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So... the duet's name isn't revealed in this chapter, but I'll tell you guys anyway. It's Lucky by Jason Mraz and Cobbie Caillat (I hope I spelled her name right). So, shoutout to: Daddysgirl11, R5AusllyFan (guest), and rebelausllyborileytonkicklover. A lot of you thought it was You Can Come to Me, for some reason, but nope. It's Lucky.

So, this is a pretty huge chapter. I hope you like it :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Austin & Ally or anything else you may recognize in this story.

Enjoy! :)

Ally's P.O.V.

"So... how do you want to announce officially that we're together, exactly?" Austin asks me, the same night. We spent the whole day in the studio, and the song is finally done recording. We're currently hanging out in his room, just lying together on his bed.

I shrug. "I have an interview, the day after tomorrow. I could slip a few words about it, then."

"The day after tomorrow? Does that mean you'll miss school again?"

"Only last period."

He sits up, which makes me copy his actions since he still has his arm around me. "We've been missing a lot of school, this week. Don't you think people will start getting suspicious?"

I shrug. "If people ask questions, tell them I got sick or something."

"And about today? What will we tell them about that if anyone asks questions?"

"We... uh... Any idea on why the four of us would miss school?"

He shrugs. "Your grandfather died and we took the day off to help you do your mourning. Think you can play the sad girl for a day?"

I give him a look. "Austin, I may not be a good liar, but I'm an amazing actress."

He smiles. "I know. Even though I can't understand how it's even possible."

I shrug, popping up my invisible collar. "What can I say? I'm just that awesome."

He chuckles, leaning in. "Can't argue with that." He says before capturing my lips in a wonderful kiss.

I smile as we pull away. "What did I ever do to deserve such an amazing boyfriend?"

He shrugs, a smirk forming on his lips. "Being you. And I'm asking myself everyday how I managed to get you in my life."

I smile. "I love you."

He smiles back. "I love you too."

"Ally!" I hear as I get out of school after classes. I turn around to see Maddi running toward me.

"Maddi! I told you not to call me that when we're in public!" I scold her in a hushed voice, looking around to see if anyone looks suspicious. Coast seems clear.

"Sorry. But I need to tell you something super important!"

"It's fine, just be careful, next time. What is it?"

"Jenna told Lily who told Ella who told Ben who told Sam who told Sarah who told..." I get lost as she continues naming people I don't know. "... Who told me that you're- I mean Ally Dawson is dating Austin Moon! I thought you guys- Ugh, I mean they wouldn't go public yet! Someone must've took a picture of y- them!" She lowers her voice. "Sorry, I'm still not used to this whole alter-ego thing."

"It's fine. And yeah, Austin and Ally decided to go public."

"But why?"

"We think it's time to let people know about us. We love each other, why hide it? And if some people aren't happy with us being together, screw them. I don't care." I slap my forehead. "I just realized I wasn't talking about myself in the third person." I look around. "Do you think anyone noticed?"

"No, I think you're good."

"Good. Did you have anything else to tell me?"

"Yeah, one more thing."

"What is it?"

"The bitch of seventh grade figured out I was your sister. Ally's sister."

"What?!"

"I tried denying it, but she wouldn't listen! She told the whole school about it."

"How did she make them believe her?"

"She found this on the internet. It was published two days after my mom's funeral." She tells me, handing me her phone. It's an article from a magazine called Miami Gossip. Never heard of it.

'Two days ago was the funeral of Olivia Benson. Wondering why this is the subject of this article? Read below and you'll understand.

Olivia Benson was the mother of Maddison and Jacob Dawson. Dawson seems a familiar name to you? Well, it's not a coincidence. Turns out Maddison and Jake's father is Lester Dawson, Ally Dawson's father. Apparently, Mr. Dawson would've been hiding Maddison and Jake from Ally ever since their birth, and vice versa. Who knew Lester Dawson could be so sneaky?

Sources confirm that Maddison Dawson would now be twelve years old, and her brother Jacob is eight. They both now live with Ally and her father, since Ally's mother also passed away when she was younger, and Lester Dawson has now full custody of his three children.

This is all the information we have for now, but keep checking out Miami Gossip for more information on the Dawson family.'

I shut Maddi's phone shut and hand it back to her. "Sorry."

"Why are you being sorry?" She asks me, confused.

"Because if I wasn't famous, you wouldn't be brought into this mess."

"Ally, it's okay! Yes, I'm kind of creeped out and a little scared now that I know somene could be stalking me, watching my every move, but don't feel guilty about it."

"How could I not feel guilty? You're my sister!"

"Still! I'll just... try to keep a low profile from now on, and hopefully, the attention will die down."

"Okay, I guess... How do you think Jake will handle it? Does anyone know about him?"

"Miami Gossip isn't a really popular magazine, so as of right now, all we can hope for is that no one in elementary school finds out."

