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Austin's POV

"Austin! Where's my pickles!?", Ally yelled from the couch. Seriously? I'm in the kitchen getting them right now. She asked me less than a minute ago. I love the idea of having a baby, and I love Ally to death, but I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Pregnant women can be really moody and hard to deal with. I don't remember signing up for that part.

"Daddy, can I please have some more pickles too? Mommy ate all of mine", Ella yelled. I brought a whole jar of pickles in the living room where I found both girls lying on the couch lazily.

"Seriously Ally? You couldn't wait long enough for me to bring you some pickles that you had to take our five year old daughter's?", I asked amused.

"Shut up and give me my pickles Austin. You take forever in the kitchen", Ally said rolling her eyes.

"Daddy?", Ella asked.

"Yeah Sunshine?"

"There's a man on the phone that says he wants to talk about a case", she said.

"Austin, get the phone", Ally said before I even had time to question it.

"Hello?"

"Mr. Mon, I'm Mr. Roberson calling about the Freeman/Dawson case", the guy said.

"Yeah, and?", I said impatiently.

"We need you, Miss. Allyson Dawson, Miss. Patricia De La Rosa, Mr. Dezmond Worthy, Miss. Maddison Carter, Mr. Mike Moon, and Mrs. Mimi Moon to testify as victims and witnesses to this case", he said.

"It's Allyson Moon, and Maddie Moon", I said annoyed.

"Excuse me?", he asked sounding confused.

"You said Allyson Dawson. She's my wife now, so it's Allyson Moon. And my sister's name is now Maddie Moon instead of Carter", I said.

"Oh, of course Mr. Moon"

"Is that all?", I asked getting bored, and I think Ally's about to be out of pickles again. I really don't want to have to go back to get her and Ella some more again.

"We'll also need Miss. Dawson-"

"Moon", I stated, irritated that he hasn't figured it out yet.

"Excuse me, I mean Mrs. Moon's daughter, Ella Dawson-"

"Ella Moon, she's my daughter too", I said. This dude's really getting on my nerves.

"Whatever. We need Ella Moon, to be questioned as well", he said.

"WHAT!? She's only five years old. Why on earth would you need her to be questioned?", I asked feeling very protective of my daughter.

"Mr. Moon, the child witnessed a good bit of these crimes, and was a victim-"

"Yes, she was a victim. My daughter does not need to be brought down by anymore of this crap", I said getting extremely angry now.

"Austin, what is it?", Ally asked worriedly, her pickles long forgotten…and probably already gone.

"He wants them to question Ella on the case", I said, and saw anger flash through Ally's eyes.

"Oh, there is no way-"

"No Mommy, I'll do it", Ella said interrupting her. WHAT!?

"Ella…", Ally started.

"No Mommy. I don't care if the crazy lady gave birth to me; you're my Mommy. I want to tell everyone what they did so they can go to jail forever, and never be mean or hurt anyone else ever again", she declared. Awe, I'm so proud of her, but I still don't know if this is a good idea. Ally sighed and nodded at me.

"Fine Mr. Roberson, our daughter has agreed to come with us, but you better not take this too far. We've all been through a lot, and she's only five", I said, then remembered something else he needed to know. "Oh, and don't take it too far with Maddie or Ally either. Maddie has panic attacks now from all she went through, and Ally's pregnant. They can't be under a lot of stress. My family means more to me than you'll ever know, so you better watch it."

"Of course Mr. Moon. Is there anything else we should know before the hearing?", he asked.

"Make sure those horrible Freemans get put away for the rest of their lives for what they did", I said. He laughed and hung up. I turned to see Ally reaching for Ella's pickles while she wasn't looking. I just rolled my eyes at my crazy wife, but what can you do?

"Ally…", I warned. She pouted and retracted her hand. I just laughed. "Do you want some more pickles?"

She nodded, still pouting. "Yes please."

"Daddy, can you get me some chocolate chip cookies while you're in there?", Ella asked. She really loves her chocolate chip cookies.

"Of course Sunshine", I said and walked into the kitchen for the hundredth time this morning. I know she's pregnant, but does one baby really need that many pickles? I just have to make it eight more months…just eight. Oh help me now…

Third Person POV

Maddie was just sitting alone in the food court, eating her food after being stuck in a rather long line that she was getting aggravated with. She knew it was just her fears and trust issues, but she kept feeling like everyone was staring at her and could see everything she had been through. She felt like they were all silently judging her, when in reality, no one was giving her a second glance…well, except for one person.

"Excuse me", a guy said tapping her on the shoulder. Maddie turned around slowly, but couldn't look the guy in the eye for her intense fear. She kept her eyes glued to the ground, and was shaking uncontrollably.

"Y-Yes?", she stammered out. He just made the slightest movement, causing Maddie to shriek and bury her head in her hands fearfully. She couldn't help it. That was her reflex for whenever she thought she was about to be hit again.

"O-Oh my goodness! Are you okay!?", the guy asked Maddie who was now literally freaking out.

"P-Please don't h-hurt m-me", she cried.

"I'm sorry, I promise I wasn't going to hurt you. I was just returning your purse that I saw you drop in the line to get your lunch. Sorry I'm just returning it now. It took a while to get through that crowd and find you", he said.

"Oh…um, t-thank y-you", she said still slightly panicked.

"You're welcome. Are you sure you're okay?", he asked the panicked girl standing in front of him. The guy could tell something was off about her, and that worried him. He didn't want anything to happen to the helpless girl he barely knew.

"Y-Yeah…I'll be fine. I just…uh…I gotta g-go", Maddie stuttered getting up and started gathering her things.

"Wait, can I at least get your name?", the stranger asked giving Maddie a charming smile.

