Author's Note: Thanks so much for the reviews.

Disclaimer: I do not own Austin & Ally.

Chapter 11

When dessert was being served, Austin finally told her part of what he had done that day. "Hanging out with Dez and Trish at the mall was great," he said as he smiled at her. "But we missed you."

Ally smiled at him over her tiramisu. "Dez texted me all about it. He said you guys had a great time."

She looked at Austin expectantly, as if waiting for him to bring up the most important part of that meeting. Austin looked guiltily down at his own dessert, chocolate lava cake, and took a bite before answering. Ally just waited patiently as she also began eating.

"I asked him about your Dad," Austin said softly.

Ally just nodded her head. "That's what Dez said. He also said he told you not to go see him."

Austin swallowed hard, "I know, but I couldn't help myself. Your Dad, he wasn't very nice to you and I had to see what had changed. I didn't, of course, see what had changed. He asked me to leave the store. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have gone in. I should have listened to Dez."

Ally sighed as she looked at Austin. "Always the sweet guy..." she sighed. "I'm glad he's back. I missed him. And I appreciate your trying on my behalf to talk to my Dad, but he's not going to be easily changed back into my laid-back father. There are other things going on that no one knows about."

Austin watched as she began to eat again and he took a sip of his coffee. "Do I get to know what those things are?"

She shook her head slightly and he was disappointed, she used to tell him everything. "Not yet, I'm just not ready to discuss it. Plus, there's nothing to do to fix it until my Mom comes back from Africa this fall, so there's no use worrying about it."

He tilted his head to one side and looked at her as if he didn't understand what she had just said.

"What?" she questioned, looking up and him and forgetting her dessert.

"Ally Dawson. Not worrying about something. That's something I thought I would never hear," he said in astonishment.

She smiled at him again. "I know, right? But, don't worry, there are other things to worry about, I just have to prioritize."

He laughed and they went back to eating their desserts.

…...

Austin and Ally were in his car with the top down driving back to his parents house, or so Ally thought. They actually pulled up in front of the house that Austin was going to buy.

Ally looked over at Austin. "What are we doing here?" she asked.

Austin slowly turned off the car and turned to face Ally. He smiled at her and once again she felt her mouth drying up at the look in his eyes. He reached out and picked up her hand. He stroked his fingers over the back of it and the tingles his touch was sending up her arm were making it hard to breathe.

"I just didn't want tonight to end so soon," he smiled wider as his eyes began to light up. Austin was very aware of what he was doing to Ally. "And I wanted to talk to you about the house."

Ally looked confused as she tried to bring her thoughts around to what Austin was saying. She was having a really hard time focusing on anything but the feelings his fingers were creating. All Ally felt was a kind of burning everywhere he touched, the burning was slowly moving through her and turning into want. She shook her head and raised her gaze from their hands to his eyes.

"What about the house?" she asked breathlessly. He leaned forward so their foreheads were almost touching. He looked down at their hands which were still entwined. He looked back up and locked his hazel eyes with her chocolate ones.

"I want you and Tyler to live here with me," he said softly. "I wasn't going to ask you so soon, but I just felt like I had to put it out there. I love this house and I know you love it, too. I'm buying it as much for you as I am for me."

Ally took a deep breath and reached a hand up to brush her fingertips down his cheek. Now it was Austin's turn to be distracted by the tingling that her touch was creating. Austin closed his eyes and leaned slightly into her hand. "Austin...I..," she started.

He placed one finger on her lips to stop her from speaking. "Shh...just...come here," he said just like he had years before.

She smiled and reached her arms around his neck pulling him into a hug. Austin smiled as well and slid his arms around her back, pulling her as close as he could in the car.

"I'm not expecting an answer tonight. I want you to think about it, but I want you to know that this is what I want. This is where I want my family," he whispered in her ear.

He felt Ally nod her head against his neck. "I will think about it," she whispered back.

They sat there for a while, entwined in each other, lost in the feelings they were experiencing. Remembering all of the good times they had spent together when they were just good friends, when they first tried dating and tried too hard or not hard enough; they never could tell what had happened that first time they dated.

They remembered their second first date. Their second first kiss. Their eyes met; their eyes asked and answered the question that they had both been too afraid to ask out loud. And suddenly they were completely wrapped up in each other, kissing. All that existed for them was the kiss.

It was blue; a little bit sad as they remembered how long it had been since they had done this.

It was yellow: a little bit happy as they remembered how to do this.

It was red; so hot, it was burning them up and they tried not to let it consume them.

It was white; nothing existed for them outside of the kiss.

