Ok so I've decided that this story is gonna go up to 40 chapters at least. I'm going to be making these last couple chapters longer so everything fits in that I wanna write. Well this chapter is gonna be short... I have a few ideas until this ends. So with that being said, I hope you enjoy this chapter :). More sibling love too ;). I own nothing.

"Hey Ally, what are you doing?" Patrick peeked into his sisters room. His voice was friendly and cool.

Her tongue was sticking out, and she looked focused on her computer. "Looking up collages," she explained, not taking her eyes off of the computer. Patrick took a few more steps until he was in the center of the room.

"Oh," he grunted, looking down at the floor.

Ally forced herself to look up. "Hey what's wrong?" she asked worryingly. She always thought her brother would be excited that she was moving out soon. It would be a lie if she said she wasn't excited herself.

"It's... it's nothing..." he trailed off, shuffling his feet on her carpet. "See ya later-"

"Nu uh!" before he could leave, she got on her feet and grabbed his wrist. "Patrick, what's wrong?" She dragged him to her bed where she plopped him down and took a seat next to him; not forgetting to clutch her dolphin so he won't get to it and try to steel it again.

He let out a sigh. "Come on... it's not like I'm gonna miss you or anything." She saw a tear stream down his face, but he quickly wiped it.

"Aww," Ally wrapped her brother into a bear hug. And he didn't do anything to hesitate. He just snuggled into her shoulders, and cried on them. I bet this isn't easy for him, she thought sympathetically. It sure in the hell isn't easy for me.

By the way Patrick was acting, Ally was sure her dad would be worse. "Ally?"

"Yes, Patrick?"

"Are we a broken family?"

Ally opened her eyes, pulling away from Patrick gently and meeting the little boy's heartbreaking gaze, which made since cause it was a heartbreaking question.

She sighed, looking for the right words. She looked up at the ceiling, as if she would find the answer up there. Patrick looked up too, but he didn't see anything. She looked back down at him. "Well... Maybe a little. BUT, I'm gonna be here all summer, so I won't be going for a while." She tried to cheer him up. She hated seeing a sad Patrick.

"Yeah, I guess. But since the divorce... it seems like we're broken," he explained slowly. "And no one could make it better."

He was right on that one. But she thought of one person who could: Austin Moon. When he was there, everything seemed possible. She knew mentioning Austin to Patrick would cheer him up. And she always did it in a story. Whenever her brother was sad and she talked about Austin, he would be happy.

Ally perked her lips and began to tell the story that she had told multiple times when he was sad. She pulled her brother close and told it.

"There was once... a Superhero," she began hesitantly.

Patrick brightened. "Austin!" he exclaimed excitedly.

"Right," she nodded. "And he lived in a small town; and miles away there was a normal girl that lived in big city, with big problems."

"You!" he pointed to her.

"Yes," she nodded again. "See, the girl felt broken inside, as if her heart was broken in half. She was constantly harassed. And she dreamed that one day, someone would sweep her off her feet, and love her. She didn't think that was possible. But one day, she saw him. The Superhero. He came to the big town with big problems to help the people. In the small town he came from, everyone was sick, and they told him to go because they didn't want him sick as well. "We'll be alright," they said.

In the big town, the girl met him, and suddenly, she felt her world was complete at last. The Superhero promised to protect the girl from any harm. And as expected, he did. They had their ups and downs, but they made it though everything. The Superhero told the girl were he used to live, and how the people got sick. She wanted to comfort him, but she knew there was no way.

But the Superhero let her know everyday that her presents made everything better. He loved her, and always thought about her needs before his wants; and she always thought of him, and his needs before her wants. And that, Patrick, is love."

Austin and Ally had came up with that themselves and they had to say they were rather proud of their little story. As cheesy as it sounded, they of course based it off their love story; Patrick was smart enough to know that. It was simple. The small town represented Austin's old home in Oklahoma, and the towns people in it represented his family. The big town represented Miami, and the big problems were her bullies.

"Remember Patrick, some have it harder than us. Our family is alive. It may be broken, but we are all alive."

Her brother nodded that he understood. She knew he loved that story. He loved Austin like a brother.

"Okay," he yawned. Lester was working late in the office that night, and Ally totally forgot that it was way past his bedtime, which was 8:30. "Thanks for the story Ally." With that, the boy kissed her cheek and walked out of the room tiredly.

"Wait, Patrick!"

"Yeah?" he turned back.

"Don't tell dad you were up past your bedtime," she ordered. If he did, her father would blame her.

"Will do," he said tiredly. "Love ya sis." He said before he walked out of the room. And this time, it sounded like he meant it.

