Disclaimer: I don't own Austin and Ally or some of the characters used in this story.


The Day was the 16th of May, 2015, and Austin and I were over at a private Hospital clinic to find out the sex of our baby.

I was then four months pregnant, which meant that I often had a lot of headaches and crazy hormones each day. Those past three months wasn't easy at all, but luckily, Austin was always by my side to help me get through it all. It was just the fact that I was pregnant, but also due to the incident with Adam a couple months ago, he made sure to never let me out of his sight, unless it was for something important. Although he was an incredibly busy man with an insane schedule, he made sure to always have time for me. There wasn't a single day that went by where he didn't remind me how much he loved me, and how much I meant to him, and it made me realize that I was truly the luckiest girl in the world to be his wife.

I laid down on the bed with the Doctor's instructions as Austin quickly ended his phone call before stuffing it away. I smiled as he shook the Doctor's hand before taking a seat besides me and inter-wining our hands together. It was the day that he was receiving an award later on tonight for his seven year leadership as CEO of 'Strattmon Inc', but I could tell that was the furthest thing from his mind. When I first met him he was focused on only two things, and those were the company and his money, even though he wanted to be free from all of that, but three years later his mindset and morals in life had completely change and it was overwhelming to think that it was all because of me. I was only an ordinary 19 year old girl who walked into his Office on the 6th of September, 2012, in hopes of finally meeting him rather than getting the job of his assistant, and I would have never have guessed what was awaiting for the both of us.

He adjusted his tie that I had gotten him for his 28th birthday last month before gently rubbing my palm and turning to look at the Doctor who was slowly setting up the ultrasound. "How are you feeling today Mrs Moon?" the Doctor asked before sitting back down besides me. I watched as he began to slowly apply the ultrasound gel all over my bump. "I've been feeling not too bad these couple days Doctor Stephens, we just really wanna find out the sex of the baby" I replied before looking over at Austin who nodded his head. His phone began to ring for the millionth time that day, but instead of answering he quickly declined the call and turned of the phone before turning his full attention to me. Since he was being awarded that night, he was getting a lot of calls every minute, and I could tell that it seriously annoyed him.

He leaned down and placed a kiss on my lips before turning to face the Doctor. "She managed to throw up a lot of times at the beginning of the week, so I just wanna know if everything's okay or not, Doctor Stephens" he spoke before glancing down at me. "I can assure you that that's quite common Mr Moon, but her nausea should start to lessen more now that baby is slowly growing inside her each day" he replied before turning on the ultrasound, and I smiled as Austin quickly let out a sigh of relief.

The room fell silent for a couple minutes as the Doctor started to slowly trace a picture of the baby on the ultrasound. I remember how incredibly nervous I felt, but I remember Austin feeling more nervous than I was since I could hear his heart beating. It seemed like forever sitting and waiting for our baby to appear on screen but when it finally happened, we were completely over the moon and overjoyed. I covered my mouth while gazing over at the fetus slightly move on screen before looking over at Austin as he held a big smile on his face whilst his eyes began to slowly water. I quickly lifted his hand up and kissed it before turning back to face the ultrasound. It felt like everything I had went through in life suddenly didn't mean anything anymore, because the only thing that now mattered was our baby.

"Looks like its a girl Mr and Mrs Moon, congratulations" the Doctor stated looking closely at the ultrasound before turning to smile over at us, laughing afterwards as we screamed and celebrated in joy. "Are you serious? its a girl?" Austin questioned in excitement, almost like a little kid who had just gotten what he wanted for Christmas, before going to give me a hug. I quickly hugged him back and ruffled my hand through his hair as tears started to sprinkle onto my eyes. "Its a girl baby... we're having a girl" I exclaimed whilst burying my face in his neck, knowing how much he really wanted a girl. We hugged and kissed for a couple more minutes in excitement and disbelief before turning to look back at the Doctor who stood smiling at us.

"Thank you, Doctor Stephens" we said in unison and he nodded his head before wiping the ultrasound gel of my stomach. "You should be due in about October or November Mrs Moon" he informed and I quickly nodded my head before getting up from the bed and pulling my shirt down.

Austin shook his hand again and we thanked and said our goodbyes to him one last time before strolling out the room hand in hand. As we reached the hallway, Austin quickly backed me up against the wall before leaning down and pressing our foreheads together. The joy and ecstasy was so evident in his eyes that I couldn't help but smile. "After she's born, I want the three of us to go to the safe house in Santa Monica for a couple months to get away from the press and everything else" he stated before interlocking both our hands together. "I think that's a great idea, I miss being there" I smiled before stretching my arms around his neck.

I moved closer to him, looking up at his handsome face that was still grinning over the tremendous news, and I felt a powerful outburst of affection overcoming me. I compulsively reached out and placed my hands on his smooth cheeks. "You're gonna be a great Father" I whispered before flashing him a wide grin. I slowly elevated myself by standing on my toes and stared into his eyes whilst biting onto my lip. After everything we had been through I couldn't be more happier at where we were then. "You really think so?" he asked before gently grasping my lips with his thumb. "I know so... I can feel it" I muttered reassuringly.

