A/N I'm really sorry that this is such a short chapter! I'll try to have a longer one up later tonight if at all possible! I'm not sure hoe much I'm going to be able to update this weekend, so I'll apologize in advance for that. This has a tad of Auslly in it, not much. I've had some requests to have some more Auslly put in, and all I can say is that I have a plan for this story, and you just need to be patient. :) I'm hoping for this fanfic to have a lot of chapters, so the friendship needs to be kind of drawn out. It takes place over an entire school year, so, yeah! Please bear with me guys, and keep reading! ;) xoxo


DISCLAIMER: I do not own Austin&Ally nor am I associated with it in any way. All characters belong to Disney, however, I created Ian. All I did was twist the story line. I also don't own the song "Never Say Never" by The Fray, nor am I associated with The Fray.


I wake up, my head fuzzy and my thoughts not very clear. When my vision goes straight, I realize I'm laying against the piano in the practice room, Austin in the floor next to me.

I then remembered how we were attempting to pull an all-nighter to finish Austin's next song. I guess we totally passed out in the process. I check my phone, and then I immediently hop up. "AUSTIN!" I screech, and he sits up too fast and hits his head on the side of the piano. "Ow!" He groans, "What, what's the... Did we fall asleep?" And then he busts out laughing. I pull him off the floor. "It's 9 in the morning!" I gasp. He looks confused. "So?" He asks. I close my eyes in frustration. "It's Tuesday, Austin! We're missing school right now!"

He shrugs, obviously unimpressed. "Well, we'll go to my place and get showered and stuff then go to school. No biggie."

I slap my forehead. "Austin, I've never been this late to school!"

He grins. "There's a first time for everything. Besides, we're already late, so there's no reason to rush. I'll take you by your house and you can grab some clothes. Then we'll go to my house and get ready."

I sigh. "Okay, but, why your house? Why not mine?"

"The only bathrooms with showers in your house are the ones in your room and your dad's room. At my house, there's one in my room and across the hall, so we can get ready faster." He points out, as if I'm stupid.

"Fine, let's go."

I just grabbed some black Converse and some capris and a tee shirt in my room. I figured there was no reason to go all out now. I hurried back to Austin's car, where he was waiting with the music blasting. It was a short ride to his house.

He gave me a towel and whatever I would need. "Sorry," he murmured, "but Ian and I don't really have girly hair products or anything, so... Just make do with what you got." Then he winked at me and went to his room.

I sighed. Great, I thought, I should have just stayed home and walked to school.

After a short, torturous shower between trying to decide which body wash smelled less masqueline, I finally got out and toweled off. That's when I discovered that there also wasn't a hairdryer in this bathroom.

I sighed in frustration and walked down the hall. I knocked loudly on Austin's door, and he opened it soon after- shirtless.

I gulped and tried not to stare at his body as I calmly said "I need a hairdryer." I saw his face get pink and he kind of giggled as he said "Okay, hang on." Then he walked to his bathroom.

I was kind of confused until I realized I hadn't put on my capris yet. I was standing there in my lace panties and tee shirt, my hair dripping wet. I thought I would die of embarrassment right there, but then Austin returned with a hairdryer, a smile on his face.

"Um..Er..Uh.. Thanks..." I stammered, then put my head down and began scurrying back down the hall. Before I shut the door, I heard him whistle at me. I couldn't help but giggle at at him. I was glad he could lighten the situation like that. I was really glad I had a close friend like him.

When we finally got to school, at 10:30, I nearly tripped trying to hurry into the building, and Austin laughed at me. "Relax, Ally. Like I said, we're already last, there's nothing we can do about it."

I just nodded, and we walked to 3rd period together since that's the class we should be in right now. We got a ton of suspicious looks, and my cheeks were red by the time we made it to our desks. I got plenty of dirty looks from some other senior girls in the class.

Austin kept his cool and calmly laid back in his seat, putting his hands behind his head. That was easily the most awkward Advanced Physical Science class I had ever attended.


A/N Next chapter will probably be up by tonight. :) It will have a lot more Auslly in it, and maybe even some... Accusations? ;) hehe, stay tuned! Review, favorite, and follow!