Hey guys! Guess who FINALLY finished the chapter? I'll give you a hint... ME! I am SOSOSOSOOSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING EARLIER! I FEEL LIKE AN EVIL GUTLESS RAT! PLEASE DON'T HATE ME! Anywhoozles... Just an update on my one-shots, I'm gonna skip Tracks and Trouble. I really don't have time and I need to focus on Taken for a while. Thanks for understanding. Now, my disclaimer! Prompt by TrueBlue 5020: I'm with Ratliff or Austin or Ross and I hold their hand and their girlfriends get jealous or I'm with Dallas and Ally gets all jealous and protective or I'm dating Riker and she fangirls...or something like that. Well, here goes!

Maddie's Incredible Disclaimer: Part IV

(Me with Austin)

Me: So, you want me to come shopping with you why?

Austin: Because I'm getting Ally a dress she really wants but I dunno her size and you two are the same size, so I just need you to try on the dress.

Me: I could've just told you the size.

Austin: Eh, this is more fun.

(We come to a busy street.) (Austin holds my hand)

Me: What are you doing?

Austin: Making sure you don't die.

Me: *Rolls eyes*

Trish: *Creepily lurking behind us and sees us holding hands. Texts pic to Ally*

(Austin's phone rings)

Austin: It's Ally. I better take this.

Me: *thinks* This is a long street...

To Be Continued

Another Fight

(Ally's P.O.V.)

I sit in the fortress in Austin's head, which is now very crowded. He hid everything in his head in here. I can't believe Sarah's here. Just then, Austin appears on top of the desk, but he falls over next to me. He sees me and scrambles into a sitting position.

"Ally! Are you okay? What happened?"

"She appeared and threw me across the room, but I'm fine," I reply.

"Oh my gosh! Are you hurt?" he picks up one of my arms, looking for injuries.

"I'm fine."

"Good. I'm gonna go see why she's in my head." Just like that, Austin disappears. A small window appears in the fortress and I go over to it. Through it, I see Austin and Sarah.

"Austin! Long time no see!" the old hag says.

"What are you doing here?" Austin growls. "And why did you throw Ally across the room like some rag doll?"

"Why do you care? I thought you two broke up," she responds, looking at her old lady nails.

"She's still my best friend. Now tell me why you're here."

"Just wanted to remind you that you have three days."

"Like I don't already know." Sarah laughs evilly. "Listen," Austin says, walking closer to Sarah, "if you ever even think about hurting her again," he trails off, and Sarah actually looks scared for a moment. Then, she regains her composure.

All of a sudden, I'm lying at Sarah's feet, writhing in pain. I don't know what's going on. I just know that I feel like I'm on fire and I want it to stop. My eyes are closed and I'm pretty sure I'm screaming. Sarah's laughing.

"Ally!" Austin shouts. I feel him kneel next to me. All of a sudden, it stops. I open my eyes slowly to see Sarah unconscious on the ground, and Austin is looking at her in shock.

"Did you knock her out?" I ask.

"No! She just- Whatever. It doesn't matter. Are you okay? Oh my gosh! You were literally melting. I thought- I didn't know if- I just- Ally, I couldn't-" he says, now not able to form complete sentences. He falls to his knees and just cries. He never cries. I kneel next to him and hug him.

"It's okay. I'm fine now. Shhhh, don't cry. I'm okay." He stands up so he can properly hug me. I pet his hair soothingly. "It's okay, Austin. I'm okay. See? We're both okay. Please stop crying." My shirt is soaked with tears. Austin's hugging me as tight as he can without hurting me. He still hasn't stopped crying. He sniffles.

"I thought I was gonna lose you," he says, bringing on another round of tears. "Promise me you'll never leave me. Promise that, no matter what, even if I can't save you in time, you'll never leave me. Promise me that everything will be okay."

"I promise." He burrows his face even further into my hair. He mumbles something I don't understand. "Are you gonna be okay?" I ask, trying to pull away, but not being able to move in his tight embrace. He hesitates, then nods slowly. We pull away, and I realize Sarah has disappeared.

"If she comes back-" he starts.

"I know you'll protect me," I say, cutting him off. "Now, wake up. Trish and Dez are probably worried." He nods, hugs me one more time, and kisses my head. What? Best friends can do that! Austin disappears. I find myself back in the main room, and it's back to normal. I find the headphones and I connect to his senses.