A few seconds passed before I finally felt his warm lips brush against mine. At that very moment, I felt my passion for him course through my body, causing me to shake uncontrollably. I raised my hands above my head, allowing him to wrap his strong arms around mt waist and hold me tightly as he began to kiss my lips. I moaned softly before responding to the kiss. Moments later, I felt his wet tongue slide between my lips and I quickly greeted it with my own tongue, feeling his moist breath in my mouth. As we rubbed our tongues against each other, I felt his hands slowly slide down her back and to her bottom, and I giggled through the kiss, knowing that things were quickly heating up between us. We kissed passionately, holding each other in our warm embrace. After what felt like forever, our mouths parted, and our eyes finally met. I gazed up into his eyes deeply before placing my head down on his chest. The beating of his hear was audible, and it almost let me know how much I had a big effect on him like he did to me. He stroked my hair gently, planting a kiss on top of my head before nuzzling his nose against it, and I couldn't help but smile widely.

We continued to stand in the empty hallway for a brief while. I didn't think he realized that whenever he kissed me and held me like that, it made me fall more in love with him than I already was. "I love you" I whispered as he continued to stroke my hair. He was about to say it back, but unfortunately was quickly cut off by James who walked over to us. "I'm very sorry to interrupt sir-

"What is it?" Austin hissed quickly cutting him off. "Sir, Mr Worthy called and said you need to come over to your Office right away. Its about the recent trade deal with Mr Fujimato in Japan" he explained briefly. Austin rubbed his eyes and sighed to himself before taking my hand and leading me outside where the Limo and the other two cars were parked. As we strolled over to the cars, I looked over; spotting two mysterious men standing beside a jet black Lamborghini whilst watching us from far away. They were dressed in black-pieced suits and dark shades, meaning that it was hard to catch their faces. Austin must have noticed them too because he quickly hurried over to the front car and opened the door for me to step inside before turning to face his bodyguards.

"Find out who those two are immediately" he muttered and they quickly nodded their heads. I looked back at them as they continued to stare not moving an inch before looking up at Austin as he gaped back over at them right away before turning to look down at me. "I gotta head down to my Office, but I promise I'll be back later. Alex will take you home" he spoke, nodding his head at Alex who quickly rushed over to the driver's seat. "Take as much time as you need Austin I'll be fine, I love you" I muttered before flashing a warm smile up at him.

"I love you too" he whispered, leaning down to place multiple kisses on my lips before closing the car door. As the car began to slowly drive off I looked back at Austin who slipped his hands in his pockets whilst watching the car drive off. The contagious smile that was plastered on his face earlier on was now gone as he turned to look over at the two men who had quickly gotten in their Lamborghini and drove off. Just who were they? I thought to myself as I watched the slight irritation begin to take over Austin's face. As the car drove out of the clinic, I turned back around before placing my hand down on my bump. The look on his face when the Doctor announced that I would be having a girl was a look that I would never forget. It was rare seeing him that happy and seeing him smile so much so I made sure to treasure those moments whenever it happened.

"Alex, can you please drive over to my mom's mansion, I wanna tell her the good news in person" I said before lifting my head up to look at him.

"Of course" he said smiling up at the car mirror before turning the car around. "Do you like my mom Alex? its okay you can tell me, I won't tell her" I laughed causing him to lower his head in embarrassment. He stayed silent for a couple seconds before speaking up. "My ex wife and I divorced five years ago... I found out she only married me because I was Mr Moon's bodyguard and wanted to get close to him so things ended up taking a turn for the worse and we divorced" he explained leaving me a little speechless. "In m 39 years on earth I've learnt that you should always stick with the people who care for you and I care for your mom a lot. She's an extraordinary woman who has been through a lot in life and I respect her for that" he said quietly. Since Alex was a very shy and reserved person, I was surprised when he finally opened up to me a little about his past and how he felt about my mom.

I gazed out the window for a brief moment before turning my attention back to him. "You know before my Dad died... he meant everything to her, you're the first man in years that she's warmed up to and opened up to, so thank you" I smiled before leaning over to hug him from behind.

Several minutes later, I stretched up to turn on the small TV screen before taking a sip of my orange juice and a news report about Alexis and Carter's engagement quickly filled my ears. I quickly looked back up at the screen to see Carter and Alexis walking down the street holding hands whilst several bodyguard strolled behind them and paparazzi's took pictures of them. I hadn't spoken to Alexis ever since Austin had told her not to bother us anymore, but I often wondered how she was coping. As I looked closely of the video of her holding Carter's hand and laughing along to something he said, I could almost see the misery in her eyes. She hid behind such a plastic and forced smile, that anyone could tell was fake, but somehow the people around her didn't seem to notice. Carter was quite handsome to say the least, and exceeded of his Parents tremendous wealth and power, but he wasn't the one for Alexis. Even though they were both born into wealth and grew up in a comfortable and lavish lifestyle many people could ever dream of, they were two very different people who didn't understand a single thing about each other.

