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Flash Forward Ally's POV
"They can stay too. Ally please, I can't lose you again."
"Austin I'm sorry but I can't live like this." I'm trying to stay calm but he needs to understand that I can't stay. I can't pretend anymore.
"Live like what? Ally please tell me." He pleads
"You want to know the truth? They real answer why I can't stay here?"
"Please."
"It's because of you."
A few days earlier
Ally's POV
It's been about three and a half years since I left Austin, and just about everyone else in Miami. I now live in a small town outside of Philadelphia, PA called Skippack with mine and Austin's daughter amber. I'm not the happiest camper in the tent today because today would be my four-year anniversary with Austin. I push through though because amber doesn't even know Austin's her father. But on her fourth birthday I plan to tell her (because I think she'll be old enough to know) then once Austin's career dies down a bit I'll tell him about her. That will be the day. But I do have to worry about telling amber because her birthday is July twelfth, one week from today. Anyway I have to just pretend I'm ok and lay low. *Buuuzzzzz. Buuuuzzzz*. My phone alarm goes off pulling me out of my thoughts. Pick amber up from daycareJ. I read as I get in my car just getting off from work. Not that I could focus. Oh and by the way I work at a diner called 'Rays' as a waitress.(yeah that pays well, note the sarcasm)
"Hey amber how was daycare." I say walking up to my daughter.
"Good. I made a finger painting, do you like it?" she says with the brightest little smile ever.
"It's beautiful! We will have to find a very special place for that wonderful painting when we get home." I say as I hold the painting and smiling and even though it is just a bunch of colorful lines it's is and always will be adorable.
"Where are we going mommy?" Amber asks as I lift her into her car seat and get in the driver's seat.
"We are going home to talk about your very special fourth birthday party in a few days I say looking back at ambers face lighting up.
"Yyyyeeeaaahhh! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!" She says jumping up and down in her seat.
Back at the apartment
"Let's go! Come on mommy! Come on!" Amber shouts as she pulls me to the apartment door.
"Hold on, let me get the keys." I softly say with giggle as I reach for the keys in my purse and unlock the door with amber trying to push it open. She is so cute. When we get in, amber pulls me to the couch and sits down next to me.
"Ok, what does my very special munchkin want at her very special fourth birthday party." I ask as my soon-to-be-four-year-old. She thinks a little before saying:
"I want a princess party with pretty dresses and nice shoes and jewels and a castle with servants and guards and fancy food and those cool glass cups and a cute little puppy for the princess!" amber says moving her hands to outline what she was trying to say. This will be one detailed party for my little munchkin. I just hope I can afford it. Hopefully I'll at least be able to afford the most of it.
After dinner amber and I talked about who she wants to come to her very detailed princess party. After we narrow it down to about twenty girls from daycare we finally go to bed. It felt so good to finally lie down, even though I dreamed of something I haven't seen I a while and someone.
I was walking through the Miami mall when I walked by mini's and saw a familiar blonde boy eating a tiny taco.
Austin
He looks like he is talking to Trish and Dez, or breaking up a fright between Trish and Dez. After he gives up, he looks over to me and wave of surprise rushes over his face. He stands up and walks over to me not believing I am really there.
"A-ally is that really you!" he says still in disbelief. Before I could answer he picks me up and hugs me tight.
"I can't believe you came back! I've been thinking about you every day for four years! I can't believe it's really my ally!" he smiles that warm smile that always makes me melt. How I missed that smile. He leans in to kiss me when-
BOOM!
I wake up with a jump. Thunder. Ugh I hate thunder.
BOOM!
Another crash but this one was a little different, it had a shriek to it as well.
"Amber?" I say out loud. As if on cue she slowly opens the door peaking her head in the doorway.
"Mommy? A-are you awake?" She says softly as she opens the all the way so I can see her.
"Yes honey, are you ok? Did the thunder scare you." She nods. "Do you want to sleep in here for a while?" I say getting out of bed. She nods and walks over to the bed side and I lift her on to the bed.
BOOM!
"Ah!" amber screams and hides under the covers. I flip them back so I can see her and lift her on my lap.
