Disclaimer: I don't own Austin and Ally or some of the characters used in this story.

AN: I would appreciate it if you guys could listen to the songs: My Immortal by Evanescence, Pieces by RED and Swan song by Lana Del Rey, because this is a really emotional chapter as it is the end of the story, and those were the three sings I listened to whilst writing this as well.

It had all escalated so quickly. Four years ago I never imagined that I would end up in that particular moment. I had always wanted more in my life ever since my Father passed away and I had always dreamt of a little adventure further from my normal life but that particular moment right then wasn't what I had dreamed of.

As Dez stood forcefully grabbing onto me with the gun pressed at the back of my head, my heart started to race fearing of what was about to happen. The metal from the barrel glinted brightly like a light at the end of a tunnel. I then heard the silent click as he took the safety off. I started to panic forgetting to even breath as I stared helplessly at Austin, who held a hard gaze over at Dez, almost as if he was waiting for the opportunity to kill him with his two bare hands. His eyes were like a demon's; fiery and full of hatred. I had only ever seen him that furious a couple times since I had known him and I knew that this wasn't going to end well. Fearing the worse if I even began to struggle out of Dez's tight grip, I froze, glued to the floor as my lips started to quiver from the pure adrenaline coursing through my veins. Everything seemed to move slowly that a few seconds seemed like years.

The deadly silence had taken over the thick and heavy air almost as if it was desperately waiting for something to happen. The atmosphere was dark and misty, with only the gleam of light from the hallway shining upon us. Austin took one last look at Dez before slowly dropping the gun down onto the floor and looking back at Ava who had remained silent throughout this horrific scene. He took a deep breath and fixated his gaze back on me. "Ally means more to me than you ever did" he spoke whilst tightly clenching his jaw. I knew that particular look on his face and immediately knew that he had some sort of plan. I wasn't sure exactly how it would play out or how it would end, but I knew that he had no choice but to quickly think of something in order to protect me.

"Whatever you're thinking of its not gonna work Austin... its not gonna work this time" Dez spoke up breaking the heated silence in the room and causing the thickness in the air to quickly vanish. I had forgotten how well he knew him, after all that was the main purpose of why he had stuck to him for the past thirteen years, just so he could get as much information as possible of him and use it to sabotage him, and it worked as much as I hated to admit. He was a great actor that none of us saw it coming until it was too late.

Austin slowly took a step closer to us causing Dez's grip around me to tighten and it was then that I realized how truly scared he was. Even though he was the one who had a gun in his hand, it didn't matter as he knew that Austin was much stronger and had much power over him, just like he always had. "Let her go Dez" said Austin slowly raising his hand up. "If you do anything to hurt her or take her away from me... I'll kill you with my bare hands... so let her go" As the words rolled out of Austin's mouth, I felt Dez's palms become sweaty and his palms instantly become sweaty. The look Austin had given him right after that was so viscous and dangerous, anyone who had no idea what was going on would think Dez was the victim behind all this. He had such sharp and serious eyes which had somehow seemed to change the atmosphere in the room once again.

Moments later, I felt Dez's arms began to slowly loosen from around me, and the next thing I knew he had forcefully threw me to the ground, causing me to scrape my elbow along the way. Austin's eyes grew more furious at what had just happened and as he was about to rush over to me, Dez quickly aimed the gun at him, stopping him.

"You're weak... and pathetic!" Dez spat out in disgust whilst slowly moving closer to Austin with the gun still aimed up at him. "You know I had some respect for you before you met her. You didn't give a damn about anything or anyone but ever since she came into the picture... you changed. I understood when you were in love with Cassidy since she matched your status and popularity, but I didn't think you would ever settle for a girl who lacked the quality to become your assistant in the first place" he stated bluntly. "When you stupidly married her you had the whole world believing she was something special when she's nothing more than a little naive 22 year old girl who'd probably end up leaving you one day and taking all of your money and you know it too, don't you". I couldn't believe all what I was hearing. "Maybe if you hadn't been so stupid and blinded by her then maybe I wouldn't have done all this... maybe I would've pretended a little longer".

As Dez smirked and waved the gun around mocking him, Austin's eyes fixated on him, forming an intense gaze. His expression had all sorts of emotions. He was infuriated as his face and neck became red. The room was then filled with an eerie and sickening silence and I could tell that he was holding himself back from lashing out at him as he feared the worse, and it made me feel more terrible than I already was.

