I am back. Sorry it took me so long to get back to this oneshot collection. Once again I don't own anybody but the plot. The song is "Still the One" by Shania Twain and features the Moon munchkins. Please review and hopefully enjoy this fluffy, sweet, romantic and maybe a smidge cheesy fanfic.
It is Austin and Ally Moon's 10th wedding anniversary which leads to some reminiscing of the love story to end all love stories; their own.
December 2nd
Ohh girl pretty. Really pretty. If I was a cartoon character, I'm sure my eyes would be bugged out of my head with hearts as the irises, my tongue would be a carpet rolling out of the drool and covered with a drool river and I would be making weird animals hoots and whistles. Wow calm down Moon, when have you been so starstruck about a girl you just met? Usually it is the girls who act all silly, flirty and trip over their own tongue and feet for my attention, not that I am conceited or anything, I am just stating facts.
Not this girl, she seems to be a tough cookie who likes her rules and order and even in the face of having fun or experiencing life she will hold on tight to her rules and order. Ohh I am going to enjoy "funning" her up I can feel it in my bones, if she will only give me some of her time and energy. Do I want a chance to get to know her more? (thinks for a minute) Surprisingly I do, now to use the Moon charm to get past those "I love rules and order" walls and see if I can make a new friend out of Ms Cutie.
Wow and I always thought that the whole blondes are stupid was so cliche and stereotypical, I may have my "duh" moments but who doesn't have those in their lifetime?. But how dumb can I be to not have realized that over the last 3 years I have been slowly but surely falling in love with Ally? Thank you Dez for knocking some sense into me,I hate to admit it but you really are the "Love Whisperer".
I mean Ally and I are together practically 24\7 and even when we aren't together she is on my mind thinking about our daily little moments that no one could say were "just friends" moments and planning our next encounter that will top the sweetest and romance of the previous ones. That should have been the thing that opened my eyes but whatever. I know now and will definitely do something about it.
I feel like dancing around the room in a big and extravagant happy dance while singing "Ally Dawson Loves Me!" over and over again so everyone in the mall would know that the woman of my dreams loves me back. Then sit down and seriously think of ways to sweep my girl off her feet in the most romantic and sweetest way ever; the most romantic movies and books will have nothing on me. Ready or not Ms Ally here I come and when I find you I will be making up for lost time and give you a lot of more of those soft, sweet, emotion poured into kisses.
Even though it might be my lovesick heart speaking but being dumped by Star Records is so worth it, (loss of a childhood dream or not) no one has the right to tell me who I can love let alone be in a relationship with. I think I know my fans pretty well and even though there are fans who will pout, whine and bully my Ally over the fact that she is the woman who won my heart "away" from them.
Then again there are more of my fans who will be over the moon happy to know that not only are Ally and I head over heels in love but are dating. Heck over the years we had been mistaken for a couple or told we would make a cute couple everytime we are seen together over the years so no one can or should be really surprised we finally got together.
How is that after 4 years of being apart, the longest, saddest and depressing years of my life, Ally is still the most drop dead gorgeous woman I have ever laid eyes on? I don't know what to do; when Ally called a break my heart broke into tiny pieces that I couldn't even pretend to move on with girls who learned pretty early on that they could never have my heart or love and who broke up with me within weeks of "dating" and from talking to Trish Ally had the same problem.
That made me happy to hear that Ally was just as torn up as me and hadn't found a "better" guy to replace me, that proved she might still be in love with me and if she had the chnage would take me back. If there was anyway we could get back together, I would be the happiest man in the entire world and would treat Ally like the Queen she is and never let her go again ,doubt my love or the fact that we were made for each other.
Sheesh and I thought I was nervous proposing to Ally, I wrote so many rough copies of my proposal plus many nights of practicing in the mirror even before I actually proposed to her. We were 24 with good jobs that we knew was leading to a bright future living our dreams of making music together , were head over heels in love and wanted to spend the rest of our lives together so in my heart in heart I knew it was the right time to propose. Ally not responding for what felt like forever but as she tells me it was only a minute made my palms become lakes, my heart threaten to beat out of my chest and run away and my mind retracing over my words to see what I might have said wrong to get denied the love of my life as my wife.
Ally knocking me down and raining kisses on my lips and face in between her breathless "yes!" saved my soul and heart from going nuts. Standing at the aisle I had a mini panic attack until I saw my beautiful angel gliding down towards me with an ear to ear smile which blinded everyone around her. The rest of the wedding was kind of a blur, though I do remember Ally and mine's vows, cause we were starring gooey eyed at each other the entire time in our love bubble. And you betcha I gave Ally a breath stealing kiss when the priest announced us husband and wife.