"Amber, sweetie it's ok. It's just a little thunder." I hold her tight and rap her up in a little white knitted blanket I had laying on the edge of the bed. "You know an old friend of mine once told me that thunder was just angels bowling up in the sky." I say rocking her back and forth.
"Was it grand-pop?"
I sigh with a smile. I've told her a few stories about my mom and dad, that's how she knows about my dad.
"No. it was your father. Before we had you" I say tickling her tummy a bit. "When I lived in Miami, we did so much together. Take walks, have lunch, write music." I'm sort of talking to myself now
"Mommy, who is my daddy?"
"Well, he's a lot of things. He's sweet and kind, he loves music, he's famous, he's laid back but at the same time he is one of most energetic people I've ever met." I say with a big smile. Thinking of Austin always makes me smile but it also makes me kind of upset because I can't be with him anymore.
"Why did we go away then" amber asks looking up at me.
"Well, your daddy is famous. He goes on tours, is really busy working and, well, you're a little too young to understand but we'll go back someday." The thunder seemed to die down and amber fell asleep in my arms. "Someday." I mutter before I fall asleep myself.
The next morning still Ally's POV
Beep beep, beep beep, beep bee-.
I hit the snooze on me alarm clock and get out of bed forgetting that amber was still in here. Deciding to let amber sleep a little longer I grab a quick shower and throw on my waitress uniform and put my hair in a bun.
"Amber, amber wake up sweetie. Time for daycare." I shake her a bit to help wake her up.
"Uuuhhhhh. Do I have to go today?"
"Well, you get to pass out the invitations for your party today." I say getting all the invites out of my dresser and showing them to amber.
"I'm up!" amber yells and practically jumps out of the bed. She runs in her room to get dressed. I follow in to help her get ready. After I laid out her clothes I went down stairs to make breakfast. Pancakes are her favorite. She gets that from Austin, just like her blonde hair with a brown undertone and her out going sprit. Unlike me who likes pickles and has all brown hair, well now black. I had to die it and change my look a bit so Austin's fans don't recognize me. Anyway I made some pancakes for amber.
"Ready mommy." Amber says hopping down stairs.
"Ok, breakfast is on the table. Come sit." I say sliding a plate of pancakes to her seat.
After we are done with breakfast I lead amber out of the apartment and lift her into her car seat and hop in the front. As I hand all the invites to amber I drive to Little Learners Preschool and Daycare Center. When I'm done saying good-bye to amber I head over to TGI Fridays while picking up my best friend (well since I left Miami but it's not like she replaced Trish, no one ever could), jay. She knows everything about me and my life back in Miami.
Nothing really happen for a few hours except some old man spilled his hot coffee all over my uniform. That's when I notice someone, someone pretty familiar. I pull jay over.
"Hey, jay do you see that guy in the back corner over there?" I say pointing to a red head sitting in the back corner of the restaurant.
"He keeps staring at me, like he knows me or something." I say curiously
"Well, maybe he recognizes you from somewhere." She says like it was kinda obvious.
"He almost looks like a friend I knew in Miami but this guy looks way to mature to be him. The friend I know is wacky and weird; this guy is in what looks like some kind of business suit"
"Which friend?" she says trying to put the pieces together.
"Dez." I say a little surprised.
"Austin's friend dez?"
"No, the dentist. Yes Austin's friend dez."
"Well do you think he knows it's you?"
"I hope not!"
"Just try not to show him your face and you should be good."
"Really jay, that's you solution."
"Well he needs a waitress, go." Jay says shoving me forward.
I walk up to him trying not to show my face too much. "Hello and welcome to TGI Fridays. I'll be your waitress today. Can I start you off with a drink, sir?" I say nervously.
"Yes I'll have a- wait, you look surprisingly familiar. What's your name miss?"
Dez's POV
I was looking at my menu about to give the waitress my drink order when I look up. For a second I think she is just a normal girl than I see more of her face. It's ally. But I need to be sure and I ask her name.
"…..um…..a…..ally." she finally spits out.
I knew it was her! I finally found ally after three years of me and Trish switching back and forth one being Austin's manager the and the other searching state by state, city by city for ally! But it doesn't look like she wants to be recognized, well let's see if she'll come clean.
