Since this is a short chapter, I decided to just go ahead and post it so I didn't keep you guys waiting for nothing. My chapters vary in size all the time. Some are short and some are long. It just depends on what's going on. Well, enjoy!

AUSTIN'S POV

I hadn't tried talking to Ally again. I honestly didn't know how. Obviously the direct approach didn't work at all. I was in my room laying flat on my bed tossing a piece of balled up paper through the air. I had been thinking for probably two hours.

Just then a loud crashing noise came from outside. I hopped up and looked out my window across the street to Ally's house. I could see straight into her room through the open window. Her dad was in her room throwing things at the wall and yelling. I couldn't make out what he was saying, but he seemed furious. I wondered what had gotten into him, I thought he was a generally easy-going person. But then again, that was many years ago. Obviously something had been going on over there recently, because her dad has changed, and so has Ally. I haven't seen her mom in a while, so I don't know how she's doing.

Ally stormed out of the front door and ran out of the house down the street. I got up, slipped some shoes on and followed after her. She had ran down some old dirt road behind the neighborhood that looked to lead seemingly nowhere. I wasn't close enough for her to know I was following her yet. So I watched as she started kicking a tree, then punching and pounding it, and finally falling against it and break down crying. That's when I stepped up.

"Hey, are...you okay?" I asked sincerely, yet nervously.

She seemed startled by my presence and jerked her head out of her arms.

"What are you doing here?!" She hissed between sobs.

"I heard all the commotion from across the street and came to see if you were okay." I answered.

"It's none of your business. Get away!" She cried. It stung to know she didn't want my attention.

"Well, you just...didn't seem...okay." I tried to reason with her.

"Well I'm not! I'm not okay! And I probably never will be! So if you could be so kind as to GET OUT OF HERE!" She yelled angrily.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" I asked, still keeping calm for her sake.

"Yes! Leave! That would help me very much!" She shouted.

I stood there watching her for another few seconds before turning to walk away, knowing that me being here wasn't helping anything. I desperately wanted to stay and talk things out, but obviously my presence made her more upset. So I left, for her. If it was my decision I would be there to keep trying to reason with her. But everything I do is for her.

ALLY'S POV

My dad was in another rampage. He stormed into my room throwing bottles at me. Luckily, he was too drunk to aim correctly and he missed me every time. But shattered glass laid all over my floor. He started yelling at me for being the cause of my mom's death. I knew it was just the alcohol talking, but I still took what he said to heart for no reason.

"You killed Penny! You did it! You are such annoying little brat that you stressed her out too much! You gave her that heart attack! If it wasn't for you, life would be easy!" He yelled while slurring his words together.

I felt the pang of hurt in my heart and tears began to slowly drip out of my eyes, no matter how hard I tried to hold them back. I backed into the corner of my room trying to escape my father's grip. He grabbed my hair and yanked my head down. I held back my reaction to the pain and slapped him hard on the face. This caused him to let go and I took my chance and made a run for it.

I sprinted out the front door and ran off to who knows where. I ended up on some dirt road in the middle of nowhere. I took out my anger on a stupid tree before letting the depression get the better of me. I cried into my arms and the tree before I heard a voice asking if I was okay. I immediately jerked up to see who had found me, and of course it was none other than Austin Moon. I kept telling him to go away wondering why he would follow me out here. He kept trying to talk to me but I wasn't even going to try to listen. He eventually stopped arguing and walked away slowly.

I cried a little longer to the tree then started walking to Trish's house. There was no way I was going back home. Not now anyway. When I got there, she looked terrified to see me in such terrible condition. She gave me a questioning look.

"Family issues." I stated plainly.

She understood and let me in. She doesn't know what all goes on at my house, but she does know that I have a lot of 'family issues'. She offered me some clothes to change into and the couch/bed in her room to sleep on.

"Do you wanna watch a movie?" Trish asked.

"No, not tonight. I think I just want to go to sleep." I told her.

"Oh, okay. Good night then. Love ya sis." She said. She called me her sister because she was the closest person in my life right now. I fell into a deep sleep. I dreamt of my life before I took the fall. The life of a five year old. The one where I had a mom, dad, friends. The one where I had Austin.

Well, there's chapter three! What did you think? If you guys review a lot, I will post the next chapter up sooner! So if you wanna see what happens next, you must review! So get to it! Much Love guys!XXX