A/N I'm so glad to see how happy everyone is that Ian is back. :) I gave you all some hints that he would return when he left, saying he would come home every time possible. Well, he's back, but I'm not sure how long he will be staying. Colleges do often let out for summer earlier than high schools, but they also often go back to school earlier than high schools, too. So, yeah. :) If he does leave once more within the course of the story, it will be near the end. I also think you guys are really going to like Tenley! :D I love introducing new characters, hehe. I also said last chapter that my chapters would need to be longer from here on out, and that's starting today. Longer chapters mean a longer updating time. :( Sorry, but it won't be much longer than it has been. Just go easy on me. :) Thanks, and enjoy. xoxo

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Austin&Ally nor am I associated with it in any way. All characters belong to Disney, however, I created Ian, Leah, and Tenley. All I did was twist the story line. I also don't own the song "Never Say Never" by The Fray, nor am I associated with The Fray. I also do not own "The Way" by Ariana Grande feat. Mac Miller, nor am I associated with Ariana Grande or Mac Miller. I also do not own "Little Things" by One Direction, nor am I associated with One Direction

So don't you worry, baby you got me

I got a bad boy, I must admit it

You got my heart, don't know how you did it

And I don't care who sees it babe

I don't wanna hide the way I feel when you're next to me

I love the way you make me feel

I love the way

Baby I love the way you make me feel

Oh, I love the way, the way I love you

I laugh as I crank up the volume on that radio and continue singing loudly. The five of us are on our private beach, slightly intoxicated. Trish and I were dancing around to the song on the radio as the guys sat back and laughed. Ian was the only one who hadn't had a single thing to drink. We were able to get alcohol this time, since Ian was back once more, and had been for about a week. It was a saturday, and it was just the right temperature for a bestfriend day.

Austin stood up now as a male part aproached in the song and he joined hands with me as we danced.

Uh, I make you feel so fine, make you feel so fine

I hope you hit me on my celly when I sneak in your mind

You a princess to the public, but a freak when it's time

I just laugh harder and end up stumbling to the ground. Then I laugh even more. Yeah, okay, so I had a buzz. It was the first one I'd had in a while, definitely. Ian was just watching us and shaking his head with a smile. "Crazy kids." He snorted, and turned the volume back down a little.

I roll my eyes and stand up, dizzy. Austin steadies me with his arms.

Suddenly, we all get quiet as a familiar tune escapes the speakers on the radio. Ian turns it up a bit, also recognizing the tune.

Your hand fits in mine, like it's made just for me

For bear this in mine, it was meant to be

And I'm joining up the dots with the freckles on your cheeks

And it all makes sense to me

Austin's mouth falls open. "That's my song!" He shouts, then a smile crosses his face, then a confused look. "It's on the radio!... But... How?"

A smirk crosses Dez's face, and he shrugs. "I may or may not have turned in copy of 'Little Things' to the radio station when it reached three million views on the Internet."

Austin suddenly tackles Dez in a hug. "DEZ! Thank you thank you thank you!"

We're all laughing and high fiving as we sing along to Austin's first song on the radio. I couldn't believe it. Austin was really beginning to gain some attention. Three million views was a whole lot.

When the song ends, Austin sighs with happiness. "I couldn't have done it without you guys. Thank you so much for all that you've done for me." He turns and looks at me. "Especially you, Ally." He scoots closer. "My songwriter, my bestfriend, the girl I love."

I blush as everyone goes "Aww!". Austin wraps his arms around me and I melt in to his hug. He may of just been talking out of his head in his excitement and intoxication, but I doubted it.

We all settle down and lay out in the sun. I can't help but to look at Austin's tattoo every now and then and just smile.

"Did you guys ever finish your album?" Ian asks in the silence, and I perk up. "Yeah! We need to let you hear it." He nods. "Are you all about ready to leave, anyway? It's getting pretty late." I check the clock on my phone to see that it's only 4 pm. "Late?" I ask, and he shrugs. "Well we've been out here like five hours. I don't know, I needed an excuse."

Trish scoffs and sits up. "I guess he's right. Who here is the least drunk, besides Ian?"

No one raises a hand or speaks up.

Ian puts his palm to his forehead. "You all are crazy for coming out here and getting drunk when we brought two vehicles." Then he looks thoughtful. "Actually, we were just stupid for bringing two vehicles when you all could have piled up on the back of Dez's truck!"

We all kind of giggle, even though we're all aware that one of us will have to drive the other car. The truth it, we're all afraid to take a chance after what happened with Ian. Ian had only recently gotten his license back after it had been suspended over the incident.

I sigh, realizing that, by the look of the others, I'm probably the least intoicated out of all of us."I'll drive." I say, and I motion for Austin to hand me his car keys. We had come in Dez's truck and Austin's Mustang. He reluctantly hands me the keys and we begin to pack up the stuff. I begin saying silent prayers that we won't wreck or anything. "Ian," I sigh, "drive behind me." He nods in understanding.

We walk as straight as we can to the cars and pile in. "Guys, all of you ride in Dez's truck so I don't put you in danger." I say, and Trish and Dez hop in without complaint, but Austin says "No, I'm riding with you." I know I can't make him change his mind.

I feel my hands shaking as I start driving, and I wish I hadn't volunteered for this. I think this is the slowest I've driven in my entire life. There are people honking at me and passing me, and I bet it's a weird sight to see a bright yellow Mustang going 20 mph down the roads of Miami. I know I'm not even drunk, I just have a giggly kind of buzz, and I'm definitely not even over the legal limit, but I'm still afraid. This was no giggly matter.

My hands are still shaking like crazy when we finally, finally pull in to Austin's driveway.

