Chapter 6

I woke up to the sound of Austin groaning. I opened my eyes to find Austin with his hand on his forehead, moaning in pain. Oh right! The party! Oh crap! I hope he's ok, but by the looks of things, he wasn't.

"Are you ok?" I asked softly. He nodded and then groaned again. I turned to the nightstand and tossed him the bottle of extra strength Tylenol. He thanked me and disappeared into the bathroom to have a shower. I finally sat up and stretched. I yawned and removed the sleep from my eyes so that the blurriness I saw would go away. I yawned once more before answering the room's phone. It was Elliot. I smiled into the phone.

"Hey Elliot what's up?" I asked casually. I heard him laugh slightly into the mouth-piece.

"Not much. I was wondering if you wanted to do something today?" he asked. I smiled again and then it fell just as easily as soon as I remembered Austin and the shape he was in.

"I would love to, Elliot but I can't. Austin is still looking pretty bad and I have to do some work for the reason we're here so what about tomorrow night?" I stated and asked.

"Sure thing! I'll give you my number and you can call me any time when you're ready to go out. I really hope Austin feels better! I'll talk to you tomorrow then Ally." he said. I smiled at how sweet he was. He didn't seem disappointed that I had canceled on him for the second time in a row, but that was just Elliot.

I hung up the phone and then when I heard the water stop I knocked on the bathroom door. I heard Austin's footsteps and hen a big THUMP! come from the inside of the bathroom. Shit!

I opened the door to find Austin wrapped in a towel, on the cold tile floor. I had a hard time doing so but I finally got him off of the floor and into the bed and covered him with the blankets. I ordered breakfast for myself, knowing for a fact that Austin wouldn't want to eat right now. I also ordered some cold face cloths and a really big bowl for Austin to throw up in if he needed it.

The things I ordered came in twenty minutes, Austin was still sleeping. I placed a cold cloth on his forehead and then went to eat breakfast and write some lyrics down in my songbook, on the couch that was provided.

I had gotten almost all of the lyrics down when I heard Austin move in the other room. I immediately got up and walked over to him, sitting on the side of his bed. He opened his eyes and slightly smiled at me. I smiled back, completely worried.

"Hey Ally." He said groggily.

"Hey." I said weakly. He sat up and turned, looking around as if he was trying to remember where he was. My smile faded and he caught it and looked at me both worriedly and confused.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"Nothing, I'm fine. Are you?" I countered. He nodded and then shook his head. I brought the bowl up to his face and the sound of him retching into made me want to hurl too. I turned my face away and tried to stay calm as he finally removes his face from the bowl and as I set it down, I look over at him and he has a smile on his face.

Now I'm confused. I look at him like that-confused-and the smile just gets bigger, confusing me more. Then he starts to laugh and then as if it were a switch, the laughing stops and he becomes serious again.

"Austin?" I asked extremely worried.

"I'm fine Ally. The Tylenol I took really helped and the fact that I slept and also the fact that I just threw up. I guess I just needed to get all of that alcohol out of my system." He stated sitting up properly. I nodded, finally understanding why he had smiled and laughed like he had. He was feeling better. Good. I smiled and he smiled back. He turned and reached for the phone, picked it up and dialed-what I realized was- Kira's cell number. I smiled weakly. I remembered that he was still dating her and had very strong feelings for her. I then remembered the feelings I had for Austin. I had forgotten them while I was with Elliot. Weird how much he could affect me. Then again, he was one of best friends.

"Hey sweetie!" I heard him say. I felt a very sharp pang in my chest when he said that. I heard her talking on the other end and then heard him laugh. I finally couldn't take it anymore and got up to go get ready.

Once I was ready with my clothes, makeup and hair done, I stepped out of the bathroom to hear Austin still on the phone. I took out my IPhone and started to play my music loudly to block out all of the sweet things they were saying to each other. I finished the lyrics, ripped them out of my song book and placed them on the keyboard for Austin to look at when he was finished talking to his girlfriend.

I just couldn't sit there and pretend everything was ok when it wasn't. I left the hotel in a pair of short jean shorts and a white loose top with music notes on it. I had curled my hair again and put on a little bit of makeup. I called up Elliot and told him to meet me for lunch at a restaurant just up a couple blocks from my hotel. He said ok and then hung up.

When I saw him outside, he didn't have a bouquet of flowers with him but instead, a huge smile on his face-showing his beautiful white teeth- and open arms that I just walked right into, not caring the saw.