A/N: Soo I'm actually going to try to triple update within the next hour so that I can hopefully finish off Revived today. :) So stay tuned.

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It had been about a month since I transferred to the University of Miami. To say the least, I was very happy besides the fact that I couldn't get the image of Austin dying right in front of me out of my mind. I was beginning to feel selfish, I should have gotten Austin to come to New York instead. I knew he loved music, I'm sure he could have bought his way into the university. Now all I could do was sit around and try to look for signs that Austin's friends had turned against him, but he wouldn't tell me a thing unless I straight up asked, and even then he told me "not to worry about it", which was impossible. He hadn't gone to a single party since he poured out his heart to me, but it wasn't because of my doing. It was all him, which I was beyond proud of, but at the same time I was kind of irritated, which was unfair of me. I shouldn't be irritated when this was what I wanted in the first place... That was, until I found out until it was a life or death situation. Long story short, everything was very confusing right now.

Dez had come to visit Austin, Trish and I today. Trish had class, though, so I went over to Austin's (now single) dorm to see Dez for a while and ask him how apartment life was going.

"It's great," was his answer, "Kat and I get along great, and the sponsors I get from my YouTube Channel really help pay for the fees. No offense, Austin, but I don't miss you too much."

I think I was the only one who could see just how lonely Austin was without Dez around. Austin had always been a tough guy since he got to college and had never let anyone in until Dez, and later me, came along. I was the only one left for Austin to talk to, and I couldn't be with him every second of every day like Dez used to be.

Austin just smiled weakly at Dez's comment and shrugged. Dez didn't even seem to notice.

Dez leaned back in the lounge chair he was sitting in, resting his arms behind his head and smiling. "Austin's I'm really proud of you, man."

Austin raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Me? What did I do?"

Dez chuckled. "You completely turned your life around, buddy. I knew you could do it, I really did." He then turned to me. "And Ally, we really owe a lot of it all to you."

I found myself blushing and I waved my hand at him. "Oh, stop it, you." Dez laughed and Austin wrapped an arm around me.

"No, Ally, he's totally right. If you hadn't come into my life, I would be such a mess right now, especially without Dez around." He grinned widely.

"I wouldn't have left you here in the state you were in, buddy. I would have stuck around a little while longer." Dez shrugs.

Austin furrows his eyebrows. "Why a little while longer?"

"Because," Dez says, "I knew you would come around eventually. I know who you really are, Austin, and that's the person you've been for the past month or so. You're not some douche that throws huge parties and buys drugs and alcohol, you're actually a great guy. I figured it wouldn't be much longer until you realized that."

Austin sighs. "The truth is, I don't think I would have realized it without your guys' help."

I wrap my arms around his neck, and he kisses my forehead. Dez makes a gagging sound, and I just laugh. "We love you, Austin." I say, and Dez murmurs an agreement.

"I love you guys, too." He tells us, pulling Dez into our little group hug as well. I wish Trish could be here right now, but I know she'll join us, soon. His arms are gripped so tightly around my torso that I feel at a loss of air, and I can tell by the redness in Dez's face that he feels the same way.

"Babe," I laugh, "we can't breathe."

"Oh," he giggles, "sorry."

He releases his grip and we find ourselves in a laughing fit, surrounded by the lightest feeling I've ever felt, yet a sudden sense that it wouldn't last hanging in the air.

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