Ally's POV
Mr. and Mrs. Jones came into my room where I am surrounded by tissues. "Hey, Amy. We wanted to know if you needed anything else before we headed out for work?" Mrs. Jones sympathetically asked me. "Oh no, I'm fine." I replied with a snuffy nose. "Are you sure, sweetheart?" Mr. Jones asked as if I was his own daughter. "I'm positive. Are you sure I shouldn't go to school?" I asked sitting up. "No, you can't. We want you to feel better. I'll make sure to pick up some medicine from the drugstore on the way home later." Mrs. Jones said as I smiled nicely. "Thank you so much. Have a nice day at work, Mr. and Mrs. Jones." I tell them as they smile before waving and leaving.
I wait until I heard the door close and the car pull out of the drive way when I jump out of the bed. I look in the mirror and wipe off the fake pale makeup and red nose and head over to the balcony door opening it.
I knock on Austin's bedroom door and he opens it soon after with a smile on his face instantly pulling me inside. "Aren't you suppose to be in school, Miss Russo?" He asked sarcastically wrapping his arms around my waist. "Oh, didn't you hear? I'm too sick Mr. Moon. Can you take care of me?" I asked with a pout as he softly bit his lower lip.
"I'll take care of you alright." He said connecting our lips together as we made out heavily which made us move around the room hitting things that we could care less about.
Soon, we hit the bed and fall back causing us to separate temporarily and laugh before going back to kissing. "Mmm..." I moan against his lips and decided to try something on my own by leaving a trail of kisses on his neck area. I assume I'm doing something right by the tightening hands around my waist as he growls sexily in my ear.
"Russo, you are gonna be the death of me." He said as I started to feel a hardened rise against my area from down below.
I look down in between us and see that Austin is very...excited. "Uh...sorry." He said blushing while sitting up as I giggled. "Don't be. It's flattering." I told him as he still blushed before quickly kissing me as I sigh in content and happiness.
"I just feel bad that I'm making you wait." I said as we pulled away.
"Hey, don't worry about that. I'm not in no hurry and I would never want you to do something you don't wanna do."
"That's the thing, Austin. I want to. I want to so bad." I said as he glanced at my lips when I said that.
"I just...I don't know. I guess I'm waiting for the right moment."
"Then we will wait for the right moment." He assured me while holding my hands as I smiled because he was so understanding.
"You have no idea how strongly I feel about you. You're my everything." He told me as I placed my forehead against his before we laid back on the bed and I laid on his chest.
"So, did you pretend you were sick too in order to stay home?" I asked him because of our plan to spend the day together. "No, actually. I just told them that I didn't want to go." He said casually as I sat up a bit.
"Seriously?"
"Yeah. I told you my parents are really laid back. They care about my grades but as long as they are good, I can have my days off." He explained as I am baffled.
"Wow, okay. I wish I had your parents."
"Really?"
"Yeah, they're awesome."
"I guess, yeah. I wished you talked about your mom more."
"I talked about my mom to you."
"Yeah, but I'm talking about the good moments in life with her. There had to be some good, right?" He asked genuinely curious. "Of course there was. It's just hard to remember it sometimes with the way she is." I told him as he nodded truly listening.
"All I know is that ever since we met, I've been so much happier in life and you and the gang are the reason why. I just want to be thankful for that for now." I tell him as he smiles kissing me as I hold his chest gently kissing him back before we slowly pull away looking into each others eyes.
"You have beautiful eyes." I say to Austin as he chuckles.
"Stop flirting with me...I have a girlfriend." He jokes as I laugh. "I think she'll be okay with it." I respond kissing him as he wraps his arms around me as we both start to slowly grind against each others bodies unintentionally but it felt damn good.
"We...we should stop. You're not ready." Austin groaned pulling away from our kiss. "Yeah, you're right. I'm sorry. I don't mean to be a tease." I say deeply sorry. "No need to apologize. Everyone gets caught up in the moment." He said with a smirk kissing me before standing up.
"I need to take a long cold shower for this though." He said motioning towards his area as I blush standing up as well. "Yes, you do. I'll head back in my room until you're done then we can hang again?" I asked as he nodded coming over to me. "Of course." He said leaning down to kiss me as I kiss back causing us to get caught in the moment once again before I stop it making us both laugh.
"You should definitely go now or there's no turning back." I say as he chuckles nodding kissing my forehead then heading to his bathroom.
