Chapter 25: The Truth - Part 2

Ally's P.O.V

An hour earlier

"Ally! Merry Christmas." He says happily and I hug him.

"Elliot! It's so good to see you." I smile.

"You too, you look hot." He says nudging my arm and I giggle.

"I've missed you." I say honestly.

"I've missed you too, so can we go for a walk and catch up for a bit?" He asks and I nod.

"Sure."

We walk for around 40 minutes before we just stop back in front of my house, we talked about what have happened in our lives since last time we talked. He asked about Austin's recovery and about my relationship with him, obviously I didn't tell the guy who's in love with me that I had hot passionate sex with my maybe, maybe not ex boyfriend last night.

"Ally, there's something important I wanted to tell you." He says nervously.

"What? Is anything wrong?" I ask suddenly nervous.

"No everything is fine, I just... Now that Austin doesn't remember you or the relationship you once shared... I wonder... Hope... I want you to give us a fair chance, back in the group home you told me you couldn't because you had a boyfriend, but maybe now could be our time?" He asks hopefully.

"Elliot I... I still love him... Now is not the time to start something new..." I say trying to let him down easy, he wouldn't even be asking if he knew what went on last night against the wall next to the kitchen, I blush as I think about the way Austin handled me last night, wow.

"I just want a chance... A chance to show you that I can be the right guy for you." He says.

"Elliot... He just woke up and... And I... We might get back together... He has remembered so much already... I don't want to lead you on..." I say trying so hard not to hurt him because if I told him about last night he would be hurt.

"Please just consider it." He asks and I nod, I don't really know why I did because I don't see him as more than a friend and I wouldn't do it to Cassidy or Austin.

He leans in and before I realize his intentions his lips are on mine, for a moment I'm too started to do anything, but once my brain registers what's happening I push him away. I didn't feel anything, there's nothing to consider and that's when I notice Austin. I see the look of betrayal in his eyes and it breaks my heart, he walks away and I turn to Elliot.

"Why would you do that?" I ask, pissed.

"Because I'm in love with you and I want you to choose me instead of him." He says.*1

"I love him and now I have to go fix whatever mess you just made between us, please just go home Elliot. I'll talk to you later." I snap.

"I'm sorry, Ally." He says sadly and I know he is, that's why I'll forgive him later, but for now I need to find Austin.

There was one second where I wanted to slap Elliot because he made this mess and that scares me, I've never been so emotionally unstable before it's like my emotions are running on overdrive. It's not just this it's everything, every emotion I feel is heightened and I feel it deeply so naturally when I'm angry then I could basically kill someone, not that I ever would of course.

Last night when Austin touched me the only thing I could feel was lust and I couldn't control it. I'm beginning to have an idea on what's happening to me, but I push the thought away I don't want to think that it could be real, I'm not even sure I want it to be real and even if I did now is so not the time.

I don't want to deal with this right now and it shouldn't even be possible so I push it all away, at least for now. I focus on Austin, he's the one who is important, I see him sitting on a swing looking completely heartbroken and I hate that I did this to him, I know I have to fix it.

Austin's P.O.V

I walked away after I saw Ally kiss Elliot, I considered going back inside, but I want to be alone more than anything right now, so instead I walk off for a while before I get to a playground. I sit down on a swing, I'm angry, sad and heartbroken. I don't understand anything anymore.

Not even 5 minutes later Ally is sitting on the swing next to me.

"Ally, please, just go." I say refusing to look her way, I can't even look at her.

"No, whatever you're thinking right now, you're wrong." She whispers.

"Really? Cuz' I'm thinking you just kissed Elliot after what we did last night! He gave you the necklace, didn't he?" I ask consumed by rage.

"The answer to both of those questions are no. I didn't kiss him, he kissed me and I pushed him away when I realized what was happening. And no he didn't give me the necklace." She says sincerely and I find myself believing her, the rage I felt a second ago disappears instantly and my heart is no longer in pieces somehow just looking at her put the pieces of my heart back together.

"Have you ever been with him?" I ask, I need to know in order to let this go.

"No, I've never been more than friends with him, but I've known for a while that he wanted to be more. He confronted me in the group home, but I told him off. I was so sure that I never gave him any indication that I wanted more than friendship with him, but he clearly believe I had changed my mind." She sobs.

