"Knock knock, Ally?!" Trish yelled from the front door, "in the kitchen!" I replied back, I heard the front door close and multiple foot steps come down the hall, "ahhh!" I looked up to see my three best friends bright faces screaming with excitement as they entered into my kitchen. I sat down my knife that I was currently cutting vegetables with to meet them in a big hug, "oh Ally! you look amazing, damn your almost as tan as Trish!" Kira joked teasingly as we pulled away from the hug laughing. "So when did you guys get home exactly?" Cassidy asked taking a seat on one of the stools as I pulled out some lemonade from the fridge and glasses, "yesterday evening, once we got home we pretty much crashed immediately, between jet lag and time change we were exhausted so I apologize for not immediately calling" I said sarcastically when Trish went to object and then closed her mouth as I explained. "So yea today has pretty much been getting back to a normal routine, however I feel I got the shitty end, Austin had to get up early this morning to head over to the studio, so I've been doing laundry and unpacking wedding gifts all morning," I said as I finished pouring lemonade for the girls and continued with my vegetable cutting.
"Yea well the guys are going to be at the studio all afternoon, so we have all day for some girl time," Kira said excitedly as she grabbed a cucumber off the plate, "now dish Mrs Moon, we want details on your honeymoon!" she continued, Cass and Trish nodding happily next to her. I giggled at their curiosity I grabbed the plate of veggies and the bowl of ranch from the fridge and walked into the living room gesturing for them to follow, we all took a seat on our couches I took a sip of my lemonade before I began.
"It was absolutely amazing, we got there late at night and it was still 90 degrees outside, the moment we arrived the people were so friendly and inviting, the receptionist got us all checked in and the bell boy took our bags to our room while the receptionist took us into the bar for something to eat and drink. Oh my god have you girls ever tried jerk chicken!?" I asked, my mouth beginning to water as I spoke of the delicious meat that fell apart in your mouth the moment it touched your tongue, the girls shook their heads no as I continued. "Anyways, you have to try it AMAZING! is all I have to say, after that Austin and I went up to our room, Austin opened the door and I was immediately awestruck, some how some way he had talked to the bell boy when I wasn't looking, because we walked in to our room covered in candles, a trail of candles led to our king size bed that was covered in flower petals and with the petals he had a message written saying, 'for my wife'" the girls awed and swooned as I spoke of our first night there. "The view was breathtaking, we had a balcony that looked right out onto the resorts private beach and you could see as far as the eye could see of the ocean that just continued on and on." I pulled my camera out of my bag and continued talking about the different stories from our trip while they scrolled through all the photos of us ziplining through the Jamaica jungles, kayaking down the black river, horse back riding through the waters, off roading and hikes through the mountains. There were pictures of us shopping throughout the mainland, partying at Jimmy Buffets 'Margaritaville' and of us each sliding off the three story water slide that dropped into the water below.
Cassidy sighed as she finished looking through the photos, "Ally I'm so happy for you and Austin, if Michael ever plans on popping the question to me I hope were close to as happy as you two are, and I sure hope we go to Jamaica for our honeymoon" she said in a trance as she looked at the last few. I smiled at her, patting her leg, "you and Mike have your own special happiness, I'm so happy for all of us, its amazing where life has brought us it feels like ages ago that we met those 4 crazy boys at the club that we just had our wedding reception at 2 weeks ago" I said laughing as the girls joined in. We spent the rest of the afternoon catching up, Roxy and Andrew were officially dating after our wedding took place Kira and Ryder were moving in together, and Cass and Trish both got jobs as dance teachers at MSAU, two weeks gone and so much had changed.
"So whats next for you Alls?" Trish asked as she walked into the kitchen to get more lemonade, "just going to finish working on my new album, mine and Marks goal is to have it finished by end of September and sent in for editing and ready to release in November. Austin, the guys, and I are hoping to get a Christmas album out around the same time for the holidays, so I'd say the next few months are going to be pretty crazy" I said stretching my legs across the couch over Cassidy's lap. "Wow talk about the honeymoon stage being over" Kira said, I nodded my head in agreement, "your telling me, we literally had to jump right back into reality the moment we stepped off that plane." The girls nodded in understanding, "well don't worry girlie and don't over stress yourself, you got us here and have your back" Kira said happily I smiled at my three girls, they were more than just my best friends they were my sisters, I had no idea how much I was truly going to need them over the next year.
... 2 1/2 months later: September...