"M-Maddie. Maddie C-Carter Moon", she said.

"That's a nice name. So, you have two last names?", he asked.

"Y-Yeah. I was just adopted by a n-new family a few m-months ago", she explained.

"Oh, that's cool. Congratulations. My name's Porter West, by the way", he said.

"Well Porter, it's very nice to meet you, b-but I r-really should get going. Thanks for returning my purse again", she said.

"Yeah, sure. I'll see you around Maddie"

"Bye Porter", Maddie said and left. She felt oddly confused about how she was feeling at the moment. She was still slightly panicked, but not as much from her fears anymore. The guy she had just met was different than the many others she had encountered…and she liked it. Maddie began to panic even more at that thought, and she rode straight to Austin and Ally's house on her motorcycle.

Ally's POV

"Ally, open up!", I heard someone yell from the other side of my front door, along with a long repetition of loud knocks. It was just me and Trish here at the moment. Austin was at Jimmy's office, dealing with something about the new song I had written for him, and Dez had taken Ella over to the Moons' house to watch a movie that Trish and I had no interest in seeing, so we just decided to stay at my house.

"Maddie!? What's wrong!?", I asked when I opened the door and saw her crying.

"I-Is anyone else h-here?", she asked.

"Just Trish"

"Good. I really need to talk to both of you alone", she said sitting on the couch by Trish, still crying.

"Fire away weepy", Trish said. I glared at her.

"Trish!", I hissed. "Go ahead Maddie"

"I t-totally embarrassed m-myself", she stuttered.

"How so?", I asked.

"I had a p-p-panic attack w-when a g-guy…", she started, but couldn't finish her sentence from how much she was crying. I'm kind of glad Austin wasn't here to see this.

"What did this guy do to you!?", Trish asked angrily, getting off the couch.

"N-Nothing. H-He was j-just r-returning my p-purse", she cried.

"And what on earth freaked you out about that?", Trish asked sitting back down. You could see her visibly relax at the fact she didn't have to beat the crap out of some guy for hurting one of her best friends she's been trying to protect for so long.

"Come on Trish, I freak out when my own brothers try and talk to me sometimes. I can't talk to strangers, especially guy strangers. I get terrified that something bad is going to happen, and I just go into complete panic mode. Man, he probably thinks I'm a total freak!", Maddie exclaimed, pushing a pillow over her face.

"Maddie, we all know you're not a freak. If he can't see that, then that's his loss", Trish said moving the pillow away from her face before she could completely suffocate herself.

"Did this guy actually say or act like he thought you were a freak?", I asked.

"No", she said sniffling.

"Then why would you say he thinks that?"

"I don't know. I feel this way about every guy that tries to talk to me, but this time, I don't know, it felt different. I can't explain it, and it really scares me that I don't know how I feel", she confided.

"Maddie, is there even the slightest chance that you might like this guy?", I asked already knowing the answer, even if she wouldn't admit it out loud or to herself.

"Maybe", she mumbled looking down.

"Then what's the problem?", Trish asked.

"I'm scared", Maddie admitted.

"Of what?", Trish and I asked at the same time.

"To trust again", she said quietly.

"Oh Maddie, I know exactly how you feel. All my life people were letting me down, so I only trusted Trish and my brother. When he left, I refused to trust anyone that wasn't Trish. Well, that is until Austin came along", I said.

"Awe, Ally!", Trish cooed. "I feel so loved", she said wiping away an imaginary tear and hugging me.

"I know Ally, but they beat me for eighteen years! How can I trust anyone again after that?", Maddie asked. I suddenly got a really great idea for a new song, but I would need a little extra help, and it'd have to be performed personally.

"Come on Maddie, we have work to do", I said getting up. Trish and Maddie were both giving me strange looks of confusion.

"What are we doing?", Maddie asked.

"You're going to help me write a song that tells our stories. I want the world to know what those Freemans, my brother, and our birth parents put us all through", I said already having an idea of how the song would go.

"I can't write a song", Maddie said.

"Of course I know that, but you can always learn. It really isn't hard, especially if you already have a story to tell with it. I'll worry about putting it all to music, even though I'm going to teach you how to help me with that. All you have to do is help me tell our stories through the music. You need help figuring out how to get over your trust issues, and I would love for the whole world to know what they did to us", I explained.

"I love it!", Maddie exclaimed after she processed what I was trying to say.

"Ally, if you're willing to perform this, this will be the perfect opportunity to get over your stage fright for real!", Trish said smiling.

"P-Perform it?", I asked getting scared. I don't know if I can do that.

"Come on Ally, please? I'll perform it with you, and Austin will be there the whole time. You can do it", Maddie said.

"You'd really perform it with me?", I asked feeling a bit better.

"Of course I would. You're helping me with my trust issues, so why wouldn't I want to help you overcome your stage fright?", she asked. I smiled.

"You know what? You guys are right. I can totally do this!", I said feeling confident in my answer for the first time. I mean, Austin would be there after all, so that would definitely help. They were both smiling like crazy.

"Trish, when we finish the song, can you set up a performance for us so we can surprise everyone else?", I asked.

"Well duh", she said pulling out her phone, probably setting up the event already.

"Let's get to work then! Come on Ally!", Maddie said dragging me out the door and to Sonic Boom so we can start writing the song in the practice room. I hope this song tells how much we really did go through.

Hey guys! I'm glad you're all being so patient with this story. I really did try to update faster, but the chapter just wasn't going to make it before the weekend. Sorry about that. Anyway, I hope you all liked the chapter! Can anyone guess what song Ally and Maddie are going to sing? Btw, it doesn't have to be a duet. Pretty please continue to read, review, follow, and favorite! ;P

God Bless you all!

-Daddysgirl11