Wow, I've written and now published 17 chapters in less than two weeks! :-D I guess it's safe to say that I love this story. I'm not sure how many chapters are left honestly though since we're already at CH. 17 now... Holy cow guys over 4,500 views overall. So amazing! Thanks to everyone that is reviewing, it's so appreciated.
Disclaimer: I don't own Austin and Ally or The Disney Channel. I don't own any of the song lyrics below either.
Austin's POV
I felt Ally squeeze my hand when I finished singing to her What Hurts the Most by Rascal Flatts. Does that mean she's awake?
No, it just means that she wants to let you know that she heard you. I'm sure that she's trying to open her eyes right now, but her body is entirely too weak. It needs some more time to recover before she does so.
I rub circles with my thumb on her hand, "Hang on Baby! We'll be at the hospital really soon. You're my life. I mean that Ally, please just hold on."
As soon as I talked to Ally's currently lifeless and still body we pulled up to the hospital Emergency Parking. The paramedics put the ambulance in park, take Ally and her stretcher, placing her on a gurney to roll her into the hospital.
I follow quickly after them while the paramedics give the nurses and attending physicians some background.
"Brunette female, 18 years old, fallen down stairs and is now unconscious. It looks like her abdomen is bruised and there's been some trauma to her head. We needs to check her vitals stat. I need Dr. Smith immediately."
"Paging Dr. Smith come to the Emergency area stat."
"Excuse me sir, you can not go with her. You're going to have to wait in the waiting area." One of the nurses tells me.
"But I love her. Please." The agony is so apparent in my voice that the nurses and attending physicians look at me with sympathy.
"I'm sorry sir. Hospital protocol. Your girlfriend is in critical condition. We need to evaluate her as quickly as possible."
"But -" I don't even bother correcting them that Ally isn't my girlfriend. "Please just do everything to ensure that she recovers. Please she means everything to me."
"We'll do everything we can sir."
I kiss Ally's hand and whisper in her ear, "Please fight for us baby. I need you to hear me, now. Listen to my heart." I place Ally's small hand over my chest where my heart is and hope she knows what I'm saying.
With that they roll Ally into a hospital room to assess the damage Piper has created and out of my line of sight.
Once the physicians and nurses are no longer in my view, I walk over to a wall near the ICU and slide my back down it, so I am sitting on the floor. I put my hands in my hair and cry into them.
This is all my fault.
You shouldn't have been drinking. You should have just told Ally that you loved her the way you originally had intended to. You could have prevented this. You let this crazy girl Piper into your life.
I know, if I could change the past I would. Ally deserves so much better than I can offer her.
Listen. I know I am being hard on you, I'll try to ease up a bit...but your drinking habit needs to stop. You need to stop, think of Ally, stop for Ally. Drinking will only make your problems go away for a little while, but once you're sober they will all come rushing back.
I will do anything for Ally..haven't you realized that by now?
Really?
Yes, I said I'm willing to give up trying to be with her if she really wants to be with Gavin. I've caused her so much pain. She deserves to be happy.
I continue to beat myself up about everything that happened when I feel a presence standing over me. I feel them shake my arm,
"Austin! I got here as soon as I could. Where's Ally?" Trish said out of breath.
"She's in critical condition and still unconscious. The doctors took her to go see what's going on with her internally and so see if there's any bleeding. They said that she suffered trauma to the head. I'm so scared Trish."
"I know that you're scare and I'm scared too. We have each other right now...until.. I can sense the hesitancy in her voice. "I just thought you should know... On the way over I called Mr. Dawson, your parents, and..."
"Don't say it! Why did you call him?" I feel my blood start to boil. He stole Ally away from me.
"Listen. You could be mad at me all you want, but he's her actual boyfriend, so why wouldn't he deserve to know? I just called who I thought Ally would want me to call. I'm sorry Austin, I was just trying..." She stops, then continues changing her thought pattern I guess, "Before you ask, he didn't answer, so I just left him a voice-mail."
"I don't want to talk about him. We'll deal with that whenever he shows up. My only concern right now is Ally."
"You really love her that much." Trish looks directly at me, I just look up at her and know that she can see the sincerity in my eyes.
"If I could have stopped Piper from pushing Ally and me instead I-" I tried to finish but I could only choke out those words.
Trish gives me a hug, tries desperately to comfort me, "You should hate me. I'm the asshole who brought that psychopath into our lives. You shouldn't be comforting me. Ally wouldn't be here if -"
"Shh! Austin it's okay. Listen Mr. Dawson and your parents are on their way to the hospital."
...
As soon as Trish finishes her thought,
"Excuse me. I received a call that my daughter Ally Dawson is here and in critical condition." Mr. Dawson sees Trish and runs over to us.
