practice room. "Miranda, it's Dominic." My hand slips at the sound of his name and I accidently prick Austin in the shin with my pin. -Luckly it wasn't that hard. "OW! I thought you said you wouldn't poke me!" Austin whines. "Ally, this is your territory." I say in a mono-tone as I stand up and Ally walks up to Austin.

I turn to Dominic and Dez that had just walked in the practice room. "Hi guys!" And there's Trish. "Wow, this room got stuffy all the sudden." I mumble as I stick the pin back in the pin cushon I attacted to my belt buckle. "Nice suit Austin." Dominic compliments. "Thanks man. Miranda made it." I smile weekly and Dominic turns his eyes towards me. "Really?" He asks.

I nod, "Yeah..." "Ally, you ready to go?" Trish asks. Ally nods. "Wait- where are you two going?" I ask them as they start to head out the door. They stop and turn to face us. "You can't leave me alone in a room with 3 boys! I'll die!" At this, the boys chuckle. "To look for Prom dresses." Trish says, rolling her eyes. "I'm trying to find a some-what decent one that doesn't make me pay an arm and a leg for it." Ally nods, "I hear that."

"When's prom?" I ask them. "Two weeks." Ally says. "Do you have dates?" I ask again. Ally gives me a 'duh' look and looks over my shoulder at Austin. I can tell he's rolling his eyes at me. "BESIDES," I laugh, "Besides Ally and Austin. Trish? Dez?" I ask, turning so I can see Dez. Dez shakerls his head. "Not yet." Trish shakes her head as well. "Nah. Dates are stupid."

"Dates are your ticket in." Me and Ally say at the same time. Laughing after we realized we just perfectly said the exact same thing. "OH shoot." Trish cringes. "Here's an idea! Dez, you go with Trish and that'll just get you both in and you don't have to do all the boring love stuff, and girls, I'll make your dresses." The girls make excited faces at this and Dez pouts. "Oh man. -Wait. Miranda, can you make me a Tux?" Dez pleads.

I turn to him, doing the calculations in my head. 2 girl's prom dresses, a tux for Austin (He already asked me to make one for him.) and a tux for Dez. That's a lot of work. But hey, what's the point if you can't challenge yourself. "Sure." Trish runs up to me. "Any desgin we want?" "Any design, color, fabric... basically I'm creating your dream dress for free." I say, resting my hands on my hips.

"Really? You'd do that?!" Ally asks. "Sure! Why not? Y'all are my friends." "Okay. But, you have to come to prom with us." Trish says. I widen my eyes. "What?" "Yeah! If you're gonna use all of that time to make stuff for us, you should at least come have fun with us!" Ally says, happily. "But- I..." "Come on Miranda!" Austin says.

"Yeah, and who knows! One of our dresses may rip while Ally's dancing!" Trish says. I look at her. "Sure I'd be able to fix that on the spot, but how am I gonna get in? You guys are my only friends and I'm homeschooled. They're not gonna let me in unless I have a date from your school. Plus... It's not like I can join prom comitee to get a free pass in." I say. "Wait!" Austin yells. "Dominic could go with you?"

"Blonde singer say what now?" I ask, turning towards him. "Yeah! He goes to our school now! He'll take you, I'm sure!" I look at Dominic who nods his head at Austin's idea. "Sure. It'd be fun." "But-" "No buts, Miranda. You're going." Trish says. I sigh, giving up. "Alright. But I need your messurements for the gowns and Dez I need your's for the Tux."

"Yes ma'am!" Dez says soluting me, standing infront of the mirror as I take a tape messure from my pocket, wondering why I got stuck with such a detirmined group of friends. It would be a whole lot easier if I became friends with a bunch of couch potatoes.


Haha! Okay, so there's that! I hope that's good; I'm proud of it so I hope y'all liked it and found it some-what ammusing! :D

How do y'all like Dominic? Do you think he's a good guy or a bad guy? Do you think he likes Miranda back? (If Miranda will ever admit to liking him...) What do y'all think/want to happen between them?

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