I smile to myself before heading back over to the balcony and into me and Cassidy's room. I notice something in the corner of my eye and it's Mrs. Jones car.
"Amy! Amy, are you there?!" I hear Mrs. Jones call for me as my eyes widens quickly putting on some of the red nose makeup but I don't have time to make me pale so I hurry up and jump in bed and grabbing a tissue.
Mrs. Jones enters and sighs with relief when I look at her. "Oh, thank god you're awake. I got your medicine and I was told it's best to take right away." She said waving the bag in the air.
"You're home. What happened with work?" I asked a little panicked. "Apparently they said they called to tell me that I didn't have to come in today because of a shift change but I guess I missed the call because I was busy worried about you." She said shaking her head with a smile.
"Anyway, here ya go." She said handing me the bag with the medicine in it. "Thank you so much, Mrs. Jones. You really didn't have too." I told her and even though I wasn't really sick and I feel bad that she went out of her trouble to get something I don't really need, it shows what kind of a person she is and I appreciate it with all my heart. "Of course I did. As long as you are staying with us, you are family Amy." She told me which made me genuinely smile.
"It's weird. I don't think I've ever gotten what family really was. I don't think I've ever felt apart of one." I said as she looked with sympathy then smiled. "You are now." She said rubbing my shoulder and I smiled dearly.
"Well, you don't look nearly as pale as you did earlier this morning so I guess that's a good sign you're getting better on your own." She said as I nodded agreeing even though I knew the real reason.
"Your nose is still pretty red though so hopefully the medicine will clear that up." She says as I nod watching her about to leave before she turns back.
"Oh, I forgot to mention that I heard from Cassidy that you're dating our neighbor and one of her best friend's Austin. That true?" She asked curious and I sit up not expecting this conversation to happen. "Uh, yes it is actually." I told her truthfully as a smile then forms on her face. "Wow. That's sweet. I bet you two are adorable together." She says sweetly as I shrug. "We're alright." I say jokingly as she chuckles coming over to the bed.
"Don't tell anyone this but when Cassidy and Austin were younger, I use to think they would end up together in the future and get married and all this other stuff just because they lived next to each other and it seemed like the perfect cliche." She told me as I chuckled at the thought.
"Seriously?" I asked with a giggle as she laughed. "Yeah, I did. It seemed like the beginning of a movie back then." She said in defense as I giggled some more. "No, no I get it." I say as she smiles. "But they grew up and I could tell they were just polar opposites. And not the good kind of polar opposites that balance each other well. The bad kind that makes you wanna drive yourself insane." She explained as I laughed but made sure to cough once or twice to keep up the sick act.
"When they reached their teenage years, I knew they were destined to forever be just friends and my opinion was proven a fact when Cassidy met Dallas. I know they are young but I always pray that he and my daughter makes it. That's a love story I'm always rooting for. Unless he breaks my daughters heart, and in that case, I'll have to kick his ass." She said as I can't help but laugh at everything Mrs. Jones is saying right now.
Wow. This is the most carefree I have ever felt with an adult before. All the adults in my pre life would just tell me what to do all the time. Never asked me if I was okay or anything that truly mattered.
"Dallas and Cassidy are my relationship goals if I'm being honest." I say as she smiles and nods. "I agree. You feel better sweetheart." She told me rubbing my back before standing up.
"Wait, Mrs. Jones?" I say as she turns around. "Yes, honey?" She asked nicely. "How do you know...if someone...is the one?" I asked shyly as she looked at me for a few seconds before a smile appeared and she sat back down.
"Are you starting to feel that way about Austin?" She asked calmly as I slowly nodded. "At least I think I am...but I'm not sure." I said with a sigh looking into her eyes. "I think it's because I've never been in love before. I've never had a real boyfriend. So, sometimes I wonder am I feeling this strongly because it's genuine or because it's-"
"New?" Mrs. Jones said finishing my statement.
"Yeah. Exactly." I reply as she nodded.
"I was just like you when I was younger and didn't have a clue about relationships and everything was fresh and pristine. For a brief moment I thought my feelings for my first love Lyle weren't real. I thought they were only there because I unconsciously just wanted to be in a relationship but I found out it wasn't true. I really did love him." She explained.
"How did you find out your feelings were real?" I asked wanting to know. "Because if they weren't...I could have chosen anybody to be with. I chose him. It was a choice. He was my choice." She states as I understood exactly what she meant.
