"Hey babe," Elliot greeted, when he opened the door of his apartment to see Ally standing there.

"Hey sweetiepie," she replied, stepping into his living room.

Elliot closed the door behind her and watched her put her stuff down on the couch.

"I missed you all week," Ally whined, wrapping her arms around his neck and engulfing him in a passionate kiss.

He pulled away and whispered, "I've missed that beautiful face of yours."

She smiled and he leaned in to kiss her again.

"So how is college life treating you?"

Ally replied," It's okay, I guess. I really like the courses I took, but some of my teachers really seem like they have sticks up their asses."

He chuckled and brushed some stray hair out of her eyes. "Aww. Well you know, that's how it is. You get some good ones and some bad ones."

She sighed and nodded along. "So what movie are we watching tonight?"

Every Friday (well for the past few Fridays anyway, since they'd started dating), she and Elliot would rent a movie and spend the night cuddling together.

"Cujo. Have you seen it?"

Ally shook her head. "No. Isn't it scary?"

Elliot nodded. "Yup!"

"So why'd you rent a scary movie? You have to protect me!"

He smiled evilly. "Oh I will. I only rented a scary movie because I love it when you get scared & crawl into my lap and bury your face in my neck. God, I absolutely adore cuddling with you!"

Her heart melted and she softly kissed him again. "God, you are so cute."

"I know. You didn't have to tell me that."

Ally swatted his chest. Hard. "Shut up." She added, "I'm going to go put on my pajamas; you pop in the DVD."

"Okay. Do you want popcorn?"

"Nah, only if you're going to eat some. I'll take a few pieces from you."

"Mmhmm, sounds good."

"I'll be right back," she informed him, grabbing her bag from the sofa.

Elliot watched her walk away and then proceeded to do as he was told.

As Ally emerged from the bathroom, his reaction was quite funny. "Well...those are new pajamas!"

She nodded. "And?"

"What happened to the ones from last week?"

"Eh, they're still there! I just really liked these." She was dressed in a satin short sleeved top and matching long pajama bottoms.

"You know, you're the only person I know who can cover EVERYTHING up and still look so hot," he told her.

"Why thank you!" she replied, tossing her duffel bag on the floor next to the door and heading to sit next to him on the couch. She settled herself comfortably on his lap when her gaze locked with his.

She saw that familiar shine in his eyes that she noticed he had every time he was unbelievably attracted to her, although now was a time she couldn't understand it.

Ally leaned him and planted what was meant to be a soft peck on his lips. As she pulled away, she felt his teeth grab onto her lips and he shoved his tongue into her mouth. As their tongues battled for control of the kiss, Elliot ran his hands rapidly over her ass, emitting a moan from her lips.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" he asked her.

She nodded, affirming that it was on.

It was over all too soon though. His nimble fingers had already ripped off her pajama top and were currently fiddling with her bra clasp. As they undid it and her bra fell to the ground, Ally suddenly found herself becoming unnaturally self-conscious.

"What happened? You stiffened," Elliot noticed.

"I-I-"

"You're beautiful. I don't see what you're so worried about."

She nodded and paused to think for a minute. She got off his lap and bent down to pick up her clothes. His glance didn't leave her for a minute.

"I've never done this with anyone before and I'm not sure I'm ready yet," she told him firmly but sweetly.

The temporary shock soon wore off and he nodded understandingly. "Sure." He walked back over to the couch and sat on the very edge.

"I'm sorry," she mumbled.

Elliot looked over at her "You can go home." He spoke sternly. "I can call up someone else who isnt scared to dive in."

Ally couldnt believe what she was hearing. She picked up all her stuff and booked it out of his house while yelling "Were Done!" back to Elliot. HE however, did not seem to phased about this whole situation, and by the time she stopped running she realized, neither was she.

"Mary, what the hell have you got in those boxes?" Ally asked, raising an eyebrow as her friend walked in carrying four giant cartons.

"Childhood...photographs," she panted, setting them down on the ground.

Ally walked over to try and pick one of the boxes up and put it on the coffee table. "Damn, these are so heavy! You are freakishly strong."

Mary smiled. "I know!"

Austin walked in through the door and laughed. "Mar, what are you up to this time?"

"Photographs," she answered, walking her way towards her brother to give him a hug.

"Hey Als!" Austin greeted, hugging her tightly and kissing her on the cheek.

"Hi Austin," she replied.

"So you girls are whipping out photographs? What for?"

"Nothing, Ally just wanted to see some pictures of us when we were younger and you know, didn't know her."

Austin and Ally exchanged a wink. They had in fact known each other.

"Come, sit," Mary urged.

Ally took a seat in between the two Moon siblings and watched as Mary removed the lid from one of the boxes. Ally gasped when she saw the impossibly neat stacks of photographs lying inside of it.

Chelsea and Dez walked in through the front door at that exact moment.

"What? Are we missing picture time?" Dez asked.

