Hey, everybody. Thank you all for reading and reviewing and sending in your ideas. This one is from Jendallforever and I thought it was a really cute idea with a lot of potential so here it goes. Thanks for reading!
"Finally you have a day off," Austin says, wrapping his arms around Ally from behind as she finishes pulling her blue jacket on. She turns her head around and looks him in the eye, leaning into him.
"Finally," she says softly and kisses him. She leans her head back against his shoulder and they sway for a moment before she removes his hands from her waist and steps forward to grab her jacket off the coat hook.
"I love New York," Austin says, peeking through the blinds. "The last time I was here it was so much fun." Ally joins him by the window and leans over beside him, but instead of looking out she turns to him. He turns back to her and smiles. "And it's going to be so much better with you here this time." She smiles back and they both climb out of the bus. Craig is unloading some of his own suitcases from the bus with the help of Ally's drummer, Kris. Austin walks over to the two of them and helps Kris pull out on of the suitcases that is caught on something.
"Here you go," Austin says as the two of them lower it down next to Craig. "So, Craig, how long 'til you're back on tour with us? We're gonna miss you," Austin says, patting him on the back. Ally hastily joins the three of them and Austin wraps his arm around her shoulder, still looking at Craig.
"Only a week. It's about time I see my family for more than a few hours, but don't worry, Mr. Ramone has a top-notch filler for the week. Janet likes her - I can't quite remember her name though. Well, anyway," he says, taking a moment to catch his breath and lift the handle of the one large rolling suitcase. "I'll see you guys next week. G'bye." He says, then walks out of the parking garage and into the open air.
"So, do you guys wanna come join us for lunch?" Jenna asks as Austin and Ally stroll over to the other bus, walking in a way that resembled the Wizard of Oz with their arms crossed over each other's shoulder. "We're going to this restaurant on Broadway with singing waiters. Kris says it's fantastic."
"It's true," he says, joining their discussion. "Born and raised New Yorker, well, Long Islander. I know what's good and Ellen's is fantastic." He grins at the three of them and Austin and Ally look at each other and nod. Kelsey and James join the group and they all leave the garage, walking into the bright light of New York City.
"I'm sorry, kids," says the man at the entrance to the diner. "The wait for a table for six is gonna be nearly an hour." 'Oh' is the common reply by the group, but Austin leans over to Ally and whispers in her ear and she turns back to him and nods. Austin motions to the man and he looks over.
"What about a table for four?" Austin asks.
"I can't fit you all in a table for four," the man responds monotonously, as if he's been asked something so idiotically preposterous multiple times before.
"No," Austin says smiling, regaining the man's attention. "Just in general." The man consults with a woman who comes out every few minutes to request new customers and just popped her head out of the breezeway door. He leans over and whispers to her and she leans away and tells him that it's going to be about five to ten minutes. He turns back to the group but Austin and Ally have already ducked away from the crowd.
"You guys have fun," Ally calls and the four of them look back at her a little dumbfounded at first but then nod and smile. They all say a kind of mildly bittersweet thank you to the two of them just in time for the man to tell them that there's a table for four available. They walk in and Austin and Ally walk away down Broadway.
The two of them wander around for a while, passing theaters with posts for Hedwig and the Angry Inch and If/Then and Once. Ally revels in the sights and Austin watches the people passing by. There are girls handing out free samples of lotions and one girl dressed in a costume from Pippin handing out flyers about the show. If he didn't live in Miami, Austin thinks, he would surely love to live in New York, especially Manhattan, but that's only because he's never been to Queens or Brooklyn or any of the other burrows he's heard about. He's only ever been to New York three times, once when he was little, once to play Times Square on New Year's Eve, and once on his tour the previous summer.
"So, where do you want to go for lunch," Ally asks, wrapping her arm around his waist as he does the same around her shoulder, falling in step together.
"How 'bout here," Austin says, pointing to a restaurant coming up on their right called Junior's. "It doesn't look super busy."
"Sure," Ally says and the two of them climb the steps and enter the restaurant. Their waitress seats them near a window that shows a wall of Broadway posters.
"I'm so happy you finally got some time off, Als," Austin says, reaching across the table with one hand while the other holds his menu up. Ally glances at him and then shifts her eyes back to her menu, sliding her hand across the table to meet his.
"Me too. I don't know how you made it through the whole summer last year. A few weeks and I'm already drained."
"It'll get better," Austin replies, stroking her hand with his thumb.
"Are you two ready to order," the waitress asks, taking out her pad and pencil from the pocket of her dress.
"Yep," Ally replies, and places her order. Austin follows suit and the two of them hand their menus to her before she leaves.
"It's still hard to believe we're on tour though, well me, but me with you, well not me singing with you but-" Austin leans over and pecks her on the lips lightly, shutting her up as she gets her thoughts in order. "Thanks," she smiles. "I needed that."
"Excuse me, but you're Austin Moon, right? And you're Ally Dawson?" Two tween girls are suddenly standing over the two of them, iPhones in hand and smiles glued to their faces. One of them is tall and straight blonde hair , the other is just shorter with dark skin and two pigtail braids.
"We're going to see you tonight," the tall one says, squealing a little toward the end.
"Wow, hi," Ally responds, smiling at the two of them. She looks over at Austin and he makes those puppy-dog eyes for a moment before snapping back to reality and smiling at the two girls.
"I'm sure you guys are really great and-" Austin starts, but Ally cuts him off.
"What are your names?"
"I'm Kayla and this is Ana," responds the tall on again, clearly the talker of the two. Ana stands there smiling at Ally, looking kind of starstruck.
