I've now got chapter six up! The story is about to hopefully get interesting! Auslly is slowly on its way! Hint hint. Don't forget, READ&REVIEW!
AUSTIN'S POV
It was getting dark now. I had been walking through the woods desperately searching for some sign of Ally. I was so thirsty. I couldn't even imagine what she was going through if she really had been out here as long as she's been gone. I came across a stream and quickly began to gulp down as much as I could. As I was quenching myself, I spotted something on a nearby rock.
I walked over to it to examine what it was. I felt my heart nearly stop with fear and hope when I saw what it was. They were headphones. But not just any headphones. Green ones, the ones that Ally always used. I had to be getting close to finding her. I would imagine that she would stay relatively close to this stream to survive. If she survived. I didn't even want to think about that.
I kept walking down the direction of the stream, constantly calling Ally's name. I began to lose hope when another hour passed by. My instinct would've been to turn around and go home by now. But everything I do is for her. And I decided to fight for her. And that's what I'm going to do.
I kept on trudging through the forest. I never even knew it was this big. I came across another big clue to find her. In a patch of wet mud next to the stream, there were words written in the mud. They read, 'I don't actually want to die, I just want to be saved'.
That had to be Ally. It looked recent too. It had rained two days ago, so it couldn't have been before that or it would've washed away. So I know for a fact that she has been here in the last 48 hours. Or at least somebody has. But I don't think too many depressed people wander the woods regularly.
It was probably another thirty minutes before I finally found what I was looking for. The sun was setting by now and light was fading rapidly.
I was walking on a hill and I looked down to see a bundle of something balled up on the ground. I walked over to see what it was and nearly had a heart attack when I found out it was Ally wrapped up in her sweatshirt.
I immediately sat down beside her, started pushing her shoulder and tapping her repetitively and calling her name to try to get her to respond. I prayed that she wasn't already gone. It took about five minutes of this to finally get her to squirm around. I let out a sigh of huge relief. Her eyes fluttered open and she stared at me for a minute without saying anything.
"Ally? Are you okay?" I asked with strong concern.
"Austin?" She asked weakly. She had no idea how good it felt for me to hear her say my name again. After all these years.
"Yes, it's me. Austin." I said chuckling with relief.
"Oh Austin!" She cried.
Then she flung herself into my chest.
She cried, and cried, and kept on crying. All I did was hug her gently, stroking her hair and her back, telling her that everything was going to be okay in a soothing voice. She finally stopped crying and held onto me tightly. I rocked her back and forth, comforting her.
"You gonna be okay?" I asked.
"I hope so." She said between sniffles.
"Why did you run out here anyway?" I asked curiously.
"I don't know." She said, her voice starting to crumble again.
"How long have you been out here?" I questioned.
"Today makes nine days. I think." She answered.
"Have you eaten anything?" I asked, feeling concerned again.
"No. I've only drank water from that stream." She said.
"Oh, you must be starving." I said quietly, trying to keep my own stomach from rumbling.
"Yeah, but not really. After about day five, it felt like my stomach just caved in. Now it's just pain, not hunger." She mumbled.
"You might have caused some serious damage. I think you should go to a doctor." I said.
"I think we should stay here until the morning because I wouldn't know where to go right now anyway." She said.
"Oh, I guess so." I said. Only now realizing that it was pitch black out here.
"So now let me ask you something." She said, her voice hoarse from crying, and lack of proper fluids.
"What?" I asked back.
"Why are you out here?" She stated flatly.
"To find you." I said honestly.
"Why?" She asked with a more bitter tone, with some sadness weaved in as well.
"I don't know why. I came out here on instinct kind of. I felt like it was partially my fault that you left." I told her.
"Oh." She said quietly.
"Should we sleep?" I asked.
"I need sleep, but I'm afraid to go to sleep. I might not have the strength to wake up." She said softly.
"It's okay. I'll be here with you all night. You're not dying on my watch." I said, although I felt her tense up at use of the word 'dying'. My bad. I laid down and she curled up next to me as we slept on the ground of the forest.
ALLY'S POV
I was laying on the ground while Austin was sitting beside me nudging me and calling my name. I couldn't believe that it was actually him. The fact that he came out here to get me, meant a lot. Maybe I was still dreaming. Maybe I was dead.
But once he confirmed that it was actually him, I broke down in his arms. I cried for who knows how long. He kept asking if I was okay and why I was out here and a bunch of other stuff. I gave bare minimum answers and asked him why he was out here. He said he didn't really know and that he came out here because he felt like it was partly his fault that I ran off.
Great. So he just came out here out of his own guilt. Or his jerk friends probably just wanted him to bring me back so they can get a few more laughs out of my humiliation. Whatever. Right now, I was just glad someone was here to help me. Because that's all I wanted, a savior.
AUSTIN'S POV
The light from the morning sun shone down on me and Ally. I woke slowly noticing that Ally was shivering heavily next to me. That definitely wasn't normal considering it was probably getting close to seventy degrees.
"Ally, Ally come on, wake up." I said nudging her.
Her eyes lifted open as she groaned with distress. The color had drained from her face, and it wasn't until now in the light that I noticed how prominent her bones were. She needed medical attention. Now.
Chapter six! What did you think? Please tell me! I love to read your comments! And who knows? Maybe I'll just have to throw in a twist in the later chapters...
