A/N: hey guys! I'm so so so so sorry for such a late update, u guys must hate me. I feel like chapter 2 went a bit fast like Austins supposed to be quiet and he didnt seem like it to me, so I've rewritten it. I've also got exams going on till the 15th so I might be able to update but I might not, however after then I should be able to update more. Thanks for sticking with me. On with chapter 2:

Previously:

Four punches. It was the same every night, punch then name, punch then name, over and over. Sometimes a kick, sometimes even worse. The tears gathered in my eyes and started to fall silently. My vision became blurry and after a few more hits, it was pitch black.

Ally's POV:

My eyelids fluttered open and I was instantly met with a horrendous headache and a piercing pain in my back. I slowly rose and sat for a minute taking in my room. There was a new large hole in my wall next to my dresser which meant 'mom' had had an exceptionally big 'fit', I'm not even going to try to cover that one up. I stood up and slowly got dressed, feeling very faint, and took a look in the mirror. There was no way I was going to be able to cover this up. A large red mark lay across my right cheek and a large purple bruise covered the other. I stammered my way to the door and carefully opened it just in case 'mom' was home. Looking left and right down the small corridor and quickly tip toed down the stairs and made my way through the lounge, not much of a lounge, and into the kitchen, not much of a kitchen. I grabbed a small glass of water and decided to forget about breakfast, like every morning. Making my way to the miserable excuse of a bathroom, I cleaned my teeth and grabbed my hoodie from behind the door. I walked of the bathroom and grabbed my bag and, being as quiet as possible, I made my way out of the door, dreading the day ahead. I made my way down our alley way and out onto the main road, ear phones in, head down and ignoring as much as possible. I walked into school and then started to hear the annoying, loud sound of some girls from my school. My music stopped and my face came in contact with the ground. Kira. Ugh, why can't she just mind her own business and leave me alone. The irritating girls laughter became louder and more obnoxious.

"Ha ha, oh I'm sorry did I hurt the little bitch." She sneered. I kept my head down and didn't say a word. Her fist came down and hit my shoulder, "I'm talking to you bitch!" She said even louder this time.

"Leave me alone." I muttered, not wanting to cause any more trouble.

"I'm sorry I couldn't quite hear you." She said tauntingly. Her fist lifted and I shut my eyes tightly, awaiting the hard punch, probably going to make contact with my stomach, and it came over and over again until, when the bell went, she was satisfied and she walked off with a smug look on her face. I leant back onto the lockers behind me and curled into a ball. My head hit my knees and what seemed like the first time in forever (A/N: frozen quote lol) i cried. I just didn't understand how someone could treat someone so badly for no reason what so ever. I looked at my phone and saw what the time was 9:20 there was no point in going back to class now, so instead I walked round, quietly, to the back of the school to where the bike sheds were and made my way through them and out of school. Behind the bike sheds was a middle sized field with a small forest on the other end, that not many people knew about, but the place that was truly a secret was when you went through the forest. So thats what I did. I walked a few meters into the trees and made a right turn through a small hole in the hedge. There, was a very small field that no- one knew about. Only me. I'd come here as a child, especially, whenever I needed a get away, and that's what I needed today. On either side of the field was a row of trees that kind of barred the field off. And on one of them, on the right side, when I was young, I discovered a old tree house, so I redecorated it, sort of. I climbed up the ladder of the tree house and made my way in. As I looked over to where the two beanbags were, I was very surprised to find a boy, about my age, with blond hair, sat with his head on his knees, looking like he was or had been crying.

"Er, hi." I said, still in shock that someone else knew about this place.

The boy immediately looked up. "Hi, sorry am I intruding, I probable shouldn't even be here. Gos why do I have to be so stupid, this is probably you private place and you-"

I cut him off from his rambling, 'No, no it's fine, can I just ask though, how do you know about it?" I asked curiously.

"Well I was making my way though the forest trying to find my way out but I couldn't, so I decided to sit down for a bit and when I looked ahead, there was a hole in the hedge, so I decided to explore. That when I saw this field and the tree house and thought that no one knew about it, until I went up this tree house and saw all the things in it. But I was feeling a bit down and decided to stay here for a bit, again sorry."

"Oooohh, ok , and stop apologizing, it's fine, honestly. Well since you know about it, you have to swear you won't tell anyone about it. Ok?" I said.

He nervously laughed and said "alright. Wait does this mean I can stay?"

I thought about it. Well he knows about it now so he might as well. "Sure why not. And since we will probably be seeing a lot of each other, I'm Ally." I said as I stuck my hand out for him to shake it, smiling as best as I could with a split lip.

"Austin" he said joining hands with mine, smiling back, a proper smile. "Oh and if you don't mind me asking how did you get all those bruises?"

Shoot.

a/n: done, I know it's a bit short but I'm gonna try to update a bit more offer, especially after my exams. Love you all, stay beautiful,

Ausllyforevs