Chapter:5
That night when ally's mom comes home she still doesn't have the confidence to tell her about her dad.
"Ally what are you doing you have to tell her".
"No austin...maybe at the end of the summer".
"I don't want to go back home...or have my parents fighting".
"But ally your dad is going to keep treating you like dirt...you have to think whats best for you to".
"No i'll be...". Ally stops her sentence just as ally mom walks into the room.
"Yeah ally...so how is Miami going".
"Um its going fine...like always".
"And what about your dad". Austin looks at ally giving her a look to tell her mom the truth.
"Um he's fine too".
"Good so what made you want to come enjoy the nature of Africa".
"Um me and austin are here on a vacation we thought that before senior year and college we should take one last trip".
"Oh...so what about your best friend trish".
Ally doesn't know what to say so she starts looking around for and explanation.
Austin jumps in "Trish said that her family was doing something over the summer...but we forgot what she said".
"Ya" ally says agreeing.
Ally and her mom start talking about the wild life in Africa. Just as the phone rings ally jumps up to get it thinking that it is going to be her dad.
"I'll get it" she says walking down stairs to the phone
"It's probably just trish". As ally pick up the phone austin and her mom walk down stairs her mom goes over to the sink and austin sits down on the sofa.
"Hello" she says
"ALLY PUT YOUR MOM ON THE PHONE".
"no" ally has to whisper even though the sink is pretty loud she doesn't want her mom to hear her.
"NO NOW".
" oh so now you want to talk to mom...and why did you send me to Africa if you were going to call me this much".
"PUT HER ON THE PHONE NOW I NEED TO KNOW WERE I HAVE TO COME AND GET YOU".
"your not coming don't send me somewhere alone and then try to hop up and get me".
"ALLY YOU ARE IN ALOT OF TROUBLE WHEN YOU GET HOME".
"i didn't even do anything...why are you...".
Lester hangs up the phone. Ally goes to sit on the sofa next to austin.
"Was that your dad"? austin asks
"Ya but he didn't say anything important...".
That night austin and ally realize that Africa in the jungle is almost just like the city except that the sound or cars is replaced with the sound of animals. Ally is terrified she keeps having the same dream her dad screaming at her and then turning into a lion to attack her. What happened today plus the animal sounds is causing her to have the same dream over and over again. By the 4th time she jumps out of bed and goes across the hall. When she walks into Austin's room he's sleeping she wonders how he can sleep throw the sounds of all these animals.
"Austin" she whispers while shacking him. Austin sits up slowly wondering why ally is in his room.
"Ally? What are you doing,what time is it"?
"I cant sleep...I had a bad dream". Austin moves over to the other side of the bed so ally can get in.
"Ally come here". Ally lays down on Austin's chest with his arm around is turned inward to Austin's body.
"So what was your dream about"?
"Ummm...well it was about an animal". ally says "A lion actually".
"Awww that sucks...maybe its because we went into the forest today".
"Well ya but...my dad was in it...he was the one turning into the lion but i think its no big deal...i mean everyone has dreams that don't mean anything".
"Ya but not when your dad has been yelling at you".
"You knew he has been yelling at me on the phone"?. Ally says sitting up.
Austin sits up to "What i was talking about in sonic boom...he's been yelling at you on the phone"?
"Um well...not really just an argument ".
"Really ally...what did he say".
"Nothing just that he wanted to talk to my mom...which is a good thing right".
"Ally but you said your dad was yelling at you...how long has he been yelling at you".
"He didn't i said it was just an argument".
"Ally but you seem different...and you lied to your mom about it being trish on the phone because you new it was your dad".
"So whats the big deal austin...this is my problem not yours...I'll figure it out".
"Ally why don't you want me to help you...is it because you still feel you can't pay me back".
"Yes austin...i can't do anything back for you except be in the way or you always have to look out for me instead of doing the things you want to do...like you had to come to Africa instead of actually getting to go to music school"!
"Ally i didn't even want to go to music school i wanted to spend the summer with you like we talked about".
"Ya but still i don't want you to have to worry about me austin...you haven't even said a word about your problems with your parents".
"Because i'm not worried about that...".
"Austin i don't like talking about my parents...i can't talk about my parents".
Ally sits down on the bed putting her head in her doesn't know how to tell austin and she feels like she is stressing him out.
"Ally...just tell me whats going on".
"Austin...its just that my dad...has changed".
"What do you mean". Austin says holding ally from behind her resting his head on her shoulder.
"Like he keeps...just yelling at me for no reason".
Austin holds ally around her stomach tighter.
"Ya ally but what did he say to you to make you cry like this". Ally waits a second to catch her breath she has never cried like this in front of austin.
"I don't really know...like he keeps yelling at me and i don't want my mom to answer the phone just in case its him...and i want my mom to come home because i don't want to go back and live with him...he was saying i was the reason that they got a divorce...and he keep threatening me to put my mom on the phone and then he said that he's coming to get me".
"Ally your dad isn't coming to get you he doesn't even know where your mom lives". Austin whispers to Ally.
"But...thats why i can't let my mom answer the phone".
"Ally you need to tell her...you wont have to worry about the phone anymore if you tell her you wont even have to answer it...and he cant just come and pick you up its Africa not America".
