Hey! I'm SOOOO sorry I haven't been on in a while! We sent our laptop to get it fixed, and I've been too lazy to go sit in the office and write, but now I decided I needed to. Plus, I'm leaving for California tomorrrow and won't be back till Thursday. This chapter is 2,863 words long! Consider it my I'm-sorry-I-haven't-been-on-and-sorry-that-I'm-leaving present!

Maddie's Awesome Disclaimer: Part IV

Me: Omigosh it's Laura Marano! *STARTS FREAKING OUT THAT I'M SEEING HER AND STARTS FANGIRLING UNCONTROLLABLY CUZ I'M SUCH A BIG FAN*

Laura: Umm. Is your name Maddie, by any chance?

Me: OMIGOSH YOU KNOW MY NAME! HOW'D YOU KNOW!?

Laura: You're one of Ross's agents, right?

Me: More like his friend.

Laura: Riiiiiiiiiight...

Me: Wait, how do you know about the agency?

Laura: *Mumbles so I can't hear* Ross told me you were hyper and insane, but he didn't say anything about you asking too many questions... *Starts talking in normal voice so I can hear* Ross told me everything. We're dating, so no secrets.

Me: RAURA FEELS! CAN I HAVE YOU'RE AUTOGRAPH?!

Laura: *Grins evilly*

Of course. But...

To Be Continued

The Day of the Living Scrapbook

(Austin's P.O.V.)

I wake up tangled in a mess of sheets and blankets. I don't remember my dream, but I remember that it was a nightmare. I look at the clock on my nightstand. Noon. Then, I look at the calendar conveniently placed by my bed. Tuesday.

I walk downstairs and find a huge breakfast of pancakes and fruit (to balance the sugar in the pancakes) set out for me. There's a note on the table.

Had to work today. Sorry we can't be at home with you in this hard time. Love you.

Love,

Mom and Dad

P.S. Ally came over and told us to tell you to meet her at Sonic Boom A.S.A.P. Like we would need to remind you, though. ;)

Like we would need to remind you. What's that supposed to mean? I ponder what my parents might have meant as I chow down on my breakfast feast. I eat all of it, even though I'm full halfway through. I put the dishes in the sink, take a shower, get dressed, brush my teeth, and set out to Sonic Boom.

This time, I find the store with ease. I walk in and look for Ally. She's nowhere to be seen. The practice room, I think to myself. On my way, I pass the counter, where a man is working.

"Hi, Austin," the man says.

"Umm how do you know my name?" I say nervously.

"Oh, right. Ally told me about your memory. I'm Ally's father," he tells me.

"Oh. Well then hi, Mr. Dawson," I say politely. Then, I walk upstairs to the practice room. Ally doesn't notice me standing in the doorway listening to her sing.

Last summer we met, we started as friends,
I can't tell you it all happened,
Then autumn it came, we were never the same,
Those nights everything felt like magic,
And I wonder if you miss me too,
If you don't, it's the one thing that I wish you knew,
I think about you, every morning when I open my eyes,
I think about you, every evening when I turn out the lights,
I think about you, every moment, every day of my life,
You're on my mind, all the time, it's true,
How long 'till I stop pretending, what we have is never ending,
Oh, Oh-oh-oh,
If all we are is just a moment, don't forget me 'cause I won't and,
I can't help myself,
I think about you, ooh ooh,
I think about you, oh oh,oh,ohI think about you, every morning when I open my eyes,
I think about you, every evening when I turn out the lights,
I think about you, every moment, every day of my life,
You're on my mind, all the time, it's true,
I think about you, you you, you you

She finishes the song, and I start clapping loudly. She jumps and falls off the piano bench. I laugh.

"AUSTIN MONICA MOON, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU-" I cut her off.

"My middle name's Monica?" I ask. This must be an inside joke or something. She smiles and nods. My face is apparently hilarious because she starts cracking up.

"Sorry, Austin," she says when she's calmed down a little. "Not sure why your parents gave you that name, but they did. It works for you, though." She stifles a laugh.

