Here's a treat for you readers who i love! Another chapter in one day! :D -RossLover2012
Dez and Trish open the unlocked front door and find us. "Are you guys okay?" Dez asks.
"Yes." I say.
"We buried Henrys remains as far into the woods as we could." Trish said.
"Is it over now?" Austin asks, while we both sit up.
"I think so." I say.
Dez drove us to the hospital to get checked. Austin needed a lot stitches in his cut on his leg and he has some bruises. And a small concussion thanks to me.
I have three broken ribs, and many bruises and cuts. When the staff at the hospital asked what happened, we said we checked out an old haunted house and the floors gave out. They believed us.
Dez dropped Trish and I off at my house, and drove Austin home too so he could go lie down and rest.
The next day Trish and I went around the house, trying to clean it up. I refused to go back down in the basement so I just locked the door and hoped my dad wouldn't want to go in there for a long time.
I picked up all the glass from the vase I hit Austin with, feeling more horrible about it by the minute. Trish could tell, too.
"Ally, he was going to kill you. It's not like you wanted to hurt him purposely." She says.
"I guess." I say.
Trish cleans up some blood trails; they were either from me or Austin. Finally, after a long day of cleaning, the house looked normal again. Just in time for my dad to arrive in a few hours.
I check my phone every hour, but I haven't heard from Austin.
"He's resting Ally, he lost a lot of blood, and he's going to feel bad for a while. Plus you can't use cell phones when you have a concussion." Trish assures me.
"I know but…" I start.
"What? Do you have something juicy to tell me?" Her face lights up.
"Well, when he was locked in my closet, and I thought he could be dying in there and I couldn't help. I got caught up in the moment so I told him I was going to do what I had to do, which was get Henrys remains." I say. "And?" Trish says.
"I told him I loved him." I whisper.
Her eyes get even bigger. She jumps up and down and claps her hands, "Really! What did he say?"
"He said 'I love you too'"
"Oh my gosh this is huge. Why didn't you tell me this, sooner?" She says.
"Well I was kind of trying to get over the fact we could have died multiple times yesterday. But anyway, he hasn't said anything about it since. So maybe he was just caught up in the moment, or maybe he just said it back because he didn't want to let me down easy at that already difficult moment." I say.
"I'm sure he meant it." Trish says.
I hid my cuts with makeup and continue to fight through the pain of my bandaged ribs. When my dad comes home, he doesn't notice a thing. He goes on and on about the great time he had with Sally over dinner. That neither I nor Trish ate.
"What did you guys do when I was gone?" He asks.
Trish and I look at each other, "Oh you know same stuff." I say.
"Any boys spend the night?" He laughs.
I laugh, as real as I can make it sound. "Funny dad, Austin really isn't as bad as you think." I say.
"Well, he has been staying away from you like I told him. I'll think about letting you hang out with him again." He says.
My eyes light up and I would jump out of my seat and hug my dad but he would get suspicious when I cry out in pain and hug my ribs.
"Thanks dad." I say calmly.
Trish goes home today. I go with my dad to drop her off at the airport. I still haven't heard from Austin, it's only been a few days and Dez tells me he's alive and well. But I'm just worried that maybe he won't forgive me for everything that happened. And Trish leaving doesn't help the emptiness I'm already feeling. On the plus side, I haven't heard from Henry or Thomas since. I wouldn't mind Henry, after all he helped me. And I really want to know what happened between him and Thomas, but I rather him be resting in peace now, and not have Thomas bothering me.
"Trish. Please don't leave." I say.
"Oh Ally, I don't want to. Move back to Miami." Trish says.
"I wish." I whine. Yes I do wish that, but a part of me doesn't. I mean of course I miss my old life in Miami, but I would never be able to move away from Austin.
She hugs me goodbye, and I don't want to let go. I don't want to be alone again. Tears run down my face.
"You're my best friend. Thanks for everything this week; I'm sorry I dragged you into all that." I say.
"That's what best friends are for." She says, and walks towards the ticket lady. She turns around and waves, and boards her flight.
I just stand there next to my dad for a minute. "Ready to go?" He asks. I nod.
When we pull into my house, my dad starts acting weird.
"So Ally, when are you and that Austin boy going to start hanging out? I think I like him." He says.
Huh? He doesn't even know him, and hasn't talk to him. How does he like him already? I don't even want to think of any of that right now.
"Uh I don't know. I'm going up to my room."
Wait a minute, my dad told me he'd think about letting me see Austin again. And now he's asking when I'm going to? That makes no sense. I just brush it off, too emotionally drained to care about anything anymore.
I walk up my stairs, and when I open my door, Austin is sitting on my bed.