As Alexis turned her head to look straight into the camera, her smile began to disappear, and not being able to watch her pretend any longer, I quickly switched of the TV before letting out a deep sigh. I rested my hands on my stomach and turned to gape out the window till I heard my phone ring in my handbag, and I quickly brought it out to see that it was Trent.

"Hey Trent, is everything okay?" I answered, feeling the baby start to move a little.

"Hey Alls, everything's fine, just wanted to find out if its a boy or girl?" he asked enthusiastically causing me to chuckle. I told him all about the news of our baby girl and Austin's reaction and he couldn't be more happier for me. "Keira's taking a nap right now, but I'll tell her once she wakes up, she's been working hard over at the fashion agency for the past couple weeks" he stated causing me to smile. We continued to talk about anything and everything for the past 5-10 minutes, till he held a long pause over the phone which lead me to wonder what he was thinking.

"Trent, you okay?" I asked a little worriedly as Alex turned back to glance at me.

He sighed to himself for a couple more seconds before speaking up. "I heard that Alexis got engaged to some rich guy called Carter" he spoke leaving a brief silence over the phone once again. "It seems like every time I turn on the TV that's all I could hear... did she get forced by her Parents into marrying him?" he asked. I always knew that Trent would always love and care for Alexis, and even though she did the unthinkable of aborting their baby last year, he couldn't forget about her, not even if he truly wanted to.

"Its worse than her being forced into it... she agreed to, Austin tried to talk he rout of it, but she didn't listen" I sighed whilst gently rubbing my bump.

"Oh..." he replied before letting out a deep sigh. "I said some pretty harsh things to her last time, and once I got back to Paris with Keira, I had a lot of thinking to do and I guess it was all my fault. We ended things right after she got pregnant so I guess she was confused and ended up getting rid of the baby... I just wish I was there to talk her out of it and be there for her" he muttered quietly. "I gotta go now and go to work, but I promise to call back later, love you" he uttered, leaving me with many different questions.

"When Keira wakes up tell her I'll call her later okay, love you too" I smiled before hanging up the phone and placing it back inside my handbag.

I wasn't sure if Trent still loved Alexis in a romantic way, but what I did know was that their relationship was too strong and deep for him to forget everything they shared, even though he ended up choosing Keira. I knew that he loved both of them equally, but Alexis would always have a special place in his heart, and as risky as it was, I knew that he was the only person who could save her from all this pain and torture she was going threw. It had always been Trent, no one else mattered to her but him, he brought her the light and happiness she needed in her life, but things could never go back to the way it used to be with them, since Trent's heart was also somewhere else with Keira.

~A while later, we arrived in front of my mom's mansion.

I glanced out the window to see a man with dark brown hair pacing back and fourth while running his hands through his face, and I quickly pushed the door open and stepped out the car before rushing over to him. "Richard, what are you doing here?" I questioned before looking over at Alex as he held a stern on his face whilst gazing over at him.

He looked at me for a brief while with a remorseful expression, before glancing down at my bump, and a smile began to form on his face. I quickly shifted my eyes away from him before looking over at his car which was parked not far away. I looked closely, spotting his Daughter; Penny sitting in the passenger's seat whilst listening to music with her headphones with her eyes closed. She slowly opened her eyes to look at me and her jaw quickly dropped. I smiled a small smile over at her before turning to look back up at Richard, who refused to shift his gaze away from me. After what happened between him and my mom last time, I couldn't have him see her again. I had never seen my mom throw a tantrum as much as that in all my 22 years on earth, and it was all because of him. I had a feeling there was a lot I still didn't know about why he left, but I wasn't going to pressure him into explaining since there was no point.

I rolled my eyes away from him about to step inside the mansion, which was opened for me by the gate keeper, but was quickly pulled back by Richard. "Please Ally, I know that its unexpected of me showing up here again but I'd like to apologize to you and your mother once again... please give me another chance" he pleaded whilst joining his hands together. I looked back at his Daughter as she rested her head on the window whilst lowering my head before turning back to face him. "You're outta your mind" I spoke coldly before stepping inside the mansion with Alex following from behind.

I slowly walked towards the front door, but after several seconds, I stopped dead in my tracks before letting out a deep sigh. I ran my fingers through my hair and shut my eye for a brief moment before turning back around and walking back to the gate. "Whatever you have to say, say it to my mom... I don't need your apology" I said, opening the gate up for him to step inside. I hated the fact that I could never let some things go no matter how much I wanted, or walk away from people who have not only hurt me, but people close to me too. I hated having a kind heart, because I knew that I shouldn't have given him a chance to apologize after what happened last time, but I just couldn't help myself.

