"Brooke, what are you doing here?" I asked, slightly panicked. She was standing scarily close, and I had to scoot my chair back a little just to have an inch of personal space. She, of course, followed.

"Wellllll," she said, emphasizing the "llll", "when I saw that you were here I thought maaaaybe you wanted to get back together! I know you were heartbroken when I dumped you," she explained and winked. I stood up and placed the chair between us.

"Um, no. Unless I'm wrong- which, I doubt- you cheated on me with Ally's boyfriend. And after I dumped you, you switched schools because, and I quote, 'I want to be closer to my Dallie-Wallie'."

"Oh, Austie, let's not stay in the past. Let's focus on the present, where you want to date me again!" she smiled and shoved the chair out of the way.

"Or, let's focus on the REAL WORLD, where you're crazy, and I'm not interested! Okay? Great! Seeya!" I said and tried to run. She grabbed me by my shirt collar and shoved me against the wall.

"YOU DO WANT TO DATE ME AGAIN, DON'T YOU?!" she shrieked.

"…Um, Trish? A little help?" I asked, looking back at our table. Trish, of course, was about to bust a gut laughing and videotaping it all. I'm not entirely sure why it surprised me. "TRISH!"

"Sorry!" she said quickly and ran over to help. "Listen Brooke, Austin's not interested. Now, you can either go back to your precious 'Dallie-Wallie' and leave us alone, or…" and with that, she held up a fist. Brooke let out a loud scream and tackled Trish. And oddly, while her pinning me against the wall didn't attract any attention, a large crowd formed nearly immediately. Eventually a kid from school (I think his name was Dawson?) helped me peel Trish off of Brooke (which was odd, considering Brooke had tackled Trish, not vice-versa. Though on the other hand, it wasn't.) A security guard came over and dragged Brooke, still screaming and clutching a good-sized chunk of Trish's hair, out of the mall. Hopefully for good.

"…That was, uh, weird," I remarked, sitting back down. Trish placed her hand where the hair had come from, then removed it.

"Does it look bad?"

I looked at the spot. I could see nearly all of the skin there.

"Uh… no?" She glared at me and I shrugged. Just then I heard another (much better) familiar voice.

"Austin! Trish!" Dez calledexcitedly and ran over to us, almost taking out three tables and a five year-old in the process. Nice to know he hasn't changed any.

"Hey Dez! Long time no see!" I greeted him, immediately followed by the "what-up" handshake and some laughter.

"So why did you rush over here?" Trish asked impatiently, obviously not seeing our delight in a stupid handshake.

"Oh! Right!" Dez said and started digging through his backpack before pulling out his cell phone and handing it to me with a text loaded up.

Tell Austin to come to Sonic Boom.

I stared at the text.

"What is it?" Trish asked, a hint of rare concern in her voice. I showed the text to her.

"It's from Ally," Dez explained.

"Well? Go to Sonic Boom!" Trish barked and gave me a not-so-gentle shove.

"…I guess," I agreed, handed Dez his phone, and jumped on my bike.

I had no idea what to expect. The entire ride I thought about Ally, which eventually lead to flashbacks…

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

"Look, I-I'm really sorry… I just got… excited, I guess?" I stuttered in an attempt to apologize.

"It's okay," Ally blushed, then hugged me.

"…So we're good?" I asked nervously.

"We're good," she agreed.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

"Ever since a year ago when you kissed me, you've always been awkward around me," Ally pointed out.

"Says the girl who interrogated me about my date," I responded simply.

Ignoring me, Ally continued, "Like when you asked 'Would it really be that weird' when we were talking about dating."

"Well, I guess, but… would it really be that weird?"

"No, but that's not the point," she responded.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

"Uh… um, sure?" Ally responded, obviously nervous. I felt a little bad. "Look, I'm uh, really sorry about last night, I just wasn't feeling good- and-" Before she could continue, I brought our lips together.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

"Is it bad that I still like you?" I asked her anxiously.

"No," she replied with an awkward smile. "No, it really isn't."

"…It isn't?" I said, shocked.

"Because I… I still like you too," Ally admitted sheepishly. I smiled nervously and we leaned in for our third first kiss.

But it was different.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

"I always mess things up," Ally sobbed.

"What?" I asked, shocked. I couldn't see how this was possible.

"First I break Ethan's heart, then I accidentally ask Dez on a date- don't ask-, and now Dallas decides I'm not good enough for him…" At the end of this sentence the sobs became louder and more frequent. Trying to stop from chuckling at the Dez part, I gave her a hug.

"How is it your fault Dallas is a jerk?" I asked, confused.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

"That was, uh, fun," Ally said through laughs after we tumbled down the stairs. She climbed off of me. I didn't feel like moving. "Heh, um, Austin?" Ally asked, giving me a shove. I smiled a little, but decided to play dead. "Austin, are you okay?!" Ally yelled a little louder. I didn't move.

"Austin, please wake up!" she said, shoving me. "Come on, come on, please!" I started to stir. But I don't think she noticed. "I need to call 911…" she whispered and started to stand up.

Seconds before her feet hit the stairs, I grabbed her ankle, tripping her. She shrieked as she faceplanted, and turned to me. As I laughed, she smirked and tackled me, starting a tickle fight.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

I finally pedaled up to Sonic Boom, and looked towards the door…

Well that was a… uh… special chapter. I didn't really have a role for Brooke after bringing her in so the first part was pointless.

The flashbacks were so much fun though! I got to rewrite some of my older work in better grammar and in Austin's POV for a lot of it. I wanted to add some quotes from real episodes but decided against it…

Wait…

The next chapter is the last one! Waaaaah…!

I'm almost done now! The story's almost over! WHYYYYYY…

I think you guys will like the last chapter… but it might not be what you expected.

OH!

ONE MORE THING!

Yeah, so, before I post the last chapter, I decided to make this a little more fun.

So here's the challenge.

I've hidden the names of some of my friends throughout this story. I'll post the last chapter as soon as five people find these hidden names.

I'm not going to tell you what their names are, to make it harder- they're all random names throughout the story. Y'know, to make sure you pay attention. And for the most part they're the only random names in this story. (I think there are one or two others that you might guess. We'll see.)

Review with where they are and I'll update! :D