I woke up feeling horrible. My body wasn't on a bed. It was on something hard. Despite the surface that I was on being super cold, I was burning up. I thought to myself and realized I was dehydrated. I opened my eyes a little bit more. I was laying on the floor. Who do I call? Who's nearby? I mustered enough strength to find my cell phone and look at the time. It was 12:52 PM. I had overslept. Pull yourself together Ally. Do you have any plans for today? Probably not. Daniel is at work and Austin probably went somewhere. I need to get myself onto the bed. How did I get on the floor anyways? I sighed and decided to call someone. At this point, anyone would be finnneeee…. I dozed off.

"Hello? Ally? Helllloooooooooo?" someone yelled throughout the house. I slowly opened my eyes and whined. I hear the person, a woman, start walking upstairs.

"Ally?" the person knocked on my door. I groaned and rolled over to my side, covering myself up with the blanket some more. I was still on the ground, unfortunately. The door opened and I heard a gasp. I opened my eyes to find Trish, my neighbor, feeling my forehead. I smiled a bit and passed out.

"No, she's really sick. You need to come home. She's burning up!" Someone said. I guessed that it was Trish. She was probably on the phone. With my eyes closed, I brought my arm up to my forehead. I really was burning up. I'm really cold now though. Someone carried me to my bed. Again, it was probably Trish.

"Trish?" I tried to say. It came out as a croak. Trish kept on talking on the phone. She was convincing someone to come here I guess. I was tired of sleeping so I took my phone. It was now 4 in the afternoon.

"I'm back," Someone else yelled through the house. The person walked up the stairs but suddenly stopped.

"Who are you?" Trish asked.

"Austin. I'm Ally's friend. Nice to meet you. I'll be staying here for a while," Austin responded.

"Oh good. Ally's sick. I live next door. I have something to do so could you take care of her? Daniel can't get back yet," Trish sighed. I couldn't make out what they said next.

"Ally?" Austin came in the room. I opened my eyes. He was standing next to me but he sounded so far away. I tried to say I was fine but I passed out again.

The next time I woke up it was already dark outside. I haven't had anything to eat today so I was starving. I felt something heavy on my lap and my hand. Austin's head rested on my lap. His hands were intertwined with mine. I felt my heart beat faster. I squeezed his hand and started moving away from him. I took my temperature. 97. I guess my fever toned down quite a bit. I headed towards the kitchen.

"Eggs, milk, flour, water, syrup, baking powder," I spouted words out of my mouth as I grabbed the ingredients for pancakes. I was craving pancakes. I grabbed a giant bowl and started mixing the ingredients together. I turned on the fire and started humming. I poured a cup of pancake batter into the hot pan.

"Ally!" Someone shouted. I was startled by my name and burned myself. Instead of screaming out in pain, I turned the fire off quietly and went into fetal position on the ground. I sucked on my left ring finger, the finger that got burned. I felt tears coming out of my eyes. Come on Ally. Don't be such a baby. OW! Ugh, this really hurts though. Was that Austin? He must have woken up. That's nice but I really need help. How bad is the damage? I stopped sucking on my finger and looked at it. I heard someone's footsteps come closer to me.

"Oh god. Let me see," Austin hurried over. Instead of looking at my finger, he carried me up to the living room couch bridal style. He put me down and sat next to me. He reached for something in his pocket and pulled out a large bandaid.

"Alright, let's see what happened," Austin started examining my finger. He ran to the kitchen and grabbed a wet cool cloth and wrapped it around my finger after I felt a little better he disinfected it and put a bandaid over all of it.

"All better!" he exclaimed. I smiled.

"You seem used to this. Is there a reason why?" I wrapped my right hand around my finger.

"Well I used to live next to a children's daycare center and I ended up working there for a year or so," he grinned. It would make sense that the children would love him. He was like a child himself. I got a text. I pulled out my phone and looked to see who it was. Huh, Daniel. He won't be coming home tonight?

Daniel: Hey, babe. I won't be coming home tonight. I need to do something at work. Sorry.

Ally: It's alright :)

Daniel: Thx

"It's 8. Let's just go out and get something to eat for dinner," Austin suggested. I agreed. We cleaned up the mess in the kitchen and went out. Austin was driving because my finger still ached. We drove to the nearest fast food place, which happens to be McDonald's. I ordered some fries and chicken nuggets and Austin ordered a burger and a shake.

"365? Thank you for coming! Here you go," A pretty young woman smiled and handed me our order. Austin looked up from his phone and grabbed his drink.

"Actually could I have another straw?" I asked. I was thirsty and I don't think Austin would mind. The woman handed me the straw, "You guys are a really cute couple. Have a nice night!" She turned away and went to tend to the fries. I blushed and attempted to tell her we weren't a couple but it was too late. I peeled off the paper on the straw and stuck it in Austin's drink.

"Hey!" he exclaimed. I grinned and took the shake from his hand and started drinking from my straw. He pouted and I rolled my eyes.

"It's fine.. Right?" I looked at him. He sighed and nodded.

"Hey. Could we.. take a walk? I'm not sure I want to be holed up at home just yet," I stuck a fry in my mouth.

"Yeah, sure. It's a pretty nice night," Austin agreed. We finished eating and headed outside. We walked and walked and just.. talked. He listened to my stories and I listened to his.

".. and when she turned around, I was stuck in a dress! It was so embarrassing," he laughed. I bit my lip and shivered. It was getting cold out. My hands went to my arms and I started rubbing them, hoping for some kind of friction that would warm me up. I suddenly felt a tap on my shoulder. Austin took his sweatshirt off and was holding it towards me.

"Are you sure? Aren't you cold?" I asked. He shook his head, "You're the one that had a fever earlier. I don't want it coming back again." I smiled at his kindness and started to put the sweatshirt on. Oh.. It.. kinda smells like him. I grabbed the collar of the sweatshirt and brought it up to my nose, hoping it looks like I'm adjusting the sweatshirt. He smells nice.. And it's warm. I smiled under the sweatshirt.

"Ahem, thanks," I blushed. He smiled adorably. I got a sight of someone behind Austin. A man and a woman. Aww, what a nice couple. They were on the other side of the street. The man started turning his face our way and I caught a glimpse of it. Wait.. Daniel?

Hi guys! Ughh, I'm sorry! I'm such a piece of poop. I wrote, like, 3 chapters but I forgot to put it up! Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I'll post the others soon. Spam with reviews if I don't. I check my email every day. I'm such an idiot

Austin and Ally are 28.

The idea that is totally is stolen from the anime Re:Life. Check it out. It's pretty cool.

I know the Elliot thing won't work out but I'm thinking of doing a little short story thing, you know? I have this idea of Ally would be a mess and she's telling her friends that she has a job when she really doesn't. She would meet this mysterious guy who would give her a pill and then she would meet Elliot again in high school. It would be like a two shot thing (so basically two medium-length chapters) about them. Austin would be more distant, Trish would be one of the employees at the company (but she also took the pill), and Dez will be one of the high schoolers (or one of Elliot's friends)

Tell me new characters I should add to this series. Tysm for reading!

I also have another idea for another story. It doesn't really fit Austin and Ally so tell me a ship I should write on.

Ily! ~ Kailey