Austin's POV

After Pastor Mike finished his sermon and begin to pray, me & Ally slid out of our pew and walked to the piano. We sat down and Ally begin to play the invitation song as Pastor Mike said Amen. I started to sing as a young lady came to the alter for prayer,

He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy.

Ally leaned toward the microphone to sing,

When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.

I joined in with her,

And oh, how He loves us, oh,
Oh, how He loves us,
How He loves us all
He is jealous for me,
Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree,
Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy.
When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realise just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.
And oh, how He loves us, oh,
Oh, how He loves us,
How He loves us all
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves.
And we are His portion and He is our prize,
Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes,
If his grace is an ocean, we're all sinking.
And Heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss,
And my heart turns violently inside of my chest,
I don't have time to maintain these regrets,
When I think about the way...
He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us,
Oh, how He loves.
Yeah, He loves us,
Oh, how He loves us...
Oh, how He loves us...
Oh, how He loves us.

After service, me and Ally walk to the car together. I unlock her door and let her in, and I walk around to the driver's side. "I love that song so much!" I hear Ally say as I'm sliding behind the wheel. "It's definitely one of my favorites." I say wrapping my hand around hers as we pull away from the church. A couple moments go by when I hear Ally say, "I'm so thankful that I get to praise God with such a wonderful man." "You're an incredible woman Alls." I say, trying to keep my eyes on the road, but wanting to steal a glance of her beauty. "So when is everyone suppose to be coming over?" I ask her. "Around 1:30." she says. I glance at the clock in our car, its already 12:33. "Only 1 more hour then!" I say, excited about seeing everyone again, under good circumstances. I pull into the driveway and park the car. Me and Ally walk into the house as I begin to think, under good circumstances. The last time we were all together was 2 weeks ago; we were in a cold hospital room and my Ally-gator was unconscious. We sit on the couch and I look over at her, saddened by the memory. She glances over at me and sees my sudden mood change, "What's wrong Austin?" I'm quiet for a moment, then I answer, "I was just remembering the last time we were all together. You had been in the hospital for two weeks, and everyone had come to visit us and see how you were doing. You don't even remember it because you were unconscious." My throat begins to tighten from the memory. Ally turns toward me and sits on her legs. "Austin, look at me." she tells me. I turn my head towards her and she holds my hand and squeezes it, "That is in the past. I am perfectly okay now. There's nothing you need to worry about. Everything that happened happened for a reason. We may not know what that reason is right now, but someday it will all make sense." Its hard to swallow as I look into her eyes, "But you have no idea what it was like just watching you lay there, so still, not knowing if you were ever going to come back to me-" with my voice cracking I stop, I can't go on without breaking down. She places her hands on both sides of my face and kisses my forehead, "Its okay baby. Its okay. Its just you and me here right now." I lay my head in the crook of her neck as I feel my face becoming moist. It felt good to finally be able to let it out. I've been holding it in, being strong for Ally, but it was finally okay to let it go.

Ally's POV

Poor sweetheart. I didn't know this had affected him so badly. He's always there for me, strong and secure. I didn't know this had cut him so deep. I hope he never has to feel like this again. I wrap my arms around him as my blouse becomes damp with his tears. I kiss the top of his head, not knowing what to say. A couple of moments later he pulls away. I take my hands and thumb away the wet spots on his cheeks. He opens his arms and I crawl into them, knowing he wanted to be comforted. A couple of minutes later his chest stops heaving and his breathing returns to normal. I look up at him, "Are you okay now sweetheart?" "Yes, but I'm sorry I broke down Ally. I shouldn't have done that. I'm suppose to be the strong one-" "Shhh" I place a finger to his lips, "We're all human and we all reach a breaking point sometimes. Just know that I'm always here for you. I love you Austin." A faint smile flashes across his lips as he leans down and kisses me.