"Well it's nice to meet you guys. Do you wanna take a picture or something?"
"Yes, please!" Ana says, holding up her phone close to Ally. Ally takes it and the two girls lean down be her chair. Ally motions for Austin to join them and he does, throwing his arm loosely around Kayla's shoulder making her swoon just a bit and the four of them take about fifteen pictures.
"Thank you so much!" Ana says, turning away and taking hold of Kayla. Austin smiles and a look of relief passes over him as he sees their waitress coming out with the food.
"Wait," Ally calls and the two girls share a glance and rush back to the table. "Do you two have Tweeter?"
"Yeah," Kayla replies.
"I'm gonna twit about you two right now. What are your usernames?" The three of them look at Ally's phone as she types in the twit and the two girls keep smiling and squealing quietly.
"Just hangin' at Junior's in NYC with two awesome fans," Ally says, reading what she wrote to the three of them. She attaches another photo of the four of them and sends it off with a swish.
"I'll see you guys tonight, okay," Ally says, smiling as the two girls walk away from the table. She turns back to Austin and makes the same kind of squeal the other girls were making before. Austin smiles at her and finally picks up the hamburger that was placed on the table minutes before.
"That was so cool," Ally says, picking up her fork and starting on her chicken caesar salad. "I can't believe I actually have fans."
"I guess I'm not your number one fan anymore than," Austin says with a mock sadness and Ally grins at him.
"Of course you are, and I'm yours." She leans across the table and returns the kiss from earlier.
"Hey, is that guy taking a picture of us," Ally asks, taking her hand from Austin's and looking out the window. A guy, somewhere about twenty-four and another girl around the same age are standing across the street aiming their cameras toward the window.
"I think they are," Austin says, peering through the window at them. "I think we should just skip dessert and go, at least we haven't done anything they'll find too interesting other thank kissing."
"Okay," Ally replies quietly, taking another few bites of her salad and only making friendly eye contact with her boyfriend, unsure of how exactly to handle the situation.
"It's okay, Ally. A bunch of these guys showed up while I was on tour last year and you've been around me when paparazzi have taken pictures of me in Miami. It's no big deal, really. It's just kind of annoying." Austin motions to the window with the last bite of his hamburger before finishing it and asking the waitress for the check as she comes up to see how they are doing. She returns with the check in a few minutes and Austin pays quickly, then stands up and takes Ally's hand.
"Just walk away from them when we get outside, okay? We'll go back to the bus."
"Okay," Ally says, nodding. The two of them exit the restaurant to a few stares and chatters as people recognize who they are. There are now four people outside the restaurant with cameras who come up to them as they leave.
"Austin, is it true that you're no longer working with Jimmy Starr?"
"Ally how do you feel about finally performing on your own tour?"
"Austin do you have anything to say about what you did on the WMAs?"
"Ally! Austin! How are things between you two since the WMAs?"
Austin turns to them as they hold up their cameras and waves his hand, Ally wraps his arm around him as he talks. "We're doing great, thanks for asking. We're getting ready for Ally to perform tonight and I hope you're there to see her because it's going to be amazing." They start to ask more questions but Austin waves them off again, "Thanks, have a great day." Ally smiles and waves at the four people, feeling kind of bad, but then joins Austin walking away. Nobody follows them, but it kind of feels like it anyway.
They get onto the bus and Ally settles down on the couch. Austin turns on the TV then goes into the other room. Ally watches as the reporter talks about traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel, debating whether it is worth it to get up and grab the remote from the counter where Austin left them. Just as she starts to get up to get the remote, she sees a picture of her and Austin flash onto the screen.
"Hollywood heartthrobs Austin Moon and Ally Dawson were dining on Broadway this afternoon before Ally's big show at Madison Square Garden tonight. The two were seen kissing at a local restaurant." The TV switched to a new picture of them leaning over the table to kiss each other, clearly taken by one of the people Ally saw standing outside.
"Hey, Austin come out here. They're showing a story about us…" Ally calls, and Austin comes out of the bedroom and stands by the TV just in time to see a video of their encounter earlier as Austin talked to them about Ally's show.
"Aren't they just adorable?" The anchorwoman says as the video minimized itself into the corner of the screen so her face is shown clearly on the screen. "I can't wait to see what happens next for those two."
Austin and Ally trade glances as the news show changed to a review of the soccer game the previous night.
"Wow," Ally says in a kind of mild shock. "That was… weird."
"You get used to it," Austin says, also a little surprised. "It's never happened the fast though. I guess we're really attracting attention after the WMAs."
"Definitely," Ally responds, motioning for Austin to join her on the couch. He falls back onto the couch next to her and wraps his arm around her, pulling her in.
"At least she said we were adorable," Ally says, laughing a little.
"Oh definitely an accurate description of us," Austin says confidently. "So, do you wanna stay in here or go out for a little while longer? I bet we can catch the rest of them if we go now. They're probably done with lunch, too."
"Okay," Ally agrees, unwrapping herself from him and standing up. She offers her hand and helps him up of the couch. "Let's go."
Okay, so since I'm a born-and-raised New Yorker and a lover of all things Manhattan and the theater district, all of the places/restaurants mentioned in this chapter are 100% real.
I'm still considering turning this into a light M-rated story or otherwise writing a completely different one-shot that M or just making a chapter that's very PG-13. I think I'm leaning more toward the PG-13 kind of thing but I'd like more input from you guys on which you'd like! (So far it's about even from what you guys have told me so please let me know what you think!)
Please review and give me more ideas! Only two weeks left before the season four premiere!