DISCLAIMER: I do not own Austin & Ally.

By the way, this is the chapter where Austin admits to Ally why he doesn't want her at his house. Also, I'm using two of the ideas I was given. I'll give credit to those who gave me the ideas at the end of the chapter.

And this chapter is going to be shorter than I usually make chapters.

The rest of the day was just a blur. Ally was dating Austin. Ally was dating Austin... the warmness of those words replayed in her head again and again. It was as if she was floating on a soft, fluffy cloud, and she didn't want to go back to Earth.

Ally Dawson was lovesick.

Although there couldn't have been a weirder way to start a relationship... with a fight right before it began. Whatever, she didn't care, she was still dating him. It was just unreal, and she loved the feeling...

That night, as Ally was sitting on her bed around midnight after just waking up, a faint knock was on her door. "Who is it?" she asked. "It's me, Austin. I didn't know if you were awake or not, but I just woke up about two minutes ago and I kind of want to talk to someone," Austin rambled. Ally could feel a smile forming. "Sure, c'mon," she allowed, and a few seconds later, Austin walked in the room. "Hey," he greeted. "Hey. You're wide awake, too, aren't you?" she found herself asking. He nodded. "This is kind of stupid, but I kind of had a nightmare. I was wondering if you could talk to me to get my mind off of things. So... do you wanna talk?" he asked. She didn't know why, but she found this adorable. "What were you dreaming about?" she asked. He sat down on the bed next to her. "Promise not to repeat it to anyone? It's kind of personal," he said, blushing and looking down at the floor. Damn, he's adorable, Ally thought.

"Of course I won't tell anyone, I wouldn't do anything that horrible, especially to you," she reassured. He smiled at her before taking a deep breath. "My dad... he's in the army... I had a nightmare that I got that letter, about... you know..." he croaked. She knew, alright: He had a dream that his family got the letter saying that their dad died in the war. Ally's mom said something about getting that letter when she was a little girl. It was her grandfather, Ally's great-grandfather, who died in the war.

Damn, she had a lot of family members who died...

"Austin... I'm so sorry. It sucks having a family member in the army. I know that your family must be worried," she comforted. He smiled again and put his arm around her, squeezing her in a hug. "You know, that's one of the reasons I didn't want you to come to my house. My mom's really upset about it. He's only been in the army about two years, but I think she's depressed. I don't think she'd want another person in the house. She needs a little space," he explained. Ally was shocked. She thought his parents abused him or something. She wasn't expecting something like this. "Oh my goodness, Austin, I'm so sorry. I understand how your mom feels. The same thing happened to my mom when she was a little girl. Her grandfather died in the war. He was only around 57 years old, I think. Had about 20 more years in him," she recalled. It didn't upset her that she didn't get to know her great-grandfather. He would have died before she was born anyway, probably. Besides, she had her great-grandmother until she was 5. Luckily, she didn't understand that she was gone forever, since she was a little kid. Then she grew up, and even though it sunk in, she was already used to life without her.

"That sounds terrible, Ally. I didn't know either of my great-grandparents. My great-grandfather died 2 years before I was born, and my great-grandmother died a few moths after from a broken heart," Austin said, squeezing her a little tighter before putting his arm down. This time, it was her turn to smile at him. You know, that beautiful, pure-white smile that made her eyes sparkle.

"Wait, Austin, you said that was one of the reasons. What's the other reason?" she asked. His cheeks went scarlet; she could tell that it was embarrassing. She gave a cute chuckle.

"My brother. He's 21, also in college. He goes to a different college in New Jersey. He's also on Spring Break. He's... how do I say it?... he's a charmer... that's a little weird... but anyway, he's more attractive than me... God dammit, that sounded so fucking weird... but I knew that you'd be more attracted to him than me. He's a big ladies' man. He's not a jerk or anything, he's actually really nice, but I knew you'd just fall in love with him. I kind of didn't want that," he explained, his face scarlet as it could get. She couldn't hold it in; she had to laugh at how cute he was. "Austin, I wouldn't do that to you! You know that. Besides, Spring Break is only a week. I wouldn't fall in love with someone after only a week. I might be attracted to someone, but it's not like I'd really fall in love with them," she said.

"Besides, I wouldn't want to fall for someone else. I already fell for you. Who else do I need?"

So there's Chapter 10 for you :D and credit goes to the two people who gave me the ideas, Love life Love life (the one about his brother) and greenpowergrl (the one about his dad). Both ideas were so amazing, I just had to use both :) so yeah c: bye!