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Summer of Love and Loss
Chapter Thirteen: Plotting Humiliation and Listening
Ally sat cross-legged on the floor of her father's hotel room Trish was staring at her waiting for her to open the letter. It surprised her that her impatient best friend hadn't already opened it and tore it to pieces. Dallas wasn't giving up on her but she was done with him. With shaky fingers she tore the letter into pieces and tossed the pieces into the trashcan. Trish was smiling proudly at her.
"How did that feel?" The Latina girl asked.
"Good better then good, it felt great." Ally exclaimed falling back into the plush carpet and staring at the ceiling a goofy smile plastered on her face. Ally sat up and looked at her best friend with a look of pure and utter determination. "Did you bring the box I asked you to bring?"
"Yes I did, why you haven't already gotten rid of all this stuff I don't understand." Trish said reaching into her bag, that she had been smart enough to bring with her when she followed Ally to the Sea Venture Resort the day before, and pulled out the square tin box that held mementos of Ally's relationship with Dallas. "Why did you keep all of this stuff?"
"I didn't want to let go." Ally said pulling at the fabric of the sweatpants she was wearing. Here she was sitting on the floor wearing Austin's clothes ready to destroy the reminders of the last year of her life. "A year of my life wasted on a—"
"A lying cheating bastard." Trish finished for her.
"Yes." Even though she hung around Austin and his friends, all of which had a very colorful vocabulary, she refused to use that kind of language. "Now lets get to destroying this stuff."
"With pleasure." Trish said an evil grin on her face.
They made confetti out of the pictures of Ally and Dallas. Notes written during class were torn and joined the picture scraps in the trashcan. Ally followed Trish to the beach and when Trish handed her the charm bracelet Dallas had given her for her birthday last year she chucked it into the ocean. She did that to every piece of jewelry Dallas had given her, the most effort going into the necklace with the letter 'D' hanging on the chain.
"Well here's your box, fill it with mementos of your new relationship." Trish said handing Ally the box.
"I'm not going to fill this box because Austin's not going to break my heart." Ally said smiling at the ocean. "Will you give Dallas something for me."
"What?" Trish asked.
"A couple songs that I should have given him a long time ago." Ally said.
"Oh of course. Though I would still love to have you perform them or play them over the mall's intercom but baby steps." Trish said throwing her arm around Ally's shoulders and giving her a gentle squeeze. "I am so proud of you kid."
"You know what, do it." Ally said.
"What?" Trish exclaimed.
"You know where the demo CDs are and you've hacked the mall PA system before." Ally said.
"I did not hack I worked running the PA system." Trish corrected.
"Oh yeah and you were fired because you failed to announce anything." Ally laughed. "Anyway Im giving you permission to touch those CDs and humiliate Dallas like he humiliated me."
"Oh so I get to send him to the hospital?" Trish asked sounding hopeful.
"No lets not go that far." Ally said.
"Boo but I guess humiliating him is enough, ah I knew there was evil under that sweet innocent exterior." Trish said.
"What are you girls doing out here?" Lester asked the two friends as he and Austin walked up to the pair. "We got back to the room and you two were gone."
"Plotting." Trish said as Ally said, "Letting go."
"Okay." Austin and Lester said arching their eyebrows. "So how about we all go get lunch before heading down to the airport?"
"Sounds great." Ally and Trish said.
Reluctantly Ally made promised her dad that she'd settle things with her mother or at least make the attempt to. She knew that her father wanted her to have a relationship with her mother but she didn't understand why. The woman left her and treats her like she's the plague. So she's bitter but what person wouldn't be when one moment she's watching her mother walk out the door, the next she's watching her get married and jumping at the chance to be someone else's mom. Why her dad wasn't upset with her mom she didn't know or understand, the woman left him too and he hasn't moved on.
"Love you Ally-gator." He said pressing a kiss to the top of her head.
"Love you too dad." Ally said.