I let out another yawn as the guys and walked down the hall of AGB Studios, "dude how are you tired its 3 in the afternoon and you were asleep when we got to your place" Dez asked, I laughed and shrugged, "had a long night last night" I said with cocky smirk, Ryder rolled his eyes, "I swear you two go at it like jack rabbits" I laughed and playfully shoved him, "have you not seen my wife, I can't help myself" I said proudly as we came to her recording studio we could hear upbeat music bassing through the door so all four of us quietly entered as my wife continued to record.
Mark turned to see us enter he smiled and silently waved us in Ally was in the recording room as the beat continued to pick up, I sat next to Mark bobbing my head to the beat as she started singing rocking her body to the beat...
She stepped up to the mic...
Talk back
Haven't you said enough for too long
Talk back
Nothing you say will right what is wrong
The way you talk back
I'm not gone to have to fix what you've done
Oh eh oh oh
It'll happen on it's own
Cause Karma's gonna get you now
And I'm not gonna stick around
Karma's gonna get you now ow ow baby
And I know that I'll end up right
While you're in a mid life crisis
Karma's gonna get you now ow ow baby (yeah, yeah)
Tough luck
I'm not gonna wait for you to behave
Tough luck
Acting like you're so sorry
Oh yah you got me thinking
What I could do to hurt you right back
But wait, oh no
I don't have to anymore
Cause Karma's gonna get you now
And I'm not gonna stick around
Karma's gonna get you now ow ow baby (yeah)
And I know that I'll end up right
While you're in a mid life crisis
Karma's gonna get you now ow ow baby
Ally noticed as and smiled waving at us as she continued...
And I'm not going to stick around- She popped her hips to the change of the beat as she stayed focused
And I'm not going to stick around
Karma's going to get you now
Oh eh oh oh
Right back
Oh eh oh oh
I'll get your sorry ass
Cause Karma's gonna get you now
And I'm not gonna stick around
Karma's gonna get you now ow ow baby (yeah)
And I know that I'll end up right
While you're in a mid life crisis
Karma's gonna get you now ow ow baby
Karma's gonna get you now
And I'm not gonna stick around
Karma's gonna get you now ow ow baby (yeah)
And I know that I'll end up right
While you're in a mid life crisis
Karma's gonna get you now ow ow baby
The music came to an end, Ally took off her ear phones, "great job Ally! Thats a wrap, you wanna play it back?" Mark asked through the intercom, Ally nodded and walked into the room, "great job Alls that sounded awesome!" Mike said from the couch, she smiled "thanks!" she walked over to me, "hey baby" she said leaning down for a kiss before turning and sitting down in my lap, I wrapped my arms around her waist, "that song was kick ass babe" I said resting my chin on her shoulder she smiled and nodded, "alright here we go" Mark said hitting play as we all listened to the play back...
"That sounded great Mark, god I can't believe its done" Ally said leaning back into my chest, "yea another platinum album I'm sure of" Mark began, "I'll get this all set up and sent over for editing, in the mean time why don't you guys get your instruments all set up Jordan should be here soon and we'll start working on the holiday album" Mark said. We all nodded and Ally stood up followed by me she walked over and flopped down on the couch with a big sigh. "You okay Alls?" I asked walking over to her, she nodded opening her eyes to scowl at me, "what did I do?" I asked confused, she let out a small laugh, "you kept me up all night" she said letting out a yawn, I laughed and walked back to her leaning over her, "hey baby it takes two to tango" I whispered against her lips before kissing them softly. She laughed again and playfully pushed me away as I helped her up, "I'm gonna go grab a water, meet you in there in a few" she said walking towards the door, I nodded and headed into the studio, I grabbed my guitar and started tuning it. "Alright guys!" we looked up to see Mark and Jordan back in the sound room, Ally was laying back down on the couch, "lets do Christmas Soul, to give Ally some rest time and then we'll run through Last Christmas" Mark said as the two took a seat at the sound board, Ryder and I strapped on our guitars, I looked through the glass to see Ally had turned on her side to watch she smiled at me and gave two thumbs up, "alright gentlemen, here we go in 5..4..3..." he finished silently counting down with his fingers then the red record button lit up...
1,2,3,4!
Uh-huh!
Wooo!
I always love this time of year
White snow and reindeer
Heh, yeah
There's something special in the air
Friends and family everywhere
Ooooh
When everybody's singing
My heart starts jing-a-lingin'
There's something 'bout those December nights
Austin and Ryder:
Today's the day
Let's celebrate
With that Christmas soul
Feel that Christmas soul
We got that reindeer
Kinda cheer
Santa's flying over here
All the way from the North Pole!
'Cause we got Christmas soul
Yeah, we got Christmas Soul
Uh, yeah!
