I was on a roll so this is my next chapter.
Ally sat in the beanbag while Austin sat on the piano bench with Dez. Trish sat wide-eyed "You guys did all that. Are you serious, and I missed it?" "Man, no wonder Dallas went all off the deep end." Dez was playing with his gingerbread house. Austin looked over at Ally who hadn't said anything the whole time he told the story. Trish was sitting by her on the floor and waving her hand in front of Ally. "Hello, earth to Ally." Trish called. Ally got up and walked toward the door with her book in hand, but turned "I think the fake date stuff is too much. I think we should stop while we're ahead."
Trish quickly got up "Ally, it's working though. Let's just take it down a notch, okay?" Ally rolled her eyes "Are you sure? I think it's a bit much." Austin had to keep Ally from backing out now. It was going well for them. "Come on, Ally. We'll plan everything ourselves and Trish can put input in along with Dez. We'll work as a team." Austin tried to give her an option that would let her to decide on her own. Ally groaned her hand resting on the knob of the door "No crazy stunts." Ally stepped out of the room and hurried downstairs only stopping to tell her dad that she would be back after a while.
"What do you think she's gonna go do?" Dez put his gingerbread house in the fridge. "My guesses are go talk properly with Dallas or go relax by herself without people bothering her." Trish had managed to find a magazine and was flipping through it. Austin stood from the stool "Do you think she would, I mean go talk to Dallas after that mess?" Trish put her magazine down amused "Austin, does that bother you? If she did talk to him it wouldn't be privately, Ally is smarter than that." "I-I'm just worried about her? She has a bit to think over." Austin moved toward the door. "Hey where are you going buddy, I thought we were going to the Zalien Moviethon?" Dez sighed. Austin shrugged "I've got some errands to run, but take Trish. Those are her favorite movies." Trish smirked "Errands, is that so? Fine with me, Dez and I can go." Trish gave Austin a knowing look before he hurried out of the room.
Ally sat on the sand staring out at the waves and she opened her book. She had no idea why, but her mind was on Austin. How Austin saved her from Dallas, his words, his scent, him wearing her dad's old clothes, the shirt not completely buttoned, and his smile, that smile that could melt the sun. Ally blushed and pushed a lock of hair behind her ear. She still liked Dallas sure, but hanging out with Austin alone made her aware of just how much she liked him to. Then she mentally kicked herself, Austin was doing the fake dating business with her to make Dallas jealous and it had only been one date. It was nothing to Austin, but helping her Ally thought.
She got up unaware that Austin was watching nearby and hurried back to the mall. Ally had made up her mind she was going to do the fake dating to keep her friendship with Austin normal and get Dallas to see her as the perfect girl for him. She had to keep from letting her feelings hurt her friendship. Like Austin said when he read her book and found out about her crush on Dallas "I didn't want our friendship to be jeopardized." Ally had to at least speak to Dallas and understand what his true feelings are. Austin followed Ally unsure what to do, but knew that Ally had something she was getting ready to do and he had to make sure it wasn't going to ruin his plans.
Austin hid behind a few carts obscuring Ally's view of him. "Dallas, let's go get a bite to eat." Gabby stood playing with a few cellphone accessories. Dallas didn't reply, but stared at Ally as she timidly walked up. "Hi Ally, can you help me convince Dallas to take me to lunch?" Gabby pouted. "Sure go sit over there and I'll talk some sense into him, I promise." Ally smiled the best she could and stepped toward Dallas as Gabby walked over to the food court tables. "Ally, I'm sorry about earlier. It's just I have some lingering feelings for you and hearing you talk about Austin and you made me so angry. If you could keep that mess a secret from Gabby that would be nice." Dallas couldn't muster the courage to look her in the eyes.
Austin watched wondering what Ally was planning. "Dallas, you should take Gabby somewhere nice. She'd love it and don't worry about earlier, it's our little secret. She really loves you, you know. I can see it in her eyes, so don't screw this one up." Ally smiled. "Sure, so are we friends?" Dallas glanced at her. "Yeah, now I have to tell Gabby the good news." Ally walked over to Gabby who began practically jumping in her seat. Then Austin watched Ally hurry off toward Sonic Boom and then he went after her.
Austin ran into Sonic Boom and nearly ran Ally over. "Whoa, where is the fire? She fell backward landing hard on the ground. "Sorry, have you seen Dez?" Austin asked and looked around the room as if he really meant he was looking for him. "Oh yeah, Trish left a note. I just got back here a few minutes ago and found it. They went to the Zalien Moviethon and will be there all day." Ally picked up the three flute cases she dropped when she fell. "Oh yeah, they mentioned something about that earlier. Dez and I were supposed to go because Trish had to work. I guess she got fired again." Austin sighed. "My dad said he was watching the shop the rest of the day, so I'm really just helping him, but he's trying to get me to leave." Ally laughed "Oh, I got your song done earlier too. You want to hear it?"
Ally handed the flute cases to a set of triplets and then turned back to him. "That's great, but let's go have fun. I can wait to hear it a bit longer." Austin decided. "How about we go cloud watching?" Ally suggested. "Come on Ally; think about fun for me too." Austin teased. Ally shrugged; she couldn't come up with anything. Austin smiled "Let's go to the beach!" Ally agreed, she had already been there, but being there with Austin would be even better. Ally thought about him being shirtless on her living room couch the night before and quickly shook the thought away. Austin laughed "Ally, why are you blushing?" Ally replied "It's nothing, maybe I'm getting sick." Austin grinned "Meet me at the beach in a few minutes. You're not getting out of hanging out with me." Then Austin ran off leaving Ally standing in the middle of the store.
This was kind of a filler chapter so that I could a get an idea for the chapters to come. I've got the best Ally and Austin moment in my story yet, coming in the next chapter! Just wait and see!