March and April are my busiest months, and right now I'm struggling to fit in time for writing. So I will try, not will, but will try to update this story and finish it (one more chapter to go!) in this month.

Also, anyone who reads my BTR or Kickin' It writing:

"Elevate: A Lomille Songfic Collection" will be updated soon-ish, like two-weeks (sorry! I'm really busy)

Thanks to the suggestion of GothBlue, "I Want My Sharpie Back" will be a two-shot, or maybe even longer (it depends).

I'm revising "Tough Girls Don't Cry" and will post chapter Four in about two weeks as well. (Finally!)

Disclaimer: I don't own Austin & Ally :'(

"Do you want to pay in cash, or do you want me to just put this on your tab?" Ally asked Dez, even though the brunette fully knew what the answer would be.

"Uh, you can just put it on my tab," said Dez, distracted by the fluttering butterflies he had just released in the store.

"Trish, can you help me get Dez a butterfly net?" the petite girl called over to her best friend, who was behind the… wait, where was she?

"Coming!" said Trish, half running, half tripping down the stairs, and finally crashing into Sonic Boom's customer service desk. "I'm okay!" she said, standing up."What do you need?"

"Can you get Dez a butterfly net from the Ira's Insect Emporium?" Ally asked, trying not to laugh.

"Yeah, definitely, because guess where I got a job at?"

"Ira's Insect Emporium," Ally said, fully seeing what Trish was wearing… a giant Bumble bee costume with an Ira's Insect Emporium sign draped across her neck.

"How'd you know?" said Trish sarcastically.

"Really, how did you know?" said Dez coming to stand beside the pair. Trish and Ally look at him strangely before continuing the conversation.

"Trish, just help Dez clean up his Dez-aster," Ally says, starting to laugh really hard while Trish stands there with one eyebrow raised, and Dez just gawks like a confused little puppy.

Austin waltzed into the store. The blonde glanced at the dilemma before without even blinking, like it was normal to have butterflies in the store (well, it kind of was at Sonic Boom). He settled down on the piano bench and asked, "So what's everyone doing?"

Ally rolled her eyes and said, "Well, Trish was going to go to Ira's Insect Emporium to help Dez get a butterfly net." The skinny girl pushed her Latina friend out the door, with the tall redhead tagging along.

The brunette successfully drove her two friends out of the store, and plopped down on the piano bench next to Austin. "My shift's almost over. What do you want to do?"

Austin shrugged, "I was thinking about attending the Zaliens movie marathon. I've gone to every single one so far, and I'm not going to start missing them now."

Ally laughed and her best friend, "Okay, sure. We'll go. Just let me grab my bag." She headed over to the counter and reached for her messenger bag where she always put it.

"Wait, it's not here. Let me check upstairs." Austin patiently waited while the brunette hurried up the stairs to check the piano room. A couple of minutes later, the songwriter came out, looking quite frustrated.

"I just remembered! I left it at home! I'm so sorry Austin, but can we stop by my house to grab it? It will only take a second!"

The blonde stood up, "Sure, your house is only a couple of minutes away if we walk. Besides, I could use the fresh air."

"Thanks so much Austin," says Ally, bounding down the stairs, "Let's go!"

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The walk was a short one, and it involved lots of teasing and messing around. When the pair finally arrived at her house, Ally reached into the potted plant next to the door for the spare key and unlocked the door.

Austin and Ally stepped inside, and Ally bee-lined straight for the stairs, with Austin following her. The skinny girl pushed open the first door on the right to reveal a cotton-candy looking room, obviously a girl's.

Austin sits down at her desk, since that's always where he likes sits when he comes over. Ally, on the other hand, is frantically searching the room for her messenger bag. She digs through her closet, but comes up empty.

"You stay here while I check downstairs," she instructs Austin as she heads out the door and down the flight of stairs.

The singer spins in the white rolling desk chair, going round and round. Suddenly, something falls from the sky and hits him on the face. Austin stops spinning, and leans down to pick up the fallen…star? When he grabs the tiny star off the ground, he realizes that it's actually a piece of paper, cleverly folded into a star. Carefully, he unfolds the note, and realizes that it's Ally's handwriting.

He glances at the first line on the paper, and immediately begins reading.

What am I afraid of?

I'm afraid of the spotlight and spiders, but those are concrete fears. I'm here to think deeper, more abstract then that…

Uh-Oh! Austin found the little note… what will happen? Review, and I'll try to update faster!