I took a deep breath before quickly getting up from the floor and clenching onto my fists as I turned my full body towards Dez. "What a fucking coward you are" I hissed, suddenly finding the confidence in me to speak up. "You know that I'm not just his wife... I'm the person who's always there for him. I'm not just a naive 22 year old who only married him just because he was 'Austin Moon', I married him because I realized that I could no longer live without him... you were with us everyday so how dare you say something like that, how-

"YOU!... You were the one who ruined him, not me!" Dez snapped quickly cutting me of my sentence.

The taste in my mouth became tart and every bone in my body shaked with spite. He took a step closer to me with a bitter expression before speaking up once again. "It was because of you that he gave up the company two years ago and because of you that he came back. You think your marriage will last because you're in love?" he scoffed, mocking me. "I don't think you realize the amount of stress you've caused him, and now that you have a baby you think things are gonna get better... its only going to get worse... for you" he whispered the last bit whilst slowly pushing the hair out of my face with the gun. His words hurt more than a knife, and as much as I wanted to fire back at him, I was left speechless and lost for words. I guess he had always been just one of the many people who believed the same thing about mine and Austin's marriage.

"That's enough!" Austin snapped speaking up. "You son of a bitch, after you back stabbed me, you still have the fucking guts to disrespect my marriage anyhow!" he yelled furiously. "I didn't have to fucking explain why I chose Ally because I thought it was obvious to you, everything you just said couldn't be more wrong. You were there with me four years ago when I was living in misery and was ready to almost end my life, you were there when she came into my life and you watched how happy she made me and also how I was ready to give up everything just so that I could be with her!" he snapped once again before pausing to take a deep breath.

"Why... why did you do all this, Dez?" he questioned briefly.

Dez stared at him savagely, almost as if his words had no effect or meant nothing to him. "I didn't do anything Austin... I just did what I had to do" he replied silently causing Austin to grow more furious. "People like you... people like you don't understand the concept of life, never have and never will, people like you have it all and walk all over people that have nothing. My old man was ruined by the likes of people like you and when he died I swore that I would do anything... anything to make sure that he lives the life that he should've lived through me... but of course I don't expect you to understand because your old man never gave you anything to truly live for, but nevertheless you're both the same person anyway" he stated in a low and sickening tone causing an uncomfortable aura in the room.

"You betrayed me after I did everything for you, just because of a man who died 15 years ago... you're outta your fucking mind!" Austin spoke. "I think you're forgetting who I am Dez... I'm gonna make you pay for all this so you better hope that you die sooner than later because you're life is over either way".

He quickly removed his eyes from Dez before fixating his gaze over at Ava who sat quietly with a hauntingly terrified expression before glancing over at me. He opened his arms out to me and I looked back at Dez who had slowly lowered his gun down before non-hesitantly rushing towards him and into his arms. I swung my arms around his waist and buried my face into his chest. I tried to show that I wasn't scared on what might possibly happen to us later on, but the second he wrapped his arms around me and placed a kiss down on my head, I felt like bursting into tears. I knew that this wasn't going to end well and the thought of anything possibly happening to Austin made me sick to my stomach.

"I love you..." he whispered whilst gently rubbing my back. Normally whenever he would utter those three words, it made me feel on top of the world, but it wasn't the case this time. It almost felt as if he was saying goodbye to me without actually saying it and I just didn't know how to react. "I love you so much" he whispered again grasping my cheeks as I slowly lifted my head up to look at him.

I stared up at him almost teary-eyed as he examined my face closely. He leaned down to place a kiss on my lips before pulling away and mouthing the words "I need you to do exactly as I say" to me so that Dez wouldn't hear what was going on. "I need you to be strong for me one more time... its gonna be okay" he mouthed again before placing a kiss on my forehead once again. "I love you too..." I finally whispered causing him to smile a small smile.

Moments later, he looked back at Dez, who watched as his daughter moved away from him as further away in her casket as she could. He leaned down to touch her, but before he could, she started to cry and sob loudly from the sight of the gun in his hand and I knew that made him angry most of all. He hated having his almost two year old daughter but suddenly push him away like that, but to say that he didn't deserve it and so much worse would be lying. Even though she was still only a baby, it was obvious that she could most definitely understand what was going and understand the type of man her Father is.

"Mommy!" Ava mourned in-between her tears as Austin and I watched on.

Dez clutched onto the gun tightly whilst rubbing his forehead in stress at the sound of her crying. "You want your mommy?! she's dead! I told you she's dead and she's never coming back here!" he yelled startling her.

