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*Ally's POV*
One week had gone by in the blink of an eye. Austin kept his vow to keep me out of Josh's house. I've been living in the practice room for this past week. Austin has been by my side every waking moment that he possibly could.
"Ally," Austin said softly. I was snapped out of my daze and I looked at him. "I need to go help my parents run errands. I'll be back as soon as I'm done, okay?" Austin said. I nodded. Austin smiled before hugging me. "Ally, just know that I'll be by your side through this. No matter what."
That was the nicest thing anyone could've ever said to me. I hugged back tightly and nuzzled my head in the crook of his neck. We slowly pulled away from each other. "I'll be back soon," Austin called as he left.
It was then when I realized that I had to open the store. Quickly, I ran down the stairs and set everything up as usual.
The large crowd of customers finally managed to disperse. Finally, I had some time to work on some new songs for Austin. The slick black grand piano had been beckoning to me all morning. Now I finally have the chance to use it. Within seconds, I was sitting on the black piano bench, staring at the keys on the piano and my book was open.
The front doors of the store burst open, casing me to jump in fear and face what I thought would be a customer.
But this was no customer. It was the sick and twisted bastard that abused me for most of my life and shot my brother, killing him. It was the one and only..
Josh.
"Where the hell have you been?!" he asked aggressively before grabbing me tightly by the collar of my shirt, pulling me off the piano bench. "I-I.." Was all I could say. I was trembling in fear. I should've known that this would happen sooner or later, but I was too nervous to ask Austin if I could stay at his house. He has already done so much for me, that would be asking for too much.
He altered where we were standing so I would be in front of the counter. Without warning, I was shoved into the counter. I grimaced in pain. I caught myself by holding onto the counter.
Why is it that when Austin leaves once, he has to show up. I never realized that Josh was also carrying a metal baseball bat. Josh lifted it up, as if he were goi to take a swing. My eyes widened.
Josh swung the bat. I felt the freezing touch of the metal. Once we met, a sharp pain ran through my head. I didn't really get a chance to react because once my face met the floor, everything went black.
*End of POV*
*Austin's POV*
Alright, I didn't actually have errands to run. I was actually planning on serenading her because I want her to be my girlfriend. I just needed to finish the song I was writing and grab my guitar. I live right down the street from the store so it was pretty pointless to drive there.
As I walked into the parking lot, I saw a car speed out of there as if he did something illegal. I shrugged it off as I walked in. I opened the door and began to strum my guitar to the intro of the song.
"Ally, I really want to tell y-" I cut myself off when I saw that I was alone. "Ally?" I called loudly as I put my guitar back into its case.
"Ally?" I asked louder before running towards the stairs. I stopped in my tracks when I saw a red substance in front of my feet.
Blood.
No that can't be Ally's blood! Who was I kidding, she was the only one here! "No!" I cried before falling to my knees. What have I done?
My head shot up. That speeding car I saw in the parking lot..
Ally was in that car!
I stood up and quickly locked up the store before sprinting to my house and getting in my car.
There was no way I was going to let that douchebag hurt her.
When I found out that Ally was abused, I went to the Verizon store so I couldbe able to track her phone. Not in a creepy way, but incase there was an emergency. And thank god I did that. She lived twenty minutes away from the store and myself.
I parked at the next house over so Ally's foster father won't try tohide Ally. Quietly, I sneaked over to Ally's driveway and saw the living room light was on.
I glanced through the window and saw the most horrific image. Ally was tied up to a fold up chair and she had tape over her mouth. Her head leaned back so it was obvious that she was knocked unconscious.
I bent down and called the police with tears in my eyes. I can't believe I let this happen. It's all my fault!
"This is Miami police. What's your emergency?" the man over the phone said. "M-My best friend was being abused by her foster father so I let her stay with me once I found out and he.. He k-kidnapped her!" I sobbed.
"Sir, calm down. It'll be alright. What's her name, how old is she and do you know where he took her?" the man asked. "Her name is Allyson Dawson and she's sixteen. He took her to.." I trailed off so I could read the address. "Twenty eight Elm St." I finished. "Okay, we'll have police there within twenty minutes," the man said. "Before you hang up, I looked through the window of the house and saw her tied up and unconscious. Can you bring an ambulance?" I asked. "Yes. We'll be there soon, Mr.," the man was waiting for me to say my name. "Oh. Austin Moon," I said. "Good day, Mr. Moon," the man said before hanging up.
I slid my phone into my pocket, opened the window to her house and climbed inside. Once I as on my feet, I saw Ally sitting in the chair unconscious with massive bruise on the side of her face and dry blood on the corner of her mouth. My heart sank.
In the blink of an eye, I was kneeling by her side. "Oh Ally," I sobbed quietly. She looked so helpless. "It's gonna be alright," I whispered to her. I was trying to tell myself that more than her.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE?!" a man screamed. I could tell by the voice I heard on the phone before that it was Josh.
A deadly glare spread on my face. I stood up and slowly turned to him with the same menacing scowl on my face.
"Better question is, why do take your anger out on this innocent girl?" I growled. "That's none of your freaking business, now get your ass out of my house!" Josh yelled. "Actually, it is my concern! This is my best friend! How could you even think about laying a hand on her that way?!" I asked angrily.
"Because she's an ugly slut who'll never amount to anything!" he yelled. My blood boiled. "You take that back you sick son of a bitch!" I yelled. Josh leaned closer to me. "Make me," Josh growled.
