Austin's POV

The walk to the festival was more social than both meant it to be. They made basic conversation with each other, and with every step they took Austin learned a little bit more about Ally. He found her interesting for a shy person, if she even fits into that category.

"Pickles taste really good though. I don't know how so many people hate them." She said, stemming of the question Austin asked her; what is your favorite food.

"Maybe it the fact that it's a salty cucumber. Cucumbers stay cucumbers, Ally." Austin said. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and gave Ally a soft smile. She laughed at his accusation.

"If anything taste bad, it cucumbers, Austin." She said, shaking her head as they turned the corner. She grew a wide smile, "look at the Ferris wheel." She saw the red painted mechanism and smiled, they definitely have to go on that.

"I thought carnivals had Ferris wheels." He said, his eyebrows scrunching in confusion. Ally nodded her head, completely understanding how he could be confused.

"Some festival have attractions, and the Ferris where is considered a ride and/or attraction." Ally said. Austin's raises his eyebrows at her knowledge bomb. Another thing noted, Ally Dawson's a nerd.

"This looks more like a Carnival than a festival to me." He said, looking at all the games that they pass and the stuffed animals as prizes. "Ally, this is a carnival."

"Are you sure, because the website said festival." She said, "thought it really does look like a Carnival."

"What games do you want to play?" He asked. There were so many games to play it was almost impossible to chose. Austin looked at Ally for a decision.

"How about ring toss?" Ally said. She walked up with a dollar in hand so she could play the game. She handed the rings to Austin's. "Toss." She said. Austin did as he was commanded.

He missed the first toss, but the second toss he got it around a bottle and won a prize. "What do you want?" He asked Ally, turning so he could look at her. Her big brown doe eyes widen at his words. "I owe you."

"Austin, how are you going to get in a creative mindset if you stressing about how much you owe me?" She asked him, "I'm not holding this against you."

"Then take the stuffed animal out the kindness of my heart." He said, "which one do you want?" Ally eyed him before giving in.

"The dolphin." She said. The guy in the stand handed them the prize. Austin smiled at him as he's handed the stuffed animal.

"Nice girl, dude." The guy says, looking Ally up and down. Austin glared at him, holding back curse words. The dude still got the message a turned away. Ally didn't seem to get the message, and instead looked eagerly at the other stands.

"Hey let's go." Ally said, running up to the next stand to play the next game. Austin followed her everywhere she went, holding all the prizes she won. At times he found himself smiling at Ally because of how cute she was. When she won a prize, she acted like it was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and Austin smiled every time at how over dramatic she was being.

"Oh my god." Ally said, almost dropping here icecream cone. "Is that Trish?" Austin followed the direction of Ally's gaze, and found the short Latina behind a hotdog stand, in a hot dog suit.

Ally walked to her friend. "Hey Trish, I didn't know you were working at a carnival. I thought you still had a job at the makeup store." Ally said. Trish rolled her eyes.

"They fired me last week." She said, "I actually liked that job, too." Ally nodded her head.

"Yeah it was the only job you were on time for." She said. She turned her head and smiled at Austin. "Austin and I came to the carnival to get creative."

"You guys went on a date to get creative?" Trish asked, crossing her arms. The both blushed at her accusation.

"No, we here so we can get ideas for our project in music class." Ally said quicker than she meant to, "I told you about this."

"But you guys went to the Carnival together. If that's not a first date, I don't know what is." She looked back at Austin, "look, he's even carrying your prizes for you." Ally looked back at all the things he was carrying.

"That's because he's a nice guy." Ally said. Trish gave he a knowing look, and Ally waved her hands in the air. "You know what, you have a job to do. I'm distracting you." Ally said, "let's go Austin."

"Take good care of her, Blondie." Trish yelled as they walked away. Austin blushed. That was two people who thought they were on a date.

"Can you believe her? Thinking we're on a date." Ally mumbled under her breath. Austin frowned. It sounded like she would never want to go out with a guy like him. Who would, he thought to himself, your a broken mess.

"Look at the Ferris wheel." Ally said while she looked up, "let's go on it." She pulled on Austin's wrist and got in line. Austin stood next to her, looking down at his wrist she hadn't let go of yet. Tingles went up his arm at the contact.

"Next." They heard. Ally pulled him into a cart, and the waited for the ride to start.

"You know, this has been really fun." Austin told her watched the people below them get smaller. Ally looked at him. He looked like he was in peace. His golden brown eyes looked calm, and his body for once wasn't tense. He relaxed as the ride went higher.

Austin knew he was relaxing. The higher they got, the more it was just them. He didn't have to worry about messing up, because he had a feeling Ally wouldn't mind if he did. He can be himself, even if it's just for a minute.

"Do you have any ideas." She asked. He looked at her.

"Tranquility." He said, looking back out the window. "I feel like I'm living. That's all I've ever wanted to feel."

"You feel like your dying to live?" She asked him, "Yeah sometimes I feel like that too."

"Dying to live," Austin said, testing it on his tongue, "that sounds like good lyrics."

"What do you mean?" She asked. She watched as screws turned in his head, and his hand made a makeshift beat on his thigh.

"Wake me up/Say enough is enough/I'm dying to live," he stopped, "what would be good after that?"

"Something's gotta give." Ally filled in for him, "that's really good Austin." She said. He smiled at a her. A genuine smile that caught them both off guard.

"I think we have a song in the making."