Two days had gone by already. Ally was okay but still not showing signs of awaking any time soon. Lester had gotten there the first day and had gotten a hotel for him and his daughter's three best friends. He was just as depressed as the rest of them. They spent everyday at the hospital hoping and waiting for Ally to wake up. While Lester was out making a phone call, the three gathered in Ally's room. Trish and Dez sat on a two person couch on Ally's right and Austin sat in a chair on her left. The room was decorated with 'Get Well' balloons and flowers. No one knew what was going to happen once this was over. It was the middle of July, but everyone decided to stay in Georgia until Ally was all better. Everyone stared at Ally. Almost as if they were waiting for her to awaken from a enchanted spell. .

Trish sighed. "I just want this to be over already! I just want things to go back to normal!" Dez nodded in agreement.

"Guys?" Austin spoke up. "Do you think this was all my fault?"

"Of course not buddy, you couldn't have known the bus was going to crash." Dez answered.

"No … I mean it was my idea to go to Chicago, then I lied to her and I was a bad friend, and now we don't even know if she's going to come out of this alive," He choked on a sob and tried to pull himself together.

"Don't worry Austin," Trish seemed more relaxed than before. "She'll be okay, we just need to think of the happy memories."

"Yeah we've definitely had some crazy ones." Dez said as they looked up.

"Dez! Austin! How many times have I told you two not to goof off in the store?" Ally walked by the two boys who were in the middle of playing frisbee with a tambourine.

"Let me see …" Dez thought, counting his fingers.

"Dude? She was making a point." Austin stated.

"Hmm, I got eighty four."

"Guess who got a job at the toy store?" Trish announced from the doorway.

"That kid who is a video producer and has a backpack full of the most normal things you would find-," Dez was cut off by Trish.

"Not you bozo! I meant me,"

"Oh that makes so much more sense …"

Austin turned to his partner. "But seriously Ally, you need to learn how to have fun."

"What? Hehe, I know how to have fun for your information." Ally stated with her arms crossed.

"Sorting your socks by color doesn't count," Trish noted.

Dez walked up next to Trish. "Shes right, I mean I don't color corrdinate my socks and I'm just fine." He showed everyone his one orange and one purple sock.

Trish slapped his arm. "Thanks for not proving my point."

Ally spoke up. "Well my point is that I know how to have fun!"

"Prove it." Austin smirked at her.

And with that Austin and Ally ran out the door, tossing the tambourine back and forth like a frisbee until it was finally time to stop.

It was one of Austin's favorite moments with Ally. He was now beginning to understand that some of the best moments of life can be taken away just like that. He regretted not finding out his feelings sooner. But then again what would she say about it? For all he knew she only liked him as a friend. And after this disaster … who knows if she ever will.

He looked up to see Dez and Trish staring at him. "What?"

"We asked if you wanted to get some lunch with us." Trish said.

"Oh … no thanks, I'm not hungry,"

"C'mon, its not the hospital cafeteria this time," Dez said in a convincing tone.

"I'll meet up with you guys later, okay?"

Trish could see that he needed some alone time so she dragged Dez out of the room. And there Austin was. Alone. With his partner. He had been trying to write a song for Ally. He had random lyrics bouncing through his head, but they just didn't fit. Austin couldn't do it without her. She had to make it through this, for him. After sulking for a few more minutes, he felt a twitch in his hand and his heart started beating erractically. Ally's hand moved. Austin moved closer to the bed, trying to observe any other signs of waking. Soon enough, her eyes slowly fluttered open. She looked confused and Austin figured that she was in the hospital for nearly four days. She wouldn't know what happened. She really wouldn't.

"Ally! Your awake!" Austin was jumping with enthusiasm he quickly got a nurse to check on her. Austin ran over to the restaurant across the street to tell Trish, Dez, and Lester the exciting news. Soon enough, they were all back at the hospital gathered around Ally, who smiled at her dad and Trish but seemed to ignore Austin and Dez. The nurse started asking her questions about the accident.

"Do you remember anything prior to the accident?"

