Ally was sitting in the practice room at her piano playing a tune while she waited for Trish and Dez to show up so they could head to school. Then she heard her computer go off. She got up going over to it to see a call coming in from Austin. She sat down answering it. "Hey Alls!" he said smiling. "Hey Austin. How's the meeting coming along?" Austin groaned. "It's boring that's how it's coming along." Ally laughed. "Don't worry. You're heading home later this afternoon and then you can fill us in on what's happening." Austin smiled at her. "I guess so." They were both quiet for a minute. "Y'know. I've missed you guys a lot." Ally nodded. "I know. We've missed you too." She said. "Hey Ally…" he said softly. "Yes Austin?" She asked. "Will you message me in your break periods?" She tilted her head slightly confused but nodded. He smiled. "Good. At least I'll get to talk to you then as well." She smiled back at him. "Allyson Edgar Dawson! Are you ready for school yet?!" someone yelled. She looked up as Trish walked into the room. "Oh hey Austin!" she greeted coming over. "Hey Trish." Dez came running into the room. "Hiya buddy! I can't wait to see you this afternoon after school!" Austin laughed. "I know Dez and you'll see me again soon enough." They nodded. "Well we better get going Austin. Talk later." He sighed but nodded. They closed it down and left for school.
School flew by quickly but once they had got to their last break period, Austin never got a message from Ally. Trish and Dez also hadn't seen her since last period and they were both getting worried. "Ally! Ally!" They both called looking around the grounds. "She might be doing extra studying in one of the class rooms." Trish said to herself. "Or maybe Ally left her class room and on her way down the hall was abducted by secret ninjas and they've taken her off to their hideout forever!" He said. Trish frowned and just looked at Dez. "Seriously Dez. Try stopping if between here…" she pointed to her head. "…and here." She pointed to her mouth. She then turned walking off to try and see if Ally was in a class room. They checked out in the rooms but found no Ally. Trish's phone started ringing. She looked at it and saw Austin's name showing up. She answered it. "Oh hey Austin!" she said faking her normal cheerful tone. "Trish? Is something wrong with Alls? She was going to message me and she hasn't. And I'm about to leave." he said worry in his voice. "Oh Ally? Oh yeah she's fine. She's just…uh…..busy right now." She said. "Trish! I asked the principal and he hasn't seen Ally since last period either!" Dez yelled running across the grounds. "What do you mean hasn't seen her?!" Austin snapped. "Oh….uh….nothing!" she said quickly. "It's just a joke." She faked a laugh. "Crazy Dez. You know what he's like. Anyway, gotta go. Bye Austin!" she hung up and sighed. The bell rang for the start of final classes. "Now what?" Dez asked. "I don't know. We better keep looking after classes finish." They both headed inside slowly.
Meanwhile Ally was with the cheerleading girls who had dragged Ally off to help them make up a new tune and words for their new cheer. Ally groaned hitting her head on her book. The girls were going on and on about Austin and had been for the past hour and she couldn't concentrate on it. They heard Coach Simmons coming towards the court. "Quick! Hide her or we'll be in trouble!" One of the girls shouted. They pulled Ally into one of the rooms and closed the door. She sat down leaning on the wall hearing them starting on their practice. Her stomach growled. She sighed. She was hungry and her lunch was still in her bag in her locker. She looked back at her book. Great. I'll get detention if I don't get back to my classes. And I can't message Austin. And Trish and Dez will be looking for me. Stupid cheerleaders and their cheers. She started writing up a new cheer for the girls. She eventually finished and just sat there staring at the wall waiting for practice to end so she could leave.
The final bell rang for the end of school. The classrooms emptied as kids filled up the corridors and out of the school. The cheerleading girls let Ally out once no one was around. "Thanks a lot for that." Ally hissed sarcastically. The girls smiled taking the new cheer. "No problem!" They ran out ignoring her. She walked out grabbing her bag. "Miss Dawson." Ally turned to see the principal behind her. "Yes sir?" she asked. "Where were you? Your teacher noticed your absence." She sighed and told him what the girls had done. He nodded once she was done. "Alright. Well he gave me the work you need to do. I'll sort the rest when I see the girls next." He handed her the papers and walked off. She stuffed them in her bag and walked out of the school building…into the pouring rain. Oh great. Now it decides to rain. She headed off through the rain. The lightning flashed lighting up the sky followed by the thunder. She wished she was back home and dry.
Trish and Dez had left the school before Ally had and were at the airport as the plane unloaded the passengers. It had landed just before the storm had started. Austin came off the plane with Jimmy. Jimmy then left to get his luggage and leave. "Austin!" Trish and Dez both called running over to their friend. He smiled hugging them both. "Trish! Dez! Oh I've missed you guys!" They laughed. "So you've said…..a thousand times!" Trish said smirking. He eyed the area. "Where's Ally?" He asked. "We lost her while at school." Trish said. He stared at them both. Dez nodded before informing Austin of the entire drama. Austin grabbed his bags. "Well let's go! We have to find her!" He said running out of the airport and then stopped seeing the rain. "Maybe we go to Sonic Boom, Tell Lester and then when it stops raining, we go look for her hm?" Trish suggested. Austin sighed but nodded reluctantly.
They got a taxi to Sonic Boom and headed inside. Lester looked up at them. "Oh! Would you kids mind staying here while I duck out for a minute?" The three of them nodded. He smiled heading out with and umbrella. Austin sat up on top of the counter staring at the piano next to the stairs. He sighed. Dez and Trish sat on the stairs. They had been there for about ten minutes when they heard something splash into the puddles outside. "Damn it! This day just gets worse!" A familiar voice said. Austin's head shot up. He jumped over the counter and out the door. He looked to see Ally picking up her things she'd dropped. "Ally-cat!" Ally stopped and looked up. She smiled seeing Austin. "Austin!" She ran over to him. He held her close. "I was so worried about you when you didn't message me!" He said. She smiled. "Sorry. I'll explain everything I promise." Austin picked up her things and took her inside. She was completely soaked through. She looked at Austin. "I'm sorry. I just got you all wet." He smiled running his hair through his hair getting the water out of it from when he went outside. It was a tad longer than normal. "Never mind that. I'm just happy you're safe." Trish brought a towel in and wrapped it around her. "I'll be back once I get changed." They nodded and she headed upstairs.
Just outside a shadow watched the shop closely. Lester headed back to the shop and stopped seeing someone watching the place. He growled walking over towards them. They turned seeing Lester coming and quickly left. He turned going back into the shop. He locked up going upstairs. He went to the practice room looking at the kids. "I'll call your parents and tell them you lot are staying over till the morning." Trish looked at him. "We can go. It's just rain." She said. He shook his head. "No. I saw someone outside watching the shop. I don't want anyone to get hurt plus you shouldn't go out with this heavy rain." They all nodded. He went off. The four friends looked at each other and shrugged. Ally looked outside wondering who that person was or what they wanted.