"What happened?" Trish asks.

"Dude why are you crying?" Dez asks at the same time. Austin quickly wipes his tears.

Should I tell them?

"Yeah. They should know what we're up against," I reply. Austin explains what happened, but not without breaking down in tears again.

"She was almost gone. I thought I was gonna lose her," he finishes. "Sarah just fell unconscious and disappeared." Fresh tears roll down his cheeks as he sits on the couch.

"Is she okay?" Dez asks. Austin nods. "Then why are you crying?"

"Because she almost wasn't. What if Sarah killed her? I couldn't live with myself if that happened."

"But Sarah didn't kill her," Trish states.

"Yeah. This time. What if next time, I don't get there fast enough? What if next time, Sarah doesn't bother with torture and just kills her right out? What if-"

"Stop with the what ifs!" Trish yells.

"Yeah! How do you even know if there will be a next time? And either way, remember what I said?"

"I'll pull through for Ally," Austin says, nodding. "Yeah, I remember."

"You're gonna make a great dad," Trish says randomly. "Your three kids are gonna be lucky to have you and Ally as parents."

"Uh, Trish? Since when have I ever said anything about marrying Ally and having three kids?" Austin says.

"The other day, when Dez first explained to you the future, you said 'Yeah, Ally and I are gonna have our hands full.'" Austin blushes. He knows I'm connected to his senses.

"Anyways," Austin starts. "Now, we know Sarah's serious. She means business. She really will kill Ally and me if I don't save her in three days. And it'll be painful. What do we do?"

"We…" Trish can't think of what to do.

"We think of a way to save Ally!" Dez says.

"We don't even know where she is," Austin says. "She didn't ask Piper like she said she would!" he adds with gritted teeth.

"Sorry!" I say.

"I swear it's like you're asking to die."

"If I was asking to die then I would have, but I held on for you!" I shout. I disconnect from his senses. "Besides, you said yourself, there's no way we're gonna survive this."

"Uh, I'm gonna talk to Ally in my head," Austin says to Trish and Dez. What do you mean you held on for me? He asks with a softer tone of voice.

"I mean," I say, "it was like my body was on fire, like it was melting."

It was.

"Anyways, I wanted to die. I really did. It would have been so much better than what was happening. But, just as I was about to give up and let myself die, I heard you. You were telling me to stay with you. You were threatening your biggest fear. I didn't realize I meant so much to you. Then, I thought about what it would be like if it was the other way around. If I were about to lose you. And I knew that I had to make it. We're better together." I don't know why I didn't just go with a short explanation. He can just get these things out of me.

Oh. Well, you're right. We are better together. There's no way I could make it without you.

"I know," I say smiling. He smiles, too. "We can make this. We're gonna live. We have to. We can do anything, as long as we're together. I'll ask Piper where we are when I wake up. She'll tell me and you'll come save me with plenty of time. We can do this!"

You're right! You always know when we're gonna be okay. If you say we can do this, we can do this! He agrees optimistically. "Guys, we can do this!" Austin says to Trish and Dez.

"Do what?" Dez asks. Austin ignores him. "Ally is gonna ask Piper where they are tonight. Then, tomorrow, we can start looking for her. It's foolproof."

"Really? How can a plan be foolproof if a fool came up with it?" Trish says.

"Hey! No insulting my boyfriend without my permission!"I say before I can stop myself. Bad news: The boy in question (who isn't my boyfriend) is the only one that heard me.

I guess he momentarily forgot because he says, "Ally says no insulting her boyfriend without her permission!" in a very whiney voice. Then, he covers it up once he realizes what he just said by saying, "Boy friend. Like, guy friend. You know what I mean. I mean, she means. We mean? Gosh, this inside-my-head thing is confusing." Trish and Dez just stand there with knowing smiles on their faces. Austin doesn't mention my slip-up to me. Too awkward to talk about.

"Anyways, you do realize that tomorrow we will only have two days before…" Dez trails off.

"Two days is all I need," Austin says confidently.

"I'm bored," Trish says.

"Me, too,"I agree.

"What should we do?" Dez asks. Austin and Trish shrug. "Oh! I know! We could go to the food court and try to get dates! We haven't done that in a while," Dez says to Austin. Talk about awkward.