Ally, still look confused, tried to think. "Uh, I remember that Trish and I were at school and I just tried out for the school play and I was wondering if I was going to make the lead role or not."

Trish looked at Ally with a weird expression. "Ally, that was when we were eleven …"

"No that was last week," Ally argued. "Dad, where's mom?"

Everyone froze. Ally's mom had died from cancer when she was twelve. Her last memory was from when she was eleven, and she said it was last week. This can only mean one thing …

"Can I talk with you guys in the hallway for a minute?" The nurse asked putting down her clipboard and telling Ally to get some rest.

Once they were in the hallway, everyone's expression was worried. "What is it?"

The nurse kept it short and straight to the point. "Shes got amnesia. Because she hit her head on the piano and she lost consciousness for a week or so. There is some affected brain damage causing her to lose some recollection of her memory."

Everyone was not sure what to say. Lester broke the silence. "How serious is it?"

"Well, I'll have to ask her more questions before we know for sure. It seems like she remembers things like school, and her friend, and her family so she knows the basics, which is good,"

"But?"

The nurse bit her lip and looked up at Trish. "When did you meet your friend?"

"When we were 5." Trish responded automatically.

"And when did her mom pass?"

"When she was eleven, a couple of months after she tried out for that play …" Lester said.

The nurse nodded in understanding. "Okay then. If she thinks her mom is still alive, then we can only assume that she remembers everything up until she was eleven years old. Everything past that she doesn't remember."

Austin's breath hitched at this statement. Everyone looked at him and he just dismissed their stares with a wave of his hand.

"Anyway, you are allowed to visit Ms. Dawson. But I'll be back later to ask her more questions." With that, the nurse walked away. Leaving everyone in shock.

"We will be leaving back to Miami tommarrow." Lester told the kids. "I need to get her back home."

Trish, Dez, and Austin nodded and Lester walked away to check with the doctors.

"At least she's awake." Trish sobbed in relief. "Imagine, we can go back to Miami, and have fun, and have the rest of the summer to ourselves."

"Maybe just you and Ally …" Austin mumbled hanging his head.

"Austin are you okay?"

Austin shook his head. "Can't you see guys? Ally doesn't remember her mom, she doesn't remember these past four years, and she doesn't remember me …" His voice tone started off as aggravated and transferred into sad.

Trish patted Austin on the shoulder. "Its okay Austin, she'll eventually regain her memory back. Until then we have to play along."

"Yeah but when she finds out that her mom is really gone, it can cause a feeling of false manipulation that will backfire into a serious state of self-denial …" Trish and Austin look at Dez unbelievably. "What? Can I not be smartish too?"

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Ally sat in her hospital bed, reading a book. Austin hesistantly walked in, smiling to see that Ally was reading. Something she loves to do. She smiled at his presence.

"Hi, you must be one of Trish's friends …"

"I guess you can say that," Austin responded. "I'm Austin Moon and the other guy is my best friend Dez Worthy."

"I'm Ally Dawson. Its weird that we haven't met. You and Trish seem to have known eachother a while."

"Yeah. I'm around. So your dad said that we are going back to Miami tommarrow. Do you think you'll be ready?"

Ally nodded. "Yeah. According to my dad, I guess I was going to concert with him and I decided to bring along Trish and she brought you guys. But we crashed and I hit my head. I can't remember anything since I was eleven but I'm fifteen now."

"Yeah .." Austin was lost for words.

Ally looked around. "A lot has changed in four years, I'm sorry did I know you?"

Austin didn't know how to answer that. "Uh yeah, I was in second grade with you and we know each other pretty well."

"Oh." Ally's cheeks turned a bright pink. "Well I'm sorry I don't remember you …"

Austin couldn't reply.

Can I admit how sorry I am? Cause I really am. I've been having writers block with this story and I've been trying to write as much as I could. Thanks to ALL of you. My sincere gratitude. I think I know where to go from here. I started a new story which I would really appreciate reviews. I know it looks stupid but its way better than it looks I promise. Its called "Around The World". I would really appreciate it if you guys could check it out. Thanks! :)

-Mayzing