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Chapter 3

Once Ally had disappeared through the upstairs door, a tall male figure silently emerged from the blackness of the downstairs closet.

As the figure made his way up the stairs he could hear a heartbroken melody emanate through the hollowness of the empty music store; which made it feel almost haunted.

When the figure finally reached the door where the hypnotic music originated, he turned the brass nod. It opened silently which allowed him to enter without detection.

The open door revealed a petite brunette was seated at a piano; she played as if the rest of the world didn't exist.

A smile appeared across his lips as he watched her lose herself in the lyrics. Tears poured from her eyes with every single breath; this broke his heart but he wasn't about to interrupt. The words that she sang demanded that he listen to her. The angst, the sorrow, the desire in every single note displayed intoxicated him.

When the song came to its end he knew it was time to make his presence known.

He wanted to say something that truly express the intensity of what he felt, but when he opened his mouth to speak all that came out was, "Wow."

The girl at the piano looked at him in surprise and modification. "Austin…what are you doing here?"

"I hid in the janitor's closet when you weren't looking." He made his way to her as he explained. "I knew something was wrong but I also knew you wouldn't tell with everyone else around."

When the blond reached her he took his usual seat at the piano, to her right. "So what's wrong?" He reached his hand out and wiped the tears that still lingered on his best friend's face.

Ally bit her lip thoughtfully. She was still uncertain how to put it in words. She knew he would be mad that she hadn't told him about Blake before but that no longer mattered. He needed to know and that was that.

"I know should have told you this a long time ago Austin but…you see…Ugh! Why is this so hard to say out loud?" She exclaimed. Ally got up from the bench and began to pace.

She bit her thumbnail in frustration; her face scrunched in thought. Austin watched her pace as he racked his own brain of ways to calm her down enough so she could explain.

Then it came to him. "Is this about the person you wrote that song you were singing about?"

This caught Ally's attention. She stopped mid stride and stared at Austin in wonder. He always seemed to know just the right questions to ask.

Ally let out a chuckle of wonderment at the fact that no matter how freaked out she could get at times the blond haired boy always brought her back down to earth.

She walked back over to him and turned herself to the shiny, black piano bench. "Yeah, it does."

There was a momentary pause than the brunette sighed and relayed the story of her past love.

**About Thirty Minutes Later**

"And now apparently he's moving back to Miami for some unknown reason." Ally concluded. She ran her fingers through her hair in frustration. The reality of the situation had once again hit her in a wave uncertainty.

Austin could see this and reassuringly put both his hands on her shoulders. "Ally, breathe. It's going to be okay."

Ally looked into his eyes with skepticism written all over her face; though one look into those big brown eyes instantly put her at ease. Her whole body relaxed as Austin brought her in for a hug.

He smoothed her hair soothingly. He felt her relax into the hug. This made him smile as a warm fuzzy feeling welled up inside of him. Then his heart began to beat faster, his breath became shallow and the smile on his face quickly turned into a look of shock.

'Where did that come from?' He thought to himself. 'This is Ally for crying out loud. I've hugged her a million and one times and I've never felt this before. What is wrong with me?'

Ally didn't seem to notice the change of behavior in her best friend. She pulled away from him, a peaceful smile on her lips.

When he felt her pull away from him Austin immediately changed his face back to the warm smile of before. He didn't want her to see something in his eyes he didn't fully understand himself. He couldn't even begin to explain it to himself let alone her. 'It was nothing. She's dealing with bigger problems. The last thing she needs is me making things more complicated than they already are.'

"Thank you. You always know how to make me feel better." She said than hugged him once again. This made the young pop-star grin from ear to ear and his stomach flip-flopped.

He ignored this phenomenon and went straight into best friend mode. "You're welcome. Now I hope you to know that I don't plan on being civil to this guy. I mean, who does he think he is treating you like that? Not my Ally. No one gets to treat you like this, no one."

Austin's eyes narrowed at that last sentence. As he rambled his overprotective side kicked in and he didn't quite know how to control it. "You know, usually I would tell you to leave it alone and I'll take care of it, but honestly I don't think I can do it alone."

Gratefulness filled her heart which caused her to once again wrap her arms around Austin's neck. "What would I do without you?" She said the smile in her voice was quite prominent.

She pulled back from the hug and looked for her answer. Austin playfully shrugged with a look on his face that read, 'I don't know… Aren't I adorable?'.

Ally laughed which broke the tension that had hung in the room like a dark cloud since Austin first arrived.

She playfully punched his arm for his cheeky response. He cried out in over dramatic pain; Ally just rolled her eyes and shook her head.

When Austin saw she wasn't impressed he dropped the act and returned to his normal self.

"Now," Austin said as he decided that it was time to get her mind off of her problems. "I have had this tone stuck in my head all day and I need your help to get it out."

He flipped around toward the black and white keys and began to play.

The two worked late into the night on their new song. It was just what Ally needed as a distraction and to relax. But what neither of them knew was that the drama and the other events that would unfold over the next weeks and months of their lives would change their relationship forever.

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