A/N
It's that time of the week my lovely readers! No more tears for now unless they're happy! :D Thank you tephriam, LoveShipper, LimoLuzie and guest for your reviews! :)
Incase anyone wants to know what I've been doing this weekend, I went to this ceramics shop thing where you can paint something and then they'll fire it and you'll get a cool item. I chose this dragon sculpture, but since I didn't finish, I'll have to go back another time. Today I had yummy French toast for breakfast and then I played a bunch of Ocarina of Time on my 64. The premier of Austin and Ally is tonight! *squeal*
Anyway, I hope you enjoy. Please read the author's note at the bottom.
Disclaimer: I don't own Austin and Ally or anything else you recognize.
My eyes are wet; I swipe at them with my fist. I gently pull my hand away from Ally's and slide the ring onto her left hand's fourth finger. Ally's face brightens, her eyes sparkling with joyful tears. I pull her into a tight hug, "Yes, Ally, yes I accept your true answer!"
We release each other and sit holding hands on the bench, the warm light of the Christmas lights creating a halo that keeps the darkness away. Wow, Ally's my fiancé now! "Hey, Als?"
"Yeah, Austin?" she responds. My self control wavers when I look at her, she's not just my friend and my girlfriend anymore, she's gonna be my wife. I lean forward to kiss her. Her pink lips are partially open, I close my eyes and then something stops me. I open my eyes, it's Ally's hand. "Not yet. Remember how I told you I wanted my first kiss to be?" I blush, embarrassed.
"Oh, yeah, sorry, Als." She laughs and kisses my nose.
"It's fine, Austin. Is that all you wanted or were you going to say something?"
"Right, this is a special occasion, let's go out to eat!"
"Ok, Austin, where do you want to go?" Hmmm, pancakes sure sound good. This may not be the right sort of situation for that, but I'll try it anyway.
"How 'bout IHOP?" I suggest.
She laughs again; I like her laugh a lot. It's not like in fairy tales where the princess's laugh is tinkling or something, it's a real laugh. She snorts and stuff like that. "Ok, but let's go somewhere nicer later on."
"Ok," I laugh as well. We wander out of the garden, enjoying the trees and flowers as we go. I drive to IHOP and get out of the truck.
I open Ally's door, "Austin, can I have a piggy-back-ride?" she asks childishly. I laugh, why not? I turn around and she hops on. She's not that heavy, but is still heavier than I thought she'd be. I carry her into the restaurant like that, the few people who are there at this late hour give us odd looks, but neither of us cares. We get seated in a booth, at first we're across from each other, but Ally gets up as soon as we've put our orders in and comes to sit beside me.
Soon, our orders come, chocolate chip Mickey Mouse pancakes with whipped cream and syrup. We just had pancakes for breakfast, but I never get tired of them and Ally's too happy to mind. When the waitress comes back to see if we are doing ok, I order two hot chocolates with whipped cream and sprinkles. Also, I request some pickles for Ally. The waitress gives me an interesting look, but shrugs and heads off to grab what I added to my order. She was probably wondering how pickles go with hot chocolate-they don't.
After the waitress drops off our drinks and pickles, Ally moves to sitting in my lap. I don't mind, but it's not very Ally-like. "Hey, Als, are you ok?"
"Mmh, hmm!" she giggles and eats some pickles.
"Really?"
"Yeah, I'm just exhausted and absolutely giddy with happiness!" She sips her hot chocolate and gets whipped cream on her upper lip. I chuckle and use my finger to wipe it off and then lick it from my finger. "It didn't start too well, but now it's absolutely amazing. I never got to tell you how special your proposal was, Austin. I loved that you took me to that hot spring while we were camping! And when did you find time to buy the beautiful ring?"
"I'm glad you're so happy, Als," I smile and drink some of my own hot chocolate. "Thanks, I hoped you'd like it. I bought it in Chicago at the same time I bought your necklace," I answer her questions and comments in order, so I don't loose track. We finish up our drinks and Ally finished her pickles a while ago. The waitress comes back with our bill.
