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Chapter Ten

"Ally, I know you're upset but you can't just keep moping around all the time. Why don't you... I don't know, write a new song?" Dallas urged.

Ally looked at the piano across the practice room and sighed, "No. I'm done, I told you."

Dallas tried yet again to get Ally to write, "You're obviously not happy, and you and I both know that song writing makes you happy. So why don't you just give it a go? I'm sure you'll feel better once you try it."

"I said no Dallas."

For the past week since the big blow out between Austin and Ally, Dallas had been trying in vain to get Ally to write a new song. He needed her to write a new song or else all his work and effort he had put into destroying Austin's and Ally's friendship would have been for nothing. Taking her hand he dragged her over to the piano bench and placed her hands on the keys, "Just do it. Please? for me?"

Ally's eyes brimmed over with tears, "I just can't do it."

Dallas groaned and placed his phone on top of the piano as with the rage he was now feeling he was afraid holding it would lead to him crushing it. "Why not? All you've done for the past week is cry and sulk, get over it! If you can't grow up and learn to deal with things like a mature adult then I can't deal with you." The dark haired boy began walking away.

"No!" Ally cried after him, she'd already lost Austin and by default Dez, she couldn't lose Dallas too. "Dallas, please don't."

Dallas sighed, "I need to go clear my head. I'll see you later Ally." Dallas left the practice room with a slam of the door.

Ally looked down at the cool piano keys beneath her finger tips. She wanted to play she really did but she couldn't, she just couldn't. She'd told Austin she was done with music and done with him, why? Because Austin and music went so perfectly together. Kinda like they did. Ally was the bitter music and Austin the peppy melody, and they mingled together and they create the best song of all.

Ally pressed her fingers to the keys as if testing the waters. It was almost as if she was afraid to let any sound escape the instrument. But she did, and so came the music, the bitter music.

It's down to this

I've got to make this life make sense

Can anyone tell what I've done

I miss the life

I miss the colours of the world

Can anyone tell where I am

'Cause now again I've found myself

So far down, away from the sun

That shines into the darkest place

I'm so far down, away from the sun again

Away from the sun again

I'm over this

I'm tired of living in the dark

Can anyone see me down here

The feeling's gone

There's nothing left to lift me up

Back into the world I know

And now again I've found myself

So far down, away from the sun

That shines into the darkest place

I'm so far down, away from the sun

That shines to light the way for me

To find my way back into the arms

That care about the ones like me

I'm so far down, away from the sun again

It's down to this

I've got to make this life make sense

And now I can't tell what I've done

And now again I've found myself

So far down, away from the sun

That shines to light the way for me

'Cause now again I've found myself

So far down, away from the sun

That shines into the darkest place

I'm so far down, away from the sun

That shines to light the way for me

To find my way back into the arms

That care about the ones like me

I'm so far down, away from the sun again

Oh no...

Yeah...

I'm gone...

Ally bit her lip and the tears began flowing again, why did he have to hurt her so badly?

"Ally?"

Ally opened her eyes and turned to see Trish standing, leaning against the door frame. "Hey Trish," She said wipping her eyes.

Trish gave her a sad smile and joined her friend on the piano bench. "Austin?"

Ally nodded, knowing that there was no point in denying it, her friend knew her too well for that.

"Oh Ally," Trish pulled her close to comfort her. "I know your hurting but..."

"But what?"

"Nothing. Nothing."

"Tell me."

"Ally it's noth -"

"Tell me."

Trish sighed in defeat, "Did you ever stop to think how Austin's feeling?"

"What?" Ally pulled away from Trish and stared at her like she had suddenly just sprouted two extra heads. "Why would I care how Austin's feeling? Besides, he's fine. Probably happy he finally got his filthy hands on my book so he can use all my songs."

"Actually... he's not."

"How would you know?"

"From what I've heard from Dez, Austin has been doing the same thing you have. Crying and sulking. Okay maybe more sulking than crying but he's a guy after all. Ally he's really upset."

"What reason has he got to be upset? He got what he wanted, didn't he? And he was the one who used me! Not the other way around."

"Ally!" Trish said in frustration. "Why would you think Austin would do that to you? He's a nice guy."

"You heard the proof Trish," Ally pointed out.

