A/N: Short scene of when Kaylie is in the hospital after her fall and Austin is with her. Titile from song "I'll Be There" by The Parlotones. Hope You like it!
Kaylie could hazily hear an annoying beeping sound. It wouldn't stop. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. She groaned wishing it would just shut up, and someone tightened their hold on her hand.
That's strange, she thought. She hadn't realized anyone else was with her. She vaguely wondered who it could be as she attempted to return to her former slumber, but the beeping prevented her from drifting off. Just as she decided that she might as well open her eyes, she felt a pair of lips skim the hand that was currently being held, and heard a faint "Please wake up."
She cracked one eye open and then the other and discovered that the hand that desperately gripped hers and the lips that and gently kissed that hand, belonged to none other than the Austin Tucker. Cocky, careless, famous, and hot as hell, Austin Tucker. Kaylie had never seen Austin any other way, but in this moment, that strong, confident, macho resolve had crumbled leaving a man who looked utterly broken, holding on to the one last shred of hope that was that beeping heart monitor, which Kaylie now realized, was the thing that had been keeping her from her sleep.
Kaylie sat there processing this, slightly confused, and then, it all came crashing back to her. Austin. He had saved her. He had caught her when she fell of the balance beam. Suddenly Kaylie was overwhelmed with emotion. Guilt, gratefulness, fear, and something else rolling around in the pit of her stomach that she couldn't quite identify.
She opened her eyes fully, hoping for an explanation, and Austin's face spread into the most beautiful smile she'd ever seen.
"Kaylie," he whispered in a husky sleep-deprived voice.
"Austin..." Kaylie didn't know what to say, how to thank him, how to express all the feelings fluttering around inside of her. "Thank you, I, you were right, you were right all along, I just didn't want to admit it, you did so much, you tried to help me and I pushed you away, I was so horrible to you, all you were trying to do was help me-"
"Shh," Austin cut her off, bringing his finger up to place over her lips. "You scared the hell out of me Kaylie Cruz."
"I'm sorry," she replied softly.
"Listen to me Kaylie, Don't ever, ever do that ever again. And more importantly, don't ever not listen to me again, because look where that got you." he said, gesturing to her in the hospital bed.
"I know, I know, and you have full rights to rub it in all you want, you were right and I was stupid, go ahead, say it." Kaylie said.
"For once, I don't want to." Austin's blue eyes shone with sincerity as he moved his hand to brush through her hair and rest cupping her fragile face. "You don't understand Kaylie, this wasn't like some bet for me, I've already been through this once, and when my sister got better, I swore that I would never let this happen to a girl I love ever again, and it did. It was my fault, I should have tried harder, I shouldn't have taken no for an answer, but my hope that you were right, my denial that you would do something so stupid kept me from-"
This time it was Kaylie's turn to interrupt, "Austin, please don't blame this on yourself, this one was all me, like you said, I was being stupid, and you did everything you could to help me, and you were even there to catch me when I really fell, and without you, I probably wouldn't even be here."
A relieved smile broke across his face, and he leaned forward and kissed her full on the mouth, when he pulled back he whispered, "I'm so glad that you're okay, even if you are a real pain in the ass to keep alive."
She smiled back sarcastically "Thanks."
My first ever Make it or Break it fic, so please review and tell me how I did! I haven't yet decided if I'm going to leave it as a one-shot or expand it into a story, let me know what you think!