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3 days. Austin had been stuck in Ally's house for three days. He tried everything to get out, but he couldn't. Something was blocking him, literally. Every time he was going to step out, there was some sort of unbreakable, invisible glass blocking him. He was trapped.

Right now, he was laying on the bed in the room Ally gave him. He was just staring at the ceiling, thinking if anyone noticed his disappearance, but then Ally came in and interrupted his thoughts.

"Hey Austin." she said casually. She had been acting casual to Austin these days, as if they were already friends.

Austin barely even spared a glance at her. "Hi." he said flatly.

Ally went and sat down on the edge of his bed. "Come on, Austin. Don't be like that towards me. I just wanna be friends with you. Please don't ignore me."

Austin stared at her for a moment, before saying, "I said 'Hi'. I didn't completely ignore you." Then he had his attention back to the ceiling.

Ally then stood up with rage in her eyes. Man, she could get angry easily. "You know what? I've been trying to be nice to you, but this is what you give to me? Fine. I came here earlier to show you this." She showed Austin a piece of paper that she had been hiding behind her back. She threw it down to Austin's lap and left the room.

Austin sighed and grabbed the paper, and when he read it, his eyes widened. There was a picture of him there, and the writings were;

Missing

Name: Austin Moon

Age: 15

If you find him, please call this number: 555-xxx-xxxx

Austin quickly sat up and threw the paper down on his bed. He scrambled out of his room and went to find Ally.

"Ally? Ally, I need to talk to you!" he called out, searching every room in her house.

Ally suddenly appeared in front of him. "What do you want?" she asked.

Austin gulped. Ally looked different. She had tear streaks along her cheeks and her eyes were bloodshot, as if she had been crying. Her hair was also different; they were chestnut with amber highlights, not her usual plain chestnut.

"A-Are you alright?" Austin asked.

Ally looked up at him and seemed as if she was debating on something. Finally, she shook her head and said, "N-No, I... Never mind. What do you want?" she asked and wiped away her tears.

Austin stared at her again for a moment then said, "Why did you show me that paper?"

Ally sighed. "I...I wanted to show you that people really do care about you, and honestly, I felt bad for you that I wanted to let you go. I was going tk let you know that."

Austin perked up with excitement. "Really? You're letting me go home?"

Ally nodded and gave Austin his beanie that she had been hiding behind her back. "Here you go. You can go home now."

Austin accepted it and smiled excitedly. "Thanks." He put his beanie on, but then frowned when he saw the sad look on Ally's face.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

Ally looked away. "Nothing. Just go now."

Austin sighed and took off his beanie, then he gently put it on Ally. "You can keep this." he smiled.

Ally looked up at him. "No. If I keep it, you won't be able to go home."

Austin looked her in the eyes. "Maybe I can stay a bit more." he shrugged.

Ally smiled wide and then hugged him tightly. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"

Austin hugged her back. "Your welcome." Then he noticed something. "Wait," he pulled away, "your voice is different."

Ally nodded. "Yeah."

"You look different too." Austin observed.

Ally nodded again. "I know. Whenever I feel real emotions, like sadness or happiness, I look like this, but my voice only doesn't echo when I'm happy."

"Does that mean you're happy right now?" Austin asked.

Ally smiled. "Yeah. I suppose I am."

Austin smiled again, then frowned. "Wait, but you were crying earlier. That means you were sad. So, tell me why you're sad." he said, taking a seat on Ally's bed.

Ally sat down beside him. "But will you promise to not be mad or anything?"

"I promise." Austin assured.

Ally sighed. "I was sad because... I didn't want you to leave. But I noticed that you're not happy here, so I decided to let you go. But that made me unhappy."

"Why?" Austin asked.

"Because... I just want a friend. In my life, I've never had a real friend before. But I guess I don't have one either now. I mean, forcing you to stay to be my friend isn't really a way of making friends." Ally explained.

Austin sighed. "When did you figure this out?"

Ally shook her head. "That paper. When I saw that paper this morning, I thought of the fact that people care about you and wanted you back. You had lots of friends that you care about and that care about you. So I figured that, friends should care about each other. But I... I didn't show you if I care about you right now."

Austin frowned. "Oh." Was all he could say. Then, he smiled in realization. "But you are!" he exclaimed.

"I what?" Ally asked, confused.

"You care about me! You're showing it now, and a couple minutes ago!" Austin stated.

Ally furrowed her eyebrows. "I don't get it."

Austin ran his fingers through his hair. "You said that you noticed I was unhappy here, so you decided to let me go, right? Well, that shows that you care about me - about how I feel."

Ally thought for a bit. "Really? But that doesn't help in making friends."

Austin chuckled. "No Ally, you're wrong. That is the first step of making friends. Instead, that is the most important thing about friends; caring about each other's feelings."

Ally smiled a little, but then said, "But you don't care about how I feel."

Austin shook his head. "That's not true. If I don't care about how you feel, I wouldn't be sitting here with you right now. I would've ran out that door the moment you said I could leave."

Ally smiled again. "Thanks, Austin. You really are a great friend."

Austin chuckled. "I guess I am, huh?"

They hugged, and electricity coursed through them, so they pulled apart immediately.

"Um, you know, since I'm staying a bit longer, I'll be in my room." Austin said, standing up, somewhat awkwardly.

Ally stood up as well. "Yeah, sure."

Austin smiled a bit at her, then made his way to his room, muttering, "I guess that's what I get for hugging a ghost. Electrified."

A/N:

Hey guys, sorry for the late update!

So...Austin and Ally are getting closer together. Yay?

Hope you guys enjoyed.

R&R please!