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Chapter 21

The announcement that they were staying married was met with silence for a long moment before the room exploded again.

"I can't believe that you think this is the right thing to do!" Mike yelled as he stood and began pacing around the room.

Lester slouched back against the couch in defeat and just shook his head. "Oh, honey," he sighed. "You're so not ready for this."

Mimi was the only one of them who seemed happy as she leaned forward and smiled. "I'm so happy for you two. This has been a long time coming, and I'm so happy you decided to stick it out."

Austin was smiling and tugging Ally closer to him in response to his mother's enthusiasm, completely ignoring the fact that his father was still pacing and muttering to himself. Ally was struggling with the disappointed look on her father's face. Lester was sadly shaking his head and eying his daughter.

"Daddy," she said softly turning to him, drawing Austin's attention to her dad. "I... You...We...," she stammered, trying to make her words come out the way she wanted them to.

Austin watched Lester look disappointed and Ally try to speak to him. He knew Ally hated it when she disappointed her father and Austin could see she was really trying to figure out how to explain herself. Austin pulled her closer to him and tried to let her know he was there and supportive. Austin also noticed that his dad had stopped pacing and was watching Lester and Ally closely.

Austin glanced quickly from his father to Lester and saw Mike nod almost imperceptibly and Lester nod back. "Wait just a minute," Austin growled. "What is going on right now? Is this just another ploy to get us to do what you want?"

Lester flushed darkly and looked away from Ally. She took a deep breath in and gulped as she looked back toward Austin who was getting angrier by the minute.

"If you think I'm going to sit here and let the two of you manipulate Ally into doing what you think is right, you've got another think coming," Austin spoke angrily. "When are the two of you going to realize that you have no business trying to force us to do what you want us to?"

Ally was still reeling, she couldn't believe that her father would use something like this against her, just to get her to do what he wanted. She shook her head as if to clear it and glared at her father.

"Daddy," she began, her voice shaking with emotion. "I know you don't agree with what happened between Austin and I this past weekend, but you have no right to try and take this decision from us." She turned to look darkly at Mike as well. "Neither do you."

"Ally and I are quite capable of deciding what to do about this, all on our own,"Austin interjected. "We have already decided to stay married, in fact. This is what we both want, have both wanted for a long time, and were just too afraid to do anything about. Maybe if you just listen to us, you will understand that."

"Dad," Ally said softly leaning away from Austin and laying a hand on her father's arm. "We are happy together. Happier than we've been in a long time."

"But why do you have to stay married? You're so young. You haven't even dated or done anything that you're supposed to do before you get married," Lester said looking at Ally.

"Exactly," Mike spoke as he found his seat again. "You're supposed to date and get to know one another better, fight and learn how to make up together, see how your careers fit together. You two don't even live on the same side of the country. How can you possibly know if this is going to work."

Austin and Ally exchanged incredulous looks but before they could speak to answer their fathers, Mimi started laughing. Laughing really hard, so hard she had to wipe tears away and it took her several moments to control herself.

"Insane, I told you," Austin whispered to Ally. They just watched as Mimi tried to control herself. Lester and Mike were watching Mimi, trying to figure out what was going on.

Mimi finally pulled herself together and spoke to her husband and Lester. "You can't be serious. Austin has known Ally for years, they know each other. They've done everything that you've just mentioned together. They are friends. They fight and make up. Their careers are made to go together. As for their living arrangements, I'm sure they'll work it out. They've been making their way to this kind of relationship since they met."

Austin looked at his mother in amazement. She was really supporting them in their decision to stay together and she was standing against his father, which he had rarely seen.

Ally smiled at Mimi. "You're right. We do know a lot of things about each other. We also know that it's not going to be easy. Making our lives work together from across the country is not what we want. What we really want is for you all to realize that this, us being together, is what we want."

Austin nodded and interjected, "Right, we know this is a surprise to some of you, but this is what we both want. We're here now, married, and we don't want to go back to the way it used to be. This may not be the traditional way to get married, but it is the way it happened. We're both okay with it and we want you to be as well."

Ally looked up at Austin and he gazed back at her. He smiled and she smiled back. Their parents watched the young couple get lost in each other. Mimi was happy, thrilled, ecstatic that her son had finally, finally realized how he felt about Ally and that he had done something about it. Lester was coming around to the idea of his little girl being a woman, a strong woman, married to a man, a good man. Mike sighed in defeat, there were no more arguments to be made, his son was happy and only a fool would try to deny that; Mike Moon was no fool.