What (What)
Austin:
When it get's real cold outside
I'm ma take you on a sleigh ride
Woo!
We'll come and gather 'round the tree
And we'll make some memories
Oh, oh, yeah
When everybody's singing
My heart starts jing-a-lingin'
There's something 'bout those December nights
Austin and Ryder:
Today's the day
Let's celebrate with that Christmas Soul
Feel that Christmas Soul
We'll have a ball
Let's deck the halls with that Christmas Soul
Feel that Christmas Soul
We got that reindeer
Kinda cheer
Santa's flying over here
All the way from the North Pole!
'Cause we got Christmas Soul
Just clap your hands
We can dance tonight (Come on!)
If you got Christmas spirit
Let it shine bright (Uh-huh)
I said
Just clap your hands
We can dance tonight (Oh!)
If you got Christmas spirit
Let it shine bright
Yeah, yeah
Austin:
Today's the day
Let's celebrate with that Christmas Soul
Feel that Christmas Soul
We'll have a ball
Let's deck the halls with that Christmas Soul
Feel that Christmas Soul
We got that reindeer
Kinda cheer
Santa's flying over here
All the way from the North Pole!
'Cause we got Christmas Soul
Just feel that, just feel that
Just feel that Christmas Soul (Christmas Soul!)
Just feel that, just feel that
Just feel that Christmas Soul (Yeah, we'll feel that Christmas Soul!)
Just feel that, just feel that
Just feel that Christmas Soul
Oooh
Ryder finished the last note on his guitar, the record light went off, "Awesome guys!" Jordan said through the intercom, we all smiled and nodded taking off our guitars. Ally came in throwing her hair up in a messy bun, "alright guys go ahead and take a break, Austin Ally you two ready?" Mark asked, I grabbed my acoustic guitar as Ally took a seat at the piano we both nodded.
Ally began playing the piano...I started playing my guitar
Ally:
Didn't know what to get you
Ordinary just wouldn't do
But I just found the perfect gift for you
Now I got it all ready
But it's not wrapped in red or green
Come and sit down beside me here
Underneath the Christmas tree
Austin and Ally:
We've got mistletoe and firelight
On this cold December night
The snow outside will set the mood
As I sing my song for you
Ally:
I hear church bells a-ringin'
Austin and Ally:
Carolers are singing harmony with me now
Austin:
You are looking so lovely, yeah
Austin and Ally:
Even if the lights go out
We've got mistletoe and firelight
On this cold December night
The snow outside will set the mood
As I sing my song for you
Austin:
You're so beautiful
I only hope you see what I see (see)
Austin and Ally:
Every word is meant to show you how much you mean to me
Ally:
We've got mistletoe and firelight
On this cold December night
Austin and Ally:
The snow outside will set the mood
As I sing my song
We've got mistletoe (mistletoe) and firelight (firelight)
On this cold December night
The snow outside will set the mood
As I sing my song (sing my song), sing my song for you.
We both finished playing, "Wow, that was beautiful you two, we definitely got that one on the first take" Jordan said, Ally smiled at them as she got up, "alright well thats the last one we need from you Alls, so your good to go, the guys have one more to record then we'll be finished." Jordan said as we entered the sound room, Ally let out a sigh of relief, "oh thank god, I'm exhausted" she said grabbing her phone off the soundboard and picking up her purse, "I'm gonna walk her out, be back" I said as we headed towards the door, the others waved us off.
We walked out into the warm Miami air, the sun had just set so the sky glowed of oranges, reds, blues, and purples, Ally walked quietly beside me hand in hand leaning her head on my shoulder. "You sure your okay baby?" I asked looking down at her, she let out another yawn, "yea I'm just really tired, we've been working a lot lately and I can't really say the last time I had a break" she said as we reached her car she walked in front of me to unlock her door. I spun her around to face me pinning her up against the car door I leaned down giving her a soft and yet deep kiss, "then you are under strict orders to go home and take a long hot bath and relax, you hear me?" I said sternly with a slight smirk, she smiled and nodded before standing on her tip toes to kiss me again, "I'll see you at home" she whispered against my lips as she pulled away I nodded and smiled, "I shouldn't be to long" I stepped back allowing her to get in her car, she rolled down her window as she started up her car, "love you" she said with her heart melting smile, "love you more" I replied back as she backed out and pulled out of the parking lot, I watched her drive away before I headed back into the studio.
Review Review Review!
I thought it'd be fun to use actual disney christmas songs for the album, obviously I used Austins "Christmas Soul" and I love the duet from Good Luck Charlie, I feel like it makes it more real. Any-who you know what to do
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