The characters I picked are at the end of the chapter. Or not. LOL. Enjoy!

Its been a few weeks since Dez and Austin got in that car accident. Dez is leaving the hospital tomorrow, and we all agreed to take him out to dinner. We're going to a really fancy and expensive French restaurant called, "When In France". It might be a little pricey but, I mean, c'mon, he was in the hospital for over 3 weeks eating nothing but mush. And plus, poor Dez was tortured in that hell hole. He couldn't wear his colorful, wacky clothes. No suspenders, nothing.

Austin, Trish, and I were currently at an ice cream shop on the boardwalk at the beach.

"So, we agreed that everyone needs to chip in for the dinner tomorrow?" Trish asks, nervously.

"Duh." Austin and I say in unison. Trish's eyes widen.

"Oh no, please don't tell me you guys are turning into one of those couples." Trish says.

Me and Austin laugh. After our laughter died down, Austin asked me, "Could I talk to you for a sec?"

I nod my head, and say, "Sure". I look over to tell Trish that we'll be right back, but she's so into her phone she probably wont even hear me, or even if she did, she probably wouldn't have even acknowledged me. Austin takes me under the boardwalk.

"We go under here a lot, huh?" I tell him, with a giggle. He chuckles and nods his head. And for some reason, I laugh harder, and then I snort. I cover my mouth with my hands, and giggle.

"Sorry." My muffled voice apologizes. He takes my hand from over my mouth.

"Don't be. That snort was the cutest thing I've ever heard." He tells me and grabs my hands. I smile widely.

"Thanks. So what did you wanna tell me?" I ask him. He lets go of my hands and scratches the back of his neck, nervously.

"Oh yeah...that." He says.

What's going on? What does he need to tell me? Why is he nervous? Some many questions, very few answers.

"Are you breaking up with me?" I blurt out. He looks at me like I have two heads.

" What!? No, that's crazy! Of course not." He tells me quickly. I nod my head, with a forced smile.

"Ally...I cant be seen with you." He tells me. My forced smile turns into a frown. I start getting fired up.

"Oh, so you're embarrassed to be seen with me!? Oh, I get it. You're Austin Moon, bad boy of the "Central". You cant be seen with a nobody like Ally Dawson. You know what!? Just stay away from me." I tell him, letting every ounce of my anger out. I start to walk away.

"You didn't even let me explain! And you always walk away from problems! You never try to solve any!" He shouts after me. Fortunately, the beach was a little empty. I turn to face him. He did have a point. I huff, making my shoulders bounce, and stomp back over to him.

"Fine. Why cant you be seen with me?" I ask, but not even caring anymore.

"The guys would say Im going all soft, and they need to get rid of you, because you being my girlfriend could ruin the "Central" 's reputation." He tells me all in one breath.

"Well, you dont have to worry about me ruining you guys' reputation anymore, because we're through." I tell him, and turn around to walk away. He grabs my wrist and pulls me towards him. He lays my hand on his chest.

"There you go again, walking away. Ally, listen to me. Im trying to protect you. I just told you that they would try to "get rid of you". So we have to pretend we're not dating, just until I can subtly tell them I don't wanna be in the "Central" anymore. I just wanna protect you, because I'd be damned if I let anything happen to you."

"Im sorry, Austin. All I heard was, "...pretend we're not dating.." and "...ruin the "Central" 's reputation." "

He chuckles, then his expression is worried.

"Are we broken up?" He asks, afraid of what I was gonna say next.

"No." I smile and laugh at him. He grins wide. He takes my hand, and intertwines our fingers. I look down at our hands, then back at him. I smiled so wide, I thought my cheeks were going to rip. But I loved it!

I truly did have an amazing boyfriend.

-THE NEXT DAY-

Trish, Austin, and I were heading to Dez's room to go pick him up. But the lady behind the counter stopped us and asked if any of us were Dez's relative, because they can't just let strangers take a patient. Austin walked up to the lady behind the counter.

"His family is gone." Austin says to the lady. Well, he wasn't lying, Dez's family was in Nashville doing a documentary on the, "Home of Country Music". Dez's whole family shares the same passion he does, filming. And directing, of course.

"Well, you're still here so that means you're not family, so you cannot pick up Mister Perado." The lady says, rudely I might add. Austin stares at the lady, with an angry look in his eyes.

"Dez is like a brother to me. While his family is gone, we're the people closest to him right now." He says, pausing to point at himself, me, and Trish. He resumes.

"Blood doesn't make a family, love does. So don't you dare say we're not family, because we love that dude with all our hearts." Austin finishes off, breathing heavily.

The lady stares at all three of us, then tells us to go ahead. Me and Trish high-five, while Austin fist pumps and says, "Yes!"

All of us run to Dez's room, open the door, and see Dez watching Dora. We look at him weirdly, before us screaming, "Dez!"

He looks at us and tells us to ssh. We laugh.

"Okay, Dez are you ready to go?" I ask him.

"Uh..yah!" He says like its so obvious.I mean, it is, but...oh whatever! Dez gets his clothes from the duffel bag, we brought up here few days ago so we don't have to go all the way to his house and come all the way back.

He heads to the bathroom, slowly though because he's still sore, and after a few minutes comes back in his colorful clothing and his suspenders. His shirt said, "If you were a booger, I'd pick you first." And there were two boogers kissing on the front. I smiled at the sight. It was good to have Dez back.

-AT ALLY'S HOUSE-

"True story..." Austin finished off. We were all laughing so hard, that Im pretty sure every last one of us were crying. We were all on the floor at my house, telling embarrassing stories from when we were little. Trish and Dez decided to sleep over, so we can all go to school on Monday together. But of course told us he couldn't ride with us or enter the school with us. We understood, though. He explained to Trish and Dez about how they would try to "get rid" of whoever because they would think that that person or persons would make him soft. They're all dickheads. Every single one of them, Trent, Dallas, Elliot, Kira, Brooke, and worst of all Cassidy. I had nicknames for every one of them.

Tricky Trent, DallASS, Evil Elliot, Kra Kra Kira, Bitchy Brooke, and CASSidy! (I know, their lame nicknames.) Wait...speaking of Cassidy..

"Wait, Austin, aren't you dating Cassidy?" I asked. Everyone froze, and I saw Austin was super tense. But I didn't try to relax him, though. If he was cheating on Cassidy with me, all hell was about to break loose.

Next chapter will be the restaurant, and some more drama-filled Austin and Ally, of course. LOL. OK, guys! No one made a character or characters. So I will give 1 more Tuesday, so you guys can make your own character. But if we have the same results next time, I will just make my own characters. Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Byeeeee!

Peace, Love, Respect,

Kianna a.k.a ExcuseMyHonesty