Disclaimer: I do not own Austin & Ally, Taylor Guitars, or any of the songs in this chapter.


Guitars & Sneak Peeks

Austin's POV:

After I had gone home and taken a shower from dancing in the practice room, I decided to head back to Sonic Boom. I was wearing a silver and yellow striped tank top, light red shorts, my whistle necklace, a bunch of random bracelets, and black converse. I had checked myself in the mirror before I left and fixed my hair up a bit so it didn't look like I just got out of bed.

I was walking into Sonic Boom when I saw Ally standing by a big box wrapped up in yellow wrapping paper.

"What's in here?" I asked her, pointing to the box.

"A present." She replied.

"For who?"

"You." She said with a slight grin. Of course, I smiled back at her.

"And why do I need a present when the best one is standing right in front of me?" I ask her, leaning my hand against the counter and grinning at her. She blushes hard, and I just find it adorable. She'd just call it "Embarrassing".

"This is a gift that I had to beg my dad to be able to get you. It's a congratulations gift for your first ever sold out concert, and your Christmas gift. Open it." She says to me. I glance at her with a questioning look of what's in the box, and I begin to unwrap it. When I saw what was in front of me, I couldn't believe my eyes.

It was a brand new, cherry red Taylor(1) acoustic guitar with a white pearl pick guard, a rosewood fret board with the words 'Austin Moon' on the fret board in white pearl. I just stood there, staring at how perfect it was. It was one of my dream guitars I've talked to Ally about countless times. And she had gotten it for me.

I looked at her, then back at the guitar, still not believing my eyes.

"I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you!" I exclaimed, wrapping my arms around her tight.

She returned my hug and smiled.

"So…you like it?" she asked. I rolled my eyes.

"No. I hate it. Of course I love it, Ally! This is my dream guitar! I can't believe that you got this for me…" I said, still in disbelief.

"Well I'm glad you like it, Austin." She says and returns to the counter.

I pick up my brand new guitar and jump on the counter next to her, my back facing the door. I tune the guitar and play the intro to 'What Do I Have To Do'(2) to check the tuning. I began practicing the whole song, since I haven't played it a lot.

"Hey Ally, do you speak French?" I ask her. She looks at me with a 'Where the heck did you come up with that question?' kind of look before answering.

"A little, but mostly Italian…. Why?" I shrug.

"Just wondering." I reply, and I look down at my guitar and slightly grinned.

I continued to randomly practice songs for the upcoming concert until it was Ally's break. We both went upstairs to the practice room, and I refused to let go of my new guitar, so I just brought it along with us.

"Hey Alls, do you think we should do another live chat? You know, thanking the fans for making our first sold out show possible?" I ask her, although it's more of a suggestion. Ally nods.

"Sure, it sounds like a nice thing to do." Ally says as she goes over and hooks up the camera and microphone while I clear stuff out of the way of the chairs. I hook up my laptop of the camera and set up the live chat, tweet about it, and start.

I see the red dot on the camera light up as Ally starts filming.

"What's up guys? So, I'm doing another live chat. Live chats are pretty cool, you know, you're talking to people in the moment, and it's almost in person. I don't know, I just think it's cool. Alright, I wanted to thank everyone so so so much for allowing me to play….my first every sold out concert! You guys all rock. But seriously, I love all of you. I can't wait to see everyone there, and I know we're all gonna have an awesome time! You guys are definitely in for a treat. So, I'm open for questions right now, so send them in!" I say, watching the chat box fill up. I grin and I read the first question.

"Okay, first question! Is there going to be anyone else performing with me during the concert? The answer is yes, one of my best friends Dylan is going to be playing with me throughout the whole concerts. For some songs he'll just play guitar, or bass, or keyboards, or drums, or whatever it may be, in other songs he'll be singing backups and harmonies and in other songs he'll be singing some lyrics with me. But don't worry, he's a great singer. In fact, he's going to be completely singing one of the songs, Always, except for like 2 lines that I'll be singing." I tell everyone. I look at the questions and pick another one.

"Okay, the next question is what is my favorite song that I will be performing? Umm…. It's gotta be between Loud(3), What Do I Have To Do, and Last First Kiss(4). I really like those songs….Not even sure why." I reply, and choose another question.

