Tom walked Ally through the hotel, checking his friends' rooms to see if they were there. Everyone else had snuck out of the hotel after Jake's stage discovery, and were having fun at the beach across the street. Tom realized his friends weren't at the hotel after checking their rooms, so he and Ally went to the beach to have some fun.
Tom and Ally walked onto the beach and found his friends playing volleyball. They stopped playing as soon as the spotted Tom and his 'new friend'. They walked up to Tom with un-naturally big smiles.
"Hi Tom! Who's your friend?" asked Jake
"Hi guys. This is Ally. We met at just after the qualifying rounds ended. I was going to show her around since she's new and I wanted to know if you guys wanted to come with us?" Tom told them.
Ally held out her hand for a handshake with a friendly smile. Danny, sensing an opportunity to tell her not to mess with them without words went to grab her hand for the handshake with a glint in his eye. Ally saw the glint in his eyes and shook his hand in a vice-grip. Danny yelped in pain as he watched Ally carefully. Tom was chuckling at Danny's expense.
"Nah. we've got plans today. Your name is Ally? My name is Ali too" said Ali excited.
"Oh great. Two Aly's..." muttered Jake under his breath.
"Well, we gotta go then. Seeya!" Tom called as he ran off with Ally.
"Hmm... that was weird." said Tiffany
"What was weird, Tif?" asked Jake.
"Her thoughts were impossibly well guarded. I couldn't tell what she was thinking." Said Tiffany.
"Then I say we follow Tom and 'Ally' and see if we can find out if she's another Jessica." said Ali.
"AAH! Jessica, where?!" Cubby exclaimed. Everyone just glared at him.
"Cubby, we're not exactly sure...plus, she seems pretty nice." Hui Hua told him.
"Yeah, that's what we thought about that she-witch on the cruise. Until she decided to hypnotize most of us." Dedodakes told them.
"Hey, I tried spying on Sam on one of her 'date's before, it blew up in my face." Danny told them.
"But this is TOM we're talking about! I say we do it, for his sake." Ali said.
"I'm in." Jake said.
"Me too, I have to make sure that I can trust this girl before Tom pals around with her." Tiffany told her friends.
"Eh - I like spying on people, so I'll go along as well!" Insane exclaimed.
"Well, good luck guys. The rest of us would still be here...feeling sorry for you when Tom finds out." Sky told them.
"He's not going to find out, there's no way that we'll give ourselves away." Jake told them.
"TOM! YAY! I'M GOING TO SPY ON HIM! HE'LL BE SO HAPPY!" Cubby exclaimed happily, Jake stared at him in shock before pushing him towards
Dixon.
"Yeah...I think you guys better keep him under control."
As half the gang ran off after Tom and Ally, the rest of them stood there on the beach. They knew that this plan was going to go up in flames, and unfortunately they couldn't do anything to stop them.
Tom and Ally took off, not wanting anymore awkwardness with his friends. Somehow, they ended up at a little Italian Gelato shop (A/N Gelato is Italian for ice cream. It has about three times the sugar of American ice cream.). Tom and Ally were having a great time together laughing and talking about past experiences. But unknown to them, they were being watched and followed. Tom went to pay for their gelato's, but Ally beat him to it.
"Please. It's the least I can do with you showing me around today." Ally said with a smile.
"Fine. I guess there's no point in arguing without being called a caveman" Tom said sarcastically.
"Is it me or did your friends not like me very much?" asked Ally
"They're just a little cautious. Let's just say the last girl I went out with took control of the situation" Tom said, laughing.
"Sounds like your last girlfriend didn't allow you too much freedom." said Ally
"You have no idea..." Tom told her with a serious look.
They finished their gelato's and went to a mall they found. Ally dragged him to 4 different shoe stores before Tom cried "Enough with the shoes." They walked around for a while in a seemingly impenetrable bubble of happiness.
Meanwhile, hiding in the background...
