I can never say thank you enough for all the wonderful reviews. They really keep me motivated to write, write and write! I'm glad people are liking on what started out as where all my Auslly feels are dumped, hahaha. (Although it doesn't feel all that Auslly yet does it? But it will don't worry.) Anyways, here's another chapter that I managed to finish. Got a little sidetracked though, I've got a few one-shots I'm currently working on. Anyways (again :P), here's chapter seven! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Austin & Ally.


Ally is in the practice room, scrubbing everything in sight. From the piano keys to the ceiling tiles, everything was clean. Yesterday has been the most tiring and dramatic day of her life. She spent her night crying her eyes out trying to just forget everything; well it was easier said than done. She's determined to keep everything between her and Austin just the way they were before she realized her feelings. It's hard trying to hide things from Austin though. Like Trish, Austin knows her well and could see right through her. Just thinking about it made her start polishing the floor like crazy.

"Hey Ally, whoa!" Austin was slipping on the freshly polished floor trying to keep balance. Before he fell flat on his face, Ally managed to steady him. "That was close, thanks Ally."

"What are you doing here Austin?" She asked kneeling down and polishing the floor around Austin.

"Uh, I just came to check up on you." He walked over to the sofa carefully avoiding stepping on Ally who was really into the polishing. "You seemed odd yesterday after the video shoot."

Ally stopped polishing for a moment, thinking and then she continued. "Well, I think I ate something bad. Yeah, with the nervousness it kind of made my stomach a little messed up." She avoided eye contact with him. "I'm fine now."

Austin couldn't believe that Ally was lying to him. Yeah, that's right; he can tell that she's lying to him. For starters she's cleaning, like a maniac; she only does that when she's upset. And he's pretty sure it's not just her stomach that's upsetting her.

"Okay, well I have to get going. If there's anything you want to talk to me about you know I'll always be here for you. Later Ally." He smiled and left the practice room. He knew Ally was keeping something from him, he just didn't know what. If Ally was trying so hard to keep whatever it is from him then she really must not want him to find out. Austin sighed but he respected Ally's decision not to tell him. He trusts that Ally will tell him in due time.

Ally sighed deeply, she hated lying to Austin but there was nothing she could do. She had to save their friendship and lying to him about her feelings is the best thing to do at the moment. You can't make pancakes without breaking a few eggs. She continued scrubbing and tried to forget about it.


"Something's wrong with Ally and she's not telling me about it." Austin and Dez were at the mall food court. Austin chewed on the straw if his juice.

"Maybe it's just that time of month for girls. You know," Dez came close to Austin and whispered, "the big 70% off sales. Don't think too much of it."

Austin chuckled at his best friend; Dez sure knows how to cheer people up unintentionally. "I guess you're right."

"So what are you going to wear for your date with Cassidy tonight?" Dez said playing with Abu; he has grown incredibly attached to the small primate.

"Oh, I totally forgot!" Austin slapped his head. "I got to get going, bye Dez." He waved at Dez and headed home.


"I'm usually good at figuring out what to wear." Austin was digging through his closet trying to figure out what to wear. There was clothes spread out all over his room, the floor was barely visible. "I need help." He jumped to his bed and dug for his phone which was buried under all the clothing. He searched his contacts and called the one labeled 'Ally Dawson'. Austin tapped his fingers impatiently as he waited for Ally to pick up.

"Hello?"

"Ally! I need your help; can you come over to my place now please?"

Ally didn't need to be asked a second time, the urgency in Austin's voice was enough. "I'll be there in ten." She said as she hung up.

Austin paced nervously waiting for Ally, occasionally tripping on some random piece of clothing. He started digging around again not even knowing what he was looking for. Suddenly the door opens and a small brunette enters.

"Austin I'm her— Whoa!" Before she could finish saying that she was here she tripped on a shoe and landed on Austin. "Ouch."

"It's a good thing you're light Ally." Austin chuckled as he helped his small friend to her feet.

