A/N Since the last chapter is short and crappy, this one will be better, and have more words. :) Sorry that I'm having to skip through the summer so quickly! But truly, what would be so exciting about their summer, anyway? Summers are fun, yes, but they live in Miami, and they can go to the beach and stuff year round, so... Yeah! Hope you all don't mind. :) Enjoy!

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 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.

"Just jump!" Dez screams from below me, and all the others pitch in. We were cliff diving off of some rocks in to the clear ocean. I was the only one left, and I gulped as I looked over the edge dizzily... It was so far down. Sure, I had been bungee jumping, but never anything like this.

I take a deep breath before backing up, running forward, and diving over the edge. They all swam out of the way before I made the plunge.

I surfaced a few seconds later and knocked the water out of my ears. "See, that wasn't so bad!" Trish laughed. I smirk.

Tenley grinned at us. It was her idea to come. Where she was from, in California, she went cliff diving like this all the time off of even bigger cliffs.

"Let's go again!" Austin says enthusiastically, and I grunt. "No way! I'll be getting water out of my ears for I month!" I protest, hitting the side of my head once more.

Everyone laughs, and we begin the swim towards the shore. It's a pretty easy journey, because the tide helps us. The beach is pretty stranded, not many people around. Some were walking, but not many. The beach was thin near the tall rocks, so not many came around to tan here, although a lot of people did swim. There were many little figures moving and bobbing out in the water.

I wring out my hair and tie it up in a bun. The sun is hot as it sets, and I feel the water evaporating off of my creamy skin. Austin lays an arm around my shoulder. "We should do that again sometime." He comments, and I nod.

"Let's do something crazy!" Trish giggles, and Ian shakes his head. "No, no! I've had enough crazy for one day." Tenley grins and wraps her arms around his firm torso.

Trish rolls her eyes. "Not too crazy. Just crazy fun."

Austin raises an eyebrow. "Let's get tattoos!" He laughs, and we laugh too, because we all know in the back of our minds that Austin getting my name on him was definitely crazy. I eye the black letters now, just above his bathing suit.

"Let's go to a party or something." Dez says, putting his chin in his hand, and Ian shakes his head. "Definitely not. You know how things like that end." His pupils dialate at the horrible memories running through his head.

"Maybe we should go do something and they can go to a party as long as they promise to be safe and have a designated driver." Tenley suggests. Ian is about to object, but he sighs and nods. "I just want to protect you all. You're all my siblings, in a way. Just be careful."

Everyone is about to agree when Austin shakes his head. "You're right, it's risky. There's better ways to have fun with friends without alcohol involved. We'll do something else."

I'm surprised by his actions, but I'm glad that's those words came out of his mouth. He never got drunk unless I, too, was drinking, though. He never drank at his own parties, either... When he threw them, anyway. He had stopped that long ago and only ever had alcohol with friends. I was beginning to think that those days were also coming to an end, though.

Dez and Trish groan in protest, but soon shut up when I flash them a look. Ian smiles and nods and Austin. "Want to come back to the house with us? We'll play Sardines."

"Sardines?" I ask, confused. Trish and Dez also looked perplexed, but Austin had a huge grin on his face. "Awesome!" He exclaimed, "I'll explain in the car, Ally. Let's go!"

Trish, Dez, and I rode with Austin while Ian and Tenley drove separate.

"Okay," Austin began, "our neighbor showed Ian and I a game when we were little, and to this day, it's still the best thing ever. Sardines is like reverse hide-and-go-seek. Only one person hides, and then everyone else splits up and looks for them. When someone finds the person, they join them in the hiding spot. The last person to find the group is the Sardine and has to hide next. It's best to play at night." He grins. "We're such children."

We all giggle, knowing that, since our ages ranged from anywhere between seventeen and twenty-two, we really were children at heart.

When we reached the Moons' house, Austin's mom and dad greeted us when we walked through the door. "Hey, kids." Austin's mom said, "Home a bit early, huh?"

Truthfully, it was pretty early for all of us to be here right now, because it was summer, and the nights were long.

"We thought we'd come and play Sardines." Ian explains, and his dad laughs and roll his eyes. "You guys still love that game, don't you." Austin nods eagerly, and we head for the basement.

"Okay, who's the first Sardine?" Dez asks, and Tenley volunteers. "I will be. Sounds fun!"

We all stay seated on the couch with our eyes closed for about a minute while Tenley silently scurries off.

"Okay, guys." Ian says, rubbing his hands together. "She could be anywhere within the house or the back yard. Let's split up and go."

We all split, and I head straight for the back yard, because I've come to know that Tenley likes being outside. The crickets are chirping in the darkness, and I pull out my phone to see better. It turns out I'm the only one who has come searching out here, so I hope I'm right.

Soon, I spot a foot poking out from under a bush in the Moons' garden. I sneak around and plop myself down beside her. We giggle. "I knew you would find me. I saw you come out the back door." Tenley whispers, and I just shrug.

We sit there for about five minutes before anyone else even opens the back door. Ian found us next, then Austin, the Trish, then Dez. Dez was the next Sardine.

We played on and on like little kids for about an hour, until Austin and Ian's parents finally got tired of us running around the house and laughing.

"Okay, okay." Austin's mom sighed, standing up. "Let's all take a breather. Sorry to be the party pooper, but let's stop playing, actually. The ground is literally shaking from you silly kids running around so much. Why don't you just go to the basement and do something a little more civilized?"

We mumble in protest, but head back down to the basement.