"Okay," Austin says hesitantly. Dez realizes what's going on and he makes an 'oops-I-shouldn't-have-said-that' face. Trish just watches. Dez starts to say something but Austin cuts him off. "No, no. It's fine. We should go. It's not like we can do anything about saving Ally today. Why not go back to normal?"

"Because your ex-girlfriend is in your head and will probably end up jealous and upset and frankly very angry at you if you start checking out other girls, which would result in losing your best friend and songwriting partner and the best thing that ever happened to you, which would result in your career tanking and you would end up living in a box by the freeway all lonely because you're too dumb to do well in anything but music and you wouldn't be able to find anyone like Ally to marry, which would result in not only starvation and homelessness, but also depression, and when you put all of those together it would be a sad, painful death," Trish says rudely. Well, okay then.

"So, you're saying that if Austin and I go try to get dates at the food court, it will cause him death?" Dez asks on behalf of not only himself, but Austin and me, too. Trish nods.

"Guys, first of all, I'm plenty smart in school, second of all, Ally isn't the jealous type, third of all, even if all that did happen, I'd be able to find someone like Ally, maybe even better, and lastly, Ally is not the best thing that ever happened to me. Music is," Austin says.

"You did not just say that," Trish says angrily.

"What did I-" Austin starts in confusion.

"Dude, that was the rudest thing you've ever said," Dez says.

"I don't even get what-" Trish cuts Austin off by punching his arm. Hard. Austin screams like a little girl and doesn't even realize the tears streaming down my face. Find someone better than me? I don't want to sound like I think I'm perfect or anything, but that was still rude. And music is higher on his importance scale than his best friend? Fine, then.

"Well, if music is so much more important to you than me, then maybe you should hire a professional songwriter and forget about your actual friends!"I yell through the tears.

"Ally, I-" Austin says. He realizes he spoke out loud and talks in thought. I didn't mean it like that! I just- It was so- I wanted to- He sighs. I'm sorry.

"It seems like you're saying that a lot lately," I mumble.

I've been doing a lot of stupid stuff lately, he replies.

"I know," is all I say back. I haven't forgiven him, and he knows it.

"Yeah, maybe we shouldn't go, Dez," Austin says. Dez and Trish give him a 'no-duh-Sherlock' face. "C'mon, guys. Don't give me that look."

"It's like that song 'Who I Am.'" Trish says. "How dumb can he get?" Austin ignores it but starts singing the song.

Oh-oh oh so busted
Oh-oh oh I messed it up, up, up
Gonna tell you what, what, what

Gonna dance like a freak I'ma be tonight
Sing along words into the mic
'Cause that's just who I am
That's just who I am

I won't care if they laugh at me
If I lose my grip on gravity
I'm doing the best I can
'Cause that's just who I
That's just who I am.

Trish and Dez give him a look. "What? It's a good song!" he says, defending himself. "I mean, of course it is. Ally wrote it. Y'know, my best friend, songwriter, and the very best thing that's ever happened to me," he adds. He's trying to get me to forgive him.

"You better believe it," is all I say. Austin sighs in defeat.

"It's getting kinda late. Maybe we should all go home, get some rest, and resolve this in the morning," Trish says, knowing I'm not going to crack anytime soon. I can be stubborn when I want to. Dez nods, finally understanding the situation. Austin just waves goodbye and walks out of the practice room.

There is so much tension on the way home that I'm surprised I'm not drowning in it. He locks himself and his thoughts in the fortress while I just sit on the couch and eat a jar of pickles, which he thought up as an 'I'm sorry,' present. I still don't forgive him. The mall is about a ten minute walk from Austin's house, and after about three minutes he sighs loudly.

"What's it gonna take for you to forgive me?" he asks, receiving some weird stares from passersby. I shrug, deciding to give him the silent treatment. Silent treatment? Really, Ally? he whines, speaking in his head now. I nod. Okay, I know you're mad. What I said was stupid. You know I didn't mean it. It's just-I dunno. I wanted to forget about the fact that I might lose you in three-almost two-days. That was a jerky thing to do and I'm sorry.

Be strong, I think to myself. He's just so sweet, it's so hard to stay mad at him. I manage not to speak.

Fine, then, is all he says. He arrives at his house and walks through the door.

"Hey Austin!" Mrs. Moon says cheerily from the counter. "Dinner's ready!" Austin puts on the fakest smile ever.

