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You are all going to hate me at the end of this chapter….
I'm letting you guys know that I've had this story planned out from the beginning so this was always coming.
Please don't hate me…
Chapter eight:
"So tell me Austin, your fans are dying to know. Do you have a girlfriend?" Wanda asked him.
A month ago Jimmy had told Austin to date Naomi for publicity or lose his recording label. So since then he had no choice but to go through with it. Jimmy had made them walk around the mall in Miami holding hands, so that the paparazzi would get some shots of the two of them, so of course the news would start to spread.
He had been called to be on the Wanda Watson show again, so that she could get the 'deats' and put the rumors to rest. Cause the fans were also fretting about what happened to Ally.
He swallowed nervously. He was supposed to be confirming their 'relationship' in this interview. But he was afraid that Ally would be watching.
He shook off his chills and was instantly Mr. Cool guy again. "Yeah, I actually have been dating someone new recently."
Wanda gaped at him. "Oh really? Well you must share, who is this lucky girl?"
"Uh-uh… Her name is Naomi…" He replied nervously. It was killing him on the inside knowing that his real girl could be possibly watching.
"You couldn't possibly mean Naomi Storm? Your new songwriter?" She gushed.
The audience had fallen silent, eager to hear his response.
He nodded sheepishly. "Uh yeah, we've been dating for about a month now."
She smiled cheesy and turned towards the audience. "Well there you have it everybody. From Austin Moon himself!"
She turned back to him with interrogating eyes. "There's something else that everybody has been wondering."
He blinked fast. "Oh yeah what's that?"
"What ever happened to your previous songwriter Ally?"
Austin's stomach dropped. He was dreading for that question. He knew it was coming, cause Jimmy told him specifically what to say when it was asked.
He could feel Jimmy drilling holes through his skull. He was taking a little too long to answer.
"She decided she didn't want to write for me anymore and she left me. There's nothing else to it, she just abandoned me." He cringed at his own words.
"But I'm glad she left," He continued. "Cause if she never did, I would have never met the love of my life." He finished nearly choking at the end. This was possibly the worst thing he's ever had to do. The words felt like poison to him.
He kept in mind how when Jimmy told him to say that and he refused, Jimmy threatened to call Charlie and make him drop Ally's record deal…
He actually threatened to ruin her career.
Austin was done, he was sick of all this bullshit Jimmy was putting him through. He was costing him everything. He knew Ally would never talk to him after this.
After the interview was over, Austin booked it off the stage and to the back. He stressfully ran a hand through his hair. Groaning madly, pulling at his blonde locks.
Naomi rushed over to him. "Austin, shhh calm down." She put her hand on his shoulder.
He jerked it off. His head snapped up at her, his entire face red, and his eyes cold and shooting daggers. "No! Don't you tell me to calm down!"
She began shh-ing him again. "Austin I know that was hell for you! I'm so sorry! I know what Jimmy is making you do! It's awful! I wouldn't have agreed to this if I had a choice!"
He looked at her big blue worried eyes. She was sincerely concerned. She knew exactly what he was being put up to and she wasn't happy about it at all.
Austin's eyes began to soften and were glistening. Tears streamed down his face. "What if she was watching?" He whispered.
She shook her head, and pulled him in for a hug. "I don't know. But I do know that once you see her again, everything will be better."
Her words were surprisingly comforting. He was starting to think that Naomi wasn't the bad guy here, and that she was on his side about this.
His head rested on her shoulder as he cried quietly. "I hope you're right."
Ally's phone buzzed from the floor next to her. She sleepily rolled over and moaned. Reaching down she retrieved it and hit answer without checking the caller I.D.
"Hello?" She said groggily.
"Hey sleeping beauty! Get up I'm taking you to lunch. My treat." Mitchell's voice chimed.
She pulled her phone away from her ear and checked the time. Her eyes widened and she put the phone back to her ear. "How the hell did I sleep in till noon?" She grumbled to herself.
