This is my first Fanfic Yay! It's an unorthodox pairing, but I hope you guys like it as much as I do. I'm not sure there will be much romance in the first couple of chapters but don't worry there will be plenty of cuteness :)

I don't own Modern Family or any of the characters.

Chapter 1: I miss her too

'The stars are falling from the sky, and you're the reason why.' Alex paused at the door of her bedroom as she heard singing issuing from behind it. 'The moon is shining on your face, coz it finally feels it's found its place.' She slowly pushed open the door to see Dylan sitting on Hayley's bed, strumming his guitar.

'Oh sorry, you're probably here to study or something.' Dylan mumbled, putting away his guitar.

'No it's okay,' Alex shrugged. She made her way over to her own bed, moving the books so she could sit down. Dylan looked at her, feeling slightly self conscious.

'Sooo um, how's school going?' Dylan asked after an awkward silence. He'd never spoken to Alex before so he didn't know what to say.

'Really? How's school going? Is that the best you can come up with?' Alex looked up from her laptop and raised an eyebrow at Dylan.

'Well I don't know what to talk about with you.' Dylan said apologetically. 'You're all into books and stuff and well, I've never read a book in my life, unless you count the hungry hungry caterpillar, that book is awesome!'

'Play that song again.' Alex ordered, suddenly jumping up from her bed. She grabbed a huge case lay it down on the floor. Dylan watched curiously as she pulled a gigantic instrument out of it and balanced it on the floor.

'What...?' Dylan began but Alex fixed him with a look.

'Tell me the chords of your song.' She instructed. Dylan recited them, watching as she copied them neatly onto a piece of paper. Alex picked up her bow and began experimentally playing each chord, deciding whether she liked plucking or bowing better.

'Are we like jamming?' Dylan's face lit up in realisation.

'Yes, I must admit I like that song, even though it was inappropriate to sing in front of my whole family.' Alex smiled.

'Thank you, I thought they liked it though.'

'I don't think my parents liked the fact that it was about their daughter.' Alex smirked. 'Now I think I've got it.' She motioned for Dylan to pick up his guitar.

'Alright, one, two, three, four.' Dylan listened transfixed as Alex played a baseline, her bow moving smoothly against her cello. She quickly put it down at the bridge, plucking out a similar pattern to his guitar, looking up occasionally to smile at him. Dylan found himself smiling back, even though she fumbled a few chord changes she wasn't totally stuffing up his song.

'So what do you think?' Alex asked when they'd finished the song. She was beaming from ear to ear as she looked up at him.

'That's like the coolest bass ever!' Dylan enthused. 'I didn't know you could play them with that stick thing!' Alex's smile faltered slightly as she repressed the urge to correct him.

'Well now you have a topic to discuss with me.' She said kindly. 'You can ask me how my cello playing is going.'

'Awesome,' Dylan brushed his fringe out of his eyes.

'I think it's really great that you write your own songs.' Alex continued. 'I always find it so hard to come up with things to write about.'

'You don't come up with songs!' Dylan said rather sharply. 'They come to you.' Alex bit back a sarcastic comment at the dreaminess in his voice. She observed the gangly man in front of her with a mixture of pity and curiosity. He shifted his guitar, almost trying to hide behind it, he felt uneasy under her gaze. As Alex scrutinized him, she fancied she saw a sort of sadness in his eyes, a hollow loneliness.

'So how's your t-shirt business going Dylan?' She asked finally. Dylan almost breathed a sigh of relief at being released from her inspection.

'Not so well.' Dylan looked at his feet. 'I haven't had much inspiration lately.'

'Have you been busy with other things?' Alex tilted her head to the side.

'Yeah, something like that.' Dylan muttered. He got to his feet and began packing away his guitar. 'I should probably get home, my mum will be getting worried.' He slung grabbed his guitar case and sauntered towards the door, surprised to see Alex behind him when he turned to say goodbye.

'It's alright, I miss her too.' Alex said quietly. Dylan looked at her, their eyes exchanging tales of loneliness and forced adjustment before he gulped.

'Well, goodbye.' Dylan raised his hand awkwardly and then left the room.

'Bye.' Alex whispered, letting out a sigh as she looked around her half empty room.

Please review, as I said I'm new to the Fanfic community and would love to hear what you guys think of this story :)