Austin's POV

Working with Ally had to of been the best decision Austin ever made in his life. He was able to create such a great song with her help, and had done it twice as fast. Without her input he had a feeling the song would have gone south quickly.

"I think we have a good song." Ally told him while looking through the music. Austin smiled at her, his heart warming at her words. They had this system where he worked on the rhythm and she worked on the words, but they always somehow seemed to cross each other. Ally always managed to find a better rhythm and Austin could potentially (but was usually unlikely) able to find better lyrics. The practically made an unstoppable team, and Austin loved it.

"We have five days to practice. I think that's more than enough time." He said. Austin noticed how her smile dropped, and how her eyes seemed to get slightly glossy. He frowned. "What's wrong?"

"I don't know if I could perform the song with you." Ally whispered. Austin barely heard it. He sat down next to her.

"Ally why wouldn't you go up there and show that amazing talent of yours?" He smiled at her as an attempt to cheer her up, but she looked away. Austin felt like he failed at being a comforting friend.

"It's just," Ally sighed, "people our age can be so mean about petty things, and I'm not sure if I'm strong enough to handle any backlash." She said it as if it was a flaw.

Austin understood what she was talking about. The anxiousness that nobody would accept what you like, and would treat you badly because of it. Austin's felt it all his life around his family. The thought of it haunting Ally made him want to protect her from it.

"Ally," he started, looking for the right words, "you are amazing. You talent is amazing. If no one can accept that you have something really special that adds to you, then why worry about it?" Austin felt like a hypocrite, but if his speech made Ally happy he'll gladly be one.

"It's not that easy though." Ally retorted. Her head fell into her hands. Austin looked away. He wanted to cheer her up, but he didn't really know how.

"let's do something." Austin said. Ally gave him a confused look.

"Like what?" Ally asked. Austin thought about it for a moment. What would be something that would make Ally smile and laugh? Something that would make both if their days. He smiled mischievously at her, the perfect place in his head.

"Laser tag." he said. Ally laughed at the idea.

"Me in Laser tag? Have you seen how clumsy I am?" Ally said. Austin shrugged his shoulders.

"It'll be fun, and we can invite Dez and Trish to hang out with us." Austin said. He knew that the idea of Trish tagging along would sway Ally over into saying yes. She loved doing everything with her best friend.

"All right. We can do it." She told him. He smiled. He texted his friend in a furry, and many words were probably spelt wrong, but he got one thing across. To meet at their favorite laser tag spot.

"Dez is going to meet us there." Austin said. Ally put her hand on up in the air, signaling him to stay to quiet. Austin gave her a look, but Ally ignored it.

"No I would hate to keep you from your job." Ally said into the phone. Austin could barely hear the other person on the other side, but thanks to the silent room he was able to make something out.

"Are you serious, Ally. I'll probably be fired from this job by tomorrow. I'll meet you at the place, I mean there is only one laser tag place in this city right?"

"There's six." Ally retorted.

"We'll meet at the one in the mall." Trish said, leaving no room for argument. Austin shrugged his shoulders. That was the one they were going to anyways.

"Lets go, Ally. Think about who you want your teammate to be." Austin said. He made his way to the door.

Austin ended up being teamed up with Dez. A small part of him wanted to be teamed up with Ally, but he had a feeling Dez and Trish wouldn't get along. They just clashed for some reason. Neither could really stand each other.

Anyway, they were in a game of laser tag. Dez and Austin were winning, mainly because Austin actually knew how to sneak around. Dez ran into the open to shoot others which gave Ally and Trish a few free points. Austin didn't bother to control his friend.

He rounded around the corner, the laser gun pointed in front of him. Ally stood with her back to him, crouching. She looked really adorable to him. At some point during their game she had put her hair up in a ponytail. When she was facing him, he could see her full face. She was beautiful.

Though with that realization, Austin had to put it behind him. He had a game to win. He pointed his gun at her and shot. Ally gasps as her vest made a sound, then went out. She looked around then frowned when she saw Austin.

"You didn't tell me you were good." She pouted. Austin laughed at her. Every time she had gotten shot, it was him behind the trigger. She wasn't very appreciative about that.

"Yeah, one of the many talents I possess." He joked. Both of their viest lit up in rainbow colors.

"Your game is over, please make you way to the nearest exit." The vest repeated until they got to the door. They all returned their vest as they faced each other. Austin's phone beeped, and he read the message.

"Ice-cream? It's right across the street." Dez asked. Austin was about to make an attempt to tell his friends he had to go home, but everyone drowned him out. He shrugged his shoulders. He had to live a little bit right.