A/N: haaaay guys! So the song featured in this chapter is called "A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young" by Eric Church. It's an amazing song and you should definitely check it out, Eric Church is one of my favorite singers. :) I hope you like the chapter, my finger is getting better so it's a bit easier to write. Hopefully I'll be able to update more than once this weekend to make up for the awful wait. OH and I'm making a trailer for the Changes Trilogy. :D It's almost done, I'll be putting it on YouTube by the time I make the next update. I'll probably make a YouTube account specifically for the Changes Trilogy, maybe a Twitter account, too. What do you guys think? haha I'm such a nerd. Anyways, I hope you like this!

My Twitter: didyousayashton

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Austin & Ally, nor am I associated with Austin & Ally. I also do not own "A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young" by Eric Church.

I sleep with my music on at night sometimes... When I can't sleep because my thoughts are too heavy on my mind. This morning I lie awake in bed, and I have been for the past hour or so, just staring at the ceiling and listening to a country music station, not my most common choice in music but it just seemed right last night as I was falling asleep. The song that's playing is on the chorus by the time I start paying attention... My mind has drifted to my dream again.

I put the rage in a river, the roll in the thunder,

But you kept me from going under

When that current got too heavy.

I always thought I'd be a heap of metal in a cloud of smoke,

Foot stuck to the pedal,

Sold for parts like a junkyard rusted-out Chevy.

The part that really catches my ear is the next three lines, because they quite painfully remind me of Austin.

Fear, I've had none.

What the hell made you want to love

A man who was gonna die young?

I gulp, feeling tears beginning to prick at the corners of my eyes as the song continued to play. Truthfully, I had no idea why I wanted to love Austin so much. He's not who I thought he was, and Elliot worships the ground I walk on. I just don't understand myself. Is it bad that I wanted him to love me just as much as I desperately wanted to love him? The song begins to come to a close as the last verse plays.

Call it intuition, or call it crazy,

Just thought by now I'd be pushing up daisies

But I'll gladly stick around if we're together.

So baby, when you bow your head tonight,

Could you tell the Lord I've changed my mind?

And with you, I'd like to live forever.

I sniffle and wipe my nose on my sleeve and get out of bed, turning off my stereo, deciding that I'd listened to enough for now. My phone buzzes on my nightstand, startling me, and I reach to get it. It's a text from Austin.

i guess u made it back 2 ur dorm safe?

I mentally slap myself. I was supposed to text Austin when I got back to my "dorm". I sigh and send a quick reply, feeling guilty, but unable to wrap my head around the fact that he texted me about something like this almost as if he were worried.

Yes, I did. I'm sorry, I forgot to text you.

I run a hand through my hair and sigh. I really have no idea where to go next with my little journey. I only have two weeks to figure all of this out before my father is going to send me back to New York City. I know that Austin is going to be difficult towards me since he thinks I'm such a good girl, but I can't make major moves on him, either, because I have a boyfriend.

I bite my lip. Elliot. I haven't talked to him in a few days. I find myself dialing his number, and listening to the monotonous buzz of the ringer. He answers right before it goes to voicemail.

"Hey, Ally." He says happily, and I smile tiredly.

"Hey, Elliot. We haven't talked in a few days so I just figured I'd call." I lay back on my bed.

"Yeah, I know, have you been busy with school?" He sounds concerned, and I bite my lip.

"Uh, yeah. Really busy... Big exam coming up." I really hate lying.

"Well, you sound pretty stressed..." He says thoughtfully, "I'd love to help you but I live so far away it's kind of difficult, you know?"

"I know." I say, trying to sound disappointed.

"Well, I'm almost to my next class... I'm sorry we couldn't talk long, I promise I'll make up for it." He tells me, and I can almost hear his smile over the phone.

I chuckle. "Alright, bye Elliot."

"Bye, Ally. I love you."

"I love you, too." I reply, but the words feel foreign on my tongue. I bring the phone away from my ear and end the conversation. There's a new text from Austin waiting for me on the screen.

forgetting something like that isnt ok.

I scowl and role my eyes, tossing my phone to the side, too aggravated with him to respond. I find myself questioning my sanity, yet again, for wishing that my dreams were reality.

A/N: If you guys didn't read the A/N at the top, please do that and let me know your opinion on the whole Twitter and YouTube account thing in a review. :) Much love. xx