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Ally's POV
Flashback:
Ally was walking up to the doors of Sonic Boom, when she flashed back to the day that the Halloween Bash changed everything for her. Earlier in the day, a boy came into the Halloween store and asked Trish for a costume that's Charles Lindbergh. Of course Trish didn't know that, so she gives him a pilot costume which is actually the right one. Ally visits Trish at the store dressed as Florence Nightingale and persuades her to go over and talk to the cute pilot. Ally's attempt at flirting for lack of a better word, was embarrassing. She's not even remotely smooth and comes off as awkward and completely unsure of herself and rambling. Ally scolds herself, Ugh, he was so cute. Why do I get so tongue-tied around cute guys? First Dallas and now the cute pilot. I may never even see again. Trish gave the customer, who we later find out is Ethan the pilot costume, and later that night he shows up at Jimmy Starr's Halloween Bash where Austin is supposed to perform with Taylor Swift. Taylor ended up getting hurt so Ally took her place instead. However, earlier that afternoon, Dez the genius he is, tells Austin to type out how angry and upset he is with Ally and Jimmy, his recording manager. for what turns out to be a total misunderstanding and was supposed to be a surprise. Needless to say Austin sends the texts to both Ally and Jimmy calling them evil gutless rats. Later that night, Team Austin is officially at the Halloween Bash with a serious problem. Now they need to intercept Jimmy's phone and delete the inappropriate texts, so Austin doesn't get fired. While Team Austin searches for Jimmy, Ally walks outside dressed as Galexis Nova onto the balcony and she runs into the "cute pilot" Ethan again. Ethan doesn't recognize Ally from the store earlier in the day, Ally has confidence to talk to him this time. Ethan asks for her name and phone number and she gives it to him. And so it begins.
Ethan.
Ethan, the tall brunette, with hypnotizing gorgeous green eyes and a build similar to Austin's. I kept it a secret from Austin, Trish and Dez that I had successfully given Ethan my phone number. I also became friends with him, but truthfully, with us there was always just something more. I remember when I met him again at the Halloween Bash , he just looked so handsome, and I had hope that maybe just maybe Ethan would help me get over my massive crush on Austin, and he did for a little while. Even when Austin and I connected on stage that night, I was already starting to develop my crush on Ethan and well things were just less complicated with him. Ethan wasn't my partner, Austin was. Even if I wanted to be with Austin, it was too much of a risk being Austin's something more, his girlfriend and to constantly feel like I was being judged by everyone. However, with Ethan, while he was extremely cute, girls weren't throwing themselves at him like they did with Austin. I felt relieved for once, it was nice for someone to notice me and only me. Everything was just easier and I felt so comfortable with him, a comfort that I surprisingly hadn't felt with Austin. Maybe it's because I didn't feel pressured with him to be perfect because he always made me feel like I was. Honestly, a part of the reason I thought that Ethan was the guy for me wasn't just because he was there but it was the way we connected. It was strong, and I felt like he accepted me, all of me, even the side of me that thought I had the best dance moves ever, and he was so sweet, and treated me so well, it was like we felt that we were made for each other. The way that he looked at me it felt like I was the only girl in the world special enough to him. No one knows that Ethan and I went on multiple dates, hung out, and yes he even kissed me. Everything was going so right and I felt like we were finally going to be together, because we were "together" just not officially with a title, but that's not what happened. I remember we had gone to a carnival the night before, held hands, showed affection, and did everything a couple does, he kissed me goodnight promising to call, but he never did. Ethan just vanished without a real goodbye, or an explanation, and left me completely heartbroken. I trusted him and I think I may have even loved him although I never told him that, but I felt like he probably knew. You could see it in my smile. What hurt me the most was that Ethan and I connected on a level that even Austin and I didn't, when he left I felt betrayed and like I was stabbed by a million knives over and over again in the heart. How is that even possible to have a connection like that with him and not Austin? I honestly can't explain it to you. It just is what it is. He didn't think I was weird for belonging to a cloud watching club, or the fact that up until the night of the Halloween Bash I performed at with Austin that I had severe stage fright. It felt nice to be accepted just for being myself. I even told him about my friend Elliott who I crushed on, went to Camp Craft-a-monga with before I even told Trish, Austin or Dez. Sometimes I wonder what would've happened if he would've stayed and we officially dated. Would my life have turned out different? If things actually went as planned I was going to reveal that Ethan and I were together, and Austin was just going to have to deal with that, but it never happened. I didn't tell Austin about my relationship with Ethan until Ethan just vanished into thin air. It seemed that Austin felt a mixture of emotions about Ethan leaving me without any warning but mostly anger, jealousy and heartbreak. Austin wanted to be with me, but again at the time things were just extremely complicated. It took me a while to get over Ethan and heal my broken heart, but with the help of my friends and Austin I was able to do just that.
I'm on my way to Sonic Boom right now, park the car, walk through the front doors, and I'm just walking up to the practice room to grab my wedding planner that I left on accident. It's a week before mine and Austin's wedding and I really can't afford to not be on top of everything.
