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I Own NOthinG!

Ally's POV
Austin stopped the car in the school parking lot. Logan, Austin and I were now on pickup duty as school had just ended. At least all of Logan's brothers were finishing today. That just makes our job a whole lot easier.

Logan got out of the car, "I'll wait outside and try and look for them," she told us. I nodded, "good plan. There are a lot of kids." That was an understatement. There were so many kids rushing out of the school, eager for their academic day to be officially over.

"Too many, actually," Austin groaned.

"And what do you have against kids?" I asked, quirking an eyebrow.

"Nothing! It's just... they're so..."

"You know, you have no right to think like that – you're practically a kid yourself," I pointed out. Austin rolled his eyes, "Hey! I never said anything against them!"

"Right," I said rolling my eyes before lowering my voice, "Ugh. Kids are so...ugh. They're like cockroaches, 'cept you can't squish 'em."

Austin sent me a disturbed look, "you are... disturbingly good at that. And I did not say that!"

"You were thinking about it!"

"Nu-uh!"

"Uh-huh!"

"I'll have you know, Ms. Ally, that I wouldn't mind doing this."

"What?" I asked. Austin motioned around us, "This. You know, one day we'll be in our car going to pick up our own on their first day of school." I smiled warmly at him, unable to contain the slight blush that was working its way across my face.

"Any specific number?"

"That depends how many you want," he said, winking at me.

"R-really?" I squeaked. Austin pushed a strand of my hair behind my ear.

"Really, really," he said, his tone now softer. I smiled and kissed him softly. He kissed back, cupping my cheeks.

"Aw sick!" a voice exclaimed, behind us. Austin and I simultaneously turned behind to see Liam shaking his head in disgust. Beside him, Matt was quietly fastening his seatbelt. He had the collar of his shirt over his nose, covering half his face. He wasn't looking anyone in the eye. Weird.

"Matt? Are you okay?"I asked. He nodded, "yeah. It's just... someone farted and it stank in class."

"You sure it still stinks?" I asked

He nodded and said nothing else.

"Forget about it," Rory said, a little out of breath. "He does that a lot. No one knows why, though."

I sent him another uneasy glance before turning around once again. Logan squished into the back and once everyone was in, Austin started the car.

"Where are you taking us?" Liam asked.

"Where do you guys want to go?" I asked.

"I wanna watch a baseball game!" Liam exclaimed.

"Ice cream, I guess," Matt mumbled.

"The movies!" Rory suggested, "My friends said there's this sick horror movie showing right now..."

"I want to go to the park," Logan said.

"Didn't ask you, Fran Flakes," Austin said, stopping at a red light.

"You're in charge of me, too which means that my opinion matters," she shot.

"Ally, what do you want to do?"Austin asked me, ignoring Logan.

I slouched in my seat a little, "Well, I don't know..."

"Oh come on, Als!" Austin exclaimed. "I know you want to go somewhere!"

"Well..."

"Just tell us, Ally!" Liam pleaded.

"Yeah," agreed Rory, "we won't laugh or anything."

"Okay," I said, giving in. "I want to go to a library." The moment the words left my mouth, I was greeted with complains and groans and a laugh from Liam.

"Aw, man!"

"Don't you have those in Miami?!"

"We just came from school, Ally."

"The library? Really, Dawson?"

"Hey, it's not that bad of an idea!" I defended.

"Yeah," Austin said unconvincingly. I shot him a look. He shrugged and quickly looked at me before turning back to the road.

"Really Austin?" I chided.

"I'm sorry, I tried to care. It's the library, Ally. We're on a break from school, remember?"

"I want to go there, too," a quiet voice said. I grinned triumphantly.

"See? Matt wants to come with me."

"Okay, here's the plan. We'll go to a baseball game then to the movies then to the library and then to the park."

"What about ice cream?" Matt asked, his voice muffled by his shirt.

"We can get some ice cream at the park, buddy," Austin said, "so... does anyone know where the baseball game is happening?"

"I cannot believe Dad out you in charge," Logan muttered.

"...I see a dolphin," I said, looking up at the clouds in the blue sky. The sun was tickling my skin with its warm rays, and I knew I'd probably get sunburned. I get sunburned so easily, even though after that I'll be left with a hint of a tan. But, Austin on the other hand, tanned perfectly, and he didn't really have to try. He was already getting a nice brown tan from the sun.