He slowly stepped inside and looked around the compound, and I looked up at Alex to see him watching his every move. The three of us slowly made our way towards the front door. I took a deep breath and rang the door bell before hearing my mom's voice a couple seconds later telling me that it was open. I looked back at Richard before slowly pushing the door open and strolling inside the living room to see her eating some fruits whilst watching TV. She quickly looked over at me and smiled before getting up from the sofa. "Oh honey, is it a boy or a girl? I've been dying to know ever since morning" she grinned about to walk over to me, but stopped as she looked ahead, spotting Richard standing besides the door. The grin on her face had disappeared and it was now replaced with the same look she had when she first saw him again several months ago. They stood staring at each other for a brief while in silence, and it felt like the aura in the room had began to slowly die down. It was as if the bright walls had gotten darker and the lights had dimmed all the way down.

"What is that man doing here... again?" she asked finally breaking the silence in the room. "Ally, why did you allow for him to come here?" she questioned breathing in and out as James stood near the corner of the door gazing over at her worriedly.

"Penny..." Richard whispered as he began to slowly walk over to her. Before he could get closer to her, she quickly screamed stopping him. "I need you to get out now, get out or I'll call the police" she threatened before slowly backing away from him. It was as if whenever she laid her eyes on him, something dark instantly took over her, which caused a mad look in her eye. She truly despised that man more than anything, and I wasn't sure if I knew the exact reason why, despite him leaving her 22 years ago and if I was ever going to really find out. "Aren't you listening, I said get out! get outta here, go back to where you've been all these years and leave me and my Daughter alone Richard! how dare you, how dare you show your face around me again?!" she yelled as Richard slowly lowered his head, taking in all of her harsh and hurtful words.

A couple seconds later, he slowly lifted her head back up before taking a step closer to my mom. "After last time, I promised myself that I'll give you some time to think things threw but I just couldn't wait any longer" he spoke up before slipping his hands into his pockets. "I haven't seen Keira yet neither do I know where she is, and Ally's pregnant with Austin's Moon's baby. Both of our Daughters have grown up so I came here to apologize again in hopes to put everything behind us and move forward Penny, even if you don't forgive me Penny, I'm not going to stop apologizing because I love you, and you know I do" he uttered causing Alex's body to quickly tense up. Alex sighed to himself before getting ready to walk out the door but was quickly stopped by my mom. "Alex... please don't leave" she pleaded and he slowly looked back at her as she turned her attention back to Richard.

"Do you hear yourself right now? you arrogant bastard!" she snapped up at Richard. "When will you get it through your head that nothing will ever go back to the way it was huh?! you left your Daughters and I 22 years ago all because you were scared of suddenly taking responsibility in raising two kids... if it wasn't for Lester do you know what would have happened to us?, I hope you end up in hell because that's where you belong!" she shouted going to walk away but he quickly pulled her back. "I'm sorry Penny, what else do you want me to do or say, I'm sorry for leaving with no contact for years and I regret every single moment of it but I need you to forgive me, I need you to forgive me so we can go back to being a real family and-

"We were never a real family!" she yelled quickly cutting him off. Tears began to stream down her face as she shoved him away from her causing him to slowly sink back in grief. The look on his face made me think that he had finally given up as my mom continued to scream at him, but then again, I could never tell with him. "Get out!" she yelled before throwing the fruit bowl down on the floor and going to push him towards the door. "I said get out! get out you bastard!" she screamed in grief and frustration. Richard looked back at her for a brief moment before walking out the door and she wasted no time slamming it shut after him. I was about to get her to calm down, but she quickly slapped my hands away before going over to knock over some more stuff.

I gazed over at her intensely before rubbing my forehead. "Mom he's gone, please stop" I pleaded as she continued to knock over more things. "Mom...". It was just like back then when he first showed up at the apartment. "I said stop!" I snapped causing her to quickly stop and turn her head over to me.

Alex looked back at me before slowly walking over to Penny. He grabbed the vase out of her hand that she was about to throw over at the wall and placed it to the side before non-hesitantly wrapping his arms around her and pulling him into a hug. As she began to sob, almost like a little child, he buried her face in his chest before gently stroking the back of her head. I had never seen them show any affection towards each other till then, and it made me wonder if they had secretly started a relationship without telling me. The way Alex held her in his arms and the way she squeezed onto his waist, almost begging for him not to let go seemed to justify my thought.

"Remember what we talked about, about you controlling your anger towards him and not letting him get to you" Alex spoke up before lifting my mom's head up so that she could look up into his eyes. He wiped away her tears that were stained on her cheeks whilst gazing deep down into her eyes. "Its okay Penny, its gonna be okay, I'm here for you" he muttered. I watched as my mom desperately pierced up into his eyes before turning to look back at me. "Alex, can you please take my mom up to her bedroom, I just have to go do something really quickly" I spoke, reaching for the doorknob to walk out the door. I looked back as Alex slowly picked her up bridal style before walking in the direction of the stairs. I gently placed my hand on my stomach before shutting the door behind me and rushing out the gate to see Richard and his Daughter; Penny arguing. I looked closely as she yelled at him whilst he hung his head low in shame, and I could tell that he was thinking back to my mom's harsh and cruel words.

