Chapter 2
"So." Austin stated. "Do you like music?"
"No, I just work at my family music store for the sake of it." Austin rolled his eyes and Ally laughed. "I adore music. My siblings do too."
"Three siblings, huh?"
"Yes, it's a pain." He smiled, glancing at her, then refocusing on the road.
"I feel you."
"Adam is that bad? He seems like a sweetheart." Austin glared at her. "Aw, is Austin jealous?" She teased.
"Little bit. But, along with Adam, I have two younger sisters a year apart." Ally stared at him.
"No way."
"Yes way." He chuckled. "So I feel you. Your siblings seem cool though."
"Alex called me a peasant this morning." Austin let out a loud laugh which made Ally giggle. "He did!" Ally sighed, "My parents are always working though." He smiled softly.
"Mine too. Moon's Mattress Kingdom. At least you like what your parents do. I would kill for my parents to own a music store."
"Does the Austin Moon like music?"
"Guilty." He sighed. "Every girl that I try to be in a relationship with doesn't give a shit. They just want to make out."
"My ex hated when I talked about music."
"Oh yeah. Dall-ass." Ally rolled her eyes. They arrived at The Cheesecake Factory and Ally squealed.
"I love this restaurant!" He chuckled.
"I know. I asked Cassie." Ally sat there dumbfounded. He asked my best friend where my favorite place to eat was? She was quickly beginning to regret ever not liking him. She moved to get out of the car, but he was already there opening the door for her.
"Thanks Austin." He smiled and they walked in, getting seated quickly. After looking over the menu in comfortable silence, Austin put his down and smiled. Ally raised an eyebrow at him.
"What's your favorite color?" He asked. She laughed and replied, "Red." She soon figuring out his was yellow. They talked forever after ordering their food. Ally learned that Austin played several instruments, his best friend was his brother, he adored pancakes, his little sisters were thirteen and twelve, and the four of them were really close. Austin learned that Ally played the piano and some guitar, her best friend was Cassie, she LOVED pickles, her sister's and brothers' ages, and that she couldn't live without them. She noticed he was really funny, and the way his chocolate eyes would light up whenever he talked about music or his siblings was beyond cute. Austin noticed that she wasn't as quiet as people said she was and was really smart, but not boring smart. He found himself smiling every time it was her time to talk. He adored her laugh and smile, and he found himself wanting to be the one to make her laugh and smile. It was about 8:45 when they finished and Austin payed, even though Ally tried so hard to get him to let her pay for herself. They were walking to his car when he asked, "What time do you have to be home?"
"Not til eleven. It's Friday, and not to mention it's finally spring break!" She squealed. He laughed at her excitement, before stating, "Can I show you something?" She nodded and he grabbed her hand, pulling her quickly to the car. She couldn't help but feel her heart begin to beat faster as she became nervous. Not the bite your nails nervous but the excited nervous. He opened the door for her again and she nodded her thanks. He was driving faster than he was on the way to the restaurant, but she couldn't find it in herself to care. They arrived at a empty parking lot, both if them quickly getting out of the car.
"Where are we?" She asked, curiosity dripping from her voice. He grinned, opening the trunk, pulling out a bookbag. "A bookbag?" He smiled, grabbing her hand again, pulling her to a little bridge. They walked down the bridge, still hand in hand, and appeared a beautiful beach. She gasped. Not a soul was in sight.
"I love it here. It's really quiet, there isn't a house for about 5 miles each way." He smiled at her and she smiled back.
"This is amazing Austin, I already love it here." He opened the bag and pulled out a blanket. Laying it down, he sat it. Patting the spot next to him he said, "Would Ms. Ally Dawson care to star gaze with me?" She giggled and sat down next to him. They both laid down then, staring up at the stars together.
"I like this Austin better." She whispered and she heard him sigh.
"I do too."
"Then why do you do it? Why do you make out with those girls when you actually want to be in a committed relationship? Why do you sit and text in class even though you actually want to do well? I'm just glad jerky Austin Moon is still nice to people like real Austin Moon." She sighed, turning on her side to look at him. "Austin, tonight has been one of the best nights I've had in a while. We were both quick to judge each other, but you did treat me like I didn't exist before. Why the sudden interest now?"
"Not everyone is like you, Ally." He locked eyes with her. "I was scared everyone would hate who I really am. You made me nervous. You are never afraid to be who you are, and not to mention you're beautiful. When I heard that you thought I hated you, I freaked. I knew I wasn't really like the way I acted and after that conversation we had, I thought I would let you in. I wish I would've done it sooner, and I-I'm sorry. I was afraid that you would leave me. Still am." She was quiet for a moment.