For the rest of the night ally stays in Austin's room. When they wake up in the morning ally still doesn't have the confidence to tell her mom.
"Ally do you want me to start it" Austin says walking down the stairs with Ally
"Sure".
Austin and ally tell Ally's mom everything that has happened the fighting of there parents and her dad sending her to Africa alone but austin snuck on the plane and how lester has been yelling at ally. Ally jump in to tell some of her side of the story but most of the time she lets austin talk, he know how to word it better than she would.
"SO YOUR DADS PLAN WAS TO SEND YOU HERE ALONE". Ally's mom asks
"ya" ally says quietly "but i don't want to start any...".
just as ally is about to finish her sentence her mom is standing at the phone calling sonic booms number. Lester pick up the phone.
"OH SO ALLY YOU FINALLY WANT TO CALL...IVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU FOR THE PAST THREE HOURS"!
Ally sits down on the sofa with austin.
"NO LESTR THIS IS PENNY"!
"Oh hi penny...um...i thought it was um...ally on the phone".
"SO WHY WERE YOU YELLING...BECAUSE SHES BEEN TELLING ME YOUVE BEEN YELLING AT HER ON THE PHONE"!
"Well you know how kids act sometimes...ally has been sneaking around with austin..." Penny cuts him off
"YA SHE TOLD ME...YOU SAID SHE COULDN'T BE WITH AUSTIN BECAUSE OF YOUR DUMB CHOICE TO FIGHT WITH HIS PARENTS".
"DO NOT RAISE YOUR VOICE AT ME PENNY".
"SHUT UP LESTER WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO COME GET HER".
"YES IM GETTING MY PLANE TICKET RIGHT NOW I'll JUST TRACE THIS PHONE NUMBER"! Lester hangs up the phone.
Ally's mom turns back to them
"Ally your dad is insane". ally's mom say while walking back to her room
"Ally...you didn't make anything worse".
"Yes i did...but i know they have their own problems".
"Ally do you want to go outside" austin says trying to lighten the mood.
Ally turns to look at austin "...sure".
They walk outside to the back of ally's moms backyard were they both go to lay in the hammock.
"Ally what do you want to do today".
"Can't we just stay in this hammock and chill".
"Or...we can go to our secret hide out".
"No austin that's not our secret hind out".
Austin leans over ally and kisses her then pulls her out of the hammock and starts toward the jungle.
"Austin...why do you like it here so much". Ally says as they both stand at the edge of the water.
"Because i like swimming with you". Austin grabs ally's hand and they both jump into the water. They both swim to the middle today the sun is blocked by clouds like it would look if it was about to rain. Ally knows that her mom is gone into the forest so she and austin have all day together. Austin pulls ally towards him to kiss her.
"Ally..."
Ally feels her checks getting hot. She know what austin is about to say on the plane ally wasn't ready for austin to say it but now she is dire for it.
Austin kisses ally again but this time they hold it as the rain starts to fall down on them. The rain starts to increase rapidly it's so bad that ally can barley see she is trying to pull her way out of the water but the current is holding her down. She goes completely under the water not being able to see anything.
Austin grabs ally's hand and pulls her up dragging her backwards out of the water.
Once they get to land ally stand on her feet and they start running. Ally is stomping through the mud getting caught every once and a while. When they get to the pond ally trips on a branch and falls right into the pond cutting the side of her forehead and her ankle. Austin hears the crash and goes back to see if she is ok. Ally is trying to get up holding onto her head and ankle. Austin goes to pick ally up and runs the rest of the way back to ally's moms house.
When they get there austin takes ally up to her bed he runs to the bathroom and wets two towels rapping one around her ankle and pressing on against her head.
"Aaawww" ally says as austin puts the towel to her head
"Ally are you ok".
Austin is laying to the side of ally supporting her head with his free hand.
"Yes austin I'll be ok".
"Ally I'm sorry I should have been right next to you making sure you got back safely".
Ally scoots closer to austin leaning the non cut side of her head on Austin's chest.
Austin raps his arm around ally while they sit in silence listening to the rain.
"Ally tell me something I can do for you".
Ally thinks for a while, austin has done more than enough for her.
"Um...you can tell me what you were about to say at the lake...before it started raining".
Austin thinks back for a moment trying to remember what he was about to tell ally. As a big roar of thunder comes ally starts to shake.
"Mmmm...I can't remember"austin says jokingly
Ally looks at him smiling she knows that austin remembers he's just trying to get a reaction out of her.
Austin kisses ally almost leaning completely on top of her and then back to there original position.
"That's all I remember us doing at the lake". Austin says laughing
"Stop playing austin". Ally says trying to keep a straight face which is hard when he is smiling right at her.
"Ok". Austin whispers "I was going to say that...".
Austin gets cut off just as ally's mom runs into the room.
"Is everybody all right I heard the storm and... ally what happened to you"
Ally sits up explaining.
"Mom I fell outside I'm fine austin helped me".
Ally's mom is flipping out just like ally would.
"Come on I'll get some medicine on that". Ally's mom says while walking ally and her out of the door. Ally turns back to look at austin who is sitting on the bed.
Just as he motions
To him self
Then a heart
Then points to ally.