A/N: And once again, this story will be short, so the next chapter may be the ending of the story. Right now, I do not know as of yet. Two songs I will recommend as you read this is to listen to "I Think About You" and "You Can Come to Me" from Austin and Ally. When you read this, it may seem repetitive but I actually had done this on purpose. It isn't that good and seems rushed, but I thought this was actually an okay chapter. Disclaimer: I do not own the songs nor the show or any of its original characters like Trish, Dez, Austin, and Ally. Well, happy reading, and I hope you like it.

Chapter Three

Two months had passed of Austin spending his moments with his friends and his girlfriend. He felt like he was on the top of the world. He had Trish, Dez, Kelly. And most of all, he had Ally. He truly felt fulfilled, like nothing could crush him down. Well, until, a guy named Sheldon entered their lives, well, Ally's life. They dated for four months and still going strong.

Do you know how it feels like when your life seems so perfect that you think it would last forever until it all suddenly came crashing down?

That's how Austin felt. Sheldon just came to them like a tsunami, destroying the stance that used to be Austin's place in Ally's heart. The moment he entered was the moment he had gone through hell. He was taking Ally away from him. His Ally, well, not so much his Ally, but Ally was still his. They were still team Austin and Ally after all.

Looking back, he missed the moments where Ally would run up to him and hug him. She no longer did that anymore. Recently, he always gets side hugs. Something he wasn't used to. He missed her loving expression that she always does when he does something romantic or when he uses his puppy-eyed look when he did something wrong or wanted something (even though she pretended to be annoyed). Now, she just smiles at him and rolls her eyes playfully at him. Most of all, he missed her saying 'I love you' to him. Now, she only says, 'I like you' instead.

Here's the basic information of how Ally met Sheldon. Sheldon entered Sonic Boom one day, wanting to buy some guitar strings. They greeted each other, exchanged some words. They talked about their interests. And boom, they became instant friends three days later. Like Austin with Kelly, Ally found some common ground with Sheldon. He likes music, likes cloud watching, likes picnics, and likes watching silent romantic movies. Oh, but the home run to this is that he's a songwriter too.

As for his looks, don't let his name fool you. When you think of the name of Sheldon, you think he's a nerd, a know-it-all, don't you? You think he's the scrawny type of boy that one hit could send him to the hospital, don't you? Well, you're wrong.

Sheldon, if profiled, he's a little taller than Austin by an inch. He has brunette hair with beautiful green eyes. Though he may not look buff, he could be considered to have a body of a model's. And though his name makes you think that he's very smart, he isn't actually as smart as Ally. He's actually average in the knowledge department, a C-student. He wasn't a know-it-all.

And if considered, he's a mix of Austin and Ally.

"You know?" Sheldon started, looking over at Austin with a relaxed expression, " I need to thank you for everything."

Austin gave him a look of confusion, not knowing what he was talking about. He was about to ask Sheldon, but he already answered it for him before Austin could.

"Because if you hadn't broken up with Ally, I would never have a chance to be the lucky guy," Sheldon said.

Oh, that hurt. And that was how he knew, Ally was officially no longer his. He didn't know why but it felt like everything in his body shut down. He couldn't move, talk, see, breathe, or hear anything. Everything felt dark. So dark that he thought he had become blinded. And that was when he panicked and everything went completely dark.

And there, Austin fainted and was sent to the hospital. And there, Ally stood beside Sheldon instead of being by his hospital bed like she always was. Instead, Kelly was beside him, but all he wanted was Ally to be beside him. And it hurts. It hurts a lot. Because when Ally's beside him, she would hold his hand right away and blabber some incoherent sentences in one breath before he had to tell her to breathe when she started to turn red. Luckily, she did or else she would have gone to the hospital too. And when she finally calmed down, she gave him a bone-crushing hug while she finally let her tears stain his shoulders. He always found it cute the way she was concerned about him, but he tried not to go to hospital again because he didn't want Ally to ever cry for him like that. It always killed him to see her in that much pain even if he went into a hospital because of a small fracture. And now, he realized he would never have that again. And it hurts. It hurts so bad.

