It's been a few hours since the incident. They all had rushed Ally to the hospital as soon as possible. Trish and Dez told the people to clear away from the stage while the band and Austin helped Ally into the ambulance. She was still in the ER and the doctors had asked all of them to move outside and wait while they examined what was wrong with her.
After what seemed alike pacing up and down the hall for the hundredth time, Austin sat on a blue bench in a corner. Thoughts were bubbling in his mind. It was awful to see Ally like this. It hurt him really bad. She was in pain, and…she didn't deserve any of this. She was the nicest person he has ever met, so why is this happening to her? Somewhere at the back of his head, a small voice told him that it was his fault. He had given Ally a lot of stress and pressure, which was too much for her to cope up with. Instead of Ally, he should have been punished. Austin hated himself and cursed himself. Why did he have to do that to her?
He started to breathe raggedly. Tears welled up in his eyes. He tried hard but he couldn't control it and he reluctantly let the tears flow down his cheeks. He did not want to cry in front of all these people. He just wanted to find a dark corner and cry as much as he can and drown in his own guilt.
But no, he must have hope. This is not the time to be a child, he's been that long enough. Either way, nothing is gonna happen to Ally. He's sure of it. The doctor is just gonna come through those doors and tell all of them the good news that Ally is just fine and that we can take her home. Austin wiped his tears with the back of his hand and looked towards the door of the ER. He saw Ross coming towards him.
Ross sat down beside him on the blue bench. He waited for a moment not saying anything, looking at Austin's tear-stained stained face. "Don't worry bro. She'll be alright."
Austin looked up at him. "I hope she does get all right. If anything ever happens to her…I-I…" Austin stammered. He tried to be strong but it was hard. He finished the sentence. "If anything happens to her, I will never be able forgive myself." He started to cry softly again.
Ross just looked at him. He was amazed at seeing Austin's passion for Ally. Something he probably never had for anyone. He felt sorry for him. "Okay, anything of it wasn't your fault-"
"It was, she was stressed because of me…" Austin explained in a broken voice.
"No, don't blame it all on yourself. Hopefully, it won't be anything major. The doctors will tell us any minute now that it was nothing and that Ally will be alright." Ross tried to comfort him. Austin listened and then he nodded.
Just then, the door of Ally's room slid open and a male doctor draped in a white doctor's coat, seemingly too big for his small built, walked out and approached them. The band, Trish and Dez who were wearing expressions of curiosity walked forward quickly. Austin stood up from the bench and came to the front to ask the doctor.
"Well, doctor?" He was waiting for some good news. She has to be fine.
"I'm sorry Mr. Moon, but we…weren't able to diagnose what's wrong with Ally." The doctor looked at Austin carefully.
"Wait, what do you mean?" Austin's eyes furrowed. He started to become hyper. "What do you mean you haven't figured out what's WRONG with her?" Austin asked with his voice raising.
The doctor seemed a little intimidated with Austin's sudden change in behavior. But what he managed to say next shook Austin from the very core of his existence.
"It was because… Ms. Dawson has gone into a coma."
Austin couldn't believe what the doctor had just said. He was shattered inside out. He was barely able to stand. He had no sense of what he was doing. He was about to fall flat on his back when Ross and Riker caught him. They helped him sit on the bench. He was in such a shock that he couldn't hear anything. His whole body had gone numb.
Ally…in…a…coma. That's all that went in and around in his mind. Coma…Ally. Ally… coma. He was brought back into his senses and surroundings after being shaken by Dez and found out that Trish was asking him something.
"What?" He looked up at Trish, still in the process of recovering from shock.
"Austin, I was asking if you were okay."
"Yeah,yeah. I'm fine. It's just that…" Austin smiled a little. "I thought I heard the doctor say Ally was in a coma. Sorry, I'm just hearing things." He waved his hand in the air. He looked at Trish's sad expression.
"Austin what you heard was right." Trish's eyes, in fact, every person's eyes were glassy.
"What?" Austin barely whispered. He found out that he was already crying. He looked up at the doctor standing away from the bench. "Can I go meet her?"
"Yes, you all can. We have moved her into her room." The doctor replied quickly.
They all walked up and moved along, going to where the doctor had indicated. Austin stopped by the doctor's side in the end.
"I'm sorry." The doctor said honestly.
"It's okay," Austin replied back. "Thank you, doctor." With that said, Austin followed the others.
Austin stood leaning his side against the wall in a corner, as the rest of the group sat around Ally. Everyone was silently crying and wiping their tears. They started to talk about their memories with Ally, talking about her awesome performance, wondering and giving their own opinions about what happened to Ally. Austin didn't listen to them. He just stood there and zoned out. His thoughts went in and about the times he and Ally shared. The moments that were just theirs. It was a beautiful time. Even though it was recent, yet it seemed so…distant and far-fetched.
