I don't own Austin & Ally or Romeo and Juliet

Ally Dawson has been searching for her true love all her life. She wants her fairytale ending more than anything, and is completely obsessed with William Shakespeare's play: Romeo and Juliet. She knows it was a very tragic ending, and she would never actually want that exact kind of love for herself, but the entire aspect of the story really appealed to her emotions. Ally wanted that. She wanted a guy who was willing to die for her, and that she would be willing to die for him as well. In other words, that actually is exactly the kind of love she wants for herself. She can't lie about it anymore. Ally is completely envious of Juliet and her affection towards Romeo. Ally just wants her Romeo. The only problem; Ally doesn't think she'll ever find that kind of love. She doesn't think she'll ever find her Romeo.

One day, a strange woman approaches Ally when she's in her Romeo and Juliet dream state. Ally was supposed to be working, considering she was at her job at that very moment, but she was too preoccupied by her book to even notice.

"Excuse me?", the lady asked politely, but Ally never heard her. She was too enhanced in the novel that she hadn't even really noticed she was at work.

The lady smiled at the teenager in front of her, having felt the same way at her age, and she knew that longing gaze. The brunette is completely oblivious to the world around her, as she is yet again immersed in that book that she's read about a hundred times already. She didn't notice the elderly customer, nor did she notice her three friends walk through the doors of Sonic Boom.

"Guess who got a job at the yogurt shop?", Trish announced her new job quite loudly, but Ally took no notice. Dez had been there for ten minutes and had already broken six instruments, but Ally was still oblivious. Austin, however, had a bit of a more effective attempt. He sauntered behind the counter where Ally stood, snaking his arms around her petite figure, and placing his chin on her shoulder to see what she was reading. The blond rolled his eyes when he read the same title he often catches glimpses of the brunette reading when she is dead to the outside world. But Austin's rather space-invading movement is what finally made Ally snap out of her thoughts and come back to the real world.

"Austin!", she exclaimed, glaring at the blond who quickly removed his hands and held them up in surrender.

"Sorry", Austin said smiling sheepishly.

Ally took notice of her surroundings, surprised by how many more customers there were than when she first started reading, and also a bit shocked by the sudden appearance of her three best friends. Her eyes widened when she saw the stack of broken instruments by Dez that was slowly growing larger by the minute. Her hustling to make things right around the busy store amused the curious blond. He was curious to know what made his musically gifted best friend so interested in the esoteric book. People understood the main concept of the plot, but the way Shakespeare worded the story, and the language that was used around the fifteenth century. It was just hard to get, but Ally was absolutely engrossed in it all.

Austin snapped himself out of his thoughts and turned back around to see what his friends were doing. He smiled slightly as he saw Dez with a tuba stuck on his head, Trish doubled over in laughter, and Ally struggling to get the tuba off of Dez's head. She was so small and fragile. To him, she was nearly flawless though. Of course he knew nobody was perfect, but in Austin's eyes, Ally was as close as he could get to that kind of perfection. Yes, Austin Monica Moon had a romantic side to him, but he chose to keep it hidden from most people. He hated reading (most of the time) but he did love the classic Romeo and Juliet movie. It was his all-time favorite movie, but let's be honest; he wouldn't have been able to understand the book at all. Austin loved how the movie was a more modern version, and he could understand the real purpose of the story.

Sure, Austin would love a fairytale ending; a bit less tragic than the star-crossed lovers', but all he really knew he wanted out of life…was Ally. Though, he was the only one of the pair that felt those special, deep feelings for the other, and that made his heart ache. He wanted Ally more than words could express, and it hurt him that she didn't return his feelings.

Trish's case was a lot different. She was the loud, outgoing, fun type of girl who will speak her mind about anything…except her own personal feelings. Trish was one that didn't know exactly how she felt. Like with Dez; Trish always made fun of him, called him mean things, made him work for her, etc. But then there was also the caring side of Trish. Yes, she found it funny when Dez got the tuba stuck on his head, but she also kind of felt bad about it. She knew a bigger part of her still thought it was funny, but she figured a boy like him would get scared if he was stuck in there too long. Trish; she's a…complicated case.

With Dez, well, he was just plain oblivious. Dez observed the world much differently than most people do. He's extremely optimistic, and just has that innocent vibe about him. He so childlike, but no one wants to take that away from him, and it's almost impossible to do so anyway. Dez is a good guy, but he can be a bit silly and clueless. He knows about Austin's love for Ally, but they are best friends and anyone, even children, could see that how much Austin loves her…except Ally.

All of these events did not go unnoticed by the elderly, forgotten customer. She could see the way Ally stared at the book, wishing it was her kissing her precious Romeo in the famous balcony scene; wishing she was Juliet herself. She saw the longing look in Austin's eyes as he stared hopelessly at his brunette best friend who couldn't have been more oblivious. And this may be completely irrelevant, but she definitely saw Dez's stupidity shine through. Though, somehow she could tell that there was more to the boy than meets the eye. She knew the curly haired Latina thought the tuba situation was funny, but she also saw the worry that etched across her face when the poor ginger let out a cry in pain as Ally once again tried to yank the tuba off of his head. The lady could tell Trish was trying to keep up her 'not caring' façade, but she also knew that was exactly what it was; a façade. She knew that deep down Trish really did care an awful lot about her strange friend.

The older lady had felt all of these emotions herself in her years as a youth. She had once fanaticized about being the once beautiful Juliet Capulet for her success in love, even in death. She had once felt an intense desire to be more than "just friends" with her childhood best friend. At one point in her life, she had hidden her true feelings and tried to act like someone she wasn't, just to see if anyone could see the real person she was underneath. She loved her best friend/long term secret love with all her heart, but she sometimes hid it with small, playful insults that she didn't realize could actually hurt the poor boy's feelings. True, the lady had experienced all of this, but she had made it past all of the crazy drama that came with being a teenager.

The lady could tell the four teenagers all wanted the same things out of love and life, they just needed a little jump start…and she intended to help them in every possible way she could.

So what do you guys think? This idea just randomly came to me out of the blue when I was trying to think of a story I could use that had something to do with Romeo and Juliet. I know how I want this story to play out, and the elderly lady that was mentioned several times in this chapter will be playing an important role in this story. And yes, I will be giving her a name eventually. I was hoping to introduce her name when she formally meets the kids. Please tell me what you thought of this story. It was kind of just made up on the spot, but I know how I want it to go. I tried to use a larger vocabulary, so I'd also like to hear if you liked how I described some of the things. Okay, enough of my talk. Please read, review, follow, and favorite!

Oh, and I don't know how often I'll update this story. I guess it depends on when I have the time, because my main focus right now is on Moon Beam. I'm home sick from school today, so I had time to upload this.

God bless you all!

-Daddysgirl11