"Hey, what's wrong?" I ask softly.

"I hurt him Austin, I hurt him and I hurt you." She says on the edge of breaking down.

"No, you didn't. I'm fine Ally, you explained and I saw you push him away, I just didn't know what to think. I was so scared that I've lost you so I walked off. Elliot shouldn't have come on to you like that if he couldn't handle the rejection if you've never been more than friends he shouldn't make you feel bad for saying no." I tell her, I feel angry at Elliot and myself for making her feel bad technically I have no right to be mad at her either, I mean we aren't together officially, but I'm gonna fix that.

"Thanks Austin, you know if it helps I felt nothing when he kissed me, it felt wrong not that I would tell Elliot that because that would be very hurtful." She confesses.

"It does help actually." I smile.

"What would you have done if I had been in love with him and chosen him instead if you?" She asks nervously and I consider her question for a moment.

"If you really loved him and I could do nothing to change your mind then I would let you go, I would let you be happy even if it wasn't with me." I confess, the way she looks at me when I tell her that I would have let her go is a look of pure love. She leans towards me and I lean towards her, our lips touch for a quick, but passionate kiss.

"You would really have let me go if it meant I would be happy?" She asks with tears in her eyes and I know it's happy tears, I know this was about more than the question she asked me this was about my feelings for her. What she really wanted to know was if I would let her be happy without me, if I love her enough to let her go, which I do.

"Yes, your happiness means more to me." I whisper and then decide that I want to ask her about everything I learned today. "Ally, I... I need you to tell me what last night meant to you... I got my phone back from my mom and those text between us they aren't friendly or sibling related... I have pictures of us and a video on my phone... I looked through the songs I supposedly wrote and they're all about you..." I say honestly.

"I... I... We..." She says distressed fumbling with the necklace and that distracts me instantly.

"Who gave you that necklace?" I ask instead turning to her and caressing her cheek as I make her look up at me.

"You did." She whispers in such low voice that I almost missed it.

"I gave you that? When?" I ask in bewildered.

"Just before Christmas last year."

"Why?"

"Austin, I... I have to tell you something and I don't know how you'll react to it, but I have to tell you and I think it's time." She says nervously.

"Please, you know you can tell me anything." I assure her.

"When we met last summer, we connected fast through our music and we kissed after only two days, we were each other's firsts. We've been on and off a few times, but we were never really over." She explains. "The reason you could find all those things in your phone was because we were dating, technically we are dating." She confesses, I'm surprised, but in a way it doesn't surprise me all that much, she's the kind of girl I would break any rule for... I have already when I kissed her among other things yesterday besides I did fall in love with her all over again in the matter of days hours even.

"We dated? You're my girlfriend?" I whisper even though I just found out, hearing her admit it is something entirely different, she nods. "That explains a lot, I felt so bad because I wanted to do this ever since I opened my eyes at the hospital." I say getting up from the swing, she stares confused at me until I lean in, our lips meet and the primal attraction is back. I wrap my arms around her waist bringing her mouth closer to mine, she wraps her arms around my neck bringing my body closer to hers.

"You have no idea how much I've missed this." She whispers, her voice laced with desire.

"Trust me I wanted to do this from the minute I opened my eyes, yesterday I gave into it and today I know why. I never even noticed any other girls because they weren't you." I caresses her cheek once again.

"You once said that to me before."

"I did?"

"Yeah." She smiles. "This ring was a promise ring, when you gave this to me it represented hope for a future for you and me. You told me that you saw us getting married, having kids, grow old together, everything." She tells me and I'm not surprised, I saw that future with her the second I opened my eyes.

"That promise still stands." I whisper.

"What?" She asks surprised.

"I love you, Ally. I still love you." I say softly before I continue. "I loved you from the first moment I opened my eyes in the hospital, I was confused to how I could love someone this deeply without knowing them, but today it all started to make sense. I know that I wouldn't have been able to just be your friend even if I hadn't gotten any of the information I got today. It might have taken me longer, but I'll always find a way back to you." I confess, tears are falling from her eyes and I dry them away. "Please don't cry, I hate to see you cry." I whisper.

"It's happy tears, I promise, I just... When you didn't remember me I thought I had lost you forever, but I should have known better." She says looking up at me. "I'm sorry, I should have told you." She says sadly.