"Yeah I have but I also talked to Dez who was actually there face to face. Oh, and look what Dez had at the time," Trish rummaged aroud in her bag for a moment and pulled out Dez's video camera.

"So? Dez takes that thing everywhere, what's new about that?"

"What's new is that, Dez being the moron he is, is always forgetting to stop recording when he has been filming. And look what he caught on tape," Trish clicked some things on the camera and then turned it to so Ally could see.

The side of Dez's head was just visible but Austin's entire upper body could be since as he was leant over the table his head resting in his chin. Dez was snacking on fries whilst from what Ally could see, Austin's foor had hardly been touched, which was weird for Austin. The scene went on like this for a moment or two until Dez snapped, "Austin? AUSTIN!"

The blonde jumped a foot in the air as Dez yelling in his ear took him by surprise. Ally couldn't help but giggle slightly at Austin's panic stricken face.

"What's wrong with you? You've been spaced out now for nearly ten minutes," Dez pointed out.

"It's nothing. And besides like you would have noticed you've been attached to your phone all day anyway," Austin snapped.

Dez looked taken aback, "Whoa, dude."

"Sorry. Sorry. I've just got a lot on my mind..."

"Like what?" Dez asked inquired.

Austin sighed, "I have... a problem."

"Like what?"

"Well, you see, there's this girl a like -"

"Ally."

"What? Pfft! No, not Ally. Why would I like Ally? I mean she's... well, she's Ally. She's neurotic, and she has that insane stage fright issue going on, and she's just so darn difficult. I don't understand how... how anybody could not like her," Austin sighed, giving in to Dez's assumption. "So yeah, she may be neurotic and crazy but she's also cute, and funny, and smart, and she writes amazing songs! She has really nice hair, which always smells so nice -"

Ally's face softened and she felt her heart flutter upon hearing this. Austin liked her? Then what was that recording Dallas had about...?

"Like apples," Dez agreed. "Trish's reminds me of vanilla."

Ally caught Trish blushing a light pink at this and Ally smiled knowingly.

Austin was too caught up with his talk of Ally to notice the wistful look on his friend's face, "What is it about girls which makes their hair smell so nice all the time? You think it's the shampoo they use?"

"Maybe."

"But I'm so confused as to what to do see, Ally's dating this guy -"

"Dallas."

"Dude!"

"Sorry!"

"Where was I? Right. Ally is dating Dallas, only he's kinda, using her for her songs. And I don't know what to do. Do I tell her or not?"

"As they say in all chick flicks, follow your heart."

"But what if my heart is having the same problem and can't seem to make a decision?"

"Your heart never has those moments. It always knows the right decision, whether you like the outcome of it or not."

"When did you become all wise on me?"

"Since my mom made me watch a bunch of girly movies with her last month on 'Mommy and Dez day.'"

"Your mom is still making you do 'Mommy and Dez day'?" Austin snickered.

Dez rolled his eyes, "Can we go now? You've obviously finished your food and the food court is getting busy now anyway."

"Whatever, Mommy's boy," Austin laughed.

"Shut up!"

The camera cut off there as Dez had picked it up. Trish looked down at Ally who was now chewing her hair. "Do you understand now?"

"Austin didn't actually say all those things. But that still doesn't explain how Dallas had that recording on his phone," Ally pondered.

"Didn't Dallas have the recording on his phone?" Trish asked as her hawk like eyes caught sight of the slim, black phone resting on top of the grand piano. "Well, I bet he hasn't deleted it yet."

"You thinking what I'm thinking?"

Trish nodded and swipped the phone, "Okay... Chizz."

"What?"

"It's asking for a password."

"Oh that's easy," Ally giggled. "It's one, two, three, four."

Trish gave Ally a skeptical look.

Ally shrugged, "Hey I said he was cute, I never said he was the brightest bulb in the basket."

Trish punched in the password and said, "And you keep your bulbs in a basket, do you?"

"Just find the recording!"

"Okay..." Trish said as she searched the phone for her evidence. "And here's the proof. Your beau Dallas the audia version of Cutting Room Flow. And according to this, the audio of Austin confessing his hatred and how he was using you, is saved under 'Cutting Room Flow 1'. Right, so if I open this. And slow this. We get..." Trish pressed play and the audio played out.

