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Austin had gone still as a statue after hearing what Liam's intentions towards Ally were, if he wasn't so Shocked by it, or so surprised at how not okay it made him feel, not just the idea of anyone using Ally, or the idea of her leaving but the idea of her honestly liking another guy and running of without him.

All in all he was too shocked to hit the guy…and as it turns out he didn't have to, cause about two seconds later Liam went crashing to the ground, knocking over and landing on the drum set, injuring himself during the process, whilst an angry Dez stood above him fuming.

"Listen, and listen good. No one, and I mean no one takes advantage of my friends. You were stupid to say all that, and the only reason Austin aint killed you yet is cause you hit him where it hurt, and he's still brooding over that. But I'm not Austin, trying to play the Ally leaving card on me aint gonna hurt me…it's just gonna piss me off. So mission successful, I'm pissed, you best start watching your back, cause guess what if you thought I had it in for you before, that's nothing compared to what I'm gonna be like now!", he ranted venomously.

Neither Trish nor Austin had moved due to the shock of seeing Dez that angry. They had seen him annoyed and indignant, but never angry, not like this at least. And they knew why he was like this, cause Dez wasn't the kind of guy to sit back and let even one of his friends get threatened, not only was one of them being threatened right now but all of them.

For the first time they saw someone other than the bumbling idiot he normally acted like now they saw the other side of him…and both of them loved it.

Then Alley ran in, stared at the mess, stared at Liam "what happened?", she asked staring at the chaos. "Liam fell into the drums, he really should go home and get some rest, who knows he might have concussion or something, he's gonna look a real bad mess tomorrow, especially as he landed right on the foot pedal on his face" Dez lied smoothly, back to being random and impulsive, smoothly explaining why Liam was lying in a pile of drums, why he would have bruises on his face from where Dez had hit him.

"Yeah, you should go home and rest…get cleaned up and have a good rest", Alley smiled, helping Liam up and helping him through the door. Not questioning Dez story at all.

"Wow, clumsy much" Alley smiled jokingly at her friends, snapping Austin from his brooding, "I know right, still, he will be fine. You want to practice a while?", he smiled, over the shock of seeing Dez angry, over the shock of what Liam had threatened, just wanting to spend some time with her before the next disaster, hearing the lyrics of Taylor Swift- you belong with me run through his mind as he followed Ally up to the practice room. Forcing himself to remember that she was just a friend and that he didn't like her.