I felt Austin's arms slowly loosen from me and the next thing I knew, he quickly rushed over to Dez and rapidly tackled him down on the ground before throwing multiple punches at him. I watched in shock as the two former best friends wrestled around on the floor for the gun. Austin threw his body weight behind the fist that edged closer to Dez's face, it hit his jaw with such force that blood pooled into his mouth. Pain erupted from the point of impact. With Austin's two hands, he quickly grasped Dez's head in his hands and brought his knee cap up to his nose, making sure to injure him as much as he possibly could for everything he had put him through this past month. Crimson leaked from both Dez's nostrils and his nose was twisted right. Austin forcefully threw his fist back again causing it to plow into Dez's stomach, it was like hitting a train head on. His guts smashed together, blood vessels bursting. I had thought that things were going in favor for Austin, but before I knew it, Dez rapidly threw a punch at his jaw, his fists collided with all his body weight causing me to panic even more. I watched helplessly as they continued to beat each other savagely.

After several seconds of not being able to take it anymore, I was about to rush over and intervene only to be stopped by Austin. "NO!" he yelled causing me to stop dead in my tracks. "Remember when I told you that I needed you to do exactly as I say?... take Ava and get her downstairs safely and then drive back home and get her to Trish. Don't come back here no matter what, everything will be okay... I promise" he instructed, throwing another punch down at Dez, as blood rapidly streamed down his nose and down to the corner of his lips. He gaped at me with pleading eyes, trying to reassure me that everything will indeed be alright, but I knew him too well to know that he was only putting up a brave face.

I was stuck and frightened on what was really the right thing to do at that moment. It was as if my brain had short-circuited and needed to be rebooted. Around me, everything felt as if it was moving in fast-forward while I stood motionless in the middle of it all. I couldn't leave, I couldn't just leave just like that seeing as there was a slight chance he might not return back home to me later on.

"I-I can't leave you like this" I stuttered, whilst heavily breathing in and out.

"Ally I need you to trust me" he said as he continued to wrestle around with Dez on the floor. "I know that you're scared but I need you to be strong remember. Be the strong and fearless girl that I fell in love with and get Ava out of here and I promise to come back, I'm not breaking that promise ever" he said. My hands began to tremble as I looked back at Ava, who quickly met my gaze. Even though I was still unsure about it all, he was right about one thing and that was I needed to get her out of here and faraway from the mad man she called her Father.

I balled up my fists and took a deep breath. As I rushed over to pick Ava up from her casket, Dez quickly shoved Austin away from him and got up to stop me, but before he could, Austin quickly tackled him back down, which allowed me to pick her up from her casket and rush towards the direction of the bedroom door. I turned back to look at Austin to see him looking back at me. "Go!" he yelled and with that I quickly ran out of the bedroom with Ava teary-eyed.

As I rushed down the flight of stairs, I heard a loud thud which was then followed up by a painful yell from Dez. I looked back down at Ava as she began to quiver her lips yet again whilst gazing back up at me. I flashed her a hopeful and brave smile before drying the tear stains from her small delicate cheeks and placing a kiss on her forehead. "Its okay sweetie, your gonna go meet your mommy soon okay, she's missed you a whole lot" I exclaimed, with my voice breaking on every word. As the thuds started to get louder from upstairs, I found myself suddenly finding it hard to breath as I feared for what might happen to Austin. I remember shutting my eyes right then and praying for God to keep him safe and to hopefully bring him back to me. After everything we had been through for the past four years, losing him wasn't certainly an option, not now or ever.

Seconds later, I ran outside the mansion and into the compound, to see mine and Austin's bodyguards; James, Alex and Ethan standing outside along with Dez's. As they spotted me, they quickly rushed over non-hesitantly. "Mrs Moon, are you okay?" James questioned glancing down at me and at Ava.

I nodded my head at him wandering how they knew about mine and Austin's whereabouts since he had refused to tell them where we were going earlier on. James looked back at Alex and Ethan who nodded their heads regretfully almost as if they had did something terrible before speaking up. "I hope you can forgive us, but I was worried about where you and Mr Moon had gone to so suddenly so I looked at the camera footage in the house to find out, we're terribly sorry for invading your privacy Mrs Moon, we were just terribly worried, please forgive us" he said bowing his head a little at me as the others followed along. I stared up at the three emotionally as they continued to apologize. Their loyalty towards Austin was something he often took for granted, but whether some of them had been with him for years or even months, they always had his back and were always there for him no matter what, even if they were only getting paid to.

"Its okay guys, its fine" I smiled before quickly explaining to them all what had happened inside.

Even though Austin had told me to go straight home, I just couldn't find it in me to and leave uncomfortably, knowing that he was in danger. It just wasn't in my nature. "Ethan, please take Ava back home to her mother and make sure her and April are alright too. Inform Isabella as to what's happening and get as many bodyguards as possible to surround the mansion" I ordered before slowly placing a kiss on top of Ava's head and handing her over to Ethan.

"Yes Mrs Moon" he said bowing his head at me respectfully before turning around to walk towards the gate whilst holding onto Ava.

