The Other Side Chapter 5, an austin & ally fanfic

The Other Side

Chapter 5- Gaining Confidence

"Okay, so we're in my grandmothers house and my brother just decided to go into her room…" Bo says as we walk down the hall together. Ever since we first started practicing, we've been kind of inseparable. I had introduced him to everyone and they loved him, like me, they thought he was amazingly funny, however only I had seen that he was more then just funny. His music skills were un-believable. He could play a tone of instruments perfectly, he had written so many songs, some comedy, so not, but all amazing. He was just as bad a dancer as me. He was placed in the same class and we ended up messing around the whole time, making up silly moves and dancing to ballet music as if it were rave music. Its safe to say that neither of us were going to pass, but somehow, I got the idea that neither of us seemed to mind.

"Oh my god!" I shout as I start to laugh at Bo's story, it was something so unbelievably rude and horrifying that made it darkly funny, a story so bad that I would never tell another soul that story at risk of scaring them for life.

"You are the only one I will ever tell that story too" he says, laughing with me, we both had to stand still for a second to try and catch our breath, since one of us laughing seemed to set the other one off again. I vicious cycle that made my jaw hurt and my lungs ache, but it was worth it, despite the odd stares the other students gave us as they walked past.

"Ally! Bo!" Mrs Ramona shouts when she see's us in the hall. We try and compose ourselves quickly since we didn't want her to ask what we were laughing about, Mrs Ramona was too innocent to ruin with such a disturbingly funny story. "I wanted to talk to you. I know it's very last minute, but could you do me a huge favor? As you know, some of the students are putting on a show to perform some of their songs to the other students this lunch time, there are school inspectors coming around and the school wanted to show off the musical talent we had. But Lex and Rachel had to drop out because Rachel has lost her voice. Would you two please take there place?"

"What?" I say shocked. I knew that I would have to perform the piece at the end of the year, but I still had 1 month to gain up some confidence for that. There was no way I would be ready to perform it in a couple of hours!

"I can get the both of you off time table this morning to practice and finalise everything, please, I'm desperate."

"Okay" Bo says, I'm still stood in silence, having a battle in my brain about what I should do. I wanted to help Mrs Ramona, but I couldn't stand up in front of everyone just yet. But it seemed that I didn't get a choice in this.

"We'll do it" Bo smiles.

"Thank you!" Mrs Ramona says hugging us both at the same time before running off somewhere.

"What the hell?!" I say, my breathing getting heavy again, but this time out of panic.

"It'll be fine Ally. Listen, I've thought it through. We can perform one song together, then I can do one of my comedy songs. You'll only have to be on stage for one song, I promise" he says, grabbing my hand and squeezing it gently, reassuringly.

Bo knew I got nervous performing in front of huge crowds. I told him the first day we met, I thought it was better to be honest and get the awkwardness out of the way. He promised to help me gain some confidence so that I would be able to perform for the final performance and feel comfortable. Him reassuring me I wouldn't be on stage for long did make me feel better.

As we walked into the practice rooms, my nerves build. We had about an hour to prepare ourselves for the performance. I knew I wasn't going to be ready, but I couldn't let Mrs Ramona down, I couldn't let Bo down, he was so excited to finally be performing. I had to do this for them.

About half way through the hour, I can hear a loud noise coming from the other room.

"Hang on" I say to Bo who is strumming a guitar gently, practicing some cords. I stand up from my seat and walk out, going next door to the other practice room. I knew there were music students in the main room, but I didn't know that anyone else was working here yet. The light was on and in the middle of the room was Austin. I sigh, rolling my eyes before grabbing the handle and swinging the door open. He was sat on a stool in the middle of the room, facing the wall. Electric guitar on his lap as he played random notes in no particular order. I cough several times to get his attention. He turns his head over his shoulder and smirks at me before turning away again, going back to the guitar.

"Ignoring me? Your even more childish then I thought." I grin, happy to be the one finally mocking him since I rarely got the chance. "I just wanted to ask you to keep it down. Me and Bo are practicing"

"Yeah well so am I. Some of us are performing this lunch time" I says sarcastically.

