Disclaimer: I don't own Austin and Ally or Not A Love Song by Ross Lynch.

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We've come so far,

Being just the way we are

If it's not broke, don't fix it

He still remembered the brief week he and Ally had dated; it had been one of the best weeks of his life, no matter how short he still cherished it. Loving the fact he could hug her whenever he wanted, marveling at how perfect their hands intertwined, completely enamored with her eyes.

When people would ask him where he was going he would always respond, "To see my girlfriend, Ally." He would never get tired of calling Ally Dawson his girlfriend. At school he would always get dirty looks from other guys but he didn't care. Ally was finally his and nothing could possibly change that, he was going to show the whole world that she was his and he was hers. They belonged to each other, forever and ever. But sadly it seemed as if nothing lasted forever.

Their first date had been the beginning of the end.

The night had been full with pointless small talk, excessive use of the word 'cool', overall it had been awkward and uncomfortable. But he hadn't seen it as a failure, they could always go on another date, they had plenty of time. As long as they could still write music together they would be fine.

It seemed as if the odds weren't in his favor.

How cool is this cash register?

So cool.

It was as if that was the only thing they could agree on.

Desperate to salvage their relationship he had turned to Dez for help.

"In the game of love one must yield to the whims of their significant other... dude just compromise."

Unable to think of anything he had done just that, resulting in the worst song he and Ally had ever written, resulting in the worst pitch ever, ending with both of them covered in Butch goo.

"Maybe Butch and Bitey should just go back to being friends."

It was in that moment he knew their relationship was over.

**Flash Back**

They returned from the pitch their spirits high even though there was no way they could have possibly gotten the job. Their laughter dying down he took a seat across from Ally, steeling himself for whatever was coming next.

"I really wanted this to work." Ally said sadly.

"Me too, more than anything.I just that being together is getting in the way of us being us." Ally's sadness mirrored his own.

Why did everything always have to fall apart?

"Things were great the way they were."

How could they have been great? He had spent most of the time denying his feelings for Ally while she was probably dying inside. He had never realized the extent to which he had hurt her until after he had kissed her and Kira had shown up. She had looked so devastated, and then he had to go and make matters worse. Instead of breaking up with Kira he had taken the cowards way out and tried to get Jimmy to break them up, but that back fired on him as well. When he finally broke up with her Ally didn't believe him thanks to Cheetah Beat. He had given up hope on him Ally ever being together. A stolen song brought them together, one song was all it took for him and Ally to finally become a couple. And now one song was all it took for them to stop being a couple.

"Maybe we're not ready to be a couple just yet. Friends?" she offered.

How was it possible that she had given him hope and yanked it away from him all in one sentence?

"And partners. Always." He whispered.

If this was what it took he would do it for her sake and his sanity.

They got up, not sure what to do he went to hug her while she went to give him a handshake.

Did she remember the first time they their hug/handshake? They had just finished writing their first song together.

Trying again he offered her his hand while she went to hug him.

What about the second time? It was with that they finally became partners.

Chuckling he pulled her in for a hug, their last hug as a couple.

"This is just as friends right?"

Or not.

"Yeah, just as friends." he assured her.

"Okay, but don't let go just yet." she said nuzzling her head into his neck.

"I wasn't going to." He answered hugging her even tighter.

**End Flash Back**

And he should have never had let her go. Just remembering their break up was making him sad.

Dez had been devastated, and Trish well… Trish didn't show really show her feelings but he knew that she wasn't happy about it either.

Since then he had just put all his time and energy into his music, not wanting to dwell on the break up more than he had to. The closest he ever got to telling her how he felt was when he wrote her that letter, but even then he had chickened out and not really told her. Now he just locked away all feelings towards Ally that weren't friendly.

At times he still wondered what would have happened if they never broke up. They never got back together, the timing was never right. He had just resigned to the fact that he and Ally just weren't meant to be.

And he was fine with it. He was fine, really. He was fine.