Chapter 5:

Austin POV

"What are you doing here?" All three of us exclaimed together.

"What do you mean what are we doing here? That's my house!" Dez said angry.

"Wait, what? This is your house? I thought that's Ally's..." I trailed off confused.

"it is, you see used to be mine too, we lived here together up until Trish and I moved in together." He replied. "But what are you doing here? And where is Ally?" He continued asking and trying to look behind me into the apartment. Trish just stayed quiet.

"Why don't you do come in, there is something I need to tell you guys." I said, moving from the doorway so that my childhood best friends can come in.

"Austin, what's going on, why are you here? And where is Ally and An..." Dez started asking as we sat on the couch but stopped before saying Anna's name.

"Guys, I know about Annabelle, and she is asleep so don't yell or make any loud noises." I said.

"How do you know about Anna? And where is Ally?" Trish asked. How I know? How do they know? And why they didn't tell me about Ally and Anna?

"It's a pretty long story. So don't interrupt me in between, okay? And after I want you two to tell me how you knew, as you always told me you have no idea where Ally is or why she left." I asked. And they both nodded. "Okay, so since I had a concert here in New York three days ago, I stayed at a hotel for the night and meant to go home, to Miami, the next day." I started explaining about was cut off by Dez.

"What does your concert has to do with Ally and Anna?" Dez asked annoying. What has gotten in to the red hair? Why does he act like that? Like the fact that Ally is not here is my fault!

"Didn't I just say it's a long story and don't interrupt me?" I asked rhetorically, glaring at him. "Look let me finish and then ask your questions." I said still glaring at him.

"Baby, relax, let Austin speak." Trish said quietly to her annoyed fiancé.

"Fine, you were saying?" he said signing.

"Since it was Kayla's birthday the next day, I called her in the morning to wish her happy birth day, I hung up. Less than five seconds after I hung up it rang again, I picked it without looking at the caller ID, thinking it's probably Kay or her parents. But when I answered, I heard some unfamiliar voice, a woman's voice. I asked her why she called and who she was.

"She said she is a nurse from New York Hospital, and that and that she is calling me because my daughter was brought to the hospital." I continued explaining, but then they both cut me off.

"ANNA IS IN THE HOSPITAL?!" they yelled together. I just ignore them and continue with my story. I already told them that she is in her bedroom, but I guess they didn't listen.

"When I got there, I try to explain them that there must be a mistake, that I don't have children. But then and doctor named Dr Coleman came to me and told me she knows, Anna's mom and that she told her that I was the photo. Then she took me to the mother room, I got in and saw Ally there, she had wires attached to her and bandages. When I saw her I knew for fact that the little girl was mine .

"Anyway when the doctor finally got me to walk out of the room she took me to Anna's room. When I got there on a recognized me immediately, apparently Ally told her about me. "Anyway this afternoon Anna got discharged and besides a broken arm she's okay." I finished.

"What about Ally, where is she? And where is Anna?" Dez asked shocked.

Anna is in her room, asleep. And Ally... Well she's still in the hospital. I answered.

"Why is she still there?" Trish asked quietly, she's changed a lot, she is much more quiet than usual.

"She is in a coma, guys." I answered quietly.

"WHAT?' Dez yelled.

"Shhh! Anna's asleep!" I hissed at him."Sorry, but, she is in a coma? What happened? Why were they in a coma?" He asked quieter.

"A car crash, from what they told me, Ally wasn't looking for second on the road and as she passed on a green light, some drank guy came from the left and crashed her car's left side." I explained.

"Is she gonna be okay?" Dez asked quietly, stroking his fiancé's hair, trying to calm her down as she started crying while I was telling them what happened.

"Look since Anna was sitting on the right side her injures are minor, but since Ally was on the left, hers were greater. The doctors told me that the fact she didn't die on impact was rare, in 95% of those kinds of car crashes, the driver dies on impact." I started. ""But the doctors are optimistic; they said that if she survived the crash she will be okay, physically." I answered quietly.

"Physically? What about mentally?" Trish asked as she succeeded in controlling her sobs.

"They said that until she woke up they can't know if there is and brain damage." I explained. It was really hard talking about Ally as it only brought to my head the image of Ally lying defenseless in that hospital room.

"And Anna, is she hurt?" Dez asked me with a strange tone, it was concerned, but not the concern he had when he was talking about Ally. His tone held the concern of father not the constrain of the kid's parents' friend should have.

"Like I said before, she only has a broken arm. She had some bruises on a good arm and legs and her sensor was destroyed. But the bruises are mostly gone and Dr. Coleman said that she would speak with the sensor's company to give her a new one." I explained.

"Is she in her room?" Trish asked.

"Yeah, but she's really tired, she fell asleep on the way, I only got her to stay awake for dinner and bath but the minute I put her in bed and she was out like a light." I answered.

"I just want to see her, I really missed her while we were away." She said, got up from the couch and she went the way to Anna's room.

"Ally is in New York hospital, right? Dez asked after the Latina had disappeared in my daughter's room

"Yes." I answered. "But I think visiting hours are over."

"Well, I'll go tomorrow morning after dropping Anna daycare." He said. Why would he take her? What does the fact he goes to the hospital has to do with Anna?

"What do you mean 'why'? I want to see Ally." He said.

"I didn't mean why are you going, I meant why would you take Anna to daycare when you go the visit Ally?" I said voiced raised a bit. "Why not? She can't be by herself, and I don't think she would want to go back to the hospital so soon." He said calmly. What? Why would she be alone? I am here.

"First, Anna will probably want to see her mother. And second, why do you say she will be alone, I am here, aren't I?" I said, getting angry.

"Well, even if she wants I don't think it's really healthy for a three year old to be in a hospital if she doesn't have to." He started. "And, what you? You are not gonna be here tomorrow. You are just going to leave, now that Trish and I are here, you don't have to stay here anymore, you can just go back to your life, and forget everything that happened. It's not like you have a reason to stay here. I am sure you waited for an opportunity like this since you got the phone call." He continued.

What? Nothing to be here for? Go back? Forget everything? That's what he thinks of me, that I am a heartless jerk who would just turn his back on his child on the most difficult time. I would never do that, even if Ally was okay, I wouldn't have turn my back on them, they are my family, and I love Anna already, and of course I love Ally, I loved her since I was eight, even if twelve years have passed, I am still in love with her.

"Daddy, is that true, you are just going to leave?" I suddenly heard from behind me, just as I was about to tell Dez that he is wrong.