A/N: Update time! Thanks for being patient again, guys :) and for your speculations about Jesse in the previous chapter, although I'm not saying anything. I know, I'm so horrible lol. Enjoy this chapter, it's full of drama!

Disclaimer: Don't own A&A, but I own Maci. Don't own the song "What About Love" by Austin Mahone either, although it FABULOUS! :D

Ally POV

I woke up to find the other side of the bed empty. I knew Austin had left early to go rehearse for the upcoming tour so I checked the clock. 6:45 in the morning. Okay, make that really early. No longer able to sleep, I crawled out of bed and threw on Austin's purple sweater before heading downstairs to feed Pancakes. I was finally done with the crutches AND the walking cast. My ankle was fine now, but I knew I was going to have some issues with it in the future, but I would worry about that when the time came.

"Good morning, Pancakes," I said sleepily as I bent to scratch her head. She wagged her tail and licked my hand before standing up to stretch. She followed me over to her bowl and I poured her food in.

As I went to make coffee, my phone buzzed. I picked it up from where it was charging and saw that it was Trish.

Get down here ASAP, her text read.

Confused, I quickly typed back, What's wrong?

Nothing, I'm just bored.

Jeez, T, don't do that! You scared me.

Sorry! But seriously, I'm the only girl here and listening to Dez and Austin talk about things I don't care about is agonizing.

You don't care about a lot of things, I texted back.

True. Hurry!

I rolled my eyes. I'll come down when Maci is awake! GOODBYE TRISH!

I put my phone down and put the coffee on. While I waited for Maci to wake up I turned on the TV and The Notebook was on.

"Oh, nice," I said as I turned it up. It was only forty minutes into it and by the end, I was sobbing, as usual.

"Why are movies so sad?" I cried in frustration as I wiped my eyes.

I heard Maci yelling "Daddy!" from upstairs so I went up to get her.

She was standing up in her crib when I entered her room. "Daddy's not here again, honey," I sighed as I scooped her up. "You sure love Austin."

"No, no, I want daddy!" Maci was actually trying to get out of my arms.

"Maci, stop it right now, you can't have daddy at this very instant." As she continued to scream for Austin, I attempted to dress her but it wasn't working so well.

"Maci Harmony, what is with you this morning?" I exclaimed as she kicked me. "You don't kick people, especially your own mother!"

"Daddy daddy daddy! Where's daddy?" She yelled.

"We're going to see him soon, okay, honey? So please stop yelling at mom so I can get you ready." I sighed as I finally got her dressed and carried her struggling form back to my room. I set her on the floor and she rolled around in an angry fit, crying and crying.

"Maci, here's your monkey, play with him." I handed it to her but she threw it away.

"Oh, for the love of pickles," I muttered as I quickly rummaged through my closet for something to wear. It was hot out so I grabbed jean shorts, a pink tank top and my black ankle boots. I threw it all on and put my hair in a ponytail before going to wash up. When I was done, I grabbed a still crying Maci and took her downstairs.

"Are you hungry? Want some animal crackers?" I tried, grabbing them from the cupboard.

"No!" Maci quipped. Pancakes trotted into the kitchen and sat down beside Maci on the floor, but Maci just merely glanced at her before face planting on the floor in a rage and dragging herself towards the hallway.

"Well, I guess you aren't eating then," I said but I grabbed the box of crackers anyway and stuffed them in my purse before hurrying to grab her from her trek to the hallway. I didn't even bother to put shoes on her; I just took them with us into the garage to the car.

I strapped her in as fast as I could and jumped in the driver's seat before pulling out.

Five minutes into the drive to the studio, I had to turn the radio on to drown out Maci's crying. I mean, there wasn't anything I could do about it; Austin wasn't here, so tough luck for her.

I pulled into the back parking lot of the studio fifteen minutes later beside Austin's SUV and put my head on the steering wheel. My ears were ringing.

"Maci, daddy is here!" I said as a distraction to make her stop crying but it didn't work.

"Mommy, no! I want daddy," she hiccupped.

"I knew you do, honey, but daddy is very busy with work," I said, taking her out of her car seat and carrying her to the backdoor. "You will see him soon, okay? But you have to stop crying."

When I got inside, I could faintly hear Austin singing down the hall.

"My world's going under, and I can't remember the reason that you cut off the line," came his angelic voice that I fell in love with as soon as I heard it for the first time.

"Who does that sound like, Mace?" I said as I walked down the hall.

"Daddy?" she sniffled.

"That's right, that's daddy."

Trish came around the corner. "I can hear her screaming from the other room. What the hell is wrong with her?"

"She wants Austin. She's been doing this since she woke up and I'm ready to put my head through a wall," I told her. I gave Maci to Trish. "Here, you take her."

"Why me?" Trish exclaimed before wincing as Maci screamed again. "Damn, she's got lungs on her!"

"Well she doesn't want me! She can have fun with her auntie."

"Oh yeah, because she's in such a fun mood right now," my best friend said sarcastically. "Come on, Ally, you know she gets like this when Austin isn't around."

"Because she hates me."

"She doesn't hate you! It should be illegal for kids to hate their mothers, they carried them around in their stomachs for nine months and pushed them out of their bodies in agonizing pain. Mothers gave their children life!"

"Wow, T, that was deep."

"I try," she said. "But seriously, you can take Maci back. Screaming children are not my forte."

"No fricken way, I need a break. Give her to Dez or something, but don't let her see Austin until his break or else she won't ever calm down. She'll stop eventually. Ugh, I need an Advil. Good luck!" I told Trish before running off to the main part where Austin was rehearsing.

