~ALLY'S POV

I was sat in the living room watching TV. Austin's still sleeping so the volume's on low. It would be hard explaining to Dad what really happened to Austin so I just said that his mom's working late. I was getting peckish so I poured myself some Cornflakes. As I was about to add the milk Austin put his hands on my shoulder making me spill it.

"AUSTIN!" I screamed, wiping the milk off with a towel.

"Sorry, I was getting some juice and I couldn't help myself," he sniggered.

"Austin, you can't keep drinking cranberry juice," I closed the refrigerator door. "Here, here's another patch,"

He groaned but put it on. "Can't I just have one cigarette?" He clasped his hands together.

"No, Austin you can't give up now!" I handed him a pencil and put a piece of gum in his mouth.

"Ally, you seriously think I can quit just like that?" he fiddled with the pencil.

"Where would I be if you didn't believe?" (1)

Austin thought for a moment but didn't answer.

~AUSTIN'S POV

I'm home and I have mail! My quit smoking pack has come. I hope Mom didn't try opening it. How embarrassing would that be? The packed wasn't open, luckily, so I opened it myself.

Congratulations on your decision to quit smoking! It's a hard thing to do so we will try to help you throughout your cold turkey days. Here are a few things to get you started.

I rummaged through the envelope. It had gum, patches, a CD, leaflets and other pieces of junk that I probably won't even use unless Ally tells me to. I got changed into my own clothes and tried the gum – it was minty. Mom's been home, the ashtray is full of cigarette butts that I had to discard myself. She's such a good role model, man, I love her so much!

~ALLY'S POV

Austin's just texted me saying that the stop smoking pack has came! I can't wait till he uses it. This is going to help him so it should be easier. I'm worried about Sonic Boom. It's lost a lot of customers and Dad is working far too hard to get the customers back up. We used to get like fifty people a day but now we're lucky if we get ten. My biggest fear is us getting no customers and having us move to a different side of the country. I couldn't face that…

I miss saying 'thank you for shopping at Sonic Boom, here's your change', I get excited every time I get to say it to an actual customer. Austin has a lot on his plate right now and I don't want him to worry about my tiny problems. Dad walked in, hands on his head.

"Dad, are you okay?" I questioned, watching him slump his chin into his hands as he stood behind the cash register.

"Ally, we're not going to last long at this rate," I think he said that, he was mumbling.

"What do you mean, Dad?"

"If our customers doesn't boost up by the end of this week we'll be a goner,"

"How would you be able to pay for the house?" I tried not to cry.

"I don't know, Ally-gator, I don't know,"

~AUSTIN'S POV

I was bored enough to decide to take Dallas to the gym. He thinks it's a 'Boys' Day Out', I think it's so I can tell Ally I had something to do when she wasn't with me. I've also read that going to the gym will help me not think about smoking. To be honest, I didn't expect Dallas to be good at exercising and I was right. He hit himself on the treadmill (yes, I said treadmill) and kept asking me how he can be sweaty too.

"Dallas, why don't you start by using the weights?" I picked up two of the lightest weights and slotted it into his dry hands.

"That sounds easy," he answered. "How come no one else is doing it?"

"Umm, because they know that you'll, erm, beat them!"

"Oh okay!" he lifted the weights up and down. "This feels too easy…"

"Wow, it was way heavy for me, wow, Dallas. You must be so strong!" I went on the bike and started the machine. I had a feeling Dallas was watching me unzip my jacket. He gasped as I walked up to him. Dallas felt my six-pack.

"I want a chest like yours," he ran up to the bike but I pushed him off.

"Dallas, it takes months – maybe even years – to get this hot body. Oh yeah, never do that again,"

Dallas brushed his hair. "Oh, sorry, Austin. Sometimes my Austin feels explode-"

"What?!"

"WHO SAID THAT?" Everyone in the room was staring at us. I quickly wondered over to the other side of the room, praying that Dallas wouldn't follow me. Next time I'm choosing Dez.

~ALLY'S POV

I've invited Trish over. I haven't really spoken to her lately so I decided that we needed a catch up. She literally raided the kitchen but I didn't mind, she came here to talk to me, not for food, right?

"Trish, I'm happy that you came," I beamed as I sat on my bed.

"No problem, Ally," Trish remarked. "My brother was being a pain," She looked at the walls that Austin and I painted. "I'm guessing that Austin did this?"

I laughed. "How'd you know?"

"One, he's always here and two, it says 'love Austin' in tiny letters," I jumped up and moved next to Trish. I didn't know that.

"He isn't always here," I scratched my head. "What makes you think that?"

Trish raised her eyebrow. "Ally, please…"

What did Trish even mean?! Doesn't Trish like it when I hang out with Austin? He is my boyfriend and I have to get him out of this horrible habit before he… I don't know, gets seriously ill in like ten years!

A/N - (1) Justin Bieber reference?

Austin hasn't heard the song before, haha...