Austin and Ally drove for nearly an hour in silence. Ally finally broke the silence. "Where are we going?"
Austin snapped out of the anger fueled haze he seemed to be in. He looked over at her and took her hand. "I'm really not sure. I just wanted to get you away from there." He pulled the car off of the next freeway exit and parked the car in an abandoned parking lot. He slowly turned off the car and turned to Ally. "Ally, be honest with me. Are you happy with your life right now? I mean do you like where you're living and where you work?"
Ally swallowed. "Well I don't particularly love my apartment. I tolerate my job, but that doesn't matter since I'm never going back there again." Ally paused a moment and shuddered. "But I have you. You make me beyond happy."
Austin smiled. "You make me happy too. I have a few questions. First of all, I was wondering if we could… you know… make this official." Austin blushed slightly and Ally squeezed his hand.
"Austin Monica Moon, are you asking me to be your girlfriend?" she teased.
"Yes!" Austin laughed. "Ally Dawson will you do me the pleasure of becoming my girlfriend?"
Ally giggled as Austin looked at her with puppy dog eyes. "Of course!"
Austin laughed and gave Ally a quick kiss. "Good. I was afraid you'd say no."
Ally rolled her eyes playfully. "Like I could say no to that face."
Austin shrugged as if her couldn't help being handsome. "Anyways. My next question is… Well I was wondering… I was thinking… maybe we could…"
"Spit it out Austin!" Ally giggled and poked him in the shoulder.
Austin looked sheepish. "Well Ally, like I said before, I just can't stand to see you live in such a bad place. I want to get you out of there, and I was thinking that maybe we could… get an apartment together?"
Ally was taken aback. He was asking her to move in with him. "Au-Austin. Wow. I-I don't know what to say. First of all, that's a big step. And I can't afford anything more than what I have now and-"
"Ally, don't worry about it! I'm the one that came up with this idea, so it would only be right for me to get us a nice apartment. You even told me that you'd get out of there as soon as you got the chance. Well this is your chance! And you'd get to spend a lot of time with your favorite person in the world." Austin gave Ally a goofy smile, which made her giggle.
"Austin I don't know how I could ever repay you," happy tears were coming to Ally's eyes. "I love you so much."
Austin reached over the center console and wrapped Ally in a hug. "Trust me, loving me is payment enough."
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Austin dropped Ally off at her apartment to pack her stuff, telling her to trust him in picking out an apartment. Ally was weary to trust Austin's judgment, worrying that he'd purchase an apartment above a Chinese noodle factory just because the realtor promised him free fortune cookies, but Austin assured her that he had the perfect place in mind.
Ally trudged up the stairs to her apartment, overjoyed that it was the last time. Ally couldn't express her gratitude to Austin enough. She knew that she would never be able to get out of the place on her own. Ally got into her apartment and started her few personal belongings in a box. She emptied out the few contents of her closet into a suitcase and stacked it by the door. As she looked around the apartment, her eyes fell on her piano. She crossed the room towards it, wondering how her and Austin would manage to get it out.
Ally sat down on the bench and ran her hands along the keys. She pressed a key, and then another, and then another. Soon, she was playing a whole melody. Ally hurriedly stood and dug her songbook out of her box. She wrote down the notes and the lyrics as they came to her. It was a song for Austin that said everything that she couldn't.
Right before she finished, there was a knock at the door, but before she got up to answer it, Austin let himself in. He took in the small pile of Ally's things by the door.
"Is that really everything?"
"Yep, just that and the piano." She replied, pointing back at the piano.
Austin gave her a sneaky smile. "Oh you won't be needing that thing."
Ally gave him a weary look, to which he responded with by sticking his tongue out at her. "
"Just trust me."
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After loading Ally's things into Austin's car, Austin held out a blindfold to Ally. She looked at it skeptically.
"What about my car?"
Austin crossed his arms and looked impatient. "We'll come back and get it later! Just come on, I'm really excited to show you our place!"
Ally narrowed her eyes at him and took the blindfold, but she was secretly pleased that he had said 'our place.' Austin helped her in the car and buckled her in. He got in the driver's seat and turned on the car.
After driving what seemed like forever to Ally, Austin stopped the car and helped her out of the car.
