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-"Alright, I'm on my way," Austin whispers before he hangs up the phone. He rubs his eyes, exhausted, but works up the strength to pull himself out of bed. He brushes his fingers through his hair, throws on some jeans and his leather jacket, and walks out his bedroom door.

It is midnight, so he creeps through the house, not wanting to wake his grandparents. Their keys lay on the kitchen counter and he hesitates but takes them. before he reaches the front door and slips out. A cool breeze rushes towards him and it chills him to the bone, but he presses on determined to get to Worley's before it is too late.

….

Tears stream down her cheeks as she reads the last sentence.

-" It's just so beautiful," she blubbers as she shuts the book and wipes her eyes. It is midnight, but that didn't stop her from sitting out on her front porch to finish Romeo and Juliet. Sure, she's read it like a thousand times, but each time she discovers something more to love about it.

She stands up and stretches her legs. If only guys were like Romeo; life would be so much easier. Instead, she's stuck with Austin, who unlike Romeo, would never give up his life because he thought she was dead. Hell, he'd probably rejoice.

She glances towards his house, contemplating his strangeness, when she sees a figure emerge. Even with the distance, the moon illuminates his platinum blonde locks and she grins.

-"Where the hell are you going at this hour?"

She races into her house and grabs her keys.

-"Let's see how dangerous you really are."

…...

-"I'm here. Is everything alright," Austin shouts as he bolts through the doors of Worley's. Everyone in the bar looks at him like he's a madman, but he pays them no mind. He makes his way over to a group of two girls and a guy. They look up at him, tears in their eyes.

-" Jace… he's… he's gone," a girl with curly black hair stutters.

Austin lowers his head, pummeled by the news.

-" I'm so sorry, Trish."

-" We need to call the police. This has gone far enough,'"a girl with dark skin pleads, but Austin shakes his head.

-" No, no police. They can't help us, Kira." He sets his hand on Trish's shoulder in an effort to comfort her, but the tears flow from her eyes like a waterfall, and it breaks him.

-" Maybe Kira's right. We lost another person, Austin. It's only a matter of time before it happens again," a red haired boy states.

-" It won't Dez. I won't let it happen again. I…

-" You've said that before," Dez interrupts and Austin feels his stomach tighten.

-" Dammit," he yells as he slams his fists on the table.

Ally cautiously steps out of her car. The wind whips right through her dress making her teeth chatter, but she's on a mission.

-" Oh, so he's an alcoholic," she says reading the sign. She peers through the bar windows, but can't find him anywhere. All she can see is smoke, short skirts, and big men with tattoos.

-" I'm going to regret this," she mutters before she opens the doors and walks in. The smoke, instantly, suffocates her and she feels nauseous. She strains her eyes to try and find Austin, but has no success.

-" Looking for someone, baby," a low voice questions behind her and she whips around to be greeted with a very large man with dark skin and a ton of tattoos. She offers him a smile, shakes her head, and then turns to walk away, but his large hands grab her by the waist.

-" You're awfully pretty to be hanging out around here," he breathes into her neck and the stench of alcohol on his breath makes her gag.

-" Please, let me go," she demands pressing her arms against his chest, but he only laughs.

-" I can't do that, but don't worry princess, I'll be gentle,' he murmurs into her ear, before he squeezes her breast, She whimpers and feels tears building up in her eyes, but she still finds the strength to beat against his chest.

He pulls her along the bar floor and she feels hopeless.

-" Hey, what are you doing," a voice from behind her shouts. In an instant, her attacker, throws her to the ground, and she hits it with a thud. She hears shouting, before she blacks out completely.

-' I need to get some air, guys," Austin announces at the table and his friends nod. He swiftly makes his way to the front entrance, and almost steps out, when he sees Trent pulling a girl. Her back is facing him, so he can't see her expression, but he knows she's distressed. Without a second thought , he bolts over to her.

-" Hey, what are you doing," he shouts and Trent throws her to the ground. She hits hard and lays down on the floor, motionless, and he runs over her. She landed on her stomach, so he gently flips her over, not wanting to injure her any further. Her perfect face now has an enormous red gash on it and Austin feels his heart drop.

-" Ally?"

