Okay so here's the fourth chapter. I hope you like it! Disclaimer: I do not own Austin and Ally.
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Ally woke up gasping. The air felt thick and humid and her mouth tasted funny. Her entire body was drenched in sweat but she felt cold all over. She was shivering and when she lifted her hands from under the bed sheets they began to shake. Bed sheets. She shot up into a sitting position and studied her surroundings. The walls were light blue, streaked with wavy purple lines. On the right side of the room was a window seat, where sunlight streamed through, lighting up black flower covered lavender comforter on the double sized bed. On the next side was the closed walk-in closet, a desk, dresser and bookshelf, which was filled with books from head-to-toe. The door of the room was directly in front of the bed.
Ally was in her room. She began to gasp again and she raked a hand through her hair. The memories of the night before rushed back into her and she leaned back on her bed frame. They were blurry but the memories came back, one by one. Brooke, Austin and then nothing. Running a hand through her hair one more time, she jumped off her bed and walked to the door and she realized she was wearing her clothes from the day before. But she didn't know where her shoes were. Just as she put her hand on knob she heard a clatter come from downstairs. Dad. She opened the door, rushed down the hall and ran down the stairs. Her first thought was the kitchen and that's where she found him. He was leaning against the marble counter, staring down aggressively at a mug that seemed to have nothing in it. He didn't notice Ally when she walked in.
"Dad?" She said, slowly stepping further into the kitchen.
Her dad immediately looked up, almost dropping the cup. "Ally!"
Setting the cup on the counter, he rushed over to her and wrapped her up in a big hug. "I'm so glad you're okay," he said, his voice muffled in her hair. Then he tensed. He pulled away from her, his hands on her shoulders. "You are okay, right?"
Ally knitted her eyebrows together, in confusion. "I'm fine."
His face seemed to change in a wave of emotions, from relieved, to frustrated, then angry.
"Well," he said, "now that you are fine, do you want to tell me where you were last night?"
Ally's eyes widened but the confusion didn't leave her face. "Where I was-?"
"I came home 12 last night Ally, and you weren't home. I probably called you 30 times at least and you never answered."
Ally's eyebrows went up in realization and she put her hands to her back pockets and felt that they were empty. "My phone…"
"Oh I'm not done yet. Two hours Ally. That's how long I waited up for you and you still weren't home yet. I fell asleep on the couch with a phone in my hand, ready to call the police. Then, maybe at 4 in the morning the doorbell rang and I instantly woke from my sleep. I opened the door and I thought no one was there, but then I looked down and saw you sleeping on the porch. You didn't even have your shoes on."
Ally stayed silent, not knowing what to say.
"But I haven't even told you the worst part," her dad continued.
"Dad…," she whispered, not wanting to know.
"Allyson there was blood on your face! It couldn't have been your since I checked your face and you had no cuts. Ally, where were you?"
She opened her mouth, then closed it. "I-I…" She couldn't finish her sentence. She pulled away from her dad and ran upstairs before he could question her.
Upstairs, she ran to her room and shut the door behind her, leaning against it and letting in long shaky breaths to keep from bursting in to tears. She lifted her hands to her face and covered her eyes. She couldn't think straight. Anything. She would've given anything to know what had happened last night. She thought back to everything that had happened before she blacked out. Austin had been asking her to hang out with him and then she hadn't-. Ally jerked her head up and dropped her hands.
Austin. He'd been there when she'd blacked out, he'd have to know what had happened to her. She needed to talk to him. The problem was the only place she ever (usually) saw Austin was school and-. School. She glanced at her clock on the nightstand beside her bed. 10:30. School had already started and judging by her dad's mood he wasn't going to let her go today. But she couldn't wait any longer. She needed to know. She looked over to her window, ran to it and looked out. The roof was a flat slope so it would be easy to jump on to. If she hung off the edge, the jump down wouldn't be too far. She didn't know where her phone was so she couldn't call Cassidy or Brooke and if she started her car her dad would hear her. She would have to walk. If she left now she would make it by lunch and that would give her an even better chance of getting to talk to Austin. She ran to her closet to look for something to change in to.
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After changing her outfit to light blue denim shorts, a frilly white top and wedges with white straps, Ally brushed her hair and put only a little foundation on before jumping out the window and leaving. It had been a little hard, landing with wedges on but she'd managed. She'd arrived earlier than expected and now she sat outside of Marino High on one of the outside lunch tables waiting for the bell to ring. The strong Miami sun had made the seats hot and Ally had to keep lifting herself up to keep her skin from burning. She'd been using the time to think about what she was going to say to Austin and the thought of Kira crossed her mind. What if she was with him when (and if) he walked out those doors. What if all his friends were with him. How would she be able to pull him away without creating tension. What if-.
The bell rang and Ally shot up from the bench. Within two minutes, students were streaming through the doors, talking and laughing. Ally moved out of their way, keeping her eyes open for tall blonde. Soon most of the students were sitting at tables, some standing and talking. Ally checked the doors one more time before sighing and walking in the direction she came from.
Then she heard the voices and stopped.
"…were you, last night. You can't…"
Ally strained her ears to pick up the conversation again.
"…none of your business. I already told you it was nothing…"
Ally moved closer to the corner of the school and that's where she could completely hear the conversation.
"I know you're lying. It's my job to tell when you're lying. I could get Kira right now and if we find out wherever you were last night was with that girl-."
"Why would I have been with her?"
"It seems like a reasonable explanation."
"But it's not the right-." The voice stuttered. "One."
A pause.
"You're lying. Oh my god Austin, what did you do!"