"Do you feel like you chose Austin? Has he chosen you?" She asked. "We've done more than chosen each other. We've cared for each other. We've helped each other. We've waited for each other. We've had issues with each other. We've dealt with things together. Yes. He's my choice and I'm his." I say with a smile as I realize every single thing between Austin and I is real. "Then you have nothing to worry about." She said with a smile before kissing my forehead which shocked me but made my heart warm.
"I'll head downstairs and watch some TV. You rest for the day and I promise not to bother you okay?" She told me heading towards the door. "Thank you again, Mrs. Jones. I appreciate everything you've done for me...and I don't mean just the medicine. Bringing me in your home and embracing me was not something you were obliged to do but you did and I'm forever grateful." I told her as she looked at me like what I said made her feel so good.
"Of course, darling. Now get some rest." She said as I nodded and she closed the door behind her.
Austin's POV
"The search for my daughter has not stopped and it will never stop. There is no deadline when it comes to my child's life. Do you understand me, America? The search for Ally Marie Dawson will continue on until we find her safe and sound and bring her home!" Penny Dawson, the singer's mother screams into the camera and microphone as the crowd erupts into cheers and claps.
Wow...she's still hanging strong. I don't think I could be the same way if I was a dad and one of my children were missing with no way knowing where they are. I look at the picture of Ally Dawson they put up and for some reason her smile in the photo seems very familiar but I can't put my finger on it.
My phone rings and I pick it up when I notice it's Chris. "Hey, what's up dude?" I asked putting my book away. "Come down to the court. Me and Dallas are playing ball." He told me as I could hear him trying to catch his breath.
"Why aren't y'all in school?" I asked amusingly because I wasn't myself. "Why aren't you?" He replied smartly. "Doesn't matter. I'm spending the day with Amy." I told him. "Bring her! Just make sure she wears sneaks and not those 6 inch heels I love." He says with a laugh.
"Dude."
"Chill...I'm only joking. It was one date remember?" He said precisely and it was true.
"Alright, we'll be there in about an half an hour." I told him as he hung up the phone and called Amy telling her the plan which she happily agreed on even though she never played basketball in her life along with a lot of other things.
Amy and I get in my car as I pull off. I start to think about how the year is coming to a close and the future ahead for me, especially college...and how it all depends on if I get recruited.
"What's wrong, babe?" Amy asked softly rubbing the back of my head and for some reason it comforted me so much. "Nothing, nothing..." I said trying not to think about it.
"Don't do that. Talk to me, please." She said as I quickly glanced at her and she was really concerned with what was on my mind.
"I'm just nervous." I said as she looked confused before quickly realizing what I was talking about. "Is this about recruitment's again?" She asked with a sigh.
"I can't help it, Amy. It's a big deal."
"Yes, it is but you are going to be fine." She says louder so I can get it through my skull.
"How do you know that? How could you possibly be so sure?" I ask facing her.
We arrive to the park and I pull over and park in a spot. "Because you are you." She said holding my face in her hands. "I'm not talking about your legendary name Austin Moon. I'm talking about you as a person." She says strongly as I look deeply in her eyes.
"Your strength, determination and amazing focus skills are going to be what shows everyone including yourself how talented you truly are. Once you realize how much you deserve this, the sooner the doubt will wash away. There's no one else like you, babe. You're a true winner." She tells me as I take in everything she said before smiling widely.
"You are amazing, you know that?" I say as she let's go of my face, and blushes while shrugging. "I'm just telling the truth, is all. I believe in you. I always will." She says and I can't find enough words to express how much that means to me so I just lean in and softly kiss her.
Amy kisses me back with soft lips and passion. We pull away and she leans her forehead on mine with a smile. "I'm happy I helped." She said innocently which just made me smile and wonder how I got so lucky. "You did. You always do." I tell her. "Come on, let's go." I say as we get out the car and hold hands walking into the basketball court where Dallas and Chris were.
"There they are." Chris says as Amy and I come up to them. "Hey dude." Dallas says giving me a bro hug as I do the same thing with Chris.
Dallas and Chris also hug Amy who happily takes the ball away from them. "Whoa, Russo. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Have you ever played before?" Dallas asked her. "No, but it can't be that hard right. You just put the ball in the basket right?" She asked as I stared at her with a smile because she was just adorable.
