Disclaimer: I don't own Austin&Ally, all rights go to the Creators.
Song of the Chapter: Sparks Fly by Taylor Swift.
Enjoy!
Chapter 4: It's A Date.
"Trish!" Ally cried as soon as the Latina had answered the phone call "We have a problem!"
"Okay, Ally just calm down no need to shout." Trish replied, cringing at the high pitch scream that Ally let out. Even through the phone it was eardrum shattering.
"I can't, Trish! This is a big problem, like huge! I-it's about..." she trialed away, making the Latina hang on to her phone in anticipation.
"Well, spit it out!" Trish shouted
"It's about... you know who..."
"What? You know who? You mean, Voldemort?"
"No, Trish, why would it be about Voldemort? It's about Austin..."
Trish gasped "I'm on my way. I'll be there in 5 minutes."
Then they hung up. Trish quickly made her way to Ally's house. Once she was there, she immediately ran for Ally's room, just saying a quick 'hello' to Ally's dad then bolting up to Ally's room.
She opened the door with a thud "Okay, I'm here!" she said "What's the situation?"
"Trish!" Ally jumped up from her seat. "He, he asked m-me out!" she squealed.
"He- what?" Trish exclaimed "A-Ally that's great! What's the problem there?"
"Well..." she grimaced, playing with her fingers "He didn't exactly ask me out... I mean, he wanted me to come with him to a Taylor Swift concert but h-he didn't exactly say if it was a date or not..."
"He asked you out to a Taylor Swift concert?! Ally, that's definitely a date!"
"But what if it's not? I don't want to get my hopes up, Trish."
The Latina sighed "Then just ask him if it is a date." she simply said, as if it was the easiest thing to do in the world.
Ally stared at her incredulously "I can't just ask him! I don't want to sound too desperate! If I ask him if it's a date and it's not then he'll think that I want to date him."
"That's because you really want to date him."
"Yeah, but I don't want him to find out! What if he doesn't feel the same way about me?"
"Ally, just calm down, okay?" Trish told her "Don't over think everything. Just go to the concert with him. When is it?"
"Tonight..." she answered.
"Tonight?!" Trish cried "If it's tonight then what are you still doing here moping around! We have to get you ready! Date or not a date, you have to look your best for Austin."
Then for the rest of the day, Trish helped Ally prep up for her "date/not-a-date" with Austin. Helping the Brunette pick the perfect outfit, curl her hair, put light make up on her.
By 6:30 p.m., Ally was all set for her "date/not-a-date" with Austin. "You look great, Ally." Trish told her for the umpteenth time.
The Brunette sighed "You don't think I over dressed, I mean what if it's not a date? I'm getting way ahead of myself- we're going to a Taylor Swift concert, not a fancy dinner!"
Her Latina friend groaned "Ally, you're not over dressed or under dressed. This is border line date slash not a date casual dressed." she gestured at her.
She looked at her outfit. She was wearing a simple floral tank top, a light teal skirt, and cream colored pumps which was only two and a half inch high(Trish and her had a long debate on whether she should wear heels since it was concert that she was going to and settled for the pumps).
"I guess so..." she ran a hand through her wavy Chestnut Brown locks "But-"
"Ally, Austin is here!" she was cut short by her dad. Lester shouted from downstairs.
"Trish!" she squeaked, her doe eyes bulging out of its sockets.
"Just go!" Trish shook her head, shooing Ally with her hands. "Just be sure to tell me what happened tomorrow."
"O-okay..." she nodded, sighing before exiting her room and going downstairs.
Once downstairs, she saw her dad and Austin in their living room. They seem to be having quite a normal conversation- probably something about Austin doing a commercial for Sonic Boom- but Austin looked a tad more nervous than usual. He fiddled with his fingers and didn't look Lester directly in the eyes.
She cleared her throat to announce her presence "Hey, dad. Hey, Austin what are you guys taking about?"