"Cool, what are we having?"

Mrs. Moon notices something's bothering him and says, "Honey, what's wrong?"

"Uh, nothing," he replies.

"Son, tell us what's wrong," Mr. Moon says, looking up from the book he was reading at the dining table. Austin sighs.

"Ally and I are fighting, that's all."

"I thought she went to Africa with her mom," Mr. Moon says.

"She did. We were talking on the phone," Austin lies smoothly.

"Sweetie, you and Ally have been fighting quite a lot lately. Is everything okay?" Mrs. Moon says.

"Yeah," Austin says.

"It's probably just the tension between them. They only broke up a few days ago," Mr. Moon says. "Don't know why, though. Honey, have you heard Austin crying at night like I have?"

"Dad!" Austin shouts. I hold in my laughter.

"Or what about when he shouts her name in his sleep?" Mrs. Moon says, laughing.

"Mom!" Austin shouts at his mother. His face is redder than a cherry tomato.

"Or the scrapbook!" his parents yell together, laughing their heads off.

"Guys, seriously, stop talking!" Austin screams. He runs up to his room. I allow myself to laugh a bit. Austin rolls his eyes, and it takes all my willpower not to throw up. "Whatever. Laugh. Like I care. I don't do it anymore."

Mmhm, I think to myself.

"So, what? Are you, like, never gonna talk to me again? I said I was sorry. I don't know what else I can do. You know, I'm starting to wonder why we're always fighting, too. I mean, we used to never fight! Our first fight was last year when I lost my memory! This is our second fight in a week! What happened to us, Als? I thought we were best friends." I sigh and shrug. He sighs, too. Suddenly, his mom bursts through the door.

"Hey, Austin! Here's your dinner, hon! Who are you talking to? Ally's in Africa, sweetheart." She hands him a plate of steak and mashed potatoes.

"I know," Austin responds. Mrs. Moon just sighs and walks out the door. Austin eats in silence. "Well, I'm gonna get ready for bed," he says once he's finished eating. "I guess I'll see you in an hour." With that, I wake up.

I stretch my arms, crack my neck, crack my back, and groggily get out of bed. I make the bed and get in the shower. Once I'm done, I wrap a towel around myself and walk in the closet. I'm still in awe at how many clothes are in here. I pick out a pink floral tank top and denim short shorts. I dry and curl my hair, and then I brush my teeth. I walk downstairs and am immediately hit with the delicious smell of pancakes and bacon.

"Morning, Sleeping Beauty," Piper says playfully.

"Morning!" I reply. "Mmmmm I smell pancakes!" What? I've known Austin for three years now; his love of pancakes was bound to rub off on me.

"Good nose," Piper remarks. "Chocolate chip, plain, or blueberry?"

Chocolate chip! I hear in my head. Ugh, the hour went by too quickly.

"Plain," I say, smirking.

C'mon! Plain? Really? You couldn't have even done blueberry? I know you're still mad and all, but do you have to torture me?

"What's with the creepy smirk?" Piper asks.

"Oh, nothing," I reply.

"You're not planning to sneak out, are you? 'Cause Grandma would kill you. Literally."

"I know," I say, wincing. "And I want chocolate chip pancakes instead of plain." Whoa. That last part wasn't me. Ugh. It was Austin. I still don't talk to him, though.

I found the controls, he says, smiling. I roll my eyes. You are sooo lucky I haven't eaten in a while, he mumbles through the nausea.

"Okay! Here you go!" Piper says, handing me a plate of chocolate chip pancakes drowned in syrup with a big dollop of whipped cream and a bright red cherry to top it all off.

"Thanks," I say unsurely, but she doesn't notice. This plate is bigger than me! I take it and sit down at the glass dining table. I cut off a small bite and eat it. I feel Austin roll his eyes as he takes over the controls. He starts cutting off and making me eat pieces bigger than my mouth. I have to try really hard not to complain to him.

"Wow, slow down, girl. You're eating like Austin," Piper says, laughing. Austin grins. I manage to take the controls from his grasp and think up a safe to lock them up in.

Ally! He whines. You're no fun! I mentally raise my eyebrows and he says, I mean, you're tons of fun! Remember that time we went to the carnival and we went through the president exhibit? Fun…

"Wait, how would you know that? I say to Piper while Austin's talking.

