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Ally's POV

I sat down in the office going through bills and paperwork for the store and house. Taking care of what my father usually did. It's been two months since they took him from me and the last time I heard from him was soon after he was taken, but all he said was "I'll be okay." I have never once felt as helpless as I did now, but because of Austin I keep doing what is necessary to keep going. I finished the paperwork and got up shutting off the office lights before heading out of it. I looked back in just hoping to see my dad sitting in his chair like nothing ever happened, but like always the chair was empty and the office looked no different than before. I shut the door and I heard Austin call up to me "Ally, are you ready to go?"

I turned around and he was at the bottom of the stairs looking up at me. "Not again, come here Ally." Austin frowned. I walked down the stairs and he wiped the tears from my eyes before wrapping me in a hug. "It's okay, everything will be fine. Let's go home." Austin kissed my forehead and I clang to him as he walked me outside the store locking it up. "I just keep hoping he'll appear in his office working as if nothing ever happened. Dez and Trish haven't been coming around as often either. How much longer are we supposed to wait?" I frowned. "Hey, no giving up, no tears at all. We're in this together; we are safe and positive as long as we have each other." Austin told me making me focus on the promise I made my dad before he hung up "I will not give up and I will stay positive keeping our family business and our lives safe." Austin smiled as I grabbed his arm "Let's go home."

We walked out of the mall and down the street. We got to the chain of small antique stores and off brand clothing shops when a group of guys stopped us. "Hey there cutie, what are you doing with a boy like that? Why don't you hang with us?" one of the buffer boys with a scar on his cheek asked. "We don't want any trouble, we're just going home." Austin pushed me behind him. "Don't tell me that you're pregnant with this dork's kid. He probably can't protect you in a fight." The scar guy's buddy laughed. "Guys, just let us through. You're scaring her." Austin looked at me and I stared at him nervously wanting to just be home. "You know if you don't want to let your girl go with us willingly, we'll take her by force." The scar guy growled. Austin blocked them from touching me "You don't want to try that."

Austin's POV

I was glad I had taken karate lessons since I was little because they would come in handy now. "Okay big guy bring it on." The first guy with the scar laughed. I sighed and told Ally to stay back. The guy with the scar swung first and I ducked punching him in the stomach and then gave him a roundhouse kick to the face. "I'm a black belt in Karate, I forgot to mention that." I sighed as the guy spit before getting up from kneeling on the ground. "Oh sure, you're a black belt." The scarred guy's buddy laughed and went to punch me in the face and I caught it twisting it behind him flipping him onto his back. "Austin, look out!" Ally called and I turned just in time to dodge a kick from the other guy who had been quiet the whole time. I grabbed his leg and knocked him to the ground causing him to hit his head and blackout. The guy with the scar grabbed me from behind and I kicked him in the shin. Then as he bent over to hold his leg I swung my arm back punching him in the face. He fell back groaning and yelling "You broke my nose, you broke it!"

"You shouldn't have attacked and that wouldn't have happened. Come on Ally, they won't bother us anymore." I sighed and she ran to my side clinging to my arm tighter than she had before. "Next time it will be one-on-one and it will be a clean fight. You'll lose, you toothpick, I promise." The guy laughed. I rolled my eyes not even turning around to give him the satisfaction or approval of another fight. Once we were far enough away Ally sighed "You scared me, I didn't know that you knew Karate or that you were a black belt." I smiled "Looks can be deceiving." She nodded and we turned onto our street. As soon as we were on the street Ally got a text. She looked at the name and gasped "It's my dad."

We stopped in the middle of the sidewalk shocked and she read it out loud: I'm okay and I miss you. Ally was surprised yet relieved and that one small text made a smile, which I hadn't seen since the last contact she had with her dad, appear. She hugged me sighing "He's okay, my dad is still alive." I wrapped my arms around her "That's good, let's get home before people start watching us from their windows like creepers." She laughed whole heartedly and agreed. As long as she knew her dad was safe and everything was okay, I knew she'd be okay, but again not everything can go our way and we soon found that out.

I was playing around with ideas for this chapter and then I thought that Austin need a small heroic like moment. I don't know if it was any good, but it was fun to write!