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Chapter 2

'Not now… Why did he always do this to me? What did I ever do to him to make him hate me so much?' Ally thought to herself.

She wiped her eyes discreetly. She silently prayed no one could see the emotion she tried to suppress. Ally was glad that Austin had left not too long after that text.

The distraught brunette stared at the clock on the far side of the room as if to will the time to go faster.

She chewed her hair, as she drowned in anticipation. Ally only had two hours left before she could close up for the night.

Her mind went back to the reason she was so freaked out.

'It's like clockwork. He always shows up when I finally feel like myself and I actually start to move on.' She shook her head from her revelation.

She hated that he had this much control over her. 'How did I let it get this far…?'

It was uncanny really; every time her heart would begin to heal he would always come along and rip the preverbal stiches apart and once again she was left with an open wound where her heart should have been.

**Flashback**

His name was Blake Scotts. He was Ally's childhood best friend and next door neighbor. The two met in first grade when his family moved from Atlanta to Miami.

The two were inseparable from day one. They connected so much they almost completed each other and nothing would break them up.

It was the day after her thirteenth birthday. The two had officially been a couple for a year and three weeks.

It approached midnight as Ally laid in close to sleep. She heard a light tap on her window and this fully woke her up.

She curiously sat up and walked over to the window. Blake was seated on the long branch that extended from the three story tall Oak tree in her backyard.

Ally hurriedly opened the window and let in her boyfriend and then flicked on the lamp by her bed.

He was head and shoulders taller than her. His skin was a golden tan color which displayed his light brown hair and brown eyes nicely.

The two greeted one another with a sweet loving kiss. Once they pulled apart Ally could see that Blake was very upset about something.

"What's wrong?" She asked, as she searched his eyes from any sign of an answer.

Blake broke eye contact with her and swallowed hard as he mustered up the courage to say what was on his mind.

"Ally, I have to tell you something and I don't really know how." He started.

Ally took his hands encouragingly; which caused him to look at her. She smiled reassuringly and said, "It's okay. Just say whatever is on your mind. It can't be that bad."

But Blake knew better. He let out a deep breath and then spoke. "Al, I don't really know how to tell you this but my dad lost this job and my whole family is moving back to Georgia where my grandparents live."

Ally felt as if the bottom of her life had dropped out. She could hear her heart pound in her ears which made her feel dizzy as tears flooded her eyes. She shook her head definitively.

"No." She said in a small voice only she could hear.

"No." She said again this time she had found her voice yet it was only loud enough for the two teenagers to hear. "You can't leave. What…what about…us?"

She stumbled over her words as tears streaked down her face. Blake brought his hand up and sweetly wiped the tears away with this thumb. He cupped her face in his hands, locked eyes with her as he struggled to find the right words to answer her.

"I don't know…" was all that came out. He wanted to say something more, something to comfort her or show her their love wasn't over but he didn't know how.

He finally found his inner strength and said with as much conviction as possible. "Ally, we can make this work. We can. That's what they have cell phones for right? We can call and text each other all the time and maybe I can come down for a few weeks in the summer and you could come up to see me too. This can work we just have to try."

Ally's heart warmed at his declaration; part of her thought it could never work but a much bigger part knew it had to.

She agreed to do what he had suggested. The two vowed to not let their love sever no matter how far apart they were.

Only a week's time later and Blake and both his parents were gone. Ally would spend her days texting him or talking to him on the phone and spent her nights drowning in her own tears.

She hated the distance. No phone call could replace the warmth of his hand on her face or the love of his kiss. She couldn't help but feel him slip away from her and there was nothing she could do. He would call less and less every day. No matter how much he reassured her that wasn't the case.

Since Blake left, she spent more and more time with her friend Trish. Thetwo grew closer over inthe months that followed in his absence.

It was about five months after Blake had left that the two girls were at Ally's house for a movie night. About one and half movies in Ally's phone rang. She didn't even have to look at the number to know it was Blake.

"Hey, babe. What's up?" She said. Trish paused the movie as she watched Ally exit the roomfor more privacy.

"I have to tell you something." His voice was low laced with regret and fear. Ally's stomach turned in fear of her unknown future.

"What happened? Are you okay? Is everyone alright?" Panic had taken over. Her concern level had gone through the roof from anticipation.

"No, Al. Everyone's fine it's not anything like that." Ally breathed a sigh of relief but then wonder took over once again. What could it possibly be then? "I have to tell you something and I don't know how you'll react."