"So am I dumb ass"

"What?"

"The others had to drop out. Me and Bo took their place. And I have no idea why I'm explaining myself to you"

"Neither do I. I really don't care"

"Are you pissed because I turned you down? If so, get over it. You have a girlfriend. And as if it would work out between us anyway" I say before walking away and going back to the practice room where Bo is.

The bell rings for lunch and I can feel myself start to sweat. Why did Bo agree to this? Why did I follow along with it? We walk out of the practice room and I can see all the kids rushing out of their classrooms, going to the canteen where a stage was set up, waiting for us.

"Ally!" I hear Trish shout from down the hall. I turn around and am barged by about 10 people while I stand their waiting for her. It was nice to see a friendly face before embarrassing myself in front of the whole school. "I heard that you two were performing during lunch! That's so awesome! I'll be cheering you on" she smiles.

"I'm gonna go set up my guitar" Bo smiles, squeezing my hand one more time and walking off, getting lost in the huge swarm of people.

"You two are so cute!" Trish smiles, holding her chest where her heart was.

"What?!" I ask confused.

"Oh come on! He clearly likes you. And I think you like him too"

"What?!" I repeat, I hadn't thought about it before, but I could feel my face going red.

"See, you so like him!"

"Okay, when he first came, yes, I thought he was cute. But he doesn't like me in that way. We're just friends"

"I think him holding your hand said something different" she laughs, linking her arm with mine and walking us to the canteen.

Bo is already on stage, tuning his guitar while everyone looks at him. I was jealous at how calm he seemed, he seemed so natural up there, like he was meant to be there. Trish wishes me luck and then goes to sit with the others. I wait a second and take a deep breath. I can do this. Just pretend that no body else is here. Just me and Bo, no bullies, no ex-friends, no 11 year olds who wish they were performing, and definitely, no childish blonde haired guys who their the world revolves around them.

I step up on the stage at the same time as Mrs Ramona does. While she talks, I take a second to adjust my microphone since the stand had been set up for someone taller then me.

"Are you excited?!" Mrs Ramona shouts cheerily. She actually gets a cheer from the people in the canteen, they were excited to see us. "First up we have Robert… sorry, Bo" she corrects herself, smiling at him, she gives him a sarcastic thumbs up which makes some people laugh. "And Ally" she says before jumping off the stage and sitting down with the other teachers and some people dressed in fancy suits, who I guessed were the school inspectors.

Bo looks at me and smiles reassuringly before he glances down at his guitar and starts playing. I stand there nervously as he starts to sing.

"I drew a broken heart

Right on your window pane

Waited for your reply

Here in the pouring rain

Just breathe against the glass

Leave me some kind of sign

I know the hurt wont pass, yeah

Just tell me its not the end of the line

Just tell me its not the end of the line"

I stand there nervously, I try to pretend that nobody else is there, just me and Bo. I close my eyes and get ready to sing.

"I never meant to break your heard

I wont let this plane go down

I never meant to make you cry

I'll do what it takes to make this fly, oh

You gotta hold on

Hold on to what your feeling

That feeling is the best thing

The best thing alright

I'm gonna place my bet on us

I know this love is heading in the same direction

That's up"

I open my eyes and breath. I can do this, I can do this. Well, I am doing this. It takes me a second to realise, but people are… clapping. Their clapping for me, for us. Some are even cheering. This makes me gain a bit more confidence. I look over at Bo who is grinning wildly.

"You drew a question mark

But you know what I want

I wanna turn the clock, yeah

Right back to where it was

So lets build a bridge, yeah

From your side to mine

I'll be the one to cross over

Just tell me its not the end of the line

I never meant to break your heart

I wont let this plane go down

I never meant to make you cry

I'll do what it takes to make this fly, oh

You gotta hold on

Hold on to what your feeling

That feeling is the best thing

The best thing, alright

I'm gonna place my bet on us

I know this love is heading on the same direction

That's up

Girl I know we could climb back to where we were then

Feel it here in my heart

Put my heart in your hand

Well I hope and I pray that you do understand

If you did, all you have to say is

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

I'm waiting for you

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

I never meant to break your heart

I wont let this plane go down

I never meant to make you cry

I'll do what it takes to make this fly, oh

You gotta hold on

Hold on to what your feeling

That feeling is the best thing

The best thing alright

I'm gonna place my bet on us

I know this love is heading in the same direction

That's up."