Logan, Austin and I were cloud watching while her brothers played in the warm sun in the park. Logan, Austin and I had our heads together, with Austin on my left and Logan on my right.

"I don't know, Ally," she yawned, "it looks like an aeroplane." I turned on my side to look at her, and then faced the sky again.

"No, it's totally a dolphin."

"I see Mr. Krabs from SpongeBob doing the splits and lying down," Austin suggested wildly.

"How do you do the splits lying down?" Logan asked incredulously.

"How do you see an aeroplane?!" Austin retorted. Alfie, who was lying beside me bathing in the light, looked over at Austin, as if sensing is anger.

"And there goes the peace," I sighed, sitting up. Austin moved so that his head was in my lap. Logan sat up as well, but didn't move so we were sitting with our backs together. It was nice to just laze around and do nothing all day. Now I was actually regretting going back to Miami, but not that much. Speaking of Miami...

"Did I tell you about the song I'm supposed to be working on?" I asked Austin. Austin opened his eyes to stare at me curiously.

"What do you mean 'supposed'?"

"For the second round of your competition," I replied.

"Oh yeah. How's that coming?"

"Err, fine. Just great, really." Austin gave me a questioning look. I sighed and tangled my fingers in his hair, "Okay. I haven't started it yet. I'm just stuck!"

"Maybe you need some inspiration," he said with a wink.

"Please do not start making out," Logan groaned, "this is a family park."

Austin ignored her and stood up. I took his hand and stood up as well. Logan, now having nothing to lean onto, fell backwards.

"You did that on purpose!" Logan groaned. Austin laughed and started to spin us. I giggled as he went faster and faster. The colours around us blurred, but only Austin was in focus. That was what it was like really when I felt like it was just him. It's like nothing even matters when I'm with him. I love that feeling. It makes me feel good.

He pulled me closer, never stopping spinning. He was humming a tune, his warm breath tickling my ear. I pressed myself against him as we spun, smelling his cologne. His hands locked around my waist as we spun faster and faster. Pretty soon, I was not spinning but flying. My feet lifted from the ground, and I suddenly felt weightless. I laughed more, taking in this carefree feeling that overtook me. I'm losing control right now, but I couldn't care less. The world won't stop turning around us, and all I can see is Austin and hear our laughter mixed in together.

"I don't know about you two, but I'm getting dizzy just watching you guys!" Logan exclaimed suddenly, catching us off guard. Austin stumbled and fell backwards. I, in a dazed dizzy trance, clung tighter to his torso. We lay there, giggling and trying to catch our breath. I was still a little dizzy, but I know it had nothing to do with the spinning.

Austin started to sit up, forcing me up as well so as I result was straddling him. All of a sudden, I was back at my aunt and uncle's house in Barcelona, by the clear pool with the heat glaring down on me. It was the same day Austin took me to the concert three years ago. The first time I was in actual contact with him. I flushed, remembering that day. Sonya was so mad.

"You remembering that day, too?" Austin said, drawing me back to the present. I flushed again, nodding pecking him slightly on the lips.

"I never would have imagined that you would actually give me a chance," Austin said with a laugh. "You really hated me."

"I did."

"And when we were friends, that's when I actually allowed myself to think about the possibility about us."

"Wasn't that always on your mind?"

"At first, you where The Hot American Girl," he confessed, avoiding my gaze, "then you were Allison Dawson, the annoying yet intriguing. And then you were the person I wanted to be with. And now you're mine," he finished with a small smile. My heart swelled with love for him at his words, although at first I did roll my eyes. I kissed him.

"I love you," I murmured against his lips.

"I love you t-"

"Family park!" came Logan's yell. And suddenly, a football came and hit Austin in the head.

He pulled away from me and scowled, picking up the football, "really?!"

"He threw it!" Logan said, pointing to Rory who was casually talking to a girl. I almost didn't believe her when I saw him wink at us over her shoulder. I rolled my eyes and got off of Austin's lap. Unlike last time, he didn't pull me back down. But last time it was more intimate since we were in just our bathing suits.