Austin tilted his head and slid one hand up to the nape of her neck. The fingers of his of his other hand burned a trail of fire as he spread them across her back, almost spanning the entire width as he tried to pull her even closer. He brushed his tongue over her lower lip begging for entrance. She gasped and he took the opportunity to deepen the kiss.

They kissed and kissed and kissed. They kissed until they were breathless. They kissed until they had to break apart for air. The panted and rested their heads together, forehead to forehead.

Ally reached a hand up to rest on his chest. "What was that?" she laughed.

Austin chuckled and took a deep breath to held calm his racing heart. "I think I remember," he smiled. "I think it's called a kiss."

She shook her head at him and swallowed hard as she tried to calm herself. "Now I remember," she said shyly, finally pulling back and raising her eyes to meet his.

"I've been wanting to do that since Thursday night," Austin said softly. "Thank you for letting me."

Ally smiled a brilliant smile. "I've really wanted you to do that, too."

Austin leaned closer to Ally, but she pulled away. "Ally," he whined. "I want to do that again."

She laughed and the sound surrounded Austin. He laughed along with her.

"You'll just have to earn another one then," she teased. "But, even though your mom gave me permission to stay out all night, you should probably take me home."

Austin's mouth fell open in shock. "Wait, my mom told you that you could stay out all night with me, but you want me to take you home. I don't understand."

Ally laughed again at Austin's expression. "Well, I think we've had enough excitement for one night and it was a great night. We should end it on a high note."

He reached out and cupped her head with one hand. "But I don't want tonight to be over."

He trailed his fingers down her neck, over her shoulder and so very slowly down her arm to take her hand in his.

She smiled softly up at him. "It doesn't have to be, you can come over and we can watch a movie."

"Hmm," he hummed thoughtfully. "That does sound good, but I know something that sounds better."

She quirked an eyebrow at him. "And what might that be?"

"Well," he drawled. He leaned forward to breathe his next words into her ear. "You could come back to my hotel with me and we could watch a movie there. Order up sundaes from room service and extend your mommy's night out."

She smirked at him as she pushed him away and laughed again. She shook her head, "While that does sound good..," she started.

Austin reached up and laid a finger on her lips to stop her from speaking again. Ally looked up at him and smiled behind his finger.

"Please, Ally," he interrupted. "You work so hard, you really deserve some time off. And, you did bring a bag..."

He pouted at her and flashed his best puppy dog eyes at her. Her smile grew wider and she shook her head again.

He pushed his bottom lip out farther, "Please?"

She gently moved his hand from her mouth. "I'll let you pick the movie," she said.

Austin stopped pouting. "Any movie?" he asked. He knew she wasn't ready to come back to his hotel with him and he really didn't want tonight to end, they both knew he was going to be the one to cave.

She knew she had him but kept up the pressure. "Yep, any movie and I'll make popcorn."

He leaned in and softly pressed his lips against hers. For a moment she was lost in his kiss again but he pulled back and asked, "Will I get to kiss you again if I come over?"

"Oh," she said breathlessly. "I think that can be arranged."

He nodded at her and turned to face the front of the car again.

…...

They arrived back at his parents house and after checking on Tyler and letting his parents know they were home, Ally made popcorn while Austin picked out a movie and set it up.

She brought the popcorn into the darkened living room. "What's all this?" she asked. He had been busy while she was in the kitchen: the lights were dim, his jacket and shoes had been removed and he was snuggled under a blanket waiting for her.

He shrugged from his spot on the couch and watched shamelessly as she stepped out of her heels and bent forward to toss them under the coffee table. She slid onto the couch next to Austin and rested her head on his shoulder as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders pulling her snugly into his chest and covering her with the soft blanket.

"Alright," he said gleefully. "It's time for Zaliens."

Apparently he hadn't changed as much as she thought. She rolled her eyes at him and asked, "Which one?"

He smiled down at her as he pressed the start button. "Does it matter?"

Austin leaned down and kissed her hard. He deepened the kiss and pulled her closer. She broke the kiss for a moment and looked into his heavily lidded eyes. Then she slid herself on to his lap and brought her lips crashing down on his as her own eyes slid shut.

Apparently it didn't matter what movie they watched as neither of them was going to be watching the movie. They just surrendered and fell into the kiss again.

…...

Austin and Ally finally pulled apart a couple of hours later, just as the credits were rolling, to the sound of crying echoing down the stairs.

Ally pulled out of Austin's embrace and climbed out of his lap. "Sorry, I need to go get him."

"Bring him down here, so I can say goodnight?" Austin pleaded.

Ally nodded as she hurried up the stairs.

Major inroads had been made tonight in their relationship. Healing had begun. Maybe they were ready to begin again. Third time's the charm, right?