I breathe relief and shut off the engine, and Austin smiles. "Nice job."

I get out of the car and, to Ian and Austin's relief, their parents aren't home. "You guys can come in and shower and stuff and we can go do something later. Luckily my parents won't have to see you like this." Ian sighs. Dez is probably the worst off, as usual. Trish is kinda like me, just worse. Austin is just... drunk. Not bad, but you can smell it. I just giggle.

We are able to get showered pretty quick since there's two bathrooms. For whatever reason, I ask Austin to come sit in the bathroom and talk to me while I shower. I make him close his eyes until I can undress and get in. I swear if I hadn't had a little to drink, I never would have asked him to, and if he hadn't been drunk he probably wouldn't have agreed to because of my morals. But at least he still has the decency to cover his eyes.

"Hopefully I'll be okay if we go out later," Austin sighs as I lather myself with his body wash as I had the first time I had showered at his house, "I'm feeling pretty rough."

"Dez isn't going to try to go out, is he?" I ask him, and he replies, "I'm sure he'll try, but we'll probably just try to get him to go back to his house. Maybe we can sneak in to his room again."

I giggle really hard at that, and I hear him chuckle.

I turn the water off in the shower. "Can you hand me a towel?" I ask, and I hear him get up, stumbling a little, then walking towards the shower. I poke my head out of the curtain and reach for it. I smile as I see that he's covering his eyes agin. "Thanks," I tell him, "you can leave now."

He nods, and walks out of the bathroom, shutting the door behind him. I step out and towel off, then dry my hair out with the towel. I'll just let it dry natural, since there's not a hairdryer in here, as usual. I couldn't walk out in my underwear now, with all of my friends around. Yeah, Trish and Austin had seen me in my panties, but Ian and Dez hadn't, and I wasn't going there.

I slip back on the clothes I had before and walk out of the bathroom. Austin is the last one in the shower, so I join the others in Austin's room, and sit on his bed. Dez is still totally intoxicated, and I know that we'll have to find a way to trick him in to going back home. I exchange a glance with Trish as Dez hiccups, and she nods at me in understanding.

"Hey, Dez, did you remember to feed your fish?" I ask him. He looks up at me, startled. "NO. Oh my gosh, no. CRAP. Yeah, guys, I'm going to have to take a rain check." He hiccups again, and Trish and I hold back a laugh. Dez doesn't even own a fish.

Austin walks out of his bathroom just moments later, and I motion him over so that I can tell him that we'll have to take Dez by his house because he forgot to feed his fish. He winks at me in understanding. "Well, you can drive him there in his truck, because he's in no state to drive. We can follow behind you and get you from there." I shrug, not really minding. As long as Dez didn't get hurt, I didn't care.

My buzz was beginning to wear off, and Trish was getting better too by the time we dropped off Dez and he stumbled to the back of his house to crawl in his window. Austin was pretty good at hiding his own intoxication, so we would be okay.

"Where are we going?" I ask Ian, who is in the driver's seat of Austin's Mustang. Austin was in the passenger, and I was in the back. Trish is following behind us in her own vehicle. Ian shrugs. "I guess we can go to the mall, or The Pier. Whatver works for you guys."

I lean back in my seat. "I think I would rather go to The Pier, since it's warm out."

Austin nods. "Me too."

We arrive at around 6 pm, and pile out of the cars. We walk up the steps to the top, and walk down the long stretch of wooden boardwalk. Once to the very end, where Austin used to perform his gigs, we leaned against the rails and looked in to the clear Florida water below. The salty wind blew against my face, and I constantly had to readjust my hair.

"So, Austin..." I hear Ian say, "You said you hadn't found a college yet? School is almost over, bro."

Austin shrugs. "Nothing has really caught my eye."

"Were you wanting to stay close to home?" Ian asks, and I see that same sparkle in his eye that I saw yesterday when he ha asked Austin about college. What was he up to?

Austin raises an eyebrow at him. "I haven't really even thought about the colleges that much, so I don't know. I've applied for scholarships, but they've all turned me down. Unless dad helps me out, I don't know what to do."

Everyone knew that the Moon family was rather wealthy, since they owned their own mattress buisness. The boys had always worn nice brands of clothes and lived in a nice home. Money shouldn't be an issue for Austin, if he did indeed need it.

"Well," Ian sighs, "have you considered UCLA?"

We all stop looking out over the edge and turn to look at Ian, even Trish. I'm silent, waiting for Austin's answer, but I think Austin is so shocked himself that he doesn't know what to say.

Finally, Ian offers more explanation. "It gets lonely over there sometimes, not having any family. And L.A. would be good for you, Austin. You could get a record deal or something."

I swallow, knowing that Ian is right.

"I know, but... That's a long way, Ian." Austin murmurs, then he glances at me with panic in his eyes. I honestly don't know what I'm feeling right now.

Ian shrugs. "Just think about it."

And then the conversation is over.

If Austin ended up going all the way to California for college, I don't know what I would do with myself. I just hoped and prayed that he would decide against Ian's offer.

A/N Don't hate me too much! D: This chapter isn't as long as I wished it to be, but it's okay, I suppose. Thanks for reading! Means a lot. :) Review, favorite, and follow!

**EDIT:**

I got a review about how I had drinking and driving in the chapter, and there weren't any consequences, and I want to apologize. But, I DID state that she was not over the legal limit, and she was very, very careful. Also, teenagers will be teenagers. Please understand where I was coming from. To the guest who reviewed, I am also very sorry that you were disappointed. I hate disappointing my viewers, but, as long as she is not over the legal limit, she couldn't have been arrested anyway. I personally have actually never been drunk, much less been drunk while driving. I don't even have my licence yet.

Once again, my apologies.