Chapter 1

Ally was a popular girl at Miami High and everyone loved her. Well, almost everyone. Austin Moon, one of the popular guys, was Ally's enemy. She knew they had nothing in common… or so she thought. Everyone kept saying how they both would make such a cute couple, but they both just ignored the comments.

One day in their junior year, Austin and Ally were assigned as partners in music class. At first they weren't thrilled at all, until they started making music together and found out they made beautiful music with each other. That was when Austin started hanging out with Ally more and his music career started to take off.

Ally's P.O.V.

"Hey, Austin," I said walking towards Austin at his locker.

"Sup. Oh, Ally, I was wondering if you wanted to get together at Sonic Boom after school today," Austin stated, shutting his locker and turning to look at me.

"Sure," I replied quickly.

"Great! I have this awesome idea for a new song!" Austin said excitedly as we walk down the hall. I couldn't help but notice how cute he looked today in his red and white checked shirt, red high tops, and his hair casually messed up. Wait, what am I thinking, he's my friend, not my BOYFRIEND!

"Cool. I'll see you in French. I gotta get to math. I don't want to be late," I responded walking away from Austin.

Austin's P.O.V.

As I heard Ally walk away I said goodbye. I stopped in my tracks and turned around to see Ally walking down the opposite hallway. She was wearing her floral print shirt with mint green skinny jeans and yellow wedges. Ally added a little bounce to her step as she walked and it made her perfectly curled, brown, and blond highlighted hair bounce up and down. She looked beautiful today. I liked everything about Ally, her smile, her laugh, her style, and her songs that she writes for me. I wasn't going to deny that I liked Ally, because I knew that I would end up liking her sometime, ever since we became friends. Although, I would never admit it to Dez or anyone else for that matter. Dez may be my best friend and all, but he doesn't need to know everything, otherwise he'll spill it like a can of beans. Especially if he knows a secret of any kind. You could walk up to him and ask, what's up, and he'll freak out, yell something random, and run away from you like a chicken with his head cut off. Speaking of Dez…

"Hey, buddy!" Dez said loudly.

"Hey, Dez. What's up?" I question.

"Uh… I didn't hear Ally talking to Trish about you. I mean, nothing. Hey, look over there!" Dez pointed in the direction of the gym, then took off towards the library. See, I told you what would happen. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a second, what? Did Dez just say that he heard Ally talking to Trish about me?! Hmm… I wonder if Ally likes me? Even if she did, I wouldn't be able to admit my feelings towards her.

The bell rang for class to end and I was the first one out. I had one more class left and I couldn't wait to sit next to Ally. I already had my French textbook with me, so I headed to Ally's locker and waited for her to finish gathering her things for class.

Ally saw me standing at her locker and she blushed, then said, "Hey, Austin. I was hoping to talk to you on the way to class, but I guess I could now." Ally started spinning the lock on her locker, then mumbled, "Shoot!" I instantly know that she forgot her combination.

Lucky for her, she told me and I remembered it, "36, 17, 25."

"Thanks, Austin. You're a life saver," she told me. That was about the one hundredth time she's said that to me today.

"Hey, that's what friends are for," I say, smiling while shrugging my shoulders.

"I don't know what I would do without you, Austin!" Ally exclaimed. She hugged me tightly and we started off towards class.

The rest of the day went by pretty smoothly. Ally had gotten a ride with me in my deep blue colored Mustang to Sonic Boom. Her dad was at the register when we walked in and he waved. We automatically climbed up the stairs to the practice room and started putting our things down. Together, we sat at the piano. I told Ally my idea for the song and she loved it.

Ally's P.O.V.

Austin and I finished writing the song, then went out to go get some ice cream. I insisted on paying for his, as well as mine, but he refused. He wouldn't even let me pay for my own at the least.

"Ally, you've done so many things for me and written me so many great songs, it's the least I could do for you… and I will," Austin said stubbornly. He pushed my hand that was holding my wallet down to my waist and I gave in.

"Fine. You know what I want, right?" I asked Austin seriously, knowing that he should know this.

"Psssh, of course I do, Fruity Mint Swirl," he replied quickly. I just rolled my eyes with a smile on my face.

"I'll go find a table for us," I told him, walking away searching for a table. Soon after I sat down, Austin comes to the table and sits across from me. Suddenly we hear a crash… it was Trish. She was wearing an apron that said Mini's on it. Apparently, Trish isn't the best at her job, big shocker. She had dropped a bunch of plates, then got fired from yet another job. Austin and I just giggled and finished our ice cream.

"Hey, um, Ally?" Austin looked at me like he needed a favor.

"Yeah, what is it Austin?" I responded.

"Would you like to… go to a movie with me tomorrow? Dez and I planned on going to a movie together and he had to cancel," Austin explained.

"Sure, Austin. I don't have to work at Sonic Boom tomorrow, so I can go," I said with a smile on my face, then saw Austin's face light up.

"I'll pick you up at 5," Austin said still smiling ear to ear. We walk back to Sonic Boom and get into his car.

Austin took me home and walked me up to my door. We said our goodbyes and he walked back to his car and got in. I waved to him as he was going down the driveway, then shut the door.