"Uh… I dunno… It's not like I stalk him in my free time or anything…" Austin's jaw drops.

She stalks me? I have a Shadow stalking me? That's not creepy at all…

"Piper!" I say.

"What? Oh, c'mon, Als. Even you can admit he's just so…. Stalkable!"

Hey! That's my nickname! Ally, tell her that's my nickname!

I almost do. "Hey, that's Austin's… Greatest quality!"

"Huh?" Piper asks in confusion.

"Nothing," I mumble.

"Okay then… Anyways, what do you think is the most adorable thing about him?"

"Are we really having this conversation?" I ask. Piper just blinks. "I guess we are. Well, I'm not answering your question."

Because you think all of me is adorable, Austin says cockily.

"It's because you think all of him is adorable, isn't it?" Piper says. I swallow my bite of pancakes slowly. Why does everyone think that?

"Just the opposite actually," I reply.

"Oh, c'mon! Have you seen his hair? Oh, of course you have! Omg have you felt it? Is it soft?"

"I guess so. But that's not adorable."

"What about his smile? And those little dimples he gets! So adorable!" I don't respond. Okay, so maybe those things are kind of adorable, but I wouldn't admit that to her.

They are adorable, aren't they? The blonde virus in my head says.

"Or what about his eyes? Those deep, pure brown eyes that are always lit up! I bet you've gotten lost in them tons of times!" Piper nearly screams.

"Okay, for the record, they're not pure brown. They have little specks of green in gold in them, but you have to be looking closely and- Wait, what am I saying?" I say. Austin is cracking up in my head. I honestly don't see what's so funny.

"How are his hugs?" Piper asks. "Are they warm and cuddly and inviting?"

"Uh, I guess…"

"Is he a good kisser?"

"Piper!" Austin is now on the floor in my head, holding his sides and crying from laughter.

"Well, is he?"

"I'm not answering that."

"He is, isn't he?"

"No!"

"He's not?"

"Okay, well I wouldn't say he's a bad kisser, but- Wait, why am I telling you this?" I cut myself off once again. I'm not even sure Austin can breathe he's laughing so hard. Not that I would care if he couldn't.

"Because I'm asking. Now finish your sentence!" Piper says.

Yeah, finish it, Austin barely manages through his laughter.

"You know what? Fine! He's a great kisser! But the thing is, he knows it. His ego is bigger than Tony Stark's! I think that's one of the reasons we fight so much. He just can't get over himself!" I storm out of the kitchen, leaving only my empty plate of pancakes behind.

*Cue feisty cat noise* Yikes! What's gonna happen next!? Ally is NOT happy with anyone right now! Shame on Piper and Austin! So, we're gonna play a game. I want you guys to put in your review your favorite part of the chap and what you think will happen next. Along with that and your normal review, put any information about you you're willing to let me know. Then, I'll randomly choose someone from the people who said their favorite part and what will happen next, and I'll somehow include you in my next disclaimer! Sound fun? Sound confusing? Sound strange? Put what you think of my new game in your review, too, if you want! So yeah, thanks for reading and please review! Love you more than I love the new episode (which is TOTES ADORBS btw!)!

~Maddie :)

Maddie's Incredible Disclaimers: Part IV Continued

Austin: *On the phone with Ally* We were crossing the street! (P.S. me and Ross are across the street by now)

Me: Wait how does she even know about this?

Austin: Trish. *Talking to Ally now* Ally! C'mon don't get mad! I know you're jealous, but I promise Maddie is JUST A FRIEND!

Me: Austin, we're here.

Austin: *Nods and goes to get different sizes of the dress.* *shoos me off to a dressing room* Ally, do you really think I would date the blonde Megan?

Me: *From the dressing room* I heard that!

Austin: You wanna know what we're doing? I'll show you what we're doing in about twenty minutes. *Laura hangs up on him*

Me: Here's the right size of dress.

*Austin buys dress and runs to Ally's house after he drops me off at home*

Austin: *Gives Ally bag with dress in it*

Ally: *Gets dress out of bag* Oh my gosh, Austin! Thank you so much! *kisses him*

Austin: I didn't know your size, and Maddie's the same size as you so I needed her to try on the dress, and there's a busy street right by the store.

Ally: I believe you. You're the best boyfriend ever!

*They skip off into the sunset*

The End