A/N

This one's in Austin's POV.

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"Whatever. Prove it that you wanted it to be me," Ally says and then storms off. I start to go after her but Rydel scowls at me and follows her instead. I turn to the guys; they're all standing there, looking awkward. How am I gonna prove it to Ally?

Riker comes up to me and puts his arm around my shoulders, "Well, Ross, that went well don't you think?" I am in no mood for his joking and I shrug his arm off.

"No, I don't," I reply, my face stony. "I have to show her that I really did want it to be her and I couldn't do anything."

"Yeah. You should do something romantic, take her to dinner or something," Rocky inputs.

"I know what to do. I'll have to wait until we go back to Miami though, I heard from Trish that we're going camping and I've been there before so it'll be perfect," I tell them.

"Am I the only one here who's totally lost and curious to what Ross'll do?" Ratliff asks. The others murmur their agreement to curiosity.

"I'll propose." I state simply. The guys have amused smirks, but then their eyes widen and they look completely shocked when they realized I've never been more serious in my life.

"You-you're not kidding," Ryland states, breaking the surprised silence.

"No, I'm not."

"But you guys met like five days ago!" Riker argues. He's just got engaged a few months ago to a girl he was friends with for years before dating for her for three more.

"I know but I feel like we have a connection and she's even dropped a hint." She did drop a hint I mean, "You can still be my first kiss Austin, just in another time in another place," seems pretty obvious to me.

"Ok, dude. Do whatever you think's best. The worst that could happen is she'll reject you and you'll lose a thousand or so dollars on a ring," Riker says laughingly, always the one who goes against the general mood of the situation. I shake my head.

"Gee thanks, Riker."

"Yup."

"Well, bye, guys, see ya later."

"Bye, Dude."

I ride in the limo back to the hotel. The driver doesn't comment on Ally not being with me and his poker face is perfect so I can't tell if he finds it odd. I got used to riding with her quickly and don't like not. I open the room door and go in, "Als? I'm really sorry," I call out. I get no response. "Ally!?" I check her room and her stuff is gone. Did she run away? Find another hotel? Get an earlier flight? I remember that Ally is very reasonable and wouldn't be wandering Chicago streets at night and she doesn't have that much money. First I text Ally and then I call her, when she doesn't respond or pick up, I call Rydel, mostly sure that Ally's with her and if she's not, I'll have a panic attack.

"Hey, Ross, what do you want?" Rydel answers the phone.

"Is Ally with you?"

"Yeah, why do you care?" Rydel and Ally must have become best buds or something so that she sounds like this.

"I just need to make sure she's safe. I came back figuring you just brought her here and all her stuff was gone and there was no note or anything." Relief is evident in my voice, even I can hear it.

"Oh. I knew that what happened on stage couldn't have been stopped but I didn't know if you really cared about her. It seems you do." Her tone is much nicer now.

"Thanks."

"Yeah, you know she cares a lot about you too. She fell asleep in a purple hoodie that is much too big to be hers; I'm guessing it's yours. She's also whispering your name in her sleep."

"Wow. That's a confidence booster. And yeah, it is mine. You know how she told me to prove my care?"

"Basically, yeah."

"Well, I figured out how."

"How?"

"I'll tell you if you promise not to tell Ally or freak out."

"Ok, I promise but I'm scared now."

"Well, I'm gonna propose to her."

"Eeeeee! Oh my gosh, when?"

"When we go on a camping trip I'm not supposed to know about."

"Sweet. Well, I gotta go to sleep, and so do you; you're shopping tomorrow."

"Yup, 'night, Rydel."

"'Night, Ross." I go to my room and fall asleep thinking about Ally.

-Line Break-

Morning after fight-Austin

I stretch awake, sunlight shining through the window I forgot to close last night. I can hear the sounds of traffic below. At first I'm sad thinking of Ally's and my fight last night until I remember my plans for today. I check my phone, 8:00, perfect. I Google a good jewelry shop, the best one I find is rated 4.8 stars with 89,736 reviews, it's called Rosalind's Finest. Before I go though, I work out at the gym (there's one inside the hotel), shower and dress in my last outfit I packed; a blue, striped, sleeveless t-shirt and ripped jeans. I eat a breakfast of pancakes but it isn't the same not making them with Ally. Rosalind's isn't close so I call the limo driver to come pick me up. Just like last night, it's weird not riding around with Ally; luckily the drive is short. Unfortunately, my driver decides to ask about Ally today.

"Mr. Lynch, where is Miss Dawson? She wasn't with you last night and she's not this morning. Is something wrong?"

"She spent the night at Rydel's hotel last night. We had a small fight last night but everything will be fine." I tell him, I probably won't have him again as a driver anyway.

"That's good. Have a nice time, sir," he rolls his window up and drives away.

I walk in, the place is really nice, all glass and modern. A friendly looking lady stands behind the counter; she has slate grey hair hanging in ringlets down to her shoulders and watery blue eyes. She sizes me up; I must look odd, in my casual clothes, walking into the highest rated, most expensive jewelry store in Chicago. "Hello, what can I help you with today?" she smiles, it's a smile like when your awesome grandma comes out with a plate of freshly baked cookies and smiles at you, urging you to take one.

"I'd like to buy a necklace and an engagement ring."