I watched as they exited the compound before turning my head around to look at all of Dez's bodyguards who stood around like lost puppies oblivious at what to do. "What do we do about Mr Moon, Ally?" Alex asked briefly.

I was about to speak up, but stopped as I smelt an unfamiliar smell coming from inside the mansion. In a swift motion, I quickly spun my head around and my eyes widened as I realized it was the smell of smoke. I was shocked, confused to how this had possibly happened. At first the smoke was all that filled my view, then a bright glint of orange. The fire screamed and I quickly covered my mouth as I watched the mansion slowly go up in flames. My eyes burned from the smoke that filled the air and my lungs ached from lack of fresh air, but that was the least of my worries right then. I frantically glanced around, and all I saw was flame. I could hear the crackling of the fire, yes, but louder than anything else was the pounding of my heart. It started beating faster and faster, until I wasn't sure if it was beating so fast it was a continuous him or if it had stopped altogether.

As the fire began to spread all around the house, I stood frozen to the ground in shocked and all I could think about was Austin. Earlier today, I was so sure that nothing was ever going to happen to him again and that there was no way I was going to lose him, but fast-forward to several hours later, I was stood gazing up at a burning house in which he was trapped in. Our life was certainly unexpected, but not in the best possible way.

My eyes began to sting and my breathing had started to spiral out of control as the smoke filled my eyes once again causing uncontrollable tears to flow heavily down my cheek. "NO!" I screamed loudly as I started to think back to the pain of all the times I had lost him. I had been separated from him so many times that I couldn't help but think that this time it was finally the end. Without hesitation, I went to run inside the burning house, but was quickly pulled back by James and Alex. "Mrs Moon, you can't possibly go in there" they spoke but their words were blurred out in my ears as the only thing I was focused on was getting inside to Austin. That was truly the only thing I cared about right then. Finding some strength in me, I quickly escaped from their grip and snatched a gun from James's pocket and rushing towards the door before they could stop me.

You could call me stupid, crazy, or anything else for that matter, due to the fact that I was risking my life, but I couldn't care less. I knew I had to do this or it would've haunted me for the rest of my life.

I screamed Austin's name repeatedly whilst coughing rapidly and looking around to hopefully see what had started the fire but no luck. The flames were hotter than the sun and they were beginning to spread throughout and crawl over everything in sight, destroying pictures, priceless objects and memories. Everything was disappearing. I heard a chunk of wood crashing down and I quickly moved away from the fire before rushing up the flight of stairs. I knew I had to be quick before it was too late and I was initially trapped by the fire. I coughed and coughed as my eyes began to sting heavily making it hard for me to see. I started to feel weary and dizzy but that all went away as soon as I heard the sound of his voice.

"Ally!" I hear him yell and the feeling of joy began to overthrow me, knowing that he was okay and safe and I couldn't help but start to cry.

"Austin!" I sobbed as I hurried up the stairs to see him and Dez in the hallway. I quickly covered my mouth in shock as I spotted the bruises and blood dripping down his face. I looked over at Dez who knelt on the floor gasping for air as the fire began to slowly spread around them. His injuries were much worse than Austin's and I could tell that they had been going at it ever since I took Ava out the mansion, which Austin doing most of the damage.

"I-I thought I told you not to come back, this is too dangerous" he said weakly, as he forced himself up the ground. I looked down at his white shirt morosely at all the blood stains forming through it before rapidly going to hug him. "Oh I couldn't, I just couldn't, I was too scared something like this might happen" I exclaimed whilst holding onto him tightly. He had scolded me for doing something so dangerous, but as he finally gave in and kissed me non-stop, I could tell that he was secretly hoping that I come back, even though he had told me not to.

"You... this is all your fault, you're the reason why I'm like this Austin, its all you!" Dez yelled infuriatingly, and you could almost see the heaviness and rage trapped under his eyes. He wiped away the blood that continuously dripped down his nose before squirming in pain. "Why couldn't you just fucking die huh?! why didn't you kill yourself when you had the fucking chance! I tried everything to get rid of you, EVERYTHING... but you still came back every single time. Are you some sort of God huh? I didn't ask for you to save me out in the streets, I would rather have died right then than spent thirteen fucking years being trapped under your shadow... why couldn't you just die" he spat out and the next thing I knew, the frustration in him had finally came out and he had began sobbing silently to himself.

I looked up at Austin who gazed down at him a little teary-eyed before hanging his head low. "You wanna know why I won't die... its because of her, I can never leave her behind..." he muttered holding onto me as the flames began to spread more and more. "Why didn't you walk away?" he muttered calmly as Dez continued to sob. "Answer me you me worthless son of a bitch, why didn't you fucking walk away instead of putting me in this fucking situation huh?!... I trusted you like no other, I told you everything, I called you my brother only for you to do all this!" he yelled before pulling out the gun from his pocket and aiming it down at him.