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"Telling me that. Austin, that took a lot of you to even admit that, and to someone like me. I think you're a wonderful person, and I care about you. A lot. You just need to work on being you. Because there's nothing better." He sat up and wrapped her in a hug. She was surprised at first, but then eased into it. "We all have secrets, Austin. Not only you." He squeezed her tighter.
"I see us becoming very good friends, Ally Dawson." He whispered.
"I do too, Austin Moon."
Ally sighed as she came out of the bathroom that night. Glancing at the clock seeing that it was only ten-thirty, she decided to call her best friend. Grabbing her blue sweatpants and her Vanderbilt College t-shirt and slipping them on, she grabbed her phone calling Cassie. Brushing her wet hair, a very cheery Cassie answered the phone.
"Hey girl! I thought your curfew wasn't until eleven?" Ally laughed.
"It wasn't, Austin got a call saying that one of his sisters broke her arm. He had to check out early." Ally decided not to mention how disappointed she was that it was cut short, but she understood.
"Oh yeah! Adam got that call too, I forgot." Ally rolled her eyes at her best friend's forgetfulness. "Oh! I need to call Adam and make sure Dani is okay!" Ally laughed again.
"I'm sure she is Cassie. How was your date?"
"Good, like usual. Gosh I am so in love with that guy."
"I know." Ally wiggled her eyebrows even though Cassie couldn't see her.
"I can hear you wiggling your eyebrows, Allyson. Anyways, how was yours?"
"Fantastic." Ally found herself saying. Her eyes widened.
"Got something to tell me Ally? Developing a crush huh?" Ally sighed.
"I just don't know Cassie, we've only had one date and I don't even know if I can call it a date and just this morning I thought I hated him and I can't just like him that fast, can I? I mean-"
"Ally." Ally stopped talking. "There's something called love at first sight, you know?"
"But I've seen Austin before."
"You've seen the pretend one. You've only just met the real one." Ally didn't respond. "Ally, don't beat yourself up over this. You're attracted to him, and you always have been. It's a possibility that after spending three hours with him you've developed feelings for him. Love doesn't work on a clock, Al." They were both quiet for a moment.
"W-what if he doesn't feel the same?"
"I don't think that's going to be a problem." Ally looked down. "Look, I got to call Adam and make sure he knows what time to pick me up tomorrow. I'll see you next Saturday?"
"Okay, have fun with Adam and Austin." She kind of muttered the last part.
"Please tell me you at least got his number." Ally rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, as a matter of fact, I did." Cassie laughed.
"Bye girl."
"See you."
Ally sighed putting her phone on her dresser. Grabbing her book, she sprawled out on her bed.
I've got a dilemma. Austin… he's wonderful. But I'm scared. I've never fallen so fast for a guy before. Is it even possible to fall this fast? It's hard to explain. I just don't know what to do. I want to be worried and scared and nervous but I'm not… which is beyond bizarre, by the way. He makes me feel different… like I can really be me around him and I know he feels the same. I've never met anyone like him before. Hey, those are good song lyrics!
Ally jumped up from her bed, running over to her piano at the corner of her room.
Never known anyone like you before
Someone who could make me smile
When I'm falling down on the floor
Never laughed so hard 'till I met you
Somehow you get me when nobody else has a clue
This song is so about Austin. Ally sighed. She hated how he was making her feel, but hey, she got good song lyrics from it!
It's okay to be me next to you
It feels good to be one of the two
Just like glue
Ally smiled feeling satisfied with herself. It's really good. She started to play around with more chords. Then she grabbed her guitar and started playing around with some chords for the guitar. I'll talk to Alex tomorrow. Her phone started to buzz on the dresser, and she scrunched her eyebrows glancing at the clock. Who would call me at 11:10 at night? She grabbed her phone looking at the ID and answering it quickly.
"Austin?"
Okay maybe I'm shy
But usually I speak my mind
But by your side, I'm tongue tied
Sweaty palms, I turn red
You think I have no confidence
But I do, just not with you
Now... I'm singing all the words I'm scared to say
Yeah...
"That's really good Austin!" Dani, Austin's thirteen year old sister, exclaimed. Her arm now supported a pick cast because she tripped down the last three steps of the stairs. Heh, reminds me of Ally. He shook his head and started to play his guitar again.
"How bout this?" Adam suggested, also supporting a guitar on his leg. Twelve year old Bailey sat with her keyboard next to Adam. "So forgive me, If I'm doing this all wrong," Adam sang out and Dani quickly scribbled it down. The four of them had worked out the acoustics of the song, now they were working on lyrics.
