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

Ally smiled at the perfect arrangement she did in her backyard. The barbeque was set up for her dad to take over, a table sat at the center, a hammock hung between two trees, and drinks were put in a cooler. All she had to do now is wait for her guests to arrive. She decided to spend the hour she had searching for something that has been on her mind for days. That something was indeed Austin.

She walked into her living room and turned her laptop on. Going on the search bar she typed 'Austin Moon Tour 2016.' Many results popped up about his amazing comeback and how he apologized to everyone at the beginning of every show. One link that got her attention though was 'Austin Moon Lets The Tears Fall In A Heartwarming Performance.'

She clicked on it and an article as well as a video of the performance popped up. She skimmed the article to understand the reason of his crying. The article said that during the first song of the first show, his eyes teared up as he sung a song about everything that's happened to him, and he turned around after the song to quickly wipe the tears away. Austin later commented on that event and said that he missed performing for his fans and being the reason for everyone's joy and he was getting emotional because he didn't believe so many people stuck with him through that year.

She clicked on the back sign to go back to the results and chose another link titled 'Austin Moon Is Back Better Than Ever!' The link showed a list of images of his performances including his 'Austin Moon Experience' performances which were his specialty apparently. These performances started in random places in the arena, among the crowd, or him standing on a platform carrying him and his backup dancers through the air over the audience. They included many details such as light shows and smoke and crazy stunts in each of these performances that Ally bet he spent everyday rehearsing.

She stopped scrolling and smiled at a picture of him having the time of his life on stage. Ally admired the big cute smile on his face and the passion he had for singing. She continued staring until the bell rung. She quickly slammed her laptop shut and raced to the door.

"Mom, Dad! I'm so glad you could make it," Ally exclaimed as she hugged each of her parents. "I'm gonna go check the barbeque, you and Mom prepare the meat," her dad, Lester, said after a while of talking in her living room. The ladies went to the kitchen and worked together while talking. "Who's coming too?" Penny, her mom, asked. "Trish is coming with her fiancé, Dez, and Austin should be here as well," Ally informed as she concentrated on her job. Ally stopped working when she noticed her mom has stopped doing her job and was smirking at her.

"What?" Ally asked dumbfounded. Penny leaned on the counter and teased her daughter, "Austin's coming?" Realization dawned Ally and she shook her head, "We broke up, Mom, we're just friends." Penny exclaimed, "Don't you think I know that?! But you still like him!" Ally sighed, "I haven't seen him or spoken to him properly in months, I think he got over it." Penny returned to her job and shrugged, "If that's what you think."

The bell rang again signaling the arrival of more guests, so Ally rushed to open the door. "Hey! It's been so long since I've seen you! Come in," Ally exclaimed before hugging Trish and Dez. "Hey! Austin's right behind us, he should be here soon," Dez said. The couple walked to the backyard where they met up with Ally's parents.

She stayed at the door watching as Austin's car parked in front of her house. She smiled at him walking up to her and hugged him tightly. "Someone missed me," he teased her while holding her. Ally rolled her eyes when they broke apart and punched his shoulder, "Don't act like you didn't miss me either." He laughed before nodding, "You got me there."

They walked together to the backyard and Ally introduced him to her parents, "Mom, Dad, this is Austin. Austin, this is my mom, Penny, and my dad, Lester." Austin shook hands with her parents and said hi to Trish and Dez. "So, Austin, what do you know about the grill?" Lester asked. "About as much as I know music, Sir," Austin smiled. Her dad seemed impressed as he took Austin to the grill and the two men set off bonding while preparing lunch. Ally glared at her mom who was smirking at her, "Stop it! He's gonna notice!" Penny said quietly as she watched her husband laugh with Austin, "You can't blame me. He's the first guy your father has ever gotten along with. At least he's decent unlike that old boyfriend you had."

Lester wiped his mouth and sat back in his chair, "Let's hear you two sing." Austin looked up from his plate and asked, "What?" Her dad repeated, "Let's hear you two sing. You have an album full of duets. Choose any song." Trish giggled next to Ally, "Do you know that if they sing, the rest of us will be third wheels?" Ally elbowed her best friend as Dez said, "I have my laptop with me. I could play the music so you can sing." Ally's mom chimed in, "Do it! We want to hear you sing." Austin shifted uncomfortably in his seat, and Ally turned to him, "You don't have to do it." He shook his head, "No-no. Let's do it."

So crazy is this thing we call love, (1)
And now that we've got it we just can't give up
I'm reaching out for you,
Got me out here in the water and I...
I'm overboard
And I need your love to pull me up
I can't swim on my own
It's too much
Feels like I'm drowning without your love,
So throw yourself out to me, my lifesaver.

They ended with perfect note, and the others clapped. Ally looked away from him and noticed her mom was smiling widely and her dad was telling Austin how good his voice was with hers.

Ally's mom hugged her and whispered in her ear, "By the way, Dez and Trish agree with me." Ally rolled her eyes and pulled away to hug her dad, "I like him. He's a keeper." Ally laughed at her dad as they drove away. Trish and Dez left earlier. Austin was cleaning up in the backyard. "Everyone left? Aw, I liked Lester," Austin whined. Ally laughed at him, "You'll see your new best friend, 'Lester,' again soon." Austin playfully glared at her.

"It was nice to see Dez and Trish again," Ally said as they sat in the living room. "Yeah, I actually saw them when I came back," he said. "Why didn't you call to tell me too then?" Ally asked. He winced, "I was too scared, I didn't know what to tell you." She looked at him confusedly, "How did you not know what to tell me? Just say 'Hey, Ally, I'm home from tour.'" He sighed, "I couldn't just call like that after distancing myself from you for 3 months."

"But you could just knock on my door late at night to fix my leaky sink?" Ally asked. "Sorry about that. But I did fix your sink," Austin said. Ally thought about what to say before she smiled, "Want to see something cool about me house?" Austin nodded and she led him to a room on the second floor, "You're one of the few people who know about this." She opened the door and he saw a wide room with paintings on the walls and stacks of more paintings on the floor, and empty canvases next to a stand with an unfinished painting on it.

"Woah…" he said in awe, "You painted these?" Ally nodded proudly, "It's not much, but it's something to get lost in when music won't help." He turned to her excitedly, "Are you serious?! These are incredible, Alls. You should sell these!" Ally laughed at his excitement, "No, this is something that I would like to keep to myself. Music sometimes gets ruined for me because I show it to the world and they pry at my personal life to know as much as they can. I like thinking that there is something they don't know about me. It's like my… secret."

Austin smiled goofily at her passionate look, "Paint something." Ally turned to him and furrowed her eyebrows, "Huh?" He shrugged and crossed his arms, "Paint something. Finish that painting over there." Ally looked at the almost complete work and thought why not. He watched her as she concentrated on mixing the right colors and painting perfectly with a soft smile. A while later, she was done, "Viola!" He stood behind her and look at the beautiful image she made.

A black figure of a couple kissing with a colorful umbrella over them was on the canvas. The rain drops were made up of negative words heard by the people when they see this couple. "Explain it to me," he whispered in her ear. "They are surrounded by negativity because they are dating," she explained, "the only thing protecting them from it is their love, this umbrella. Once this umbrella gets too used up, it will break, and the negativity will fall on them and pull them apart." Ally turned to him and he stared into her eyes, "It's beautiful." She glanced at his lips for a moment before looking into her eyes. Austin tried holding back before muttering, "Fuck it," and cupping her face and pulling her into a long needed deep kiss.

Overboard- Justin Bieber ft. Jessica Jarrell