I give her a look and then say, "By the way, I don't know how many times you've told me. Actually I don't even know what you've told me however many times you've told me." Memory loss to my advantage. Point one for Austin Moon.

She sighs and glares at me. "I've told you like a thousand times to not scare me like that!" I smile.

"Good to know." I smirk at her. "Anyways, you wanted me to come over here A.S.A.P.?"

"Oh yeah," she says. "Today, you, me, Trish, and Dez are gonna recreate some of our best memories! We thought that maybe reliving them might help, even though we already know what WILL help…." I smile. This girl is AMAZING. I mean, Trish and Dez are too, but I know this was her idea. Even though they know it probably won't help, their trying their hardest anyways.

"Fun," I say. "So what are we doing first?"

"You'll see," she replies, handing me a suit, tie, and crutches. So we're recreating Trish's quincenera. They told me about how I was teaching Ally how to dance with her crush, Dallas, and I hurt my foot. They also told me about how Dez ruined all the presents and how Dallas's dancing was worse than Ally's. And I think Ally may have mentioned something about me giving up performing in front of some club owner (who turned out to own COUNTRY clubs) just to dance with her, but I ended up dropping her on the dip. Man, I'm such a nice guy. But, I'm a jerk at the same time. Why would I drop her?

"-and this time, Trish's mom won't be blasting an air horn in your ear, so you better not drop me," Ally finishes her speech playfully. Wow. Do I zone out when she talks all the time?

"Is that Dallas guy gonna be there?" I ask. I already know I don't like this guy, and I don't really want him around Ally.

"No," she says, smiling. "He would never do that. He's such a jerk." Well, okay then. Not sure where that came from. She never said anything about him being a jerk. Ally tells me to go change in the closet, and I oblige.

Once I walk out, I say, "So when are we leaving?"

"Not sure," she says, walking in the closet and locking the door. I sit on the piano bench. I hear a clatter coming from downstairs, and then Mr. Dawson's muffled voice. Finally, Ally walks out.

"Shouldn't be long, now," she says, but I barely hear her. My jaw is almost on the ground. Ally's wearing a beautiful red dress that brings out her chocolate brown eyes. Her hair is swept to one side, and it's perfectly curled. She's wearing slightly more makeup than she was earlier. What, is there like a whole vanity set in that closet that I didn't see or something?

"Austin?" Ally says, snapping in my face. I shake my head, coming out of my trance.

"Yeah… Umm…. Uhhh…" Smooth, Moon. Smooth. Ally blushes and we get a knock at the door.

"Time to go," she says and leads me out of the practice room and downstairs.

Apparently, they closed the store early because the entire lower level is decorated with, what I assume are, the decorations from Trish's quincenera. It's also packed with people.

"Wow," I say. "They work fast." Dez walks up to me in a poofy yellow and red suit. "Dude," I say, "what's with the outfit?" He goes on to explain that he thought everyone was wearing poofy clothes.

Then, a lady who I think is Trish's mom says, "And now, here is my daughter, Trish De la Rosa!" (1) We all clap as Trish walks onto a makeshift stage wearing a poofy pink-and-zebra-print dress. She talks about getting to the presents when Dez comes in on a jungle vine, which breaks. He falls and breaks all the presents, which I figure out are just boxes and bags with nothing in them.

After about an hour, we skip to the part where I dance with Ally. She's actually not that bad. We dance to a slow song and I dip her at the end. Trish comes up and blows an air horn in my ear, and I drop Ally. Trish gets a death glare as I help Ally up.

"Sorry, Als," I say.

"He dropped you originally, so he had to drop you in the remake," Trish says, shrugging.

"I don't like this logic," Ally says. We're still holding hands. I smile slightly. Dez sneaks up behind us and pours shrimp on our heads. Ally lets go of my hand and turns around, pulling a shrimp out of her hair.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!" she screams. Dez laughs.

"I wanted to do that at the original quincenera," Dez says, "but I never got the chance. So, while we're reliving it, it was a perfect time." He screams and starts running around the counter while Ally chases him.