"Are you even listening to me Daddy?!" Penny snapped before shoving him by the chest and he sighed before rubbing his eyes and turning his head to look at me. "I came back from college to spend time with you for a week and you drag me over to New York so that you can see your ex wife who you named after me may I add, God I hate you!" she scoffed whilst crossing her arms. Richard shifted his eyes away from me and over to his Daughter who stood scowling up at him before speaking up. "Penny, I explained to you why I needed to see her and Ally here again. You're not a little girl anymore, you're 18, so I need you to understand why-

"I.. don't.. care!, and I don't have to understand shit!" she snapped slowly cutting. "You know mom was right about you when she said you've lost your mind. I'm gonna go stay with her and Chris from now on instead of coming to stay with you, because you obviously don't want me around, right?" she hissed before stepping back away from him. "Its not my fault that you made stupid life decisions in leaving your ex wife and your kids 22 years ago, and it was all because you were scared?! you're a coward and you've always been so stop dragging me into all of this bullshit because like I said I don't care... you know I wish you would've never left them either" she muttered the last bit before walking off and going to stand besides the car with her back facing us. Richard ran his fingers through his hair and sighed, turning back to face me about to speak up, but before he could I quickly interrupted him by holding my finger up.

"You know I thought that I could forgive you... but it turns out that I can't" I muttered before peering back at Penny who slowly turned back around to face me.

"I think you should go, but before you go I need you to promise me one thing" I said causing him to turn his full body attention towards me. "If you carry on with the way you are your Daughter's gonna grow to really hate you, and you don't want that again do you?. If you love my mom the way you say you do then I want you to never come back here ever again... whenever she sees you she loses it and starts to feel the pain that you caused her years ago, and seeing her like that crushes me, she was so miserable after my Dad died and I prayed every night to see her smile and be happy again... but every time she sees you, she goes back to the way she was and I can't have that constantly happen because you wanna keep apologizing for something that's dead and gone" I muttered as my eyes began to rapidly water.

As he gaped down at me, a tear slowly rolled down his eye but I quickly shifted my eyes away knowing that there was nothing I could do about it. "I never wanna ask you for anything, but I want you to promise to continue looking after your Daughter and your son back home. They both really need you and love you too, so you have to promise that you will never leave them and that you will always be by their sides, and even when they try to push you away you have to look them in the eye and promise that you're not going anywhere, because that's what a Father should do" I spoke whilst holding back the tears that were threatening to fall down my eyes. "If there's one thing that you could ever do for me, its to go and take care of your kids before its too late... goodbye Richard" I said whilst pressing my lips tightly together.

I watched as he looked back at me morosely for several seconds before turning back to walk over to his Daughter. He stood and opened his arms out for her and she quickly ran into them and threw her arms around him, whilst tears quickly rolled down her cheeks. "I'm sorry for what I said Daddy" she cried as he picked her of the ground before spinning her around. "Its okay pumpkin, I should be the one apologizing for the way I've been acting lately. It hasn't been fair on you and your brother and I'm sorry" he said before placing her back down and placing a kiss on top of their heads.

After a while, they slowly pulled away to look back at me and I gaped back at them for a brief moment before turning to walk back inside the gate. It was better that way, for me to never see him again, just like how it had been all those years.


Hours later, it was then 7 pm and Austin and I were driving over to the small un-televised award ceremony that was hosted downtown.

I placed my head down on his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around my waist whilst gently rubbing my bump and placing kisses down on my head every minute. Ever since he came back home from his Office earlier on that day he had been acting a little strange and tense which led me to wonder what had happened in his Office. Of course he refused to tell me, due to my main issue of worrying a lot, so instead he put a smile on his face to assure me that everything was perfectly fine, but I knew that it wasn't.

"Are you nervous? about accepting your award in front of everybody there?" I asked placing my hand down on his lap.

He gently caressed my hair before throwing his hair back to look up at the ceiling. "I guess I'm honored that they're giving me an award, but I know its too bribe me into doing something else for them like giving them money" he stated before looking back down at me. "I can see through a lot of people in this business that I've almost gotten used to it after 10 years" he explained briefly. I ran my hand down his cheek before placing his head down on my shoulders. "I'd rather just stay with you and April tonight" he whispered before leaning down to place a kiss on my bump. April was the name that we had decided to name our Daughter earlier today. It truly made me happy seeing how Austin was already so attached to the baby when she wasn't even born yet, and I knew that he would make a great Father no matter what.

"Ooo she likes to kick a lot" I chuckled causing him to laugh. I leaned over and placed a soft kiss on his cheek before pulling him back onto my shoulder. Considering that I didn't like to go places where people would be watching and judging my every move, I couldn't wait for that night to be done and over with.

