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Disclaimer: I don't own Austin and Ally or The Disney Channel. I don't own the song lyrics either.
Austin's POV
I sigh as I realize that I'm supposed to start getting ready. I dry myself off with the towel and walk into the master bedroom suite. I take notice of the pictures in mine and Piper's bedroom. We look happy enough, there's a picture of us from Prom and she's on my back and we're both smiling from ear to ear. There's one from last Christmas, where we're kissing in front of the Christmas tree. Then I see in a multi-frame hanging on the wall pictures from our engagement shoot. I'm supposed to be at the church in less than an hour. Good thing that it doesn't take long to get there. I still feel weird and off.
Austin, it's just cold feet. It'll pass.
Will it?
I guess there's only one way to find out.
I stop listening to my conscience, attempt to focus and start to get dressed when I hear my doorbell ring, I throw on a pair of basketball shorts and a tee-shirt to answer it. On the other side is none other than my best friend and Best Man Dez Wade.
He comes in with a huge smile on his face, we give each other a bro hug. I'm so happy that he's going to be there with me today."Hey buddy! You're getting married today!"
I don't say anything in response to him, only give him a pathetic attempt of a smile..
"Austin, you alright man?" Dez puts his hand over my shoulder, forcing me to look and not avoid eye contact with him any further.
"I think I need a shot, yeah maybe a shot will set me straight."
Dez questions, "Whiskey? Tequila? Vodka?"
"Whiskey!" Dez runs to my bar and grabs two shot glasses, then slides back with his dress shoes on nearly falling from running too fast. "Well, I'm not going to let you do this alone, so cheers."
We clink the shot glasses together, I take the shot and feel the brown delicious liquid run down my throat/ It is slightly burning but actually the feel whiskey gives.. it's a really good sensation. It feels like your body is on fire..well almost.
"Any better?" Dez asks me and I can hear the concern in his voice.
"S-sure. I'm F-fine."
"Austin, you don't try and bullshit me. I'm not buying it. What's going on?"
"I just feel." I pause, "Off." I stutter out, "I don't know why this is happening."
Dez just looks at me, after being friends for at least twenty years now we don't have to say a word to communicate. I turn to go back up the stairs, he grabs the bottle of Jack Daniels, follows me into mine and Piper's bedroom in our apartment.
Once we're in the bedroom, Dez speaks up, "Austin?"
"Yeah bud?" I say as I walk to the dresser in my room making sure that everything I need on the dresser is there.
"Man, are you happy?"
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" I toss him the closed ring box with mine and Piper's wedding bands in there, he catches it with ease, puts it inside his gray suit jacket.
He looks up and I can see that he wants to say something, but seems a bit hesitant."Do you remember what I said to you shortly after our graduation?"
"I don't want to go down that road Dez. She's in the past. Piper is my present. Piper's my future."
He gives me that look, the one he gave me like when I told him that I was over Ally after she got together with Gavin. Oh, let's not forget the time that I basket-weaved for the "fun of it", but really I just wanted Ally to look at me again the way she looked at Elliott.
"Is she really? You haven't thought about her at all. Come on man, this is me you're talking to. I'm not going to judge you. This is a huge step and I want to know that you're one hundred percent ready to marry Piper. I'm asking because I care, not because I want to make you feel bad."
"I appreciate that, but we're not having this discussion. I need to get my tux on and we need to leave here in about a half hour or so."
Dez sighs deeply, "Alright, whatever your heart desires."
What does your heart desire?
I don't have time for an argument with myself right now. As I scowl inwardly towards myself, go over to my tux and garments that are laid out on the King-size bed. I grab the dress pants, dress, socks and put them on. I then grab my undershirt and pull it over my head. Taking my white dress shirt off the hanger, put my left hand through my left arm, then my right hand through my right arm, I start to button up my shirt. I look into the mirror and try to convince myself to smile, but when I look in the mirror I don't see myself. I can't explain it, but I just don't see me. I grab the white tie, throw it over my kneck to tie it properly, then put on my black tux dress jacket along with my dress shoes. Dez pours us another shot before the photographer arrives taking the necessary pictures, before we know it. We're on our way to the church.
We're sitting in the limo, turn the radio to my favorite station KTTM owned by the one and only Jett Deely. It appears that he's in the middle of interviewing someone.
Jett's voice comes in clear over the speakers, "So, we're here to talk about your newest single Teardrops On My Guitar which we'll be playing for our listeners shortly." He pauses, "Ally, can you tell us a little bit about the song?
Ally? Did he just say Ally? Wait, she's in Miami?
I see Dez sitting a little off to the side of me in the limo, his body completely stiffens, "Austin, why don't we change the music station?"
Does she know that I'm getting married today? I didn't even invite her to the wedding.
He goes to reach up for the button to change the destination, "No Dez. Whatever is going to be said I want and need to hear this."
He sighs, but I can tell and know that deep down that he's just as eager to hear Ally's new song. He hasn't seen or talked to her since she left either. The only one that's remained in contact with her is Trish, but that shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.
Then I hear a voice that I haven't heard in close to four years, "Well, I feel like it's one that many people can relate to mainly young teens, young women, older women you get the jist. But here's the thing, if you take the lyrics and a guy switches out the name I used for a girl the song has the same meaning. You see this song is about being overlooked and being in love with a guy at least from my perspective of the song and having them not love you back the same way."
She still sounds beautiful.
Jett clears his throat, "Please forgive me, but I have to ask. Is there anyone in particular that inspired you to write this song?"
Please don't say Ethan. Wait what?