"What happened? I thought Ally was out with Gavin. How did she end up at your house? Why do you look like you have been drinking Austin. I want answers and I want them now!" Lester roared impatiently. I can hear the worried tone in his voice, he's reacting the same way any good parent would.
Trish and I just looked at each other, I explained that Ally and I had a massive blowout and was ready to confirm that I was in fact drinking, but we're interrupted by my mother, Mimi Moon with my dad, Mike Moon in tow.
"Austin!"
"Austin! Trish called us. What happened? We told you not to get involved with that Piper girl. I should have listened to my women's intuition. Why do I smell alcohol on your breath? Oh my god, Austin I thought we talked about this-" Mimi's cut off by her husband. Wow, thank God for dad because mom's about to flip a shit.
"Austin...we've talked to you about drinking. The last time you were caught were we not clear that there would be consequences. Hand over your keys now." Mike demanded.
"Dad! I'm -"
"Austin, we'll discuss what your punishment will be later. Right now all that matters is Ally's well-being."
"We thought we could trust you. How could you let this happen to our future daughter-in-law?" Mimi gasps and covers her mouth realizing what she's just revealed to the others in their presence.
Austin cries even more with tears now streaming down his face,
"Mom! Dad! Mr. Dawson you're right. I can't believe that I let this happen! I might as well come clean now. Yes, I was drinking, but then Piper drugged me, she gave me Ecstasy, she tried to seduce me. Ally let herself into the house, found her, it looked bad, it looked really bad. She ran out of my room, then I followed her running down the stairs, Piper pushed Ally. I tried to catch her but everything happened so quickly. I just wanted to be her superhero, but I couldn't even protect the girl I love."
Mimi, Mike and Lester look at Austin, shocked by his honesty and the real rawness of the emotion radiating from within his voice.
"Oh honey." I can hear the sadness in my mother's voice.
"Yes, you heard me. I love Ally, I'm in love with Ally and I told her tonight... In probably the most non-romantic way possible by screaming it at the top of my lungs and in front of her current boyfriend who isn't me. I wish to God that I was, but I'm not. I know how fucked up this is, I'm sorry. Okay, I'm sorry. What I'm not sorry about is having feelings for her and wanting to be with her. She's the only girl for me. If anything happens to Ally, I'll never forgive myself. She's everything to me."
Mimi walks over to Austin and hold open her arms and he walks into them and sob into her shirt.
"I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry that I let this happen. Mom, I love her. I love her so much it hurts. You have to believe me."
"I know sweetie, I know."
Mr. Dawson puts his hand on my shoulder,
"Austin. You would never intentionally put Ally in harms way. We all make mistakes, but this isn't your fault. I'm not blaming you. I'm blaming that Piper girl who we're putting a restraining order against to protect you and Ally first thing in the morning. You're good for my daughter Austin, that's the truth."
Mike now walks over to Mimi and Austin hugging them both,
"Son, Ally will be okay. We just have to - We'll get through this together. I know you love her son. I've known for a while now."
I look up at my dad, "Really?"
"Yes son. You look at Ally the way that I look at your mother. It's a special look reserved only for the one you love or in this case your soul-mate Austin. Your face lights up the second Ally walks into a room, you have shown us over the past few years just how much she means to you. You even climbed out of your bedroom window to go perform and raise money to help Ally save a music program. She's your once in a lifetime Austin. You just have to show Ally who you really are." He winks at me.
"Excuse me. Mr. Dawson." The doctor comes over to us, Dr. Smith, that is.
" Mr. Dawson. I'm here to let you know about your daughter's condition. Ally is still unconscious. She's suffered trauma to her head, it's possible that when she wakes up she may have amnesia or short term memory loss. Also, she's pretty battered from falling down those stairs, luckily she didn't break any bones and she was bleeding internally, but we got the bleeding to stop. Right now we've given her morphine and sedatives. She needs to rest, but we're optimistic that she'll make a quick recovery."
"Is she allowed any visitors?"
"Not at this moment. We want to give her a few hours to rest, if she wakes up we'll notify you immediately. You're welcome to go home or wait in the waiting area."
"Thank you doctor."
"Austin, we really should bring you home now. You look awful."
"I'm not leaving." Mimi and Mike see that there's no point in trying to argue with their son because no matter what they say Austin's not leaving.
"Well I'm staying with you." Trish interjects tears threatening to fall from her eyes once more. "You need me right now. Dez will be here as soon as everything's taken care of, then you'll have both of us."
"Thanks Trish, I know Ally's your best friend. Again, I'm really sorry this happened."
Trish's phone starts to ring, she answers on the third ring,
"Hello. No, she isn't allowed any visitors. Of course he's here, where else would he be? No. The doctors said no one can see her for a few hours. What? Alright, I guess we'll see you soon."