"Probably because you had that late shift last night." He laughed. "Now get up I'll be there in 20 minutes."
She heard a click and the line went dead. She rolled her eyes at her spontaneous friend.
When she could manage to pull herself off her bed she went over to a shopping bag laying on the floor next to the door.
Of course this was a courtesy of Mitchell Lombardi…
Inside the bag were some maternity clothes. He had gotten her some when she had been telling him some of her clothes were beginning to feel too tight, being about 5 months pregnant and all, her stomach had grown to be about the size of a large cantaloupe.
He was honestly the sweetest guy. She thought of how much money he had been spending on her. It was crazy. At one point he offered to actually buy her ticket. As much as she wanted to she could never even consider letting him do that. She was earning her way back home. That was final. But that didn't stop him from spoiling her with necessities that he promised she was going to need.
He once told her that his older sister had a few kids, and that he was by her side for a few of them when the father was nowhere in sight. So he knew exactly what Ally would need, and what she was feeling at the moment.
She was grateful beyond words that she had met him that day on the plane. He was honestly the only good thing that came out of coming to New York. Nothing else seemed to work out for her, but Mitch was always there.
She had some really exciting news that she couldn't wait to tell him.
She dressed in a black and white maternity checkered button up, and some maternity jeans. She slipped on some black heels and did her make up simple. Her hair was just some big messy curls, and she grabbed a black bag before waiting by her door for her beloved friend.
Five minutes later there was a knock on her door. They got into the cab waiting for them outside and Mitchell instructed the driver to take them to a restaurant called "Henrys Wings," It was a sports bar, but according to Mitch, there buffalo wings were to die for.
Once the two friends got there, they were seated down immediately, and handed their menus.
Mitchell peered up at Ally. "So," He started, getting her attention. "How's the plane ticket coming?"
She couldn't help it when a huge smile graced her lips. She had some news that she was dying to tell him all week.
"It's great! I'm only one paycheck away from the 500$ I need!" She said excitedly. She was finally going to go home.
Mitchell's eyes lit up. "That's awesome Ally! When do you get your next paycheck?"
She sat up eagerly in her seat. "Tonight after my shift! Then I'm planning on packing over the weekend, and flying home Monday!"
His smile faltered a little bit. "You're leaving three days?"
She frowned at his sad face. She knew she was going to miss him terribly. But she needed to go home.
"Yeah, I can't wait that much longer, I'm almost on my third trimester, and then I wont be able to fly."
He nodded. "Yeah I know that, I just forgot that you would have to leave so soon. I'm going to miss you."
"I'm going to miss you too-" She stopped short, when she saw a familiar blonde mop on the television screen behind Mitchell's head.
Mitchell raised an eyebrow confused before turning to see what she was looking at. "Hey it's Austin on the Wanda Watson show!" He turned to the bartender. "Can you turn up that TV?"
The bartender obeyed and turned it up so that they could hear it.
Ally watched intently.
"So tell me Austin, your fans are dying to know. Do you have a girlfriend?" Wanda asked him.
He looked a little nervous, but he slowly replied.
"Yeah, I actually have been dating someone new recently."
Ally's heart dropped into her stomach. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Oh really? Well you must share, who is this lucky girl?" Wanda questioned with her mouth in an open smile.
Her breathing became uneven as she waited for him to answer. Mitchell glanced at her with sympathy and placed a hand over hers comforting.
"Uh-uh… Her name is Naomi…" He stammered.
Ally wondered why he seemed so nervous, but that thought quickly was overcome by hurt. There was no way he was actually dating his new songwriter right?
"You couldn't possibly mean Naomi Storm? Your new songwriter?"
"Uh yeah, we've been dating for about a month now."
Ally's jaw dropped. A month?
Her mind seemed to blank out. She wanted to bolt, and get out of there. But her attention was brought back to the TV at the mention of her name.
"What ever happened to your previous songwriter Ally?"
She watched impatiently as he paused for a moment before answering.