That was it. "Oh, I'll make you, all right," I growled before tackling him to the ground. Josh shoved me off of him and pinned me to the ground so I couldn't move. He raised his hand and slapped me several times in the face and punched me in my nose, eye and mouth. We stopped when a faint groan was heard.
We shot our heads in the direction of the sound. Ally was waking up!
She looked around nervously. "Ally!" I gasped before shoving Josh off of me and running to her side. I could hear her trying to say something through the tape over her mouth. "Ally, it's okay. Shh," I whispered.
I was harshly shoved away from Ally and I saw her get hit in the face with a metal baseball bat and slip into unconsciousness.
*Ally's POV*
My eyes slowly fluttered open to see Josh on top of.. Austin?! It was obvious that he had been hurting Austin because of the bruise on his eye and he fat lip he had. Dear God, what is this boy doing?
"Ally!" Austin gasped before shoving Josh off of him and running to my side. I saw Josh grab the metal bat he used to knock me out earlier. He was approaching Austin slowly. I tried to warn him but there was duct tape over my mouth. "Ally, it's okay. Shh," Austin whispered.
Josh harshly shoved Austin into the wall and whacked me in the head again. Everything flashed to black.
*Austin's POV*
"NO!" I gasped in horror. I saw dry blood on the bat so I know that' show he knocked her out at the store.
There was a harsh knock at the door. "Josh Parker. You have ten seconds to come outside unarmed with your hands up, or we're coming in," the officer said through a megaphone.
Josh glared at me. "You called the cops?!" he screamed. "Of course I did. I'm not a dumbass," I said. Josh picked up the bat and swung at me. The cold but extremely painful metal came in contact with my face and I fell unconscious.
"I think he's waking up," a distant voice said. My head was pounding. "Austin? Can you hear me?" a different voice asked. My eyes slowly rose to reveal that my mom and Dez were hovering over me.
"Mom? Dez?" I asked weakly. "You okay, buddy?" Dez asked. "Yeah. Did they take Ally's foster dad away?" I asked. Dez and my mom nodded. "Where's Ally?" I asked before sitting up. My mother pointed to my left. I followed her hand and saw Ally laying in her bed unconscious.
"Ally," I gasped before standing up quickly. I knew that it was a mistake because I fell into Dez's arms. "Be careful," my mom gasped.
Ally began to stir. "Ally," I whispered before standing up and speed walking to her bedside. "We'll leave you two be," Dez said before he and my mother exchanged looks and left.
She looked terrible. She now had the same bruise on both. Sides of her face. The dry blood was still on the corner of her mouth, but there was another area of dry blood on the other side of her mouth.
"Ally?" I asked as my voice cracked. Her eyes slowly fluttered open and she was looking at me. "Au.. Au-Austin?" she asked, sounding extremely weak. I frowned.
"Ally. I'm so sorry I left," I whispered, holding back my tears. "I-It's o-okay," she stuttered weakly. "No it's not.. I really didn't have any errands to run," I admitted. "Then why did you leave?" she asked weakly.
"I wanted to finish a song that I wrote," I said. "You wrote a song by yourself?" Ally asked surprised, even though she also sounded weak.
I nodded. "I wanted to serenade you with it," I admitted. "R-Really?" she smiled weakly. I nodded.
Ally scooted over a bit. "Sit," she said. I sat up onto the bed with her. "Sing," she said. "Hmm?" I asked surprised. "Sing.. The song you wrote for me," she smiled weakly. "Okay," I said before softly singing the song.
The strands in your eyes that color them wonderful,
Stop me, and steal my breath.
And emeralds from mountains, thrust towards the sky,
Never revealing their depth.
Tell me, that we belong together,
Dress it up, with the trappings of love.
I'll be captivated,
I'll hang from your lips.
Instead of the gallows,
Of heartache,
That hang from above.
I'll be, your crying shoulder
I'll be, love suicide.
And I'll be, better when I'm older
I'll be, the greatest fan of your life. (1)
Ally stared at me as I sang. I gently wrapped my arm around her and ran my fingers through the curls in her hair. As I was about it sing the second verse, I was surprised when Ally sat up and pressed her lips to mine.
I felt as if I were on Cloud nine. After months and months of imagining the feeling of Ally's lips, I finally got to know what it feels like. I kissed back in no time. After about ten seconds, she finally pulled away with tears in her eyes.
"Ally bear, why are you crying?" I asked as I wiped her tears from her cheeks. "That was s-so beautiful!" she sobbed. A deep blush came to my cheeks. "Aww," I cooed as I wrapped my arms around her.
"Austin?" Ally asked me after sitting in a comfortable silence. "Mhm?" I asked as I looked down at her. "I love you," she admitted. My heart melted. Those three words sounded even better than I've ever imagined. "I love you, too," I smiled.
We stared lovingly into each other's eyes for what seemed like forever. We finally broke away when Ally yawned. "Tired?" I asked. Ally nodded. "Go to sleep, sweetheart," I whispered. Yes, I'm already giving her cute nicknames. She deserves this attention. Almost all her life, she's been through hell. I just want her to forget it all.
"You're not gonna leave, are you?" she asked nervously. "Of course not. You need me to stay, just say the word and I'll be there," I whispered before kissing her cheek. She smiled sleepily before her eyes slowly closed and she let out a small snore. I chuckled. "Goodnight, princess," I said softly before laying down and falling asleep, holding the one I can funny call mine in my arms.
Awwww! Even I fangirled at this :) And I'm sorry it took forever for me to update this. I had writers block. I actually wrote most of this today..
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