Okay, first things first, read the last chapter, because when most of you guys read it, there was only like a quarter of it uploaded. So, check back there, then come back here for this chapter, this was nothing's confusing.

Anyways, hope you guys enjoy this chapter!


Ally was sitting in the practice room during her first break for today, staring at the business card she had received just a couple nights ago. None of it seemed real to me, but whenever she pinched myself or blinked, it was still there.

Being the paranoid girl she always had been, she called the office number on the card, just to be sure. Heck, she even looked up the address on Google Maps, and it still seemed like it wasn't a scam.

Startling her from her thinking, the door that connected the practice room to the rest of the store opened and Austin walked in. Taking a quick glance at him, Ally quickly hid the card in her right pocket, not sure how he would react if he saw the card..

"Hey," She said, forcing a tight smile. "What are you doing here?" Ally crossed her toes. contemplating whether or not she should tell him about that night with Jimmy and Josh Jackson, the record producer who offered her a deal.

Austin walked around the room awkwardly, not feeling comfortable after what he and Cassidy did to her. He felt awful, but he still did it.

"I was wondering how your meeting with Jimmy went the other night. I didn't see you yesterday, so I'm asking now." Austin took a seat on the black office chair and sat in it backwards, placing his arms on the top and looking at his friend with a sympathetic expression.

Ally looked back at her book, closed it, then looked back at Austin. "He said that he didn't want to give me a deal. Basically, having me as a songwriter for you and a recording artist on the side isn't the best decision." Ally gave a fake smile that said 'what can you do?'. She got up and walked over to the yellow couch with pink polka-dots, grabbing her half-filled water bottle and taking a sip out of it.

Austin got up and walked over to Ally, sitting next to her. Nudging her with his shoulder, he said, "I'm sorry, Alls. He doesn't know what he's missing." Austin nudged her with his shoulder, which she returned, making them both laugh. Austin leaned over and gave her a hug, but then remembered what Cassidy had told him about how Ally was just using him for the chance at fame.

"So, how did the rest of the night go?" Austin asked, leaning away and propping his feet up on the cheap coffee table. He lazily put his arms over the top of the couch, not realizing how much he wanted his left to be around Ally.

Ally took a deep breath. Should she tell him about what happened that night? About how she was offered a record deal from Universal Studios after one song, while Austin took months just to get his first opportunity from a recording studio that wasn't as great?

She figured that she could tell him about everything else, and maybe add a few white lies, just so the story would add up.

"You see," Ally said, taking a deep sigh. "After he rejected me, I left. I waited for over forty-five minutes in the pouring rain waiting for my dad, but he didn't show. I called everybody I knew, but none of them answered. Then, I went over to the subway station so I wouldn't catch a cold. While I was waiting, a nice old man gave me money for a cab home." She crossed her fingers behind her back, hoping that the story was convincing enough, considering she thought of it at the top of her head.

Austin looked down at the carpet and swiveled slightly in the comfortable chair. "How come nobody answered their phones?" He said, palms beginning to sweat. He was nervous that he would burst out, telling Ally about how him and Cassidy sabotaged her phone. He felt awful about it, and he was afraid that the second he looked Ally in her warm, brown eyes, he would confess.

Ally's eyebrows arched her eyebrows at the blond's weird behavior. "Austin," she cautiously dragged out, "are you okay?" She sat on the piano bench and put her hand on Austin's lower arm, looking at him worriedly in the eyes.

Austin was now more nervous than ever. His eyes flickered from Ally's pleading eyes to her warm, soft hand that was causing Austin's mind to go numb. He knew that if he told her, than she would be crushed. Granted, that's that his girlfriend wanted, but that's not what he wanted at the moment.

"What else happened?" Austin squeaked out.

Ally's heart began to beat quicker. She knew that he knew something else about that night, but she didn't to make him feel bad.

Then, she remembered that another thing that wasn't related to Josh Jackson. "When I got home, my dad said that he texted me that he couldn't make it, saying that I should call my aunt, Cindy. After I told him that he didn't send me any texts, he showed me his phone and on his, it showed that they were sent to me―"

"But they weren't."

"Right," Ally pursed her lips together while she thought. I wonder what's going on with him? Maybe it's something with Cassidy. Ally looked down, realized that she was still touching Austin's arm, which made her stomach heat up and do flips in place. Her hand retreated, already feeling embarrassment, and thought that she gave Austin an impression that she liked him, when she didn't.

Besides, he has a girlfriend who's got him wrapped around her finger, so he wouldn't like me back even if he does.


After Austin and Ally talked, Ally left, saying that she should go meet Trish at Mini's for lunch. She was glad that she had an excuse, because now she wasn't looking at Austin in the same lighting anymore.