~Several minutes later, we arrived over at where the ceremony was being held.

Austin put on his shades and took a deep breath as we stepped out of the Limo to be instantly met with flashes of camera as usual by the pap's. They were quickly blocked away by our bodyguards, but somehow still found a way to overstep their boundaries and invade our personal space. "Austin, Ally, its been said that you're baby is a boy, is this true?, "Austin, how do you feel about receiving your award tonight?", "Could you tell us what you plan to name your baby?". These were just the frequent questions that were being thrown at us over and over, but we chose to ignore them. He held onto my hand tighter as he pulled me away from the crowd and into the venue. As we slowly made our way inside the venue, many people quickly made their way over to us, mostly in focus to Austin. I watched as they congratulated him on his award tonight and praised him, and I couldn't help but notice how uncomfortable Austin felt. He pretended to smile and laugh along with them, but his mind was somewhere else. You would think a man like him; who had been in the spotlight each day since birth would feel natural around it, but it was truly the opposite. He hated being known as only Austin Moon; the young Billionaire who was the CEO of the biggest company in New York city, it was why he had quit the job last year, but he knew that he couldn't ever do it again since the fate of Strattmon Inc lied in his hands.

As more people began to gather around him, I slowly let go of his hand to allow him to talk to a couple businessmen before turning my head around to see Trish standing behind me. I was almost taken back a little, seeing as the last time I saw her was when she insulted me and got kicked out the mansion by Austin. She took a step closer to me and smiled. For the past three years I had known Trish, it was the first time that I had ever seen her smile for real. It wasn't a fake smile which she put on for the press at all times, it was a real genuine smile, which was quite rare to me seeing as we were in a place full of rich people.

"Hey..." she spoke up a little awkwardly whilst scratching the back of her head.

"Hey" I replied back, gazing back down at her. I was expecting her to feel quite down and not even show up tonight due to her divorce with Dez a couple months ago, but it was the opposite of that, and it lead me to think if she ever felt trapped and seriously unhappy in their relationship.

She looked back at Austin as he spoke to one of his business partners before turning her attention back to me. "Congratulations" she uttered, glancing down at my stomach. "I...I'm sorry about last time for what I said Ally, I let the anger get better of me and ended up saying something terrible. Truth is Ally, you're a good person and I never want to stop being friends with a good person. When I first met you, you didn't care about the fact that I was a celebrity, you just saw me as anybody else and I took that for granted, and I didn't appreciate you enough... so I just want to say I'm sorry for everything, and if there's anything I can do for you just let me know" she smiled.

"No its okay, you don't have to-" I stopped mid sentence before lowering my head slightly for a brief moment. "Anything?..." I asked quietly, slowly lifting it back up and she nodded. I took a deep breath and sighed before looking around everywhere and speaking up. "I want you to please let Dez see Ava every week, instead of a few times a month... I know that you want nothing to do with him after your divorce, but Ava means a lot to him, so please don't keep him away from her or he'll grow to really hate you and I know that that's the last thing he ever wants to do" I muttered, leaving her a little speechless.

She paused and stared of into the distance as my words flowed in her head. After a brief while she opened her mouth to speak up but was quickly cut off by a lady who I recognized to be her assistant rushing up to us. "Miss De La Rosa, you're needed backstage" she informed and Trish nodded her head before turning to look back at me. I shot her a small smile and she smiled back before walking off along with her assistant.

As I continued to watch her walk away, I felt an arm slowly snake around my waist and I quickly looked up to see Austin gawking down at me. "You're very wise for a 21 year old, Dez would really appreciate what you just did" he muttered placing a kiss on top of my head before leading us over to our table as the ceremony was about to start. "I just thought that it'll make him more happy if he saw Ava more frequently" I smiled before taking a seat besides him.

Half an hour had quickly passed as we watched other businessmen being presented with their awards. It felt like forever but finally it was now Austin's turn.

I watched as one of the board of Directors of Strattmon Inc; Justin, slowly walked up on stage which was then followed along by some claps from the audience. I turned to look at Austin as he downed the wine before flashing him a warm smile.

"This next award is for the man who has managed to change the world of business in just seven years, he might be only 28 years old but without him, Strattmon Inc. cooperation's wouldn't be the multi-billion dollar company it is today" Justin spoke onto the microphone as people began to clap and cheer even louder. I gripped onto his arm and grinned widely and he kissed my hand before flashing me a wink and turning his attention back to the stage. "When Mike Moon handed the company over to his 21 year old son seven years ago, we didn't know what to expect, we didn't think he knew what he was doing but he proved us all completely wrong, and in only a year of being CEO he become the youngest person in the world to make a billion dollars at 22. Austin hired me right after he became CEO and a lot of people don't see the hard work he does each day for the company, they only see the outcome of it... because of his tremendous hard work, he is now today one of the most richest men in business and has built a legacy that will live on for many years to come... I am deeply honored to present this award to my boss... Mr Austin Moon" he uttered as everyone quickly stood up from their seats.