"Well...yeah but it's much more than th-" Chris started but was cut off when Amy throws the ball and makes it in the basket stunning all of us with wide eyes.
"Dude!" Dallas yelled punching me in the arm. "What?" I said laughing. "You secretly brought LeBron James to the court." He told me as I chuckled looking at Amy who was still fascinated by the ball. "Don't get ahead of yourself. It was beginners luck. Dallas and I still gonna wipe the floor with you two." Chris said cocky as I smirked going over to Amy. "I guess we'll see then." I said before turning to Amy. I explain the game to her and she seems like she gets it as she nods and listens.
"Alright, let's do this." Chris said as we started to play and made a couple of shots. I get the chance to still the ball and I pass it to Amy and Chris smirks running to her trying to stop her when she tricks him making him fall while she makes the final shot ending the game claiming us as the winners.
"YES!" I yelled with my hands in the air before lifting Amy up on my shoulders as she laughed. "It's just a game, babe." She said as I shook my head. "Not just a game, babe. We just wiped the floor with these fools." I told her as she giggled while Dallas and Chris walked over to us in shame.
They each took out $20 out their pockets handing us them. "Wait, you made a bet with them Austin?" Amy asked. "Yep. Once I saw you shoot the first time, I knew we had it in the bag." I told her as I helped her down from my shoulders. "Well, awesome." She said putting the money in her pockets.
"Alright, we'll give you props for your skills but no speaking of this in school. They can't know we got beat in basketball by a cheerleader." Dallas said ashamed as we laughed. "I would be offended but I kicked both your asses so I'm good." Amy said with a satisfied smile.
"So, prom is coming up. I still have no idea how I'm gonna ask Cassidy." Dallas stated with a sigh. "Dude, she's your girlfriend. Just ask her." I told him as he shakes his head. "It's Cass, man. You know she loves over the top things." "That's true, but I'm sure she'll love it as long as it's you." Amy tells him as he smiles a little.
"So, who are you going to prom with Amy? Bernie? I heard he's more skilled than Austin." He asked jokingly making Amy and Chris laugh as I pushed him. "Not funny, dude." I said as he laughed anyway.
"Chris?" Amy asked him as he shrugged. "I was thinking of going solo. Still riding that single wave till college." He told us as we nodded.
"Alright, we should head back to school. We only left because Miss. Robinson wasn't there." Chris admitted as we understood. "Yeah, Cassidy will kill me if she realized I skipped class. She's been on top of me doing good in school and not ruining my chances at recruitment." He explained. "Trust me, I worry about that too." I told him as he nodded knowing the feeling.
"Alright, I'll see you guys tomorrow." I said giving them bro hugs before they hugged Amy as well while we watched them leave.
We walk hand in hand to my car as I think about what just happened again. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but you were amazing out there." I said as Amy tilted her head. "Not really sure if I can take that as a compliment." She said making me chuckle. "No, I'm just shocked because I know you never played before. But my god, you were a natural." I told her as she then smiled flirty like.
"A natural aye? There's quite a lot of other things I'm a natural at." She says pulling me closer to her and bringing our lips together as I smile into the kiss. We fall back onto my car but it doesn't disrupt our motion. We continue to make out as our mouths and tongues get happily wrapped up within each other.
"Hey, you two." We hear from an old, hoarsely voice making us pull apart to face an elderly woman on a walker. "Get a room! No one wants to see your disgusting tongues sharing space!" She yelled at us as my eyebrows raise from surprise that such anger came from an old person but Amy looked completely unfazed. "Move along, grandma." Amy said flagging her off before pulling me into a kiss again as I returned it because if she wasn't gonna let it stop her, I sure wasn't.
We hear the old lady gasp in the background before walking away with her walker. I pull away looking at Amy before chuckling causing her to smile.
"What?" She asked wrapping her arms around me. "You just said move along grandma to an elderly person." I said still amused by the whole situation. Amy shrugs. "She shouldn't have interrupted our make out session. It's the one thing I'm very serious about." She said as I shake my head before softly pecking her lips.
Penny's POV
I walk into Ally's room for the first time ever since she disappeared. I couldn't bring myself to look at it because it was too hard and I knew the feelings I've been trying to keep in check, would eventually come out. But I'll do anything to feel connected to her again.