Austin stood up and tossed the ball over to Rory. He wasn't prepared, and the ball flew right past the girl's head and hit Rory, taking him down. The girl gasped and looked behind her. Austin and I instantly started talking as if nothing had happened. Alfie barked and ran over to where Liam and Matt where playing.

"OW!" came a cry. But it wasn't Rory's. My head snapped up, to the set of swings where Matt and Liam where playing.

"Why are you always such a baby?" I heard Liam shout. I ran over to them, bending over to Matt who was nursing his arm.

"What happened?"

"We were playing soccer and the ball hit his arm," Liam explained, "But it wasn't that serious." Matt whimpered and turned from me.

"Matt?" I said softly. I reached over to see his arm, but he moved away from me. His shirt, which was covering his mouth still, fell down. I gasped and covered my mouth in shock. Matt sat before me with his lip cut and bruising slightly. It wasn't too bad, it would probably take a few days to heal, but it was bad.

"Matt... Who did this to you?" I asked, putting a gentle hand under his chin. Matt shuddered and burst into tears, but I know that it has nothing to do with his arm anymore.

Austin, Rory and Logan jogged over to us.

"Oh my gosh," Logan sucked in a breath.

"When did this happen?" Rory asked no one in particular.

Austin bent so that he was at the same level as Matt.

"Who did this to you, Matt?" he asked, less gentle but more angry than I was.

Matt cried harder, "I c-can't tell you!"

"Why not?" Austin asked.

"B-because h-he'll hit me more for being saying anything," he said through sobs, "he always does this to me a-and no one can know!"

"Tell us," Logan said, "we can help." Matt shook his head.

"So is that why you always cover your mouth after school?" Rory asked, "Why didn't you say anything?"

"I-I was scared," he said, still crying.

"No, you where stupid!" Rory exclaimed, throwing his hands into the air, "you should have told someone, Matt!"

"I-I'm sorry!" Matt begged, tears still running down his face.

"Just tell us who did it," Austin said, now gentler, "you can trust me, buddy." Matt looked at Austin for a few second before nodding.

"Okay. It's this guy called Mike. He's always picking on me and my friends for no reason. He always comes down to our school from the high school," he said, gulping. He looked around as if he was excepting this Mike guy to appear from nowhere.

"Mike who?" Rory suddenly asked.

Matt said nothing.

"Which one?" Rory demanded.

"The one in your class!" he exclaimed before bursting into tears again.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" Rory shouted, spinning on his heel. He started marching away, obviously pissed.

"Who's Mike to him?" I asked Logan. Logan shook head in disgust.

"His best friend."

"You'll be fine," Austin reassured Matt the following morning as we escorted him into the school grounds. Matt gulped and gripped the strap of his backpack. Rory spotted someone in the crowd of students who were already there for school.

"HEY MIKE!" he called. A jock with an unruly mess of red hair came over to us. Matt cowered behind Austin and me.

"Wh- hey! It's Austin Moon! I know you! Your music, rocks man!"

"Oh great, a fan," Austin said sarcastically. The jock held out his hand for a hand shake, but Austin just stared at it as if it were alien.

"So you're the one messing with my brother, huh?" Rory said, crossing his arms. Mike looked at Rory in confusion for a second. Austin and I moved apart to show a shaking Matt. Mike saw him and growled.

"Wait, you're his brother?" he said in shock, "I had no idea, man, I was just..." he didn't get to finish, because Rory's fist collided with his jaw. Rory punched him again, this time hitting his eye.

Mike groaned, hands covering his face. "Dude..." he choked out.

"Don't ever touch my little brother ever again, or any little kid, okay? Or else, you'll end up fucked up beyond all recognition. Got it?"

Mike nodded and started to speak again, but Rory ignored him, taking Matt's hand.

"Let's get you to class, bro," he said. Matt looked back at us, smiling a little.

"Did everybody see that?!" Liam shouted to the crowd that had gathered. "That was my brother everyone! So do not mess with me!" He turned and ran after Rory and Matt. Austin and I shook our heads before heading over to the car.

"That was..." I stopped, not really knowing what to say.

"Totally," Austin agreed. "I now hate babysitting."

"And kids?"

"Don't start."

There we go! I hope you enjoyed the chapter! They'll return to Miami in the next chapter! Please review!

Sammie