"Next," Trish says, not even acknowledging that Ally's slapping Dez silly, "we're going to The Swamp Bride. It's a horror movie that we went to when you and Ally were trying to get to know each other better." She hands me a costume. "Now go home and change while I break up Dez and Ally and clean up." I salute, shake some shrimp out of my hair, and run home.

When I get home, I change into the strange costume. Then, I grab my phone for the first time since I lost my memory. I reread old texts.

From: Ally

Hey Austin! We still on for the movie later?

To: Ally

Yup. Cya then Als ;)

From: Ally

Just don't be late. I don't wanna miss it.

To: Ally

Do we really have to see Warm Bodies?

From: Ally

Austin it's a scary movie/romantic movie. Why aren't you excited?

To: Ally

Ohhhh THAT'S what it's about! Well now I'm excited!

From: Ally

Good. Now hurry and get ready. It's been like 3 hours.

To: Ally

K. Ttyl Als

I smile. I like how we can just go see movies as friends and not think anything of it. I wonder how many people see us as a couple. I turn my phone off, put it in my pocket, and leave the house.

When I get to Sonic Boom, I see Trish and Dez in the exact same costume. They look like zombie/aliens. When I ask what they are, they answer that they're "zaliens" or whatever. Ally's dressed in a wedding gown with rips and tears and basically looks like a bride in a horror movie. "You guys ready?" she says.

"Yup," Trish, Dez, and I say in unison. We leave Sonic Boom, Ally locking the door behind her. We walk across the mall to the movie theater.

"Four tickets to The Swamp Bride, please," Ally tells the worker. She starts taking out her wallet, but I stop her.

"I'll pay," I say. "Consider it a thanks-for-trying-to-get-my-memories-back-even-though-we-all-know-there's-no-hope present." Hey, I may not have any memories, but I'm still a gentlemen.

"You sure?" Ally says. I nod. "Thanks, Austin." Trish and Dez nod in agreement. I pay the worker and we go inside.

I know from the beginning that I love this movie. Someone's brain gets eaten in the first five minutes! I notice Ally's asleep beside me. I smile. She's cute when she sleeps. It makes her look younger. Like all her stress has just disappeared from her face. Without thinking, I put my arm around her. I see Trish and Dez smiling on the other side of me.

After the movie, Trish and Dez yell "BOO!" at Ally, and she wakes up screaming. They're laughing, but I'm not. Well, at least I'm TRYING not to laugh. She slaps my arm.

"Ow!" I say, rubbing it. "You're a small girl, but you can cause some serious harm."

"Be happy I'm not Trish," she says. We walk around the mall for a bit while Trish and Dez go off somewhere to continue some argument they started.

"So, do we do this often?" I ask after a while. She looks at me. "Spend time like this." I gesture to our little stroll around the mall.

"All the time." She smiles. I've concluded that I like her smile. And the way she laughs. "All the other workers here think we're dating because they see us walking around together so much. It's kinda silly, really. I mean, just cause we go to movies and out to eat and walk around the mall together a lot doesn't mean we're dating." I let out an internal sigh. So, she thinks us dating is silly. There goes my happiness. "They even made up a couple name for us," Ally continues. "Auslly. We may not be dating, but I gotta say, it's cute." She thinks our couple name's cute. Maybe there's hope for Auslly yet. But, before I can even start worrying about the feelings I now know I have for Ally, I have to get my memories back.

By the time we return to Sonic Boom, the sun has set. She unlocks the door, but I manage to open it before she can. She smiles at me and walks in, with me following. Ally gets a call. "One sec, Austin," she says answering her phone.

"Hey, Trish," she says. "Oh! I forgot about that! What are we gonna do?... Well, obviously!... Trish, you can't cancel. We'll just have to work extra hard…. Of course Austin's life can change in three days!... The beach concert will be-…. Well, yes but-….." Ally sighs. "Fine, you're right. Cancel the concert….. Anything else?... Yeah, we're at Sonic Boom…. Oh, c'mon, Trish. No he doesn't…" Uh oh. If Trish is saying what I think she's saying…. Ally puts up one finger like 'one sec' and walks up to the practice room. I hear faintly "He did?" and then the door closes behind her.

