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Ally POV

"Strut, strut, strut, and pop! Turn and arms out! Ooonce, ooonce, ooonce."

This Just Dance was a blast. I loved being home alone! Austin had taken Maci to a doctor's appointment since I had been working in the morning, but I got back a half hour ago and they still weren't back. So I thought I'd do a little dancing. I mean, it couldn't hurt. Especially since there was no one around for me to hurt.

"Ah, 3000 points! I'm like the Michael Jackson of our generation. To the right, to the left. Spin, twist, and strut again! Pop and lock. Now go cray cray!"

Pancakes trotted into the room and stood in front of the TV. "Pancakes, look out. I can't see!"

She stared at me as she wagged her tail before jumping up and down. "Pancakes! Now I really can't see! If you're gonna dance, dance away from the TV."

She span in circles before lying down. "Alright, fine. While you're here, how's my dancing? Good? Bad? Come on, Pancakes, I need your opinion."

Pancakes sniffed and her ears perked. "Awe, thanks girl!"

The song ended and "Beauty and a Beat" came on. "Yes! Alright, here we go. Pop, lock, spin, and strut, strut, strut my stuff! What kind of move is that? It looks like a headless chicken running on the spot."

"Believe me, you look like a headless chicken running on the spot," came a voice from behind me.

I shrieked and whipped around to find Austin standing at the door with Maci wrapped around his legs.

"How long have you been standing there?" I panted, pausing the game.

"Not that long."

"Oh thank god," I sighed.

"Pop, lock, spin, and strut, strut, strut my stuff!" He mocked in a high voice.

I rolled my eyes. "Hey, I almost beat your high score."

He glanced at the screen. "You're over five thousand points away!"

"I'm not done." I unpaused the game. "Watch and learn."

"Oh, I'll watch, but I don't think I'll learn anything," he smirked as he scooped up Maci and sat on the couch. Pancakes walked over to them and sat down.

After a few seconds, Austin spoke up. "Hey, how come you're not chanting anymore?"

"I'd rather not now that you guys are here," I said as I span around. "It's reserved for 'Ally Time'."

Austin pouted. "Come on, it was cute."

"No way, josé."

"Fine." I finished the song and saw that I was only two hundred points away from Austin's high score. "Ha!"

"Newsflash: you didn't beat my score."

"It's my personal best, so that is an accomplishment for me!" I shut off the game and flopped down beside them. Maci crawled onto my lap. "Jesus, that is a workout. Maci, honey, I'm all sweaty, please stop trying to climb up me."

"No shit, it's dancing. How was work?"

I shrugged. "It was alright. There weren't many people because of that big council barbeque on the beach." Maci stepped on my stomach in her quest to climb up my front and pressed her hands against my face. "Ouch, Maci!"

"She missed you," Austin said. "Oh, the doctor said everything's fine."

"That's great," I smiled, grabbing Maci and sitting her on my lap properly. "You're a healthy girl!"

She giggled and leaned sideways, sticking her legs up on me. "Seriously, what has gotten into you?" I asked as I tried to avoid her squirming feet.

Austin stood up. "I've gotta go call Trish about that show in Orlando."

"Okay." I set Maci on the ground to play with Pancakes. "Can you watch her after while I go take a shower?"

"Yep," he said as he walked into the kitchen.

"Thanks, babe," I called before glancing down at Maci, who was pulling Pancakes' tail. "Maci, stop." I grabbed her monkey and wiggled it in front of her. "Somebody wants to play with you, Mace. Mr. Monkey missed you while you were gone!"

She reached out to take him. I smiled and stroked her head just as Austin came back in. "Show's good for next week."

"Great," I said. "But if you'll excuse me, I can't sit in these clothes for a minute longer. I'm going to shower."

"Mind if I join?" Austin grinned.

"You're watching Maci!" I called over my shoulder on my way to the stairs.

"Damn it! No offense, Maci, I love you, sweetie."

I grinned to myself and hurried upstairs to our bedroom and through the door to the bathroom. I immediately felt better when I was under the hot water.

I finished a while later and got out, walking back to the bedroom. I blow dried my hair and changed into black skinny jeans and a turquoise t-shirt.

"Austin?" I called as I walked back down the stairs.

"What's up?" He was tuning his guitar while Maci sat on the ground playing with her toy drums.