"We'll come back down and get our stuff later; I just want you to see the place!" By the sound of his voice, Ally guessed that he was over ecstatic. He grabbed her hand and pulled her along. When they entered the building, a wave of cool air hit her.
"Air conditioning. I like it already." Ally laughed. Austin pulled her into what she guessed was an elevator, since she had the sensation of being carried upwards. They were standing there for a few long moments before it dinged and Austin pulled her out. He lead her down a hallway, their footsteps muffled by plush carpet. Austin came to a stop and Ally could hear him fumbling with a lock. She heard the door swing open and Austin pulled her inside. He stopped her a few paces in.
"Ok, you can look now!"
Ally whipped off the blindfold and was blinded by sunlight. When her eyes adjusted, her mouth fell open. When Austin had told her they were getting a place together, she had imagined a small apartment, not a huge penthouse. The wall in front of her was made of glass. The adjacent wall was as well, with the exception of a metal-framed glass door leading out to the wrap-around balcony that overlooked the Miami skyline. Against the wall in front of her and to her left was a large open kitchen that was open to the living room to the right. There was a large, black, L shaped couch that faced a large TV against the glass wall, and all of that was on top of a fluffy white rug that matched the white tiled floors. But best of all, on a platform in the corner where the glass wall met the solid wall behind them, was a shiny black grand piano. It was almost too much for Ally to take in. It was by far the nicest place she had ever stepped foot in.
When Ally turned around, Austin was smiling at her expectantly, practically bursting at the seams with excitement. "Do you like it?!"
Ally was still breathless. "It's beautiful."
She walked over to the piano and ran her hand of the shiny surface. Austin followed closely behind, searching her face for a reaction. "When you said an apartment, I pictured somewhere small. This isn't an apartment, this is a… palace!"
Austin laughed. "I thought it was pretty nice, and I knew you'd like it." Austin beamed, proud of himself.
Ally sat down on the piano bench and ran her hands over the pristine ivory keys. "I can't tell you enough how much I appreciate you."
Austin took a seat next to her. "Anything for you Ally. I'd get you the moon if you asked for it."
Ally smiled. "How did you even afford this place? It must have been so expensive!"
Austin gave her a small smile. "Don't even worry about it. My record label made up for lost pay over the last couple of years and gave me a bonus, thanks to your wicked songwriting skills." Austin poked Ally in the side, causing her to fall into a fit of giggles.
"Speaking of songs," Ally said, sobering up. "I wrote you a song."
"For me? Oh you shouldn't have." Austin faked being embarrassed and Ally swatted at his arm.
"I just wanted to find some way to thank you for everything." They said no more as Ally placed her hands on the piano and began to play. Austin closed his eyes and swayed along to the melody.
It's a little bit funny
This feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I don't have much money
But boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where
We both could live
So excuse me forgetting
But these things I do
See I've forgotten if
They're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is
What I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen
And you can tell everybody,
This is your song
It may be quite simple but
Now that it's done
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is now you're in the world
If I was a sculptor
But then again no
Or girl who makes potions in a traveling show
I know it's not much but
It's the best I can do
My gift is my song and
This one's for you
Oh
And you can tell everybody
This is your song
It may be quite simple but
Now that it's done
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is now you're in the world
Ally gently lifted her hands off the piano and put them in her lap. She was too embarrassed to make eye contact with Austin after pouring her heart out like that. Austin reached over and encompassed her hands with his, making her look up at him. He leaned in and gave her a slow and sweet kiss. He leaned his forehead against hers and whispered:
"I love you Ally Dawson, to the moon and back."
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Hey guys! I can't believe I've actually been able to write at least a chapter a day so far. I've really gotten into this story and I kind of want to get it finished because I have a lot of other story ideas that I'm really excited about.
I hope you liked this chapter. I kind of felt like it didn't really make that much sense, so sorry if you didn't like it. Anyways, and want to thank each and every one of you that review. I get excited when my email notification goes off, because I'm always hoping it's a review. Like today I was standing in the middle of Walgreens and I was reading a review that made me so happy and I was probably just standing there looking like a freak, but oh well.
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The song in this chapter was Ellie Goulding's version/cover or whatever of Your Song by Elton John.
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