A/N: BEFORE YOU READ THIS, you need to know that you HAVE TO READ THE AUTHOR'S NOTE AT THE END, ALRIGHT?! Alright, cool. Love you guys, can't believe there's only one more chapter after this one until we get to the third and final story! Shew, been a long journey so far. :') A good one, though. You all are so inspiring and I love you to death. Okay now I'm getting all sappy haha, just be sure you read the author's note when you finish the chapter.

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In the midst of our laughing, there's a knock on the door, and it's as if in that instant everything suddenly comes together, and my laugh gets caught in my throat. Austin has been ignoring my questions about his friends. Dez is in Austin's dorm for the first time in a long time. He's here.

Austin begins to go to answer the door, but I find myself grabbing his arm and stopping him. He looks at me with confusion in his eyes, but I'm unable to speak. How could I not have realized that today was the day that this would happen? How was I not able to stop this? I spent so much time and effort to make sure Austin didn't die and now look where we are. I should have tried harder. There's so much more I could have done but I decided not to. Sure, Austin's made a complete turn around for the better, but if he dies, what's the point? Austin Moon can't die, and that is inevitable. I know the effect it would have. He tugs on my arm, trying to get me to let go. Dez is looking at me like I might be out of my mind. "Ally-" He begins, but is cut off.

Another loud knock. "I'll get it." I say before thinking, but I don't think I really have an option at this point. I don't want to die, but I'm positive I would rather it be me than him. I don't want to live in a world without Austin Moon. I stand up, and he just shrugs and sits down on the bed, still looking a bit confused. I'm glad now that I never told him how he was killed in my dream so that he can't stop me.

I know there's no point in trying to get out of this. If I had wanted to prevent a death I should have tried harder.

I've failed.

Dez watches me through narrowed eyes as I approach the door. I know they're after him, Dez is the one that was meant to die the first time and also this time. A selfish part of me almost wishes Dez would have offered to get the door. Would I have stopped him?

Yes, of course I would have. There's no way in the world that I could sit back, knowing what was going to happen, and let Austin or Dez die right in front of my eyes. I wish I could have prevented this, but everything was just so different this time. I didn't have as many signs, or maybe I was just trying to ignore them, I don't know. I just wish I could have had longer with Austin. I wish it didn't have to end this way.

There's a third knock just as I grasp the knob. It's as if my whole life flashes before my eyes, something that I've heard of happening but something I didn't think actually happened. Eighteen years scroll by like a movie, every person I've ever loved or cared for, ever good memory I've ever had, I catch myself smiling just for a moment before I feel my wrist turn the knob.

I see Austin stand up out of my peripheral, and I open the door before he can get any closer. I hear him yell my name just before I make eye contact with Darron Travers, and I realize that Austin's made some kind of connection with what's going on. Darron hesitates for just a moment, nearly dropping his gun. I think for a split second that maybe this could end differently than I think it's going to, until his finger knicks the trigger.

I feel a sharp pain in the side of my head.

I see red, and then I see black, and then I see nothing.

A/N: YOU BETTER READ THIS RIGHT NOW SO THAT NO ONE HATES ME. ALLY IS NOT DEAD, ALRIGHT?! I THINK THAT'S KIND OF OBVIOUS SINCE THIS IS A TRILOGY AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A THIRD BOOK, BUT I THINK I NEED TO SAY IT JUST TO ENSURE THAT I DON'T GET DEATH THREATS OR SOMETHING. I REPEAT, ALLY IS NOT DEAD. Alright, now that we have that out of the way... I know this is pretty short, and the next one's going to be pretty short, too. I just don't think there was any way to carry on this chapter when I said what needed to be said and made it all dramatic and all that good stuff. Don't hate me, haha. REVIEW! I LOVE REVIEWS. THEY'RE SUPER COOL. Okay, the last chapter should be up either in a little while or later tonight when I get off work, I'm not sure yet haha. I LOVE YOU GUYS! xxxxxxx