"What? Pfft! No, not Ally. Why would I like Ally? I mean she's... well, she's Ally. She's neurotic, and she has that insane stage fright issue going on, and she's just so darn difficult. I don't understand how... how anybody could. Like her. She's. not. cute or funny or smart. But she writes amazing songs. I'm. Only. Using her for her songs."

Ally gasped, "It's choppy and pauses now you've slowed it down."

"See, so Dallas lied not Austin."

"And if it was Dallas who was lying not Austin then -"

"I bet that it was Dallas using you for your music not Austin."

"Which is why he wanted me to keep writing even after I told him I was done!" Ally said everything dawning on her. "How could I have been so stupid to pick Dallas over Austin?" She groaned.

Trish rubbed her back soothingly, "Don't worry, we all make mistakes. And I'm sure Austin will forgive you. I mean, he hasn't even looked in your book, which means he still cares for you."

"What?"

"He still hasn't looked in your book."

Ally's heart melted right there and then, "You mean he's had it all week and he hasn't even touched it? But he had the choice. I gave it to him! Why didn't he?"

"Because Austin isn't the bad guy here Ally. Dallas is. Austin would never do that to hurt you, and according to Dez he won't even touch his guitar."

Ally pressed her hands to her eyes, "What have I done?"

"That doesn't matter right now. But what does is that you fix it!"

"How do I fix -"

"Go see him!"

"But what about Dallas?"

Trish smirked, "You just leave that to me. You may not be a big fan of revenge but I am."

Ally smiled at her friend, "You're awesome, you know that?"

"Yes, I do. Now go!"

"Right!" Ally hurried out of the door and down the stairs. She just hoped that when she got to him he'd forgive her. Ally was so caught up in planning out what she was going to say to Austin in her apology she wasn't paying attention to where she was going, that just as she got towards the exit of the store she crashed into some poor customer and they both hit the floor with a thud. "Oh my gosh!" Ally apolgised quickly. "I'm so sorry, I'm in a hurry and - Austin?"


Hey guys! :D

Hope you guys liked that - not long now until this story reaches it's end :'(

And here's a little trivia for ya, Ally's line "The brightest bulb in the basket." was actually something I said to one of my friends and she replied with what Trish said, "And you keep your bulbs in a basket, do you?"

Okkie dokey, time for everyones favourite part of the update, the replies ;D

WitchWithWords - Yes I have seen 'A Very Potter Musical' (And the sequel)and yes I will agree it is AMAZING! My favourite character in it would have to be Malfoy because he cracks me up through out the entire thing ;D And indeed I am a Harry potter fan, and I quite frequently read Scorpius and Rose fics because I think their just adorable together :)

Draco-Malfoy-Is-Zebratastical - Same here! My Mom and brother seem to think that I am the only person in the world who watches Disney channel, aside from a bunch of seven year olds :L Well how wrong they are! ^_^

a-rose-4-Jinx - I just hope you don't hate me for this cliffy also ;D

I Love Lewis - Ally is going to forgive him, I promise and Dallas will be dealt with by Trish ;)

Tenshi Yami- Angel of Darkness - Thank you :) And you're not the only one. Heck! Even I hate Dallas and I'm the one controlling him :P

Taylorcutie - Long review! :D Put some Trish in for ya, and technically some Dez too :P And as soon as I'm done with this fic I will prbably start a new one since Austin & Ally really have captivated me :D

.Laura - YAY! I made someone fangirl ^_^ Result! :P

summer mosabbeh - I wish I could :/ But don't worry Trish is going to destroy him... Mwhahaha! :)

GabbyDJesus - Personally I think this is the fastest I've ever written and update a fanfic ^_^

1seddiefan - Unfortuantely he did mope around but so did Ally, and who knows, maybe Ally will mend his heart... ;D

SnowXPrincessXOfXWonderland - Indeed he is :L And in my mind Dallas was happy because he'd successfully ruined the relationship between Austin & Ally, I think that he was so caught up in his initial success that he didn't really take in what Ally had said and if he did then he just assumed he could change her mind. Which evidently he could not :L And you're just gonna have to wait and see when it comes to what happens to Dallas...