And then there's silence. I stand there for a second, waiting. Slowly but surly, the cheers and applause start to come through. We did it, we actually did it. I smile and close my eyes, breathing heavily since I'm laughing, pure adrenaline rushing through my veins. I open my eyes and look at Bo, who's still smiling wide, I walk over and wrap my arms around him, he hugs me back tightly and cheers.

"Well done" he whispers to me. "I knew you could do it"

When the applause dies down, I get off the stage and rush to sit over with Trish and the others. They all say well done before our attention is drawn back to the stage because Bo is speaking.

"So I'm going to be doing another song since we were asked to play two, but I'm going to be performing on my own this time" he laughs. "Now, um, Ally thought that I was going to be performing a comedy song about irony, because that's what I told her, but I'm not going to be performing that. Mainly because its kind of an inappropriate song, and I don't want to get the school in trouble, but also because I've written a song for Ally, and I think now would be a good time to play it…"

I sit there smiling at him, but I can tell the confusion has spread to my face. He looks over to me and smiles cheekily before music starts playing.

"Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oooh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oooh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oooh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oooh

Come feel my heart

Its beating like a drum and I confess

When your around

Its like an army marching through my chest

And there's nothing I can do

I just gravitate towards you

You're pulling on me like the moon

I just wanna get you sideways

I say anything I can to get me more then just a dance

Tell me where to put my hands

You know that you could be my favourite one-night stand

You get me higher

What would you do if I told you that I la, la, la, la, loved you?

Do if I said it tonight?

What would you do if I told you that I la, la, la, la, loved you

Cause you know I la, la, la, lie

You're like a song

A beautiful symphony to my eyes

So take me on

I wanna sing along all through the night

I'm not like the other boys

Cause with you I've got no choice

You make me wanna lose my voice

I just wanna get you sideways

No, I'm not the type to lie

But I might just start tonight

Let me turn off all these light

You know that you could be my favourite lullaby

You get me higher

What would you do if I told you that I la, la, la, la, loved you?

Do if I said it tonight?

What would you do if I told you that I la, la, la, la, loved you

Cause you know I la, la, la, lie

Like a symphony

Like a symphony tonight

Like a symphony

Like a symphony tonight

Sounds like a symphony

Like a symphony

Like a symphony tonight

Like a symphony

Like a symphony tonight

What would you do if I told you that I la, la, la, la, loved you?

Do if I said it tonight?

What would you do if I told you that I la, la, la, la, loved you

Cause you know I la, la, la, la, la, oooh

What would you do if I told you that I la, la, la, la, loved you?

Do if I said it tonight?

What would you do if I told you that I la, la, la, la, loved you

Cause you know I la, la, la, lie

Ooooh."

He stops singing and takes a breath. He looks over at me and bites his lip, clearly worried about what my reaction will be. Without even thinking, I stand up. I've forgotten about everyone in the room at this point, they don't matter. I climb on the stage and walk over to him. Wrapping my arms around his shoulders, I balance on my tip-toes and kiss him gently. It only lasts for a second before we pull back. He looks shocked for a second, and I start to think I've got the wrong idea, he didn't want to kiss me, but my act is reassured when he leans down and kisses me again, this time, more passionately.

This time the crowd is cheering for a different reason.

"Okay, break it up" Mrs Ramona says laughing. Out of the corner of my eye I see Trish still cheering, I know for a fact she wont let me live it down that she knew I liked him all along. Me and Bo climb down off the stage, him grabbing my hand as we walk over to the table.

"Next up we have Austin" the crowed cheers again. But no one comes to the stage. "Austin?" Mrs Ramona says again. But he doesn't come to the stage. He's no where to be seen.

Thanks for reading guys! (such a long chapter, I thought you guys might enjoy it)

Songs used in this chapter- Up by Olly Murs and Demi Lovato, La La La by The Cab

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