I look around all the posters and decoration which made me smile because anyone who walked into the room would think it was the bedroom of just an average teenage girl. Not one of the biggest pop stars in the world.
My eyes move on to her dresser where she has multiple pictures of her and people she considers her friends and then I come across one of her as a baby at the beach playing in the sand.
I sigh picking up the photo remembering that exact day.
*FLASHBACK*
"Ally, honey please don't eat the sand!" I said as the laughter of my husband filled my ears and I turn to him with a smile. "It's not funny." I said as he smiled with a nod. "She's a baby, darling. A creative one at that." He said as we sat in our beach chairs observing our beautiful baby girl hitting the sand as if she was in a pool and it would splash on her.
"She's so beautiful, Lester. We really hit the jackpot." I said with a happy sigh and gratefulness for my family. "Our baby girl is gonna be a star one day. I know it." He said making me smile before we leaned in and kissed softly.
"I love you." I said to him as the light in his eyes shined bright. "I love you more." He replied and I knew he meant it.
"Oh, look who we have here!" He said as Ally crawled to us and I giggled while her father picked her up. "I love you too, baby girl." He told her kissing her cheek as Ally giggled in his arms and I smiled at what I thought was a beautiful future.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
I sigh putting the picture down because things are far from how they use to be.
Ally's POV
Austin and I return to his house and watch a few movies in his living room while snuggling before he decided we should play truth or dare after we became bored.
"Truth or Dare?" I asked Austin. "Truth." He answered. "I'm surprised." I said as he smiled. "How much do you like me?" I asked with a smirk leaning in his face as he smiled. "This much." He said kissing me as I kissed back with tongue passionately before pulling away. "You must really like me." I say as he laughs.
"Okay, okay. Truth or Dare?" He asked me.
"Truth." I answered too which he seemed strangely happy about.
"Can you tell me...a happy moment between you and your mom?" He asked a little more serious as the humor drained from my face. "What?" I responded so low that I barely heard myself.
Austin just looked at me guilty. "Is that why you wanted to play this game? To manipulate me into talking about her?" I asked upset standing up.
"Babe, I just want to know more about you two. You only say bad things that happened between you two."
"Maybe that's because it's all that happened between us."
"I have a hard time believing that."
"Why?"
"Because when you talk about her, I can see in your eyes that it hurts. Not like you have a bad mother hurt...more like an I lost an important person in my life hurt." He said as I tried not to have tears in my eyes but it happened regardless.
"Just tell me one..." He started as I looked away emotional. "Maybe it'll make you feel better." He ended as I sighed sitting back down as he did too very close next to me.
"I remember when I was 10...a couple years before my discovering...we went out for my birthday. We spent the whole day together. Just us. We went shopping, got facials and I even flirted for the first time with some school boy." I chuckled at the memory. "But my favorite part of the day wasn't the outside gifts. It was spending the night at home, as my mom showed me all these pictures of my dad and for hours told me stories of the man I wish I knew." I said with a sad smile on my face.
"That day she gave me something that made me feel closer to the man who helped give me life. History." I tell him as he smiled at what I told him before kissing my forehead while I sighed. "You're right..." I trailed off as he pulled away and looked in my eyes. "That did make me feel somewhat better." I say as he smiled before kissing me. God, how did I get so lucky?
Penny's POV
I'm still looking around when I see a picture turned over on Ally's nightstand. I look at it strangely before turning it over to see that it's a picture of Ally when she was two years old sitting on her father's lap. I sigh realizing that she keeps it turned over because it's hard for her to look at it.
God, I don't even remember the last time I even entered my child's room or even noticed signs that she wasn't happy. I was a horrible mother. I should have protected her like I was always promised too. Instead I let her slowly break over time and if she is truly okay, she's probably happier with me out her life.
I look at the picture and smile remembering it like it was yesterday. My smiles fades when I also remember it's the same year, he left us. The worst day of my life before Ally disappeared on me.
*FLASHBACK*
"I'm telling you she's gonna want a princess party, Lester." I tell my husband who drives down the street filled with disagreement. "Nope. She's gonna want dragons. She's not the girly girl you think. We have a secret nerd on our hands and I couldn't be prouder of her following in her dad's hands." He said as I laughed shaking my head.
"I don't think so. But if you're so sure she'll love the dragons, more...I'm willing to compromise." I tell him as he looks over and smiles. "I love you, Pen." He told me as I smiled. "I love-" I start but don't get to finish because a truck hits the car and all I see is black.
