I am soo incredibly sorry I haven't posted a chapter in who knows ... has it been over two months now? I am sorry. I haven't been very consistent with any of my online accounts or social media, cause I recently received an offer to participate in a program overseas for six months! I can't believe I'm going to be home away for so long but I am really excited too!

So this chapter started off kinda romantic and sappy but by the end I wanted to put in some cuteness. I have a plot planned for after this chapter, but I honestly can't say when I'll get around to writing and posting new chapter within the next few months. I hope you guys will keep following this story though cause I know I will definitely finish it cause I've already written the ending, but I just don't know by when I will be able to post it by.

Hope you enjoy anyway! xx

"You know, part of me is kinda glad that you and Austin are going to be separated for this coming month and a half." Trish broke in, walking behind the anxious duo in the brisk morning air. It was just a little after six in the morning, and Austin's band and new manager were loading the tour bus with their luggage.

"I agree." Dez nodded robotically.

Ally remained linked with her arm around Austin's, flashing both Trish and Dez a confused look.

"And why on earth are you glad about that?" she pressed, clutching tighter to Austin's arm. Trish smiled at the corner of her mouth.

"Learning to handle separation is key between two partners, and in your case a couple. You've got a lot of this to get used to. Concerts, tours, press conferences, photo shoots, interviews … it's going to be different when you're married." Trish explained wholesomely. Dez nodded again.

"I don't want to get used to it." Austin muttered, furrowing his eyebrows together as Ally looked up at him solemnly.

"You're gonna have to …" Dez went on, but Ally stopped him.
"Guys, do you mind if I talk to Austin before he leaves?" Ally interrupted anxiously, as Austin pulled her a little closer to his body.

"No, not at all." Dez replied immediately, standing still in his spot with a smile on his face. Austin and Ally stared at their friend blankly just before Trish rolled her eyes at Dez. She pulled on his arm and led the way to a large fountain a few metres away in the park.

Ally turned to Austin with a sigh, and wrapped her fingers between his, playing slowly with his hands.

"We haven't been apart for this long in a long time. I don't know what I'm going to do without you." Ally muttered. Austin breathed out slowly.

"I don't know what to say." Austin confessed, bringing their hands up in line with his shoulders. Ally neared closer to him.

"Then don't say anything." Ally whispered, kissing his cheek softly. When she let go, Austin let go of her hands and wrapped his arms around her tiny waist, sinking his face into her hair.

Ally noted the way his body towered over hers, trying to remember this touch for the entire coming month. She broke into the smallest smile. There was no possible way to forget the way his touch felt against her skin.

Austin breathed in the scent of her hair for remembrance, and kissed her shoulder affectionately. Still wrapped in his arms, Ally distanced herself slightly and leaned in to kiss him one last time before he left her.

Austin deepened the kiss, gliding his hands up through her lengthening hair. Ally moaned into his mouth before letting go of his lips and sinking back into his chest. Austin glided his hands down her arms, gripping affectionately to her fingers. He brought her left hand up closer to his vision, looking closely at the engagement ring perched on her finger. Ally stared at it too, until Austin closed his eyes once again and knocked his forehead against hers, still gripping tightly to her hands.

"Austin!" they heard his manager yell. Austin opened his eyes to see his manager waiting a few metres away by the bus. He couldn't take it anymore. He kissed the top of Ally's head once and let go of her without warning. As if he wanted to relieve himself of the grief, or fearing he would cry in front of her, he kept a brisk pace and neared the bus.

Ally gasped at his departure, but choked in her own voice – no words fell from her lips. Speaking through her actions, she followed him obediently, trying to catch up with his pace. Then, knowing exactly why he hadn't said goodbye, she stopped by a lamppost and held it, turning away from the scene of him leaving. She clutched to her sun and moon necklace, leaning back against the lamppost.

Austin stopped briefly before he finally boarded the bus, painfully turning back to see his fiancée, leaning against a lamppost, watching him closely, and twiddling with her sun and moon necklace. A small smile perched on his lips, before he boarded the bus and the door closed behind him.

As the bus left, Ally felt the shy mist in her eyes becoming very real tears. It was silly - she reminded herself with a weak laugh – to miss him so much when he had barely even left, or gone for only a short period of time.

Trish approached Ally then, placing her hand on Ally's shoulder bone. "Don't be sad, come on. There's a lot of things we can organise while Austin's away." Trish suggested with a comforting smile.

