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Chapter 25

Ally POV

I woke up the next morning to my alarm, and was tempted to press snooze before I remembered that I had been late yesterday and would be in trouble if I was late again. Sighing I climbed out of bed and went into my bathroom to shower. I took my time, letting the soothing hot water cover my skin and relax my tense muscles. When the water eventually started to cool down I got out of the shower and towelled myself dry. I wrapped the towel around me and put my hair into a smaller towel before leaving the bathroom. I got dressed as fast as I could, running down the stairs and into the kitchen once I was done. Dez was sat at the table, eating toast, and Austin was stood at the sink. I wrapped my arms around his back and rested my head on his shoulders. He turned his head to kiss my nose softly. We turned around when Dez made a disgusted noise.

"Get a room guys, sheesh." He said, rolling his eyes, but we could tell he was only joking. Austin smirked.

"Gladly." He said, grabbing my hand and dragging me out of the kitchen. I laughed when I heard Dez yelp and call after us.

"I was joking, Austin! Don't you dare!" he shouted. We both started laughing, heading back into the kitchen hand in hand. Dez grunted, glaring at us. I let go of Austin's hand and went over to hug my brother. He hugged me back, although reluctantly, as if he was worried I was going to prank him or something.

"Relax, Dez. I just want a hug. Thanks so much." I said gratefully. He pulled away, frowning.

"For what?" he asked.

"For not being angry about me and Austin." I said. He smiled softly.

"No problem. At least he's only two years older than you. Plus I know he's a good guy. But, Als, there's something I need to tell you." He said sadly. I was suddenly worried.

"What?"

"Well, you might want to sit down…"

"Just tell me, Dez!"

"Mom and dad want to move to New York. And we would have to go with them." He blurted, looking apologetic. I froze, shocked. How could they want to move? They had both lived in Miami all their lives, and Dez and I had grown up here. They can't just move us all now…especially not to New York!

"But we can't! What about Austin, and Penelope and Liam!" I said, feeling tears spring to my eyes. Dez noticed this, and hugged me again. I looked at Austin, who also looked shocked, and worried.

"Well, mom and dad don't know about any of that yet. Maybe, once we tell them everything, they'll let us stay. But I doubt it. Dad's already put the store up for sale." He sighed. My eyes widened.

"What? He loves the store!"

"No, ally, he used to love the store. He hasn't even been on there for more than a few minutes in years, Ally. I'm sorry, but it's happening."

"No, no, it can't! He can't just leave the two of us to manage it by ourselves for the past few years and then just sell it, without even consulting us. There has to be something we can do!" I protested.

"Ally, calm down, there's nothing you can do about it. Dad is selling the store and we're moving to New York. Unless we can convince him that I need to stay here for Pen and Liam. But there's no way he'll let you stay just because of Austin. You're his little girl, Als. He's not going to want to let you go." He explained. I was crying properly now, and I turned around to hug Austin. He hugged me back tightly, and in that moment, I had to wonder how on earth I was going to get along without him. I had only known him for just under a week, and already he had turned my whole life around.

"So, when will you be going?" Austin asked Dez.

"Well, they'll be back on Monday, and then on Tuesday we're going for a few weeks, just to see if things are okay over there. Then, if all goes well, we'll come back and pack up, ready to move there for good."

"On Tuesday? That's only…four days!" I moaned, distressed. How could they do this to us? I hated my parents so much in that moment. Austin was rubbing my back soothingly, but it did nothing to calm my anger.

"I'm sorry, Ally." Said Dez softly.

"Well, sorry isn't going to stop them ruining my life, is it?" I yelled.

"Ally, it's not your brother's fault." Said Austin soothingly. I relaxed, realising he was right.

"I know. Sorry Dez. Come on Austin, can you take me to school?" I asked him. He nodded, glancing at Dez sympathetically, then grabbing my hand and following me out of the door.

"You didn't have to be so angry with Dez, Ally. It wasn't his fault." He said to me. I nodded, feeling guilty.

"I know. It's my parents' fault. I guess I was just angry, and I took it out on the wrong person. I'll apologise when we get back. What time is it anyway?" I asked him. He checked is watch.

"Ten minutes until you have to be in school." He said.

"Great, I can catch up on what I missed yesterday. As long as Trish is here, that is. Oh, by the way, have you spoken to Kelly recently? I know it's a random question, but after you kissed me in front of the whole school, it must have gotten back to her."

"Well, actually, I got an answerphone message off her. She told me to apologise to you, Dallas admitted that he pressured you. Then she was saying how she hoped we were happy and asked me if we could still be friends. I was going to call her back today but I forgot this morning. Would you mind if we were still friends?" he asked me. I shrugged.

"No, but you can probably be more than that. I mean, if I move to New York, it's not like we'll see each other enough to be dating." I sighed, fighting back tears. He looked at me, eyes wide. Pulling over, he undid his seatbelt and reached over to me.

"Look, Ally, I don't care where you move to. You can move to the moon for all I care. I still want to be with you. I like Kelly, but I like you more." He said. I smiled, nodding.

"Okay. I feel the same." I admitted. Grinning, he kissed me lightly, before starting the car again and driving me to school.

"I'll see you later, yeah?" he asked me as I got out of the car. I nodded, smiling.

"Bye Austin." I said, waving over my shoulder. I met Trish in the school library, where she was desperately trying to finish some French homework that was due in first lesson. I rolled my eyes at her disorganisation, before realising that I hadn't done it either. In fact, I hadn't done any of the homework I had been given this week. So much stuff had happened. I found it hard to believe it had only been a week since I met Austin; it seemed like years. Eventually we both finished the work and looked at each other. She could obviously tell there was something wrong with me, because she frowned.

"What's wrong Ally?" she asked me gently. I took a deep breath; I had a feeling Trish wasn't going to take this news very well.

"There's something I need to tell you. Something big." I told her.

"What is it?" she asked me eagerly.

"It's pretty life-changing. I don't know what to do…I didn't expect it to happen…" I started, not sure what the best way to tell her would be.

"Oh. My. God! You guys did it, didn't you?" she squealed, bouncing up and down in her seat, much to the annoyance of the librarian. For a second I didn't know what she meant, and then I got it.

"No! No, nothing like that! Oh God, I can see where you got that idea from, but no. It's worse than that."

"Then what is it?"

"My parents want us all to move to New York." I said. She froze, before shaking her head and saying 'no' over and over again.

"No, you can't! I'll never see you!" she cried. The librarian shushed her again, but Trish turned to glare at her and she soon shut up.

"I'm sorry Trish. I don't want to, but it's not my decision. We're going for a few weeks on Tuesday, and if all goes well we'll come back and pack up. Dad's sold the store; it's a done deal." I explained, feeling the tears start running down my cheeks again.

"Well, then, I guess we'll just have to make the most of the time we have left." She sighed. I hadn't expected her to give in so easily, but then again, she knew what my parents were like.

"Yeah. I have an idea…" I said.

"Spill."

"We should skip school today, so we can spend some time together. I would just hang out with you all weekend, but I was going to do something with Austin, so…"

"No, that's fine. Wow, who would have thought goody-two-shoes Ally would ever suggest skipping school?" Trish said. I slapped her arm playfully, even though I agreed with her. It was pretty strange.

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