She was about to sing "Me and You" for him on stage. She was apologizing, even though he should have been the one to apologize. He now needed some alone time…with Ally, now.
"You guys should probably go home now. It's late." Austin said to them, expressionless. Everyone looked at him then at each other. They knew what he wanted. And they would give him. They nodded.
"Yeah, you all are probably tired. You should go get some rest." Trish said while standing up.
"I think you and Dez should go too, Trish." Austin looked at her. She looked at Dez then nodded back at Austin. Everyone stood up and while saying goodbye, shuffled out of the room.
After closing the door behind him and drawing the blinds, Austin slowly walked towards Ally. He took a chair and sat beside her. He looked at her closely. She looked so beautiful. He took in every detail, her chestnut hair with caramel highlights; her pink lips, her pretty eyes, her beautiful skin and her small frame. He couldn't believe such a beautiful person could be in such a state.
Dang it, he thought. He started to cry again. But, he couldn't stop his tears. Now that he was alone it was easy to let it all out.
"Ally," Austin spoke. He wanted to talk to her since the fight so badly and wanted to apologize. "Ally, I'm sorry. I know I got you into this mess. I'm so deeply sorry, and you don't know how depressing it is to…look at you in this state." He broke into a sob. Then, after a while, continued. "I know…I know that just because of me, you're like this. And because of that, I hope you will forgive me. Because I know I will never be able to forgive myself.
"From now on I'm going to stay with you by your side. I'll never leave you. I'll be here for you…forever." He sobbed again. "Even if it affects my career, I don't care; because you are more important to me. You're the dearest thing to me in the whole wide world. Besides, it will never be the same when I would sing because you won't be there." He wiped his whole face with a tissue he took from a box kept on the side table.
"I-I…wanted to sing to you. I wanted to sing all the songs that we wrote together that reminded me…of you. I-I hope you don't mind." With that Austin cleared his throat and began singing softly.
"Sometimes love's a scary place
It's like standing in the dark
Flying through the universe
Trying to fix your broken heart
It's okay to let it go
You don't have to be so brave
Take a chance that someone else
Is gonna swoop in and save the day
You don't have to face your fears alone
'Cause whenever you're in trouble
I'll know
Let me be your superhero
There isn't a place I won't go
Whenever you need me by your side
I'll be there, be there
Never be afraid if you fall
I'll carry you away from it all
Let me be your superhero
Let me be your superhero
You're a good girl
The perfect picture of an angel's smile
From a magazine
But it's a new world
And I know somewhere the side of you
No one's ever seen
Hey now baby,
No doubt about it, girl
You drive me crazy
I'm pleading guilty to the way you make me
Wanna steal your heart
Steal your heart
Call me criminal
I won't deny you make me want it all,
Everything you are
So lock it up
Go on and try it
No matter what you do
I'm gonna steal your heart
I confess,
I kinda like it that you're innocent
Keeping up your guard
I'll break it down
So you can't hide it
No matter what you do
I'm gonna steal your heart
One by one, Austin sang all the songs. From "Superhero" to "Steal your Heart", from "Heartbeat" to "I Think About You". Austin stopped for a while. He took Ally's hand in his own and drew aimless circles on her skin with his thumb. He looked at her carefully, and then eventually smiled.
"Guess there's only one left Ally. Here we go." He started singing. Even though the song was medium-fast, he sang it slowly. Like the time they sang it in their Glee Club performance in the beginning.
"There's no way I could make it without ya…do it without ya, be here without ya…" He started to cry silently. He held Ally's hand tighter. He took a deep breath and continued.
"It's no fun when your doin' it solo…with you it's like whoa!" He started to sob again. It had gotten really difficult now. He let Ally's hand go and took his head in his hand and kept crying. Suddenly, he felt a hand taking in his own. He looked wide eyed at it and traced the arm back to Ally.
"Yeah and I know
I-I-I-I-I-own this dream
Cuz I-I-I-I-I-got you with me
There's no way I could make it without ya
Do it without ya, be here without ya…"
She smiled at Austin. Then she coughed. Austin stared at her then smiled widely.
"Ally…" Austin whispered.
"Austin…" Ally replied. Austin leaned in and kissed her. He had wanted to do that for such a long time. And Ally didn't protest, the kiss was irresistible, magical even. They both kept kissing until Austin drew back.
"We gotta call the doctor," He smiled.
"Well, I really don't know how it all happened. We never witnessed a coma patient wake up so...early," the doctor said, looking all flustered.
"You don't even have any scientific explanation?" Austin asked, amused.
"Apparently no, it seems impossible. It's like from magic or a miracle or something happened..." Austin looked back at Ally who was still supposed to rest and was lying down.
"Yes, it was a miracle that brought us two together."
Ally smiled, "We always need one in life."