"Um, is she drunk or something?" I look at my Als, she's smiling wackily, kind of like how Dez does sometimes.
"No, she's tired and we just got engaged so she's kinda on a high," I respond while looking over the bill. It's not too much, only about $20. I sign and hand her back the bill.
"Oh, congrats you guys. You look kind of familiar, where could I know you from?" She reads over the bill and my signature before having a double take. "Ross Lynch?!" she squeals.
"Why'd you sign that?" Ally asks me, suddenly pulled back to Earth.
I look at Ally, "I always have to sign that because it's the name my credit card is under 'cause all the money from the band gets sent to it." I turn towards the waitress again. I get a good look at her for the first time. She has platinum blond hair with blue streaks pulled back in a pony-tail and is wearing a blue uniform. She appears younger than us, maybe eighteen. "Yeah, if you don't leak to the press that I'm engaged, I'll sign something for you, take a picture with you and leave a large tip." She nods vigorously and gives her word that she won't. As a precaution, she gives Ally her phone number and name. I go through with what I promised and we leave.
Outside, there is a warm, summer downpour. Ally and I race to the truck, unfortunately, it doesn't do us much good because I can't find my keys once we get there and have to fumble around in my pocket looking for them. Once I finally do, I unlock it and we climb inside, sopping wet. I have the urge to shake the water out of my hair, but in this enclosed area, I don't think that'd be a good idea so instead, I just push it out of my face.
I drive us home and kiss Ally's forehead, "See ya tomorrow, Als."
She giggles, "You'll see me today too, it's after midnight!"
"Ok, see you today after you get some sleep!" She smiles and gets out, running to the shelter of her house. I get inside my own house, it's dark and quiet. My parents left again on business yesterday. Upstairs, I take off my soaked clothing and change into sweats. I'm not tired so I turn on my TV and play some Halo; I need to be able to beat Ally next time we play together. Just as the current warzone is about to be clear of enemy soldiers, my TV shuts off. Aw, c'mon, really?
It must be a power outage, a loose branch or something was probably knocked down by the intense rain and fell on a wire. I might as well go to sleep now I guess. Halo was just practice; I wasn't really trying to beat the game so I'm not furious that my progress was deleted. There's a flash of lighting and I hear knocking at my door. I've seen too many horror movies; I jump under my covers and shake like a Chihuahua. The knocking continues, more urgent now and my phone buzzes.
I look at it, Austin, it's me, Ally. Trish is baby sitting her cousins and had to stay the night there and I didn't want to stay alone in my large house during a power outage. LET ME IN.
You're sure this isn't some psychopathic serial killer?
Yes, Austin, this is a psychopathic serial killer who is telling you to let them in. And telling you who they are just because you asked.
Oh, sorry, Als. Coming right now. I respond and go downstairs. I open the door and Ally comes in, wet.
"Don't drip on the carpet!" I say immediately.
"Hi, to you too. I wouldn't be if you had let me in sooner," she retorts, but smiles at me after.
I rub the back of my neck, just a nervous habit. "Sorry, Als." I notice that she's still in her clothes and is carrying a bundle.
"I'm going upstairs to change," she says and goes up, trailing water drips. I sigh and grab a towel to dry them up. I hear the shower start up, really, she's taking a shower?
I go upstairs and knock on the door, "Really?"
"What? I was wet and wanted to get warmed up!" she calls back.
"It's fine." I sit down and lean up against the door, yes it's creeper, but if Ally's here I want to be as close to her as possible. My phone still has battery so I check stuff on it. Someone on Facebook shared a news article from CNN, I read it, and apparently this is a really huge storm that somehow didn't show up on the weather radars. It shouldn't destroy anything to serious or last too long, but the power may be out for a while and tonight will have a lot of thunder, lightning, wind and rain. The door behind me opens and I fall back, Ally is above me.
"Hey, Austin. What were you doing outside of the bathroom?" She asks, tilting her head slightly.
"Um, uh, nothing. I looked online and this is some kind of huge storm."
"Oh, ok. So I guess I'll be staying here then because Trish'll have to stay with her cousins." She replies. Ally's now wearing the purple hoodie and light grey shorts, she looks cute. "So what should we do?"
