Sorry it took so long! Here it is! Stay Auslly! Mwah x
Ally's POV:
I smiled as I closed my book. I was writing an amazing song, but I needed some help with the
Chorus; but decided I'd think of that later. Perhaps I'd get some inspiration from the beach. I
Nodded to myself as if to answer my question as I stood up from the deckchair, I was on and
looked to where Trish was supposed to be sitting but she wasn't there, so I went over to Cassidy.
She was sitting with her sunglasses covering her eyes but from the light snoring sound, I could tell
she was asleep. I giggled and prayed she wore sunscreen before I decided to go get a smoothie. I
walked towards the smoothie bar. It was a small shack with a cool structure that was made mostly
from bamboo and sea shells, it was quite remarkable despite its simplicity and it was scented of
exotic fruits, ice cream and summer breezes. As I approached the bar, I saw Austin sat on a stool
outside the shack and headed over to him. "Hey Austin", I said with a smile, as I took a seat
opposite him. "I thought you were in the water with Dez and Adam", I said as the smoothie
waitress turned to us and asked us what we wanted. "Hey Alls, I was but then Trish showed up
and I decided to escape from her surprisingly good water gun skills, or I'd be a goner", he said
and I chuckled before he turned to the waitress. "Oh I'll have a Berry Mint Blast", he said and
gestured to me. "Me too", I said to the waitress and she nodded. "So what were you doing", he said
to me and drummed on the table lightly. "Well I finished writing so I decided to talk to Trish but she
wasn't there, so I decided to talk to Cassidy but she fell asleep so I decided to take a walk over here
to get a smoothie", I said casually with a smile. "Cool", he said and the waitress handed us our
smoothies. I got out my purse to hand her the money but Austin smiled at me before paying for both
our smoothies. "Thanks", I said with a smile and placed the lime green straw in my mouth and
sucked up the sweet minty fruity drink. "No problem", Austin said and then smiled at me. I grinned
and put my head down and continued to suck up my smoothie. I looked up once more and noticed
he was still looking at me. "What..?" I said slowly and laughed uneasily. Austin seemed embarrassed
and looked down and placed his straw in his mouth. "Noth, nothing", he muttered and then there
was a ringing silence, well just between us as the beach was extremely noisy. "So, writing? You still
write songs?" he asked and smiled up at me. "Yeah, I was working on a new one, I use the diary you
gave me, it's my most prized possession", I said and felt my cheeks turn red. What was wrong with
me? Austin smirked. "Really, wow that just made my day", he said and I laughed and nudged him in
the shoulder. "Well, I'm glad I could do that", I said and took another sip of my smoothie. "Why
don't you sing me song", he said and I immediately shook my head. "No, I don't think so, it'd be too
scary, there are too many people around", I said shakily. Austin sighed. "Ally, don't tell me you /still/
have stage fright, it's been years, ever since the year after you were chosen to sing a song for that
school show you never sang in public again", he said and I sighed. "Austin, I know but it wasn't that
show that did anything, but I don't like talking about the cause of my stage fright", I said sadly and
stared down at the suddenly interesting sand. Austin lifted my chin and smiled at me. "Hey, I'm sorry
for prying, but I know what will make you feel better", he said and I raised an eyebrow before he
took my hand and dragged me back over to my spot on the beach. "Why are we here?" I asked as I
wriggled free from his grasp. "Well", Austin began as he rooted through Cassidy's bag and retrieved
her strawberry lipgloss. "We're going to play a little prank on Cassidy", he said with a smile and got
up and dusted down his shorts. "We?" I asked and crossed my hands across my chest. "Well me,
watch and prepare to laugh", he said and began squirting the lipgloss all over Cassidy's face. He
made a big blob on her nose, circles around her eyes, circles on her cheek and then squirted it all
over her lips. I stifled a laugh as he took out his phone and snapped a photo of her.
"What...are...you...doing...that...for", I said laughing in between my words. "For the memory, she'll
wash it off and kill me afterwards so I'd like to have a memoir of it", he said smiling. I rolled my eyes
at him and nudged his arm before I went up to him with a cheeky expression on my face. "How do
you know someone won't tell her?" I said with a cheeky smile and crossed my arms over my chest.
"You wouldn't", he said and went one step closer to me and looked me in the eyes. "We both know,
I would", I said and smiled. "Oh heck no", he said and reached out and tried to grab me but I dodged
him. "Catch me if you can", I singsonged and began running towards the cliffs at the far end of the
beach. I twisted around briefly and saw Austin running behind me. I laughed and threw a raspberry
behind my shoulder before I continued running. I wasn't the fastest runner; I knew that by my old
gym teacher's constant criticism. So it didn't surprise me when I turned and saw Austin right behind
me. I then felt two strong hands around my waist and I was pulled to a stop. "Gotcha!" Austin
screamed and I squealed and tried to wriggle free when I saw something in the distance. "Austin,
look at that", I said and wriggled free completely.
