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"Dad, I was wondering if I could ask you a favour." Austin asked taking a seat in front of his father's desk. "What can I do for you?" His dad smiled.
"Do we have any cars you don't need?"
"Well what do you mean by that…?" Mike looked confused. "I need all my cars."
"Yeah, but do you have any cars you would be willing to give away… free."
"Excuse me." Mike almost choked on the air.
"Okay not for free, but at a discounted price?" Austin suggested.
"Why are you asking me this, you have a perfectly good car."
"It's not for me." Austin sighed.
"Oh." Mike sat forward. "Then who is it for?"
"A friend." Austin shrugged.
"Friend." Mike raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, a friend."
"Is this the friend that you met in Vegas?"
"How do you know that?" Austin asked.
"Gavin told me." Mike smiled.
"I should have know." Austin stood up. "Forget it."
"Son, come on. Look, I have a couple down at the lot." Mike threw a set of keys at Austin. "Just tell Harry I sent you there, pick whatever one you like."
"Really?" Austin said looking down at the keys.
"Really." Mike nodded.
"Thanks… dad." Austin smiled.
"What the hell is that?" Ally asked in confusion.
"It's a car." Austin smiled.
"I can see that.. why is it here?"
"It's for you."
"Have you seen it?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Uh.." Austin looked at the car once again. It was going rusty and the seats were torn at the seams. "Okay it's not the best car, but I figured it would be good to fix it together."
"What planet were you born on?" She asked.
"Funny. I'm serious. I could have this fixed in like 3 weeks, all you have to do is sit there and look pretty."
"I'm confused as to why you even brought the car here for me."
"Because I thought you might like it." He shrugged. "Besides, I get bored.. it would give me something to do."
"Fine… if you really want."
"Great, I'll start now." He smiled.
"I assume you planned this." Ally asked.
"Maybe I did. Oh, and here." He reached into his pocket and pulled out an envelope. "The rest of the money for your dad."
"Thank you for this.." She took the envelope.
"Mommy!" They both heard the little boy call from inside the house.
"I'm just about to make him some lunch, can I get you some?" Ally asked.
"Sure." He nodded. "I'll start on the car."
"A car?"
"I know, I don't know what he's trying to do.." Ally sighed.
"Impress you obviously."
"Trish, this is serious!" Ally held the phone between her shoulder and ear and slowly opened the blinds to look out at Austin. "He's actually fixing it.."
"Well I didn't think he would lie about it."
"Oh god."
"Whats up?"
"My lawyer is here, I'll call you back later." Ally hung up and rushed outside to the man who was approaching her gate. His name was Elliot Smith. She remembered him from high school. He was a senior when she was a freshman. Her dad had hired him a few years back to fight a case, and out of sheer luck they won. Ally was sure he was a sweetheart, but he was really a terrible lawyer. He was nervous all the time, he didn't look professional at all. However, he was a happy go lucky type of guy. Besides, it was a mutual divorce, he didn't have much work to do.
"Ally." He smiled entering into the front garden. Austin turned around and leaned against the car, watching the man as he approached the door.
"What are you doing here?" Ally asked.
"Well, I scheduled our meeting for the 15th." Elliot smiled.
"It's the 12th." She replied.
"Oh dear… well I'm here now. Who's that?" He said pointing his thumb towards Austin, who was now back to fixing the car.
"That's him."
"Who?"
"The man I'm married to." She sighed.
"So.. this is a bad time." Elliot realized.
"Not a bad time at all." Austin smiled as he walked up to the pair.
"Austin, this is my lawyer. Elliot Smith. Elliot, this is Austin Moon." Ally introduced the two.
"Moon? That sounds familiar."
"Yeah, Moons motors. My dads company." Austin shook the man's hand. "Nice to meet you."
"Ah yes, you two." Elliot smiled.
"Shall we go inside then?" Ally said.
"That would be best." Elliot nodded.
"Here we go." Ally said handing Elliot a cup of coffee.
"Thank you." He took it and got back to fiddling with his paperwork. "Now, if you two are friendly then we could probably get this done a lot quicker than most."
"How quickly?" Ally questioned, sitting down beside Austin.
"In about a week I would say." Elliot smiled.
"A week?" Austin asked, his face dropping slightly.
"You do want to get it done as quick as possible right? It won't add anything to the cost if that is what you are worried about. Most couples who are getting divorced normally don't want to see each other, so it takes time sending the papers back and forth. But with you two, given the circumstance and the fact that you talk, it should be a lot easier."
"Sounds good to me." Ally shrugged.
"Mr Moon, I will just get in touch with your lawyer and arrange the divorce to be done through me. It makes it a lot easier." Elliot chirped.
"Sure." Austin nodded.
"Well I just need you both to sing these." He handed them both sheets of paper.
"What are these?" Austin asked skimming through them.
"These are your filing for divorce papers. Not the final ones, so don't worry incase you change your mind." He laughed and Ally shot him a disapproving look.
"Sorry." He cleared his throat.
Austin watched as Ally so quickly signed the papers without even hesitating. He had no idea why, but it hurt. Maybe he was over thinking, that was it. Because there was no possible way he could actually have feelings for her. "Austin?" He was awoken from his daydream by the anxious lawyer handing him a pen. "Right." He smiled taking the pen and quickly jotting down a signature. "There we go." He handed him the pen and paper back.
"Great!" Elliot grinned while he put papers back in his untidy briefcase. "Austin, what's the name of your lawyer?"
"Uh.." He scratched his head. "Leanne Hudson, I have a number for her if you need it."
"Leanne… I know her very well." Elliot smiled. "No need for the number. Ally, I will call you when we can proceed."
"Thank you Elliot." She smiled showing him out.
"Well I guess it's happening." Austin sighed.
"Yeah." She smiled. "You are happy about it right..?"
"Of course." he snapped. "More than happy."
"Good." She nodded.
"I'll get back to the car.." He said making his way to the door.
"Austin." Ally stopped him.
"Yeah?" He turned around to face her.
"Are you sure you're okay with this?"
"Ally I'm fine." he smiled. "Honestly, this is a good thing."
"It is." She reassured him. "I honestly can't thank you enough."
"You don't have to."
"I do." She sighed. "You've made my life a whole lot better." She walked towards him. "Thank you." She leaned up to kiss his cheek. He wasn't sure what possessed him, but he turned his head to meet her lips. She placed a kiss of the corner of his mouth before pulling back in shock. She looked at him wide eyed as she stepped back. "Ally.. I.. I'm sorry." He said, trying to come up with some sort of excuse, but he was met by the stinging pain of her hand against his face. She gasped a little, she had slapped him harder than she first intended too. He looked at her with sad eyes as he held his face. "I think you should leave." She said.
"What?"
"This can't happen Austin. I have a son to take care of."
"Ally I didn't mean to.."
"Get out." She looked away from him.
"I'm sorry.." He said once more before exiting as quickly as he could.
"Mommy?" Ally turned around to see Charlie looking up at her. "Are you okay?" He asked innocently.
"I'm fine." She smiled down at him. "Nothing to worry about."
"Okay." he said clutching on to the toy Austin had bought him. She sighed at the sight of it. "How about we go visit Trish?" Ally smiled. "We can get some ice cream on the way.
"Yeah!" The little boys face lit up with joy.