"That was Gavin, you got the jist of our conversation. He's on his way, he wants to talk to you Austin."
I groan, everyone can sense how tense my shoulders have gotten just by looking at me.
Gavin. Ugh, what a tool. Great, I guess I have to deal with him sooner rather than later.
(Time Skip)
" Mr. Dawson your daughter is allowed visitors now. She isn't awake yet, but you're more than welcome to go see her. I highly advise only one visitor at a time. "She might wake up confused and overwhelmed."
"Thank you doctor."
I must look like I'm nearly jumping out of my skin right now. The past few hours I've just been pacing back and forth now. Pacing with my hands in my hair and stressing myself probably even more than is actually necessary. Mr. Dawson looks at me.
"I'm just going to check on her. Let her know I'm in the hospital even if she's still sleeping and then I'll come out. Austin you can go see her as soon as I come back."
"T-thank you Mr. Dawson. I - uh, just thank you."
About five minutes have gone by and I've been pacing even more than I was before. I literally feel like I'm going to go crazy if I don't see Ally soon. Oh, thank God here comes Ally's dad now.
"How is she? Is she awake yet?"
"No, not yet." Lester answers me back.
"I wonder where Dez is."
Trish taps my shoulder, "Speak of the devil." I turn around and Dez is panting.
"Guys! Where's Ally? Is she okay? Did you get her here in time?" Dez is out of breath at the moment, trying to catch his breath. He rushes over to hug me, he must have known that I really needed one.
"I tried to get here as soon as I could. Austin, I took care of our little problem we had at the house, she's probably at the jail by now. I also took the liberty to give her a piece of my mind, she's aware that we're filing a restraining order against her to protect you and Ally. Here's your guitar. I figured you would probably want to try and sing to her."
"Austin, I hate to interrupt..but why don't you let us fill Dez in and you go and see Ally now." Mr. Dawson said.
"Okay, I'm going to go see her now. As soon as I can."
They all respond, "Take all the time you need. She needs you, you need her."
I could only muster a small smile because I'm feeling so melancholy. I hate hospitals, but even the thought of walking down this plain corridor to Ally's room feels like it's going to take forever. I just want to see her. I sling my guitar over my shoulder, walk down the hall for about a half a second, and then sprint to her room faster than a cheetah.
Scene Change
I open Ally's hospital room and I see that she's still sleeping. I was really hoping that she would be awake by now. I walk into her room, see Ally laying there on the hospital bed. It's a sight that I hope that I never have to see again. I feel the tears start to fall once I see that the color is drained from her face. I can tell that the medicine is starting to work though, whatever they have given to her is bringing some color back to her face. I walk over to her bed, grab a chair to sit next to her.
"Hi Baby. It's me. I know that you're probably wishing I was Gavin right now, but don't worry he's on his way. So, he's definitely coming to see you. I just want you to know how sorry I am. You have been sleeping for about four hours now, and I really want you to just open your eyes. Please Baby." I start to cry again, wipe a tear from my eye.
"You mean so much to me." I hold her hand, then lean forward to kiss Ally's forehead. "This song is how I feel about you, I know that you are really tired but just listen. Okay? I'm going to have to let go of your hand until I finish, but just know that I'm here. This is for you baby."
...
Far Away: Nickelback
This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know,
you know, you know
[CHORUS]
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore
I start to feel even more choked up because I just want her to hear me.
On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know,
you know, you know
[CHORUS]
So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know
I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Please give me a sign that she heard me. Tears brimming in my eyes, begin to overflow even more down my face. It feels like I've cried an ocean of tears, I don't care who sees me cry. The other half of me is lying in a hospital bed right now. So fuck whoever wants to judge me, call me a wuss. I decide you try one more thing.
Anything you need that's what I'll be. You can come to me.
Come back to me Ally, come back to all of us. Please. I look down at our hands intertwined and feel her grip in my hand tighten. It feels like I'm imagining things, then I hear my angel's voice,
"A- Austin?"
"Oh my god, Ally you're awake! I need to get your doctor and tell him that you're awake." I rush to kiss her forehead, it takes all my self-control not to squeeze her.
"No Austin, please just stay with me. I heard some of the song you know?" I see her looking intently into my eyes and trying to convince me to stay with her and have it just be us for now.
How could I refuse Ally's request. I love this girl more than life itself, more than my own life.
"Ally - I- there's so much that I need to say that. I need to tell you. Starting with what happened."
"Austin, you talk too much. Just come here" I'm caught off-guard when Ally smashes her lips onto mine. It's one of those kisses that any pain, worry, stress I was feeling is simply gone, just by us kissing and that my home is her heart.
We hear someone coughing to clear their throat..
Caught.
A/N: Who do you guys think it is?