I grabbed an Advil from my purse and took it with water. I walked into the room to find Austin just finishing a song. Even this early in the morning he managed to look amazing in black jeans with the chain and a white t-shirt with all his necklaces. Simple but still HOT.

I flopped down in a chair by the snack table and when he finished his song, he noticed I was sitting there. He said something to his band before jumping down from the stage and heading my way.

"Hey, babe," he greeted as he gave me a hello kiss.

"Hey," I said. "How's rehearsal going so far?"

"Great! Where's Mace? I heard her screaming."

"Trish has her." I paused. "Or maybe Dez does. I don't know, someone does. I gave her to Trish but you know Trish."

"You mean to tell me you don't know where she is."

"I know where she is, I just don't know who she's with."

"What the hell, Ally?" Austin exclaimed.

"I needed a break, Austin; she hasn't stopped screaming for you since she woke up. That's all she's been doing!"

"You tried everything?"

"Yes! She won't even eat," I said.

"Well, try something else; I'm kind of busy right now."

"I have been trying and I'm well aware that you're busy. And why are you yelling at me?" I said, raising my voice.

"I'm not yelling at you, I just think you need to get her to be quiet, we can hear her out here and it's cutting into our rehearsal!"

"You are yelling, and you think I haven't been trying to do that?"

"I didn't say you weren't trying."

"You're implying it!"

He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Bring her in here if it means calming her down."

"Austin-"

"Just do it, Ally."

I recoiled in shock at his harsh tone. "Snapping at me isn't going to help," I said to him, but I stalked out of the room to find Maci. I heard Austin yelling my name behind me but I kept walking. It's not my fault Maci is crying, and Austin was pissing me off. Instead, I found Dez in the lounge room with Maci. She had stopped screaming, but she was still fussing a bit.

"How did you get her to stop crying?" I asked him, astounded.

Dez bounced her on his lap. "You may not know this, but I'm also the Baby Whisperer as well as the Love Whisperer."

"No, you aren't," I whispered.

"Yes, I am," He whispered back. "Just look at her."

"Well, Austin wants her, so you can take her to him. I'm going to go find Trish."

"But-"

"Please, Dez," I begged. "I don't want to talk to him right now."

He looked at me for a second. "Are you guys okay?"

"Yes, we just had a little argument."

He looked at me again before sighing and nodding. "Alright."

I gave me a quick hug. "Thank you. Bye, honey," I added to Maci before leaving in search of my curly haired best friend.

Austin POV

"What about love, what about love." After finishing my new song, I turned to the band. "Alright, guys, take five."

Dez came through the door of the hall holding Maci just as I grabbed my sweat towel.

"So you had her," I said to him. "Ally should pay more attention to who has our kid."

"Trish gave her to me," Dez said. "No offence, man, but she's being super annoying today."

"Daddy!" Maci yelled, throwing her arms out when she caught sight of me.

"Dude, take her, she won't listen to any of us," Dez said as he pretty much thrust my daughter into my arms. "I had her calm for like a minute and then she started crying again."

"Hey, sweetie," I said as I wrapped her in my arms. "Why are you being difficult with your uncle, auntie, and mom, hey? Are you being a pain?" I turned to Dez. "Can you pass me that water bottle?"

He reached behind him and tossed it to me. "Thanks," I said before taking a gulp.

"No problem. So what are you going to do about that?"

"About what?" I asked, confused.

"That." He pointed at Maci, who was resting her head in my neck and sucking her thumb. "She's going to do this every time you leave for rehearsals in the morning. Which is almost every single day for the next month."

"She only does it sometimes," I said, rubbing her back. "Besides, Ally and I were up all night with her. She didn't want to go to bed, so she's overtired."

"Well good, because five minutes with her was enough for me. No offence," Dez added.

"None taken."

"I was actually talking to Maci."

I gave him a pointed look before kissing Maci's head.

"Austin, don't blame Ally for Maci's behaviour," Dez said suddenly.

"What am I blaming her for?"

"She told me you guys were fighting. Trish said she came in here looking exhausted, with Maci screaming in her arms. I just saw Ally two minutes ago and it looks like she's had a rough morning."

"It's hard with this tour coming up. Everyone is so busy."

"Have you guys considered a babysitter?"

"Well, my parents or Ally's parents usually do it, or Leah."

"Why don't you hire Leah? She's great with Maci, and it saves Ally having to watch her all the time alone."

I thought for a second. I had been pretty hard on Ally when she wasn't doing anything wrong. She was just trying to keep Maci away from me so she wouldn't lose it and ruin my rehearsal. She had been looking out for me.

I sighed. "I'll go talk to Ally." I pulled Maci's hands out of my hair. "Sorry, Mace, but you're going to have to go back with Uncle Dez. Daddy's busy right now."

"No, Austin, please!" Dez exclaimed.

I glared at him. "That's my daughter you're complaining about. Just because you're my best friend doesn't mean I won't go all Protective Daddy Mode on your ass."

"I mean, yay! I just love screaming children," Dez said quickly, taking her back.

"Daddy!" Maci immediately started crying again.

"Maci, you need to stop, you're a big girl now. Go with Uncle Dez and I'll see you soon, okay?" I hurried off before she got worse, and Dez quickly left the room with her. I could hear her faint yells get quieter as they got farther down the hall.

I sighed and my drummer, Chris, patted my shoulder. "She'll be fine with Ally, man. Go talk to her."

"This is going to be a long month," I sighed.

A/N: Ooooooh, Maci is stirring up trouble! Hope you guys enjoyed, don't forget to review! much love, muah! xx

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