"I'm trying my best in this song to tell you, What can I do?, I'm stuck on you..?" Austin suggested. The girls squealed.
"It's perfect!" Bailey exclaimed.
"Bailey, Dani! It's time for bed! Boys, I know you haven't finished packing yet!" They all laughed and Dani helped Bailey carry her keyboard back to her room. The boys started grabbing clothes to spend the week at their grandparents' house.
"So, the date went good?" Adam asked. Austin shrugged.
"I don't know if I would call it a date."
"Shut up, it was."
"She seemed to have fun." Adam looked at him. "I brought her to Cheesecake Factory. I called Cassie and asked her what Ally's favorite restaurant was."
"Dude, you're so head over heels." Austin glared at him. "What gave you the courage to finally talk to her?
"I don't know man, I heard her say to Cassie that she thought I hated her and I kind of just snapped. I reacted on impulse, I guess." Adam laughed. "I'm going to miss her this week. Why do I have to go again?"
"It's Cassie and my one year anniversary, man. You're our best friend. We want you there. Plus Gram and Gramps want to see you." Austin sighed and walked over to his closet, grabbing his bathing suits. "I'm good friends with Ally too you know. If your so hung up about not seeing your girlfriend for a week, ask her to come with us." Austin froze and looked at his brother. "I'm serious dude. Cassie would be thrilled."
Adam sat on the couch in their room moving his head, watching his brother pace back and forth. He was having enough of it. He sat up quickly, exclaiming, "Dude! Just call her!"
"I'm nervous! What if she says no?"
"For the love of God," Adam muttered, standing up. He snatched the phone and dialed Ally's number, handing the phone back to his brother.
"Dude!" Austin yelled, handing it back to him. Adam tossed it back at Austin just when Ally's voice rang out, "Austin?"
"Ally!"
"Hi… it's 11:10 Austin. Is something wrong?"
"I-uh-no. I-I was complaining to Adam about not seeing you all week." She laughed and he relaxed. "And he thought, you know, since we're friends now… do you, uh, want to come with us?" There was silence for a while and Austin began to get nervous again. "I would love to!" She squealed. "I have to go ask, surprisingly my parents are still up. But they probably will let me, it is our senior year anyways. Be right back." Austin and Adam high-fived and Adam mouthed 'you're welcome' while Austin rolled his eyes. A couple minutes later Ally came back. "Austin.." Her voice sounded sad.
"Oh no." He muttered. She giggled, confusing him.
"I can go!" She yelled.
"YES! Wow, Ally, you're a damn good actress."
"I know."
"You're smirking aren't you?"
"How'd you know?"
"I just did." She laughed. "We'll pick you up at ten tomorrow, okay?"
"Okay!" She squealed. Austin couldn't help but form a huge smile on his face, "Bye Austin."
"Bye Alls." He hung up, fist pumping the air and started to finish packing, again.
"Head over heels." Adam muttered, mimicking his brother's actions.
Ally woke up the next morning a little tired because she stayed up until one packing and writing. She jumped in the shower, washing her hair. After drying her hair and applying her make-up, she ran to her closet pulling out a pair of lime green short shorts and a white shirt that had Love written across the front. She curled her ombre hair and packed her toiletries. As soon as she finished, her door slammed open and she was spun into a hug. Laughing she said, "Calm down, Cassie."
"You're coming on spring break with me! And Austin and Adam, but you're coming on spring break with me!" Ally rolled her eyes but smiled.
"Yes I am." A car honk beeped outside of the house. "That's them, come on!" Ally grabbed her bags and walked downstairs. After saying bye to her family, she walked outside. Rolling her eyes at Adam and Cassie already in the back seat, she moved to put her suitcase in the trunk of Austin's red truck.
"Here, let me help you." She heard a voice behind her. She turned around to see Austin in khaki shirts, a blue muscle shirt where she did definitely saw his beautiful muscles, and red high tops. She rolled her eyes but allowed him to help her with her bags. "You look gorgeous." He whispered.
"Are you going to say that every time you see me?"
"Well, I never lie so yes." Adam's head popped out the window.
"That's a lie!" Ally giggled as Austin rolled his eyes. They both got in the car and Adam exclaimed, "Road trip!" Ally and Cassie started laughing.
"Shut up man, you're freaking loud!" Austin exclaimed.
"You live with me."
"Yes, and I regret it everyday." Austin smiled at Ally who was cracking up in the seat next to him. He started the car and they were off.