"Thanks." Ally scanned the room trying to hide the growing blush. "So, uh, what happened in here? You need my help cleaning up or something?" Ally walked around trying to find a place to sit until finally deciding to sit on Austin's bed.

"Not exactly, you know my date with Cassidy is tonight right?" Ally nodded with a slight sadness in her eyes, fortunately unnoticeable to Austin. "Well, I'm not exactly sure what to wear. You're a girl right?"

"Last time I checked." Ally said raising her eyebrows.

"Help me." Austin kneeled in front of Ally, begging.

"Okay, okay I'll help you." Ally giggled. "You know you didn't have to beg, I'll help you because I care about you Austin." Austin looked at Ally and she turned pink. "I uh, because you're my best friend, I'd do anything for you. " She quickly added. 'I need to be careful about what I say around Austin.'

Austin engulfed Ally in a hug. "You're the best." Ally felt like she was going to explode, her cheeks was burning. She managed to get away from Austin's grip before he could see her flushed face.

"Your date is soon, we should hurry." Ally said as she started searching through the massive piles of clothing. For a guy, Austin has a lot of clothes.

They spent a good hour deciding on what Austin should wear and finally decided on dark blue jeans, a red t-shirt topped with a black blazer like jacket and red converse. Austin was looking at what they put together in the mirror with Ally standing beside him smoothing his clothes. Ally took a step away and examined him, blushing a little. No surprise, she's been blushing away all night.

"You look great Austin." Ally gave him her best smile.

"Thanks to you." They hugged again, Ally tried to contain her happiness that he's hugging her and sadness that it's just a friendship hug. But she's glad that their friendship hasn't changed.

"You better go now or you're going to be late." Ally pushed Austin towards the door.

"But wait, my mom's not going to let me leave until my room is clean." Austin looked down, there were a lot of clothes scattered around the room, and it would take forever to clean.

"I'll clean it for you. Now go, you wouldn't want to keep Cassidy waiting." She pushed him out the door.

"Really?" Austin turned to Ally, she was leaning on the door way.

"Of course, now go. Have fun."

"Again, you're the best." He gave her a quick hug and went on his way.

Ally sighed, not because of cleaning Austin's room, she didn't mind that, but because she was tired of pushing away her feelings. But what can she do?


Austin arrived at Melody Diner just in time, Cassidy wasn't there yet so he had time to prepare himself mentally. He was confident at what he was wearing thanks to Ally. He reminded himself to thank her somehow.

"Hey blondy." Cassidy called as she walked towards him. She was wearing black skinny jeans that hugged her legs nicely with a ruffled turquoise top and black ballet flats.

"Hi Cassidy." He couldn't take his eyes off of her. "You look great." He said as he offered his hand.

"Thanks, you clean up nice too." She took his hand and headed inside the diner.

Once inside they took a table at the corner of the diner where it was more secluded and private. They talked about a couple things from Austin's career to Cassidy's band until they finally came up to the topic of the music video.

"So how's the music video going?" Cassidy asked as she munched on some fries.

"Great, it's done editing and will be up on the website by tomorrow. I'm actually glad that it's finally done; it was a really hectic week. From writing the songs to shooting, and not to mention finally getting Ally to perform on stage." Austin chuckled at the memory.

"Ally's an amazing partner isn't she?"

"Yeah, she is. I couldn't ask for a better partner and songwriter, she's awesome." Austin smiled proud of his best friend. "She even helped me pick out my clothes today. And she's probably still cleaning my room at the moment." Cassidy looked at him a little weird. "Don't ask."

The rest of the night went well. Once they left Austin offered to walk Cassidy home.

"We should do this again sometime." Austin said, hoping she would say yes.

"Sounds great." Cassidy said with a smile.


Sounds like they had a nice date. And Austin, don't you know that you're not supposed to talk about other girls when you're on a date? I guess he can't help it when it comes to Ally can he? ;)