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


I was in a heavy black cloud. Nothing to see, nothing to hear, just heaviness in my whole body. So heavy that I couldn't quite move. I couldn't remember how to properly open my eyes nor could I remember what had previously happened. Then I started to hear noises, the buzz of machines and the clicking of feet near me. I became aware of sounds first, then of an annoying annoying beeping, and the murmur of voices. I could then smell the room around me, anesthetic, and flowers, and something I couldn't quite put my finger on. I felt sore, so sore that I found it difficult to even open my eyes, but when I finally found the strength to, a dim light quickly shone above me, causing me to squint and cringe at the same time.

As my eyes slowly adjusted, they began to dart around the room. As I glanced at the sterile white walls, I quickly realized that I was in a Hospital room. I started to then remember the bullet colliding between my chest as I jumped in front of him and the sound of his voice before I went unconscious. My heart began to pound with the memory of what happened and without realizing, tears had started to fall from my eyes. I looked down at all the wires which were attached to me, and I started to thank God for keeping me alive and making me a true survivor that I was. I wasn't always a religious person, in fact I had only been to church once or twice in life.

Finding the strength in me, I turned my head slightly to the other side to see Austin, my mom and Dez sitting quietly. I watched as my mom placed a hand on her head and slightly hung her head low and as Dez slowly scooted over before wrapping her arm around her to tell her everything was going to be fine, before glancing over at Austin. He sat further away from them in a seat near the corner with his head facing up to the ceiling. His face was so blank and emotionless, but as I looked closely in his eyes, I noticed the pure look of pain and distraught evident in them and it caused my heart to ache yet again. His hair was messy, his dress shirt was tattered, and he looked more tired and exhausted than I had ever seen him look, which led me to wonder how long I had been in the Hospital for. Without realizing it I had caused him so much stress again. I never in my whole life thought I would ever take a bullet for anyone, but as I saw that man aiming his gun at Austin, I did it without any hesitation. I loved him so much that I would have rather died than see him get shot yet again. I knew how much pain he had suffered through before and I just couldn't let that happen again. I never realized just how almost losing me could cause him so much heartbreak. I had saved him yes, but I had also broken him and the look on his face justified that.

"Austin..." I breathed out in almost a whisper whilst gazing deeply at him. I wanted to so desperately see a smile on his face again, because the more I stared at his gloomy expression, the more I felt my heart shattering into small and tiny pieces. "Austin" I called out again, this time a little more louder.

In a swift motion, his head quickly shot over to me. His eyes slowly widened Dez as he shot up from his chair before rushing over to me. "Dez, go get the Doctor" he ordered and Dez quickly let go of my mom before rushing out the Hospital room. Austin knelt down next to me, besides the bed and grabbed hold of my hand and tears began to form in his tired and weary eyes. I slowly lifted my hand to cup his cheek as the overwhelming feeling of sadness and relief take over me, and he quickly nestled his hand into mine as a tear slowly rolled down his cheek. "Thank God..." he cried, closing in his eyes and I gently stroked his cheek whilst feeling tears sprinkling into my eyes once more. He was my world, my home, my everything. He was what got me up in the morning and the only real happiness that I can say I've ever felt before, and it made me incredibly grateful being able to wake up to him. His tears, and the way he held onto me tightly like he never wanted to let go, made me so happy that I couldn't even breath. "I thought I was gonna lose you... what would I had done without you" he whispered before leaning down to place a kiss on my hand.

"Its okay... its okay baby, I'm alright now so please don't cry anymore" I exclaimed weakly, whilst slowly wiping away the tears from his face. "O-Our baby... April... i-is she okay?" I asked quietly. He paused for a brief second before lowering his head afterwards which left me with a gut feeling inside. I was about to speak up again, but was quickly interrupted by the door quickly opening by Dez and the Doctor.

