I have to admit, the previous chapter wasn't as strong as I intended it to be, but in my defense, I had a busy day and it was taking too long. Let's just pretend that it's adorable. I'll try to step up my game. Any constructive criticism is welcomed for that reason.

Disclaimer: I don't own Austin & Ally or any characters I didn't make up.

Last time…

'This is going to be amazing,' Ally thought. They were both sure that it was going to be incredible. Extremely incredible.

2 weeks later…

It was not incredible. It was not what they expected. Sure, during the first week they had a blast. But soon, they weren't hanging out enough outside of work and if they did get to hang out for a bit, they'd argue over things they both thought were stupid. Neither of them liked it, but they both liked being with each other.

Mark and Dez threw their heads back in frustration after the couple messed the song up… again. "Guys, what's the problem? You were doing great at the beginning," Mark complained. Austin rubbed the back of his neck while looking down at his shoes as Ally asked, "Can we take 10?" Mark sighed and nodded, "Go freshen up and come back as good as before." They both thanked him and left the studio room. They were using a different room now after what happened with Scott.

They each went their separate ways. Ally went further into the hallway to the vending machine to get some water; Austin went into the empty snack room for some peace and quiet. He took a seat on the couch, leaned his head back, and closed his eyes in an effort to minimize the pounding headache he had. He covered his face with his hands to prevent the bright light from seeping into his eyes. Ally walked into the room to take advantage of the few minutes they had to talk to him, "Austin, what's wrong? You seem stressed." He replied from under his hands, "Nothing, I'm fine. Just tired."

Ally crossed her arms and stared angrily at him, "You've been tired this entire week? We have a deadline to finish recording, and so far, we only finished half the songs. You need to throw whatever's on your mind aside and focus on this album!" Austin dropped his hands and glared at her, "You don't know what's happening right now, so don't just barge in and accuse me of being neglectful." She narrowed her eyes at him, "Nothing is important enough to start neglecting your job. I'm sick of having to sing the same song over and over just because your mind is somewhere else and-" Austin interrupted, "How about you just fuck off?!" He winced immediately after saying that. "I didn't mean that," he spoke in a quiet tone looking at his shoes. Ally hid the hurt tone in her voice by snapping, "Of course you didn't." She turned on her heels and stormed out of the room trying to keep her tears from falling.

'He changed,' she thought as she went into their old studio room, 'he's turning out to be just like Scott.' Ally bit her lip as a tear crawled down at that thought. She didn't want another Scott. She didn't need another Scott. She wanted an Austin. But not this Austin. She wanted the Austin she saw during their date. This Austin was careless and rude. Nothing she could think of justified his actions. Was he going back to the things he's done before meeting her?

The door opened slowly and an upset Austin entered the room. Ally wiped her tears away and turned to face him, "What happened to you?" He sighed, "A lot of things are going on right now. I'm busy and stressed. Please don't take any negative thing I say personally." She said, "I'm your girlfriend. We're supposed to hang out and go on dates and have fun not tell each other to fuck off. I haven't seen you outside of work for a week." Austin was about to say something, but Ally beat him to it, she needed to vent, "I feel like there's something you're not telling me, and I can't trust you knowing that."

He looked at her sadly, "Please, just wait it out. I'm not ready to tell anyone. I promise I'll tell you soon, but for now, just wait." She looked down and crossed her arms, "So this is it." He looked at her confusedly, "What?" She looked at him with tears in her eyes and spoke in a cracking voice, "I can't do this right now, and neither can you. We're both under a lot of stress and it's obvious that we shouldn't be together right now. We were just influenced by all the dating rumors and love songs. We never had feeling for each other. Maybe we should just be friends. For the sake if this album and the wedding."

Austin couldn't believe that she thought they didn't like each other. If anything, they should be together for the sake of the album and wedding. "A-ally-" he went to say but Ally interrupted, "Please? You're asking me to wait it out, and I'm asking you to just give me space. Can you do that?" He sighed and nodded, "If it makes you happy, then I'll do anything. The last thing I want to do is hurt you." Ally attempted to smile at him, but all she could do was run to him and wrap her arms around his neck in a tight hug. "Thank you," she whispered into his neck and he hugged her back. "Thank you too," he mumbled before kissing her cheek.