-" Wait... you know her," Trent questions and Austin feels his blood boil. In an instant, he's off the ground and latched onto Trent's throat.

-" Yes, I know her and I swear to God if you ever show your face around here again, I'll kill you."

Trent nods and Austin releases him, though he would have preferred to have beat the shit out of him. Trent dashes out the backdoor and Austin refocuses his attention to Ally.

It hurts to look at her injured; it's like looking at an abused puppy, but he needs to help her.

-" What in the fuck would make you come to a place like this?"

She's still unconsciousness and he takes that as a moment to admire her. Her brown hair frames her porcelain face and she still manages to look angelic with blood on her . He takes a deep breath and scoops her up in his arms. He carries her throughout the bar, until he finds his friends. Trish looks at him curiously.

-" Who the hell is that," she questions and the rest of his friends nod.

-" Look, I'll explain later. I need to get her home."

They look at him, their eyes full of questions, and he turns to walk away, but a hand on his shoulder makes him turn back around. Kira looks at him worriedly.

-" Austin, we can't get anyone else involved in this. She'll get hurt."

Austin nods and glances down at Ally, whose head rests against his chest.

-" Don't worry. She won't be apart of this" he murmurs before he carries her out the door.

...

Ally's eyes slowly flutter open, and she immediately feels her head throb. She whimpers and massages her temple, terrified to open her eyes and see where she is.

-" Ally," a voice interrupts her thoughts and she knows immediately who it belongs to. She opens her eyes and Austin's staring right at her. She jumps back, startled, but relived, she's not not with the man she had met earlier. She's even more relived to discover she's laying in the hammock on her front porch.

-" Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you, but I guess we're even now, considering you scared the shit out of me earlier," Austin says and Ally cocks her head.

-" You... were scared?"

Austin laughs and it shocks her;She's never heard him laugh before and really enjoys it.

-" Believe it or not, I don't like seeing blood coming out of people's heads ,especially, heads as pretty as yours."

She feels heat rush to her cheeks. That's the third time he had complimented her looks, but it hadn't grown old and she doesn't think it ever will. She shakes her head, ridding herself of her thoughts, before she glances at Austin, who is staring at her in full concentration.

-" Umm, why are you looking at me like that?"

Austin's eyes widen and he shakes his head.

-" I... I was just looking at your gash. It looks better. I tried to clean it up as best as I could," he stutters and she smiles.

-" Thanks... for everything, Austin. You saved me."

Austin frowns and walks down her porch steps.

-" Nah, I just helped you out."

Ally gets up and walks towards him, but he backs away from her, and she frowns.

-" What's wrong?"

He glances up at her and ruffles his hair.

-" Why the hell were you at Worley's?"

Ally freezes unsure what to say.

-" I...um... I was sitting out here reading when I saw you walk out to your car, so I figured I would follow you."

Austin clenches his fists and she sees his breathing increase.

-" Why the fuck would you follow me? Ally, I told you to stay away from me. You could have gotten yourself raped or worse ,killed. Do you know what that would do to m..." He cuts off his sentence and begins to run, but she follows him.

-" Austin," she screams, her heart pumping rapidly in her chest as she runs to catch up with him."Please stop!"

As if on demand, Austin slows and then stops completely, his body heaving in and out trying to make up for the shortage of air. She catches up to him and sighs.

-" Look, Austin, I know I was wrong. It's just you confuse me so much. I mean you called yourself a demon and then ran away from me. So what you go to bars! I mean most teenagers drink."

-" I don't drink," he growls and she looks at him curiously.

-" Then why do you go to bars?"

He sighs, sticks his hand in his leather jacket, and paces.

-" Ally, I'm involved in something that I don't want you to be apart of. You don't know me Ally Dawson; I'm a bad guy."

Ally shakes her head and advances towards him. He immediately backs up, but she manages to stand on her tiptoes and press a kiss to his cheek.

-" I don't kiss bad guys," she whispers in his ear, before she runs back to her front porch. She glances behind her to see he's still frozen in his spot and she smiles before opening her front door and slipping inside.

So... What do you guys think? They kissed, kinda! And your guys' reviews are literally the sweetest! Thank you so much!