Author's note: I'm back, and for real this time! This last chapter is set after Musicals & Moving On. It's a little different from the other chapters, and you'll see why soon:)

Dear Diary,

We've come so far in the last 4 years, and I'm really sad that we're leaving each other. But one huge thing that I have to remind myself of Ally is this book. Oh, right! This is Austin! Ally gave me her book as a gift of our love.

I've just finished reading this entire book. Yep, I read a book! Ally would be so proud! Maybe that's why she gave this to me...so that I would read! Some people might think that it's wrong to read someone else's diary, but it's not someone else's diary, it's mine! And I'm writing my first entry in it.

Ally went to Harvard for college. Obviously I'm super proud of her, but I'm also gonna miss her tons. It's only been a week since she left, but I've already sent her 254 texts, 17 emails, and 11 phone calls. I've even sent her 2 letters. Mostly, she just told me that she was really busy with college work and she would talk to me later. It's okay, I get that she's really busy.

So I tried this whole songwriting thing. Usually, I would do it with Ally and she would do most of it, since I can't write songs. Here is my song:

I love the way you taste

Like maple syrup and sweetness

'Cause you're a pancake!

And that's all I have. Trish told me that "it sucks", and Dez told me that it "sounds like Not A Love Song, but worse". So basically, I can't write songs.

I've still been taking care of the music factory with Trish (well, she mostly just stays in her hot tub while I take care of the music factory), and although it's fun, it's really not as fun as it used to be when we had Ally with us. It's also not as organized. Thankfully, Lily offered to help us. Even though Ally's no longer here to teach her, she still comes by almost every day and helps keep the music factory in order. If I was a student, I wouldn't bother, but I guess Lily's just that great of a student! I sure know I'm not a good student!

I'm going on tour next week! I'm just going to perform some old songs that Ally and I wrote together, including some that I haven't actually performed at concerts. I'm opening the tour with I Think About You! I'm really excited, but I'm also a bit nervous because this is only my second tour and none of my friends are coming with me. But Jimmy told me that this would be a great opportunity for me to gain more performing experience by myself, since I've relied on my friends a lot in the past. I guess he's right.

Trish is doing her play with Spike Stevens, and I've watched it a couple of times already. It's really awesome to see her perform, because normally I'm on stage and she's backstage. It's super cool to have it the other way around, and I've found that being part of the audience is fun too!

And then there's Dez. He went to film school in LA, but we still video chat at least twice a day. It's strange not to have him by my side all the time, but I know he's having a great time in LA. I know that we're still best friends even if we're almost 3000 miles apart.

Speaking of which, Ally and I are currently about 1500 miles apart. That's a lot. But it's only half of 3000. Hey, I just did math! That's so weird, not having Ally around makes me read and do math. I miss her so much, I would do almost anything school-related if it meant I could see her! Even homework! I think I'm going crazy!

Ally just texted me! She says, "I miss you too, Austin! I have a lot of work to do but I'll call you tonight if you want to video chat! Lots of love, Ally". Aw, isn't that so sweet? I'm so lucky to have her!

Oops, Trish is yelling about something to do with missing guitars. I better go help her with that. Write in you later, songbook!

Author's note: I hope you liked it! I know it's kind of short, but I feel like Austin wouldn't write for hours on end, that's more of an Ally thing. I'll just say what I usually say, constructive criticism is always appreciated!