Austin was quietly driving while everyone else was passed out. He sighed as he kept his eyes on the road but his mind was somewhere else. He was beyond happy that Ally was coming with him, but he was also nervous. He didn't want to screw anything up with her since he had already ruined his first chance. She was truly amazing, and he saw them becoming very good friends. Maybe even more. He started coughing, and then shaking his head. What the heck am I thinking? She just sees me as a friend. I just see her as a friend. He sighed. Deep down, he knew that he would fall for her. Heck, he was probably already falling for her. Who wouldn't? She was gorgeous. She also made him smile, and he got this weird feeling inside whenever he looked into her big doe eyes. Ah, shit. Rolling down his window, Austin sighed again.
"Is sighing your thing or something?" Austin jumped, and then glanced at the girl seated to his right. She sat there looking at him, her lips drawn in a soft smile. He stuck his tongue out at her. She laughed.
"Nope, I'm just thinking." He responded.
"Then stop thinking negatively! I'm going to make you happy!" He laughed at her enthusiasm. She grabbed something out of her bag. "You're going to help me write a song." He glanced at her with a confused look on his face. "Yes, I write songs, Austin. Surprise." He chuckled.
"We're in a car, Ally. We need instruments to write a song." She grinned and he rolled his eyes.
"You only need one instrument though." She pulled out her phone, opening it, and opening an app. "Piano app. Duh." He grinned and she played around with the app before looking at him and stating, "Want to get started?" He nodded his head.
"I love writing songs… it's just the word part I have trouble with." His eyes still on the road, he opened the console. Pulling out a thick notebook, he handed it to her. "There are several notes to several songs in there. They just have no lyrics." She smiled big and opened it. Humming the first tune, her smile grew more.
"This is awesome, Austin! Has Adam seen this?" She started to flip all the pages. "Has he seen all of these?" Austin shrugged.
"You're the first person I've shown." He could feel her gaze. He smiled.
"Really? Wow." He laughed.
"So, help me?" He looked at her and she smiled. Glancing at Adam and Cassie, who were still asleep, she nodded, playing the first chord on the piano. She started to sing.
I'm like that boom box outside of your window
I'm that De Lorean blowing past 88
He smiled, nodding his improvement. Watching her write it down, he got sudden inspiration.
And where we're going girl,
Won't be needing roads 'cause,
Oo oo oo oo
This ain't no 50 first dates.
She grinned, clapping her hands. He rolled his eyes. She's my inspiration.
An hour and a half later, they finished. She squealed and Austin laughed. Glancing in the mirror at her best friend and Adam who were still asleep, she rolled her eyes. They had ten minutes until they were arriving. Nudging Austin, he looked at them through the mirror as well and laughed. Ally turned on the radio and they rode in silence the rest of the way there. Even though it wasn't completely silence since you could hear Adam's snores. It wasn't awkward, Ally actually felt quite comfortable. She wouldn't have minded to be holding his hand either. Wait, what? She shook her head and focused on the beautiful house they were pulling up to. It was two stories, with a large, steep driveway. There was a large balcony that wrapped both the top and bottom were several large windows to let the sun in. Wow, it's gorgeous. She fell instantly in love. Getting out of the car, her and Austin moved to the trunk. Playfully pushing his shoulder, she helped him take the bags out.
"Are they lazy or what?" Austin muttered making Ally giggle. He grinned down at her and questioned, "How much do you want to bet it takes them ten minutes to realize we're here?"
"I say twenty minutes. And if I'm right, you owe me twenty bucks." He smirked at her. "Deal." Grabbing their bags, they raced inside.
Austin and Ally walked inside the beautiful beach house owned by Austin's grandparents. A large foyer stood before them. The left wall just went all the way back towards a large wall of just windows and two glass doors. The right wall had an opening that led to what seemed to the basement, and then curved. Walking forward, she realized the foyer opened up to a beautiful large den, which sported no television. "There's no electronics here. It's kind of an escape." Ally looked at Austin who was standing in front of her by the all glass doors that looked down on the beach. "There's barely any service too. I sometimes get it on the top of the roof. Which I would have spent a lot of time on top of if you weren't here with me." She giggled. The room was so bright and cheerful. It sported a large couch and several huge chairs. A coffee table sat in the middle, which looked to have sea shells in it. On the wall to long wall to her left, tons of pictures decorated the wall. It made her smile. After the sitting area, there was a fireplace, and the right wall was a huge bookshelf. There was a door to the right of the fireplace. "That leads to the kitchen and dining area." Austin said, directing it towards the door she was examining. Then he pointed to something behind her, making her turn around to see a large spiral staircase. "That leads to the rooms upstairs." Grabbing their bags, they made their way up the stairs. She expected a large room, but there was a medium sized circular opening. Five doors were shown, one go the door glass, leading to the balcony that she had seen before they ventured inside.