"Okay... And for you, I have to give you some advice on how to act from now on. Come on, let's go home. We'll talk once we get there." I tell her and start walking away, when she grabs my arm, making me look at her.

"Wait, since people know I'm your sister, but also think I'm Alicia's sister... Wouldn't they think you're, as Alicia, Ally's sister?"

I groan loudly, taking my head in my hands. "This is getting ridiculous! I hate this! Sometimes, I just want to be a normal girl, isn't it so hard to understand?!"

"I get it, Ally. But you're not normal."

I can take a lot. I'm barely breakable. I hardly ever cry. I hardly ever scream at anyone. I hardly ever blow up. But when I do, it's not pretty. Austin calls it an Ally Dawson Explosion. And Maddi's unfortunately the one who was there when the bomb exploded. In the middle of a tsunami. Adding a tornado to the mix. Maybe an earthquake too.

"I know, Maddi! Okay? I know. People keep telling me that I'm not normal every single day. And I hate it 'cause I know it's true. I just wish I could be normal for one day. No parrazzis making up stupid lies about me, not having to hide the fact that I'm in love with Austin, not having to wear a disguise to go to school and hang out with my friends, not having to make my friends have alter-egos so that we can hang out, not having to worry about my family being harrassed by paparrazzis! I don't even have any privacy anymore! Do you know how many dates I went on with Austin? None! Why? Because of the paparrazzis! I mean, why are we being chased down by people who have nothing better to do than ruin people's lives? All I'm doing is my job! I mean, they even took the fun of just making music away from me! Because of them, music isn't a fun thing for me to do, anymore. All I want to do is go back to when I didn't have a record deal and that my roles on TV and movies were so small that people hardly ever recognized me. Back then, I enjoyed playing music. I enjoyed going outside. I enjoyed my life. Now, it's just a friggin' living hell!"

Austin's P.O.V.

I'm at my locker, picking up my stuff, when my phone rings. I pull it out and notice it's a text from Maddi. I have her number and she has mine in case there's something wrong. I frown, knowing she wouldn't text me just for fun.

From: Maddi
3:45: Hey, Austin... I think my sister's gone crazy... She completely blew up on me, and she's still babbling as I'm texting you this. I don't think she even noticed I'm ignoring her rant. Any chance you're still at school? I have no idea how to calm her down. We're by the main entrance, right beside the park bench.

To: Maddi
3:48: Yeah, I'm still at school. I'm coming as soon as I can.

I quickly finish putting my books in my backpack, close my locker, and run to the main entrance. Since most of the students are already gone, I easily find Ally and Maddi.

"- and I just want to be normal but no, I have to be famous, even though all I'm doing is my job! When I took that record deal, I didn't think it would ruin my life! I just wanted to make music and have fun, but this is not fun at all!" Ally keeps talking as I turn to Maddi.

"How long has she been ranting?" I ask her.

She looks at her watch. "About five minutes. Do you think you can bring her back to us? I mean, look at her! She doesn't even notice we're talking and completely ignoring her!"

I take a look at Ally and run a hand through my hair. She looks so... not herself. It's kind of disturbing, I guess. But all I want to do is make her stop ranting and assure her that everything is okay. There's never an Ally Dawson Explosion unless something or someone makes it explode. And there's obviously something that's bothering Ally that she hasn't told me.

Well, at least if people see her, I could use the lie about her grandfather dying.

"I guess I could try." I tell Maddi, before grabbing Ally's shoulders. "Ally? Ally, look at me." She keeps babbling. "Ally!"

"-and they're stalking me! They're stalking me, and I can't do anything about it or it'll ruin my career and I can't do that even though I want to-"

"Ally!" I keep shouting. I don't even care if people hear me call her by her real name, all I want is to calm her down.

"Don't talk to me, Austin! Don't you understand how-"

"Ally! Stop it! Stop talking! Look, I can't help you if you don't tell me what's wrong!"

"What's wrong? You want to know what's wrong?! That I'm making everyone's life a living hell because I'm famous! That I can't go outside for one minute without having a picture taken of me! I'm telling you, people are so obsessed that they could make an article about me throwing trash away and people would still read it! That's what's wrong! I'm being so harrassed that I don't even like making music anymore! I hate it! And I-" She cuts herself off as she starts sobbing. She kicks the nearest trashcan. "I hate it!" She repeats. "Why am I crying?! I don't want to cry! Crying's for weak, and I'm not weak!" She falls down on her knees and goes full-on sobbing.

"Austin?" Maddi asks, worry in her voice.

"Don't worry, Mads, I'll... take her home. I'll take care of her." I tell her and bend down Ally's level. "Alls?"

"Get away from me, Austin!"

I shake my head, knowing she's not... well, she's not being herself. "Come on, Ally, let's take you home." I say and pick her up.

"Austin, put me down!" She shouts, punching my chest as I carry her bridal style.

"No. Not until you calm down." I tell her as I start walking to her place, Maddi following. When Ally does calm down, we're halfway there. She soon falls asleep, afterward. "Hey, Maddi, did Jake take the bus home, or something?"