"Hey Aus - Ethan?" The storm. She blinks her eyes twice and pinches herself to make sure that she isn't hallucinating. She decides to remain silent for the time being.
"Ally! It's so great to see you!" Ethan opens his arms for a hug but I deny him.
Ethan continues realizing he has yet to elicit a response out of her, "Listen Ally! I know that you're upset that I disappeared after us going on multiple dates for six months, but please let me just explain."
Ally is in so much shock that she tries to remain calm and collected, "Okay, explain then!" Ally snaps back into focus and is practically screaming at him. She puts some distance between them but Ethan wasn't having that he's waited six years to get his life in order and to have another chance with Ally.
Ethan takes a deep breath and locks eyes with Ally, " Ally, something happened. Something happened and I had to leave. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you, but I was shipped off to boarding school. I wasn't totally honest with you about how angry my parents were with me. I was cutting classes, hanging out with the wrong crowd, starting to drink and do drugs, I was a total mess. My parents sent me away to a rehab facility to detox. I was so out of control that even when I got released from rehab my parents then shipped me off to live with my cousin James who is in the Air-force, and a total badass. Before joining the air-force, James was just just another fuck up like me, but the air-force made him into a man. James was so strict with me that I absolutely wasn't allowed to have contact with anyone from my former life, until I had my current life in order. He told me that it wasn't an option, and that I had to get my shit together because he didn't want to watch my future go down the drain. Ally, when I finally sobered up after being dragged away from you and my past life I realized that there was something that I wanted to tell you. I love you, Ally! I loved you the moment I laid eyes on you in your Florence Nightingale costume, of course I didn't take that too seriously because we were young but it was real - I swear to you that it was real. The way I feel about you... it still is real, I'm looking at you and you're even more beautiful than I imagined you would be. I really love you, even to this day I am still in love with you. I should've told you back then but I didn't have a chance. A part of me feels like you knew even if I didn't tell you. Even when we were together I suspected that Austin had feelings for you and vice versa. I'm not here because of Austin, I'm here because of you. Ally, I want you back. I want us to have a future, I know that it's taken me six years to realize just how horribly I messed up but the Air-force straightened me out. I joined up the year after I was legally able to sign up. I look up to James and if the Air-force could whip him into shape, I knew that it could do the same for me. I've served my time as a fighter pilot overseas and now I'm home and I want to be with with and I want us to be together. I'm standing here hoping that you'll forgive me and that you love me too. You're my once in a lifetime Ally. I know this is going to sound insane, Ally, I want us to get married and grow old together. Even in this very moment I can see and feel the connection, our connection, I can see it in your eyes, we still have that connection. I mean it, I'm laying it all on the line. I want it to be me and you forever."
Ally's in complete shock right now, by the time that Ethan finishes explaining where he's been she's speechless and he's taken the opportunity to get closer and hold her hands. Ally thinks to herself, Is he fucken serious? Is he out of his mind? Ally still hasn't said anything and Ethan was expecting her silence but it's killing him emotionally,
"Ally, can I have a hug?" Ethan asks hopeful.
Ally opens her arms to him and just starts crying. It feels so good to be in Ethan's arms, so wrong, so right, but strange at the same time.
Ethan's voice starts to crack as he murmurs into her curled hair, "I'm so sorry Ally, I should've come home sooner and told you how I felt about you. How I've always felt about you."
Ethan still hasn't noticed Ally's giant engagement ring on her finger yet. How, honestly who knows? He's been focused on the brunette beauty's face the entire time. The face that got him through some of the roughest years of his life because he knew that he was coming home to her. Ally finally decides to speak,
"Ethan, there's something that I have to tell you. I'm - " Ethan cuts her off does something that neither of them expects him to do. He's wanted to kiss her from the very instant that she walked into the practice room. He kisses her, Ally doesn't know what the hell is happening at this moment or why he would even - wait she does know and jerks away. The kiss is unexpected yet warm and familiar and maybe if he had come home years ago she would've welcomed it, but that's not the case right now. Ally becomes extremely livid,
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU JUST FUCKING KISSED ME! My body language wasn't even giving off the vibe that I wanted you to. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?" Ally's screaming at the top of her lungs.
The Airforce taught Ethan to take an argument like a man and to admit when he's hurt someone, "I'm sorry that I upset you Ally, but I'm not sorry that I kissed you. I've waited years for that, I've waited years to get back together and I miss you."
"Ethan, I've missed you too and I'm sorry that you LIED TO ME and were a complete mess, but you completely VANISHED! Did you honestly think that I was never going to get over you? We had a connection that I thought was special, but you were the one that broke it. You broke me. Ethan when you left, I was a complete mess. I was completely heartbroken and Austin was the one who picked up the pieces. Austin is the one who fixed me; he put my heart back together. I'll admit that I loved you once, but that is no longer true. When I was finally over you, my heart was already with Austin and my heart belongs to Austin. . . I'm with Austin. I love Austin. I'm marrying Austin in a week and even your declaration of undying love for me isn't going to stop me. I don't love you anymore or at least I'm not in love with you. I was many years ago, but any love I have for you now is only just as a friend. When you kissed me, I didn't even react. I was thinking about Austin the entire time, as awful as this is for me to say you need to hear it. You leaving was probably one of the best things to happen in my life because when Austin and I finally got together.. I realized that he's always been my soul-mate. Even the strong connection you and I have/had my connection with Austin's is much greater."
