A/N: Hey readers! So, as promised, this is now at least a two-shot, possibly more. Depends on if you guys like it and review! I love you all, and a big shout out to percabeth619 and Bubblelina15 for following me on twitter! :) If I missed anyone, I'm sorry; I only recognized those two names! But thanks if you did follow me! Oh, and at percabeth619, I also love Percabeth! :)

Here is chapter 2 of Swimming & Stings! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Austin & Ally…obviously.

Ally POV

"Okay Trish, that's good. Really Trish, I'm fine. TRISH, I'M FINE!" I said exasperatedly to Trish as she kept fussing over my foot. Right now, she was in the middle of trying to prop it up on pillows.

Trish, Dez, and I were at Austin's house hanging out for the day, as his parents were both at work and he got bored easily. Austin and Dez were playing video games while Trish was playing nurse with me.

"Okay! Jeez, don't get so snarky with me," Trish mumbled. "Well, I'm not very good at this nursing business, so I think I'm going to head off to work."

I stared at her. "You don't work today."

"Oh, right. I forgot to mention I got fired today from the Candy Store," she said.

"Big surprise," Dez muttered. Trish went over and whacked him upside the head.

"OW!" he complained, while Austin snickered at him.

"Then shut up, you whack-a-doodle!" Trish said. She turned back to me. "Anyways, I got a new job at Sweet Dreams."

"Why would you get a job at a store that sells stuff that you need to go to bed with?" I asked.

"Um, because then I can sleep on the job, duh," Trish said, throwing her hands up. "Besides, they have this cool mattress that flashes colors! Later guys!" She bolted out of Austin's living room and through the front door of his house.

I shook my head and leaned over the side of the couch, trying to grab the bottle of gel for my foot that was on the table.

"Ha! I win!" Austin suddenly shouted, causing me to jump and flip off the couch onto my stomach. Of course, my foot smacked the floor.

"Ow, my foot! Damn it Austin!" I glared at him from the floor.

He looked over. "Oh, I'm so sorry Alls!" He jumped up and ran over to help me. He wrapped his arms around my waist and hauled me back onto the couch.

"Can you pass me the gel please?" I said, pointing to the bottle.

He handed it to me in a flash. "Here."

I grabbed it, took the tenser off my foot, and put some on, with much difficulty. I got stung a few days ago from a Tiger Jellyfish, and though my foot was feeling a bit better, thanks to the magic wonders of the gel, I still needed crutches, which sucked. Funny how Austin and I have both been on crutches this year. Maybe it's fate. Whoa, where did THAT come from? I thought.

As I was setting the gel back down, Dez got up.

"Well, I'd love to stay and chat, but I'm going to be late for my aerobics class. Text you later, see ya!" He left quickly and it was just me and Austin left.

"Well, since you hate video games, want to make a snack?" He said.

"Actually, yes, I haven't eaten yet today," I replied.

"Oh, let's make banana buddies!" Austin exclaimed excitedly while clapping his hands like a five year old. He bolted to the kitchen before I had a chance to get up. I hated my crutched, so I just hopped after him.

When I finally got to the kitchen, Austin was waiting for me. "C'mon Alls, I'm hungry for banana buddies!" He jumped up and went to the cupboard to grab peanut butter.

"Uh, what exactly are banana buddies Austin?" I asked.

He stared at me and dropped the peanut butter container on the floor. "You don't know what banana buddies are? Are you serious? Oh my god, Ally, you're missing out!" He picked the container back up.

"You still haven't told me what they are," I pointed out.

"They're pieces of bread with peanut butter on them, with a banana for the mouth and raisins for the eyes. They are so good!" Austin explained. He grabbed a banana and was rummaging around for bread.

"Um, I'm allergic to raisins Austin," I explained, blushing a bit.

"You never told me that! I've eaten raisins around you before Ally, I could have caused a major problem!" he exclaimed, finally looking at me. Wow, he looks really concerned about me getting hurt over that, I thought.

"It's fine Austin, it's not a major allergy. I just get itchy, and for anything really bad to happen, I would have to actually eat a raisin," I explained quickly.

"Oh, okay. Well, good thing I know now. We'll just use chocolate chips instead for the eyes," he said, grabbing the chocolate chips out of the cupboard.