I clapped and cheered loudly before getting up to give him a big hug. He hugged me back before pulling away several seconds later to place multiple kisses on my lips. "I love you" he mouthed before turning to walk up the stage as people continued to praise him. Tears started to sprinkle onto my eyes as I watched him walk up on stage to accept his award. It didn't matter if anyone in the room loved or hated him, because every single person stood up to cheer and congratulate him. He was truly loved and admired by anyone, and I knew that he didn't think he deserved all of it, but he was simply the hardest worker I had ever met in my life.

He adjusted his shades and turned to wave at everyone before landing his eyes on me, and I quickly blew him a kiss before sitting back down on the seat and carefully holding onto my stomach. He scanned the crowd of people, whilst waiting for the cheers to die down for a brief while before deciding to speak up.

"A lot of people think that making a billion dollars and becoming CEO of Strattmon Inc. is my biggest accomplishment in life, but its not" he said taking of his shades and placing it down as everyone started to whisper and pull strange faces at what could possibly be his biggest accomplishment if it wasn't that. "Most of you are confused by what I mean... but the biggest accomplishment of my life is getting to be with and waking up everyday next to that beautiful woman right there" he spoke pointing his head over at me as everyone turned their heads to face me. "Earlier today my wife and I found out that we are now expecting a girl and I couldn't be more happier. This is the happiest I've ever been in my life and its all because of her... a lot of you look at her and think that she isn't worthy or she's too young, or just isn't right for me because she was previously my assistant, but if it wasn't for her then I would've really quit Strattmon Inc. for good by now. She's changed me into a man that I never thought that I could be and I'll forever be grateful to her... I love you, baby" he explained causing my lips to slowly quiver and my eyes to water yet again.

I reached up to my eye to wipe away the tear that was about to roll down my cheek before mouthing a 'I love you' over to him. "She makes me a better person each and everyday and helps me to control things even when I feel like giving up... she's the reason why I wake up smiling every morning and the fact that she's also carrying our Daughter makes me love her even more. I just want to let everybody know that when you disrespect my wife, you're disrespecting me too" he muttered before flashing me a warm smile. He turned around to look at everybody in the crowd before lowering his head. "I could've came up here and gladly accepted this award and talked about how much I've accomplished over the past seven years... but I'm not going to, because I can't accept this award" he said handing the award over to Justin and everyone began to gasp. "I've received many pointless awards over the years but none of them are as pointless as this... I'll admit that I've accomplished more than a lot of people in this room at a young age, but I'm not going to accept that award... I'm sorry if I disappointed a lot of people tonight... thank you" he uttered nodding his head before putting his shades back on as everyone began to mutter loudly at what they had just witnessed.

As Austin slowly made his way of the stage, I was about to stand up but stopped as I felt someone watching me from afar. I quickly looked around till my eyes finally landed on a man wearing a black tux and a tuxedo standing across the room. He continued to stare at me before turning his attention over at Austin. I looked closely at him for several seconds, remembering that it was one of the men who were stood outside the clinic watching us earlier today. I held a bewildered expression on my face as the other mysterious man slowly made his way to whisper something in his ear. My eyes widened as I spotted him slowly stuff a gun in his blazer before walking away. Just what the hell was going?! I thought to myself, having a bad feeling at what was possibly going to happen.

"You okay baby?" Austin questioned making his way over to me.

I quickly shifted my eyes away from the man and up at Austin before nodding my head and flashing him a reassuring smile. "That was quite a surprise... lets go home honey" I muttered leaning up to place a kiss on his lips, before pulling away realizing that everyone was watching us.

He nodded his head and took my hand, before leading me out of the ceremony room and out the lobby. We were about to head towards the door but stopped as we heard someone calling Austin's name and we spun around to see David Harris. David was the same age as Austin and always competed with everything he did relating to business to one day hopefully be better than him, but he could never beat Austin at his own game. He slowly clapped his hands together and laughed whilst slowly making his way over to us.

"Wow I see you've really lost your mind huh" David laughed causing Austin to quickly tense up. "What was all that about not accepting the award?, where has the real Austin Moon gone?... where is the man who loved the attention and money more than anything?, it seems like ever since you got married you've become almost a punk ass bitch" David snickered as Austin clenched his jaw tightly trying to hold back from charging up on him. "Hey look man congrats on expecting a baby girl and all, I guess after she's born you can go and play Dad each day, while I steal your spotlight and not get tied down by a girl who is way out of my league... honestly dude you're fucking rich, you could've hired a more hotter assistant to bang and then marry" he said before eyeing me up and down. I bit onto my lip and sighed trying not to react to the insult, before looking up at Austin as he got ready to storm over to him, but before he could, I quickly held him back by the arm.