"What do you want for supper?"

"Doesn't matter to me," he replied. "Need any help?"

"I think I'm good, thanks." I walked over to the iPod dock. "We need some music on. It's too quiet."

"Pancay!"

I froze just as I heard Austin drop his guitar. I whipped around and looked at him. "Did you just hear that?"

He nodded in shock, not even caring about the guitar. We both looked at Maci, who was staring at us curiously. Probably wondering what we were looking at.

"Pancay!" She said again.

I shrieked happily as I hurried over to her. "She talked! Holy shit, she's talking! Austin, videotape this!"

Austin whipped out his phone and hit record before sliding onto the ground. "What did you say, Mace?"

"Pancay!" She screeched before clapping her hands. Austin beamed.

"I think she's trying to say Pancakes," he said. He pumped his fist. "Victory! Her first word is pancakes!"

I burst into happy tears and kissed Maci's head before I tackled Austin in a hug. I almost knocked him onto his back. "She talked! She's talking, Austin, she's really talking!"

He laughed and hugged me back before pulling me onto his lap, the video still recording. "She is, Als."

"Maci, can you say 'Momma?'" I coaxed. "Momma? Or 'Dadda?'"

"I think she lost interest," Austin pointed. Maci was playing with her drums again, as if she never spoke.

"Oh well. At least she said something!" I squealed. "Ah, I'm so happy right now!"

Austin shut the phone off and slid it back into his pocket. "Just wait till our parents hear about it. They'll have a field day."

"I'm having a field day!" I exclaimed before pausing. "Wait."

"What?" he asked as I stood up from the ground.

"We need to set some rules now. We should have set them earlier, even."

"Okay," he said slowly, helping Maci with her toy. "What sort of rules?"

"Well, first: the swearing stops around her. Now that she's talking, she'll want to repeat everything we say, and I don't want her swearing."

"Makes sense," Austin nodded. "But I don't get it. You wouldn't let me or yourself swear while you were pregnant with her, yet we swore after she was born?"

"I know, I know, it doesn't make sense. But I mean, we were new parents at such a young age and it was really hard. The bad words just slipped when we were frustrated, and it became instinct. But in all seriousness, we need to stop. Starting now."

"Okay, I agree. What's rule two?"

"Rule two: No bad music. Again, she'll repeat it."

"That fits with rule number one, Ally."

"I'm just being cautious," I told him.

He stood up. "I know you are, but don't make a bunch of rules to keep Maci perfect. I'd say those two rules are good for now."

"Fine," I sighed. We were quiet for a moment before I grinned again. "Maci talked! Did you hear it?"

Austin chuckled and bent to scoop Maci up into his arms, kissing her little head of blonde hair. She rested her head into the crook of his neck and immediately started playing with his hair there. "Just wait, she'll be blabbing away before you know it. Won't be long before you miss the gurgling."

"Oh, nonsense, I can now hear my baby speak actual coherent words," I said. "I'll never get tired of it."

"She better not be another you," Austin said. "Right Maci? I don't think I could handle two girls who never stop talking."

I lightly smacked him. "I don't talk that much."

"Meh, little bit."

I could hear Pancakes whimpering at the front door. "Yes, Pancakes, I'll take you," I called.

"I'll make supper since apparently Maci wants pancakes," Austin said as we headed to the kitchen. "And we all know I'm the best at making pancakes."

"Cocky," I said.

"Not cocky. More like honest."

"Right," I smirked as I grabbed my black leather jacket from the back of a chair and slipped it on. I pulled my long hair out from underneath and it flowed down my back in a cascade of natural waves.

"Just take the dog before she does some damage inside that you don't want her to do," Austin said, setting Maci down before pulling pancake mix out of the cupboard.

"I'm going. I'll be back in a bit." I went out into the hallway and slipped on my black converse before grabbing the leash. Pancakes was jumping at the doorknob.

"Alright, girl, I'm coming. Sheesh," I said as I hooked her up before opening the door. "Let's go."

It was a beautiful day outside, so I decided to take Pancakes to the dog run at the park. As we arrived at the park, there were lots of kids playing with their parents.

I smiled. I couldn't wait to do that with Maci when she got a little older. I remembered when I was watching Sheridan for a few days while Quinn was at the hospital with Jace, and Trish and I took her here. It was a lot of fun.