"I'm trusting you with the most precious thing in my life Austin." Lester said to the blond haired boy standing beside his daughter. "Take care of her and if you break her heart, well lets just say you better not break her heart."
"Don't worry sir, I don't plan on breaking her heart and I'll take good care of her." Austin said extending his hand out to her father. "It was a pleasure meeting you Mr. Dawson."
"Please call me Lester." Her dad said shaking Austin's hand.
"I'll send you a video of Dallas's fall from grace because after this he's going to be the most hated guy in Miami." Trish said giving Ally a bone crushing hug. "I knew you had it in you to ruin someone's life but of course you being you, you have to do it in the sweetest way possible through songs."
"I'm letting you humiliate him."
"Yeah I'm doing the humiliating."
"So what's the difference?"
"Nothing really as long as he cries I'm good." Trish said with a smile. "Bye Blondie."
"Bye Trish." Austin said giving her a one-armed hug.
Austin wrapped his arms around Ally's waist from behind as they watched her father and best friend walk off to airport security. They waved one last time before disappearing completely after a couple minutes of standing there Austin and Ally finally walked out of the airport. They sang along to the radio and had a quiet dinner before he took her back to her mother's house. She stared at the house for a while before turning to look at him, her eyes begging him to take her away from there. He almost gave in but didn't instead he took her hand and stared off into the distance.
"My parents died in a car accident when I was thirteen, I told you this already. What I didn't tell you is why they were out so late at night during a storm. They were looking for me, you see earlier my dad and I got into this huge argument over my future. He wanted me to follow in his footsteps and take over his company and I wanted to be a rockstar. He told me that my dreams were just that...dreams and that there wasn't a chance I'd make it in the music business. We yelled at each other for a while before I had enough and ran out of the house. I went to the cove and stayed there until it started pouring after which I headed to Dez's house, I saw the accident on my way there. I recognized the car immediately because of the stupid bumper sticker I made my dad put on it. They were already gone." Austin said turning to look at her. His eyes were glossed over and she could tell that he was trying hard not to cry. "The last thing I said to my father was that I hated him."
"Oh Austin." Ally said climbing over the console and settling herself on his lap. Immediately he wrapped his arms around her and tucked her head underneath his chin.
"I regret my last words to my father and I don't want you to have regrets Ally." Austin said running his hands through her hair. "Trust me when she's gone you'll regret not having a relationship with her and I'm sure that under that icy exterior your mother is a warm caring person who loves her biological daughter. She has to be to have caught the eye of your father."
Ally nodded and snuggled deeper into Austin's embrace not sure if he was ready to let go of her. Minutes passed by in silence, Austin continued to play with her hair and she drew circles on his shoulder with her index finger. She took him off guard by giving him a quick peck on the lips. He smiled slyly at her before capturing her lips with hers and kissing her roughly, taking her breath away from her.
"I should go." She said breathlessly.
"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow at ten." Austin said sounding equally as breathless. "You'll love the way we're celebrating the Fourth of July."
Her mother was sitting in her bedroom waiting for her. It was surprising to see her looking so nervous, it wasn't something Ally thought the cold calculating confident lawyer was capable of. They stared at each other for a bit neither of them knowing how to start this long overdue conversation.
"It's not that I didn't want to be your mother Allyson. I wasn't capable of caring for a child, at the time all that mattered were the drugs and the alcohol. I left so I could get help but I didn't stay sober for very long. Your father grew tired and who cold blame him, it was a mutual parting. By the time I got better had already decided that I had abandoned you. I still wanted to get to know you which is why I fought for joint custody." Her mother said never taking her eyes off of her. "I didn't know how to be your mother anymore since you grew up without me."
"What about Scarlett?" Ally asked. "Why can you be her mom?"
"I've been with her for nine years Allyson, I practically raised her." Her mother answered. "I want a chance to be a mother to you but you have to give me that chance."
"You are my mother, what you want is the chance to be my mom." Ally said quietly. "I want a mom more than anything."
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