Chapter 21

The Dream

Ally's POV

I keep looking at the picture of my mom. She's dead. I can't believe it. It seems so unreal. I have to face reality that she's gone. I will never see her face again or hear her voice again. Tears flow down faster. I sniff and grab a tissue. I blow then keep crying. I reach to grab another but I don't see my tissue box.

"Looking for this?" I hear from behind. I jump up and gasp. Austin chuckles and gives me my tissue box. He sighs. "What's going on?" he asks. "Don't you remember? You cheated on me." I hiss out. He winches. "Why do you keep saying that? That happened ages ago. I thought we cleared that up." Austin sits next to me. "No, it was last night." I correct him. "I don't remember cheating on you. I was at Dez's house the entire time. You can ask him. I never cheated on you." he explains. "Yeah, you were drunk. I don't expect you to remember you cheated on me with Piper." I mumble. "Piper!? Whoa, Ally. I would never cheat on you especially with Piper." he says. I sigh. "But you did."

"No, I didn't."

"Yes, you did."

"No, I didn't"

"Yes, you did."

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"No." I say. Then realize what I said and smack his arm. Hard. "Oww." He squeaks out. I chuckle.

There was silence. Then Austin broke it. "So, what did you mean that your mom died?" he asked carefully. "I mean she's dead, gone, no longer living, Austin. My parents got in a car crash and she didn't make it." I say. "But your mom is in Africa." he says. "Yeah, she wanted to surprise me, I guess." There was more silence."A-Ally, what are we now?" Austin asks worriedly.

"Nothing." I say.

He didn't have to ask what it means because he already knows. We're back to square one. I let out a big sigh. "I should go." I stand up but he grabs my hand. "You know Im not just gonna let you go. Im going to keep fighting for you. And there is nothing you can do to stop me." he says. "I know you're not. And let me just say, you're wasting your time." I get out of his grasp and walk off. Here comes more tears.

"ALLY!" the girls scream out to me. I sigh and turn around. "What?" I snap. They flinch. "What's going on?" Trish asks. "Nothing." I mumble then turn back around. I feel a hand grab my wrist pulling me back. "Ally, seriously. What happened?" Chelsea asks. I let out a huge breath then explain the whole thing to them. "Ally, that never happened." Trish said. "Yes it did. My mom is dead." Im in the verge of tears. "Ally, we have a surprise for you." Kira says.

"Honey?"

I turn around. There stands my dad. He isn't in crutches or in a wheel chair. He's perfectly fine. Next to him is my mom. She's perfectly fine as well. But she's here. Living and breathing happily and healthy. "M-Mom?" I stutter. My mind is screaming at me to run in her arms and hold her for dear life but my whole body doesn't seem to listen. It's like my body shut down. So I ended up like this. My eyes rolled to the back of my head and I fall to the floor with a 'thump'.

"ALLY!" I hear everyone shout before I go unconscious...

"Shh! She's waking up!" I hear.

My eyes snap open and I jump up. I see my mom and dad along with the girls and Austin. They all smile at me. I look around. Im in my bed. I expected to be at the hospital or something but Im at my bed. "What happened?" I ask. "That's it? No 'MOM! I missed you!' or 'MOM! What are you doing here?!'. " my mom asks. I look at her confused. "B-But I thought you were dead." I say.

"What? Where did you get that idea?" she raises an eyebrow. "The doctor called me saying you got in a car crash with dad and died." I explain. She smiles. "Honey, are you okay? I took a plane and taxi to get here. Your dad was not with me until I arrived at his house." she explains. "So, it didn't happen?" I ask. She shakes her head. I look at the girls. "We didn't fight at the ice cream shop?" I ask them. They shake their heads. "We haven't been their since last month. Im actually craving some right now." Chelsea says.

I look at Austin. "A-And, y-you n-never c-cheated on m-me?" I stutter. Im nervous okay? "What? No." he shakes his head vigorously. I sigh of relief. "So it was a dream?" I ask. They look at me weirdly and nod slowly. "Good. So, why didn't you take me to the hospital?" I ask.

"Huh? Why would we do that?" Austin asks. "I fainted." I say in a 'duh' tone. "No you didn't." He says in the same tone. "You were still sleeping here so we wanted to surprise you." my mom says. "Wait, that was a dream too!? This is so confusing! What if this is a dream too!?" I ask worriedly. "You need help." my dad comments. I glare at him.

"Don't worry, this is all real." Austin reassures me. I nod. Then pinch myself. "Ow... Okay, this is real." I say with a thumbs up. They all roll their eyes. Im so glad it was all a dream. Ugh! That was so confusing. Im glad I still have my mom, the girls, and Austin. I love them all...

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