A/N: Chapter 6! Sorry I took a while to update guys, second semester has started and I'm swamped with work already. It sucks! So I haven't had much time to write, unfortunately :( But I managed to update nonetheless because you guys are just too amazing for me to make you guys wait too long! :)

Enjoy! Oh, and the bold print is what Ally writes in her songbook, just clearing things up.

Disclaimer: Don't own A&A, or pieces of the songs "Are You Happy Now?" and "Happy Never After" by Megan & Liz. Awesome songs, go check them out on Youtube! :)

Ally POV

"Alright, Maci, you play nicely with Pancakes while I work on this song," I told my daughter as I set her down on her play mat beside Pancakes. Maci grabbed her monkey, which was her way of saying 'Leave me alone so I can play.'

Sitting down at the piano, I opened my songbook. "Okay, here we go. First verse is somewhat done, and..." I flipped through the rest of the pages. "And apparently that's all I have. I thought I wrote more."

"Talking to yourself?" Austin asked as he strolled into the den, shoving chips into his mouth.

"As a matter of fact, yes, I am talking to myself." I stared at him. "That's disgusting."

"What?" He said through a mouthful of food.

I looked at him pointedly and he swallowed with a blush. "Oh, that. Sorry." He flopped down on the ground beside Maci and Pancakes. "I was coming to see if they wanted to play outside."

"You're gonna watch the two of them? Outside? By yourself?"

Austin rolled his eyes. "It's not like I'm going to lose one of them."

"Pancakes ran off twice last week because you weren't paying attention, and Maci almost fell off the swing a few days ago!" I exclaimed.

"Hey, I caught her in time!"

"That's beside the point, Austin. The point is that you can't watch the two of them by yourself. It's like monitoring hummingbirds; they're everywhere at once!"

Austin stood up. "Thanks for the confidence boost, Als," he said sarcastically. "But I think I'll manage." He bent to help Maci up and took her hand. "C'mon Pancakes!"

Pancakes jumped up and the three of them walked out of the den. I yelled after my boyfriend. "If I hear crying, you are a dead man, Austin Moon!"

"You won't!" He yelled back. I heard the door open and close a few minutes later.

My phone rang. "Hello?"

"Hey girl," Trish said from the other line.

"Hey, what's up?"

"I need to ask you a huge favour."

"I am not shipping Dez off to Zimbabwe."

"I wasn't going to say that," Trish replied.

"I'm not shipping him off to Turkey either," I told her.

"Damn."

"Seriously, Trish?"

"I'm kidding. But in all seriousness, I do need a favour. The power went out at my place so my oven isn't working, and I was supposed to bake a cake for my mom and dad's anniversary."

"Let me guess. You need me to make it here and you'll pick it up on your way to your parent's."

"You see? This is why you're my best friend!" she said happily.

I sighed. "You're lucky you are, or I wouldn't be doing it. When do you need it by?"

"I'll stop by to pick it up at six."

I glanced at the clock. It was 4:30 now. "Alright, fine."

"I would do it, Ally, but your oven is so complex."

"No, you wouldn't."

"Yeah, I know, it didn't sound right when I said it. You know how I feel about anything that involves work."

"Unfortunately I do. I'll see you later."

"Thanks Ally, I owe you big time!"

"Yeah you do." I hung up and set my phone down. "Guess the song will have to wait until later." I stood up and stretched before heading to the kitchen to get the baking ingredients ready.

While I was mixing the batter, I tried to think of more lyrics for the song, but it was hard to think with the whir of the mixer blades, so I gave up on that.

I put the cake in the oven for it to bake, and Maci ran into the kitchen, followed by Austin and Pancakes. Maci ran at my legs and wrapped her arms around them.

"Hey sweetie," I laughed as I picked her up. She giggled.

"They're both very much alive," Austin told me as he gave Pancakes water.

"I see that."

Austin looked at me pointedly until I relented. "Okay, I'm sorry I doubted you. I won't do it again."

He grinned in satisfaction. "Thank you." He glanced at the clock. "Want to order takeout?"

"Sure."

"Pizza okay?"

"Yeah, that's fine." I set Maci down. "I think there are coupons on the fridge."

Austin walked over and took them off from their place under a magnet. "I'll go pick it up now."

He grabbed his jacket before heading out to the hallway. I scooped his keys up from the counter and held them out just as Austin walked back into the kitchen.

"There's no way I could it without you," Austin said sheepishly as he took his keys.

"Uh huh," I giggled. He grinned and gave me a quick kiss before leaving the room. The door opened and closed a moment later.

"Maci, no, you don't put that in your mouth," I scolded as I walked over to her and grabbed the object she was sucking on. I gasped. "Is this my lipstick? How on earth did you get this?"

In response, she giggled madly and clapped her hands before going to sit with Pancakes.

"I'm watching you, Mace," I told her.

When the cake was done baking, I took it out and let it cool before icing it and decorating it quickly. The doorbell rang and I grabbed the cake before hurrying to answer it. It was Trish.