As Dez lifted his head up, his eyes began to slowly widen as he saw the gun in Austin's hands. His face had dropped and all of the sadness he felt was quickly replaced with a look of pure fear and agony. "Y-You can't kill me Austin" he scoffed whilst raising both his hands in the air. "I have a daughter and she needs me, you wouldn't want her to grow up without her Father would you, how would you feel knowing that your little girl wasn't going to grow up without you?..." he spoke in his usual calm and soft tone in which he used to trick him and make him believe everything that came out of his mouth for thirteen years.

I noticed Austin's hands began to tremble on the gun as he aimed it directly at his head. He held a bitter and broken expression on his face for several more seconds before slowly letting the gun slip out of his hands and down onto the floor. "I'm not gonna kill you... but you're not gonna see your daughter again" he muttered bluntly. If it was anybody else, he would've shot them dead without a care in the world but since it was Dez, he just couldn't find it in him to. Despite everything that he had did to him for the past month and not to mention the past thirteen years of constant lies, he still refused to pull the trigger on the man who he once trusted with his life. Unfortunately the word trust isn't always what it seems.

As another chunk of wood came crashing down, Austin quickly turned back around to face me. He grabbed onto my hand and pulled away to lead me down the stairs before we were really trapped for good. Even though he was injured in a lot of pain, that didn't seem to matter to him as his main priority was still making sure that I was okay and most of all safe. As we were about to run down the stairs, I turned back around to see Dez, who had quickly picked up the gun that Austin had dropped on the floor before getting up to chase us. Austin held onto my hand tighter, pulling me down the stairs rapidly as Dez had began savagely shooting at us without a care in the world. As we reached down the stairs, we looked over at the door, noticing that it was blocked by the fire and we began to panic as we looked around trying to find another way to escape.

As we ran away from Dez, trying to find a place out of Dez, I heard a loud gun shut go off. I felt Austin's hand began to loosen from my mine as he squirmed in pain and quickly felt to the floor, and it didn't take long for me to figure out that Dez had shot him in the left leg. My mind had instantly went blank as I watched Austin cuss loudly in pain whilst holding onto his injured leg and it had drove me absolutely insane. I crouched down beside him as I examined the blood staining his black trousers whilst tears forming from my eyes and my breathing increasing by the second. We had been through so much that day, but that, that was the final straw and I had completely lost it. Without no hesitation, I quickly brought out the gun that I had took from James earlier on, before aiming it at Dez and quickly shooting his arm twice causing him to drop his gun to the floor.

"You bastard!" I cried before aiming the gun at his leg where he had shot Austin and pulling the trigger. I went to shoot him again but seeing as I was out of bullets, I tossed the gun to the side before gazing over at him as he floundered on the floor in pain, grasping onto where I had shot him. It was as if something in me had just snapped and I wasn't able to control myself seeing Austin in more pain that he already was.

"Your daughter is going to grow up just fine without you because she has a mother. I hope you burn in hell for not just what you did to my husband, but for Duncan and all those innocent people you killed out of spite... I hate you" I spat out in disgust before tending to Austin.

I placed his head on my lap before looking around in panic as the firs began to slowly surround us. Austin slowly lifted his hand up to gently grasp my cheek and I nestled my hands into his whilst savoring the feeling of his touch. "That's my girl..." he muttered weakly, forming a smile on his face. "I wanted to protect you more than anything, but you ended up protecting me... h-how did I get so lucky with you, you and our daughter are the best thing to ever happen to me" he whispered as tears rolled out of his eyes and down onto the corner of his eyes.

I took his hand and kissed it as tears streamed down my face. "I'm gonna get us out of here okay baby I promise" I breathed out before turning around to look at all the smoke. I coughed repeatedly, before looking back down to see Austin with his eyes closed and it felt as if my soul had instantly left my body. "Baby..." I whispered whilst gently shaking him, but he did not budge, not even a little bit. "Baby, Austin" I said over and over whilst sobbing loudly to myself. I held onto him tightly, hoping that I could feel his arms around me once again but when I felt nothing, the emptiness that I used to feel inside, had quickly overpowered me as I feared my worse nightmare. I made sure to shake him again and again,in hopes for a different outcome each time but as he laid in my arms with his eyes closed and blood gushing out of his body, all I wanted to do was die.