"Whatttt, of course not." She says with that nervous tone where she's been caught off-guard, I should know that tone she used it so frequently around me.
Way to be convincing Ally.
Jett decides to press her a little further I guess when he says, "Are you sure Ally? Because let's see there was Dallas, Elliott, Ethan, Gavin, and yes that's right even Austin."
The next thing I remember is Ally's song Teardrops on My Guitar start playing.
Focus Austin. These are Ally's lyrics, I'm sure there's serious and deep meaning behind whatever lyrics she's written.
Drew looks at me
I fake a smile so he won't see
That I want and I'm needing
Everything that we should be
Who the fuck is Drew? I don't remember there ever being a Drew in Ally's life. Like Jett mentioned, the only men I can think of are the one's Jett mentioned earlier.
I'll bet she's beautiful
That girl he talks about
And she's got everything
That I have to live without
Drew talks to me, I laugh ''cause it just so funny''
and I can't even see
Anyone when he's with me
Wait, why does that last verse sound so familiar? Who did she say she felt like she couldn't see anyone else when he was with her?
He says he's so in love
He's finally got it right
I wonder if he knows
He's all I think about at night
Hold on. There are part of the words from I Think About You in here. And - I - holy shit!
He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star
He's the song in the car I keep singing
Don't know why I do
"Austin, man are you alright? You don't look well." Dez tries shaking my arm, but I don't respond even though I've heard him. Guitar? I taught her how to play guitar and Teardrops On My Guitar exudes sadness.
Drew walks by me
Can he tell that I can't breathe?
And there he goes, so perfectly
The kind of flawless I wish I could be
Things start flashing in my mind at lightning speed. Everything just starts coming back to me.
She better hold him tight
Give him all her love
Look in those beautiful eyes
And know she's lucky 'cause
He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star
He's the song in the car I keep singing
Don't know why I do
Wow, this is a seriously emotional song. It's just incredible.
Then unexpectedly I recall something that Ally had said to me, "I don't know why I bother, Austin. I don't know why I do. You'll never look at me the way you look at Piper. She's so perfect and you're just so in love with her. Looks like you finally got it right, it's not with me."
Oh my god! I'm such an asshole.
So I drive home alone
As I turn out the light
I'll put his picture down
And maybe get some sleep tonight
Mini Flashback
After I went to talk to Piper I was going to come back to talk to Ally. I owed her our spotlight dance which Dez so graciously took my place for. I came back to talk to her and Ally was slow dancing with other guys so I hadn't had the courage to interrupt her. It was finally the last dance of the night and the end of the prom. I wanted just one dance with my Prom Queen, but that didn't happen. I asked Trish and Dez where Ally was, they looked sad and angered. "She left a few minutes ago."
"I wanted to dance with her."
"Well, you're too late. Then again, that doesn't really surprise me. That's just how you always are!" Trish said as she glared at me, huffed, and dragged Jace on crutches out to our limo. The ride back in the limo was so awkward, Dez, Carrie, Trish and Jace all looked really tense. I didn't know what the hell I did wrong. Piper was still all over me and I'm a guy so of course I made out with my girlfriend. That's when I remember Trish had snapped after a good five to ten minutes of Piper and I making out. "WILL YOU TWO JUST GET A FUCKING ROOM ALREADY!"
I looked at her completely mortified. I stopped kissing Piper immediately. The limo dropped her off at her house but Carrie stayed in the limo with Dez. I got out and walked Piper to her door, kissed her good night. "I love you." She said to me, I didn't say anything back, just smiled at her, turned around and walked back to the limo.
The next morning I wanted to go check on Ally so I did. I went and found her in her bedroom asleep, next to her bed was a picture of the two of us on her nightstand that she had turned down. Another, on the other side of her bed, shattered on the floor of the two of us. I walk over to the other side of the bed, see there is a ton of glass on her floor. I ran downstairs to get a broom and dustpan to sweep it up, as I finish putting the shards of glass in the garbage can I remember that Ally opened her eyes.
"Austin? What the hell are you doing here? You should be with your girlfriend. I don't want you here. I don't want to see you or speak to you right now."
Tears started rolling down her face, I went to sit on the side of her bed to brush the tears away."Don't touch me Austin! I can wipe my own tears away. Go away I want to be alone."
"Ally, I don't understand."
"You never will. Go away! I want to be alone."
"Ally, I -" She got up off her bed, started pushing me out of her bedroom door.
"OUT!" She slammed her bedroom door shut once I was out of it, heard the lock click in place.
End Flashback
'Cause he's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only one who's got enough of me to break my heart
Ethan? I start to question myself.
NO, YOU FUCKING IDIOT! OPEN YOUR EYES! Think!
He's the song in the car I keep singing
Don't know why I do
He's the time taken up but there's never enough
And he's all that I need to fall into
Drew looks at me
I fake a smile so he won't see
The song ends, Jett comes back from the commercial break. I know that Ally's probably still there and I wait to see if she says anything else, but she doesn't. Jett just ends the show and the next song starts to play as we pull up to the church Taylor Swift's Speak Now.
"Austin, let's go man. We can't keep your guests waiting."
I get out of the limo, Dez walks with me up the stone chairs and into the beautiful church. "I'm going to go assist guests to their seats in case the ushers aren't doing their job."
"Thanks man."
"Austin, you're sure you're alright?"
I nod my head and walk up to the top of the aisle and take my place at the altar.
A/N: Cliffhanger! ;-) Review it up! Tell me your thoughts, how did this make you feel? What do you think is going on in Austin's head right now? Is this wedding even going to happen? Stay tuned to find out! Love y'all! xoxo