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AUSTIN'S POV

The doctor finally said that I could go see Ally. I grabbed a radio from the nurse's office to take to Ally. I don't think they would notice. I knocked on her door and she just said to come on in.

I told her about the radio I brought her and she set it down next to her on the table. She asked why I was still here. I really didn't know why. It was an attraction keeping me here. I wasn't going to leave her when she needed someone by her side. I simply told her it was because she was still here. She rolled her eyes yet looked at me as if something was still unclear. I remembered my mom's 'girl advice'.

"You know I love you, right?" I smiled at her. I tried to say it as simple and meaningful as possible. I tried to keep a cool demeanor, but on the inside, I was panicking. It was risky to say, but I felt the need to get it off my chest. Because it was true. It was definitely true.

The look she gave me was priceless. I doubt I ever even told her that when we were little.

"You what?" She managed to get out.

"I love you." I said more clearly. Still keeping my cool, on the outside.

"Wha...uh..I..it..can't you just leave me alone?" She stuttered.

I hated the fact that she was so defensive. But I didn't get upset. I expected this from her, so I was just gonna keep trying. But as of right now, I left the room. Know why? Yep, because everything I do is for her. Once I got back into the lobby, I was bombarded with questions from many people like, 'is she okay?, what happened?, did she make it?, did she talk to you?, what's going on?', and so forth. I understand that the people were trying to be supportive, but could they just give a guy a break?

I decided to go get some fresh air. I walked out of the hospital. About one block down the road, there was a strip mall. I decided to just walk around there for a while and clear my head.

I bought a new t-shirt and a pair of jeans because I hadn't changed clothes in three days, and these weren't so fresh anymore. I changed into my new clothes and bought a bottle of dry shampoo, and men's cologne to help clean myself up a little. I bought some real food and scarfed it down. I saw a man selling smoothies. I went there immediately.

Smoothies reminded me of Ally. When we were little, our parents would always take us out for smoothies. It ended up being tradition every Friday after school. I would always get mango, and she would always get strawberry. But just like everything else in our past, the tradition slowly disappeared.

Out of habit, I ordered a mango smoothie. I hadn't had one in probably four years. But it didn't feel right without my best friend next to me drinking a strawberry one. So I bought another strawberry smoothie and hurried back to the hospital before it got melty.

I remembered that she had to be on a special diet for a few days, so I had to clear it with the doctor first. Luckily, he said it was okay, as long as she took long, slow sips on it. I let myself in Ally's room and found her gazing out the window with a distant look on her face. I felt her pain, I wouldn't want to be restricted to bed rest in a hospital for three or four days either.

She turned to look at who had entered her room, then switched her gaze back to the window.

"Hey, I got something for you." I told her softly.

This caused her attention to be focused on me once again. She raised one eyebrow, giving me an expectant look.

"It's a strawberry smoothie. Can you guess what flavor I got?" I said handing her the cup.

She just looked at me, then grabbed the cup and starting gulping it down. I remembered what the doctor had said.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down. The doctor only allowed you to have this if you took your time drinking it. Your stomach isn't strong enough to handle that much at one time. I just got it for you because I figured you wanted something other than hospital food for a change, also, last time I checked, you were in love with these things." I explained.

She still didn't respond, just started taking slower sips. She kept eyeing me, then the door. Unfortunately, I took the hint. I glumly headed towards the door but just before leaving, I quietly said,

"I love you." and walked out.

ALLY'S POV

I was laying in my hospital bed, staring out the window. So many things were running through my mind. How did my life go so far downhill so quickly? Why me? I was always a good person, I never got in trouble, I had good friends. Emphasis on had. So why did life have to be so cruel to me?

Then my mind went back to Austin. I still couldn't get over the fact that he said he loved me. What was that supposed to mean? He doesn't even know me. Not the more recent me anyway. Yet he has been going out of his way all of a sudden to communicate with me. There was no way I could ever love him. Not again. I used to, but he obviously didn't think that I was good enough of a friend to keep.

Just as my thoughts were revolved around him, the boy himself came into the room again. I wasn't going to talk to him. I looked back out the window. Maybe if I just ignored him long enough, he would just officially leave me alone.

But then he said he had something for me. As much as I wanted him to leave, I was curious. I gave him an expectant look and he handed me a smoothie. A strawberry one. He asked me to guess what flavor he had. He was clearly trying to get me to reflect on the past, which was something that I was not interested in. I ignored his question and took the smoothie. He told me I was supposed to drink it slow because of my stomach. Oh yeah, my stomach. The reason I'm laying in this bed right now. Darn it. I just want to drink this thing.

I slowed down and he stood there silently. I eyed the door hoping he would get the hint to leave. I think he did because he slowly made his way to the door. But just as he walked out, I heard him say 'I love you' in a small voice. Again with this? I sighed and threw my head back into the pillow, letting my eyes return to the window. I wanted so desperately to get away. Away from it all. Escape to somewhere where I could survive on my own without anyone else and get out of here.

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