Ally tried hard to focus on her studies; it had been almost a month since she left Miami for the school in New York. She fit in pretty well, which was a surprise to her since she wasn't always so great around people.
She had been so focused on what she was writing that she hadn't noticed a woman walk into the room and hand her professor a note.
"Ms. Dawson?"
Ally looked up from her notebook as she pushed her glasses up her nose. "Yes?"
"You have a visitor."
Confused, she gathered her things and stuffed them into her bag. The metal from the chair scraped against the floor as she stood up from her seat and made her way to the front.
"This is your assignment." Her professor said, handing her a few papers. "It's due next week."
"Thank you." She mumbled, heading for the door and trying to avoid the stares she received; apparently no one had ever seen a teenage girl leave a room before.
The white halls were filled with the muffled sound of violins, cellos, and pianos. With each room she passed, she noticed classrooms filled with happy musicians; she wasn't at that stage yet, they decided that she should focus mainly on her studies until she was able to multi-task her assignments and her music.
She sighed as she adjusted her bag on her shoulder and turned a corner, bumping in to a hard body. They both fell to the floor with a hard thump.
"Ow." Ally winced, rubbing the back of her head.
"Crap, I'm sorry."
Her eyes went wide; she knew that voice, she knew that cologne, she knew that…body. It held her time and time again before she moved.
"A-Austin?" She whispered.
"Ally!" Austin beamed, throwing his arms around her and picking her up from the floor.
"Austin, what are you doing here?!" She squealed.
"I came to see you." He set her down. "You didn't answer any of my calls or texts and I really needed to talk to you."
She sighed heavily. "I'm not coming back as your song partner, Austin, I already told you that."
"Ally, you're not even going to let me explain-."
"I don't want your explanation." She turned around and started back for her class.
"Ally!" He called, running after her. "Damn it, Ally, how am I supposed to apologize if I don't even know what I did wrong?!"
"No one said you had to apologize."
"I want you to come back and you won't do that if you hate me."
"I don't hate you, Austin, I just don't want to be around you."
"What am I supposed to do?!" He hollered, grabbing her arm turning her towards him. "Do you want me to leave Miami, Ally?! You can't stand to be around me so much that you're not even willing to be in the same city as me?!"
"Yes!" She huffed, trying to pull away from him. "Now, let me go."
"Oh, no." He laughed. "You don't get to run away this time."
"Austin, this isn't funny!"
"No one said it was." He mocked her, pulling her close and kissing her before she had the chance to object.
Ally whined in the kiss, it had caught her totally off guard and she wasn't sure how to react except to panic.
Austin only smiled and backed her into a nearby wall, pressing his body into hers.
She found herself finally giving up and wrapping her arms around his neck.
He was really enjoying the moment until he felt two small hands on his chest push him back.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Ally gasped. "What about Kira?!"
"What about her?"
She gaped at him, shocked that he was acting like he didn't have a girlfriend. "Kira, your girlfriend?!"
"She's not my girlfriend." Austin reached for her again.
"Oh, please." She scoffed, yanking her hands away. "Don't lie to me, Austin Monica Moon."
"I'm not lying!" He insisted. "Ally…is that why you came out here? Because of me and Kira?"
"No!" She lied unconvincingly. "I-I…why would I leave Miami because of you and Kira? That's just stupid."
"Then tell me why. What did I do wrong, Ally? Why do you hate me?"
"I don't hate you! That's the problem, Austin, I like you and you don't feel the same. I can't-."
"I like you." He interrupted quickly. "Ally, I like you…so much that it hurts. I missed you and the fact that you ignored me drove me crazy."
"Austin…" She sighed. "I ignored you because I didn't know how you felt. And if you weren't dating Kira then why did you spend so much time with her?"
"She was helping me plan the perfect date and how to ask you."
Ally opened her mouth to speak when a few doors opened, signaling the end of the class period. "Look, I have to go."
"Ally, wait!"
"Austin Moon?"
Ally and Austin both stopped and turned toward the voice.
"Professor Bates?" Ally questioned. "You know Austin?"
Bates smiled. "I know of him, yes. I don't live under a rock, Ms. Dawson."
Ally blushed. "No, sir! I-I wasn't implying that you did!"
"It's quite all right." He put a hand on Austin's shoulder. "I have a music class right now, and since you're here, I was hoping you could play them a song."
"Oh, I'm sorry, sir, but-." Austin tried; he really wanted to talk to Ally and, though he was flattered, he didn't want to sing.
"Nonsense." Bates insisted. "I've been trying to reel into their heads the concept of bringing true emotions to a song, and I believe you can teach them how to do that."
"Well, it's really all thanks to Ally. She wrote my songs."
"Wow." Bates nodded his head. "Well, I'm still yet to see any of Ms. Dawson's material, but I'm sure that will change soon."
Austin sighed and agreed to singing for his class.
As Bates led him and Ally to the choir room, Ally became nervous; none of her teachers actually knew she wrote Ausin's songs.
"Class." Bates got the attention of his students. "Today we have a guest, Austin Moon."
His students started whispering, some being big fans, some being unimpressed, and some in the middle.
Austin smiled nervously as he stood in the middle of the room. "Hi. Uh, your professor asked me to sing a song, so um…" He looked around the room and sat at the piano bench. "This is…this is a song that my former partner wrote. She's um, she's really great and it's an amazing song. So, here we go."
At first, Ally expected him to play one of the songs off his first album, but became teary eyed when he played the intro to one of her favorite songs.
He let his hands dance on the piano keys, becoming so focused on letting all of his emotions pour into the song.
"Dark cloud moving in
Just one fall of rain
Would wash away
Wash away the pain
Just one ray of sun, to warm my skin
Rid me of the cold you're drowning
I could say that I don't care
But the truth is I'd follow you anywhere
I've been waiting such a long, long time
Don't you dare change your mind
Seems so close to me but still beyond my reach calling me and playing hide and seek
Look behind that door I'm the one you been searching for and I'm not a little boy anymore
I could say that I don't care
But the truth is I'd follow you anywhere
I've been waiting such a long, long time
Don't you dare change your mind
I could say that I don't care
But the truth is I'd follow you anywhere
I've been waiting such a long, long time
Don't you dare change your mind
Don't wander round looking
For someone to replace me
Don't wander round wasting
The rest of your life
Don't wander round waiting
For someone else to save you
And don't you make the same mistake twice
I could say that I don't care
But the truth is I'd follow you anywhere
I've been waiting such a long, long time
Don't you dare change your mind
I could say that I don't care
But the truth is I'd follow you
I've been waiting such a long, long time
Don't you dare change your mind
Don't you dare change your mind
Don't you dare change your mind."
Ally didn't realize just how much this song related to him as well; she had just up and left him alone. He didn't miss her as a song partner…he missed her as a friend, maybe even more.
When Austin finished, the room exploded with applause. He smiled lightly and got up from the piano bench, making his way over to Ally. "That song was written by Ally Dawson. She wrote all my songs, she's the reason I'm so successful. Thank you." He rubbed his hands together nervously as he stepped out of the room.
"Austin!" He heard behind him, making him turn and grunt in surprise as a pair of lips landed on his.
Ally pulled away with a smile. "You weren't just going to leave me, were you?"
"What?"
"I want to go back with you. I wanna go back to Miami and be your song partner again."
"Really?" He couldn't hold back his smile. "Are you serious?"
"Yes!" She nodded eagerly, squealing as he lifted her up and spun her around. "Austin!"