...

(A few hours later)

She was doing it.

She was really doing it.

Ally Dawson was going to fill out an application for MUNY, one of the most popular music schools. But in New York? That was the only problem. Everything she knew was here, in Miami. Her family, her friends, Austin... how was she going to tell him? Well, she told herself not to tell him unless she knew she was getting in, and got excepted. If she did, it was going to be hard to face Austin.

But it wasn't a some game anymore. Prom was less than a week, and graduation... it was a week after school ended.

In about an hour, she had managed to fill out the application she had printed out. She wanted every detail just right.

"Hey, Ally-cat, what are you doing?" Lester asked, walking into her room.

"Uh..." she forgot to tell her father that she was filling out an application. And if she got in, she would be moving to New York soon. "Filling out an application for MUNY..." she explained awkwardly.

Lester's expression was similar to Patrick's. "Really? Why didn't you tell me?" he asked, his expression more hurt than angry.

"I was just thinking about it then," she said quietly. "But now... I filled out an application. Wanna see?" She handed him to paper. Lester immediately took the paper and skimmed the filled out application.

He nodded in approval. "It looks nice. I think you should send it to them."

Ally stared at him in surprise. She didn't know her father liked the idea of her going to MUNY. But still the question came to her mind: What about Austin? What would happen if she really moved to New York? We can make it work, she promised to herself. We have to.

"Really?"

"Really really. You're too talented to have that go to waste," he said.

"But what about Austin?" she asked hesitantly.

Lester frowned. "I'm sure he'll understand. Besides, there are always other-"

Ally had to cut him off. She wasn't going to get the "other guys" talk. "No!" she got on her feet. "There aren't other guys! And there never will be!" she shouted. Lester winced.

"Ally," he warned, his voice low.

"Dad! I don't want that talk about other guys!" Stop, a voice in her head ordered, but she was so angry all of a sudden. "And if you like it or not, I love Austin!" She said, sudden anger getting to her. But more softly, she repeated, "I love Austin. I always will."

"But, Ally, I just think you're too young..."

No one understood. No one understood why or how she could be 18 and in love, but the other ones who understood was them.

"Yeah yeah," she muttered. Lester gave her a warning glace. "Look, I'm sorry," she slowly took a seat on her bed.

Lester sighed. It was obvious she didn't listen to a word he was saying. "Listen," he said, poking her shoulder. She looked at him with sad eyes. "I just don't want you to depend on a boy to support you for the rest of your life. I want you to get your education, cause once you have that, no one can take that away from you."

"That's what you're worried about?" she asked in disbelief. "Dad, I know what I wanna do. Education, than romance." That's what he always told her. And it was going to stay that way. But just because she was off to college soon, doesn't mean she loved Austin any less, but it's not like she was planning their wedding or anything. And most likely after college, 4 years from now, she would consider getting married; but it was Austin who needed to propose; and it wouldn't be anytime before or during college. Austin respected and knew that.

"I've taught you well," Lester said proudly, his voice warm.

Ally dazed off into thinking of her and Austin's future wedding. It will be beautiful, she thought dreamfully. Austin in a tux. Dreamy... Oh! Patrick will be the perfect ring bearer! And Trish my Maid Of Honor, of course. And my two adorable cousins can be the Flower Girls. And our Honeymoon will be in Hawaii, of course. Who knows? Maybe we'll be blessed with a baby boy or girl with my nose and Austin's blond locks! That'd be amazing! Our little bundle of joy...

"Ally?" her thoughts were interrupted by Lester gently poking her side.

"Hm?" she asked, still dazed, having the thought of her and Austin's life together as a married couple.

"You look dazed," he commented softly. "Maybe you should get some rest. Tomorrow is a Monday."

She shook herself. "O-Oh, right!" Getting kind of getting ahead of yourself, don't you think, Dawson? she teased herself, snickering.

"What's so funny?"

"Oh... nothing..." she forced herself not to meet his confused gaze.

"Well, goodnight Ally-cat," he hugged her and turned off her light, just like he did when she was little.

Ally felt her way through the darkness and found her blankets. Comfortably, she cuddled into them. She jumped a little as she felt her phone buzz. It was Austin.

I love you Alls.

What was that for? :)

I don't know... just wanted an excuse to talk to you.

Aww. Well I should get to bed. We have school tomorrow.

I know :(

It's not far Austin, hang in there hehe.

Whatever :). Goodnight I love you.

Goodnight, Superhero.

Even though this was kinda short and pointless, I still really like this chapter! I don't know why, I'm just proud of it for some reason. Please review! :)