"Ally!" Austin squeaked, whirling around to look at her from the couch "N-nothing. We should really head out now. So, we w-won't be late f-for the concert. Uh, bye, Mr. Dawson!"
Then he stood up from his seat and walked towards Ally and grabbed her hand. "I'll be sure to be back by 11, Mr. Dawson." he called before dragging her out of their house.
"What was that all about?" Ally finally managed to utter as they slowed down their pace from walking, already nearing the venue for Taylor Swift's concert by the Miami mall.
"What was what all about?" he innocently said. Their hands carelessly brushed against each other. "You look great by the way."
"Oh, t-thanks..." she blushed suddenly interested on the gravel in the pavement they walked on. She could feel his Hazel Brown eyes bore into her. "Y-you too..."
Then she heard him chuckled "How can you know that? You're not even looking at me."
She blushed even more, now from embarrassment "I-I just do... You always dress nice. You always look great."
It was his turn to blush.
Before he could say anything though, they had arrived at the venue of the concert. They were right on time for the concert.
Taylor Swift came out and immediately started singing. The seats that Austin got were amazing; they up front and close to the stage, so that they could clearly see whatever was happening there.
"Now, I hope you're all having a fun night cause I am." Taylor began as she played a new melody on her acoustic guitar. "And for my last song that I'm going to sing tonight is from my 'Speak Now' album, I don't know if you guys know but it's called 'Sparks Fly'."
The crowed started cheering, including Ally while Austin just gazed at her, a smile playing on his lips- he just loved knowing that he was partly the reason why she smiling so wide and so bright.
"This was actually requested by one of my friends to sing during tonight's concert." Taylor explained and Austin tensed. "'Cause you see, he asked this girl that he really, really likes to tonight's concert and he told me that this girl loves my songs especially 'Sparks Fly' so he asked me if I could play the song tonight and, well, you know me, and I'm all for love and I don't know if you know this guy but his name is Austin. Like the Austin Moon." the cheering of the crowed got even more loud as a spotlight was directed to Austin and Ally. "So, Austin, my friend, I hope you finally get the girl."
Then she started singing but not, of course, before giving Austin a not so subtle wink.
He could just feel Ally's eyes burn through him as the song played on. He didn't exactly think that the country singer would announce what he did, he wasn't quite prepared for what will happen in the next few minutes.
This was not how he planned(he had nothing planned at all) to tell Ally that he liked her more than a friend. But either way, he'll have to tell her anyway so he'll just have to wing it and worry about what will happen next between them later on.
The song finally ended and the concert was over. Taylor exited the stage and the fans, as well as the two of them started to leave the venue.
There were so many thoughts clouding Ally's mind. Did Taylor really mean what she said? That Austin requested for the song to be played at her concert. And if her analogy was right, she was the girl that Taylor was talking about and she told Austin sometime before that her favorite Taylor Swift song was 'Sparks Fly'.
"Do you still want to eat?" Austin finally broke their silence as they walk through the mall. "Or do you want to go home? It's only 10 p.m., I promised your dad that I'll get you home by 11 so, we still have an hour..."
"No, it's okay. I'm not that hungry anyway." she rubbed her arms as a breeze blew past them. "Can we just walk around?"
"Yeah, okay." he said as he shed off his Red leather jacket "Here, you're cold."
Then he draped the jacket on her shoulder. She pulled it closer to her, loving the warmth that came along with it; it was his warmth, it even smelled like him- like fresh summer breeze(even though it's still Spring).
"Thanks." she murmured.
Silence loomed over them again. 'Come on, Austin! Man up! Just tell her!' he gave himself a pep-talk as they walk from the mall to the beach.
He looked at his wrist watch- 10:23 it read. He had at least half an hour more before he has to get her home, half an hour to tell her that he loves her.
"Ally?"
"Hm?"
"A-about tonight..." he started, avoiding her gaze "What Taylor said-"
"It's a joke. I know," she said, a hint of disappointment in her tone.
His eyes went wide like saucers "N-no! I, I mean, you really think she was joking?"
