Thank you for being patient. This took me like a few months. I never liked the previous versions. So without further ado, I give you chapter 6.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Austin & Ally. I wish I did but I don't.
BEEP BEEP BEEP! Austin woke up at 7:00 a.m. with a jerk and he immediately rolled out of bed. He groaned in pain then his hand reached and searched for the alarm clock and shut it off. Austin sat up and rubbed his sleepy eyes. He looked around to see that he wasn't in his room. It took him several minutes to recount what had happen. He stood up, got dressed, winched in pain every now and then, and he walked out of the room.
"Morning, sleepyhead," she greeted him.
Austin smiled and replied,"Hi Ally." He sat down on the dining table and pointed out,"You're up early."
Ally just shrugged and said,"Today's graduation."
"Oh yeah. How about that? Congrats."
"Thanks. How you holding up?" she asked as she set pancakes on his plate.
He smiled warmly and said,"Nothing a little pancake won't fix. Thank you."
"Anytime. Plus, I know they're your favourite," she pointed.
Surprised, he said,"I'm touched that you remembered."
Ally blushed and tried to hide it by changing the subject,"So anyways.. How's your bruises?"
"Well, to be honest, it hurts. A lot. But I'll still try to make it to your graduation."
"Austin.. You didn't have to.."
Austin cut her off,"I want to." He smiled.
Ally smiled back. "I'll give you some painkillers for the pain." She finished cleaning up and sat down as Carter walked in and greeted them good morning.
"Morning," Austin and Ally said simultaneously. Carter took a seat beside Austin when she noticed the two blush.
Austin spoke, breaking the awkward silence,"How's your ribs?" In response, Carter stomped on his foot under the table which made him yelp in pain.
"Ribs? What ribs?" Ally said, confused.
"Um.. Nothing," Carter lied, clearly not wanting to say anything.
Austin noticed and stepped in and explain,"Before the whole Dallas thing happened, Carter's ex-boyfriend threw a tantrum and almost beat her to a pulp if I hadn't shown up."
Ally's eyes widen and said,"Oh my god, are you okay?"
"Took a few blows but..." Austin began but was cut off, "Not you, I meant Carter!"
"I'm fine, Ally. Just a broken rib. That's all," Carter said, awkwardly.
"You need to go to the hospital, like now! Austin, you too," Ally said.
Austin, slightly stunned said,"Whoa, wait a sec! If I do, I won't make it to your graduation."
"It's just graduation, it won't be the end of you, Austin," Ally said.
"But.."
"No buts. I gotta go. See you later. Austin, you better go to the hospital and get you and her checked," she grabbed her jacket, gave Carter a small hug and gave Austin a peck on his cheek before walking out. Austin's face turned red at her sudden touch of affection. Carter noticed.
"Well, you heard the lady. Let's get you checked."
A few hours later, Carter was on the hospital bed after surgery and Austin was sitting beside her.
"Go," Carter said.
"Excuse me?" Austin asked, slightly confused.
"Go to Ally's graduation. I know you want to."
"But... I don't want to leave you. What if something happens when I'm gone?"
Carter smiled and said playfully,"I can take care of myself, Austin. I'm a big girl now," she paused,"Go before I change my mind."
"Carter, you got beat up and almost got rape because I wasn't there."
"I... I still care about you, Carter," Austin said softly. "What if something happens to you again? I can't live with that knowing that it's my fault because I wasn't there."
"Nothing's going to happen-"
"What if something did happen?"
"Austin, none of those incidents were your fault. You saved me. Sure I got hurt but you can't protect me all the time. I am well aware of how much you care about me. But," she paused,"You care about Ally more. Dallas is still out there. Go."
Austin gave in and said,"Okay. If anything happens, call me. I'll be back soon." He kissed her temple gently and smiled. She smiled back as he grabbed his jacket and left the room. Carter sighed, she lied her head and shut her eyes and soon drifted to sleep.
Austin decided that he wanted to look nice for Ally's graduation so he drove back to his apartment. On his way to the door, he saw someone sitting right beside. He took a closer look and saw her.