"You don't mean that. You c-c-a-n-t meant that Ally."
Ethan's heart is completely shattered. The one his one and only the girl that he wants to marry belongs to another guy, and he can't believe that he's too late. While Ally and Ethan were talking they were so lost in each other's words that they hadn't heard anyone walk into Sonic Boom. Let alone standing outside the door and listening to the rest of the conversation. After hearing Ally's words to Ethan, Austin's heart softens for a split second and then all he sees is red. Austin storms into the practice room,
"What the fuck are you doing with my fiancée, Ethan?"
Ally interjects, "Austin I can explain. Ethan wants me back, and he told me that he loves me and basically that he wants to marry me and to run off with him."
Austin starts clenching his fists, " YOU WHAT! YOU FUCKEN BASTARD! ARE YOU SERIOUS? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH YOU HURT ALLY? I'M NEVER GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN!"
Ethan doesn't even flinch, "Austin, I love her, I'm in love with Ally. She should be with me, not you."
Austin's fury continues to gain momentum, "ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FUCKEN MIND? YOU LEFT HER! I'm the one that's always been here for her. NOT YOU!"
Ethan smirks and Ally's terrified for her ex-lover, " I kissed her Austin. I told Ally that I'm in love with her and I want a future with her. She should be marrying me, not you! You don't deserve her, you are just a playboy!"
"Oh, that does it!" Austin can't control himself anymore and lunges at Ethan punching him first in the face and knocking him to the ground at the same time. The two mean scuffle on the ground and Austin rolls on top of Ethan punching him repeatedly in the face. Ethan jabs at Austin in his stomach but he doesn't have much of an advantage since he's on the ground.
Austin sees rage until he hears Ally sobbing, "AUSTIN! ETHAN! STOP FIGHTING! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FUCKEN INSANE! PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU BOTH, JUST STOP!" and then he gets off Ethan. Ally runs over to Austin, he pulls her protectively into his side.
Ethan scrambles to stand up and backs away from Austin in the process of trying to regain his balance. Austin looks at Ethan,
"GET THE FUCK OUT!"
Ethan pleads with Ally, "Ally, I love you and I'm sorry but I have to know. Do you love me?"
Ally feels sorry for him, "Ethan, I love you as a person but I'm not in love with you. Austin's the only man for me. I hope that you learn from this mistake though, so that when you find the next girl that you will fall in love with you won't just let her slip through your fingers."
Ethan gives Ally a look that Austin would send him right through a wall if he caught it, I'll always love you, but I want you to be happy.
Ethan glances in Austin's direction in Austin's eyes which are still filled with anger but have softened with Ally by his side, "Austin, the better man won. I don't know what I was thinking coming here. I just didn't want to have any regrets and I had to tell her. I didn't want to live the rest of my life wondering what if. I'm sorry and I'm sure that you will be extremely happy together.
Ethan leaves completely defeated and lost the love of his life all because he waited too long to come back home to where he left his heart many years ago.
Once Ethan leaves the couple lets out a sigh of relief that they didn't realize that they were holding in. Austin's knuckles are bloody so Ally rushes over the the emergency kit in the corner, she grabs a water from the fridge to clean his wounds, puts antiseptic on it to prevent any infections in the cut.
While Ally's tending to Austin, "Superstar, I'm so sorry. Ethan kissed me, but I swear to you I never kissed him back. I wouldn't do that to you. I wouldn't throw away our entire lives and future for someone who walked out on me. You are the one who was my knight in shining armor when I needed saving the most. You helped me get over Ethan and by the time I was over Ethan I realized that I was over him because my heart always belonged to you and it still does. Please don't be mad at me."
Austin sees the worry in his fiancées eyes and he hates seeing her look this way, "Stardoll, I'm pissed that Ethan kissed you. He should've never done that, but I can't say that I blame him for trying. If the roles were reversed and I found out you were marrying him instead of me..I'd probably do the same thing. He was just too late and he's heartbroken now, but that's not our fault, it's his. He didn't pull us apart and he's never going to, remember Nothing's Gonna Stop Us - Ever. You're my heart and I love you so much that it hurts."
Ally finishes tending to Austin's wounds and thankfully Ethan left Austin's face untouched. Austin pulls Ally down on his lap and into the chair. Her grabs her face and shows her in one heated kiss just how much he loves her and is going to show her once just how much the second they get home. The couple gets up, Ally grabs her wedding planner and walks down the stairs and out of Sonic Boom with the intention of driving home and being together as soon as possible. Everything else can wait.
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