"Well, let's go eat and you can tell us your plans for the future and maybe we can start planning a reception for the two of you," Mimi said as she stood and led the way to the dining room.

"We'll be right there, Mom," Austin said as he pulled Ally close to him. Their parents left the room and they were alone.

Ally collapsed into his arms breathing in his fresh, clean scent.

"That wasn't so bad," Austin whispered into her hair.

"Speak for yourself," Ally countered. "They weren't ganging up on you."

Austin chuckled leaning back and sweeping her hair back from her face. "You did great though," he said proudly. "They definitely picked the wrong girl to pick on. You were amazing. I think they're going to get on board with us now."

Ally nodded as she stood trying to pull Austin up with her. He took a moment to gaze up at the beautiful woman in front of him. He reached a hand out and lightly dragged his fingertips from her knee up her thigh to tease the hem of her skirt a little higher.

Ally's leg shook slightly as his fingers became more adventurous and delved under her skirt. She smiled down at him and stilled his hand with one of hers. "Come on, let's go join them before they come looking for us."

Austin chuckled again and stood up quickly, taking advantage of their closeness to steal a quick kiss before leading her to their parents.

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Dinner was over and Lester had left. They had discussed their plans and Mimi was halfway into planning a reception for them. Austin and Ally walked into the room they were sharing and Austin shut and locked the door behind them.

"Finally," he sighed. "I thought your dad would never leave."

Ally smiled at him over her shoulder. "Why are you so happy my dad left?"

"Because, I can't keep my hands off his daughter and he noticed. He kept shooting me dirty looks all night. Now I don't have to feel guilty about doing this."

He reached out and grabbed her by the waist, pulling her backwards into him. She felt his hard, warm body mold itself to hers. His hips were pushing into her hips, his chest against her back, his hands on her legs finding their way under her skirt.

"I love it when you get all grabby," Ally laughed sultrily as she reached back and trailed her hands up Austin's thighs.

They froze as they heard the doorknob rattle behind them. "Austin," his father called.

Austin sighed into her hair as he released her to turn and answer the door. He opened the door and stared down at his dad. "Yes?"

Mike took a step back as he took in his son's angry face. "Your mother and I have rules about locked doors," he started.

"I know all about the rules, Dad. They are going to have to change. If you expect us to not lock the door so you can walk in when you want, it's not going to happen. My wife and I deserve to have some privacy when we visit you. You didn't even knock before you tried the door."

Mike sighed and looked away from his son. He had expected anger which he could have used to his advantage, but Austin had controlled himself. His son was really growing up, that thought made him proud and sad all at the same time. He nodded at his son.

"We were just wondering what your plans for tomorrow were. We have to go in to work," Mike said quietly.

"What's tomorrow? Tuesday? We don't have to talk to Jimmy until Wednesday so I have no idea what we're going to do yet. Probably get together with Trish and Dez at some point. Other than that, no idea," Austin answered.

Mike nodded again, "Just let us know if you're going to be around for dinner. And you're right."

Austin quirked an eyebrow at his dad. "Right about what?"

Mike waved his hand to indicate the door. "You're right. I didn't knock and I should have. You can lock the door, it's no longer a rule."

Austin nodded back at his father. "Thanks, Dad. Well, we'll see you tomorrow."

"Good night, Austin," Mike said turning away as Austin quietly shut the door and locked it again. He turned to Ally and smiled wickedly.

"Where were we?" he asked.

Ally sat down on the bed and smiled up at him. "I think you were trying to get to third base again, Mr. Moon."

He walked over to the bed and kneeled in front of her placing his hands on her knees and pressing them to the sides so he could fit between them. "That's right, Mrs. Moon. That is what I was trying to do."

He trailed his hands up her thighs pushing her skirt higher and higher as they sought her center. He brushed against the silk covering her womanhood softly as Ally fell back onto her elbows. Her eyes never left Austin as she watched him brush his fingers across her again and again, feeling her get damper and damper.

Austin looked up at her and smirked. "Like that do you?"

Ally laughed. "Think so?"

Austin smiled and slid his fingers under the silk to touch her heated flesh, his fingers sliding across her wet folds.

"Oh, baby, I know you like it," he whispered before leaning forward to capture her mouth with his as he slid two fingers into her center and swirled a thumb over her clit.

Ally's cry of pleasure was silenced by Austin's tongue plunging into her mouth.