AN: Hey! We've made a bit of a decision. We're going to try to finish this story up relatively quickly by updating two times a week, so it'll probably done sometime in November. We're not sure if it'll actually get done, but we're trying our best here.

This chapter maybe has some Auslly? Idk dudes.

A TROYLER-THEMED DISCLAIMER: Troye Sivan is adorable,

Tyler Oakley has a good laugh.

We don't own Austin and Ally or Troyler,

And We Don't Do Rhyming. (And also, Troyler's meant to be.)

Center Stage

Ally's POV

"Great job not flinching, Ally!" Mrs. Whole congratulated as everyone exited the stage.

"Thanks!" I smiled. Ever since I sang at the sleepover, I've had so much more confidence on the stage. I guess believing in myself that one moment made me ten times more confident! Even someone pretending to throw knives couldn't scare me! Watch out world, Badass Ally is here to stay!

"Hey, Ally!" I recognized that voice anywhere. The grin dropped from my face as I slowly turned around.

I guess there's one thing that makes me less confident….

Austin's POV

Ally.

Ally Ally Allly Ally Ally Ally Ally Ally…

Ever since that kiss, she's always somewhere in my mind. If she's not in the forefront of it, she's somewhere in the back, smiling patiently until she returns to the front. Always, always, always… It's the worst thing. Or maybe it's the best thing. I don't know yet. Maybe it'll be better when she's not ignoring me. Or maybe it's not that different. Even before we kissed, she was almost always somewhere in my mind. She was just a more prominent thought now.

I just need to talk to her and clear things up. That'll help me. If she talks to me, maybe I'll stop feeling… this. Whatever this is.

Ally's POV

Austin.

Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin Austin…

The one thing that always haunted me. He makes me feel less badass, he shakes my confidence daily. What am I supposed to do about this?

"Hey, Austin," I responded weakly after a brief pause that felt like a century spread out before us.

"I just found out my parents can't give me a ride home. Any chance I can grab a ride with you?" He asked hopefully.

"Umm… Yeah, I'm driving Trish home anyways, so… yeah, it'll be fine." I stuttered, my confidence quickly plummeting.

"We can head out in a minute. I'll be back in a sec, I just need to grab Trish" I said.

I waked into the audience part of the auditorium, grabbing my things and walking up to Trish and Maddy.

"Guys, I don't even know myself anymore. What happened to being Austin Moon's chill songwriter? When did Austin start becoming my kryptonite? He makes me weak at the knees and whenever we touch my heart rate goes up. I can't seem to shake off the idea of being with him. I think I like Austin Moon." I can't believe I just said that.

I was expecting some shocked gasps from them. Maybe some advice or something. Maybe even some fainting on Trish's part.

Instead, All I got were some eye rolls from the duo.

"Duh, we kind of knew that." Maddy muttered.

"Yeah, we've been saying you should get together with him for weeks!" Trish exclaimed. With that, she picked up her bag and said to me, "Are we going, or…?"

"Wait… you knew and you didn't tell me?" I exclaimed, incredulous.

"We tried! You always told us you didn't like him like that!" Maddy half screamed.

"Whatever, let's just get going." Trish said, obviously trying to calm Maddy down so we could leave.

"Fine, let's go." I muttered, walking back to where Austin was standing with Trish walking next to me.

"Let's go!" Trish said, trying to maintain a cheerful demeanor.

We all climbed into the car, trying to seem as not awkward as possible. That's when my mind started running.

I shouldn't have told them. I should have kept my trap shut when I had the chance. Now my life is a mess and I have no way to fix it. That's when Austin pulled up to my house. *1 And then I realized. This is now or never.

And it's not going to be never.

Austin walked me up to the front door.

One.

He said goodbye.

Two.

Then I leaned forward, and went for it.

Three.

AN: *1: For reference, we do realize that Austin is driving Ally's car. I (Sunsets) wanted to change it, but Miranda didn't want to, so… blame her.

So… yeah! Hopefully we'll be back next week. But until then… later.

Luffles, Munsets