"What do we do now?" Austin groans as he plops down in the floor unenthusiasticaly. "Summer only has about a month and a half left before this group has to split in half. We need to do something memorable, guys. Something more memorable than jumping off bridges and cliffs and playing Sardines in the house." He runs a hand through his hair. "We need to go on a road trip or something."

I raise my eyebrows. I liked his thinking. "A road trip? That sounds fun. Where?"

We all put our heads together and think. Where would be fun to go for a week? Somewhere that kids like us don't get to see very often? Obviously not a beach. Obviously not anywhere too hot.

"Why not somewhere like New York? Manhattan?" I suggest, and they all smile imminently.

I would love to go to New York City and look around. Not only because of my new-found interest in MUNY, but also because of what a famous city it was all together. How much fun would that be for a road trip?

"My dream is to perform Times Square on New Year's Eve! I would love to see it!" Austin breathes, and they all pitch in with agreement.

"If we do go, we can stay or six or seven days by ourselves. I think it would be cool to get out of Miami for a little while. Miami is awesome, but it can get boring after a while." I say. "I wonder if our parents will be okay with it, though."

"My parents will be okay," Trish says, "they're really chill."

"My parents will just be glad to get rid of me." Dez laughs.

"Obviously, I can go, since I'm already in college and live half way across the country anyways." Ian laughs, and Tenley pitches in by saying "Me too!"

"I think mom would be cool with it as long as Ian is going. Dad won't care." Austin says with a shrug.

"I'm sure my dad will let me, too. This will be so much fun!" I say excitedly, and we all high five.

With our parents consents, we began planning the next day. We would take a plane over to The Big Apple and stay from Saturday to Saturday, exactly a week. We needed to save all of our money that we got within the next week, because we had a week before we would be leaving to go. Plane tickets and the hotel rooms would be quite expensive.

"Guys, I think I can help us out." Tenley says with a smile. "I'm sure my parents would send us some money. They've always wanted me to visit New York."

We raise our eyebrows. "You don't need to do that." Ian whispers, and Tenley rolls her eyes. "Ian, you know it won't bother dad. And it's not like he doesn't have money to spare."

Okay, so I had gotten the idea that Tenley was... Rather wealthy. Even wealthier than the Moons. She was always in expensive brand clothes, and things like that. I was just glad she wasn't snotty.

At this point, none of us were rejecting her ideas. No, we didn't want to use her parents money, but if they didn't mind, why not?

Throughout the next week we were as busy as we'd ever been. We tried to split things up and make sure that Dez didn't screw anything up all at the same time. We were able to find a hotel room for a reasonably cheap price, considering it was near the heard of Manhattan We would have two rooms, one for the guys and one for the girls. We found some plane tickets, though none of us got to sit together for the flight sense they were kind of last-minute. And I, myself, had been looking up some things to look at while I was near MUNY. I was going to see if I liked the school before I sent in any applications.

We were all shaking with excitement as we boarded the plane. Austin was nearly on the other side of the plane from me, which wasn't convenient because I wish he could be beside me holding my hand. I was terrified of planes.

I just took a deep breath as I found my seat, which was, of course, right in the middle of two people I didn't know. One of them had body odor and one of them was coughing profusely. Oh, Lord, help me survive the next three hours.

I put in my headphones and took a deep breath as the plane lifted off the ground. There was a lot of turbulence and I was continually getting freaked out. I was grateful when the flight attendants offered us beverages.

When I finally felt the plane descending, I eagerly put away my iPod and sat up in my chair. I hated the landing, because the inertia was just so bad. But once they said we could exit the plane, I got out of there as fast as I possibly could. I found all the others waiting on me at the baggage claim, where they had already gotten all of our bags. Austin was hopping up and down on his toes. "Let's go, let's go, I want to see Times Square!"

I giggle and loop my arm around his. "Calm down. We have to check in to the hotel first and everything."

He rolls his eyes as we walk to the exit and flag down a taxi. I took in the incredible New York air, which was so much crisper than Florida air. There wasn't a humidity hanging in the air, as there always was in Miami. Everything felt so cool on my skin, and I loved it. Even though it was summer, it was only about seventy degrees Fahrenheit here today, whereas it was about ninety-five degrees Fahrenheit when we left from Miami. It felt so great out.

We were able to stuff ourselves in a van taxi as we chatted eagerly. "I can't wait!" Tenley breathes, "I'm so happy that my dad helped us out. He knows how much I wanted to go to New York and now I'm here! I'm actually standing here! The next week is going to be so spectacular, guys!" She stares in to Ian's eyes. "I'm so glad I met you."

It was the first time I had ever seen Ian stare in to a girl's eyes and kiss her like he meant it. Like he actually loved her.

I was so happy to see Ian happy. It was like everyone could finally breathe, because it was as if Ian had finally moved on, and saved himself. Or, more rather, Tenley saved him. There was no doubt in my mind that Tenley was the one for him. I felt like there was about to be something big going to happen in their lives.

We arrived at the hotel, where it seemed like it took forever to get checked in. The rooms were amazing. There were three beds in each room, with a large shower and a vanity. There was a flat screen television in each room. We were in Heaven for the next week.

We group hugged in the elevator, on our way back down to go tour the city.

"Guys," Austin breathes, "you're the best." He kisses me on the cheek and we all laugh.

A/N Okay, so it wasn't as long as I wanted it to be. But I KNOW next chapter will be longer because it covers an entire week! Yep, their entire New York trip will be shoved in to one chapter. So, it might take me like, a week to write lol. DON'T HATE ME. Love you all. :D Review, favorite, and follow!

Question to Answer: What do you think will be a totally shocking thing to happen while the gang is in NYC?

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