As he walked up to me and examined me for several minutes, I felt my breathing begin to increase at why Austin failed to answer my question. It felt as if the walls around me were closing in and I had no way of stopping it. I remember how extremely anxious I felt, waiting for the Doctor to say something, anything would've been fine to reassure me and break the unbearable silence that lingered swiftly in the room. I looked over at Austin, Dez and my mom as they to waited for an answer to the question everyone was thinking. After what seemed like forever he finally spoke up. "You're a very strong woman Mrs Moon, but you're also very lucky too, if the bullet had aimed anywhere lower then unfortunately you wouldn't have made it" he stated whilst glancing down at his files. He informed me how I had only been in a coma for five days and how they thought I would've failed to wake up, but none of that answered the most important question of all. I squeezed onto Austin's hand tightly as the Doctor continued to examine me even more and write the results down on his files.

Panic rose in my chest, as my surroundings blurred in a haze of irrepressible anxiety. The relentless thud of my heart matched my shallow, raspy breaths with intense precision. No sound was made, yet my desperate, inward pleas cried louder than any silence could strive to amount to.

After another brief while, Austin quickly stood up from his knees before running his fingers threw his hair. "Is our Daughter okay or not Doctor?" Austin questioned a little annoyed. Considering that I was only four months pregnant, and only had a small bump, I couldn't tell whether if I had lost or not and feared the worse. My heart began to beat rapidly and my fingers began to tremble nervously, but that all stopped as the Doctor spoke up to answer the question. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about the condition of the baby earlier Mr Moon, but I just had to run some tests and make sure. Like I previously said if the bullet was aimed anywhere near her abdominal she wouldn't have been able to make it, neither would the baby. We've never seen this kind of thing before Mr Moon, you're both very lucky" he explained before turning to smile down at me. "Wait so you're saying the baby is okay?" my mom questioned speaking up and the Doctor quickly nodded causing me to let out a cry of relief. The pressure that had crushed my body just moments before relinquished its vice like a tight grip, slowly dissolving my fears like fireworks spitting into the cold, crisp air.

As Austin quickly ran his hands down his face and began to cry and cheer in relief and joy, Dez quickly rushed over to him, before pulling him into a quick hug. "I told you man, are you forgetting how strong Ally is there was no way her or the baby would've died... you had nothing to worry about" he smiled whilst patting Austin' shoulder. To think that he had been suffering so much and feeling that way for the past five days all because of me was truly overwhelming. Austin slowly pulled away from Dez before turning to face the Doctor. "Thank you, Doctor" he spoke and the smile that I had missed so much began to form on his face. As he turned his attention back to me, I wiped the tears away from my cheeks. "Our baby's really okay, for real?" I asked still in disbelief. He nodded his head and wiped away the tear in his eye before leaning down to place a kiss on my quivering lips. "You're both okay..." he whispered whilst running his hand down my cheek.

I took his hand and slowly kissed it before turning to look up at my mom who thanked the Doctor. "Oh honey, I'm so glad you and the baby are okay, I was so worried" she said, sitting down on the bed besides me and placing a kiss down on my forehead. "I didn't wanna lose you like I lost your Father, I don't know what I would've done if I lost you" she exclaimed, whilst gently stroking my hair. I gaped up at her teary-eyed before speaking up. "You're never gonna lost me mom... I promised Dad that I'll take care of you and Keira forever remember" I said causing her to quickly wipe a tear away from her eye.

"Mr Moon, can I speak to you in my Office for a while?" the Doctor spoke turning to face Austin.

"Of course" Austin uttered fixing his tie before leaning down to place a kiss on my forehead. "I'll be right back okay I promise, Penny please look after her till I get back" he said nodding his head at my mom before patting Dez's shoulder and strolling towards the door alongside the Doctor.

I smiled as he exited out the door before reaching down to my stomach to gently caress it. I couldn't be happier knowing that our baby was okay after everything that happened. No matter how much horror and heartbreak we went through, things somehow had a way of turning out right for us. It was one of the things that made our story so memorable.

"You must be terribly hungry honey, I'll go get you something to eat" she smiled before turning to face Dez. "Dez, please watch her for me" she said before turning to walk out the door.

