A/N: I'm baaaaack. Did you miss me? I missed you. This is just a quick two shot I could not get out of my head. I am in no way affiliated with anyone or anything to do with Austin and Ally. Read and review please.

Her laugh rang out like a bell as Calum sang and danced as much as he could while driving to "Shake it off".

"Haters gonna hate hate hate."

"Oh my God. Stop. I can't breathe."

They were both punch drunk with exhaustion after being in the car for 10 hours straight. Normally, Calum would have just taken a flight back to visit his parents but personal appearances and new projects had kept them apart for 3 weeks. Somehow, it had gotten harder to be without her than it used to be. So, they had agreed, he would get dropped off at the airport and his car would stay at her parents until he came back.

He was barely able to keep his eyes open now. He looked over at his friend who was firing off a text with intensity in her face that made him wonder if she had a new someone in her life. An ache formed in his stomach that he told himself was hunger.

"Raini?"

"Hmm?"

"I think I am ready to pull over for the night. Get a place to sleep and something to eat. How about next hotel we stop?"

"Will we still make it in time for your flight?"

"I booked a red eye. We should be good."

She bit her lip and whispered. "I'm sorry I still don't drive. We could just drive straight through. I feel like I'm making things more difficult."

"Always but sometimes you're funny. So, it evens out."

"Sometimes? I am funnier than you every day." She giggled and back handed him in the stomach.

He grabbed her hand and squeezed it before letting go. Raini coughed and shifted in her seat.

"Ok, next hotel."

They stopped at a town about an hour outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Calum reached across Raini and grabbed his wallet out of the glove compartment.

"I need to go to the restroom. Will you wait for me?"

"I'll take care of it."

"Calum."

"Yes?"

"You are not paying for both rooms. That's crazy."

"No, what's crazy is you trying to argue with me about it. So, you shouldn't, and if you start I am going to tickle you until you pee your pants."

She got out of the car laughing and slipped passed him. After, she was through she found him standing in the lobby looking a little bit….scared.

"What?"

"There is some sci fi con going on in Albuquerque and the overflow guests came here and…" His face was a little whiter than usual.

"And what?"

"There was one room left and it just has one king size bed. I promise I will sleep on the floor or something."

"Calum. It's okay. We are adults and best friends. Don't make it weird."

They grabbed a trolley, put their bags on it and made their way upstairs. Calum unlocked the door and they saw it was a mini suite with a sofa. A sofa that looked like Calum's legs would hang off about six inches.

"See, you can have the sofa."

"Yep. Perfect."

Raini laughed until she almost cried as Calum flopped down on the sofa and it ended at his knees.

He rolled over and up in a swift movement.

"Come on. I'm starved. "He pulled her out the door.

"What do you mean you have never done shooters?"

"Hi, have we met? Do I seem like a shooter type of girl?"

"At least have a mixed drink."

"Fine. Order it for me."

They ended up walking to the restaurant/pub next to the hotel rather than wonder aimlessly around town when they were so tired.

The perky, blonde waitress approached the table and smiled broadly. She turned her attention solely on Calum as if Raini was just a picture on the wall.

"What'll it be, sweetheart?"

"The fire house burger platter, well done. The chicken spaghetti. Two Amaretto sours and four tequila shots. " He side eyed Raini with a grin on his face. Her face was expressionless and she picked up her phone to text.

After the waitress walked away, he took a long sip of water and spoke.

"Hey, don't be mad. You don't have to drink anything you don't want."

Raini realized she had let her emotions be transparent or maybe he could read her like a book. She decided she better pull herself together.

"Oh, I am gonna drink you under the table."

For some reason, that Raini couldn't fathom, the third tequila shot they ordered made everything funnier. At least, she couldn't stop laughing at nothing and everything.

Calum paid the tab and she noticed a ten digit number on the receipt with x's and o's from Angel. The waitress winked at Calum and walked away.

Calum slipped the receipt in his wallet and Raini slid out of the booth and began to walk very fast towards the hotel. Every step she took made it apparent that was not the brightest move on that much tequila.

"Raini ! Slow down. I can barely walk straight. How are you doing that?"

She heard a thump and saw Calum hanging on to the bumper of a car. She giggling despite herself and helped him up.

They stumbled to the elevator and made it in the door of their room. Calum kicked off his shoes in the corner and pulled out the receipt to look at it and slid it back in his wallet.

"Call her. You know you want to."

"What? No, she is a complete stranger. She could be crazy."

"Then, why are you keeping the receipt?"

"Because it has my credit card number on it."

Raini groaned with disgust and turned away.

"What do you care anyway? I am on a Disney show. I am not a monk. I have needs."

"I don't care. Be with whoever you want to be with. She just seemed skanky."

"Skanky? You wouldn't even look her in the eye. She might be studying to be a neuroscientist for all you know."

She sat on the bed and slipped her shoes off as her phone began to vibrate. Calum snatched it off the bedside table.

"Besides, did I say anything about you spending all over our road trip texting...?" He squinted to read. "Eric."

"Eric is none of your business. He is just a friend and why do you care? I have needs, too."

She had stood up from the bed as he held the phone out of her reach. Their faces were as close as they could be with the height difference.

"Keep it up, Raini and you are sleeping on the sofa."

"Oh, I'm not sleeping on the sofa. You are."

Calum flipped her phone on the sofa.

"That's the only thing sleeping on the sofa tonight."

He closed the distance and captured her mouth with his. They bumped into walls and the bedside table before landing on the bed. He was on top of her, kissing a trail down her neck. He pushed himself up on his hands.

"Say you want me to stop. Say it and I go and lay on the sofa."

She looked in his eyes for a moment and then, pulled his face down to hers.

The next morning, she woke up alone. She knocked on the bathroom door and found it empty. She saw her phone charging on the bedside table. No message from Calum anywhere. She padded to the window and didn't see his car. He wouldn't do that to her. Not Calum.

She knew what she had to do. She called the concierge, took a shower and packed her bag.

Calum returned to the room with breakfast and the speech he had rehearsed about it not having to ruin their friendship.

She was gone. Her bags, her shoes, her. Gone.

Shit.