I have had a lot of memorable moments in my life, most of them have to do with Ally, and both of Ally's pregnancies and the birth of our two babies tops the list. I treasured every moment from the kicks, ultrasounds, cravings , daily father to child conversations and reading bedtime stories to the belly. To be honest I truly didn't care the gender of my babies, all I cared about was they were healthy, happy and maybe had more of their mommy's personality and looks then mine (hey according to me their mommy is an angel so any child like her would be incredibly blessed). With each child I become an even luckier guy; I got a daddy's girl who is her mom's mini clone and a little man who is like me to do guy stuff with but who also loves his mom with all his little heart.
When Austin first opened his eyes after shutting off the blaring alarm before it woke his wife, the bright sunlight caused him to scrunch his eyes before covering them with his arm until they were used to the morning light. It took him awhile to remember the memorable event that happened 10 years ago and was to date one of the best days of his life. He forced his mind to clear and to remember all the things he had to do to make this the anniversary the best one yet but to get them done before his wife he had to get up now.
He tried to sit up but he couldn't get up very far cause a little body was snuggled up to him, using his chest as her pillow and his waist as her 2nd teddy bear as her little legs were tangled with his. When he tried to wiggle out from under Ava, she whimpered and only clung to him tighter so not to disturb his daughter, Austin sat up and got out of bed slowly with his little monkey clinging to his front. Though he swear he could hear musical giggles coming from his chest so it seemed his little Sleeping Beauty was more awake then she pretended to be and didn't mind being moved.
"Good morning sweetheart. Rise and shine and greet this beautiful morning. Daddy needs his little princess' help in making mommy super duper happy and know how much we love her. There's my beautiful girl. Hi babydoll. ( places a kiss on Ava's pursed lips) Now we gotta wake up your brother, hope he isn't a bear." Austin crooned into Ava's little ear as he walked around the bed to Ally's side, stopping to check out his wife's beauty for a minute or two, to locate his son.
"Alex, buddy. Come on up and att'm. Oh don't you roll over on me. Come on daddy and Ava need your help in surprising mommy that will make her so happy that she will rain hugs, kisses and praise on us. Aha I see that smile, I know you like getting mommy kisses so it's time to get up." Austin alternatively rubbed and shook his son's back as gently as he could as Alex was all snuggled up in Ally's arms and with each shake the little boy only burrowed deeper with a whine of displeasure.
"Daddy, stop. No I do not want to get up. I am warm and all snuggly with mommy. Daddy, I said no." Alex protested as Austin worked a hand in between the two bodies, got his son free from his mom and to stop the beginning of whining and protesting gave him a piggyback ride with Ava still clinging to his front. The kids tried their hardest to stiffle their giggles but some of them escaped as Austin trudged down the hall with the extra weight of his kids on him down to the kitchen to start breakfast.
In her sleep Ally reached out for her family to pull them even closer together for a true family snuggle, a daily occurance that she throughly enjoyed going to sleep or waking up with, but found only slightly cooler sheets. She woke up with a start to find a lavender colored stationary with butterflies decorated in the corners on her husband's pillow with her name on it. Eagerly she scooped it up, not even lifting her head too far from her own pillow and read it:
To My Ally,
I still can't believe that 10 years ago the woman of my dreams agreed to be my wife and agreed to spend the rest of her life with me. It seems just like yesterday that you and I met, I might not have realized it at the time but I definitely fell in love with you when our eyes and your touch on my wrist only cemented it. We have had our ups and downs, just like any couple head over heels in love, but in the end our love, faith and trust in each other pulled us through and has only gotten stronger, deeper and truer over the years.
I fall even more in love with you more and more each day, it is like I am seeing you for the first time each day and even after all these years as besties, partners in music, husband and wife and of course mommy and daddy you are still the one and only woman my heart belongs to. You are the one I still dream about, night, day and specially when I am suppose to be paying attention to Jimmy and Ronnie ( hey they can't expect me to sing a love song and not expect me to have my own love on my mind while doing it).
You are also the woman that still gives me butterflies in my tummy and who puts a goofy lovesick grin on my face when I think of you or any of the moments we might have had our doubters, some delusional fans who thought we "belonged" with them and even our families who thought we were too young to understand what true love really means but you and me sweetheart proved them dead wrong. Good thing too cause if not then we wouldn't be happily married to our soulmates with two beautiful healthy and happy kids and a fulfilling and amazing career that allows us to work together and live out our musical dreams.