"Cassidy?"
"Austin!" she exclaimed as she shot up to her feet.
Clearly confused, he asked, "W-what are you doing here?"
"I found out the truth about you."
They decided that it would be better to talk inside. So, he lead her to the living room. Once he turned the light on, he could see clearly to bruise on her cheek.
"Oh my god, you're hurt! Are you okay?"
Cassidy smiled, "It's just a bruise, I'm fine."
Austin sat beside her, "What happened?"
"I was at Jason's and I went to look for him in his office and the whole place was trashed. Then I saw the file."
"What file?"
"The file on your real parents."
"And?"
"You were in an accident, Austin. You survived but your parents didn't. You were still so young that you probably wouldn't understand it."
"Wh..why didn't I remember any of it?"
"You were in a coma and when you woke up, you didn't remember anything, not even your name."
"Then what?"
"Jason was the one who found you. He felt responsible somehow and convinced his parents to take you in. You lived a normal life, not remembering anything but you began to have doubts."
"I had a dream about that."
"When they found out about your "condition", Mike wanted to kick you out but Jason stopped him."
"How much do you know about my condition?"
"I know that it happened because of the accident. When Jason found you, he didn't want to trouble the doctors if he brought you to the hospital. You were an orphan so he didn't. But other than that, no."
"Oh.. Anything else?"
"Jason tried everything he could to keep it from you and when he caught me reading it, he hurt me."
"What?"
"But then he apologized and he told me he loved me," she said softly, trying to hide her smile.
Austin looked puzzled. "I don't understand..."
"He asked me to tell you because he couldn't bare to see your face when you found out. He's a good guy, Austin and all he ever did was trying to protect you. Because blood or not, in his eyes, you're his brother."
Austin smiled, "Wow... Thank you for telling me, Cass. I really appreciate it. Oh, and thank Jason too. Tell him I'm sorry too. And that I'm proud have him as my brother."
Cassidy smiled back, "No problem. So I'll just get going then. Bye." She kissed his cheek and left.
Austin smiled to himself for a moment then remembered why he was home in the first place. He quickly got dressed and made his way to his old high school.
He made it in time to watch Ally receive her diploma. As Ally got down the stage, her eyes met Austin's and she waved at him.
He waited for her to make her way towards him. She smiled and asked, "What are you doing here?"
"Like I said before, I wouldn't miss it for the world." "You look absolutely beautiful, by the way," he added.
"Well, you don't look bad yourself," she replied.
"You wanna get out of here?" Austin asked.
"I thought you'd never ask."
Austin smiled. He took her hand and lead her out.
Austin drove Ally back to her place. The whole journey was quiet. Austin spoke up, breaking the silence, "I found out who I am, Ally."
"What?"
"I was adopted. My real parents died in a car accident. A part of me also died in that car accident. That was how I developed the "condition". I wanted to tell you the moment I found out but... I couldn't bring myself to."
"Austin... You know you can tell me anything, right?"
He took her hand and kissed it, "I know. And I'm sorry."
"Stay with me, Austin."
"What?"
"I want you to stay. Please?"
Okay, I'm gonna just stop here. I still have to write Chapter 7 and I haven't even started but I do have an idea for the last chapter. It came to me in a dream. It's in bits and pieces so, it needs a lot of work. Thank you all for your patience.
1) What do you think of the new format? I realized that I couldn't write in play form anymore because my writing had matured over the months that I was MIA thanks to another ship which is canon called "Caskett" from ABC's Castle. So my writing matured so don't complain if it isn't PG. I try to make it as PG13 as possible.
2) Do you think I should go back to the old format(i.e Play format)?
3) I realized that I haven't written anything that involves Dez or Trish. Do you think I should write them back in?
4) What do you think of this chapter? It's longer but I don't think it's that good but tell me what you think anyways.
5) Is there anything you guys would like to see in future chapters? Other than Auslly getting together?
With that, I end off the chapter. Until next time.