Chapter 3: Where Have You Been?

The Storm Will Pass

ONE YEAR LATER

It was the beginning of 2016. The weather had been rainy and gloomy. And things have changed. Oh, so many things.

"Ally, I need you to clear off all the tables before you close up," Miriam said. Miriam was Ally's boss. One night, while it was raining, Ally walked in, all soaking wet from the rain and desperately asked for a job. Miriam wasn't hiring, but she saw how torn up she was, and gave her a job as a waitress. She was also like her mother. She watched out for her and cared for her.

"Aww, but I thought it was Clarissa's turn," Ally whined.

"Nope. Be careful and call me when you get home," Miriam said sternly. Ally gave her a quick nod before Miriam left.

"Just my luck," she said. Ally spent the last 30 minutes wiping down the tables, floors, and windows. It was about, midnight, when Ally was in the kitchen and she heard the door jingle.

"I'm sorry, but we're closed," she said, not looking up.

"Oh, i didn't come here for food."

"Well, there is a bar a block away-"

And she finally looked up. She saw the eyes of the one who broke her heart and and the one who taught her to love. She was shocked, she couldn't speak or move.

"I came for you," Austin said, soaking wet from the rain.

"H-how did you know I work here?" she asked.

"I had to bribe your mom to tell me," he said. He had no emotion in his face nor in his voice.

"I-"

"Why did you run?" he finally asked.

She took a deep breath. "I thought it was better to run, than to see you slowly slip away from you."

"What are you talking about?" he asked, clearly getting frustrated.

"I loved you, okay? I fell for you. But, you had a girlfriend and you were getting married. I didn't want to -"

"You didn't hear? The wedding was canceled. A week after a proposed, she confessed that she was cheating on me."

She gasped. "Oh, Austin. I am so sorry."

He shrugged. "It's fine."

"How long?" she asked, afraid that he was to sensitive to the topic.

"The entire relationship."

Ally didn't know what to say. Her best friend was here, telling her that his relationship was a complete failure. And that he came for her.

"I spent an entire year looking for you. I thought you were dead," he said, his voice cracking. " I called, I texted, I e-mailed. Everyone did. Until we finally heard from your parents that you were in fact, not dead."

He began to walk closer to her. She was already leaning on the counter. She tried to back up, but to no avail, she crashed into the counter. He put his hands on either side of the counter, trapping. She was breathing heavily, afraid of his next move.

"I wasted that entire relationship. I was blinded by something I have been waiting all my life, to finally realize that you are everything I have been waiting for my whole life. And, I'm sorry it took me this long to realize it." By now, he was out of breath, his forehead was touching hers. She had her hands in his chest, tears in her eyes.

"It's okay," she said, wiping off his tears. He smiled brokenly.

"Remember when I said, I finally got it right?" he whispered.

"Yes."

"I was wrong. This. I got it right."

hey guys, i know i said i would no longer be on fan fiction. but i felt that i should i finish this story, there is still one chapter left, so watch out for it.

I know i said that i decided to end the story because i lost inspiration, but thats not the whole story.

I said in the last time i wrote that i dropped out of uni.

Ive never told anyone what i am about to tell you, but i am tried of keeping it in.

My life is crap. I have lost so many people in my life. to suicide, drug overdose, natural causes. some of them, just left.

when i was 15 i developed social anxiety disorder. it was hard to live with it. i would cry a lot to.

I hate to admit it, but I would hurt myself to.

I would use the end of a sharp bobby pin and scratch myself. and i would always wish and hope that it would not get worse, but i don't know my future. and that scares me.

i would tell myself i am worthless, that i don't deserve everything i have.

there are so many things i wished people told me about emotional abuse.

i am a trainwreck.

i feel lonely too.

i use to say family

is everything, but its not. My mother stopped believing in me and I've given up on trying to prove to her that i am worth it.

i put a smile on my face, but its completely fake.

i guess i just want to say, that i am sorry that i lied.

if you have any questions at all and you want me to answer them in the next chapter, feel free to ask. they can be personal questions and funny questions.

I was just tried of hiding.