Moments later, I heard footsteps coming from the door, and I quickly looked back to see the fire brigade begin to put out the fire inside and a couple policemen rush inside to arrest an injured Dez. As the fire was being put out, everything around me seemed to be happening in slow motion. I felt emotionless, cold and unresponsive as a couple fireman rushed over to me. I could hear their mouths moving but I couldn't seem to hear what they were saying. All I remembered of the end of that, was holding onto Austin and refusing to let go as they helped us out of the crumbled mansion.

It was an unforgettable night, a night that I still have nightmares of even till this day.

~Hours later.

I was sited in the cold and freezing hospital way outside Austin's hospital room with my mom, Trent, Keira, Alexis and Isabella.

I felt my mom wrap a blanket around me, but I was still in shock to react. I remember her saying some words to me, there were reassuring words, words that were supposed to make me feel better, but her words were nothing but a blur. I didn't blame her, no mother ever wanted to see her child in a state like that.

I sat closely to myself in a sheltered corner where my thoughts about what had happened earlier on roamed round and round in my head continuously. I froze in fear, and shivered in disbelief. The cold and frosty air singing around me, silence eating my surrounding leaving the sigh of my loneliness shooting air out of my mouth with each breath I exhaled. I didn't want to cry, I wanted to hold it on as best as I possibly could but I could no longer ignore the exploding bolt of emotions which was being pumped in turbulently through my vessels. They so badly needed a way to escape. I clenched both of my fist before slowly lifting my hand up to cover my face so that no one could see me cry and dwell in my unfortunate grief.

It was as if every moment that I waited for some sort of news, I felt that I was slowly losing my mind. The sea of emotions and thought that I had flowing inside me was too much to handle, it was overwhelming all at once. It was almost as if he knew that this was going to happen, it was almost as if he knew that he was going to make it out alive and the thought of that drove me out of my mind. I just wanted to see him, even if it was for the last time I wouldn't care, but I just wanted to see him.

After a while I slowly lifted my head up and looked over at the clock to see that it was 12 midnight meaning that it was April 6th, his 29th birthday. The thought of that had brought me joy for a split second, but that quickly vanished as I heard the sound of the hospital door open. I quickly shot my head up at the nurse who looked at me with a smile on her face, and without a second later, I quickly shot up from my seat and rushed inside the hospital room.

He was alive. I would never forget how he had slowly opened his eyes as soon as I had stepped foot inside the room. It was truly a miracle, a miracle that I wasn't expecting. I then remembered what he had said to Dez earlier on whilst we were still trapped in the burning mansion. 'You wanna know why I won't die... its because of her, I can never leave her behind...' I was to focused on other things at the time to pay attention and to properly acknowledge it, but little did I know that he wasn't just saying it just to show how much I meant to him. He had stuck by those words because through so many times like the month he crashed onto the island. He feared the thought of ever leaving me behind and ending what was so dear to us. His actions truly spoke louder than his words, and I couldn't be more thankful and proud of the love that we had to keep us through it all and through the tough times.

"Mr Moon, you're lucky to have survived through the amount of blood you lost, but... unfortunately your left leg has been terminally damaged from the bullet, I'm terribly sorry Mr Moon" the doctor spoke up causing me to quickly cover my mouth in shock.

I watched as he gazed up at the ceiling silently not uttering a single word. "Where's my wife?" he asked trying to push himself out of the bed. He had just been told such horrific news but his first thought still managed to be me. "Where is she, where's my-" he stopped mid sentence as he saw me. "Baby..." he muttered as tears started to fill his eyes.

"I'm right here baby" I exclaimed before rushing over to him. I sat on the bed and hugged him gently, whilst trying not to hug him too tight as he was still in a lot of pain. He rapidly wrapped his arms around me and stroked my hair as I sobbed silently onto his shoulders whilst the doctor and nurses in the room watched on. as we embraced each other with such passion and intensity. "Are you okay, you didn't get hurt did you?" he asked pulling away a couple seconds later to dry my tears. He had went through so much that night but his main worry was still on me, he was suffering and probably going through more pain than I could ever imagine, but that didn't matter to him as his only concern was making sure if I was really okay. How did I ever get so lucky.

"I'm fine honey, I'm fine. I'm just glad you're alive" I cried pulling him back into a hug.

"Looks like I've lost a leg huh?" he sighed quietly.

I pulled away from the hug to look at him deeply in the eyes before lifting his hand up and kissing it. "We'll get through it together, I'll always be here with you through it all, through everything... I-I'm just so happy you're alive" I sobbed before burying my head in his shoulder.