"It would have made my feelings so much easier to deal with." I tease.

"I know." She says looking down.

"I need you to tell me something." I say seriously.

"What?" She asks looking back into my eyes.

"I need to know that you're only mine, I couldn't bare to lose you. I need to know you still want to be with me." I say vulnerably.

"I am yours, I've always been yours." She confesses passionately and I kiss her, she wraps her arms around my neck. I pull away for air, but without letting her out of my embrace and she doesn't seem to mind. "To answer your question yesterday, about the day of the accident that you remembered." She says hesitant.

"What about it?" I ask, it was the last think on my mind in this moment.

"You remembered that we talked about telling our parents, and then you asked me what we wanted to tell them. You wanted to come clean about our relationship after we both turned 18 and you tried to talk me into it, but I didn't want to because I was scared." She whispers.

"Scared of what?" I ask.

"All the lies we have told, we have lied so much over the last year and a half. I told you I didn't want to tell our parents because I was afraid my dad would never forgive me for all this lying since he believes I've never lied to him before, but it was only a part of the reason. We fought over it and that's when I ran away from you out on the road and then... And then." Her voice cracks.

"Shh... I know." I whisper trying to prevent her from going to a dark place.

"How can you just forgive me for being so careless?" She asks suddenly.

"Because I love you and because I know there's more to the story then you've told me so far." I confess.

"You said that before the accident too, but I didn't realize what else was holding me back before they had to restart your heart." She whispers.

"Tell me."

"I was afraid our parents would drive us apart because let's face it, they will be furious when we tell them and they won't approve, that's why we lied in the first place." She confesses.

"Ally! I don't care what they say or do, when we're 18 we can be together if they accept it or not. I want to be with you regardless of their response." I tell her and she smiles.

"I knew you would say that and I realized that I was being silly, I want to give us both some time to readjust before we tell them about us, but I do want to tell them at the latest after our graduation which is in a few months." She says and that make me incredibly happy.

"That's our plan then." I say happily and she smiles. "Can we stop being serious now?" I ask heatedly.

"Yes." She says standing on her tiptoes to kiss me and I embrace it, she's here, in my arms and she still loves me.

We stay there for about an hour before we begin to walk back to the house, I mean it's Christmas so we should at least be there for the family dinner, when we get back inside dinner is already on the table. I once again sit beside Ally taking her hand under the table, she smiles shyly at me and I lean in to whisper in her ear when our parents is in deep conversation.

"Have I ever told you how happy I am that you're not my sister." I whisper and she giggles.

"No, it kinda freaked me out when you asked me that." She whispers.

"I bet, I was relieved to know that you're were only my stepsister and that we never acted as siblings." I whisper in a grin.

"Don't think I didn't see the relief on your face when I told you that." She smirks.

The rest of the evening passes by quietly, we're all watching a Christmas movie in the living room and Ally is in my arms, I love how our parents doesn't seem to care that we're close, but I must admit they look at us suspiciously from time to time and I find myself wondering how long we can keep this up before they figure out the truth.

We finally call it a night, Ally and I are staying the night in her room since it's the one furthest away from our parents room. She lies down on the bed and I follow suit, she turns so she can look at me.

"There's something else you should know." She whispers.

"What's that?" I ask.

"I told you that we were each other's first, but I never told you that even when we broke up none of us slept with anyone else." She confesses and her voice curses through my mind I lost a child I didn't know I was carrying.

"Does that mean that the child you lost was mine too?" I ask fearfully.

"Yes." She whispers.

"What happened?" I ask trying to process.

"I was off the rails the total of the 3 month I was pregnant." She says.

"Your eating disorder?" I ask and she nods. "What happened to make it that bad?" I ask fearing her response.

"Our parents got married and I convinced myself that I couldn't be with you, so I broke up with you. I thought I was doing the right thing, but we were both hurting so much... I collapsed the day after the weeding and you brought me to the hospital... I had no idea I was pregnant and we got back together, a week later I lost the child." She whispers.

"That's where you almost died." I whisper and she nods. "Why didn't I notice?" I ask angry at myself.

"I hid it from everyone, no one knew. Don't blame yourself, if that hadn't happened I would never have faced my problems." She says.