"Let it go Austin, he's just saying those things to get a reaction out of you and nothing more... lets go home okay, lets go baby" I said whilst cupping his cheeks and forcing him to look down at me. "Its okay..." I whispered soothingly as I felt his muscles began to listen relax.

"That's right Austin, listen to your bitch and hurry on home like a good boy" David smirked whilst crossing his arms. Austin quickly pushed my hand of his cheeks about to walk over to him again, but just like I before I quickly stopped him. "Austin! listen to me we need to go okay, none of this will matter once we get home, lets go" I pleaded whilst tugging into his arm and gazing up into his eyes desperately.

"She seems a little frustrated with you Austin, if you're not pleasuring her enough you know I could always step in and do a better job" he smirked evilly and I quickly placed my hand on my head, knowing that was the last straw. There was nothing I could've said and done any longer as I realized how furious his words had made Austin. Before I knew it, Austin quickly threw a punch at his jaw, and the two rapidly engaged in a fist fight which then led to them eventually wrestling on the floor. "Austin stop!" I screamed trying to somehow pull them apart. I was lucky enough that some of the stuff from the Lobby quickly rushed over to pull them apart, but that didn't stop Austin from making sure to injure David and cause him as much pain as possible or disrespecting the both of us.

After a while, Austin was finally pulled away from David by several men who tried their best to calm him down. I glanced down at David to see blood pouring out of his broken nose before looking back at Austin. It was almost frightening just how scary and dark he could be when he was furious. As I slowly lifted my head back up, I came face to face with the unexpected as I spotted one of the mysterious men who were watching us from inside the ceremony room aiming a gun over at Austin. For a moment I paused and froze to the ground, but as he cocked the gun and closed one eye, I began to seriously panic. "No..." I whispered finding the strength to finally move my feet over to Austin. "NO!" I screamed quickly running in front of him. The only thing I could think about at that very moment was making sure that nothing happened to Austin. The next sound that awaited my ears were the sound of bullets screaming out the gun. The connection of metal and my skin was quick, and as the hard, cold lump of metal penetrated in my chest, I felt the room around me start to slowly sink.

"Ally, shit Ally!" I heard Austin yell in grief as he quickly gripped onto me with his bloody hands. Everything began to rapidly blur around me, and a tear started to slowly slid down my eye as I couldn't make a proper image of him. He turned to look back at the guy who had shot me and was now running away. He cursed loudly and ordered for anyone to call an ambulance before turning his attention back to me.

"Why did you do that, why did you jump in for me?! he cried as he slowly grasped through my bloody ribs in horror.

"H-He was gonna shoot you baby, I...I panicked" I replied not being able to even speak properly.

Everything was fading, yet getting darker at the same time. I was confused, and breathing harshly. I looked down to see the puddle of my blood and I let out a loud groan as my eyes began to feel weary. "Austin, I wanna go home, lets go home" I cried whilst placing my hand over his.

As he placed his head down on my lap, I gaped up into his eyes to see the pure torture and grief. "Its okay baby w'll go home, we'll go home and everything will be okay I promise" he cried with tears streaming down his eyes. "Just stay strong for a little while okay Ally, its not that bad I promise" he said trying to reassure himself. "Its gonna be okay baby I promise... god dammit why did you take that bullet for me, I promised that I will never let anything bad happen to you again Ally, I can handle a bullet hit, I can't lose you, No!" he mourned before cupping my cheeks. "I...I just didn't wanna see you get hurt again" I muttered as I slowly lifted my hand up to cup his cheek but failed to.

I started to breath out heavily, it felt as if they life was being sucked out of me as each minute went passed but I wanted to be strong, I wanted to be strong especially for Austin and our unborn baby. As the sweat dripped down my forehead, I found myself pleading for my life. I pleaded and pleaded but I felt my cries weren't good enough and all I could do was sigh a sigh of anguish and agony. The sounds around me had become to lessen more and more as I stared up at Austin panic and yell at people to call for help. I had never seen him look so distraught. I wanted to lift my hand up and hold him once more but I couldn't find the strength to. After a couple more minutes, I felt my eyes start to slowly close and there was nothing that I could unfortunately do to stop it. The last thing I heard was Austin calling my name over and over, begging for me not to close my eyes, and the pain in his voice made me regret it all.


OMG NO ALLY!. Why do you think those two mysterious guys were trying to kill Austin?. Don't forget to review and let me know what you thought of this chapter and what you think will happen in the next.

When I sat down and thought of all the ideas to this story before I started writing it, I wanted to make it different from all of the Austin and Ally fan fictions I've read. I wanted to show a realism aspect of the story, and now that I'm almost on chapter 50, I cried a tear whilst writing the ending of the chapter, because I like to think that I've done so. I love writing this story so much, I wish I could update everyday if life didn't get in the way, but your continuous support motivate me and keep me from writing more and when I read your reviews, not to be dramatic but it honestly makes my whole life! I love you guys and thank you all so much so far xox