"This place just keeps getting cooler and more beautiful!" Ally exclaimed, making Austin chuckle.
"It's probably one of my most favorite places to be." He moved to open a door before exclaiming, "Shit!" Ally laughed.
"What?"
"I told Adam and Cassie they could share room since it's their one year anniversary."
"Austin, I don't care if I have to share a room with you. Or a bed. As long as you don't try anything, we're good." Opening the door, Ally walked past a very stunned Austin into what was now their room.
Austin and Ally ventured downstairs about five minutes later and into the kitchen. It was large and Ally couldn't help but want to cook there. Past the kitchen was a circular room where a giant table sat. The room had several windows as well. "I would love for my house to look like this." He grinned and opened the fridge, taking out a Coke. He threw one at her and she caught it, and he took one out for himself. "Where are your grandparents?"
"They went to town," He said taking a sip of his soda, "Town is about thirty minutes away. I think they have friends coming to town so they were going to stay with them for a couple of days then come visit with us."
"Oh, so we're alone until-"
"Wednesday. The house is stocked, plus they have more stuff downstairs." That's when Adam and Cassie came into the kitchen. Fifteen minutes after they had gotten there. Austin laughed. "Who wins?"
"I guess neither of us!" Ally exclaimed, cracking up.
"Hardy har har. Thanks for waking us up, guys." Adam said sarcastically.
"You're welcome!" Austin and Ally replied, still laughing. Cassie rolled her eyes. Cassie and Adam both left, leaving Austin and Ally to continue to crack up in the kitchen.
"Well, what do you guys want to do?" The four of them sat in the den staring at each other. Then Cassie squealed, making them all jump.
"Do the tribute to the best song ever for Ally!" Adam grinned and jumped up. He soon came back with his guitar as well as Austin's. Ally raised her eyebrows as they started to play. They both started being goofy and swaying, making Ally and Cassie start to laugh. Austin started.
[Spoken]
This is the greatest and best song in the world's... Tribute.
Long time ago me and my brother Adam here,
we was hitchhikin' down a long and lonesome road.
All of a sudden, there shined a shiny demon... in the middle... of the road.
And he said:
[Sung]
"Play the best song in the world, or I'll eat your soul." (soul)
Ally and Cassie started crack up.
[Spoken]
Well me and Adam, we looked at each other,
and we each said... "Okay."
[Sung]
And we played the first thing that came to our heads,
Just so happened to be,
The Best Song in the World, it was The Best Song in the World.
Look into my eyes and it's easy to see
One and one make two, two and one make three,
It was destiny.
Once every hundred-thousand years or so,
When the sun doth shine and the moon doth glow
And the grass doth grow...
[Spoken}
Needless to say, the beast was stunned.
Whip-crack went his Whoopy tail,
And the beast was done.
He asked us: "(snort) Be you angels?"
And we said, "Nay. We are but men."
Rock!
[Sung]
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh-ah-ah,
Ohhh, whoah, ah-whoah-oh!
This is not The Greatest Song in the World, no.
This is just a tribute.
Couldn't remember The Greatest Song in the World, no, no.
This is a tribute, oh, to The Greatest Song in the World,
All right! It was The Greatest Song in the World,
All right! It was the best muthafuckin' song the greatest song in the world.
[2-part skat]
[Spoken]
And the peculiar thing is this my friends:
the song we sang on that fateful night it didn't actually sound
anything like this song.
[Sung]
This is just a tribute! You gotta believe it!
And I wish you were there! Just a matter of opinion.
Ah, fuck! Good God, God lovin',
So surprised to find you can't stop it.
[Skat]
All right! All right!
Ally and Cassie both jumped up clapping and laughing. Austin and Adam bowed. Cassie ran over kissing Adam, and they both started laughing. Smiling at her two best friends, she glanced at Austin who was staring at her. She walked over to him and hugged him.
"I'm so excited to spend the week with you. I think you're amazing." He squeezed her tighter, making her laugh.
"I think you hung the moon." She giggled.
"You're last name is Moon." He rolled his eyes at the small girl that was giggling at her joke in his arms. He could get used to this.
Hey guys! Second chapter? (: I hope you liked it. Please review! It makes me feel better about my writing, hahahha. It's the next chapter where are the drama starts, ooohhhh. Hahahah, stay tuned. REVIEW and quote your favorite part! Love y'all.