"You really did work through it, didn't you?" I ask.

"Yes, so did you." She says and I nod, I decide to change the subject.

"You know, I really hate that I don't remember our first time together, I'm sure it's one of the best nights of my life." I say regretfully and her eyes darken in a way that makes my heart beat wildly in my chest, to the point where I almost think it's gonna escape.

"I could remind you." She says seductively running her hand down of my chest, my breathing gets caught in my throat.

"Are you sure?" I breathe.

"Never been surer." She whispers in my ear and I don't need to be told twice as I lean in and kiss her passionately.

"Tell me about it." I whisper between kisses and she pulls me up with her and backwards until her back is against the door.

"You pushed me against this door after you locked it." She whispers and I lock the door as she says it.

She begins to unbutton my shirt slowly and when she gets it open she pushes it off my shoulders, she takes my hand in hers and guide it to the zipper on her dress. I unzip her dress slowly feeling her all the way down and she moans into my mouth. We continue to undress each other until there's nothing left, I lift her up and she wraps her legs around my waist as I reunite our lips.

"Then what happened?" I ask breathlessly as I carry her to the bed.

"You asked me if I was sure, that you would never forgive yourself if you hurt me or pressured me into something I wasn't ready for." She says heatedly as we get comfortable on the bed.

"What did you tell me?" I ask.

"I told you that I wanted to be with you, and that you weren't making me do anything I didn't want to do." She says. "Then you kissed me all over." She continues and I do just that.

"Then what?" I ask as I kiss my way back up of her body.

"Then you made love to me only realizing then that I was a virgin, you told me you never wanted it before this moment. You were so gentle, so sweet with me and it made me feel so safe." She whispers as I gently push inside her.

She moans when I begin to move, I keep it sweet and gentle for her, I quickly realize how much I love this connection between us when we gain eye contact as I make love to her. It feels so intense when she looks at me like she is right now, I lean forward kissing her passionately. I loved what we did last night, but this connection we have in this moment makes this even more special.

Her fingers are in my hair tuck my blonde locks gently and it has me groaning, wow, why do I like that so much? I'm guessing she used to do that to me because it has me going crazy. She moves her fingers down of my back slowly and it has me going wild with need, she knows my body better than I do.

I kiss her neck finding that spot I found last night, the one that had her going wild and this time it has her coming instantly. It turns me on so bad that I can get her off more than once, she seems to always want me just as much as I want her and there's no bigger turn on than that.

She begins meeting my thrusts never missing a beat, she comes once more and it has me struggling not to give in yet, but I don't want it to end yet. I keep moving slowly, she wraps her legs around my waist giving me more space to move and it causes me to move even deeper then before. I gasp and she moans, we gain eyes contact and I pick up my pace a little, she's struggling to keep her eyes open and on me.

The end is nearing yet again and when she lets go I do too, I keep my eyes on her and she does the same. I kiss her gently before I lie down beside her pulling her into my arms where she's more than willing to be.

"Wow." I whisper.

"Wow." She agrees. "You know we both said that when it was our first time." She tells me turning around in my arms so she can look at me.

"I'm not surprised, but I want to remember." I say with burning desire, it kills me not to know.

"I know and I want you to remember, but we have to be patient. It could have been a lot worse than it is." She says and I kiss her temple.

"I know and I'm grateful that I found my way back to you." I admit.

"I'm happy you did too, it must be our thing to get together fast." She smiles.

"I'm happy it is." I smile back, she yawns tiredly. "Tired?"

"Yeah, you completely wore me out." She smirks and I grin.

"Sweet dreams." I whisper to her and she smiles cuddling closer within minutes she's asleep, I watch her sleep, she's adorable.

She completely stole my heart and even if I wanted my heart back I would have no chance of getting it, it's hers. I can't stop thinking about how lucky I am to have her in my life, she stuck with me even when things looked hopeless, I never want to know what it's like being without her. I close my eyes and let myself drift off thinking about her.

A/N:

Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter, I'm happy you don't all agree with that one bad review I got, it warms my heart so this is for you :)

A little warning the Elliot drama isn't quite over yet, it'll happen in 2 or 3 chapters depending on where the story takes me, this is just a heads up :)

1* yes that was a twilight reference, I just couldn't resist :)

- Until next time :)