He laid back down on his pillow, pulling me down with him onto his chest as I sobbed and sobbed for what felt like hours. All the things we had gone through and all the times I felt that it was the end for us was all leading up to this particular moment. It wasn't an easy romantic journey, there were times when it had left me broken, but at the end of it all this was our fate. From being a 19 year old girl who only became his assistant out of spite, to becoming his wife and the mother of his daughter four years later, it certainly was an eventful and unforgettable journey.

~September 6th, 2017

Present day.

I stood behind Austin whilst carrying April in my arms, as he made a press conference speech to the public.

This day five years ago on September 6th, 2012, I stepped into the office of the biggest billionaire in New York city, not expecting what was to happen next throughout the upcoming years. I had gone from being his assistant to falling in love with him and becoming his wife, something that I never thought would happen in a million years. Every year since we became involved in each other's lives, we had gone through the upmost of twist and turns and never ending drama, but this past year was the most peaceful we had ever had. It was just the both of us and our baby girl and there was nobody to intrude or interfere with out happiness that we both truly deserved.

"Next year will mark 10 years since I took over the company of my late Father who was fatally shot in prison last year for taking the blame of a murder he did not commit" Austin spoke up as the press began to snap multiple pictures of him. Just two days after Dez was arrested, it was reported that Mike was murdered in prison by an inmate who heavily despised the Moon family, before he could be released, and it had left a great shock on the whole world. For 29 years, he had failed to be a decent Father, but at the end of it all he had died for his son, leaving only the negative memories that were overshadowed from the few positive ones. Dez on the other hand had committed suicide a couple months after his arrest by hanging himself in his cell. It was a story which filled the paper for months and had an effect on everyone, especially Austin.

"Mike Arthur Moon was a great man who came from nothing and had a dream of one day being successful in the future. He built Strattmon Inc. Co-operations when he was only 24 years old with his hard work, he met and married my mother; Mimi Moon a year later and they had me and my sister" he explained briefly. "Next year isn't only my 10th year as CEO, but it also marks 38 years since the company was started, so I will be paying proper homage to my Father and his legacy, as well as everybody who did their part in making Strattmon Inc. what it is today" he spoke as everyone in the room clapped and cheered

"Clap for daddy" I whispered down at April before placing a big kiss on her cheek.

Austin turned around to look at the both of us and smiled before turning back around and speaking into the microphone. "This past year was a little rough for me, as all of you know I lost my left leg due to a severe injuryand it had been extremely difficult" he said before lifting his trousers up to show everyone his prosthetic leg, which took a lot of time from him getting used to. "It was hard for me learning to live life with the new change, but I wouldn't have pulled through it wasn't for my beautiful wife and daughter" he said before signalling for me to come over.

I smiled down at the press who snapped multiple pictures of April and I before walking over to Austin and handing her over to him. He leaned down to place a kiss on my lips, which the press made sure to immediately capture before turning his attention back to the crowd, interlocking one hand with mine and carrying April with the other. "Today is our three anniversary anniversary, and most people thought that it wasn't going to last when I married her, but she's the reason why I'm able to stand before all of you today" he stated before leaning over to kiss me again. Right after we pulled away, April started to clap whilst leaning down to murmur some slurs into the microphone, which had caused Austin and I everyone into the room to erupt into laughter.

"As you can see she gets excited whenever there's a microphone around" Austin chuckled before placing a big kiss down on her head.

"I'll be addressing more future plans for the company next week in Brooklyn, but until then I won't be answering any more questions, thank you" he spoke lastly before quickly leading April and I backstage where everyone was stood waiting for us.

"I didn't think you were gonna do that Austin, Ally did you talk some sense into him?" Trish chuckled before glancing over at Ava who played with Alexis in the corner. Ever since we returned Ava back to her last year, she had gone back to her usual confident self, and seeing as Dez was completely out of the way, it meant that she no longer had to live her life in fear at the abuse she suffered in their horrific marriage.

"Wow Austin that was pretty brave of you showing your new leg to the whole world, Ally told me you weren't ready for that yet" Trent spoke whilst carrying him and Keira's newborn son; Trent jr in his arms. "Thank you man, I didn't think it was gonna happen too. That reminds me have you spoke to Mr Johnson about the meeting in Los Angeles in a couple weeks?" he questioned. Last year, Austin had made Trent his new head of trade market after Dez and I couldn't be more happy. "Not yet, but I'll be flying there tonight to finalize the decision" said Trent before shaking Austin's hands.

"Baby, just don't let Alexis baby sit again while I'm gone" he spoke turning to face Keira who burst into heaps of laughter before going to take Trent jr of him.

Alexis quickly walked over to Trent and playfully rolled her eyes at him before speaking up. "What are you talking about Trent? I'm great with babies and I only left him alone once cause Keira forgot to go to an important meeting with our company" Alexis scoffed before placing a kiss on Keira's cheek and placing a kiss down on Trent jr's head. "I didn't forget barbie doll, I just thought you rescheduled it" Keira spoke before flashing her a wide grin.

