Chapter 12: Diamonds & Relevance

"Hey dad! I'm home" I called out to my dad.

"Hey honey" He hugged me "How was your date?"

"It was fun" I replied.

"That's good. By the way. I decided to take your word about Brandon and I had his house searched. They found the guitars and now him and his friends are all being taken to court next week."

"That's great!" I cheered. "I have to tell Austin!"

I ran upstairs to my bedroom grabbing my phone.

Ally- Brandon's busted!

I waited for a reply.

Ten minutes had gone by and he still hadn't responded. Something must be wrong. We always reply to each other immediately. That was our thing.

I called his mom to ask if he made it home. "No sweetie he hasn't come home yet. I figured he was still with you." she said.

I headed out of the house without hesitation and took my dad's car. I started driving around the neighborhood scanning the quiet clear streets. It was very foggy. As I turned the corner, I slammed my foot on the brake stopping abruptly.

"Austin!" I yelled sprinting out of the car.

He was slumped up against a wall with his arms wrapped around his torso unconscious. Fresh blood dripped from his clothes. "Oh my God" I croaked holding his arm up examining the wound. I quickly pulled out my phone dialing 911. "You're going to be ok. You're going to be ok." I sobbed holding him. Disregarding the gushing blood.

I waited in the waiting room with Austin's parents. I was Pacing back and forth not able to sit down.

Has to be ok. I love him too much. He is way too young and has so much to live for. Oh God, please let him survive. I pray. Please let him be ok. The young doctor came out to the waiting room. His next few words were going to determine my entire life.

The doctor walked up to us with a chart in his hand taking his sweet time. "Fortunately the knife did not cause any severe Internal damage. He is stable, so we will not need to perform any surgical procedures. Austin is going to be just fine". He smiled at us warmly.

"Can we see him?" I asked.

"Yes, family is allowed to visit the patients".

"Oh I'm no-" I cut myself off.

"Thank you, I was really worried about my brother". I finished.

The doctor smiled and nodded looking down at his chart "Austin Moon is in room 239".

I opened the door slowly not wanting to frightened him. "Hey, Austin". I say sitting in the chair next to his bead.

"Ally!" He screamed pulling me from my seat into his arms. I was taken back by his sudden movement. He buried his face in my hair.

"I love your hair. I love your smile. I love your eyes." He breathed in my hair sending chills through my body.

He pulled away still holding me confessing, "I love how you like the things I like And.. I love the fact that we share the same love for music." Austin finished out of breath.

"I really love you" He said looking into my eyes with water drops in his own.

"I love you too". I replied pulling him back into a hug.

"I thought last night was going to be it for me Ally." He said.

"I thought I was going to die". He said breaking my heart.

This was all my fault. Everything that happened to Austin could have been prevented if I had just let him take me home that afternoon. I should have never tried to prove anything. I put us both in danger.

"I'm so sorry, this is all my fault. I dragged you into this mess and now you're the only one who is paying for it. You were in excruciating pain all because-" I cried.

"No, don't cry" Austin sat up gently pulling up into a cradle. "The only thing excruciating, was the thought of not being with you anymore". He brushed the tears away with his thumb.

"You don't need to apologize anymore. I was fully aware of what I was getting into when I said yes. We are in this together.

And if I'm going to die, It's gonna be for you". Austin finished bringing his hand up to my cheek not wasting any more time after that.

He grabbed my face pulling me deeper into the kiss. We both pulled away saying in sync "Life's too short".

Austin's POV:

Ally and I were relaxing in my backyard after working on a new song for a couple of hours. We haven't written in a while since we were preoccupied with the Brandon thing. Brandon was arrested for attempted murder and stealing. We were finally done with everything.

It only took me about a week to recover. Trish and Dez were really supported and came to visit me in the hospital a couple of times. Ally was there most of the time. She could not be there a lot during the weekdays because she had to be in school. But on the weekends she would stay with me. She knew I didn't like being alone. The hospital was so quiet and depressing at night. I'm surprised people could even sleep there. I could barely sleep. Only if Ally was with me.

We were watching the sky. Admiring the perfect blue shade. We both loved nature and God's beautiful creations.

"You know what I wish." I said holding the girl I loved in my arms.

"What?" She asked intertwining her hand with my dangling hand.

"I wish I could just stay right here in this moment. With you forever."

Can you imagine, what would happen.

If we could have any dream.

I'd wish this moment, was ours to own it, and that it would never leave.

Then I would thank that star, that made our wish, come true.

Cause he knows that where you are, is where I should be too.

Right here, right now. I'm looking at you, and my heart loves the view. Cause you mean everything.

Right here, I promise you some how. That tomorrow can wait, for some other day to be.

But right now there's you and, me.

As I finished serenading her, Ally smiled widely. "That was so beautiful'.

She played with my hair as I played with hers.

I leaned in capturing her beautiful lips.

"You are so beautiful". I said stroking the side of her face. "Every morning when you wake up you need remind yourself". I told her.

"Everyday" I repeated.

She nodded.

"It could not be more irrelevant what others say, or even what I say. You know who you are. You are beautifully and wonderfully made. Last time I checked, God doesn't make mistakes. Promise me you'll remember that." I said.

"I promise" she said.

I needed Ally desperately to know how wonderful she was in my eyes. She let so many people determine her beauty. She thought if she wasn't getting a lot of attention she wasn't pretty. Beautiful things don't need attention. Diamonds don't need a pair of eyes to know they shine.

It wasn't enough to hear me say it everyday. She needed to believe it herself. She needs to learn how to love herself, before she can love anyone else.

I saw my parents looking at us from inside the house. I think they understood now.

I think they finally understood why we said the things we said and did the things we did.

We're in love.

That's why.

We loved each other before we even knew what love was. Communication is just a small portion of what makes a relationship last.

Friendship is the ultimate formula. That love that started before things we serious. That love that doesn't need to be there, but is. That love that's there just in case it's special and can evolve to become something magical, something beautiful. Something everlasting.

Our love.

This is the end. Thank you to all who read along with me, and thank you to all who wrote reviews.