Ally smiled slowly at her. "You're right," she sniffed. "Let's get out of here." And with that, the three friends left the very empty parking lot.

"This arrangement is quite pretty," Zoe commented dreamily, looking over a flower bouquet within the fourth florist shop they had visited that day. Ally looked over at the photo album Zoe had her eyes on, examining the bouquet design. It did match her and Austin's red and yellow theme, but with large white peonies and also very small violet coloured peonies neatly arranged towards the outer part. The more Ally looked at it, the more she liked it.

"I like it. I think I definitely want some peonies in there. I didn't realise how much I like them until now." Ally put in, proceeding to flip through another portrait album.

"What about this one!?" Carrie exclaimed in excitement, approaching the table Ally, Trish and Zoe were sitting at with a large bouquet of one too many coloured flowers. The bouquet size was unbelievably large also, and Ally was almost struck blind by the intensity of colour.

"Wow, Carrie!" she remarked with a laugh. "That is…" Ally began, unsure of how to describe her feelings politely.

"Hideous." Trish finished curtly, almost confused by the amount of colour in Carrie's hand.
"Hideously amazing!" Ally corrected with a nervous laugh. Zoe raised her eyebrow.

"There is no way to be 'hideously' amazing." Zoe reminded Ally.

"Wow, does anyone have any feeling?" Ally burst out loud, not really speaking to anyone in particular at this point.

"Don't worry, I can just save this for mine and Dez's wedding." Carrie replied happily, moving away from the three of them. Ally shook her head and turned back to the portrait album in front of her.

"How about little red carnations and yellow lilies? The lilies have a little red through them as well." Trish trailed her finger to the photo of the very bouquet she described. Zoe immediately leaned over Ally's shoulder get a glimpse of the bouquet with Ally.

"And you could add some white peonies to your bouquet, and maybe have the white and violet peonies in ours." Zoe added, obviously loving the arrangement.

Ally looked up at her with a small smile. Zoe grimaced. "Okay, so maybe Carrie's love for colour is rubbing off on me, but I still think it'd look so sweet." She defended herself. Ally nodded.

"Well, it's definitely narrowed down to these …" Ally decided, placing her favourite paper cut out flower arrangements next to one another, and tilting her head to the side, looking at each of them closely.

At that moment, Georgia walked toward them and stood close behind Ally's chair, leaning down to look at all of Ally's favourite choices.

"What's a wedding bouquet without roses?" Georgia put in. Ally slammed her head down on the table in defeat, unable to respond, and obviously feeling the need to give up.

Zoe pursed her lips and patted Ally's shoulder supportively. "You don't have to decide right now. Maybe Austin can help you out later." She said. Ally brought her face back up and groaned.

"I am way ahead of you." Trish called out, flicking away through her phone before holding it toward Ally's vision.

Before she knew it, Austin's adorable face covered Trish's screen, flashing a large grin when he saw his fiancée before him. Ally smirked and almost blushed at the sight of him.

"Hey beautiful." he said. Ally blushed crimson.
"Hey." She replied, looking at him through her eyelashes.

There was a silence before Trish came in to the picture.

"Hey." She repeated with an impatient grin. Austin rolled his eyes knowingly at Trish and sighed.

"Yeah, what's up Trish?" he prompted. Trish fiddled with her phone and showed Austin Ally's favourite flower arrangements.

"Ally can't decide which one she likes best. What do you think?" Trish asked.

Georgia leaned down toward Zoe.

"What makes Trish think Austin will care about a flower arrangement?" she asked airily. Zoe shrugged and let out a low chuckle.

"Ooh the peony and lily and carnation one is gorgeous!" Austin squealed. Zoe laughed and clapped her hands once together. Ally looked at her friend.

"Wow, he's a keeper, Ally. There's no way Chase would give me any sort of feedback on flowers." Zoe complimented as Ally smiled.

"Yeah, he's a keeper all right." She agreed.

Three Weeks Later

"How has it been, living without Austin for these past few weeks?" Carrie asked as Ally walked into her apartment living room with a lemonade pitcher in her hand. Ally sighed. It had been three weeks since Austin left for his North American tour but it had felt like three months.

"It's been pretty rough … I miss him so-" but Ally was cut short when Dez shushed her unashamedly. Ally furrowed her brow and stared at her fiancé's best friend.

"Shhh, Austin's concert is starting!" he cried, turning up the volume on the TV and reached over for the bowl of popcorn. Carrie seemed to forget she had even asked Ally a question and joined Dez in his intent stare at the television. Trish rolled her eyes and Ally just sat down next to her, also slightly excited to watch his live performance.

