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Chapter 10

Ally POV

I was sat in my practice room playing on my old piano when Austin burst in. I jumped, automatically closing my book and hugging it to my chest. I used my book as a diary as well as a song book, and I had written some pretty embarrassing things about him. I glared at him. I was still ignoring him, and I didn't like the fact that he had completely ignored my 'KEEP OUT' sign.

"Hey Ally. Dez told me to come get you. We're closing the store, it's almost midday." I sighed, reluctant to leave. Sadly, my dad says I can use this room as a practice room as long as I was only ever in here when the store was open. I stood up and shoved my book into my bag, before walking past Austin and out of the room. I wasn't really sure why I was so mad at him. All he did was look at my book. I think I was still upset about the whole locking me out thing, and the fact that he had seen me in my underwear this morning. Before I was out of the room properly, however, he grabbed my arm and pulled me back, shutting the door behind him.

"Ally…" he said, sounding pained. I tugged my arm out of his grasp and glared at him, still refusing to speak to him.

"Okay, so you won't talk to me. But you can still listen, right?"

I nodded in answer. Angry as I was, I wanted to hear what he had to say.

"Look, Ally, know you're upset about last night, but trust me, I did not mean for things to go down like that. I really was going to…you know. But then I remembered Kelly, and your brother, and…you're sixteen Ally. I'm eighteen. You're Dez's sister." I was shocked at the pain and anger in his voice. So shocked, in fact, that I decided to speak to him.

"What do you mean, Austin?" I asked him in a whisper. He sighed, shaking his head as if to clear his thoughts.

"I wanted to kiss you Ally. So badly. But things would never work out between us. And I didn't want to hurt you." He said, looking at the ground. I said nothing. Instead, I grabbed his face gently and looked him in the eyes.

"Why wouldn't it work?" I asked him softly.

"Because…Dez would…you're sixteen…" I shrugged off both of these excuses.

"Dez doesn't have to know. And who cares how old I am?" I said, and he grinned. He leaned in a little closer, and I sighed, closing my eyes. Our lips touched, ever so softly, and it felt so good. I reached out and wrapped my arms around his shoulders, pulling his body closer to mine. He did the same, and the kiss soon went from soft to hard, from sweet and gentle to passionate and rough. He pushed me backwards until my back hit the wall, and I gasped. He used this opportunity to slip his tongue into my mouth, and I grinned. Me and Dallas never used to kiss like this. Eventually he pulled away, panting.

"That was…" he sighed. I grinned.

"Amazing." I finished his sentence for him, He smiled, nodding in agreement. Suddenly there was a knock at the door, and we sprang apart.

"Hello?" I said, trying to keep my voice as normal as possible.

"It's me. What are you two doing in there?" said Dez. I panicked, running over to my piano and sitting down just as he walked in.

"I tried to tell her it was time to go, but she's ignoring me. She has been all day." Austin lied smoothly. I smiled to myself. Not quite all day…

"Oh, come on Ally, quit being so petty. Come on, we have to go. Why are you ignoring him anyway?" he asked. I panicked, not as good at lying as Austin, but it was okay as Austin answered for me.

"Apparently, no-one touches Ally's book." He sighed. Dez laughed, nodding.

"That explains it. Alright guys, come on, we should go." Austin followed Dez out of the room, and then I left, shutting and locking the door behind me. When we left the shop I automatically reminded Dez to lock up, then winced when I realised what I had said. It was okay, though, as he just glared at me, thinking it was a joke.

When we got in the car, Dez asked Austin if he was staying over again tonight. He shook his head, sighing sadly.

"Nah, man, it's been too long. I really should get home. The longer I stay away, the worse it's going to get." Dez looked at him, worried, and I wondered why. I didn't ask, though. It felt too personal. I was slightly disappointed, though, that he wasn't staying the night. We needed to talk. Not that that was the only reason, just the most important one…

"Are you sure, Austin? My parents are still away. They could be gone for weeks. You can stay if you want." Austin smiled gratefully, obviously wanting to say yes, but shook his head.

"I have to make sure that they're okay, Dez."

"Well, I could drop you off to check on them, then if it's okay you can come back. Seriously, Austin, you should stay over."

"Well…" he considered this, glancing back at me. I figured it was a dead giveaway, but Dez just assumed he was worried since I didn't know what they were talking about.

"You aren't listening to this, are you Ally." I glanced up from my phone, on which I had been playing Temple Run, and shook my head. I had, of course, but he didn't need to know that.

"Okay, I guess that sounds okay. But I think Ally should know, Dez. It's her I'm imposing on too, not just you." Dez sighed, nodding.

"You want me to explain while you're inside." Dez said. I looked at Austin, pleading with my eyes. He nodded a little.

"No, it's okay, I'd rather tell her myself. She's my friend, I owe her that." Dez nodded, pulling up outside a small, run-down house. Austin jumped out and ran down the driveway into the house. We waited in silence for him to come back out.

Austin POV

I walked into the house and could instantly smell booze. Sighing, I tried to be as quiet as I could to avoid him, but he heard me.

"Austin? Is that you?" he bellowed, slurring. I winced.

"Yeah, Frank, it's me." I sighed, walking into the lounge room where he was sat on the couch watching TV.

"Where the fuck have you been for the last fucking week?" he yelled. My sister and mom ran in, staring at me, wide eyed. I knew my mom was angry; she was the one who had told me to stay away.

"It's only been three days, Frank, and I've been around." I said, trying to be vague but not make him more suspicious.

"Don't be so ungrateful. I am your father, you will address me as such." He bellowed. This was new, he never got mad when I called him Frank before.

"You're not my father. You're the drunk bastard that provided the sperm. You will never be my father." I yelled at him, finally losing it. Slowly he got to his feet, before stumbling towards me. My sister screamed. I ducked when he threw the first punch, and then swung, hitting him square in the jaw. He fell backwards, landing on his sorry ass. I knew that things had finally hit boiling point. There was no way my mother and sister were staying here any longer. I looked at him to see if he was going to get back up. He was motionless, but I could see his chest rising and falling. At least he wasn't dead.

"Come on mom, Maggie, let's go. Is there someone you can stay with tonight?" in the past whenever I had mentioned them leaving him, my mother had fought me, refusing to go. But tonight she must have been able to tell that I wasn't going to take no for an answer.

"Your Aunt's place. She has a spare room, we can probably all fit." She said. I shook my head.

"I'm staying at Dez's. You two can stay with Aunt Gina." I told her. Mom nodded, then ran forwards to wrap her arms around me.

"I am so sorry. For everything." She sobbed into my shirt. I wrapped my arms around her in return, wincing at how thin she was, then I hugged Maggie too. Eventually we left the house. Dez got out of the car straight away, running over.

"Are they okay?" he asked me, looking over my mom and sister in turn. I nodded.

"Yeah, but they need a lift to my Aunt's place. Can you take them?" I asked him. He nodded, running back to the car to tell Ally to move into the front. The three of us got into the back, Maggie in the middle, and I gave Dez directions to my Aunt's house. I caught Ally's eye in the mirror at one point, and I could see the confusion in her eyes. I smiled weakly, and she smiled a little back, before looking away. I definitely had some explaining to do.

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