I know I disappeared again for a long time and I feel horrible for that, but please forgive me, I have my reasons about which I don't really want to talk about. The only thing I will say is that summer's been horrible so long.

I was going to upload four days ago, but I didn't have internet in both houses so yeah, sorry.

Thank you for all your follows and reviews, please review, I really want to continue writing, but I've been disappointing everyone so far and I feel awful.

It has been about two weeks since Ally stayed over and things have been kind of back to normal, well as much normal as it can get for us. With school we didn't really have much out time to talk or hang out, but we still managed to grab some lunch or watch movies in the evening. It wasn't much and I could feel some kind of a barrier between us that was keeping us apart.

It's really obvious that we aren't as close as we were in the past, but at least we are going somewhere now. It's only a start and it's a good start, I think.

I wish things were better, I wish we had no problems, it would have been so much easier, but sadly life doesn't come with no problems, I think going through hard times and standing through pain; that's how we get the real life experience and that is really priceless.

I wish I could just go and ask Ally to be my girlfriend that's my only wish for now. But this is no worse. Having her as a friend is better than not having her with me at all.

I'm somewhat lost, I haven't really figured out what I want and if I'm ready for the consequences of us being together. I don't know I think I need some time and I'll figure things out and I hope soon.

I have had many friends in my life and Ally was the closest from them, yes Dez is my best friend and he has been for as long as I remember, but you can't really get emotional in front of Dez. He can give good advices from time to time but still his brain works another way. Ally was a kind of friend with whom I could have talked about everything even personal. She never made me uncomfortable or ashamed of myself. She often gave me advises that only a girl could have given me; she was genuinely a good friend. Despite that we were total opposites we were still best of friends. She's a girl but strangely we never stepped past the line of friendship. I never grew tired of her and she didn't either.

Ally is an only person other than my family members that I have talked about the problems with my parents. There were arguments and shouting frequently but it never grew into violence.

She cried he shouted, then she would slap him and then he would leave for a day or two. He would come back and they tried to play a happy family, but the silent conversations between them, seen in their eyes told otherwise.

I have witnessed their fight many times, most of them they didn't even acknowledge that I was in the house and heard every word shared between them. When I was younger I would sit in the shadow on the stairs and would watch the scene unfold in front of my eyes.

The fact that their marriage was falling apart started getting obvious about a year and a half ago, when they started spending less and less time together. They went out separately and started avoiding talking to each other. I was disappointed and from time to time I got angry at them, but I was more sad because I didn't like the sight of my family destroying in front of me.

I couldn't really go against them and their decision, I had to just stay in the background. Time passed and when they got unbearable of each other they decided to divorce. They said that it was their mutual decision and they just separated their lives.

The thing that I told Ally I think that it's true, life won't be like it was in the past and we can't go and life in the good memories left of it. I came to that conclusion myself seeing how my parents divorced I knew now that we won't ever be that happy family that we once were.

I tried and said goodbye to the past and started for the good things to happen in the future and now here I am, look good thing did happen me and Ally are mending our friendship.

After the divorce my relationship with my father got worse, in the past I respected him, but I lost that respect for him when he cheated on mum. I was shocked though they had problems I never thought he would do something that extreme. By the look on my mum's face I could see she would never forgive him something like that. I didn't try to find out the details of what happened, I wasn't even a bit interested, I left it for them to settle.

He left, he left the business, he left the house. He forgot about us and started a new life leaving us both behind.

It got harder for me and mum, but I can see that it got even worse for mum than me; despite everything dad will always have a place in her heart and I think nothing is powerful enough to change that.

Today when I came back from school, I entered the house, I changed into more casual clothes, left my book bag upstairs, in my room. When I came back downstairs and entered the kitchen, I saw an envelope on the kitchen counter. I picked it up and turned it over. There was a note from mum stuck to it saying:

"This came in the mail this morning. It's from Mike, he said to me not to open it. Please don't throw it away and just read it – love mom"

Yeah if she didn't write not to throw it away part I would have defiantly thrown it away not giving it a second thought. Well, I had nothing else to do so I just set down and slowly opened the envelope.

There was a letter and other things too which I didn't really pay a big attention. I just opened the letter fully, the letter was handwritten and neatly folded which was unusual for my father. I stopped staring at it and started reading:

i know it has been a long time since we have talked or seen each other and I know our relationship isn't the best, I suppose you're angry and I understand why, but before you will throw this letter away let me explain.

You're old enough to understand that me and your mum, we were both different, and I guess through the years we grew apart. Our family wasn't functioning and we were not what we used to be once. I know you think we made a mistake by divorcing, but that isn't true, I think you can see now that it was better for both of us, now we can both continue with our lives and be happy.

It would have been much better if I came to Miami and we talked in person, but I can't and this was the best way for me to explain everything."