"Ahh, what does the lucky lady like?"

"She loves music. I was thinking maybe a silver treble cleft on a chain for the necklace."

"That sounds pretty, dear. Maybe you can find it over there." She says pointing to a glass case.

"Thank you, I might come back for help with the ring." I walk over to the case and find just what I was looking for; it even has a little crystal in the center at the end of the swirl. I wander around, looking at rings, but nothing hits me. I'm about to despair when I see the perfect one. It's beautiful, just like my Als. It has small sapphires going around the front of the band, wave like parts loop around the main band to hold a medium sized diamond, what's not a gem is made of white gold. Ally might argue it's too much but I'm sure she'll love it.

"Did you find what you needed, dear?" The lady, I look at her name tag; Julia asks.

"Yes, thank you." I hand her the necklace and show her which ring I picked so she can take it out of the case.

"May I ask her name?"

"It's Ally."

"That's a sweet name, dear. I'm sure she's lucky to have you." Julia says as she retrieves the ring. I pass over my credit card. Please don't ask how long we've known each other, it makes this awkward. Don't ask how long we've known each other, I chant in my head. "How long have you guys known each other?" she asks me. Aw, c'mon!

"Um, six days," I mumble.

"What was that, dear? Sorry, my hearing is going out with age." She laughs.

I see no way to get around this, "I said six days."

"Oh, that's not long. Are you sure you want to buy these?" she asks. I sigh inwardly, no, I came here to find the perfect jewelry fully knowing I've only known Ally for six days and don't want to buy them. That was sarcasm if you couldn't tell.

"Yeah, I'm sure."

"Ok then, dear." She rings my items up and hands them to me in a bag. "Thank you for shopping at Rosalind's Finest! Have a nice day, dear!" Julia smiles and looks down at her computer. I leave the store pleased, despite the weirdness with how long we've known each other I'm really excited by what I bought for Ally. I hear my phone go off; it's a text from Rydel.

Hey, Austin.

Hey Rydel, what's up?

The sky.

Dry sarcasm, that's the best!

Your sarcasm isn't much better.

Touché.

Anyway, Ally has all her stuff packed and is still planning on leaving on the plane with you at six. Is that alright?

Yes!

Why can't she contact me herself?

Her phone died and she's too lazy to dig her charger out of her suitcase.

Oh, ok. How will she be getting to the airport?

She says she'll meet you outside your hotel at four. Where are you now?

Just got done 'shopping'; waiting for the limo to pick me up.

Oooh! What'd you get?

A ring.

Duh. Specifics please.

It's hard to describe. You'll just have to see when she gets it.

Hmph. So are you giving it to her today?

No, but I'm sure she'll send you a picture. I got her a necklace to give to her today; it has a silver treble cleft. I'll tell her the rest of her present will come later.

Ah, cool. I look up; my limo has pulled up in front of me. I hop in and we drive back to the hotel. I check the time, it's only eleven; I have five hours to burn before Ally gets here. I might as well make sure my suitcase is in order while I'm here. I go up to the room and check my bags; everything fits and is ready to go. I sit on my bed and pull out my guitar.

I sing, thinking of Ally.

Oh, girl and then I met you

Opened my eyes to somethin' new

You know you set me free like no one else

And got me actin' a fool

Don't you know you changed my life?

Girl 'cause now I'm living,

And it feels so right, yeahh

You got my heart beat pumpin'

And it's goin' insane,

You got me jumpin' outta areoplanes whoa,

And that's why

I'm crazy it's true,

Crazy for you.

I sigh. I sure hope Ally likes the presents I got her. I hear a knock on my door; I wonder who it could be? When I answer it, Rocky, Ryland, Ratliff and Riker are there. Ryland isn't part of the actual band but since he's their little bro and our manager he usually hangs out with us.

"Whatcha doing Ross?" Ratliff asks me. They've made themselves comfortable in the living room.

"Nothin'. Ally and I visited the navy pier yesterday and I don't know what to do today until it's time for us to leave."

"We were thinkin' of going to the arcade. Wanna come? I heard some of the newer games are played on 72" flat screen TVs!"

"Awesome! I'll come!" We walk to the arcade; inside, the guy we pay for the currency to play games gives us a funny look. Yeah, we're a group of five, twenty plus year olds going to the arcade, don't judge. We play Rock Band, Modern Warfare 3, Smash Bros Brawl and Titianfall for hours on the awesome TV screens.

"What time do you have to leave?" Riker asks in between games.

"Plane leaves at six and I have to meet Ally in front of my hotel at four."

"It's 3:45; we'd better go," he tells me.

"Yeah, c'mon guys."

"Comin' we're out of arcade coins anyway." We leave the arcade and arrive just in time to see Ally getting out of a taxi with Rydel. They turn and see us, Rydel smiles and Ally does too, kind of.

A/N

And you'll have to see what Ally thinks of her presents in the next chapter! Sorry if you felt it went too fast but Austin asking Ally to marry him is what came to me so that's what I wrote. The R5 members are most likely out of character but I don't know much about their real life personalities so I just went with what fit for the story.

The URL to where I got the idea for the ring if you can't picture it is at the bottom of my profile.(just copy and paste it)

Should I have more chapters or sections in Austin's POV? Please follow, favorite, review or all three! :)

~Maggie