She now saw something to be nervous about. Whenever he looked at her, she was afraid that she would say something wrong. If he had one small hair on his jacket, she noticed it, making sure to use that as an excuse for her to touch him, even if it was just for a few seconds. Whenever he was talking to another girl while she was trying to work on something, she couldn't concentrate. Whenever he smiled at her while talking, she gave a big smile back and looked at him in his piercing eyes.

Ally knew that if she told a soul, then it would be the end of her. Besides, he's her best friend, not some cute stranger that smiled at her while she was talking to Trish.

Rushing over to the food court area at the mall, she rushed over to Trish once she spotted her famous black and curly hair, but something surprised her.

She saw that Cassidy was also accompanying their table. Ally didn't recall anybody else joining hers and Trish's plans. Especially that slut who thinks she's all that, Ally thought unknowingly, not even realizing the words crossed her mind.

"Hey guys," Ally said, sitting down at the other chair and grabbing a small chip from the chip plate that was in the middle of the table. She smiled at Trish's smile, which obviously told her that she was happy to have Ally here, but Cassidy just kept on talking, throwing a single glance at the brunette.

Cassidy took a sip of her strawberry smoothie that she ordered from a place outside of the mall. Once she stopped talking and took her first breath in five minutes, she got up, whispered something in Trish's ear while placing a hand on her shoulder, then left.

Ally looked at Cassidy weirdly. "What did she say?" She asked Trish.

Trish's eyes held a worry expression, so to find a white lie that would do, she looked around the mall and spotted Forever 21 having their Summer Sale. Looking back at Ally, she said, "Cassidy was telling me how you really couldn't pull off anything that Forever 21 sells." Trish hated lying to Ally, but she couldn't risk being the one to spill about Ally being ditched by everyone.

Ally nodded, but didn't buy it. Trish had bought her multiple things from that store and said that she looked great in them. Was she trying to make me look desperate? Ally thought. No, Trish wouldn't do that. Ally leaned in closer and began to whisper. "Can I tell you something?" She said. At Trish's nod, she continued.

"Last night, Jimmy rejected me, but he seemed like he wasn't rejecting me because I wasn't good. It's almost like, he didn't do it because he wanted to make someone else happy." Ally threw another chip into her mouth and began chewing on it. "Then when I left," she said in between bites, "I tried to call everybody I had in my contact list, because my dad didn't show, and it was almost 10:00, but no one answered." She swallowed and looked down at her hands which were clasped together. This was the part that she hadn't told a single soul about. "I went down to the subway station because it started to storm. There, I met an old man who talked to me about my stage fright, and inspired me to write a song, which I later performed with my guitar. I was so excited, I had made enough money for a cab home, but I got something that would get me a limo." Ally looked up at Trish in nervousness to see that the Latina was anxiously waiting for the rest of the story.

"What would earn you a limo?" She practically yelled. Ally's hand slammed over Trish's mouth and signaled her to be quiet.

"I was offered a record deal with Josh Jackson from Universal Records." Ally's smile broke out form its shell and she squealed silently, cheering in her seat.

Trish's eyes widened. "The Josh Jackson?" She asked incredulously, now bouncing in her chair.


"Yeah, he gave me his card after my performance and told me to give him a call!" Ally exclaimed, and the squeals that were heard sounded muffled in the ear piece that Cassidy was wearing as she was watching a movie with Austin at the mall theater.

Austin heard voices, so he looked around. "Did you hear that?" He whispered to Cassidy, bringing her closer with his arm that was draped around her.

Cassidy looked at him weirdly. "No," she said. She knew that she was a good actress, and a master manipulator, so she used that to her advantage and was going to continue that for the rest of Austin's fame and fortune-filled life.

Turning back to the bright screen, she scowled. It was all because of her plan that Ally got the deal in the first place. All she wanted was for the pathetic girl to be stranded in the city in the middle of the night. She didn't want Trish to spoil her plan that she told her, so she put a chip on Trish's shoulder when she left. Now, she was grateful that she did that, because if they all ditched Ally, then she would have a backup plan.

Her goal now was to destroy that offer that she didn't even deserve and get what she wants.


I know, I know, that was the shortest chapter I have ever written in my history, but I had no other ideas for the time being. So…what did you think of the mini-post? Like it? Hate it? Just tell me so, that way I know how to make this story better.

Question: What's the scariest part of a thunder storm to you? Mine's when the thunder rips in the sky. Makes me jump every time.

That One Moment: When you look back at your old posts on FaceBook and realize how stupid you were back then.

Quote By Me:"The reason that the word 'Good' is longer than the word 'Bad' is because there's more good in people than bad."

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