Chapter 1

~Ally~

I wake up and roll onto the floor. "Ow," I squeal bringing my arms up so I'm half sitting. I hear footsteps coming up the stairs.

"Ally! Ally, are you okay?" Austin comes running in. I smile and stand up.

"I'm fine, why are you freaking out so much anyway?" I ask him pulling my top down back over my stomach.

"You- you don't remember last night?" He asks me. "Alls, look in the mirror."

I wait a second and he nods his head, I go over to the mirror and see my face is bruised, I look at my arms and see bruises as well. The pain finally hits me, I have a big cut on my head. I start getting teary eye'd for no reason. "Austin, what happened to me?"

He looks down and shuffles his feet. "Ally... please just remember, I don't think I can say it."

I close my eyes and think hard, medicine must be going through me or else I would remember. Suddenly it hits me. It's dark, I'm walking home from the smoothie shop down the road, I hear laughter. Two men are behind me, I look at them once and keep moving; fast. I hear one say something and I believe they are talking to me. I pull out my phone just in case and dial Austin's number. I'm ready to hit the call button if needed. One of the guys gets close to me and spins me around.

"Well aren't you a little cutie, wanna play princess?" I press the call button and hear Austin say hello.

The man pushes me up against a nearby building, I scream and he covers my mouth.

"Ally? Ally what's going on? Ally! Ally where are you? Alls! Ally, answer me!" I can hear Austin through the phone. He hangs up and I know I'm doomed. The other guy comes up from behind me and covers my mouth while the first one punches my cheek, my head flies back and hits the side of the building, I let out a yelp of pain.

I hear my name coming from the corner. "Ally! Ally, where are you?" I half sigh before the first man grips both of my arms tight. I try to scream again but it's no use. "Get away from her!" Austin snaps. The men let go of me and run away. I fall to the ground. Austin runs over to me and lifts my head up. "Ally! Ally, are you hurt?" I nod and let my head fall onto his shoulder. "Ally, don't die on me, Ally wake up, please Ally."

I open my now tear filled eyes and run into Austin's arms. "Did that really happen?"

Austin doesn't say anything, he just lays his head on mine. We just stand like this for a long time, not saying anything. "I like hearing your heartbeat. I thought I really had lost you last night."

I look up at him. "I called you for a reason, because I knew you'd be there."

He smiles at me when the phone rings, he sighs and picks it up.

"Hello? Yes, she's doing a lot better. Except she didn't remember at first. Okay good. Yeah I'll be here all day," Austin hangs up and smiles at me. "Doctor, come on, let's go down stairs."

"Not with my bruises!" I protest.

"It's fine, your dad closed the shop today anyway. Come on," He takes my hand and we go downstairs. I see Trish and Dez, they both smile at me. "Guys, you can talk to her."

Trish smiles and hugs me. "How are you?"

"Fine, thanks," I answer, Trish gives me a look of pity and I walk over to Austin. "Will you get me out of here? I can't stand being around people who feel bad for me."

He nods and grabs a bag, I'm guessing it's a doctors bag for me.

"So, where do you wanna go?" He asks me. I look around and spot the alley from last night, Austin notices my discomfort and bends down so he's at my eye level. "You're not ready, we need to just stay inside."

I nod and we go back to the shop. We go up to the practice room and Austin sits on the couch. I lay down in his lap and he combs through my hair. He starts humming the butterfly song in my ear and I smile.

Looking up at him, he winks at me. I can almost feel my heart melting inside me.

~Austin~

She smiles at me and I wink at her, I look into her eyes and know there is something there, she likes me. Why else would she have called me, me! Last night was scary for both of us, I needed to be here for her and she needed to be here for me. That's how it always worked. But now it's serious. Now feelings are involved. My feelings, feelings that are way past friendship.

"Ally..." I say looking into her eyes.

She sits up next to me and smiles. "Yeah?"

I inhale and exhale before letting all my feelings come out. But with no words, I just wrap my arms around her waist and kiss her. I can feel tension behind her lips and first, then she lightens up. Her hands fall onto my arms and I can't help but smiling. Suddenly her lips tense up again and she pulls away.

"You just kissed me!" She exclaims.

I laugh and nod. "Yeah, so?"

"We're friends!" She screams.

"Oh come on Alls, we both know for months now it's been more than that between us," I protest. "You like me, I like you, let's just go for it!"

She thinks for a minute and grabs her book. I look at her confused for second, she scribbles something down and then shows me the page.

In big letters it says.

I like Austin Moon!

My face lights up and I smile, "If I had a journal I'd write the same thing, well, no, not my name, your name."

She laughs and pecks my lips. I smile at her, did that really just happen? I think to myself.