I smiled over at Dez as he slowly made his way to sit beside me on the bed. There was something different about him, but I couldn't quite figure it out. When he turned to grin down at me, I quickly realized that it was the same smile he had on his face the first day I met him. That same happy and contagious smile was finally evident, and I knew the only one reason that could put it there. He stared down at me for a brief moment before speaking up. "You okay?" he asked and I slowly nodded my head, even though I was still feeling some slight pains in my ribs from the gun shot. "I've never seen a more stronger person than you Ally... I'm glad that Austin has a woman like you" he uttered. "He's been going through a lot these past five days, he's had to deal with the press trying to find out if you've woken up or not and the fact that you probably might not wake up. He hasn't slept or left the Hospital, I tried to tell him that everything would be okay but he wouldn't listen, he often let his anger out on me and told me to 'shut the fuck up' many times because he was frustrated" he explained before chuckling lightly to himself.

"O-Outside our clinic and at the award ceremony there were two men who were watching us. When I saw one of them going to shoot Austin I panicked, I didn't want him to get shot again and-

"You don't have to worry about those guys again because they're dead" he uttered briefly cutting him off and I gaped up at him signalling for him to go on. "The night you were shot Austin lost it, I've known him for 12 years and I don't think I've ever seen him lose it that bad. The morning after when the Doctor told him you might not wake up, we contacted our men in the FBI and they helped us find the men. They were brothers who grew up in Manhattan and were one of the people who targeted Austin to kill him" he stated before sighing to himself. "When we found them in their apartment, they were already laying there dead in their middle of their living room and we had no idea who killed them" he explained. "Its better that they were already dead, because if Austin had gotten his hands on them it would've been way worse".

I couldn't even begin to imagine what Austin had been through all because of me. "He wanted to kill himself Ally. After the third day when you weren't waking up and he wasn't hearing any news about the condition of the baby, he gave up all hope and it was extremely hard to talk him out of it. You know even though he has everything, his life is nothing without you, I realized that these past several. I lowered my head and stared down at my wedding ring as Dez's words echoed over and over in my head. Just like his life was nothing without me, my life was nothing without him, and I couldn't even begin to imagine what I would've done if I woke up and found that he had killed himself. It still surprised me how much Austin loved me, and how much he would truly do for me.

"Austin would kill me if I told you all this so please don't say anything, he doesn't want you to forget everything that happened but I still thought that you had to know" he spoke up and I slowly turned my head to flash a warm smile at him. "By the way, thank you for talking to Trish at the award ceremony, because of you I've spent time with Ava three times this week".

"You're welcome Dez, even though you and Trish are divorced, I hope you two can get along raising her" I uttered, causing the smile to slowly disappear from his face.

I stared at him a little strangely about to speak up again, till my eyes narrowed over to someone quickly barging through the door. I slowly sat up with the help of Dez and looked over to see Alexis standing near the door as Carter slowly followed from behind. She took of her white expensive fur coat and placed it on the seat beside her, along with her handbag before looking over at me. She joined her hands together and stared at me worriedly and regretfully before slowly walking over to the bed as the sound of her heels clicked along the way. I hadn't seen her in three months only on TV after she decided to agree with the engagement to Carter. She turned her head to Dez and greeted him but he briefly ignored her before getting up to walk over to the window. She looked back at him a little hurt before slowly taking a seat down on the bed besides me. I guess she thought I was going to push her way too or tell her to get out, but when I flashed her a warm and genuine smile, I could almost see the hint of hope and happiness in her eyes. She smiled down at me before throwing her arms around me and I winced a little causing her to quickly apologize.

"I heard that you've woken up... its all over the news so I rushed over here" she smiled and I scrunched up my face in confusion wondering how it could've gotten over to the press that quickly. I glanced back at Carter who leaned on the wall and blew on a cigar between his lips, even though there was a no smoking sign behind him. I watched as he brought out a brush from his blazer to comb his hair back before crossing his arms as a bored and unpleasant look plastered on his face. "Alexis, darling we don't have long left, we have an important interview in 20 minutes remember" he spoke with a little irritation evident in his voice. Alexis glanced down at all the rings and jewelry on her hands as her smile quickly left her face. "Yes darling" she said turning back to him whilst forcing a smile back on her face as Dez scoffed loudly before slipping his hands into his pockets. It was completely obvious what was going on between the two of them.