Austin had agreed to performing in a live television special of his Atlanta concert through an interested sponsor who had inquired about broadcasting his concert live both online and on television, to achieve a wide American audience.

A blast of fire stage machines overwhelmed the 7.1 surround speaker system in Ally's apartment, making Dez jump back in his seat. Ally's heart burst with happiness as she saw a silhouette of her favourite blonde slowly approaching the centre of the stage. The crowd screamed and roared with cheer, but Austin kept his cool to abide by the concert routine Ally knew very well.

Another burst of fire erupted around the stage, and Austin's back up dancers flew through a synchronised dance routine. Ally couldn't help herself.

"Woooooooooo!" she screamed at the TV, like any other Austin Moon fan would do. Dez joined her faithfully and the two got up from their seats to join Austin in his first song. Carrie watched them with glee, while Trish recorded the whole thing on her phone.

"What's up Atlanta!?" Austin screamed in the concert hall. Ally rocked from side to side, breathless from her and Dez's intense sing-a-long and caught Trish with her phone still pointed toward her.

"Trish! Did you film that whole thing!?" Ally demanded as she snatched Trish's phone from her hand. Trish laughed pathetically and shrugged it off.

"Whaaatttt?" she asked. Ally tilted her head to the side before Trish shook her head abruptly, beginning to defend her action. "Of course I did! It was too cute." she insisted. Ally smirked and handed her back her phone, plopping back down on the sofa.

"Can I upload it to my Instagram?" Trish asked sneakily with a giddy smile on her face. Ally sighed.
"Sure..." Ally gave in, as Trish immediately went into her Instagram account to edit the video footage.

"Poor guy, he looks pretty tired already." Dez commented, clenching his teeth together as they continued to watch Austin's concert. Ally widened her eyes at the screen and paid close attention to him.

"I guess he's just not as athletic as he once was … It's okay. He's still really passionate about his music." Carrie defended him. Ally laughed under her breath.

"I wouldn't tell him that if I were you though, he's become pretty sensitive about people telling him what he can and can't do … especially after Jimmy forbade him from performing. He just wants to prove to everybody he's capable of doing anything." Ally told her friends.

"Is he capable of wearing pants?" Trish asked out loud as she stared wide-eyed at her phone. Ally bugged her eyes out and immediately turned to her best friend.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Ally cut in, leaning over Trish's shoulder before Trish hid the screen from Ally's sight. Ally tilted her head to the side, obviously anxious to know what Trish was talking about.

"Okay, but don't get mad. You know how prone celebrities are to getting tons of exposure." Trish broke in, bringing her phone back to Ally's line of vision.

"Show me what the hell you're talking about." Ally demanded, looking down closely at Trish's phone, hearing Trish sigh.

"So apparently Austin walked from his dressing room all around the backstage before his concert without any pants or even a shirt for that matter. He's in his boxers." Trish explained, scrolling through the Austin Moon hashtag. Ally fumed with fury, snatching Trish's phone from her hand once again and looking closely at the multiple shots of Austin's almost nudity. Carrie peered over Trish's shoulder as well to get a look.

"Man, he does have a nice body though." She commented out loud, receiving a nasty stare from Ally.

"Now why the hell is he in his underwear?" Ally asked out loud.
"I think he was dared by a fan, here there's a video." Trish explained, clicking on a video.

"There's a video!" Ally repeated in disbelief, pursing her lips into a straight line. Trish narrowed her eyes at Ally briefly.
"Videos." She corrected her, before proceeding to play the first clip.

In the video, a fan behind the camera asks if Austin has abs, or a six pack, and even though Austin replies yes, the cheeky fan says she doesn't believe him and dares him to show the group of fans.

When Austin refuses at first, the fans call him chicken to which Austin replies; "Chicken! I don't think so …" and proceeds not only to take off his shirt, but also his pants.

In the last clip, Austin runs up and down a backstage hallway, where fans cheer him on for his nerve and his abs.

Trish closed the videos and looked at Ally, who just sat still on the couch, seeking revenge rather than feeling upset over the whole situation.

"Oh, he is gonna pay for this." and with that, she picked up her own phone to make some flight arrangements.

Haha what do you think Ally is up to? ;) And I am so happy Austin can make music again in A&A! I hope we get to see some songs from him soon! What'd you think of this chapter?

I'd love to see a review or two if you liked this chapter. :)