I'm thinking about making another one shot… probably.

Disclaimer: I don't own Austin & Ally or any characters I didn't make up.

Last time…

The doorbell rang again. "Mom, you waiting for someone else?" Austin asked. Mimi rushed to the door, "Kind of." Cassidy rushed to the door too. "Hey, Dad," they heard Cassidy say. Austin's smile dropped and he became rigid. "Is that…?" Ally reluctantly asked. "Mike Moon," Austin said through gritted teeth.

Austin stood up and crossed his arms with a very upset expression that scared Ally who was standing next to him with a concerned expression. Ally noticed how dark his eyes became and how locked his jaw in anger. A tall man emerged from the foyer along with a nervous Mimi and an anxious Cassidy. "Austin!" the man, Mike Moon, exclaimed with happiness, "Oh, how much you've grown, my son!"

Austin ignored him and snapped at his mom and sister, "What the hell? You knew I didn't want to see him!" Mimi spoke with a scared voice, "Please, Austin, you have to hear him out. He's your father-"

Her attempt to calm her son didn't work as Austin angrily interrupted, "My father? And what exactly qualifies him for that title? The fact that he walked out on us? Or that he left us with no financial aid whatsoever? Maybe the fact that he never tried to contact one of his children. Until 10 years later, he suddenly wants to be a part of our lives. And you two naively let him in."

Cassidy attacked her brother, "You don't think I was mad at him too?! I had to give up so many things because of him! But if you just listen to what he has to say, maybe you'll see that you're not always right!" Her father quietly spoke, "Calm down, sweetie, don't yell at him like that. I understand why he won't listen and I agree that it's my fault. If he just gives me a chance-"

"Give you a chance?" Austin asked dryly. "You walked out on us when we all needed you, when we needed our dad," Austin sneered and raised his voice, "I was 12 years old and working 2 jobs after school! I only slept 2 hours everyday! Mom had to get the most humiliating jobs for us! Cassidy had to grow up too early and deal with problems she shouldn't have to deal with so young! All that to support the family you couldn't support! We were almost homeless! Because of your irresponsibility, we lost our childhood. And you're telling me to give you a chance?"

Ally felt like she was interfering with a very personal family fight. She wanted to leave, but she wasn't about to leave Austin like that. She was hearing some new information from him. She felt Austin shake with anger next to her, so she put her hand on his arm and soothingly said, "Calm down, breathe."

He looked at her and his face softened a little. He turned his back to everyone and ran he hand through his hair in frustration letting out a deep breath.

"I know you all suffered because of me. But I had to, believe me, I had to leave to keep you all safe," his father explained with a stressed out expression, "All I ever wanted was to be part of my children's lives. Your sister and mother listened to me, why can't you? I missed too much of my son's life, I don't want to miss anymore."

Austin harshly spoke, "You weren't part of my life then, you won't be part of my life now." He took Ally's hand and led her to the front door where they got their stuff and left. Ally sat in the passenger's seat of his car as she waited for him to calm down. He leaned his head on the steering wheel and took deep breaths. Austin felt a small hand rubbing his back and a voice whispering, "Let it out, let it out." He leaned back and looked at her, "I'm sorry for scaring you. I really didn't know he was coming."

Ally gave him a reassuring smile, "It's okay, I don't blame you. But you know what I think you should do?" He looked expectedly at her, "I think you should listen to him. Hear him out. Maybe he has a good reason." Austin looked ahead of him shaking his head, "No, no. I really don't want to talk about this right now." She nodded and hugged him tightly, knowing that he needed it, "Everything's gonna be okay." He hugged her tighter at these words and nodded.

Several days later…

Thursday…

Ally walked across the parking lot to get to her car. She was at the studio to use its instruments to write a new song that has been stuck in her mind for days. After the whole incident at Austin's mom's house, she and Austin each went their separate ways as Austin said he 'needed to be alone.' She received a call from Cassidy telling her to meet her at a small café downtown later to talk about something important. Ally had a feeling it was about their father.

Ally abruptly stopped when something familiar catches her eye. Color drains from her face as she hurries towards her car. 'It can't be,' she thought in fear of the silver BMW in the parking lot as well. She heard footsteps behind her as she quickens her pace. She yelped when she felt a hand grasp her arm tightly and turn her around.

"Well, hello, missy," he sneered in her face. Ally whimpered from the pain from his tight hold, "Let go of my arm." He tightened his grip even more, "You deserve it. This and more." She suddenly got a burst of courage as she exclaims, "Me? What did I do to you? Did I physically and sexually assault you for months? Did I beat you everyday? Did I-?" She gasped from the pain as she struggles to not double over. "What did you do?!" he yelled, "All these restraining orders and publicity! That's what you did! Nobody even looks at me now! And it's all your fault!"

Ally tried to pry her arm from him before he does anything worse but she couldn't. "Now," he sneered inches from her face, "You have to pay." Ally shook with fear at what he's gonna do. "What's the matter? Waiting for that little boyfriend of yours to show up and save the day?" he teased her, "I would love to see him and give him a lesson for touching my girl."

"Hey! What are you doing there?!" a security guard finally notices from the distance. He runs over to them and Scott finally drops her arm to fight off the guard. Ally quickly looks around to see if anybody else saw and runs to her car and drives off.

After driving a good distance away from the studio she pulls over to take a breath. 'How did he know I was here?' she thought as she held her head her hands. She stays like that for several minutes before letting out a breath and reaching to the backseat for her jacket to cover the forming bruise on her arm.

She resumes her drive to the café and works on getting over her shock to not get Cassidy concerned and tell Austin immediately. She spots Cassidy as soon as she walks in and heads to her table. "Hey," Ally smiled as she hugged her. "Hey," Cassidy said. "Are you okay? You're kinda shaking," she said once they sat down. "I'm fine, just a little cold," Ally lied with a fake smile that Cassidy seemed to have bought. "So, why did you need to see me?" she changes the subject. "Right, so you know about…" Cassidy starts explaining.

This chapter is very action packed…

I'll update really soon, I have a lot of free time these days.