Alexis shifted her eyes at Dez then back at me. "Is your baby okay?" she asked and I nodded causing a large grin to spread across her face. She gently caressed my stomach for a brief while before speaking up once again. "Listen Ally... I just want to say sorry for not calling or coming to see you for three months, and I'm also sorry for not answering your calls whenever you called me... just that Carter and I are always together and he doesn't like it when I go on the phone to talk to other people around him" she stated causing me to quickly scrunch up my face. The Alexis I knew really would've never said something like that. It was almost as if she had being brainwashed by her vain, spoilt and arrogant fiance.

I glanced back at Carter who held a smug look on his face whilst blowing his cigar smoke into the air before speaking up. "What do you mean he doesn't like it when you go on the phone, is that a joke?" I questioned a little irritatingly at her, causing her to slowly lower her head at the harsh tone of my voice.

"What I mean by that Ally, can I call you Ally?" Carter spoke walking over to us.

"You can call me Mrs Moon" I spoke bluntly causing the smirk on his face to slowly dissapear. He was only three years older than me, but his attitude and behavior made him less of a man. "When Alexis wants to call me you have no right in telling her what to do, you're not her Father, you can't control her, its bad enough that she's letting herself get married to you" I scolded causing a scowl to quickly appear on her face. He removed the cigar from his lips and turned to glare over at Alexis causing her to quickly lift her head back up and turn her attention to me. "A-Actually Ally, I don't really mind, its not a big deal anyway" she laughed whilst avoiding eye contact with Carter.

I stared at the both of them puzzled and bewildered in disbelief at how Alexis was acting. I watched as Carter wrapped his arms around Alexis and placed a kiss on top of her head which caused her to flinch a little. "Lets go, we don't want to be late" he said whilst gently stroking the back of her blonde platinum hair. I looked over at Dez as he stared out the window pretending to not notice what was going on. "I-I haven't seen my sister in law in months, she was shot last week and only just woke up so I wanna stay and talk to her for a bit, can't we just be a little late to the interview, I-

"Listen you fucking bitch!" Carter murmured aggressively before gripping onto her arm. Once he realized what he had said, he quickly turned to me and cleared his throat before flashing a 'charming' smile back on his face. "Sweetheart we don't wanna be late, think of all those people waiting outside to see me... and you, we can't keep them waiting" he whispered in her ear whilst gently rubbing her back. As he placed a kiss on her cheek, I noticed Alexis start to grip onto the bed sheets, it was then that I realized just how much trouble she was really in. "Carter, Alexis isn't going anywhere, she doesn't care about the stupid interview alright, she's staying with me and you better watch the way you speak to her or else-

"You should go Alexis" Dez spoke up, quickly cutting me off and turning back around. "When Austin comes back into the room you know he isn't gonna like it that you're here so you should better leave" he said a little harshly. "Dez what are you saying-

"Its okay Ally" she sighed cutting me off. "I should go" she uttered forcing a smile on her face. As she was about to get of the bed, I quickly grabbed hold of her hand pulling her back down. "Don't marry this asshole Alexis...please" I begged not caring that Carter was standing besides us. The look in her eyes were so lonesome. The glint they had that revealed a world of darkness and even though she would try to hide it with a fake smile, her eyes revealed it all. She didn't need to say anything because the colorless look in her eye told me everything. I could see such sorrow and regret in her eye, and it was almost as if she was speaking her thoughts and emotions out loud. Carter rolled his eyes at me before slowly offering his hand out for Alexis to take. She shifted her eyes away from me to look down at his hand before glancing up at him. As she gazed into his eyes, it was almost as if she was searching for something that wasn't there, and telling herself that he was just what she needed. Before I could say anything else, her hand slowly slipped out of mine and grabbed his, leaving me with a disgusted feeling inside.

I watched as he slowly helped her of the bed before lifting her chin up and running his hands down her face. "Lets go..." he whispered, gaping down at her and she slowly nodded before turning to look back at me. Silence filled the room for a brief while till the door swung open, revealing Austin. He stopped and stared over at Alexis and Carter for a split second before walking over to sit on the bed besides me, completely ignoring their existence.

