Sorry for the delay, I had work so I didn't get to write. Thanks to all my reviewers for the support that you have been giving me. Now, it's back to the story!

Ally's POV

I woke to someone stroking my hair and sat up stretching as I looked at the clock. "Oh man, I'm late for work." I yawned turning to look at Austin. "Hey Ally!" I heard Austin say and I dropped my head back down on my arms "Hi Austin…" I finally registered what had just happened and lifted my head excitedly "Austin! I'm so glad you're awake!" I hugged him tightly and he laughed "Ally, you're kind of suffocating me." I let him go and he coughed. I wiped my tears of relief from my eyes. I sat on the edge of his bed and Austin scratched his head confused.

"Was I out that long?" Austin thought a moment. "Austin, you had a bad reaction to the anesthesia. The doctors said that you may not wake for weeks or months." I sighed "You've been comatose for a little over a week. Trish, Dez, and I have been coming every day. Of course, I've ended up spending the night in the hopes that you'd wake up and I didn't want you waking up alone." Austin lay silent in the bed taking this entire information in. "Ally, what happened to Dallas after the fight?" he didn't care much about the information I had just given him. I frowned "I went to confront him the next day and his aunt said he caught an early flight home. He texted me apologizing a hundred times, he said he left because he couldn't bear to see my disappointed face and he didn't want to get in trouble with the authorities."

Austin was silent again and then he grabbed my hand. "I feel like I've forgotten something important. I remember you arriving at the beach, the pocket knife, and I heard you say I had to get better, but I feel I lost something in between those times." he stared at me unhappily. I managed a small smile, but I felt a throbbing pain in my chest as I replied "It was merely me keeping you conscious that you don't remember. Oh shoot, hang on Austin. It's my dad." I picked up my cellphone and my dad sighed into the phone "Are you still at the hospital?" I pulled my hand out of Austin's "Yeah and the good news is he woke up!" My dad became a bit cheerier "Well, come to work and you can visit him again later. Tell him I said hi and I hope to see him in the store again real soon." "Alright dad, I'm on my way." I said eager to get off the phone.

I hung up the phone and Austin waited for me to explain. "Dad said hi and he can't wait to see you at Sonic Boom with everyone again." I shook my head. Austin smiled "I guess you have to go, see you later. I nodded and leaned over to kiss his cheek, but refrained and hugged him instead. Austin hugged me back and then I pulled away standing up. "Dez should be here soon, he always comes here and stays for the same amount of time. He's been so consistent it's scary, anyways get some rest. I'll see you again this afternoon. I walked out of the room before he could say anything. I didn't want him to see me tear up in disappointment that he had forgotten about us kissing, it would make me look childish.

Austin's POV

I watched Ally leave and I mentally kicked myself for not keeping her there. I should have thanked her for staying the night however many times she had. If only I had turned my head a little and pulled her in for a kiss when I had the chance instead of letting her hug me maybe I'd be holding her in my arms right now. I let my mind wander and then Dez came running into the room like a kid who had just gotten the latest toy. "Dude, I can't believe you are awake! Ally, texted me and I nearly dropped my newly made Carlos on the ground!" Dez hurried to my side. I laughed and Dez dropped a present on my stomach. I winced and used the bed controls to sit me up "Ouch, what is this?"

Dez smirked "It's from Trish and me. We couldn't think of anything else to get you." I opened the present and sitting inside on top of a picture was a guitar pick with "AM" in fancy lettering. I moved the pick pulling out the photo. It was Ally and me smiling on the beach, my arms hugging her around the shoulders like you see couples doing in a magazine, and her hand touching my arm. "Thanks, I was waiting for you guys to bring me the beach photos. The guitar pick and the picture, especially the picture, was a great gift." I smiled still staring at the photo in my hand. I looked up and Dez was digging in his backpack for something. "What are you doing, Dez?" I asked and he smiled "Look, I still have the spray glue from that time."

"Set it down, before you spray me or you and we have a repeat of what happened on the beach." I shook my head. "So…" Dez looked at me trying to get something out of me. "What?" I didn't understand what he wanted to know. "Did you tell her? Dallas was convinced you did that's why he left, he saw you two when he supposedly disappeared. Didn't Trish tell you anything by text?" Dez blurted out. "Not yet, you came in like a flash and my phone's been dead since I was last at Sonic Boom before the fight. Anyways, my phone should be in my jeans pocket." I sighed "No, I didn't tell Ally. I forgot to tell her, and what do you mean he saw us after he disappeared?" I watched Dez hit himself in the head "I said too much. Trish said not to tell you about Dallas."

I was even more confused, but determined to get answers "Dez, you might as well tell me everything, Trish will knock you up beside the head and call you a wackadoodle." Dez groaned "Great, me and my big mouth." I waited for him to tell me and he shook his head. "Come on Dez, you're my best friend and I bought you the makings for your gingerbread cookies." I countered. "Fine, but if I find a porcupine in my bed courtesy of Trish, you'll be paying the doctor bill. After, the date Ally had with Dallas, Trish pulled him into the plan. He was going to be competition for Ally's attention until you guys decided to fight each other. She made me promise not to tell that Dallas was in on the scheme to get you and Ally together." I sat shocked "Why didn't he like her too?" Dez nodded "Yeah, he told us the fight was his way of dealing with the anger of knowing that she chose you over him. I mean, he left after seeing that he had brought you two together, but destroyed any chance he could've had with her. Dallas was there up until the scene you two made." Dez hit himself in the head again and silenced himself.

I looked at him kind of understanding until he got to the part about me and Ally. "Okay, I was with you up until you mentioned me and Ally making a scene." I frowned. "Forget about it, bro. This time I can't tell you. Ally made me promise earlier not to say a word about it." Dez got up "I gotta go, but don't mention anything to Trish about what I said. It would so kill our date tonight." He reached to grab the spray glue and I stopped him "That spray glue gives me an idea. Can I borrow it?" Dez shrugged and stood slinging his backpack onto his back again "Sure, I have another at home." Dez left singing about going to have pizza for lunch and I put the spray glue on the table beside the bed, prepared to hide it if Ally returned.

I was watching the "Songwriters & Starfish" (I think that's the name) episode and it helped inspire some parts of the last bit of the chapter. I hope you enjoyed and are anticipating Austin's plan with spray glue!