I turn my phone on. It's eleven already? Wow, time flies when I'm with Ally. I leave her a note telling her I'm tired so I went home. Then, I open the doors of Sonic Boom and start walking out of the mall.

On my way home, a dark figure jumps out at me. I scream very girlishly for a man like me. (And don't you laugh. Of course I'm a man.) I see gray hair and green eyes. The lady is obviously old and very short.

She speaks in an all-to-familiar voice, "Well if it isn't Austin Moon!"

"What are you doing here?" I say, frozen in my tracks.

"Oh, just taking a midnight stroll. And, because I know you're going to ask, no, I won't give you your memories back. I don't have the power to. Only the life-changing event and that other thing will have the power to give them back. But, I stopped you for a reason. First, I'm sorry for taking your memories, but I had to teach that girl, Ally, I think her name was, a lesson. I'm also sorry I don't have the power to give them back. You see, I'm a shadow. A supernatural being who has powers and whatnot. Anyways, I wander the country looking for" she pauses and looks me up and down "relationships, let's say, that are in trouble. Ally told me that she was angry at you for always being late for "Team Austin" meetings. I could tell that a terrible fight might occur because of your lateness, and I also hate it when people don't listen to me. So, I put a spell on her that would make you listen to her. Well, the spell chose an odd time to work, and you lost your memories. You know the rest.

"Anyways, I also wanted to tell you some important information about the mystery event. First, it's a mystery because I don't even know what it is. The spell kinda takes on its own nature and tells me how to break it, but it never tells me enough information. And yes, the spells kinda take on minds of their own once they're cast. Anyways, this other event must happen within five minutes of the life-changing event. That's about all I needed to tell you. I'll be going now." With that, she disappears in a shadow. I didn't even get to say anything, other than 'what are you doing here.'

I finally get home, still shaking. My parents are asleep, and I don't really have an appetite since the meeting with Goldie. (2) It's almost midnight, anyways. So, I get in a tank top and some pajama bottoms and get in bed. (3)

I ponder what the old lady said. I guess she's not that bad, but she's still creepy. Then, I start to worry. I only have five minutes after a life-changing event to do some other thing that I know nothing about, and if I don't, I'll have to wait for my life to change again, and the process will start over. What if the life-changing event is a bad thing? What if I lose a limb? I sigh. My life is so messed up.

Then, my thoughts turn to Ally. What was Trish telling her on the phone? I mean, I think they mentioned something earlier today about the beach concert, but what about the conversation Ally went to the practice room for? It was obviously about me cause she would've stayed downstairs if it wasn't. Trish can't possibly know I like Ally.

Thinking about liking Ally gets me to another question: Did I like her before I lost my memories? This question gets me thinking hard. I don't think I'll be getting very much sleep tonight.

Yeeeah, weird chapter name, but I couldn't think of another one! I'm SORRY! Anyways... WHO'S EXCITED FOR FREAKY FRIENDS AND FICTION!? Though I heard that THERE'S NO AUSLLY! HOW COULD THEY DO THIS!? AUSLLY FINALLY HAPPENS AND THEN THEY FORGET ABOUT IT TILL COUPLES AND CAREERS? WHICH IS AFTER THE ONE AFTER FREAKY FRIENDS AND FICTION! OH GOSH WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH NO AUSLLY?! Ok. I'm done with my rant. Thanks for reading and please review! I love you guys and I'm gonna miss you when I go to Cali!

(1) I don't know the rest of her name. She has a long name, right?

(2) He said he'd taken to calling the old lady this in a previous chapter. I think it was the one about his dream, but I'm too lazy to check.

(3) This is a GUY tank top and GUY pajama bottoms. There are such things! Thought I'd clear that up.

~Maddie :)

Maddie's Awesome Disclaimer: Part IV Continued

Me: *Talks superfast* I don't own Austin and Ally or Trish and Dez or Mr. Dawson or I Think About You or any ideas that aren't mine!

Laura: Well, ok then. *Gives me autograph and walks away quickly*

Me: *SCREAMS, DOES HAPPY DANCE, AND RUNS HOME TO INSTAGRAM IT*

The End