With Kelly, she didn't hold his hand or blabber or cry. She looked merely worried for him and asked him if he was okay before she finally held his hand. The hand that held his right then didn't feel warm not like the soft, small hand that belonged to a woman named Ally.

And all he could ever do was stare at Ally, looking him at worried. He saw her hand holding onto Sheldon's tightly in worry for him. And in her eyes, he could see tears forming. And that hurt the most because he knew he made her cry again, but he won't be the one to soothe her because she has Sheldon now.

Ally belonged to Sheldon now; she was no longer his. And that hurt all the more. And that made him that much empty now. And that caused a new kind of hurt. And unlike with Kira and Cassidy, the bond that used to bind Ally and him together had finally shattered. That realization was all the more real to him. And it was the first time ever since they broke up and he hadn't seen Ally for three weeks after, that he realized he had always loved Ally even when he is with Kelly.

After everyone bid Austin farewell with a kiss on the cheek by Kelly, he was left alone to his thoughts. He was not able to check-out due to doctors wanting to take more tests from his sudden panic attack, afraid he would have any other internal or physical damages the doctors didn't know about. Unlike the other times in the hospital, Ally didn't stay with him until the nurses had to force her out. And he missed that. He missed when Ally was struggling with the nurses saying Austin needs her, and she wouldn't leave until he was all better. Thinking back, it was a little funny how dramatic Ally was but he loved her all the same because he would do the same for Ally. They were such a strange couple. But then he was reminded that Ally was with Sheldon now, and that caused him to go back to reality.

He used to imagine Ally would be the lucky one. He would marry her and have little Austins and little Allys running around. He would have his arm wrapped around Ally's waist, and she would kiss his cheek as they watched their children having fun. They would be both successful and have a house of their own with a garden for the miniature Austins and Allys to run around in. And even when their home is chaotic from all the mess or they would argue for some senseless reasons, they would always make it up to each other because they love each other. And even though Austin knew marriage wasn't perfect, with Ally, he could do anything and overcome any obstacle. But the imagination soon crashed when he saw a random site.

And then he realized, the loss of love was from his fear. The site made him feel like it was a sign about his future with Ally. And what was this site about? A statistic about divorce. He didn't want to be one of the fifty percent of marriages to be divorced. He didn't want to be one of those guys where they divorce and don't talk to each other anymore and then marry other people afterwards. Three days after looking at the survey, he found ways to make Ally seem imperfect so he wouldn't love her as much, made himself look on another and fall for that person based on similar likes. And he found that person in Kelly. Because he knew all along, the girl he was going to be with would not give him the same feeling as Ally. He wouldn't have that sort of love that would be so deep that it was hard to describe and hard to break. He was afraid of committment. He was afraid of being hurt. He was afraid of losing Ally. But of course, the last two was his undoing. Because he not only felt hurt from seeing Ally move on from him, but he also lost the Ally he loved so much. Because right then, he realized he lost the one person that could make him feel happy. He lost the only person he could see his future with just because of a random site that he thought would become his future.

And that was also when he realized, the empty feeling and his body not moving for those three weeks he had broken up with Ally and not seeing her those three weeks was because of Ally. Because he felt empty without her. Because all he ever needed was Ally. And now, he lost the light to his darkness. His mind stirred. And he realized, his light was gone. The flame that used to burn inside him, gone.

And right now, he needed Ally that much more. Because if he didn't, he may even lose what was left of him. And right now, he didn't have much left of himself.

But of course, like Ally said, if he needed her, she will be there. If he was broken, she would know. If he is falling, she would be the rope to pull him in. She'll be anything he needed her to be because she is Ally and he is Austin.

And together, they could overcome anything.

And right now, without Austin knowing and with Ally's instincts kicking in, Ally tried to sneak in the hospital with Trish and Dez being the decoys. And if Austin saw their attempts, he would be rolling on the floor laughing. They even had the all black get-up with spy equipment they were wearing for the special occasion. And if only Austin knew, they did it all for him because he is worth it and he needed them right now. Ally went through all of this because she loves him and will always love him because not only he is worth all the rule breaking but because he needs her the most. And because he needs her, she will always be there. Because she is Ally, his lucky girl.