"I'm sorry, everyone. My behavior was out of line and I didn't even mean to go all into detail," I tell them as we walk back into the dining room. Everyone is just staring at me except Dez. He has a goofy smile on his face. As always. He walks over to me and take his book bag off of his back. He rummages through it before taking out a squeak toy.

"What's this?" I ask when he gives it to me. His goofy smile is gone and he has a serious look on his face now.

"It's a stress reliever. Every time you're mad or stressed, squeak it. It'll either make you laugh because of the noise or it'll make you feel good for squeezing it," he tells me. I hug him.

"Thanks, Dez," I say. We all sit back down and finish off the cake. Once again, I try to stay out of the conversation. After we're all done eating, I walk up to the recording room to get my songbook. I go to empty out the trash can and see something. The demo. It must have fallen in. And now it's covered in my puke. Gross. Well, everything worked out fine without it. I clean out the trash can and go back to my room.

Dear Diary/Songbook,

This past week was... This past week was just not my week. I mean, I'm glad Austin got signed two weeks ago and all but... he's gone a bit more than usual. He's had so many things to do just to get started at Starr Records. Like, he has to get an agent, sign a few more contracts. It just consumes his time. I don't... I don't even think I've left the house at all this past week... In fact, I haven't left the house. I've gone out to the pool but that's the only time the sun has touched my skin. I just can't bring myself to go to town for some reason. I miss Austin. The Austin who I knew and loved. This Austin is unfamiliar. He isn't glued to my side. He's anywhere but there. I hate to be ranting about this but it just makes me sad. If he knew about this, I would feel even worse. I love him. I really do. With all my heart. I just wish he was around more.

Love, Ally

I give my squeak toy a squeak and sigh. I hear someone knock on the door. I quickly hide the toy in my side table drawer.

"Come in," I say softly. The door opens and in walks none other than Austin Moon.

"Austy!" I yell, running and jumping into his arms.

"So I take it you missed me?" he asks smiling.

"Of course I did!" I exclaim. "I haven't seen you all day."

"Well, that's good because I missed you too. And guess what?" he asks.

"What?" I ask.

"I have tomorrow off. I'm yours the whole day," he tells me, his smile getting wider. I kiss him gently on the lips and he sets me down. Our arms are still wrapped around each other though.

"Really? You're not joking?" I ask hopefully. He shakes his head.

"I'm completely serious," he says.

"Yay!" I exclaim. I look down and sigh though. No! I didn't mean to sigh!

"Are you alright?" Austin asks me, worriedly.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I lie to him, forcing a smile.

"Good, 'cause I don't like seeing my baby sad," he tells me with a smile. He looks at my eyes as I look up. "Are you sure you're alright? You still look sad." He frowns.

"I'm totally fine," I tell him shrugging, refusing to look him in the eye anymore.

"Alright... Hey," he says.

"Yeah?" I ask.

"I love you," he tells me, cupping my cheek in his hand. I lean my face against his hand and smile up at him.

"I love you too," I say.

The next day, Austin and I walk to town hand-in-hand.

"So what do you want to do?" he asks me.

"It doesn't matter. As long as we're together, I'm alright doing anything," I tell him.

"How about a concert with me?" he suggests.

"No."

"Relax, I'm only joking," he promises. We walk to the mall.

"Hey, guys. Oh, you're finally together, huh?" Cassidy asks us. We smile.

"Yeah, finally," I tell her.

"I'm so happy for you guys," she says. A tall boy with brown hair walks up.

"Dallas? What are you doing here?" I ask.

"Oh, hey Ally. I came to see my girlfriend," Dallas tells me.

"Your girlfriend?" I ask.

"Yep, Cassidy's my girlfriend," he says, putting his arm around her. "Tomorrow's our three-month anniversary." He taps her nose and kisses her cheek.

"Th-three months?" I ask. But when Dallas and I talked, he said he missed seeing me and Trish said he was thinking about asking me out when I got back. It shouldn't bother me, right? And it doesn't. I'm with Austin now.

"So how did you two meet?" I ask.

"I used to live in Miami and we've been friends for a long time," she explains.

"Miami? Cassidy... Cassidy... Cassidy! You used to work at Melody Diner, right?" I ask her.

"Our specials are Cha Cha Chicken Pot Pies. They're really delicious. These are no lies," she sings. "Yeah, I'm a bit rusty... Do you still love the pot pies though?"

"Yeah, I go to Melody Diner and eat them every day after school," I tell her.

"But it's a healthy addiction, right?" she jokes.

"Yep, only one pie a day now," I tell her laughing.

"Well, congrats on getting together and your healthy addiction. We'll see you later," she says. I watch them walk away then turn back to Austin.

"So..." I say.

"So..." he says back. We both laugh. We walk around town all day, laughing at everything even if it isn't funny. When we're about to leave, a group of girls walk up, escorted by Dez.

"Hey guys. These girls wanted to meet you, Austin," he says shaking his head. He leans closer to us. "They wouldn't leave me alone!" he whisper-yells. The girls squeal as Austin flashes a smile their way. I walk over and stand with Dez as Austin signs autographs and hugs them one-by-one. I roll my eyes at the mesmerized girls. Some of them even fainted after Austin hugged them. But their friends would help them up. Then some random girl notices that he's here.

"Hey, it's Austin Moon!" she shrieks. I think I'm going to go deaf. Girls scream as loud as they can. Dez and I are shoved away as the screaming girls surround Austin. Dez offers to walk me home and I gladly accept.

"See? This is what I was talking about last week," I tell him as we walk into my room to wait for Austin.

"Yeah, I get it. I feel the same way sometimes... in a friend way though, you know?" he asks. I nod and sit down on my bed. I pick up my squeak toy and squeak the hell out of it. I squeak it for about an hour before Austin finally shows up. I shove the squeak toy under my blanket when he walks in.

"Thanks for walking her home, Dez," Austin says frowning. I roll over and stare at the wall.

"Als, I'm really sorry about that," Austin says, lying down behind me and wrapping his arms around me. I hear my door close. Dez must have left. "You know I didn't want that to happen, right?"

"Yeah, I know" is all I say. That came out colder than I wanted it to. I roll over and sink down into him. "I know. It isn't your fault. I don't blame you." He tries to make himself comfortable and I hear a squeak. I swear under my breath.

"You actually use this thing?" Austin says, squeaking it.

"It helps," I mutter, snatching it and throwing it on the floor. "Sing to me."

"What?" he asks.

"I wanna go to sleep," I tell him. He murmur/sings me a lullaby. It isn't long before I'm asleep but I'm awoken in the middle of the night. Austin's still in my bed and he's saying my name in his sleep. I smile at this. This really brightens my mood for some reason. I move closer to him and fall back to sleep.

Yep, so I lied. I haven't had the laptop all day so I didn't have much time to write. I think I'm gonna stop doing the disclaimers for this story. I may start doing them again in my next story. Anyway, review if you love my stories!

Love, Kenzie