Ally's POV;

I had to wait till Austin and his parents came out of the principal's office because I didn't have the keys to get home. When they came out Austin looked worried, he must have told Mr Conley about what Dallas did. On the journey back home Austin got a text from Dallas, it was really mean what he said, I wanted them to be friends again but now I don't think that's possible. Austin's parent's told me to give him some space when he ran up to his room, I felt sorry for him. I was given a new number so Dad wouldn't contact me. There's no way that Dad would be able to keep Sonic Boom running without me and I actually liked working there but he would kill me if I set foot in that place again. Dallas must be in a lot of trouble right now, well I hope he is! Now he's on Cassidy's side and that's kind of disappointing. I decided to give Austin a call…

"Austin, its Ally, please come downstairs,"

"No way,"

"Can I come inside?"

"Yeah, whatever,"

As soon as Austin said yes I ran over to his door and opened it. He was sitting at the end of his bed cutting up his pictures of Dallas and himself. So far he has managed to destroy ten photos and I'm not going to let him get rid of any more. I took the scissors out of his hands and put them on his table. He looked confused and crossed his arms.

"Everyone deserves a second chance, Austin," I advised.

Austin looked offended. "I thought you were on my side!" he shouted.

"Austin, I am, you and Dallas have been best friends for years. They must be some reason he wanted us to break up…"

"To be Cassidy's boyfriend?" He disposed the ruined photos. "My ex, that's sick,"

"Why don't you call him? He could be in a cold cell right now," I switched Austin's phone on and handed it to him.

"Fine," Austin dialled Dallas' number and waited for him to answer.

Austin's POV;

"Hey, I can't talk to anyone right now but if this is Austin I'm really sorry and I never should have left you like that. I don't know what happened to me, I guess I got jealous of you and Ally so I went off with Cassidy. She treated me like I was her personal slave, I didn't mean to stoop that low. I miss hanging out with you and I want us to be best friends again. If this isn't Austin then hey… got to go,"

After I listened to what he had to say I texted him.

Dallas, how about we talk again when you get out from wherever you are?

Ally stared at me weirdly.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I'm just pleased that you both made up,"

-/-

Dallas told me to meet him at like eight outside the mall. Ally wanted to come with me but I told her not to just in case Dallas felt weird again. Before I went to the mall I looked at Sonic Boom, it was closed. There was a poster hanging on the door, I took it off.

My daughter has been taken by her stupid boyfriend. I will find him and I will kill him, Ally will be back working soon. –Lester

He doesn't scare me, what is he going to do? Yes, he almost killed me last time but he isn't actually going to kill me if he see me again is he?

I'd like to see you try, leave me alone.

Dallas texted me:

Austin, hurry up!

"You'd like to see me try, eh?" the voice was so obvious, the way it was deep, rusty and dark. I knew who it was, I couldn't turn around, I didn't want to.

"What do you want from me?" I muttered, sticking the note back onto the door.

"I was going to use this penknife for my dinner but I can chance my plans…"

My body trembled and I turned around, he did have a penknife and he was holding onto it tightly. Why does he still want to kill me? "Where's my daughter? Why hasn't she replied to my text messages or calls?"

"She doesn't need you, you're a mess. Look at yourself, you're drunk!"

Lester smacked me on the face. It wasn't enough to knock me out but it did shock me a little. He then pushed me against the store window.

"Leave him alone!" another voice ordered, I looked aside. Dallas ran over to me, Lester let go of me.

"Who are you?" He faced Dallas.

"None of your concern, I had to save Austin last time because you almost killed him," Dallas stood next to me. "Austin, why were you even here?"

"I don't really know, I'm sorry,"

"Let's just get out of here,"

Lester wasn't looking so we literally ran off. I felt relieved that he didn't kill me this time but I was pleased that Dallas kind of saved my life yet again. He knew that I was shaken up so he walked me home. I say that I'm not scared but what's the point? There's a possibility that he will find out where Ally is and kill me in my sleep. Dad was surprised to see Dallas with me but he still let him in. We both went upstairs to see Ally trying to glue the photos I that ruined back together.

Ally's POV;

"Hi, Dallas…" I smiled. "Hey, Austin,"

"Hello," Dallas sat down on the computer chair. "I'm sorry, Ally,"

"Do you like Cassidy or Brooke?" I couldn't help myself from asking.

"I don't think I even deserve any girl, to be honest. I'm going to have a break and just concentrate on football and my friends,"

I stuck the photos back onto Austin's wall then looked at Austin. He was standing still with his hand on his cheek. It's unusual for Austin to be this quiet. Dallas went over to him and removed his hand, it was throbbing red and bleeding a little.

"You saw my dad, didn't you?" Austin sat on the edge of the table; I gave him a wet wipe from my bag. "Why would you do that?!"

"I wasn't thinking. He had a note on the Sonic Boom window, he wants to find you and when he does I'm toast," Austin explained, wiping the mark on his cheek.

"He nearly got hold of Austin - he had a penknife and everything. We need to call the cops before it's too late," Dallas added.

I hesitated. "On my dad…?"

Dallas nodded. "It's the only option at the moment and it probably will be. I'm sorry, Ally,"

My dad is so horrible to Austin but I'd hate to call the cops on him. He could go to jail and since Mom isn't here I wouldn't have any other family member here in Miami. I looked at Austin, his hand was covering his cheek. "Okay then,"

Dallas got his cell phone out.

-/-

Austin's parents sat with us in the living room with the officers. Dallas sat next to me and Austin had to stand up and show what my dad did to him. I tried my best not to cry but I couldn't help it, it was so sad seeing what Austin was going through. One of the officers asked me for his age and appearance, I gave it to them and told them where he lives. Austin explained to them that he didn't like me hanging out with him which was understandable but when he hit him he didn't get why he did.

"Are you going to arrest my dad?" I questioned, watching the other officer write down notes.

"I'm afraid so, dear," she retorted. "We will be asking him some questions down at the station,"

Wow, my dad's probably going to jail and it's nearly Christmas. This is going to be the best Christmas ever, not. I can't live with Austin's and his parents forever, eventually I will have to leave and find somewhere else to live. It's going to take a long time to hold in that I won't be with Dad for Christmas this year.

"Mom, where will Ally stay?" Austin quizzed, sitting down on the other side of me.

"We will find Ally somewhere," she responded.

Somewhere? What where? I want to stay here with Austin, I would feel safe with him and I'm fine staying here, I have all my stuff – I'm totally fine! Maybe Austin and his family are getting fed up with me, maybe they'd prefer me not being here.

Austin whispered into my ear. "You will stay with me, Ally. I want to protect you,"

I can say that I felt better but how will Austin persuade his parents to let me stay here for longer? Hopefully he will be able to but I kind of doubt that he will.


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