"Here," I said as I handed the cake over.

"You're a lifesaver, Ally," she sighed with relief. "Seriously, thank you so much."

"You're welcome." I paused. "That'll be forty bucks."

"What?" Trish shrieked.

"I'm kidding," I laughed. "But I've got to go, Maci's in the other room."

"Same. I'll call you tomorrow."

"Sounds good. See you," I said as she hurried down the steps.

"Thank again!" She called over her shoulder.

I shut the door and went back to the kitchen to find Maci asleep on Pancakes, who was also asleep.

"Seriously? How does that even happen?" I wondered quietly. I walked over to the two of them and gently picked Maci up.

I brought her upstairs and tucked her in, sticking her monkey beside her. I smiled softly down at her and turned on her mobile before leaving her room.

Austin was in the kitchen opening the pizza when I came back down.

He looked up as I walked in. "Where's Mace?"

"She fell asleep on the dog, so I took her to bed," I explained as I slid onto a stool at the counter.

He handed me a piece of pizza. Pepperoni and mushrooms, my favourite. I smiled. "Thanks."

Austin grinned. "So how's the song coming for the campaign?"

"Ugh, I've barely got it started. I had to make a cake for Trish because the power went out at her place."

"Why wouldn't she just get Dez to do it? I mean, he may be abnormal, but he sure can cook," Austin said.

"That's true," I agreed. "Eh, whatever, I'll just work on the song later tonight."

"You sure you want to do that? Don't you have to work tomorrow morning?"

"Yes, I'll go to bed at a decent time, don't worry," I assured him.

"Alright, if you say so." Austin sighed happily. "God, I love this pizza!"

I starting laughing and he chuckled. "What's so funny?"

"You have pizza sauce on your nose," I told him through my laughing.

"What? Where?"

I reached forward and smeared sauce on his nose. "Right there."

"Oh, you're funny," he said as I burst out laughing again.

"Oh, don't be mad, Rudolph," I grinned.

"Oh, that's it," Austin started as I shrieked and jumped up, running behind the table. "You can run, but you can't hide!"

"You'll have to catch me first," I shot back grinning. Austin went to move around the table, but I was quick and shot past him and into the living room.

"Austin, go away!" I laughed as I stopped running and turned around. He tried to grab me, and I was trying my best to block his hands. I was laughing too hard, though, and he snagged me around the waist and smeared sauce on my nose.

"Hey! Don't boop my nose!"

"Then don't boop mine!" He replied.

We stared at each other before bursting out laughing. "Dude, you look ridiculous," I giggled.

"I don't know. I think I kinda rock this look," Austin said seriously, which only made me laugh harder.

I slipped my hands around his neck. "I love you. You know that, right?"

He smiled. "I do. And I love you, too."

He bent to kiss me and when we pulled away, I reached up and licked the sauce off his nose. "Did you just lick my nose?" He exclaimed.

"Yep!"

He bent down and licked mine. "There, now we're even."

I shoved his shoulder playfully and we went back to the kitchen. Austin smacked my ass on the way there and I shrieked. "Austin Monica Moon!"

"Yes?" He asked innocently.

I just rolled my eyes and cleaned up the pizza. We watched a movie after we were done and it was nine by the time we finished it.

Austin yawned. "I'm exhausted. I'm heading up to bed."

"I'll be up in a bit. I'm going to work on the song," I told him as we stood up.

"Ally, you need to sleep. You've got an early shift at work tomorrow."

"But I need to work on the song!"

"You have lots of time to work on it," my boyfriend said gently. "Come on, you'll regret it in the morning when you're biting my head off."

I sighed and let him drag me up the stairs. "Fine, I'll do it tomorrow sometime."

I changed into a green tank top and black shorts before crawling into bed. Austin threw on his grey sweats and slipped in beside me.

I snuggled up into his bare chest. "Goodnight."

"Night," he muttered.

Ally POV

I shot up in bed from my nightmare, sweating. "Jesus, worst dream ever," I breathed quietly. I glanced over at Austin and saw that he was still fast asleep.

I grabbed my glasses from the bedside table before slowly getting out of bed. Austin cringed at the loss of my body, but he turned over and continued to snore. I went to the bathroom and splashed water on my face before throwing my hair up into a messy bun and slipping my glasses on. Yes, I had black-rimmed reading glasses. But they made me look hot, so who cares?

I went downstairs and into the den where the piano was. I grabbed my songbook and looked at the clock. It was after three in the morning.

"Great," I told myself. "Just great."

Sitting down at the piano, I got back to work on the song. "She's not like other girls, she could've conquered the world. Until you brought her down," I sang as I tried to match the melody. "Are you happy now?"

After an hour of working, I had four things: one garbage can overloaded with balls of crumpled paper, five broken pencils, a very messed up first verse, and an extremely frustrated Ally.