"Let's make a fort!" She laughs and agrees with me. We go downstairs, while she starts building I scamper around the house gathering pillows and blankets from everywhere possible. Soon, we have a huge amount of supplies; together we put them up, draping them over the couch, chairs from the kitchen, loveseat and TV. After stuffing the pillows and remaining blankets inside, we step back and admire our work. We get down on our hands and knees, I pull back a part of the blanket we use as the entrance, "Ladies first."
I follow her; we have a few feet of space from the floor to the blanket to move around in. There's a flash followed by a resounding boom. Ally shrieks and puts her hands over her ears, shivering. "Als, are you ok?"
"No, you idiot!" I scoot next to her and hold her close to me.
"Sorry, that's not what I meant to say. I meant, what's wrong?" I revise my question.
"I have a fear of thunder, I just don't like the loud noise," she replies and then jumps as another crash comes.
"Why weren't you scared before?"
"I was busy doing something- EEP!" Thunder sounds again and Ally buries her face in the crook of my neck.
"Ok, well, I'll just have to give you something to preoccupy you again." I pause, thinking of what to do. "Why don't we sing songs from YouTube?" I recommend. She nods and I open my phone to YouTube. "What song first?"
"How about Viva La Vida, that's what I'm in the mood for right now at least."
"Ok," I say and look it up. It's this song by Coldplay; I think I read once that it's about some English king.
It was the wicked and wild wind,
Blew down the doors to let me in,
Shattered windows and the sound of drums,
People couldn't believe what I'd become.
Revolutionaries wait,
For my head on a silver plate,
Just a puppet on a lonely string,
Oh, who would ever wanna be king?
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringing,
Roman Cavalry choirs a-singing,
Be my mirror, my sword and shield,
My missionaries in a foreign field.
For some reason I can't explain,
I know Saint Peter won't call my name,
Never an honest word,
But that was when I ruled the world.
After that, we took turns choosing songs. I chose One Last Dance, It's Time, Fall For You, Secrets, Check Yes Juliet, Double Take, Illusion, and I Want You Bad. Ally chose Viva La Vida, Collide, Stop and Stare, Good Time, Speed of Love, Titanium, We Found Love, and Tiptoe. My battery gets below fifty percent though and we have to stop just in case I can't charge it for a while. Ally also has a phone, but it's better to save it I think. Ally yawns and stretches, "Austin, I'm really tired."
"Ok, should we go up to the bedrooms?" Another bout of lightning and thunder crackles outside and she jumps, no longer preoccupied with singing.
"Can't we just sleep here? It's so cozy and I feel safer," Ally asks, her pupils huge, to see with only the phone's light illuminating our fort.
"I guess, sure." Instantly she lays down and curls up, her back to me. I lay down nearby and move around trying to find a comfortable position. After a while, I face Ally, who turned over in her sleep and is now facing me. She's asleep, breathing gently through her mouth. She's so beautiful and she's going to be my wife. Speaking of which, we need to discuss when we'll get married. Oh well, we'll save it for tomorrow. I need to kiss her and she's not conscious kinda like when I had to revive her from almost drowning so it won't technically be her first kiss. I lean forward just as I did earlier and steal a kiss. Thunder crashes and Ally frowns slightly, before relaxing again. I plant a kiss on her forehead and fall asleep.
A/N
So yeah, Austin accepted Ally's revised answer! I don't even want to know what you'd do if I had thrown another twist. :P Please review, favorite and/or follow if you haven't already :)
So, I noticed I have a bunch of reviews and decided to do a little contest. I got this idea from a story I read so it's not mine. Anyway, whoever is the 100th reviewer gets to give me a topic of their choice and I'll write an Austin and Ally one-shot with it. Ex: they could go to the beach, or a party, they could get stuck in a cave in the mountains and have to huddle together to keep warm. It could be anything.
Finally, I'll be posting a Halloween inspired Austin and Ally one-shot this Thursday so it'd be cool if you guys checked it out. :) Until the next chapter,
~Maggie