Ally walks towards the large stage set up at the large outdoor venue. The excitement spreads through her. This will be the first time she will be performing at such a large event since she was eighteen. She is there to rehearse before the big event. It will be only the third time she has gotten to work with the band, but they have picked up the song quickly. Ally is ready to rock this event. Walking backstage Ally finds Trish watching another band take their place on stage. "Hey." Trish turns around and gives Ally a nervous smile. Mentally crossing her fingers as she walks over to Ally and hugs her. "Are you excited?" Ally smiles and shakes her head at such a ridicules question. "Of course I am. How could I not be?" Ally looks at her best friend curiously. "I thought you said our rehearsal time was two o'clock. It's two now. Why is there another band up there now?" Trish starts to panic. Ally looks behind Trish and sees a flash of red hair. She walks past her best friend to get a better look. She whips around. "And what is Dez doing here?" She points behind herself. Trish opens her mouth to speak and lucky for her a middle age woman walks up and grabs Ally's hand to shake. "Ally Dawson it is so nice to meet you. My name is Aubrey Madison. I'm the coordinator of this event." Ally gives her a polite smile. She has always had good manners and just because she is not in the mood to meet this woman that will not stop her from being polite. "It is so nice to meet you as well. Thank you so much for letting me be part of your event." Trish joins them at this point. She knows there is a chance their big plan is about to be reviled. "Oh no, thank you. Because of you the event has been getting so much publicity. We have sold so many tickets and gotten several more sponsors." Ally is taken back a bit. She can't believe people are this excited to see her perform again. "Wow. I have to say I'm surprised that many people are excited about my come back." Maybe being gone for four years has made her more popular. "Well, that and seeing you doing a duet with Austin Moon. That is what people are really excited about. It's been so long since you two have performed together. I really appreciate you both doing this. You don't know how much this means to me and how much you have helped our cause." The shock slowly wears off and the anger starts to boil. Trish cringes and tries to gage how mad Ally really is. "Well, it is a good cause. WE are more then happy to help. If you will excuse us I have to get ready for rehearsal." Ally drags Trish a few feet away.

"Is there something you need to tell me?" She looks over and sees Dez again. "DEZ WADE, get over here now!" She yells. "Eep." He jumps an rushes over there. Ally normally isn't a scary person. She is more like a little mouse, but when she is angry she is terrifying. "Why did that lady just say that Austin and I are doing a duet in this show?" Dez and Trish look at each other. Swallowing the knot in her throat Trish explains the whole thing to Ally. "You will be singing your new single and Austin will sing a song. I don't know which one. Then you two will sing a song together. Which ever one you guys want to sing." She winces when she sees how mad Ally is. "Does Austin know about this?" Ally asks Dez. He can tell she is grinding her teeth in anger. "No. He will be just as surprised as you when he finds out." Ally is about to yell at her two friends when a voice rings out from the stage. The voice is one Ally could never forget. She has always loved his voice. It makes her heart beat out of control and butterflies in her stomach. Ally turns towards the stage and walks over to get a better look. Austin Moon. His beautiful voice and beautiful words. He writes his own songs now and Ally loves every single one of them. His style has changed. He doesn't do as many huge dance numbers anymore. But he still drives the girls crazy the way he moves on stage. He is into the song. It is one he seems very passionate about. She just stands there and watches him. It has been so long since she has seen him perform in person. It has been so long since she has seen him in person at all. Her arms long to hold him. Her lips long for his. Watching him move makes her body ache for his.

Austin pours his heart into the song like he always does. Music is really the only love he has in in his life anymore. Something or more like someone catches his eye from the wings of the stage. He turns his head to get a better look because he can't believe what he sees. Words stop coming out of his mouth. He just stares at her. Dez looks over at Trish and says. "Well, he knows she is here." Austin turns to the band and motions for them to stop. He walks over to his three best friends. "Ally, what are you doing here?" She crosses her arms and huffs. "Well, it seems are good friends here decided you and I should do a duet for this charity event. And that we shouldn't know about until the day before we sing it." Austin looks at them in confustion. "What is she talking about? What duet?" Trish shrugs. "Well, you see we." She points to herself and Dez. "Thought since you are both here in the same city that maybe it was time for you to finally talk to each other. Music brought you together the first time. We thought maybe it could again." If this was a cartoon steam would be coming out of Ally's ears. "That is not for you to decide. It is none of your business." Austin puts his hand on Ally's shoulder. For moment Ally forgot why she was mad, but she fought the feelings rushing through her at his touch.

"Ally, I agree that they should not have lied to us, but maybe they are right. This would be a good time to talk. We can go somewhere and pick a song to do. Maybe even talk. I've missed you." She fights the tears threating to fall. Stepping away from his touch she shakes her head. "I don't think that is a good idea." That's it. Trish has treated Ally with kid gloves since the break up, but not anymore. "It is a good idea. I know that you both got hurt. I know you are still hurting, and you will continue to hurt unless you work this out. You don't have to get back together, but can you at least be friends again. Ally, you guys aren't only hurting yourselves. You are hurting all of us. So stop being to proud and stubburn. Just go and talk. Maybe write a new song. I kind of told them you guys would sing a new song." They look up at the Latnia girl. "What?!" They both shout. "How are we suppose to write a song in such a short amount of time? We haven't written a song together since we were eighteen." Ally has never been this mad at her friend. Not even when she ruined her chance to get signed by Rimone Records. "You guys have written songs in that amount of time before and they have been big hits. The first song you ever wrote together was written that way. Ally, you were also mad at Austin that time as well." Dez adds. "I'm not mad at Austin." Austin looks over at her with sad and confused eyes. "Then why won't you talk to me?" Because she is weak and scared. She loves him so much, but doesn't want to get hurt again. They just don't ever seem to work out. Being friends doesn't sound to bad though. "Okay. We can go somewhere and talk." He smiles so big that it makes her smile. "Great let's go." He grabs her hand and starts pulling. She laughs at the glimpses of his child like spirit. "Austin we both still need to rehearse." His faces turns a little red. "Oh, yeah. I guess I should get back up there and sing." She nods. Before Austin walks on to the stage he gives her a charming smile and a wink. "Don't go anywhere." Ally nods again because she can't seem to form any words right now.

Later Ally walks off the stage to her waiting friends. "Are you ready to go?" Austin asks her. She is not sure she will ever be ready to have this conversation with him. Nodding she says. "Sure. Let's go." As they start to leave Aubrey comes walking over to them. "Are you leaving? You have not practiced your duet yet." Austin and Ally both look over at Trish. She laughs nervously. "Well, they want it to be a surprise. Yeah, you know the fans are going to be the first to hear it." She looks over at Dez for help. "Yeah, they feel that the fans deserve to hear it first." She seems to buy it. "Well, I can't wait to hear it. Good luck." Aubrey walks over to one of the other performers. "Wow, I can't believe she bought it." Trish says. Austin looks at Ally. "I guess we can go now." She follows him to his car. "Where are we going?" She asks as he starts the car. "A place I know." They drive off.