"Nothing. I didn't do anything!"
"Stop. If Kira finds out you know she'll-."
At this time Ally stepped around the corner. A few metres down were Austin and Trish. Austin was leaning against the wall and Trish was standing in front of him, arms crossed. As soon as Ally stepped out their heads snapped around. Ally froze, feeling uncomfortable with their stares. Austin's eyes widened at the sight of her and Trish's eyebrows went up. Ally shook off the shock and started walking towards them, knowing she had to do this. When she was at least a metre from them she stopped.
"Hey Trish. Hey Austin." She tried to keep her voice firm but she couldn't help the waver in her voice when she said Austin's name.
Trish only stared at her, then turned to Austin who had closed his eyes and was saying something under his breath.
"Umm," Ally started nervously, "Austin can I talk to you?"
His eyes flickered open. "Umm actually I'm busy. Right, Trish?"
"Oh no, by all means talk to him. He's got time."
Trish continued to look at Austin curiously. After a moment Ally said,
"In private."
This time Trish turned to her, a serious look on her face.
"No."
Ally blinked. "Actually It's not optional. Austin?"
Ally turned to him, fed up with the way he was acting when he obviously knew why she wanted to talk to him.
"Umm, I don't think now's the best time, Ally."
"Yeah. Maybe you should try again never," Trish said.
"She said later," Austin quickly countered.
Ally stared at the two blankly for moment. Now she was just mad and she wasn't going to leave without talking to Austin so he was just making it worse. She decided to go with something she knew Austin would be uncomfortable with. She turned to looked directly at Austin.
"You know, actually Trish it's fine. You can stay. Now that I think about it I would actually love to tell you everything that happened between me and Austin last-."
"You know actually I would love to talk to you alone Ally. Trish would you give us a minute?"
She scoffed but Austin glared at her. After another moment of staring, Trish turned away from Austin and started to walk away, glaring at Ally as she left. Austin watched Trish until she turned the corner. Then seemed to stare into space for a minute before looking at Ally.
"You are terrible you know."
Ally almost laughed.
"I don't even think you know the definition of that word! You know I could give you an example. Someone who watches someone go through a migraine and faints then takes their phone and their shoes for some weird reason then doesn't bring them home for maybe six hours for their dad to find them on the porch with blood on their face! Someone who does that, Austin, is terrible and a whole bunch of others things that I'm not going to say right now because list is too long!"
Austin winced noticeably but didn't say anything.
"Okay so you're not going to say anything. Well then I'll say something. What the hell happened last night Austin!"
"Ally just calm down okay."
"No! I'm not going to calm down! First, where the hell are my shoes and my phone!"
"I-I don't have them with me."
"Oh. Okay, well then Second, you're going to tell me every single detail of what happened last night after I blacked out."
"I can't!"
"Why?!"
"Because nothing did happen. You fainted and I took you home. That's it."
Then Ally heard it. The sound of a heartbeat speeding up*. She looked at Austin confused for a moment.
"Don't move," she said. Then she stepped closer to him and the heartbeat got louder.
She backed up quickly. She didn't know how she could hear it, but she wasn't about to take it for granted.
"You're lying."
"No I'm-."
"Yes you are. I know you are. And even if you weren't and what you just said is true, then can you please explain to me why it took six hours for you to bring me home."
He stayed silent so she continued.
"Or why you took my phone and my shoes."
"I took your phone to find out where you live so I could take you home and you just happened to not be wearing your shoes so-."
"Austin!" Her voice dripped with desperation. She was tired of this and she just wanted to know what really happened since obviously she had the right. "Why won't you just tell me the truth? Why is it so important that I don't know?"
His face seemed to soften at this and he sighed. "Tell me about your parents, Ally."
Ally let out a frustrated sigh. "What?"
"Just tell me."
She stared at him. "If I tell you something, will you tell me what happened?"
"I promise."
She sighed. "My dad's a pretty boring guy. Works in a music shop in the mall. He's weird. Can be over protective at times."
Austin laughed. "And your mom."
Ally paused. "Sh-she died when I was born."
Austin's face fell, then grew serious.
"Just don't say you're sorry. I don't know what to say when people tell me that."
Austin stared at her, almost longingly. "So you don't know anything about her."
Ally shrugged. "I never knew her."
Austin smiled. "Well if you're anything like her, she'd be amazing."
Suddenly Ally was speechless and she blushed at the unexpected comment. Then she heard something. Footsteps. She whipped around just as Kira stepped around the corner. When her eyes came across Ally, her expression turned furious. Ally breathed in and stepped backed, bumping into Austin. He put his hands on her shoulders and stepped around her.
"Ally, it's fine. Relax."
He came around and faced her blocking her view of Kira and Ally breathed out.
"What do you mean 'relax'? I'm fine."
He smiled. "I have to go."
Her eyes widened. "What? But you said you would-."
"I promised I would and I will. In bits and pieces every day."
"Bits and-? Well what about now?"
"I just told you a piece," he said, starting to back away. "You just don't know it."
"What?" she asked, but he'd already turned around and was running to meet Kira.
He reached her and started pushing her away before she could take another look at Ally.
Ally leaned against the wall and put a hand to her face. She dropped it.
"Bits and pieces," she muttered to herself. Suddenly her stomach fluttered and she punched herself to make it stop.
Well that's this chapter. This is the longest chapter I've written so far and I have to say it is my favourite so far. My favourite part was the Auslly (and no it's not weird that I'm loving my own story so much). R&R! Byeeeeee!
*When someone lies their heart rate speeds up.