"Its quite rude not to say hello Austin" Carter scoffed before letting go of Alexis and slipping his hands into his pockets. "We are practically almost brothers in law so-

"Dez could you escort Mr Hamilton and his fiance out of the room please and tell James and the rest of my bodyguards to guard the door and not let anyone else in" Austin ordered and Dez nodded his head before walking over to Alexis and Carter. The look on Alexis face when he referred to her as Carter's fiance instead of her name had completely shattered her. She opened her mouth to speak but quickly stopped to glance up at Carter who gazed over at Austin with such hatred. He scoffed to himself about to pull her over to the door, but before he could she quickly stopped him.

"You know you don't have to treat me like crap Austin, can't you be supportive of me for once" she hissed whilst crossing her arms.

Austin ignored her and clenched his jaw, and I gently rubbed his arm, knowing how fast he was getting annoyed. "Hey we're talking to you, you poser" Carter spoke raising his voice a little at Austin. Dez grabbed his shoulders to lead him out the door but before he could he quickly shoved him away. "Everyone thinks you're some God but you're really just full of shit aren't you, Alexis told me the way you've been treating her" he trailed off before pushing Alexis out of the way to walk over to Austin and I. Austin rapidly breathed in and out and rubbed his eyes before speaking up. "Leave, now" he said as calmly as possible, trying to control his anger.

"Carter, please stop lets just go" Alexis pleaded before clasping her hands together.

"Stay out of this? is that your response to everything... no wonder you let everyone walk all over you" he hissed rolling his eyes away for her which caused Austin's muscles to quickly tense up. He hated the way he spoke to Alexis and it was almost as if he was forcing himself not to care. "As I was saying..." he trailed off turning his attention back to Austin. "Mr Hamilton, I won't ask again please leave" Austin uttered quietly, avoiding his gaze.

Carter scoffed and laughed to himself as Alexis held onto her head knowing that it was going to end badly. "No one would believe me if I tell them who you really are because they all fucking worship you, let me tell you you're not that great as you think... you wouldn't have the things that you have today if you were anybody else, just like you wouldn't have your wife if it wasn't for your money" he chuckled and the room stayed silent for a brief while as Austin paused, letting his words echo over and over in his head. It was as if the atmosphere had quickly changed and everyone was terrified to speak up or do anything else. After moments of tortuted and unbearable silence, Carter opened his mouth to speak up again but was quickly cut of by Austin.

"I said get the fuck out here!" Austin yelled before quickly bringing out a gun I didn't know was stuffed in his pockets and aiming it at Carter who quickly stumbled back, falling onto the floor. "Austin, Austin calm down man I'll get him out" Dez spoke before picking Carter of the floor and dragging him towards the door. As Alexis gazed at Austin terrifyingly, he slowly lowered the gun before stuffing it back inside his pockets and running his hand through his face. She took a step closer to him and took a deep breath as tears began to quickly form in her eyes. "A-Austin-

"What did I tell you about showing your face around me or Ally again?" he uttered quickly cutting her off.

"I-I just came to visit her... she was shot and when I heard she's woken up I wanted to see if her and the baby were-

"I don't fucking care!" he snapped causing her to jump a little. He ran his fingers through his messy hair as she lowered her head at his harsh words. "You fucked up and threw away everything when you decided to marry that asshole, since you think he's the one, go spend the rest of your fucking miserable life with him and don't bother us anymore. If I see him anywhere near me again I'll kill him and you stay the fuck away from me too. I mean what kind of an ungrateful fucking person are you?!... I took care of you all your life and gave you everything you always wanted when Mike and Mimi could give a shit about what happens to you, but you threw that all away, you threw away all of my fucking trust and the times that I've fought to protect you from everyone. Looking at you right now... it make me sick" he muttered coldly as Alexis began to shake and tremble at his words. It was exactly what Trent had said to her when he returned to New York three months ago. I gasped silently at what he had just said before deciding to speak up."Austin, that's enough please don't-

"You've lost your fucking mind Alexis" he said cutting me off. "I would offer you the help that you need but I just don't care anymore, now get the hell outta my face" he said as Alexis begin to cry. "Screw you" she sobbed quivering her lips. "I-I just wanted to see you both again, I-

"10 fucking feet!" he snapped cutting her off again. "If you come 10 feet anywhere near Ally and I again, I won't hesitate to file a restraining order. Ally's been through a lot and I won't don't want her dealing with more of your whiny bullshit" he said causing her eyes to slowly widen. It killed her to hear those heart-wrenching words from her big brother, but I could tell that it killed Austin more to say it. Whenever he was angry he said and did a lot of things, things that he might or might not regret afterwards, and even though he knew that his actions hurt people, he wasn't scared to say it. Alexis stared at him in disbelief for a brief moment before going to grab her coat and handbag from the chair.