I stopped for a second to acknowledged the words written on this paper.

I moved away and found a new job, now I'm happy. Since I left, this is the biggest step to a new life. I think I found the person I want to spend the rest of my life with – "

Be happy, that's impossible he hurt mom the worst way he could and he things she will be happy? I got really angry, if he found a person to spend the rest of his life with who was mum to him?

"I'm getting married"

Those three simple words were enough to make my blood boil. I slammed my fist on the table, this was the last thing I expected from him. I put the letter on the table and started pacing around the kitchen, thinking. A part of me wanted to throw the letter away, burn it and forger the words I red in it but the other half and bigger part wanted to read the letter till the end. So I drank a glass of water, calmed myself down and continued reading.

"I feel slightly uncomfortable to be writing to you and not to be able to talk face to face, but with wedding arrangements and my job I just couldn't manage to come.

You must know that you're my son and you're really important to me, I have never forgotten you. I'm really excited because I'm sure I'll be happy with Halley.

I'm asking you to come and be present on my wedding. I know it's the last thing you want to do now, but please I want to see you and I need you to be there with me.

You can take one person with you, somebody close to you to keep your company. I don't want you to feel lonely with only strangers around.

You can see that with this letter I sent you some other things-"

I put the letter down and looked into the envelope. I pulled out a smaller envelope and two plain tickers.

I opened a smaller anvelope and there was a wedding invitation, it was a plain vintage style, in big curled letters there were written words "Halley Rose Richards and Michael Andrew Moon invite you to celebrate as they take their vows" I wander how his future wife looks like "Saturday November fifteenth" So I'll have to miss about three-four days of school, just great (note my sarcasm)

"I sent you two plane tickets and the wedding invitation. The wedding is in two weeks and I want you to come at least three days earlier. We are not that young, so the wedding will be somewhat more private with the closest people present, so consider yourself to be an important person. See you soon Son. Say hi to Vi* for me…"

To say the least I was mad, frustrated, I was pacing through the house like a mad man, rubbing my eyes to make sure that this was reality and not some kind of a dream.

I was really lost I didn't know what to say and whom to talk to about this, first of all, he disappeared for what a year and now he sends a letter all cheery and happy and expects me to instantly forgive him everything? That's not happening, at least not now, I don't care what others will think, this was really rude of him. He didn't even call, he could have at least called and talked to me that way I could have said my thoughts out loud to him, but now I'm practically left with my jaw dropped, with nothing to say in return. I would never think he would turn out like this. And after all he says he cares? That's such a lie, where was he when we were left with no money? When my mum was working nonstop to have enough money to pay the bills, if he's so happy, why mum isn't? "Consider yourself to be an important person" like I don't know that, I'm his son after all it felt like he was rubbing the fact that I am his son in my face. Say hi to Vi? He wrote like nothing really happened, like he was gone for a couple of days and would be back soon, but the reality is that he left and left nothing to contact him with. It was like he erased himself from this life fully. I was really pissed off.

After about half an hour of pacing back and forth I decided to call Ally, after all she was an only person I could talk to in times like this.

"Hey Alls" I said after she picked up the phone.

"Oh hello Austin, what's up?" she seemed to be in a good mood.

"Oh nothing really I just want to talk to you about something, do you have time? Where are you?"

"Yeah I'm free I'm at home, what do you want to talk about?"

"It's not the thing I want to sort out on the phone, do you mind if I come over?"

"Oh I have to go to the grocery store anyway so I'll come over, be there in 5 ok?"

"Yeah, I'm waiting!" and she hung up.

Talking to her kind of calmed me down, just hearing her voice made me relax in seconds, her voice was something magical, especially when she sang, but I don't think she sings now. We somehow both got a little more distanced from music, I don't sing anymore, though my guitar is my companion everywhere I go, I always play sometimes some melodies that I come up with, sometimes acoustic covers, but I don't sing, I always loved to sing and the love of music was even bigger when there still was team Austin, with Ally there to sing with me, I don't know how but music always seemed happier and more fun with her. I was lost in my world when I heard a soft knock on the door.

I went and opened it, there stood Ally as beautiful as ever.

*I changed Austin's mother's name, I just wanted, so I changed it, yeah and she looks different too. Her name is Violet and Vi for short.

Yeah, guys I need your help here, I'm pretty sure I wrote that Austin's father lives in Utah, but I think it's cold in Utah in November , so please tell me another location in America where it's warm and where wedding can be held , yeah and Austin's father is quite rich.

I wrote one-shot, "in a blink of an eye" I didn't even expect the feedback I got, so yeah check that out if you haven't already and well review :3

The next chapters will be interesting won't they? What do you think, ideas suggestions, give me them, I'll be more than happy to use them.

Until next time…

Salome ;)