"No, dad will pick him up later. He has a science project to work on, I think." She explains.

I nod. "Alright."

When we get to their house, Ally's still asleep.

"Dad, we're home!" Maddi calls, taking off her shoes and hanging her backpack.

"What took you so- What happened?!" Lester asks as soon as he notices Ally.

"She kind of had a break down at school, so I had to carry her home, but she fell asleep on the way." I explain.

"Oh. Well, thank you."

"No problem."

"Can you take her to her room? And stay with her until you're sure she's okay? I trust you enough to know you won't do anything... that I wouldn't like. I would stay and watch her, but I have to do the groceries before picking Jake up. Care to keep an eye on Maddi too? Although I do trust her, I don't want anything to happen to her."

I nod. "Of course. No problem. Take your time."

He smiles gratefully. "Thank you." He says and in a matter of seconds, he's out. I gotta say, I kind of admire Lester. Being a single dad and having three kids isn't easy, and aside some... disagreements with Ally, he's doing a pretty good job.

I go to Ally's room and gently lie her down on her bed, careful not to wake her up. I then sit down on her desk chair and put down my backpack before taking out my book. While I'm waiting for Ally to wake up, I might as well work on my homework.

Ally wakes up just as I finish my homework.

"Hey, sleepyhead. How are you feeling?" I ask her as she takes off her wig and sets it down on her bedside table. She does the same with her contacts.

"My head hurts a bit, but other than that, I'm fine. What happened?"

"You had a break down, after school. I don't know what Maddi told you, but you just snapped. So much that she texted me to go help her. You were ranting for like ten minutes before you stopped and started sobbing. You were so much in your little world, Maddi and I would talk to each other right infront of you, but you'd just keep ranting. It was really weird."

She blinks, running a hand through her hair. "I don't remember any of that."

"Thought so." I say, sitting next to her on her bed. "Now, could you please tell me what's wrong?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." She denies.

"Ally, come on. I know you. You'd never explode like that for no reason! There has to be something that you're not telling me. You can tell me anything."

"I know."

"Then, why aren't you telling me what's going on? I'm worried about you, Ally. Talk to me. Please."

She sighs. "Fine. But I'm warning you. The list of what's wrong is pretty long."

"I don't care. I just want to know what's going on."

She takes a deep breath. "I have no idea where to start... Okay. So, when I was younger, I hadn't fully realized how much I'd need my mom in my life. But recently, I realized it more and more everyday. I'm not always sure how to act with my dad. I mean he hated you and in a matter of days, he suddenly started to act like he likes you. Can people change that easily? And with being a single child one day, and the next finding out that you have two half-siblings is... a lot to take in, you know?" She keeps asking questions, but I know better and stay silent. Who knows, maybe if I speak up, she'll stop opening up. And I don't want that. I want to know everything that's wrong in Ally's life that she hasn't told me about. I mean, I knew about it, but I didn't know how much it was affecting her. "And the idea of Jake still getting bullied stresses me out, then there are the paparrazzis who take pictures of me doing anything and everything. And today, I find out that the paparrazzis found out about Maddi and Jake, so soon enough, they won't be as free as they were before they met me. Because of me, a lot of people said goodbye to their normal lives. Because of those stupid tabloids, I don't even like making music anymore! Can you believe how crazy that is?! Music is my life! They litterally took my life away from me! And us-!"

This time, I interrupt her. "Woah, woah! What's wrong with us?" I as worriedly, scared that she might want to break up with me.

"Austin, come on! We never went on a date, we hardly go outside together, even if we do now since we decided to announce it, but still! Sometimes, all I want us to be is a normal couple, but we can't be one! And I hate it!"

"I get it, Ally. I really do. I mean, we're on the same boat, you know."

"I'm not done. Even my kids won't live a normal life because of me! I'll feel guilty my whole life! I'll even die guilty."

Feeling like she might break down again, I wrap my arm around her shoulders and pulll her into a hug. "Hey, it's okay, alright? We'll get through this. Together. We always do." She starts crying, and I can tell she doesn't want to. "It's okay to cry, you know."

"I hate crying! It makes me feel weak."

"It's okay to cry." I repeat. "I won't judge. I never will. That's why you can tell me anything and that you can always come to me."

She nods. "I know." She sniffles. "Thanks, Austin."

"No problem. I'm always here for you. Never forget that."

BAM! Done!

So... yeah. I don't exactly know how to talk about what happened in this chapter, so I'll just skip to what do you think?

Random Question of the Day: When Justin Bieber wasn't famous, what did we call 'The Justin Bieber haircut'? I wondered about that, a few days ago, and the question was just stuck in my head :P

So, since a lot of you thought the duet was You Can Come to Me, I think that in further chapters, fans will demand another Auslly duet, and I'll use that song. What do you think about that idea?

Until next time,

R5AAFan :)