Aaaaaand here's another chapter! :D Yay!
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Austin was pacing nervously at the beach; he hasn't spoken to Ally ever since he realized his feelings. He didn't know what to do. He didn't want to risk their friendship by telling her how he feels, but he didn't want to keep his feelings locked up either. Austin screamed into the ocean releasing all the tension inside him.
"That was intense."
Austin turned to see where the voice was coming from. "Dez."
"You know you should just tell her. It's not good to hold in your feelings like that." Dez said. "Besides, have you noticed that you've been unintentionally avoiding Ally because of your feelings?"
Austin stared at Dez, amazed. "Wow Dez, I never knew you were so observant."
"I'm just full of surprises." Dez grinned, proud of himself. "So what are you going to do?"
"I don't know, now when I get near her I get all nervous. If I did tell her how I feel and she doesn't feel the same way then our friendship will be ruined." Austin sighed and kicked the sand. "And I would never risk our friendship like that."
"What if she feels the same way?"
"What are the chances of that? And even if she does feel the same way, what if we break up? Things will be awkward, and again, our friendship will be ruined."
Dez put a hand on Austin's shoulder. "Look Austin, you keep saying how you and Ally are the best of friends, partners. If you guys truly have that strong bond as friends then nothing can get in the way of it, even your feelings. Say you guys do date and then break up or she rejects you, because of your strong bond, you guys will still be best friends."
Austin was shocked; Dez really can be deep at times. "You're right. But I still can't tell her how I feel. You know how bad I am at expressing my feelings; I always need Ally's help. And I can't ask Ally to help me express my feelings for Ally." Austin scratched his head, confused as what to do.
"Just wait until the time is right young grasshopper." Dez said sounding like a wise master. "It'll come to you."
Austin sighed. "I hope so."
"Ally, I'm bored." Trish whined while flipping through the magazines in Sonic Boom. "Let's go do something."
"I'm working Trish, maybe later." Ally was doing some inventory.
"Fine." Trish continued flipping through the magazine. "So how are you and Austin doing?"
"What do you mean how are we doing?" She said not taking her eyes off of her clipboard.
"Now that Cassidy's out of the way, are you going to tell him how you feel?"
Ally looked at Trish. "I told you, I don't want things to be different between us."
"Things are already different between you two, ever since you realized your feelings. Have you noticed that lately you've been unintentionally avoiding Austin? The more intense your feelings get, the more you avoid him."
"No I haven't." Ally continued to inspect the instruments.
"Oh hey Austin." Trish said.
Ally quickly hid under the counter. "I'm not here!"
Trish chuckled. "He's not here and I told you so." Trish said as she looked over the counter.
Ally emerged from behind the counter. "Okay fine, it's just that every time I see him I get really nervous. But not like when I was around Dallas. It's…different." She stared into the distance.
"That's because you had a crush a Dallas. With Austin, you're in love!" Trish put emphasis on the word 'love'. "You can't keep avoiding him."
"Yeah, well what else can I do?"
Trish put her arm around Ally's shoulder. "Do I need to spell it out for you? Tell. Him. How. You. Feel."
"No." Ally walked away and Trish followed. "If he doesn't feel the same way then I would just be messing up our friendship. And I don't think I can handle not having Austin in my life."
"You love him so much." Trish giggled at her lovesick friend. "What if he feels the same way?"
"This is the guy that turned orange and sweaty so I wouldn't like him, I'm sure he doesn't feel the same way. Besides, if I can't love him as a lover, I'm fine with loving him as just a friend." Ally sniffled.
A few days have passed since Austin realized his feelings for Ally and he finally decided to tell her how he feels. Their friendship has been strained for the past few days because of their unknown romantic feelings for each other. Austin was at the food court, he knew that Ally always takes her breaks there and waited for her to come. He kept glancing at his watch nervously, thinking about every possible scenario. Then she saw her, walking through the crowd of people, looking as beautiful as ever. Austin was temporarily distracted; he fixed his hair and walked towards Ally.
"Hey Ally." He smiled nervously.
Ally was surprised to see Austin considering the fact that they haven't properly seen each other in days. "Austin, hi."
"So uh, I need to talk to you. Do you have a minute?" He gestured to an empty table and took a seat.
Ally hesitated for a while but finally gave in. "Yeah, sure." She took a seat next to Austin. Unknown to the two, a few tables away is Trish and Dez, in disguise of course.
"Can you hear what they're saying?" Trish said peeking from her magazine. She was wearing a red wig and some dark sunglasses.
"Not with you talking, so be quite." Dez shushed her. He was wearing a curly brown wig and a mustache. Austin and Ally were too distracted with each other to notice their oddly disguised friends.
"So what did you want to talk to me about?" Ally said as she played with her hair.
"Ally you're my best friend." Austin had a hard time deciding on the words to use. "And our friendship means the world to me."
Ally started gripping on her hair even tighter. "You're my best friend too Austin. But where is this going?"
Trish and Dez were at the edge of their seat, listening. Dez was chewing on some popcorn while Trish had half a mind to speed up the process; her two friends were too dense sometimes.
"You and I both know that something different has been going on between us." Austin looked into Ally's eyes. She stopped playing with her hair.
'Oh no, Austin found out about my feelings. He's going to hate me now, I've ruined our friendship!' Ally mentally hit herself. She wanted to dig a hole and bury herself just thinking about it.
"Ally," Austin took Ally's hands, "I love you." Ally's eyes went wide and her mouth hung open. "I love you more than just as best friends." Ally was speechless she didn't know what to say. Dez and Trish on the other hand, were squealing like fan girls.
"Austin, I…I'm sorry, I…I can't." Ally got up and hurried away before Austin could say anything. Austin was shocked, Ally rejected him.
"I'm an idiot, I just ruined our friendship." Austin hit the table and buried his face in his hands.
What?! Ally, why did you run away?! WHY?!