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Dougie's POV

The moonlight was all over her body, making her look like a ghost, her skin was so pale but yet she looked so beautiful; I felt like I was dreaming and was so glad to know I wasn't. I couldnt understand how I could have chosen Frankie over Ally; not only Ally was more beautiful, but her soul was more interesting, more pure. I slowly opened the door a little bit more to see her better, but it made a weird loud sound and Ally turned. We stared at each other for some seconds before my brain told me to say something.

"Hi again" I said and smiled.

She made me a sign to be quiet and slowly walked toward me. I quickly looked once again to her amazing legs and then looked away, I wouldn't want to be caught looking at her like that, but I just couldn't help it. It's like if you had Danny Jones on his pajama right in front of you; you wouldn't be looking at his face, would you?

She took my hand and led him back to the hallway before closing the door behind us. We were quite close to each other and I was thankful the hallway was really dark because I was sure I was blushing; I still was hurt and sad for what had happened with Frankie, you cant expect me just to get her out off my head in a couple of days, this takes time… I really had deep feelings for Ally but I didn't want to be with her as long as Frankie was bouncing up and down in my mind.

"What are you doing up so late?" she asked me.

"I just couldn't sleep" I replied "What about you?"

"What about me?"

"What are you doing up?"

"This is my house, I can be up whenever I want"

None of us said anything else, we just looked at each other in the dark and I noticed she was still holding my hand.

"Your hand is cold" I said and she quickly let go mine.

"Oh, sorry"

"No, it's ok" I took her again with both of mine to warm it up.

"Can I ask you something?" she asked.

"Sure…"

"Dougie, do you feel like… Maybe…" she looked down and now I was annoyed by the darkness around us, I wanted to see her face, to see if she was blushing or smiling, if she was sad or happy.

"Yes…?"

"Well, I was wondering if maybe you and I could go out sometime… Now that Frankie and you… You know what I mean"

"Yes, but—"

"I understand you may need some time first" she said quickly.

"Thank you"

Silence filled the room again and now I notice how cold the hallway was.

"Do you want to go to bed now?" he said "It's cold here"

"Yes, you are right… Well, I'll see you tomorrow then"

I nodded and let go her hand. I watched her as she walked to her room, I was kind of hoping deep inside in my heart that she would turn around and stay with me for a little bit more time… But she closed her bedroom door behind her and I went back to my bed. I laid down over the covers, the cold didn't bother me and I knew I wasn't ready to sleep yet.

I knew Ally would wait for me now, or at least I was desperately hoping she would… I wanted to kiss her and make her happy, but I wouldn't be happy if I was thinking of Frankie while I kissed her, it wouldn't be fair for her either… I wanted to be completely hers. I had the feeling that this time it'd be easier for me to get Frankie out of my mind, now that I had had my revenge and now that I had Ally in my life.

The opened and I looked up. Ally shyly entered the room and closed the door slowly.

"I cant sleep either" she said.

"Do you want to stay here for a while?"

She nodded and slowly walked toward the bed. She sat on the edge and looked around.

"I don't bite, remember?"

"I know" she blushed "It's just that… This is weird for me"

"Weird how?"

"You are almost naked and I'm on my pajamas and we are alone in a bedroom, Dougie"

"Oh…"

Now that I think about, it did was a bit uncomfortable; she was looking really beautiful and we were on our own here. 'No, Dougie, remember she's 17! Don't think about that!' I thought ashamed of myself. Then I started to think that I'd be the first to…Well.. You know what with Ally.

"What are you thinking?" she said, she was laughing a little bit and I wondered how my face looked like.

"Nothing… I just remembered something Danny told me"

"You are lying, you hesitated" she said with a sexy look, racing an eyebrow… She was a living lie-detector "But don't worry, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to, Poynter"

She laid down next to me and sighed.

"Can I ask you something?" I said.

"Sure"

"What did they do to you?" her face changed, she knew what I meant, she perfectly knew I was talking about her scar. I could see she didn't like talking about this and I was aware that she hadn't told anything about her past to anyone but me, so I knew I shouldn't make her tell me, this was a complicated subject but I was dying to know who she had been, who they had made her be.

"You are very curious, aren't you?" she said and looked into my eyes. We both waited, she was probably hoping I would change the subject of our conversation, but I wasn't going to, if we were going to be together I needed to know her completely "A knife… They did it with a knife"

"Why?"

"Because my dad didn't want to make business with them"

"Only because of that?" I would think she was lying to me if I didn't knew her, but I did and her face was serious and kind of sad.

"My father was a very important man, making business with him would probably make you a millionaire… So many people wanted to do business with him, whatever it took"

"What was your father's job, Ally?"

She looked away "I think I've answered enough questions for today, Dougie…"

"You'll have to tell me one day"

"But not tonight… I don't want to remember"

"But—"

"Maybe I should just go" she stood up quickly and put her hand over the handle of the door. I jumped of the bed and locked my arms around her.

"No, no, please, don't leave" I couldn't make sense of my words, I sounded weak and I didn't want her to see me like that, but I wasn't going to let her walk out that door, at least not yet "Please…"

She sighed but removed her hand from the handle.

"I don't want to leave" she said.

I let her go and sat again on my bed, hoping she would turn around and sit by my side; and she did.

"I need time too, Dougie" she said and looked at me; she wasn't looking angry now, she seemed scared of something "You cant just ask me all the questions you want… I'm running from all that and you are forcing me to remember it. At least be patient"

I nodded "Alright, I'll be patient, I promise"

She did something I wasn't expecting; she laid by my said and put her arms around me. I only stared at her for a moment, but then I run my fingertips up and down her back, feeling her scar at the end of it, but still enjoying doing it.

"Will you promise not to fear me when you get to know everything about me?" she suddenly asked, her voice trembled at the end of her question. I looked at her face and saw tears on her eyes.

"Ally, why are you crying?"

"Because I'm afraid to loose you. I lost you once; I don't want to loose you twice"

"No, I promise I won't fear you. I may not know everything about you but I still know you" I hold her tight and kissed her forehead "Don't be silly, how could I ever be afraid of the sexiest girl in Britain?"

"I'm being serious!"

"So am I, babe"

She laughed and I felt something wet on my neck; a tear for sure.

"Can I stay with you tonight?"

"You mean you want to sleep with me?"

"Yes… You help me somehow… I'm hoping you'll keep me safe from my nightmares"

I smiled and felt a weird excitement growing inside me "Of course you can stay, I'd love that… But… Your father wont kill me or anything, will he?"

She smiled again, I was thankful that I was the one who always made her smile… I felt proud to be the one she trusted, the one she chose to protect her… And most of all, I felt extremely happy to be the one she loved.

"No, he wont, Dougie…"

She closed her eyes and I made my best to put a cover over us. I turned off the light of the little lamp that was next to me. I felt her lips on my neck and I had to control my mind from weird thoughts. I couldn't remember the last time Frankie had made me feel like that, deep down in my heart I kind of always secretly thought that our love would never last but I'd always hided that feeling. I really liked the way I was feeling and I was happy to know it could get better in any moment; I'd soon be free from Frankie's spell and I could fall deeper in love with Ally; maybe she could the one for me.

"Good night, Dougie" she said softly, her lips moved in my neck and caused a weird effect on me. I tried to calm down myself before I replied.

"Good night, Ally… I'll keep you safe tonight"