"She doesn't seem evil, Tif. It looks like Tom picked a nice girl for once." said Jake
"Oh please. Everyone has skeletons in their closet. We just have to find out where her closet is." said Tiffany, determined.
"Yeah. What Tif said" said Ali, feeling left out.
"Well I say it's just an act. We need to keep a closer eye on her." Dedodakes told them
"I say she's a murderer in disguise!" exclaimed Insane.
"Really?" asked Tiffany
"No. I just like messing with your heads" said Insane. Ali slapped him hard across the head.
While watching Tom, Ally turned around while walking and saw them. 'Oh crud' thought Tiffany
Ally turned around and saw some of Tom's friends from the beach.
"Hey aren't those your friends?" asked Ally, pointing straight at Tom's friends. Tom looked and suddenly his calm demeanor was gone.
"Oh are they in for it." said Tom angrily as he walked over to them, Ally in tow. Tom walked straight up to Tiffany.
"How could you guys do this to me? Just because my last relationship didn't pan out doesn't give you the right to spy on me!" Tom half-screamed.
"Who says we were spying on you? Maybe we wanted to go shopping!" Tiffany said nervously.
"It's that obvious?" said Dedodakes. Everyone glared at her.
"Tom..." Ali started, but Tom interrupted her
"Save it for someone who cares Ali. I can't believe you would do this to me! You know what Ally; let's get out of here where we can't be bothered." Tom told them
"But, Tom..." Ally began, but he ignored her protests as he took her hand and pulled her angrily away from his so called 'friends'.
Tiffany was certain that Ally had taken full control of Tom. Sure, they all did betray his trust by staring on him, but Tom should've been more careful about those people he dated.
"I'm sorry; if I didn't interfere this wouldn't have happened."
Tiffany's eyes widened in shock, that came straight from Ally's head. That was what she had thought...she was sorry.
"Tif, what are you thinking about?" Ali asked her.
"Ally isn't all bad." Tiffany told her.
"What? Did you see her! She totally mind-controlled Tom!" Insane exclaimed.
"You wouldn't be saying that about her once you heard what she recently thought." Tiffany told her friends.
"What? What'd she say? What'd she say?" Dedodakes asked.
Meanwhile, Tom and Ally were sitting down in yet another shop. Each of them had a hot dog in their hands. Ally took small looks at Tom's fuming, disappointed face, before finally putting her hot dog down and looking straight at him.
"Tom!" She shouted.
"What? Where's the fire?" Tom asked.
"You can't do that to them!" Ally exclaimed. Tom looked at her in surprise, his friends didn't trust her, they rejected her and they betrayed his
trust by coming to spy on them. How could this girl be standing up for them?
"They're your friends! The only reason they came after you was to make sure you were ok." Ally told him.
"They didn't have to spy on me, I'm not a kid." Tom told her.
"But by the way you're acting, I could say you are." Ally sighed; Tom looked straight into her eyes, demanding further explanation.
"Tom, you're a great guy. You're all a girl could pretty much want; you just have to trust that your friends are doing the best for you." Ally told him. "Work on that."
Ally stood up and walked away from the restaurant, Tom then stood up from his seat.
"Ally, wait! Where are you going?" Tom asked.
"I'm giving you some time alone. You have to sort this out by yourself. Nobody else can solve this for you." Ally told him. "I'll see you tomorrow."
Tom watched as Ally walked off, and he considered her words carefully. 'You're all a girl could pretty much want; you just have to trust that your friends are doing the best for you...'
Tom thought for about five minutes before realizing he did his best thinking when he was driving. He walked out of the shop and stuck his hand in the pocket of his black jeans, searching for Shadow's keys. He found them and went off to find Shadow. After a few minutes of walking, he found Shadow, jumped in and took off. Smoke billowed out of the front wheel drive muscle car's wheel-wells as he took off, leaving his tire tracks imprinted on the pavement.