"Mom and Dad was right about you all along... you really are a monster" she muttered blankly, and with that she quickly walked out the door making sure to slam the door shut after her.

As the sound of the loud slam echoed throughout the room, Austin hung his head low before letting out a deep breath. Everything he did, he did it for me even though it meant hurting other people along the way. "I'm sorry baby" he muttered in a regretful tone before taking a seat besides me with his head still low. Sighing silently to myself, I quickly lifted my hand up to rub his shoulders before pulling him down to lay on the pillow next to me. Even though I was still in a lot of physical pain, I tried not to show it, because he was probably feeling worse emotionally. I began to slowly stroke the back of his head and he closed his eyes, relaxing to my touch. As he gently rubbed my bump whilst placing his head down on my shoulder, I started to whisper things in his ear, which I always did to calm him down as there were still hints of anger left. I then brought up the subject of Alexis causing him to sigh heavily. "I don't wanna talk about her, lets leave it as that" he muttered quietly before lifting his head of my shoulders.

"We're talking about her" I sighed, placing my hand down on his chest. "Can't you see that she really doesn't wanna marry that guy baby?... she needs help and she's all alone, I want us to be there for her again and-

"I almost lost you again Ally" he murmured whilst lifting his head of the pillow. "When you jumped in front of the bullet for me, I thought that was it, I was supposed to protect you but I let something bad happened to you again. For the first time in my life that day I prayed to God to bring you back to me, I wasn't sure if he'd listen to me seeing as I've done a lot of bad things, but I promised that if he brought you back and saved our baby, I would do my best to be more of a good Husband and continue to better myself for you" he stated before placing his hand on my stomach once again. I placed my hand over his and sighed as he lowered his head in grief. "Now that you've woken up, the last thing I wanna do is worry about something or someone else other than you. Alexis is almost 20, I took on a lot of responsibility at that age so she should too, if she chooses to marry Carter then its none of our business, I just don't want you to worry about anything" he said before slowly taking my hand and kissing it.

"I want you to promise me one thing Ally... I don't want you to ever jump in front of a bullet for me like that if a situation like that ever happens, I never wanna feel the way that I did for the past five days knowing that you risked your life for me baby" he sighed before laying back on the pillow and facing the ceiling.

I slowly placed my hand on his face and turned it to the side to face me before speaking up. "Its my job to protect you also Austin, I'm sorry I caused you so much worry, but I would rather get shot and end up in a coma again than see you in it because I think it would break me even more... I love you baby, more than anything in the world" I whispered as a tear slowly rolled out of my eye. He leaned over and wiped the tear from my eye before placing a soft kiss on my forehead. "I love you too" he smiled causing a grin to quickly appear on my face.

"We'll stay in the Hospital for one more week for you to heal up and then go home after... I promise we'll go home this time" he whispered placing his head above me and I smiled up at him before lifting my head up the pillow to place it on his chest. "I promise that once April's born we'll be a real family with no problems and drama... I promise" he whispered before placing a kiss at the top of my head and I had never believed him more till then.

It was one of those days in which I was thankful for everything even though the worse had previously happened, but I failed to realize that nothing could ever be truly perfect and settled in the world of the biggest Billionaire in New York city.


So this chapter was kind of short, its one of the quickest chapters I've ever written because I really just wanted to get an update out for you guys, but I promise next chapter would be longer. I'm finally at Chapter 50! couldn't be more excited and thrilled. I still have so much planned for this story and so much surprised that you guys aren't ready for. Anyway, if you enjoyed the chapter don't forget to review and let me know what you thought of it xox