Austin's POV

As I sit in the cafeteria and think of ways to earn money for Ally my thoughts begin to drift. Drift into me wondering who would try to hurt Ally in the first place. I go through all the people Ally and I both know who hates her but no one really comes to mind. I sit in silence until someone taps me on the back.

"Guess who got a job in the hospital cafeteria!"

I turn around. "Trish?"

"Hey Austin. I love it here. I can go and visit Ally whenever I want!" then she frowns, "I hope she's okay."

"She's fine," I say. "For now," I add to myself.

"So what's up?" Trish asks trying to change the subject.

I shrug. "Nothing. I'm just trying to figure who hurt Ally. From what I know the police have no suspects. Do you know anyone who would do that?" I really hope she does. Trish is her best friend and has known Ally much longer than I have.

Trish sits down next to me. "I don't know," she admits, "Ally's just so... non-hateable."

I look away, trying to hide my disappointment. "It's okay," I lie. Then a thought occurs to me. "I know! I'll just go and ask her!"

Trish looks at me like I'm crazy. "What are you talking about? Ally's... you know, in a coma," she whispers.

"You mean you can't hear her?" I ask.

Trish shakes her head. "Austin? No one can hear her. That's the kind of dumb thing Dez would say!"

As if on cue, Dez walks into the cafeteria with more gingerbread people and sits next to Trish. "Hey guys!"

"What do you want?" Trish growls.

I interrupt them before they can get into a big argument. "Look, this may sound crazy but you deserve to know the truth. The thing is... I can hear Ally," they stare at me blankly, "I mean, I can actually hear Ally. Like, I can actually communicate with her. She told me that she can see and hear but she can't physically move herself," I explain.

There's more silence until Trish finally speaks. "You're right. You do sound crazy."

"But it's true!" I protest.

Trish just shakes her head and walks off. Dez sticks around a bit longer.

"Now do you want to help me make a new gingerbread person?" he asks.

I shake my head. "Not now Dez," I say, then leave the cafeteria to go see Ally.

Ally's POV

"Ally!" Austin screams running into the room. I smile, or at least try to smile, but of course nothing happens.

"Yes Austin?"

"Ally!" he repeats grabbing my hand, "I've got something to ask you. Do you-"

"Did you kiss me?" I randomly ask.

"What?"

"Did. You. Kiss. Me?" I repeat.

Austin blushes. "Uh... yeah but-never mind! Do you remember who stabbed you?"

"Um... this person-uh... well... they had a knife, and... it was dark but... I don't remember," I finish. I really wish I could remember but I can't. It seems as though it happened years ago. It's weird.

"Oh," Austin's upset. I know he's upset but I really can't remember anything. Austin gets up to leave when a sudden flashback comes to me.

"WAIT!" I scream (in my mind of course.)

Austin spins around. "What Ally? What's wrong?"

"I-I remember something. The person... the person had long hair."

BAM!

I scream and my head hits the ground. "What do you want?"

"Your life," the person says bending over me.

I'm about to scream again when I get a handful of the killer's hair in my mouth by accident. "Bleh!"

The person laughs. "Like it's that gross. You're the one that always chews your hair. Mine isn't any different."