We walked into the fenced area for the dogs and I let Pancakes off her leash. She took off after a squirrel, so I sat on the bench and pulled out my phone to check Austin's website.

Dez had uploaded a video of Austin drinking hot sauce through his nose ten minutes previously, and it had already gotten over a million views. It amazes me what people watch on the internet.

I texted Dez. A hot sauce video?

Totally! People love it! He replied.

I laughed to myself before texting back. You could probably sell the Kleenex Austin blew his nose in after for a lot of money.

That's a genius idea.

Dez, I was kidding!

I wasn't.

Please don't, I sent. I heard a few barks and I looked up.

Pancakes was chasing another dog around the park. The dog looked exactly like Pancakes, size and all, except this dog was the color of chocolate. Its owner was in the process of trying to catch it.

"Oh, great," I muttered as I slid my phone in my pocket. I stood up and hurried over. "Hey! Pancakes, no!"

The guy looked at me. He looked my age, tall, with black hair and piercing green eyes. He reminded me of Percy Jackson. And he was really cute.

"I'm assuming this is your dog?" He asked.

I nodded as I tried to grab Pancakes. "Yeah, but she's harmless. I'm so sorry."

"It's no problem," he said. "I'm just glad she's not a stray."

"Pancakes, come here now!" I yelled. I finally grabbed her collar and she sat down at my side again. "Bad girl, you don't chase other dogs, you know that."

"Guess she just thinks my dog is bait," the guy grinned as he hooked his dog back on a leash. He held out his hand. "I'm Jesse. And this is big guy is Blaze."

I shook it. "Ally. I'm sorry about my dog again, she isn't usually like that."

"No worries. Pancakes is quite the name for a dog, but I guess she does look like a pancake. The colour, I mean, not the shape. That would be an odd looking pancake," Jesse joked.

I laughed. "Yeah, my boyfriend loves pancakes, so that's what we named her."

"You know, you look familiar. I swear I've seen you somewhere."

"I'll just give you a sec."

He thought about it. "Got it. Austin Moon's girlfriend," Jesse said. "Do I win?"

I giggled. "You win."

He grinned. "Cool. His music rocks."

I nodded. "I'll tell him you said that. We've also got a daughter, Maci, but I'm sure you already know that, with it being in the tabloids so much last year."

"Actually, I'm not a big fan of gossip sites, or anything gossip related, so no, I didn't know you had a baby." He whistled. "Wow. That must be rough. You look like you're my age, and I'm only 22."

"21; guilty is charged. Yeah, it's hard, but we're making it through. She just turned one in March. She said her first word today, actually," I said.

"Nice," Jesse commented. "That must've been exciting."

"I cried."

He laughed. "I rest my case."

My phone buzzed. "Excuse me," I said as I pulled it out. It was a text from Austin.

Where are you? It's been over an hour. Are you okay? If you don't answer this text, I'm sending a search party out. No joke. Did Pancakes run off or something? Did you get hit by a bus? Or an airplane? Did someone STAB YOU!? ALLY!

An airplane? I thought weirdly. I quickly sent back, I'm fine, relax. No one stabbed me, just calm down. I'm on my way right now.

"I'm really sorry, but I've got to go," I told Jesse.

"That's okay. It was nice meeting you," he said.

"You, too," I said. "C'mon Pancakes. Bye Blaze!"

I turned around and made it about six feet before I heard Jesse shout, "Ally, hold up!"

I turned around to see him jogging up to me. "Yeah?"

"Um, would it be weird if we swapped numbers?" He asked. "I know you have a boyfriend and all, but we could always meet for coffee or something. Keep it platonic."

I hesitated. Austin would freak.

"I swear I won't do anything. It's just, I'm new to the area. But I understand if you say no."

I looked at him. Damn, those green eyes were like emeralds! I relented and pulled out my phone before handing it to him. "Oh, alright."

He tapped his number in before handing me his phone so I could tap mine in. We swapped back. "Thanks."

"You're welcome, but I've really got to go." I waved and walked off with Pancakes.

As Pancakes and I walked out of the park, I couldn't help but think what Austin was going to say when he found out I had swapped numbers with another guy. But guys and girls can be just friends, right?

Right?

A/N: Oooooh, drama in the works? Guess you'll have to read to find out! Things are only going to get more interesting from here!

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