Happy Anniversary to the woman I love, then, now and forever. Here's to more 50 years of being happily in love.
Love
Your Hubby
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo ( warning I will be collecting these hugs and kisses later ;) )
Ally walked into the kitchen to find quite a scene; Ava, the apron had to be tied at least three times around her skinny little waist and reached her toes, looking oh so adorable with a flour and egg combination batter on her cheeks, hands, hair and all over her apron dress as her little tongue stuck out in concentration as she carefully stirred the batter though most of the batter had escaped onto the counter.
Alex was running around setting the table when he saw his mom standing with a loving smile on her face watching her babies work. He ran over to Ally, wrapping his little arms around her waist holding a mismatched wildly arranged bouquet of flowers. "Happy Nannaversary Mommy! I got you flowers. Do you like them? I thought they were pretty and since you are pretty I wanted to get you something pretty"
Ally couldn't help but notice that the flowers were from her front yard garden as they still had the roots with dirt and rocks still clinging to them but her heart still melted like the pancakes her daughter was making at the sweetness of her son's actions. Like Father Like Son both complete sweethearts without meaning to be but with simple words and gestures melt my heart and make me fall even more in love with them. "Thank you sweetheart. I love the flowers, they are very pretty." she cooed as she crouched down to plant a kiss on his slightly puckered lips along with a squishy hug.
After a yummy family breakfast of pancakes, bacon and fresh fruit salad, Ally left to go to the studio for a couple of hours to do her vocals on Austin and hers' newest song while Austin got the kids ready to go grocery shopping for the romantic anniversary dinner he had planned for Ally and him and the other errands he needed to do before tonight.
"Daddy, what's a nanniversary?" Alex innocently asked as he swung his feet kicking his dad's thighs in the front seat of the cart while trying to read the shopping list in his hand. Ava, in the backseat answered as she reached for the items off the shelves that Austin read out: "Mommy and daddy got married, that means they became husband and wife, 10 years ago so they are celebrating with special food, flowers and lots and lots of kisses." Alex starts to mock gag, shudder and more or less get a "eww" look on his face like his sister said today means Austin and Ally will make him bathe in bugs or do other gross stuff.
Austin just laughed at his son's facial expressions as that had been his reaction when he was a child when he saw his parents or anyone being affectionate or loving towards each other. To be honest that had been his reaction, "when I do find love, there is no way i will be that far gone that I become a googly eyed-lovestruck goofball who can't stand to be away from my girlfriend let alone my lips off hers" all the way up to the moment he first realized he had fallen in love with Ally then he became that person wholeheartedly.
"What? You don't like seeing people being all kissy kissy and lovey dovey? (puckers up and pretends to lean in to kiss Alex much to his son's playful distress who tried to dodge him) Hate to break it to you little man but one day when you are older, you will meet a girl and fall in love with her which means you will want to give her kisses, be around her as much as you can and do and say sweet and romantic things for her to make her happy and want to give you more kisses. So don't make that yucky face at me."
Ally felt she could crawl into bed and sleep for the next 24 hours, after of course making sure her family's needs were taken care of and she had been properly cleansed and teeth were brushed. It had been a brutally long, stressful and demanding day at the studio; it seemed whenever she had thought she was finally done singing a particular song after doing the same song over a millions times, Ronnie would ask her to do it a couple more times to make sure it was 100% perfect.
Every part of her hurt from the 7 am to 6pm on the go constantly and possibly overusing her voice singing day she had plus the fact that she had two young very energetic kids to take care of, one who wasn't a fan of going to bed or sleeping in and was a fan of jumping on the bed and throwing pillows to wake someone up as early as he possible could. But since it was Austin and her's wedding anniversary, a day that shouldn't go past without celebrating the years they had shared together as husband and wife, she was mentally preparing herself to fake energy and paint a smile on her face so she didn't ruin her husband's sweet and romantic plans for the evening.
When she first entered the house she instantly heard the smoke alarm, smelt the smoke and could hear Austin and the kids' shouts of alarm, distress and the pounding of their feet as they rushed around. All she could do to stop her pounding heart and her scrambling mind of thinking of the worst possible circumstances that awaited her in the kitchen was dropping her purse and running to the kitchen. To be honest, what she saw in front of her was bad but wasn't as bad as she feared.