AnimeRoxx - Loing review = Evie is happy. Yay! ^_^ I made you cry seriously? Is it wrong for me to feel proud of myself because of that? ;D And my twitter name is Veve2491 same as on here, so once you've followed me just send me a tweet and I'll follow back :)

austin-ally - Neither can I ^_^ They will be so adorable, I just hope they don't go over the top with it and change completely with each other :L

LilRockerStar - Indeed, I do have a youtube account ^_^ My username is the same as on here and twitter - Veve2491 - and I will chat anytime :P Just please don't laugh at my only two videos I have on there ;D :L

Ann Le - Don't ya just love drama? ;D Best fic? Really? Aww, you make me blush ^_^

josephine - I wanna guess that you are somehwere between 13 and 16, do tell me if I'm right :D And my younger siblings are 14, 13 and 9. I'm 15 - how cool am I? 8) and my step-brother is 17 - and a complete ass :P And seriously you're gonna make my head so big it may burst :D And I like you're catch phrase ^_^

Bubblelina15 - No, he's not adorable, he's adorkable ;D And if Austin needed a shoulder to cry on, he can have mine any day :P

chelsea - :D I'm so proud I made you almost cry, though that probably sounds horrible :L I hope this chapter wasn't too predictable ;D Hopefully the nxt one will be good too :P

Daughter of sea and wisdom - I agree 100%! :D And thank you :)

blackbarbie12 - Indeed he is ;D as Sam Puckett would say - He's so hot I wanna bake cookies on him - :P

AA3 - Don't worry, Trish is gonna sort Dallas out, trust me :P And you would not believe how big my smile got when you said my story was the best on fanfiction. Literally I'm pretty sure my grin is about to eat my face :D

bubbles237 - The fight, as horrible as it seems, I actually enjoyed writing because I could see it happening in my head :L and they will make up, I promise!

x KawaiiAngel x - Thank you :) And I should probably apologise for making you cry but honestly, I'm proud of myself :L :D

- Originally I was gonna have Austin come and tell her but I decided that she should work it out on her own (With some help from Trish of course :P )

Peace-Love-Star-Girl - I'm sorry! I know you wanted it 'now' but I've gotta write it late at night my time so everyone in the US get's it at a reasonable time for them :L So whilst you guys are all reading it I'm asleep :L But I'll try update as quickly as possible, I promise :)

aburke2016 - You're not the only one :L Hey! We should make a gang and hunt him down with pitch forks ;D Jokes, I don't think Disney would be all that impressed :P

Anunknownperson - Lon review! ^_^ In all honestly, if people want to 'flame' me, critisise me or praise me, I don't mind. I will respect you regardless for having an opinion which in the long run makes my writing better. So even if you don't like my writing, by voicing your opinion it's better for me in the long run. And I enjoy reading you guys' reviews, it makes me feel happy, and I enjoy talking to you all and get your opinions and thoughts, so I will keep replying unless I'm told by people that they hate it, in which case I'll just stop replying to them ;D :L

ctiger - Are you psychic? And I hope I kept it up this chapter ;D

Emmy - Thank you :) And Austin does have a way of fixing things with Ally and Ally has a way of fixing things with him, you're just gonna have to wait and see ;D And thanks for calling me dedicated :) Makes me smile.

Sunshiningdays581 - Love your name :D I enjoy writing the drama :L And I keep meaning to watch pretty little liars but I never seem to get around to it :/ I may just read the books :L

Miss-Song-Bird - Basically boxing day is just the first dat after Christmas :L In the olden days it was a custom for tradesmen to collect "Christmas boxes" of money or presents on the first weekday after Christmas as thanks for good service throughout the year, usually now we just take it as another day off ;D And smae, Channy was my first ship, well my first real ship before then I guess you could say it was TJ and Spinelli from recess and Gordo and Lizzie on Lizzie McGuire :P

- Is that a good 'OMG'? :L

0LikeABoss0 - Now we've just gotta wait and see if Ally says it back... ^_^

clarinetto14 - I shall join you! :P

PepperonyLuverLol - Updated specially so you wouldn't be bored ;D

4everyoung - Couldn't agree more! And Trish is gonna get him, just wait and see ;D

Well, that's it from me tonight. Once again I hope you all have an amazing Christmas or if you don't celebrate Christmas I hope you have an amazing day anyway :)

Peace Out Suckahs!

Evie xxx

PS. The song Ally sings is 'Away From The Sun - 3 Doors Down'