"Do I know you from somewhere?" I say to see if she will tell me it's really her
"Um…..a… I-I don't think so." She says like she still doesn't want me to know it's her.
"Well, anyway I'll have a root beer with lemon please." I say so she doesn't have to worry any more but I am definitely calling Austin later. He needs to know where she is. He has been so depressed since she left.
"With lemon?" she asks
"Yeah I know it's weird but it's really good."
About an hour later I finished eating and left the restaurant and went back to my apartment to call Austin.
Dez/Austin
"Austin I finally found ally!"
"REALLY! WHERE IS SHE?"
"Wait, Austin she doesn't want to be recognized."
"Wait, so you're saying we finally know where ally is after almost four years and I can't come see her!"
"Don't worry I have a plan to get her back to Miami"
"Just…Alright just hurry but I'm going to have to tell Trish too though okay."
"Fine"
"Ok, just bring her home."
"I will"
"And dez"
"Yeah"
"Don't hurt her. Ally is really sensitive."
"Don't worry, I won't."
With that I hang up.
Ally's POV
After my last customer of the day I get in my car to go pick up amber from daycare and head home. "So how did the handing of the invitations go?" I ask walking in to the kitchen to get me and amber a snack as she plops on the couch.
"Good, but a few girls can't make it they said."
"Oh that's not good. What girls?"
"Kelly said she is goanna go on vacation, and Katie says that she is going to see her aunt in Vir-gin-ia."
"Oh that's sad but you know what might make you feel better!"
"What!" she says with a smile of excitement
"A brand new princess dress to wear at your party!" I say reaching behind the couch to pull out the little Cinderella costume that I picked up on the way to get amber from daycare.
"Oh my gosh! Mommy you got that for me! Ah, thank you!" amber yells hugging me.
Knock knock knock
I open the door to see jay "Hey."
"Hey ally. Bad news… um the diner kind of, burned down." She said suspiciously like she had something to do with it.
"WHAT! Jay how did this happen I just left a half hour ago and the building was still very much intact." I start raising her voice making amber jump a little. "Um amber, sweetie can you go watch TV in my room please. Thank you, hon." I say trying to sound calm and she walks up stairs
"Hey it's mot like it burned all the way, more like just half way." jay says suspicious again.
"Please tell me you had nothing to do with this."
"Wwweeelll."
"JAY!"
"Look it's not completely, my fault. Derek was the one who put some type of flammable oil right next to a burning stove wear I could knock it over!" she raises her voice a little now too.
"What kind of idiot brought flammable oil in the kitchen?! I mean come on that's like some stupid thing from a movie!"
"Again you need to point that finger at Derek."
"Jay what am I supposed to do now I have bills I still have to pay, people I have to feed what do you expect me to do!" I say worryingly waving my arms in angry.
"Hey I've got problems to."
"Yeah I know but you live with your parents and don't have a daughter to look after!"
"Look ally I now your stressed but you gotta calm down." She says more seriously. "Now I have to go but your welcome for telling you about the fire and no, I didn't get hurt, thanks for asking." She turns and starts to walk out.
"Jay listen I-"but she was already gone before I could apologize.
"Mommy? Are you okay? I heard yelling." Amber is at the top of the stairs kind of hiding behind the wall a little bit.
"Oh, I'm sorry honey." I say feeling kind of guilty.
"Are you okay?" she asks coming down the stairs.
"Yes, I'm okay sweetie don't worry everything's going to be ok" I say glancing over to my old guitar in the corner of the room.
"Did you lose your job?"
"Well, yeah, but we'll be alright."
"What are you goanna do." Amber asks
I look over at the guitar again and get an idea. "Amber grab your coloring book and some crayons, we're going to the park." I say running up stairs to get changed out of my uniform.
I get changed into a white t-shirt, gray skinny jeans, black pumps, my black jacket, and my gray beany (remember how is said I changed my style so people wouldn't recognize me) and head down stairs. Amber is still sitting on the couch already coloring.
"Mommy, why do I need my coloring book if we are going to the park?" she says walking over to me.
"You'll see." I say grabbing my guitar and amber's hand and lead her to the park across the street.