Austin's POV:
I frowned. I liked having Ally in my arms, she was warm and smelled like strawberries, but I decided
to leave that thought aside. I followed her and we came to an area that was mostly rock. At times I
heard footsteps behind me, but when I looked back there was always no one there. I continued
to follow her and soon we came to an opening in the side of a large rock. It was more like a cave and
had a little stream of water coming into it. It was almost completely hidden and dark but a ray of
sunlight shone up into it from the ceiling. "Wow Austin, look at this", she said and took my hand and
pulled me into the cave with her. She sat down on a pile of rocks and I smiled as I sat down beside
her. "So Ally, since there's no one around, will you sing for me?" I asked and looked towards her
with a smile. She was silent for a moment and pulled her knees up to her face and then let out a
small sigh. I continued to look at her and couldn't help smiling. "Fine..." she said finally and cleared
her throat. "This is the chorus to a song I wrote, um...I...I...know...that, that I'll ma", she began
shakily and put her head down. "Sorry Austin...I can't do it", she said and I smiled at her as I lifted
her chin and gave her hand that I was holding a soft squeeze. "Yes you can, you're the amazing
Allyson Marie Dawson", I said and she glared at me playfully. "And you're the more amazing Austin
Monica Moon", she teased and I smirked before I nudged her playfully. She nudged me and it went
on like this until I finally toppled over and fell off the rock and into the stream. Ally laughed and I
smirked and pulled her arm and she fell in after me and right on top of me. We both laughed and
laughed until our stomachs hurt and then we just looked at each other. I smiled up at her and stared
right into her warm chocolate eyes, they seemed to sparkle and gleam beautifully and that made
me smile which made her smile. My eyes somehow wandered to her lips that were a gorgeous pink
colour, they were plump, bow shaped and extremely kissable. I couldn't shake the feeling that we
were being watched but all the same I didn't care. In the spur of the moment I felt
myself leaning in and she leaned in too. I really wanted to kiss her; I knew I was going to. Our lips
were just about to touch when we heard an exceptionally loud scream that caused us to get up
immediately. I grabbed Ally's hand and began running back to the beach, because I sort of knew
what this meant. As we neared closer to our spot on the beach, I could see Cassidy wide awake and
Dez, Trish and Adam beside her, Trish dabbing her face with a towel. "What happened?" I
asked playing dumb. "Some moron squirted strawberry lipgloss on my face", she squealed and then
looked at me and frowned deeply. Bridget ran up behind us from the direction of the cliffs but I
ignored this fact as she bounded up to Cassidy to help her reluctantly. Cassidy smiled at her lightly
and then turned to and Ally and I and raised an eyebrow and Ally and I turned to each other and
then looked down at her hands which we let go before I headed over to Cassidy to help her.
"Actually, that was no moron, just me", I said and laughed awkwardly and she raised an eyebrow at
me. "And why would you do that?" she asked through gritted teeth. "Because...um... ", I began
before Ally butted in. "Because I told him to, I'm really sorry Cassidy", she said sweetly and I smiled
at her before pulling her to the side. She fiddled with her fingers and didn't make eye contact as I
looked at her. "What are you doing?" I asked. "Austin, I don't want Cassidy to be mad at you, let her
be mad at me it's alright", I said and I shook my head. "No Ally, I can't do that, it'll be fine, and I can
take the heat", I reassured her and she nodded before I headed over to Cassidy. "Cass, it was my
fault, Ally was upset and I was trying to look for a way to make her happy, I knew it was wrong but
when I saw the chance, I couldn't help it", I said guiltily and she looked at me. "Oh Austy, its fine",
she said and got up as she wiped off the last bit of lipgloss from her face. She threw her arms around
my neck. I slipped my hands around her waist and smiled but my smile faded a little when I saw the l
little scene behind me.