She shrugged "I-I don't know..." she was really confused. "Is what she said true?" she looked up at him. They had stopped walking by now.
He avoided her eyes once again. "Y-yeah... everything she said was true..." he finally got the courage to look at her "I-I mean, I didn't really plan on telling you it this way but I knew I have to do it anyway, so here it goes..." he took in an air of breath "Ally, I... I know we've been friends for a really long time and what I'm going to say might ruin our friendship but, I just- I don't think I can take being just friends with you anymore."
She didn't say anything so he continued on. "I guess what I'm just trying to say is that I like you, Ally. I really, really do. More than just a friend. Wow, I'm really terrible at expressing my feelings..." he chuckled, running a hand through his hair.
Ally just stood there, gaping at Austin and thinking that she must be dreaming. Because, for the love of all things, Austin actually likes her! He actually likes her more than just a friend!
"I, uh... I know you probably don't feel the same way... so, let's just forget what I said." Austin said after some time because she was still just staring at him.
Then she started giggling "As much as I wished that you were better at expressing yourself, I don't really want to forget what you said."
He looked at her with confused eyes. "I'm sorry, what?"
"I really, really like you too, Austin." she said, her doe eyes shimmering with happiness. She didn't think she'd be able to admit it to him that easily but after his poor way of telling her, she didn't think she'd be able to mess up like he did.
"Really? Y-you do?" his face broke into a wide grin. She nodded and the next thing she knew she was wrapped around in his muscular arms, almost lifting her up to her feet. She giggled, flinging her arms around his neck.
After a few more minutes Austin finally released her. "So, um... can I kiss you now?" he nervously asked.
She chuckled and nodded, leaning up to connect her lips with his. He smiled into the kiss as his hands wrap around her waist to pull her closer. It was all she ever imagined it would be(maybe, minus the disastrous way he confessed to her- but it's the thought that counts, right?).
The kiss was slow and just full of passion. Finally, after for what felt like eternity(although, it still wasn't enough for them), they pulled away.
"'Kiss me on the sidewalk, take away the pain'..." she quoted at him. He laughed.
Then they walked home, hand in hand and Austin was lucky enough that he got Ally home before 11- with three minutes to spare. Lester Dawson was waiting for them at porch of their house, his arms crossed together, and feet tapping the floor impatiently.
"Um... h-hi, Mr. Dawson..." Austin greeted the older fellow, stuttering. Ally could feel his hand(the one that held hers) start sweating.
"Dad." Ally raised an eyebrow at him.
Lester smiled "Trish is still upstairs, she said she'll just stay over so you two can have girls night." he said.
"Really? Well, I'd just leave you two to talk..." she gave Austin's hand a squeeze and kissed his cheek. Then went inside their house, biting the inside of her cheek to keep herself from smiling and laughing- she'd never seen Austin that nervous ever before. But she knew her dad was just playing with him, Lester knew for a very long time that his daughter like Austin.
She went upstairs to her room, not even worrying about what was happening downstairs.
"It was definitely a date, Trish!"
A/N: Eh, that was a little longer that I planned it to go but oh well... All that matters is that I managed to update right? Anyway, what do you guys think about this one? I hope you guys liked this. It's a little cheesy I know- I mean, Ally quoted 'Sparks Fly' after their kiss(which somehow contributed to them getting together). If that is not the definition of cheesy then I don't know what it. Hahaha. XD
Anyway, I guess that's just it. I hope you enjoyed this. I'm still open for request and prompts, just leave it on the review or pm me about what would you like the one-shot to be. If you have any questions, you can always ask me, I promise I don't bite. I'll answer your questions as truthful as possible.
And also, check out my latest Auslly multi-chapter AU story 'It's You All Along', the first chapter is already up and I'd be very grateful if you can check that one out as well. I have a lot of things planned for that one but of course I'd still update this one-shot series as often as I can as well. :)
Thanks for the support, you're all awesome!
~Lou