'I thought we'd always be happy.' Looking over what I'd written, I threw my pencil down and crumbled the paper, chucking it in the garbage. It just rolled off the pile onto the floor. "That doesn't work. Ugh, this is harder than I thought," I told myself. Try again.

'Guess I was wrong; guess you'll always be my happy never after.'

I growled in frustration and crumbled those lyrics up as well before whipping the ball of paper at the wall. "That's not a bullying song. That sounds like someone's in what I like to call, a relationshit!"

I was exhausted, frustrated, and overwhelmed with so many things that I did the one thing I hated doing. I threw my head down on the piano and broke down into tears. Stop it, Ally, you're crying over nothing, my head was telling me, but I couldn't stop.

The main light flicked on and I whipped around to find Austin standing in the doorway. "Ally? What the hell are you doing down here? It's after four," he asked sleepily. He didn't look very happy.

"How'd you know where I was?" I sniffed.

"I woke up to use the washroom and you were gone. Plus, I heard the piano and you swearing like a sailor down here. Now why are you down here?"

"I had a bad dream and couldn't sleep, so I came to work on the song," I said thickly, wiping my eyes.

"Are you crying?" He asked me, coming into the room.

"Yes! I am crying!" I exclaimed. "Is it so hard to believe that a girl can cry once in a while?!"

He softened and sat beside me at the piano, pulling my glasses off gently and wiping underneath my eyes. "Wanna tell me what's up?"

"I can't get this song right, and I've been working for over an hour! I don't even have the first verse completely finished!" I told him before bursting into tears again. "I can't do this, Austin, it's too much."

"Hey, hey," he said softly as he rubbed my back. "Yes you can, Als. I know you can."

"No, I can't. I'm not cut out for this."

"Ally, it's just a song. You've written tons for me."

"Yes, but I'm not just talking about the song! Going to meetings for the campaign has me constantly busy, and I've got Maci to take care of, and to top it all off, I'm no longer on maternity leave at work, which means I'm there at least four times a week! It's a lot for me to handle right now, and I'm just really stressed out!"

"Okay, first of all, it's past four in the morning. You're exhausted and can't think straight. Second of all, you're over thinking the song. Just relax and you'll be fine, you always are. Third, you've always got me to help with Maci and things."

"You're gone a lot for your own job!"

"But I'm not gone all the time. Our parents are always more than willing to help us out with Mace, and so is Quinn's family," Austin told me. "Ally, you're not alone. Besides, Maci is a good little girl, she hardly ever gets fussy. Unlike somebody I know."

I elbowed him and he laughed. I even cracked a smile. "There's a smile," Austin grinned.

I paused. "Were you seriously trying to give me song writing advice? You?" I sniffed.

"Hey, I'm trying to help," he told me. "Cut me some slack, normal people aren't up at this time."

I wiped my eyes. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine." He wrapped his arm around me and gave me a side hug. "You're an amazing songwriter, Ally. Don't you ever forget that. And you're an amazing mom. From what I see, you're doing an awesome job." He smiled down at me. "I'm so proud of you."

I gave him a small smile. "I'll never get tired of hearing that."

"Well good, because I'll be saying it all the time." Austin smoothed my hair and kissed my head. He always knew how to cheer me up, and knew what to say. "Let's go back to bed, alright? I'm exhausted and I'm sure you are too."

I nodded. "Yeah."

He stood up and held his hands out, hauling me up. "Please don't come down here this early again."

"Awe, you're so sweet, making sure I get enough sleep," I smiled. "Thanks for looking out for me."

"Oh, I'm looking out for me," Austin said. "Do you know how grouchy you get when you hardly get sleep? It's like somebody lit a fuse on a psycho bomb."

I clenched my jaw and raised my eyebrow. "I can start that grouchiness early, mister."

Austin's eyes widened and he hurried up the stairs.

"Exactly!" I called after him, but I smiled nonetheless. I loved that guy.

A/N: Threw in some Auslly there for you guys :) Hope you enjoyed it! Review! :)

Oh, who is excited for Campers & Complications? Who has seen the promo!? Like omg, I'm freaking out! I've watched it over fifteen times :) Yeah, obsessed much, Joelle? Totally, and I am NOT ashamed in any way :) I don't care that I'm fifteen, going on sixteen haha

Anybody watch the show Melissa & Joey on ABC? It's amazing! :) and so funny, I die everytime I watch it haha. I was just thinking about it when I woke up on Sunday morning, and it just hit me to try watching the first episode on Youtube, and I spent ALL day Sunday watching it. I'm up to episode 19 of Season 1! I've still got alot to go haha. So that's my little story of the chapter! :) Anybody have anything interesting that's happened to them lately? I love hearing about other people's lives, no matter what it is haha. Yes, I'm creepy. Kinda :p

Love you all!

Joelle xx

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P.S: I WANT LOUD TO COME OUT NOW! I LOVE THE SONG "LOUD!" IT'S ROSSOME! :D :D :D K, I'm done now :)