"She decided she didn't want to write for me anymore and she left me. There's nothing else to it, she just abandoned me."
Tears were now freely falling down her cheeks. She choked trying to hold in a sob. Not wanting to bring attention to her in a public restaurant. She couldn't understand why he would say that, when it was nowhere true. She would never abandon him, let alone stop wanting to write for him.
"But I'm glad she left," He spoke up again. "Cause if she never did, I would have never met the love of my life."
His words echoed in her ears, like a reoccurring nightmare. Her chest was hollow, and her throat was tight from her starting to hysterically sob in the middle of the restaurant.
She jumped up and ran out. Her tears blurred her vision. Mitchell raced out to follow her. He found her crouched up beside the brick wall. She was looking down at her stomach, holding it while she cried.
He sat down next to her, and put his arm around her, hugging her close. She gripped his t-shirt and sobbed into his shoulder.
Something about that interview was off to Mitchell. He couldn't seem to figure it out. But for now he disregarded the thought and comforted his friend in need.
She choked as she tried to stop crying enough for her to speak. "H-how could he do t-this to m-me?" She stuttered hysterically.
He shrugged. "I don't know Alls. But he's an idiot for hurting you."
"He's glad that I left," She whispered. "I thought he loved me."
She was silent after that. They sat on the pavement together, ignoring the confused stares from the people walking by.
Mitchell looked down at her puffy brown eyes. He tucked a wet strand of hair behind her ear that was sticking to her face. "Are you still going to go back?" He asked timidly.
She sighed, before nodding slowly. "I have to. I can't have my babies here. It's not safe."
He understood. The place she was living at was no place to have some babies. Hell it was no place for her either. He knew that back home with her family is where she needed to be.
She sniffed one last time before turning to him. "Come on. We never got anything to eat."
He nodded before standing up and holding out his hand to help her up. She was having trouble with her belly in the way anyhow.
They went inside and ate peacefully. Obviously avoiding the touchy subject they were thinking about. Ally just needed to get it off her mind for now, before she would decide how she felt about it. Mitch knew that too.
The cab on the way back dropped Mitchell off first at the campus. He slipped the driver enough money to get Ally to her apartment before giving her a quick kiss on the cheek and exiting the cab.
When she arrived back at her apartment, she decided a nap was a good idea to keep her mind off of Austin until she had to get ready for her shift.
She picked out a black short sleeve lace maternity dress. The people at work had already discovered she was pregnant when she couldn't wear concealing enough dresses to hide her stomach. She wore the same black heels she wore that day and pulled her curls to the side, also touching up her makeup, giving it a smokier look. She grabbed some silver jewelry and a silver clutch, and called her cab to drive her to work.
Tonight was her last night, which she had informed Jared about. He was upset to lose their best live performer, but he was happy for her.
Ally was going to perform a new song she just finished writing. She sat down on the bench before starting the slow melody.
"Nobody knows
Nobody knows but me
That I sometimes cry
If I could pretend that I'm asleep
When my tears start to fall
I peek out from behind these walls
I think nobody knows
Nobody knows no"
Nobody likes
Nobody likes to lose their inner voice
The one I used to hear before my life
Made a choice
But I think nobody knows
No no
Nobody knows
No"
Her playing grew stronger, and more passionate as she built up to the chorus.
"Baby
Oh the secret's safe with me
There's nowhere else in the world that I could ever be
And baby don't it feel like I'm all alone
Who's gonna be there after the last angel has flown
And I've lost my way back home
I think nobody knows no
I said nobody knows
Nobody cares"
The tune slowed down once more, she carried the crowd with every note she played. The restaurant's popularity had grown immensely ever since she started playing here. They all adored her and they all knew her name. And based on some of the songs she wrote, they knew she had a heavy back-story. They all respected her.