"Next one is what is the best gift I've ever received or given." I say, I look back at Ally and smile at her. I pick up my guitar so that the camera can capture it.

"The best gift I've ever gotten had to be this guitar that Ally just gave me today. It's one of my dream guitars that I'd always talk about to just about every person I know, and she got the exact one I wanted, but better because she took the time to get it for me. I don't know if I'll ever stop thanking her for it. I'll be using it at the concert, so all of you guys will be able to see it." I answer back, giving Ally another happy smile.

"Okay, only two more questions. Make 'em count!" I say, and look over at Ally.

"Alls, what time is your break over?" I ask her.

"In about 10 minutes. We've got time." She replies.

"Alright, cool. I look back at the questions and choose a random one.

"The question is, can you give us any secrets or surprises for the concert. What? They're called surprises for a reason! No, I'm kidding. Well, a secret is I'm going to throw a few things out into the crowd. It could be anything from my set list, a guitar pick, to some merchandise, anything. And Dylan, my friend who is performing with me, we both are practicing some pretty awesome dance moves for our songs. And I don't know, we may just try to crowd surf at the end of the concert. But who knows." I say, shrugging. I smile and then pick a new question.

"Okay, last question is, can you give us a sneak peek of either What Do I Have To Do, Loud, or Last First Kiss. The answer to that is yes, I can. I'll give you guys a little 30 second sneak peek of each song. In order, here's What Do I Have To Do." I start playing the rhythm on my guitar and sing.

''See I will fly you to Paris, I'll even learn the language, vous avez de très beaux yeux, oh so beautiful. Climb the Eiffel Tower touch the moon and call it ours yeah, cause it never shined as bright as you.' "Okay, that little part was some French. Who speaks French? Put in what it means below and I'll have a surprise for you! Just because I feel like it. Alright, this next part is a little bit of Loud." I explain and start playing it on guitar and sing,

"Lookin' for the light to shine, to start a fire. And girl I'll be the first in line, oh. And baby when our stars align, we can't get no higher, just give me a sign."

"Okay that was part of Loud, and now, part of Last First Kiss. Okay. Here we go." I say, my voice cracking a little. I play the song on guitar and sing.

"Baby tell me, would it change? I'm afraid you'll run away, if I tell you, what I've wanted to tell you. Maybe I just gotta wait, maybe this is a mistake. I'm a fool yeah, baby I'm just a fool yeah, oh oh." I was freaking out over the fact that I was singing in front of Ally with this song.

Of course, when she had told me she never had her first kiss a while ago, I've wanted to be that person to take that chance. And a few months later, here I was writing a song about it. Singing it at the concert wouldn't be as obvious, since there would be so many other screaming girls thinking that the song is about them.

But what if Ally had just figures out that the song was about her, even if the chorus was the most obvious part? I heard Ally snapping at me and I looked up, confused.

"Austin, you were just staring at your guitar for a good 3 minutes while I made every noise possible to snap you out of it." She said, rolling her eyes.

"Oh. Sorry about that. Alright well, it was nice talking to you guys, I hope you enjoyed our little live chat. Thanks again for helping me score my first ever sold out concert, and I'll see you soon!" I waved to the camera and Ally turned it off.

"Austin, what the heck was that about?" she asked me, going over to the door to block my way back downstairs.

"What?" I asked her.

"You spacing out after that song. It sounds like a great song to me, but what was going through your mind..?" she asks me, clearly confused. I couldn't tell her the truth. Not now. Not today.

"Look, Ally, that song is about a specific girl that I really, really like. She hasn't had her first kiss yet. Anyways, I made a song about her. I was afraid if she was watching this live chat that she would figure out it was about her and how I really felt about her. I was afraid that once she figures it out…we won't be the same. And all of the thoughts just came rushing through my mind and I just kind of spaced out." I explain to her, looking down and playing with my bracelets.

"Wow. Sounds complicated. For a second I was afraid you were talking about me. Whew!" She laughed in what sounded like relief, rolling her eyes as if the song would never be about her.

"Well bye Austin, I gotta go back and watch the store." She said and closed the door behind her.

I fake smiled at her until she left, but little did she know that my heart just shattered into a million pieces.


(1) I do not own the Taylor Guitar Company

(2) I do not own What Do I Have To Do by R5

(3) I do not own Loud by R5

(4) I do not own Last First Kiss by One Direction


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