Mary smiled. "Yup! Come sit down!"

The two friends made their way over to the coffee table and took a seat on the ground next to Austin.

"Austin and Mary - Grades 1-12," Mary announced, reading the title on the lid of the box she had opened.

She whipped out a stack of photographs and passed them down to Ally, giving an explanation of each. "This was in middle school when me and Austin won Honorable Mention in the Brother-Sister dance category."

Dez coughed, "Losers."

Austin shot him a look. "For your information, the routine was a brilliant series of dance moves, which you had to see to believe."

Chelsea stifled a giggle.

Mary continued, "Oh - and this was Austin in second grade when he went with school to the zoo and this monkey ran loose from its cage, and-"

"Oh my God! I remember that!" Ally laughed.

"Uh...how do you remember that?" Dez asked. "You weren't there.."

Realizing that she'd almost made the fatal slip, Ally tried to cover up. "Uh-well-I mean to say-"

"I told her about it!" Austin exclaimed, perhaps a bit too loudly to be considered normal.

"Yeah, yeah, that's it," Ally agreed.

Chelsea, Dez, and Mary shot them both weird looks.

This is strange,Mary thought. I'll have to ask them about this later...

Austin put his arm around Ally and gently rubbed her back, as Mary continued to show them the rest of the photographs. When Ally would see a picture of something that Austin had written to her about, she'd merely look up and exchange a knowing smile with him.

"That's the last of em," Mary announced.

"God, thank God," Dez sighed.

"Shut up!" Chelsea argued. "Just because there were some unfortunate pictures of you in there, Dez, doesn't mean WE didn't have fun laughing at them!"

Mary got up to place the boxes back in the closet; Austin stood up and offered to help her. While the brother and sister duo were busy putting everything away, Dez saw this as an opportunity to strike up a conversation with someone he'd had his eye on for quite a while now.

"So, hey, Als."

"Hi Dez.."

"How you doin'?"

"DEZ!" Trish yelled, as she walked into the apartment. "Don't hit on her!"

Another missed opportunity, Dez thought to himself. But this time, he wouldn't let this stop him.

"So Als, how you doin'?"

She looked slightly overwhelmed by his forwardness. "Um..I-"

Dez placed his hand on her knee. "Ally, I really think you're very beautiful and I would love to go out with-"

"Dez!" Trish barked. "What the hell are you doing?"

"Well, I was about to-"

"I know you were about to!"

"So why'd you interrupt me, T?" Dez moaned.

"You can't, Dez, you can't!"

"Why the hell not?"

By this time, Ally had a really uncomfortable look on her face. Seeing this, Austin called her over.

"Als!"

"Oh well would you look at that? Austin needs me! I'll be going now," Ally stuttered.

"Now look what you did!" Trish whispered at Dez angrily.

"Ally, sweetie, what's wrong?"

She hugged Austin tightly. "Nothing, just Dez and Trish were you know-"

"Being Dez and Trish?"

"You could say," she told him.

He hugged her back and kissed her cheek sweetly. "It's okay. That's how they are - you'll learn to love em."

"I already do, it's just that Dez was asking me on a da-"

Austin' eyes widened. "Dez, he - Dez what?!"

"Asked me to go out with-"

"Dez?!"

"Austin?" Ally whispered. "Austin are you okay?"

"Yeah," he assured her softly.

But what he HADN'T anticipated was the not-so-subtle feeling of jealousy that consumed his entire being, and perhaps THAT'S what scared him most.

"It's okay if you're not you know." Ally looked up at Austin from their tight embrace, and he looked down at her.

"What do you mean?" She could feel every breath of his, everyword, as their faces were centimetres apart.

"If you're upset about the Dez thing. It's okay." She slowly moved her hands to his shoulders to balance herself up on her tiptoes so they were face to face.

"Wh-why would I be upset?" He felt his breath hitch as he looked Ally in the eyes.

He loved her. Not the friendly love he thought it has been all along, the real love you share with the one.

"Because," She started to lean closer. "you know it's you." She said In a soft whisper.

"What's me, Ally? Im confused." He rested his forhead on hers, not too sure where this was headed, but he didn't mind it at all.

"It was never Elliot, it isn't Dez. It's you. It has always been you." She quickly closed the gap between the two of them. This kiss was nothing like the last one they shared. This one was filled with passion as Austin lifted Ally into his arms, her legs clinging to his waist. He has wanted so long for this to happen, as did she.

They pulled away for a much need breath, as they remained pressed against eachother, Austin took the chance to speak first.

"I love you, Ally. More than you know."

She smiled, and placed a chaste kiss on his lips

"I love you too, Austin. I always have. Ever since you asked me about Dinosaurs, I knew you were a keeper."

Author's Note: That's the end!

I find it bitter sweet! I loved this fic, but now I can start more! And sad becuase my first fic is over D: But I like the way it turned out :D :D

I will start my next fic tomorrow! Keep an eye out for it! :D

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