Stay With Me

Chapter 25

Ally's POV

I wake up the next morning and I can tell that something is different, something's wrong. I ignore the feeling to get ready for work. After getting dressed, I look in my bag so I can write in my book for a few minutes. I dig through it but I can't seem to find it. After dumping all the contents of the bag out It's still not here! "Where is it?!" I yell frustrated. Think Ally, where did you last have it? At the park! Oh crap, I hope Austin didn't get it. If he did and if he read it, things would not be good. Just calm down Ally, just go to work then worry about it.

At work, I try to ignore that I have no idea where my book is, but it's not working. I write everything in my book! When I say everything, I mean everything, ever since I was 11. If someone who hates me found it, they could ruin me, the things I wrote about Austin, well I just hope he didn't find it and if he did, he better not have read it.

Why would that be so bad? If Austin read it, he would know how I feel, he would know how I think about him and how hard I'm trying to be better.

It's now noon and more people are coming in. I'm standing by the piano, putting things away when I hear someone come in. I ignore it, but then I hear foot steps come behind me. Turning around I come face to face with the blonde.

"Austin, I don't have time to talk now, I'm working." He stays silent so I start to walk away, I stop when he pulls a familiar book from behind his back.

"I think this is yours." I grab the book from him.

"Did you read it?" The look in his eyes give me my answer. He read it. He knows all of my feelings. What is he going to do with them now? "Before you say anything, can we go somewhere private?" He nods, I lead the way to the practice room. I'm reminded of all the other times we were here.

We walk into the practice room and sit down. He speaks up first. "Remember the first time we were in here?" I remember it all too well. He takes my silence as a yes. "You were playing the piano when I walked in, your voice blew me away." He looks over at the piano with a sad gaze. "Then your dad came in and told you that I was going to be working with you, your face was priceless."

"I remember, then you said that you couldn't wait to get to know me!" He laughs.

"Yes, and the glare you gave me still haunts my dreams!" I playfully kick him. "When your dad left, you said, and I quote, 'The only reason you never noticed me before is because you live in your own little world with the popular people. People like me are beneath you.' When you said that I thought 'Damn! This girl doesn't hold back.'"

"Then you laughed at me!"

"I couldn't help it! I had never had someone be so brutally honest." I enjoy going down memory lane.

"Do you remember the first words you ever said to me?!"

"Um, yes. Do you remember when you got mac and cheese all over me? It did taste terrible by the way!"

"What ever, you know you loved having the cheese high lights you got in your hair!" Were both laughing, I forget why I'm here.

"I missed this." That brings me back.

"Austin, what did you read?" He gulps, oh god. "Okay, so you obviously read a lot. Is there any way we can forget this?" My statement brings him back.

"I can't forget what I just read! Ally, reading your words made me miss you even more, if that is possible. You said it your self, well you wrote it, but you said that you want to talk to me. Your new years resolution was to fix things with me. Let's fix things!"

"How do you expect us to fix things? I don't want to go back to how things were before."

"I don't want to either, so let's go forward."

"How?" I'm looking down at the floor and Austin is looking up at the ceiling.

"Well, for one, did you miss me?"

"If you really read my book you would know the answer. Yes I did. Did you miss me?" I do know the answer to that.

"Yes, a lot. Why didn't you ever call me?"

"Why didn't you call me?! The phone works both ways." I know exactly why he didn't call me.

"I think we both know why, it wasn't my job to call you. I was giving you space. If I hadn't found your book, would you have ever talked to me again?" I do not know that answer to that.

"I honestly don't know. Every time I would get close to calling you I would tell myself, 'Do you remember how terrible you felt last time you were with him?' Every time my mind would get the best of me."

"Ally, I get that you want to feel stronger and like you can handle your self before we get back together, but some times it's easier to get better with some one there for you."

"I have my dad, my mom, Trish and even Dez is there for me!" He gives me a look.

"You know that's not the same."

"Why would I want to be with the person who makes me feel these things."

"Because you make that person feel the same things." Right then I realized that I wasn't the only one who was confused. Austin got to read my book, so he knows my heart better than any one, but I don't get to read a book on Austin's heart. I have to guess how he's feeling, and lately I've been guessing wrong. "I'm not saying that what I did was okay, I said some terrible things and they still haunt me at night, but hurting you, hurt me. They say that when you love someone you hurt them more than any one else."

"I guess I've had it in my head that you didn't want to hear about what I'm going through."

"I want nothing more than to hear about what's going on inside that pretty head of yours. Reading your book made me realize how much I missed you, I missed hearing your thoughts. I want to hear them, every last one of them. Even the ones where you decide that you hate me. And especially the ones where you say you love me. I want to help you feel better."

"Austin, I want to get back together, but I just can't do it." He grabs both of my hands and I feel sparks that I haven't felt in forever.

"I'm not saying we get back together now, we need to build up our trust again. I'm saying that we become friends again. We hang out, talk on the phone and eat lunch together. No kissing, or lingering touches, just friends. Then when you feel ready, you tell me." I think about his offer. "I'm going to go before you remember that I read your book and kick me." He let's go of my hands and starts to walk away. He stops when he reaches the door. "Look in your book, I wrote something for you." With that he closes the door, leaving me alone with my thoughts.

A few minutes pass when I realize that I'm still at work. I go back down stairs to finish off my shift. Then when I'm done I can see what Austin wrote in my book. Did I want to talk to Austin? Wait, I'm not going to ask my self questions that I already know the answers to.

It's 5 PM when I head home. Dad is away for the week end so I have the house to my self. I sit down on the couch and flip to the back page of my book. There it is, in black ink.

Ally, by now you know that I read your book. If you killed me, tell my parents that I love them. If you didn't, tell your self that I love you. I love you, every thing about you and I don't care how many times I have to tell you because I would gladly tell you every day. My new years resolution was to fix things with you, give me that chance. I was a huge jerk for saying all of those things to you when I know how insecure you are, nothing will excuse my actions. Let me be there for you now, help you. When ever you need me by your side I'll be there. Let me be your super hero.

When I'm done reading I realize that tears are coming out of my eyes. I don't care right now. All I care about is getting my phone to text the one boy who I love and I know loves me.

Okay, be my super hero.

His response comes right away.

You sure?

Was I sure? There's no point in asking that question.

Yes.

Before he can respond, I compose another message.

Oh, and never, ever, touch my book again.

His next response makes me laugh.

Got it, but talk to me like I'm your book?

I roll my eyes but the smile is still on my face.

Maybe, but you can't be so cheesy.

I start to put my phone away, when it rings again.

I missed this.

I missed this more.

Hey! They talked! They're friends again! This story is almost over! :( There's about 5 chapters left. I have enjoyed writing this story, like a lot. The first part of the story I came up with was the first paragraph on the first chapter, about Ally not believing in the cliché love. I came up with that when I was reading a fan fiction and I was frustrated because they literally just met and they were confessing their love. I hate when stories do that so I wanted to do my own take on it. I hope that you guys have enjoyed reading this as much I enjoyed writing it :) Austin and Ally brought up the beginning of there relationship in this chapter, do you guys have any favorite moments?

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Edited on September 14, 2014

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