A/N- sooo...

I'm planning on making this story at least 15 chapters long. Italics- Austin's thoughts.

I don't own Austin & Ally.

"Austin..." Ally whispered through the phone.

"Why are you whispering?" Austin asked.

"Cuz my dad is right downstairs." Ally said.

"Oh. Well, what did you wanna talk about?" Austin asked. Ally noticed he wasn't nicknaming her right now, but she let it pass.

"Ratliff is really jealous. It sounds like he wants me." Ally said.

"And?" Austin asked, like he didn't know.

"And I think we should 'break up.'" Ally said.

"Really?"

"Well, yeah. I mean, we're not actually dating." Ally told him.

"Yeah, yeah, right." Austin remembered.

"Anyway, I think tomorrow we should stage a breakup. And afterward, Ratliff might wanna ask me out." Ally said.

"Okay." Austin said, hiding his disappointment.

"See you tomorrow, to, uh, break up." Ally said. Austin said 'bye,' and they both hung up.

Austin couldn't believe he suggested to fake date Ally. Because all this time, he wanted to real date her.

But that would never happen. Unless... No, I could never do that. Why would I? But I could... No... What am I going to do?

Ally was working in Sonic Boom when Austin walked in, just as planned.

"Austin!" Ally shouted. Austin went up to her. Ally checked to make sure Ratliff was still in the store, and nodded slightly at Austin.

"What is it, beautiful?" Austin asked.

"Don't 'beautiful' me! I saw you walking with Brooke today!" Ally shouted.

"What? No, I was never with Brooke today!" Austin reasoned.

"LIAR!" Ally screamed. "If you're gonna cheat on me, maybe we should just break up!"

"You're breaking up with me?" Austin asked brokenly.

"You're gonna be with other girls. So yes, I am." Ally said.

"FINE!" Austin yelled. He stormed out of Sonic Boom.

Just as Ally hoped, Ratliff walked over to her.

"Hey, I noticed you and Austin just broke up." Ratliff said.

"Yeah." Ally said, faking being upset. "But I feel a bit better now. I'm single. I could get a new, nicer boyfriend."

"Yeah, yeah you could." Ratliff said. He briefly hesitated before leaving the store. Ally's shoulders slumped. She had hoped he'd ask her out.

That night, Ally was laying in her bed, thinking about the day's events. She really hoped Ratliff would ask her out. But come on, she had just 'broken up' with Austin. Like Ratliff would ask her out.

Eventually, she fell asleep.

Ally was walking down a tunnel, that seemed to have no end. When she turned a corner, she saw a light. And a person. She ran forward, towards the person. When she got close, she saw it was Ratliff. She ran faster. When she got to Ratliff, she reached out to touch him. But when she did, he faded away into the air.

Later, she walked through a doorway and came out onto a balcony. She walked to the edge, and let her brown hair blow in the wind. When she looked down, she saw Ratliff again. She waved, but he did nothing. He just stood there. There were stairs on the side of the balcony, which she went down. When she reached the bottom, she saw Ratliff again. She ran towards him, reaching her arms out. When she did, he did the same. She touched his shoulder, his hair, his back. She felt so good in his arms. When she pulled away, he faded away into the air again.

After this, she woke up. "I got it. If I don't get with Ratliff now, he'll be gone." Ally said to herself. Little did she know, she could see things. Things no one else could see.

She found this out a year later, after she was with Ratliff. Now, I'll tell you this, but to tell you it right, I have to tell you how she got with Ratliff.

A/N- I know this ended in a cliffhanger way, but I'll post the next chapter right away. :D