"You're right Trent, its better if we don't let Alexis babysit" my mom spoke up, before going to take Trent jr of Keira.

"Ugh not you too Ms Dawson" Alexis groaned causing everyone to laugh.

As Austin spoke to Dez about business trade, I looked over at the corner, spotting Mimi who leaned on the wall whilst smiling over at everyone. Ever since Mike's death, Austin managed to forgive Mimi for everything she had did to him, but despite the apology, she still refrained herself from everybody in fear that she wasn't wanted and I couldn't really blame her. Although the relationship between her and Alexis was still rocky, it was slowly getting better each day with Mimi putting the effort to be the mother that she failed to be since she had both her children. I leaned my head to the side signalling for her to join us, but she quickly shook her head. She turned her head to smile at Alexis who spoke and laughed along with my mom and Keira before smiling over at Austin who focused on Trent. Despite the selfish life she had managed to live, I could tell that seeing her two kids happy was what she appreciated the most. She turned her head to have one good look at April and I before turning around to walk away.

"Alright kids its 6 0 clock, you all promised that you would have dinner at my house tonight so lets go, you too Trish, you've missed the past three nights due to work" my mom smirked as she turned around to walk off whilst carrying Trent jr in her arms.

"I wasn't gonna miss one of your amazing dinners again Miss Dawson" Trish chuckled whilst following after her with Ava.

Austin and I laughed to ourselves as Alexis and Keira started to bicker again over something regarding their fashion company, but luckily Trent was there to stop in. "You know you're both my two favorite girls in the world right" he smirked wrapping his arms around the both of them. "I can't believe y'all haven't ended your company yet since y'all argue all the time" he laughed before slowly leading them away.

I smiled and turned to look up at Austin who was already smiling down at me. I blushed and smiled back before handing April to him to pull out something from my blazer jacket. "Baby I know you were a little uneasy about showing everybody your leg today so I got you a little something to cheer you up" I chuckled before handing the wrapped present over to him.

"You shouldn't have got me anything, baby" he grinned before slowly opening the present and I stood excitedly while awaiting his reaction. As he finished pulling of the last of the wrapping paper, revealing a tiny baby Onesie, his eyes quickly widened and without any hesitation he placed April down on the ground before picking me up and spinning me around, causing me to laugh. Just like when I had told him I was pregnant with April, he was completely overjoyed and over the moon. "I'm four weeks pregnant, I found it yesterday and couldn't wait to tell you, we're gonna have another baby, I love you" I spoke as tears started to fill his eyes. "I love you more" he whispered before pushing a strand of hair behind my ears and gazing deeply into my eyes. "That's impossible" I said causing the both of us to laugh

He placed a long kiss down on my lips before pulling away and crouching down to April. "You hear that? mommy's pregnant, that means you're gonna have a little brother or sister" he muttered placing a peck on her lips.

As I watched the both of them try to guess what gender the baby would be, I began to get really emotional. At the beginning of this story fate and luck wasn't always on my side, but now I was blessed with the man of my dreams and a daughter and another baby on the way, two things that I never thought I would achieve in life. The day I stepped into his office I wasn't aware that my life would change forever. To call him ordinary would be an understatement, because he was truly unlike anyone I've ever met before, this wasn't just any ordinary love story, this was how I met and became the assistant to the biggest billionaire in New York city and the wife of the man who has changed my life for the better.

End.

And that's a wrap! It took me a couple days to finish and complete this chapter as I wanted it to be great, not just good and I feel like I did just that. This story has come a long way since chapter 1 and the character development of all the characters used in the story is something that I am most proud of as I took my time working on that especially. I never expected to get to chapter 61 honestly and I still can't believe that I did and I hope some of you decide to re-read this story again from the start sometime.

I would like to thank all of the people who commented daily in all the chapters because you guys were the ones who made me motivated to update at times when I just felt like giving up because I honestly thought that this story would go nowhere and get over 600 reviews. As most of you know, this is the first story that I've ever written online and ever. I've always enjoyed and being fascinated about the thought writing but was too scared to express myself on the internet where so many people would be reading my work and possibly judging it, but something in me decided to give it a try for the first time and go along with it and write either way and I'm so glad that I did.

If y'all enjoyed this story, I would be writing another A&A story soon which I think you would also enjoy so make sure to look out for it.

Again, thank you to everybody who made me reach the end of this story, I wanted to make it as realistic as possible and show the real struggles of what love looks like when two people who are completely different from each other fall in love.

Thank you guys, I love you all xox