"It's win or lose not how you play the game
And the road to darkness has a way
Of always knowing my name
But I think nobody knows
No no
Nobody knows no no no no"
"Baby
Oh the secret's safe with me
There's nowhere else in the world that I could ever be
And baby don't it feel like I'm all alone
Who's gonna be there after the last angel has flown
And I've lost my way back home
And oh no no no no
Nobody knows
No no no no no no"
Tomorrow I'll be there my friend
I'll wake up and start all over again
When everybody else is gone
No no no
Nobody knows
Nobody knows the rhythm of my heart
The way I do when I'm lying in the dark
And the world is asleep
I think nobody knows
Nobody knows
Nobody knows but me
Me"
The restaurant erupted in applause. That song meant a lot to her. Everybody loved it. She stood up slowly and gave a small curtsy, before grabbing the microphone.
"Thank you so much everybody! I hate to say it but this is my last night here, so I hope you all enjoyed my last performance. You guys have been a great audience." She smiled timidly. Before setting the mic back on its stand.
Her back was turned for a second before a strong pair of arms wrapped around her petite frame, but they carefully missed her stomach. "That was so fabulous Ally D!"
She laughed instantly knowing her attacker. "Mitch what are you doing here?"
"I wanted to see your last performance while you're here. And I wanted to make sure you're okay." He grinned.
She blushed. "That's sweet of you Mitch." She sighed. "But you need to get off the stage I'm still performing till eight."
He chuckled. "Alright fine. This better be your best performance yet since I'm in the audience."
She fluttered her thick lashes at him. "Only for you." She joked.
Ally had kept her promise, cause it ended being the most remarkable performance she has ever done. When she was getting ready to leave Jared came up to her.
"Ally you can't come on your last night and perform like that! You blew the entire restaurant away!" He complemented.
She giggled. Jared was actually very sweet, and they were friends now. She turned to him. "I don't think I blew the entire restaurant away. That old lady in the small booth didn't look very impressed." She teased.
He laughed with her. "Okay maybe so, but you have put my restaurants ratings through the roof ever since I hired you. I'm sad to see you go. Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy!"
"Thanks Jared." She beamed, before he handed her, her last paycheck.
She met up with Mitchell outside. "Are you heading back to campus?"
He nodded glumly. "I'm going to miss you."
She giggled. "Mitch I'm not leaving till Monday, you can see me until then."
"I know. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to miss my best friend."
She sighed before wrapping her arms around him. "I know I'll miss you too. But hey maybe you'll see me later, you're from Miami anyways."
He shrugged. "Maybe. If not I'll just make a special visit to just see you, Aliya and Mitchell Jr."
She pulled back and smacked his chest. "I'm not naming my boy Mitchell Jr.!"
He chuckled. "We'll talk about it later."
"Whatever." She rolled her eyes playfully.
He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek when his cab pulled up. "I'll see you later. Call me when you get back!"
"I will." She said before he climbed into the cab and headed off.
Her cab pulled up shortly after. It took about ten minutes before it arrived at her apartment.
She was tired and wanting to go to bed right away. She was going to start packing tomorrow.
When she came up to her door she noticed it was already open slightly. Perhaps she didn't close it all the way when she left she thought to herself.
She was humming a soft tune as she walked in. When she looked up she stopped dead in her spot.
Her apartment was trashed. Her clothes had been thrown everywhere and they were scattered all across the floor. The table was flipped and the fridge had been knocked over. Someone broke into her apartment, and whoever it was, they were searching for something.
Her breath hitched when she saw the sight of her bed. The sheets were torn and the mattress was on the floor.
"No, no, no…" She mumbled panicky as she raced over to her bed, searching for the envelope.
Ally picked up everything in her sight and threw it behind her, as she searched for what she knew was missing.
After about five minutes of searching she stopped and collapsed on the floor and sobbed into her hands.
The envelope with all her money was gone.
A/N:
Uh oh….
Bye bye plane ticket.
What's she going to do nowww?
I'm sorry don't hate me.
The song was called "Nobody Knows" by P!nk
All outfits can be found on my Polyvore, link in bio.
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-Sydney
(can anyone guess what's going to happen next?)