Ally's heart felt as if it would beat out of her chest. She felt in her bones this couldn't be good. She stayed silent and held her breath. "Ally, I've done something that I'm ashamed of and I don't know if you'll forgive me."

He paused to see if she would say anything. When her silence continued so did he. "Do you remember that girl Danny I told you about?"

Ally only answered him with a nod which even though he couldn't see he knew that's what she had done. He let out another nervous sigh and continued. "I…I kissed her. I didn't mean for it to happen but it just…did. I am so sorry Ally if I could take it back I would. I don't know what to do." Blake's voice was filled with sorrow and desperation as he spoke.

"How could you?" Ally managed to get out. Grief-stricken and her heart shattered she began to weep. This was the most inconceivable thing that had ever happened to her. She never thought he would or could betray her like that.

"Please Al, I… I love you. Please give me another chance." She knew he was in tears too; this wavered her anger for a moment but only a moment.

"No," She said between sobs. "I won't just forgive you. You betrayed me and now you think you can just tell me and everything is alright again? No, we're over."

Anger over took her, she ran a full instinct as she continued. "This is me? I wasn't just your girlfriend. We were best friends and now it's over… How could you? I hate you and I never want to talk to you ever again." She then ended the phone call and threw her phone down on the floor she was seated on.

A year went by and Blake hadn't even tried to contact Ally. She was both happy and depressed by this. It hurt so much every time she thought of him; though she had finally begun to make baby steps forward.

A year had passed and Ally's life was almost a day and night's difference for before. Austin Moon had changed everything. He had truly taken her mine off of Blake and for that she was entirely grateful.

That was until, about a month after Austin had come into her life ally received an e-mail from non-other than Blake himself.

He told her how much he missed her and that he still loved her and that if she still cared about him even a little to please give him a second chance.

She messaged him back and said she couldn't just let him back in. Maybe oneday she'd forgive him but she could never let it go.

Ally felt as if she had been transported back to the night her world had been shattered as though no time had passed. All the wounds of her passed became fresh once again. She wondered if she would ever truly be free of him…

**End of Flashback**

Over a year and half passed since then. She had hoped that it was over and she could just forget he ever existed. That was until her phone rang and her world would be shattered once again.

The text message that had shaken her to the core, it was from Trish.

From: Trish

To: Me

I just heard from Derek. Blake is moving back to Miami!

If the situation wasn't already complicated there was yet another reason for her to worry. She had never told Austin anything about Blake for she found it too hard to talk about Blake to anyone, even Trish. So she never said anything.

It crossed her mind that Austin maybe hurt or angry that she never told him, probably both. She didn't know if she could survive if she lost him too. Austin meant too much to her and she knew she had to tell him no matter how painful. Their friendship was worth more to her then painful memories she would rather forget.

Finally it was time to lock up the store. It had been hours since she had a customer. Sometime after Austin left Trish came by to check on her; which she was thankful for. Trish hated Blake with a passion and wasn't afraid to say so.

Ally made Trish swear not say anything to either Austin or Dez. She wanted to be the one to tell Austin but she wasn't sure how or when; but the time had come she couldn't wait any longer.

She ran the different ways she could explain about Blake all of which seemed too hard to say out loud she had made up her mind that she was going to tell him everything in the morning.

She turned the key in the last lock of the store front door; she then made her way up the stairs and turned off the last remnant of light in store. She closed the door behind her as the entered the music room.

She took her seat on the piano bench which felt like home to her. The black and white keys mesmerized her and put her at pure ease.

Slowly she began to play a song she had written after the last time he contacted her.

Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.
No matter what I say or do, I still feel you here 'till the moment I'm gone.

You hold me without touch.
You keep me without chains.
I never wanted anything so much than to drown in your love and not feel your reign.

Set me free, leave me be. I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be.
But you're on to me and all over me.

You loved me 'cause I'm fragile.
When I thought that I was strong.
But you touch me for a little while and all my fragile strength is gone.

Set me free, leave me be.
I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be.
But you're on to me and all over me.

I live here on my knees as I
Try to make you see that you're
Everything I think I need here on the ground.
But you're neither friend nor foe though I
Can't seem to let you go.
The one thing that I still know is that you're keeping me down
You're keeping me down, yeah, yeah, yeah
You're onto me, onto me and all over

Something always brings me back to you
It never takes too long

Cathartic tears stained her face as she played the last note of the song. A laugh escaped her lips that came from an unknown source somewhere deep down inside her.

"Wow." She heard from her left. This snapped her out of the world her song had transported her to.

She whipped her head around to see who could've possible been there with her.

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