"Are we good now?" Dez asked as soon as they walked in. They nodded and took their places in preparation to sing. They stood in the recording booth with a recording microphone in-between them. They put their headphones on and nodded at each other to comfort each other. "Ready? 1,2,3," Mark counted as the music started playing through the headphones.

Ally:
When you hold me in the street(1)
And you kiss me on the dance floor
I wish that it could be like that
Why can't it be like that? 'Cause I'm yours Ally closed her eyes to not show too much emotion to him

We keep behind closed doors
Every time I see you, I die a little more She opened her eyes but refused to look at him as she sang
Stolen moments that we steal as the curtain falls
It'll never be enough He kept his eyes on her
It's obvious you're meant for me
Every piece of you, it just fits perfectly
Every second, every thought, I'm in so deep
But I'll never show it on my face

But we know this, we got a love that is homeless

Why can't you hold me in the street?
Why can't I kiss you on the dance floor? She stared deeply into his eyes
I wish that it could be like that
Why can't we be like that? 'Cause I'm yours She shut her eyes tightly

Austin:

When you're with him, do you call his name
Like you do when you're with me? Does it feel the same?
Would you leave if I was ready to settle down?
Or would you play it safe and stay? He looked into her eyes to let her know that he meant every word
Girl you know this, we got a love that is hopeless

Both:

Why can't you hold me in the street?
Why can't I kiss you on the dance floor?
I wish that it could be like that
Why can't we be like that? 'Cause I'm yours

Austin:

And nobody knows I'm in love with someone's baby
Ally:

I don't wanna hide us away

Austin:
Tell the world about the love we're making

Ally:

I'm living for that day

Both:
Someday They sang softly

Austin:

Why can't I hold you in the street?
Why can't I kiss you on the dance floor?

Ally:

I wish that we could be like that
Why can't we be like that? 'Cause I'm yours, I'm yours

Both:

Oh, why can't you hold me in the street?
Why can't I kiss you on the dance floor?
I wish that it could be like that
Why can't it be like that? 'Cause I'm yours
Why can't I say that I'm in love?
I wanna shout it from the rooftops
I wish that it could be like that
Why can't we be like that? 'Cause I'm yours They shut their eyes tightly singing through the note
Ally:
Why can't we be like that?
Wish we could be like that She sang softly while looking into his eyes

The moment was interrupted when they heard Mark and Dez clapping and cheering. "And that's a wrap on this song, finally! You two got your groove back!" Mark exclaimed happily. They smiled at the two and thanked them before exiting the booth and listen to the song. "Wow. It turned out even better than I thought," Austin said. "At least now we can move on to other songs," Ally said. She turned to face Austin with a soft smile, "Right?" He gave her a fake smile, "Right."

That night…

Ally flipped through the channels lazily trying to find something that interested her before a particular headline caught her eyes. 'Austin Moon Caught In Bar Fight Once Again.' Her eyes widened. He told her he wasn't going to do that anymore. She cringed as she watched the small clip of the video of the fight. It showed Austin drunk out of his mind repeatedly punching another drunk guy on the floor while screaming cuss words. The guy was covered in blood and was slipping in and out of consciousness. Ally felt scared knowing that he was capable of physically hurting someone to this degree. What if he did that to her? She hugged her knees to her chest and let the tears roll down. She just didn't know who she was getting involved with anymore.

3am…

Ally jolted from her sleep when she heard a crash downstairs. She scrambled from her bed and picked a chair up and opened her door slightly to hear better. She heard footsteps. And they were walking all over downstairs but never coming up. She swiftly shut her door and locked it and picked up her phone. She called the first person that popped into her mind. She spoke into her phone in a hushed voice trying not to panic.

"I'm so sorry for waking you up, b-but someone broke into my house, a-and they're downstairs and walking everywhere and breaking stuff ,and I'm scared, and I didn't know who else to call."

(1) Secret Love Song- Little Mix ft. Jason Derulo