I woke up and was told the love of my life was in a coma. I begin physical therapy and started to walk around more. I visited him everyday and one time, Ally came down to see me after staying with her grandmother for a while.
"Mommy!" She yells running to me as I smile picking her up in my arms. "Hi sweetie. I have missed you so much." I told her kissing her cheek as she giggled before facing me with a small pout. "Where is dada?" She asked and it just broke my heart.
How do you tell a two year old that her dad is fighting for his life right now? Before I can answer, my husband's doctor comes out his room and walks over to me.
"Miss Dawson?" He asked as I adjusted Ally on my side and nodded eagerly to hear what he said. "I'm sorry, but your husband is officially brain dead." He said as my heart sank. "There's nothing else we can do at the moment. I'll give you some time to yourself. Again, I am so sorry for your loss." He tells me sympathetically before walking away as tears fall down my eyes heavily but not a sound because I'm in too much shock to even realize that this is real.
My husband and the father of my child is dead. He's gone. I'm never gonna see him again. Well, not in the way I want to see him.
I sit down in a seat and place Ally down in one of her own as I begin to cry in my hands when Ally starts to cry too even though she has no reason why. A couple hours pass by and I finally get the courage to see Lester again before I have to officially say goodbye.
I hold Ally's hand and we walk in the room covered in white walls and medical supplies. I look at Lester connected to machines and notice how pale he is but at the same time looks so peaceful.
"Ally, sweetie..." I say picking her up so she could actually see him. "Daddy is gonna be leaving us for a very long time." I tell her as she pouts her bottom lip. "Why?" She asked sadly. "Someone in the sky wants him a little earlier than we hoped." I tried to explain to her in the best way possible. "The sky?" Her little voice repeated. "Yes, sweetie. The sky. You gonna say bye to daddy?" I say as she nods and looks at him. "Bye dada. Wuv ywo." She said in the best way she could as I leaned her down and she kissed his cheek.
"I love you, Lester. That's never gonna change. You are the love of my life and I just wanna say thank you for loving me and your baby girl in the best way you knew how. We are forever grateful and you will never be forgotten." I say rubbing his hair with tears falling down my eyes.
"I love you so much." I say kissing him on his lips one more time then on his forehead. I take one last look at him before taking Ally's hand and leaving the room.
I go down to her length and hold her little face in my hands. "You will see dada again, okay sweetie? When you leave the world when you are really old, you'll meet again in heaven." I tell her with a smile even though she has no idea what I'm talking about.
"We are gonna be okay and mommy is gonna take care of you because that's my job. I'm gonna give you all the love in the world so it won't feel like he's gone, and you are gonna be the star like your dad always said you would be. I promise." I say to a confused Ally wiping the tears from my eyes and smiling in order to store the pain away.
"I promise." I whisper lowly meaning it with every fiber in my body.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
It breaks my heart that I only kept one of those promises.
I realize tears are falling from my face and then I start crying about everything. My husband, Ally...I don't think I ever properly grieved for him because I didn't want to feel it even though people told me I had too in order to move on. I scream falling to the floor in pain for all that I lost since he died.
Ally's POV
Austin and I head to school now that it's around 6 o clock. I know what you're thinking. Why the hell are you going to school at 6 in the afternoon? There's a game tonight. Don't worry. Austin and I didn't have practice for his football or my cheer leading so we didn't miss anything.
We arrive in the parking lot and go our separate ways when he heads in the locker room to change and I go onto the field where the girls are.
"Amy, over here!" Cheryl yelled as I make my way over to them in my cheer leading uniform. "Where have you been all day? Because you were definitely not in school." Kira said as Cassidy smirked. "I heard from my mother that she was horribly sick. Oh, you definitely seem close to your deathbed." Cassidy said smartly as I blushed.
"Look, I feel bad about lying to your parents especially since they have been so amazing to me but I wanted to spend the day with Austin." I told her as she smiled not taking it personal. "I don't care. I use to do the same with Dallas all the time." She tells me. "That makes sense since Austin wasn't in school either." Carrie answered as I nodded.
The football players then come out and the crowd cheers wildly as we get in position and do our cheer intro. The game starts and the other team is getting the best of us which is not good at all.
