I AM SO SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN SO LONG. I reaaalllly like this chapter though. So please review and let me know what you think. =] I promise I'll update soon.
Ally's POV
After a plane ride that was so long it felt like years, I am greeted at the Miami airport by four people with huge smiles on their faces. My dad is there, of course, he drove, and my best friends Trish, Dez, and Austin.
I vaguely notice a few people holding expensive looking cameras. But, none of that is important. I only have eyes for one person. Without thinking, I immediately run into Austin's arms, throwing my arms around his neck.
Oh crap, I shouldn't have done that. I'm about to let go awkwardly when I feel his arms tighten around my waist, holding me close. We hold each other for a few more seconds, until I become aware of the flashes of light surrounding me.
The paparazzi.
I let go of Austin quickly, and hug my dad, Trish, and even Dez. I'm realizing how much I missed them all this summer, and I say, kind of teary, "I missed you guys so much!"
We all came together for a group hug. It felt good to be home.
I sat next to Trish and Austin in the car. I wanted to talk to Austin, but right now was not the time. I turned away from him and gushed to Trish all about London and One Direction. They all talked about different things that they did over the summer. It kind of made me regret being in London.
Since the plane landed and I checked my phone, I have received practically 100+ tweets asking me if I was back in Miami and back with Austin.
Getting tired of this I finally posted, "Yes, I am back in Miami. With school starting in just a few weeks, I need to get prepared. But, thank you onedirection for letting me stay with you guys all summer. =]"
I talked to all five boys before I left. They all agreed that having me there in London with them is a blast, and they're sad to see me go, but they all wanted me to go to Miami and fix things with Austin.
Unfortunately, my tweet didn't help to end the constant stream of tweets being sent to me. Everyone wanted to know if Austin and I were back together. The pictures of us hugging at the airport, and the group hug, were ALREADY all over the place online. I decided to ignore them.
With everyone else going their seperate ways, I take the chance to go into my practice room and play the piano. I wrote a new song on the plane, and I was itching to play it. Raw emotion filled my soul while playing, the song was so personal and meant so much to my situation. It was one of the realest songs I've ever written. When I finished playing it I hear a familiar voice say, "Wow."
Austin. He always seems to sneak up on me when I play. He says this is because I just get so into the music, but I think he deliberately tries to scare me.
"Hey Austin."
He walks over to the piano, and sits on the seat with me. We mindlessly play together for a while, going over simple and difficult pieces. We play old songs and sing with each other. Playing music, even though simply, again. Eventually he stands up and pulls me to the couch. I don't protest.
We sit there for a while, his arm around me, my head on his shoulder, he's playing with my hands. It was so incredibly nice, and private, I wanted to cry.
We don't talk, at least not yet, we don't need to. Well, we need to talk, just not in this first moment. At least that's what I felt like.
Austin on the otherhand, after holding me for probably 10 minutes, said, "Ally."
Just that, just my name. But I knew what he meant. He was opening up the conversation. Anything could be said now. But, I didn't know what to say. How do I tell the person I love that I'm sorry I didn't think we could push through the paparazzi together?
"Austin.."
I guess he could tell I didn't know what I was doing yet. He pulled his arm back from behind me, he looked kind of hurt. "Its ok Ally. I understand."
He got up from the couch and started to leave. As he walked through the door I suddenly screamed, "I'm sorry Austin!"
That stopped him. He closed the door behind him and came back into the room. "Ally.."
But, I didn't want him to speak. I needed to tell him all of these things that have been haunting me since I broke up with him.
"No, Austin, please just let me say this. I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I took our perfectly good relationship and flushed it down the drain. I'm sorry that I ran away when things got bad." By this point I'm crying, but I don't care. I just let the tears fall down my face. "I'm sorry that I had such little faith in us, that I let the most important thing in my life disappear. I'm so sorry Austin."
He didn't say anything. He just looked into my eyes. I repeated the words he said to me when he first told me he loved me. "Austin...please say something."
He smiled briefly, like he remembered the line, but then his face got serious. "Ally, I get why you did it. I really do. I just, I thought we could work through it. I was ready to fight through it all. I was ready to do that, because I want to be with you." I could see the hurt in his eyes. Could see how much I really upset him and disappointed him. "Ally, I was going to give you a necklace that day. To show you that no matter what we could work through it."
He pulled a necklace out of his pocket and handed it to me. It was beautiful. The tears spilled over in my eyes. Austin is the stronger of the two of us. He was ready to fight.
"I'm so sorry Austin."
He looked at me in the eyes. He stepped forward and put his arms around me. I rested my cheek against his chest and let him hold me. Eventually he pulled away and closed my hand over the necklace that I was trying to hand back to him. He got it for me, and he wasn't going to leave with it yet again. "I'm sorry too."
He kissed me on the cheek, lingering for a while. And then he walked out of the practice room, shutting the door behind him.
I immediately reached around my neck and clasped the necklace onto it. From now on, I would always wear that necklace.
Today was what we needed. We needed to put everything out onto the table. Now we just have to catch what has fallen, and see if there's anything left.