"What happened in here? You can't use the fire extinguisher on food! Quick use the water hose! Keep spraying I still see smoke. Ok now that the fire has been put on, could someone please answer my question? Austin? Ava? Alex?" Once again Ally took the lead in the procedure, delegating the tasks that needed to be done to solve the problem quickly and effortlessly. If she hadn't, her kitchen ,God forbid, her house might have burned to the ground leaving her family homeless based on the height of flames and the amount of smoke coming off the curry chicken in the oven and the burnt smell of the curry noodles in the pot.
"Please mommy don't be mad at daddy. He was just trying to make you guys a yummy dinner for your anniversary, Alex and I were helping but the silly oven and food would not cooperate with us and decided to burst into flames. If you have to blame someone, blame the food." Ava and Alex ran to wrap their little arms around their mom's waist and looking up at her with looks of pleading and their normal adorableness as they pleaded their daddy's case.
Ally could literally feel her heart melting in her chest and had the urge to giggle at how far Austin and their kids would go to be the sweeties she knew and loved. She couldn't believe that Austin had tried to cook something other then pancakes in order to woo her again and make this anniversary extra special. The obvious mess of the kitchen could be easily cleaned up, and believe her it would be cleaned by the entire family tomorrow morning, but the romantic aspect of the gesture won her over.
"Oh sweethearts, mommy is in no way angry at daddy or you guys. How could I be when you guys tried your hardest to be all sweet and romantic? That is all I could ask for; that you guys tried your hardest doing something you knew I would be happy about. I believe this calls for one squishy, tight and kissy family hug." Ally went down to her knees to gather both her babies in her arms for said family hug made only better when Austin joined in gathering the three most important people in his life into his arms where kisses were rained upon cheeks and lips.
While Austin helped the kids pack for their night at Grandma and Grandpa's, Ally phoned Swiss Chalet for dinner which unfortunately got her a teenaged, rude and abrupt deliveryman. "Judging from the burnt food smell in the air, BTW no matter how many air fresheners you have the smell won't go away, your husband tried to be all romantic and cook dinner. This of course resulted in it being burned so you needed to order from my restaurant to save your marriage which is desperate in any sense."
"Even though it is none of your business, I think it was really sweet and romantic that at least my husband tried to romance me; it is the thought and effort that counts in the end. Here is your money and have a nice night" Ally tried to keep her cool with this jerk; it was really hard not to use her hidden sass (thanks to her many years of friendship with Trish) to put this young man in his place. Plus no one disses her husband and gets away sass free, not on her watch. But she also wanted to start her romantic night with the man she loves as soon as possible so she held her tongue, the faster this boy went bye the sooner the romance would start.
"First of all Ally I am so so sorry that I ruined our anniversary dinner. I was just trying to be all romantic, sweet and spontaneous, I mean it is our anniversary which means this is a really important day designed to let you know, 100%, how much I love, adore, worship you. I am extremely thankful everyday that I walked into Sonic Boom on this day many years ago and decided to play the drums with corndogs and that I somehow all along the way won your heart.
Before you say anything, I already know what you are going to say next: "Austin, sweetie you should know by now that like Valentine's Day, everyday should be the day that you not only tell the people you love them but also show them in the small simplest ways. Don't give me that look, you know you were just about to say the exact thing but I beat you too it. I can read your mind, well most of the time I can." Austin said as he reached across the table to gather both of his wife's hands so she understood he was being serious about the ruined dinner and of course infusing his speech with his normal humor in order to bring a beautiful smile on Ally's face.
"Laugh it up Mr Moon. You aren't the only one who can read minds especially with my spouse. I don't even have to look up to know you are sporting your "I got over on my wife with my wit and knowledge of my woman" look which you better wipe right off right now or this night will end differently. Ally said in a mock angry tone of voice complete with mock rolling of the eyes but really she was trying to hide her smile at the dorkiness yet accurateness of her husband.
" Austin Monica Moon, you might be one of the most infuriating yet sweetest and most romantic guy I know. But I love how you always seem to know what to say and do to make my heart melt , remind me why I fell in love with you and continue to do so each and everyday. Now shut your kissable mouth and kiss me already." (insert heart eyes with a sincerity, love and of course flirting)
"Well if I gotta I gotta and I was taught to never question a woman so pucker up Mrs Moon. ( Leans over the table to plant a soft, loving, tender and sweet kiss on his wife's lips which of course changed to a little more passionate in no time and only when they both needed air did they split). Happy Anniversary Sweetheart."