Hello their lovelies,
Welcome to the new story in Austin and Ally's story. I hope you enjoy and revel in the love and happiness.
Joking there's going to be drama!
Have fun!
Nessa
xoxo
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Austin and Ally characters, they are owned by Disney Channel, as are any songs that are mentioned in the story.
Chapter 1: Finally free
It was nice to be home, to feel Austin's arms safely around me as we watched the television on our own sofa. The fire was crackling and the blanket was wrapped around our legs in a comforting hug. Austin's lips pressed against the top of my head and a smile spread across my face. This felt so right, so safe.
The phone next to my head suddenly shrilled into the comforting silence, Austin reached around me and picked it up, pressing it to his ear. "Hello?" He asked, I looked up to see his face-harden and his eyes filled with sorrow. "Okay, thank you officer." He put the phone down just as I jumped up, looking at him.
"News?" I immediately yelled, pushing my weight from one foot to the other in impatience. Austin pulled me back down and made me sit still before he would tell me anything more, so this was bad news.
"They found her… well her body I mean. She was hanging from a tree. There was a note pinned to her body, suicide the police say. Ally, she's gone." Austin's face was a mixture of relief and pain, I could understand, at one point this girl meant something to him.
Mollie, however, meant nothing to me and other than the feeling of sorrow I got from a human being taking their life, I was nothing but happy. We were finally free from her. There had been suspicion for weeks that she was dead because she hadn't chased us when we came home to see Dez and Trish. She hadn't caused any trouble and apparently none of her friends had heard from her in weeks either. That sparked the police investigation and they had been searching for a while now, at least they finally knew the truth. Maybe now she could be at peace.
"We're safe Austin." I touched his arm to bring him back the to the present and his sad eyes made contact with my own, I could feel his remorse.
"I know and I'm happy, I just wish she hadn't ended her life that way, I wish someone could have saved her." He muttered, looking down, "I wish I could have saved her."
"Austin, you can't be everyone's superhero, the girl wanted you dead, sometimes thing happen and they're for the best. She was clearly a very disturbed girl and it would have been a very hard and horrible life she would have had to endure because she couldn't be with you. She's better off where she is now." I knew this wasn't what he wanted to hear but it was what he needed to hear. We couldn't change how disturbed she was, we would just have to be thankful that this meant we could be safe again.
"I know Ally, I just wish… never mind, we can start again now." he smiled and wrapped me back in his arms, humming our melody in my ear.
The movie ended and Austin got up to message Ronnie about some important work that needed doing to the album and I decided to try and write some lyrics. We were working on a come back album now that we were actually back and we decided to write some wedding songs so that people could really understand that we were happily married. We were going to announce our marriage next week on the Wendy Williams show and I was excited for everyone to finally know he was mine.
Dez and Trish had freaked out when they found out we got married in Vegas and were angry that we couldn't have waited for them to be there, my father felt the same way. Trish cried when I told her that it was all because of Mollie and Dez promised to make sure we got a re-do wedding, he was already planning it.
I wanted nothing more than to forget the last six months, forget the heartbreak of having to say goodbye to my brother a second time, the earth shattering reality that it could have been Austin in that grave was too much. The last six months had been a nightmare and now I was finally awake.
"Ally, Ronnie said we should go to the studio tomorrow and start recording our new album, we can write more songs and record the ones we already have as we go. It will save time and mean we can edit this album together faster. Ronnie wants it out by Christmas." Austin shouted from the kitchen, I could hear the microwave going and the smell of sweet chocolate drifted into the lounge. Austin walked in with two cups of steaming hot cocoa and I smiled as I wrapped my hands around the cup, this was the perfect way to end the evening.
"Okay well I was thinking we could write a song about saying goodbye to someone, in memory of Mollie." I looked at Austin to gauge his reaction.
"Yeah that sounds like a really nice idea Ally, we can make it our own little send off to her." He looked at the notes of lyrics I had made on a blank piece of paper.
"Yeah. Austin are you sure you're okay?" I grabbed his hand.
"I will be, it's just a shock that someone that seemed so well together could be so wild you know? It makes me worry. This business is such a dangerous one and yet we've stayed in it."
"Austin… We can't live our whole lives in fear that someone will try and hurt us or we will never live. We just have to take the chance, like we did to get into this business. You worked so hard on your future, don't let fear ruin it for you now." I made him look at me and kissed him softly, letting him know I was always going to be there. He lifted his head and kissed me back, passionately, letting all the raw emotion he was feeling be free within the kiss. It was a healing kiss, the kind that reminds you that no matter what, you were going to be okay.
"So I was thinking this for the bridge…" he began playing notes on the keyboard the moment our kiss ended and I just watched and smiled, relieved that we were finally going to be okay.