"Sounds good," I said. "Just a second." I hopped to his stereo where his iPod was plugged in, and turned on some music.

Austin grinned and pointed the butter knife at me. "You know me too well, Ally Dawson."

I giggled, and we spent about an hour in the kitchen, making banana buddies, eating them, and making a whole bunch of different snacks. Austin was sliding around on the kitchen floor and we were belting out lyrics to the different songs that came on. I was having a blast, and I could tell Austin was too. I felt like I was a little kid again.

After, we just sat and talked at the counter with my foot propped up on a stool. Austin was on the other stool beside my foot.

"So how's the foot feeling?" Austin asked.

I shrugged. "It's pretty good, it still burns a bit, but it's a lot better than it was before, thankfully. Only a few more days of putting that gel on."

"Well that's good to hear." He looked down. "I still feel bad."

"What do you feel bad for? I already told you Austin, it wasn't your fault that a starfish stung me. You had no control over that," I said softly. I went to grab his hand in a comforting gesture, but he pulled away.

"Austin?" I said, confused at his behaviour.

"If I had never forced you to go to the beach, as I've already told you, you wouldn't have got stung!" he argued.

"Oh honestly Austin, I'm fine now! Don't beat yourself up over it, alright?" I said, getting angry now.

He jumped up suddenly. "Ally, stop telling me it's fine, because it's not. It's practically my fault you were stung. It should have been me, not you. If I was in the water with you, I could've stopped it from happening!"

I would've jumped up, but I couldn't, sadly. It would have made the argument much more legit. "Oh my god Austin, you can't possibly think you could have stopped it from happening, you wouldn't have seen the jellyfish either because it was almost completely buried in sand! I'm trying to tell you that it's not your fault and that I'm completely fine, but you obviously don't want to listen to me at all! Your big ego is in the way!" I shouted.

"My big ego? MY big ego? Who's the one that's an annoying, bitchy, nosy, stubborn know-it-all that always has to be Little Miss Right? I'd say you've got the big ego! God, didn't your mother ever teach you anything about having manners for other people!" he shouted right back at me.

I felt like I had been slapped. I stared at him shocked.

"Huh, Ally Dawson has been rendered speechless for once," Austin smirked at me.

I got up. "I've got to go," I said quietly as I hopped to my crutches and went out the door before he could even say anything.

As soon as I shut the door, the tears that were building in my eyes streamed down my face. I shakily made my way down the sidewalk and went down the street towards my house.

It took me twenty minutes to get home, but when I finally did, I threw my crutches in anger and collapsed on the couch, finally bursting into sobs. My dad was at Sonic Boom for the day, and he wouldn't be back for a while yet.

My short-haired Yorkshire terrier, Astrid, came trotting over to me and whined near my face. I got up slowly to see her staring up at me.

"Hey Astrid," I said to her. Yes, I talk to my dog. So what? I'm sure tons of people talk to their pets. Plus, I was home alone, and I had no one else to talk to.

She kept whining and I looked at the clock. It was 7:00 at night. I had been sobbing for two hours straight. "You hungry girl? C'mon," I said as I hopped over to her food dish and fed her.

As she was eating, I sat there thinking about what Austin had said about my mom. No one knew about my mother except for my dad and Trish. I know Austin didn't know, but it still hurt. And the fact that he had called me an annoying, bitchy, nosy, stubborn know-it-all that always had to be right pissed me off too. I guess I said he had a big ego, but really, he has to know that it wasn't his fault because it obviously wasn't. Plus he said i had a big ego too. I think I'm in the right here!

I realized how tired I was and I headed to my bedroom, with Astrid tagging along behind me. I quickly changed into my pyjamas and was about to crawl into bed when Astrid started jumping up at the bed. I bent down and scooped her up to set her on the foot of my bed before crawling in myself. Of course, Astrid being Astrid crawled up beside me and curled into a ball at my side.

I don't even remember falling asleep.

A/N: So there's chapter 2 of this story! Hope you liked it! Now, I noticed that a lot of A&A stories never have Austin and Ally fights in them, and I felt that this story needed it in a way to make it more interesting, so obviously, this story is NOT over yet, so stay tuned! Please Review!Thanks!

Joelle xx