"We need this win." Cassidy said with a sigh worried. "I know. What's happening?" I asked as she shrugged and we all watched in anticipation. Half time comes around and Austin looks very upset. I wonder if I should go over to him or let himself vent on his own but I decide to walk over to him.
"Austin, hey..." I say lowly as he turns around and I can see the sadness and anger in his eyes. "What's going on out there?" I asked as he sighed. "It's all my fault, Amy. I'm screwing this up. The coach are giving me plays and I'm so nervous of fucking up that I'm actually fucking up! My huge career decision is getting closer and closer and I'm scared as hell." He told me as I put my hands on his shoulders. "Focus on what I told you earlier. You can do this." I said as he sighed not really believing it.
"Hey, look at me." I said as he did. "None of these guys would have gotten this far without you. You are the star of this team. You did this. Be proud of that." I told him as he looked around at the team. "It's all you. You got this." I tell him as he smiled slightly before kissing me. "Thank you." He spoke lowly as I nodded watching him return to the team.
The game begins again as I head over back to the girls and we start our cheers. I'm in the air when one of the players from our team makes a touchdown after Austin passes the ball to him. I cheer when I fall safely in their arms.
Our football team starts to catch up and soon enough we are finally tied. "Oh my god, I'm actually nervous guys." Kira said as we nodded agreeing in anticipation. I can't tell but I think the coach is telling our team that Austin is gonna run the ball for the final play.
I know he's doubting himself at the moment so I really hope he takes my advice and realizes that he's the quarterback for a reason.
Austin's POV
I stand in front of a bunch of my teammates as I stare at the tied score on the scoreboard. I just got the next play from the coach and it's all on me.
When I start to psych myself out, I think about Amy and what she told me earlier. "It's all me. I got this." I whisper to myself when the referee blows the whistle and adrenaline takes over as the ball is passed to me and I start to run it.
Ally's POV
Everyone watches in anticipation as Austin runs the ball with multiple people trying to take and failing, but he still has quite a bit of yards to go and man, I hope he makes it. Not just for the team, but for himself. So, he can gain back the confidence he once had.
"Do you think he'll make it?" Carrie asked as all the girls looks at me and even though I could tell by the look on their faces how nervous and unsure they were, I smiled. "Yes." I spoke confidently. "I know he will." I add as we watch him go and go until he dodges the last guy and jumping into the end zone.
The crowd goes wild as I smile in happiness for him and the school. "You were right, Ams!" Kira cheered. "It's great Austin has a girlfriend who always believes in him." Cheryl said as I smiled while the girls all cheered and celebrated together.
I turn around to see Austin take off his helmet and ignoring something his coach is telling him and running to me instead. He picks me up in his arms spinning me around as I giggle before he puts me down. "I'm so proud of you." I tell him truthfully.
"I couldn't have done it if it wasn't for you." He said as I giggled appreciative. "You have been my motivation even when I forgot how to believe in myself." He added as I smiled at the sweet speech.
"I love you, Amy." He told me as my eyes widened at the statement and then relaxed when I realized I have been waiting to say the same thing. "I love you, Austin." I tell him as he looks at me in amazement before a smile takes over and he kisses me when it begins to rain causing us to pull apart making us laugh.
"Wow. I should have watched the news this morning. We're gonna get drenched." I say as he smiles shaking his head. "I don't care as long as I'm with you." He replies as I smile widely as we kiss again not caring that everyone was running to get inside while we stayed in each others arms.
Penny's POV
I finally leave Ally's room when the doorbell rings. I head downstairs and open the door when I see a package on the ground and an UPS truck pulling off.
I take it inside with confusion not knowing who would send me a gift. Yeah, sure I've gotten a lot of gifts since the disappearance of my daughter but it was always sent to my people. Not my direct house. Most people don't even know where I actually live.
I open it with curiosity and see that it's my favorite kind of flowers inside a beautifully designed vase. I'm flattered by them but utterly intrigued on who they are from. I look for a note in hopes of an answer and I soon found one.
The note ends up being a disappointment because it doesn't say anything until I flip it over to see that it says one word and one word only.
Safe.
My breath hitches when I look at the flowers again realizing only one person knows they are my favorites. "Ally?" I whispered into the air holding the note close to my chest as a single tear fell down my cheek.
1.) How amazing are A&A together?
2.) Reaction when Austin and Ally said ILY?
3.) Thoughts on the ending?
4.) Favorite Moments?