Ally's POV:
I was on cloud nine as Austin dragged me back to our spot. We had almost kissed and for some
reason I really liked that. He was really cute, cuter than I remember, but he had a girlfriend. A
girlfriend that was captain of the cheerleading team and super pretty and funny. It was probably an
in the moment thing and I was sure he didn't like me. I nearly smiled when I saw Cassidy's reaction
to the lipgloss mess but knew that was dangerous ground. I watched as Austin almost owned up but
I couldn't put his relationship in jeopardy because of me. I spoke up and said it was me and I saw
Cassidy frown at me. Austin butted in and pulled me to the side and I fiddled with my fingers and
didn't look up at him. He told me that he'd take the heat and that it was fine. He was concerned for
me and not for himself and I thought that was sweet. I nodded at him and we both walked back to
Cassidy and he told her the truth and she forgave him instantly. She then proceeded to pulling him
into a hug and Austin smiled. I sighed, the scene making me feel tremendously ill before I felt
something hit me hard on the back of my head and I fell, face forward into the sand. "Ow", I said
moments after I was hit and started to get up before I felt a pair of muscular arms pull me up. I
dusted myself off and looked up expecting to see Austin but instead I found Dallas standing in front
of me. "Ally, I am so sorry, it was just, the guys and I were tossing the ball around and one sort of got
out of control and it hit you by accident, I am really sorry, I really didn't mean to hurt you", he
rambled and I smiled. "Its fine Dallas, it was an accident, I get it", I said and he smiled. "Good, so are
you okay?" he asked and moved closer to me, examining my head and arms carefully. "Yeah, yeah,
I'm um ...fine", I stammered and found myself stepping back a little out of discomfort. "So...do you
want to hang out with me and my friends", he asked and gestured to a group consisting of two guys
and three girls behind him. "Well...um...I", I began before I found Austin standing by my side.
"Actually, she can't, she's hanging out with us", Austin said and Dallas frowned. "Well...Moon, I
wasn't actually talking to you, but to Ally", he said roughly to Austin and then grinned charmingly at
me. "He's...um...right Dallas, I was...maybe another time", I said and he smiled. "How about Friday at
six, dinner and a movie, sound good?" he asked and I nodded. Austin began to saw something but
I clasped my hand over his mouth and smiled at Dallas. "Sure", I said and he nodded 'coolly' in my
direction. "Awesome, see you later Alls", he said to me and I gave him a three-fingered wave as he
walked away. Trish and Bridget bounded over to me. "You just a date with Dallas Matthews, THE
Dallas Matthews", they chorused and smiled as they turned to me. "I know, I know!" I cried happily.
"Nice going Dawson, you got the most popular guy in school to date you, but sadly you didn't get the
hottest", Cassidy said, almost nicely and kissed Austin's cheek. "I'll try to live", I said jokingly and
placed a hand to my head in a swooning motion before I turned to Trish and Bridget, not noticing
Austin's frown as I did so."So Ally, do you know what you are going to wear?", "Do you know what
you are going to do with your hair", "Do you think he'll kiss you", "Are you going to sing for him".
The questions came out fast, one after the other, the last one came from Cassidy. "No, no, no and
no, the date's on Friday, I've got lots of time to figure out all that stuff, chill", I said to the girls and
they smiled. "Well if this girl fest is over, can we go, my mom's cooking tonight remember", Austin
said and everyone immediately dashed away, running towards the path to the school. I laughed and
turned to Austin with a raised eyebrow. "Your mom is cooking? I didn't think parents stayed here..."
I said confusedly. Austin laughed. "My mom works here, and every Sunday she cooks for us in the
boy's dormitory, it's a weekly tradition", he said with a smile. "Cool, what does she make?" I asked.
"Her famous three-cheese lasagne" he said and rubbed his stomach, his mouth already watering.
"Sounds delish, I've never met your mom but she seems awesome" I said and ran a hand through my
hair as I walked alongside him. "She is, she's pretty, fun, carefree, sweet, a great cook and the
reason why I can see you again", he said to me and smiled at me and I laughed. "How?" I asked.
"Well when my mum and dad divorced when I was five when I met you, my mom moved to Miami,
then my dad and I moved to Miami so I could be closer to her and then she suggested Sunset Cove
Academy for a school where she's the secretary and that's how I ended up here and how I get to see
you", he explained and I nodded understandingly. "So wait, your mom is Mimi Moon?" I asked and
he nodded. "Actually Mimi Arsenal, but she kept Moon", he said and I chuckled. "No way, she looks
like a supermodel", I exclaimed and he laughed. "Thanks, her pretty and personality have come in
handy, she's dating the owner of the academy, Richard Matthews", he said his tone at the end of the
sentence bitter. "You don't seem to be very happy about that", I said and he shrugged. "I am it's just,
Richard is Dallas's dad and my mom and him are really serious, I think he might even propose to her
and that'd mean having Dallas as my stepbrother", he said and shuddered at the end. "What's your
deal with Dallas?" I asked in a slightly annoyed tone. "It's just; he gets everything handed to him just
like that, money, popularity, shoes, and girls", he said. "And did he take any of these things from
you?" I asked knowingly. "Well he beat me out for captain of the football team when I'm clearly the
better player and now he's stealing y—", he began and then stopped. "What Austin, what is he
stealing now?" I asked and he remained silent. "Come on Austin, tell me", I begged. "You", he
yelled and looks at me before he walked forward faster, to join the rest of the group. I continued to
walk slowly. "What?" I whispered to myself.
