Ally Angel

5) Unknown Territory.

BTW I AM REALLY SORRY ABOUT DREW'S AGE CHANGING AND WHATNOT BUT I PROMISE IT WILL BE FIXED AND MAKE SENSE SOON.

ENJOY!

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Ally woke up to find Charlotte sitting on the chair in her room watching her.

"Jheeze Lottie... You wanna give me a heart attack and kill me so soon?" Charlotte's eyes were bloodshot. "What? What's the matter?"

"Luke is in hospital. In a coma."

"Oh shit! I am so sorry! ... Who is Luke?"

"Drew's twin. He just called and said he wanted to see you today but he does not want to leave the hospital, but he sends his love." Charlotte kissed Ally on the top of her head and she walked out.

"Well then I'll go see him." Ally got dressed; she then did something she never thought she would do - considering she did not know what hospital Luke was at, so she tracked Drew's phone, to find he was a few towns over - about an hour drive both ways. She walked downstairs and told her mother her plan, then took her mother's car keys and ventured off; firstly stopping to buy a cup of tea, then to buy Drew a card and his brother a stuffed Penguin (because it was the cutest toy in the shop.) She loaded the car and was on her way.

When she eventually found the hospital, she put on a tiny bit of lip-gloss then headed inside with the goodies she had bought.

"Hi, how can i help you?" A large woman asked from behind the main desk.

"Hi there. I'm here to see Luke Mitchell."

"Right this way please." The woman walked Ally to a small room where through the window she could see Drew sitting by the bed. The woman opened the door, let Ally in and walked away.

"Ally? What are you doing here?" He looked genuinely shocked, as if he did not want her there.

"Oh... Um... I'm sorry, I just. I heard about your brother, and I thought I would come see if you were alright... Are you...? Alright...?" He smiled, unsure of howelse to react.

"Thank you. I am okay. Sit down over there."

"Oh this is... Uh... The penguin is for Luke, and uh... The card is uh... Its... For ... For you."

"Oh. Thanks." She handed him the card, but he put it down on the table and didn't look back at it.

"Drew I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"For coming. I uh... I wanted to make sure you were okay, but this is not my place so I'm gonna... I'm going to go now.. See you soon then."

"Ally don't be so ridiculous. I really love that you took the time out of your day to see me and I'm sorry I didnt see you yesterday, I am having a pretty shit week so far, so you have made me a bit happier. Thanks for coming down. Becca wouldn't have come to see me or check up on Luke, so I love that you're here."

"Why wouldn't Becca come?" She sat back down.

"We broke up."

"What happened?"

"Well, let's just say we both wore the pants in the relationship." He looked at the ground.

"Drew I'm..."

"Please. Please don't appologise. I don't need that right now."

They sat in silence for a little while. The only noises were the machine prejecting Luke's heart rate, and the voices outside. She stared at Luke; wondering if maybe this accident saved or ruined his life. He had just gotten out of jail for stealing a car, and the irony of him being brought straight to hospital because of one was immense. Maybe he would have committed more crimes and would go back to prison, or maybe he would turn to religion or something and he would be saved or whatever.. But she couldn't stop thinking about all the different possibilites.

"So what's on for today then?"

"What?"

"The list. What is happening today?"

"Oh... Drew we don't need to..."

"Ally what is on for today? I need to get out of here!"

"Um.. Today was 'Unknown Territory' - so somewhere I haven't been or something.."

"Fine. Let's go." He stood up, grabbed his jacket, grabbed her arm and dragged her outside, towards the car.

"Stop!!" They both stopped; her panting out of control and him looking like he could stand in front of a train and it would break upon his touch.

"What? Why?! You wanna go explore let's go fucking explore Ally!" He shouted be no one else was around to hear it.

"Drew what the fuck?! I drove all the way out here to see if you were alright! Do you know how flipping scared I was on the journey to some town I'd never even heard of before?! I was shitting myself! And I show up with a cuddly toy for your unconscious brother and a really lovely card for you and you literally hurt me because of it!"

She was shouting back at him. She walked closer so she was only thirteen inches away from him; she could hear him panting and could sense his racing heartbeat.

"Drew, listen. I am sorry about your brother, and I am sorry about your girlfriend and her mother and their behaviour and I am sorry you don't feel alright, and I am sorry you want to kill someone right now, but I am unwell myself; my parents were happy as clams, but then my father just left us one day; my mother refuses to find someone else; I have been diagnosed with cancer and depression, and sometimes I need to let it out! Sometimes I want to beat the life out of someone, but I can't! And I know they say some people are only alive because it is illegal to kill them, and it is true, so you have to listen to me. I am an unhappy person, but I have found that one thing in this world that makes me a million times happier just by the name, my heart warms up, and I would go out of my reach and do everything in my power and give everything I have to this person even if it kills me, because I love him, and I am completely in love with him. But he... I mean. You. You have to figure out another way to express your anger, because seeing the one person on Earth I love more than bacon, this angry and this upset makes me want to just break down and cry until I have no more tears left, then just whither away." She was out of breath from that. They were standing so close to each other, and she was hoping that helped get her point across.

He stared into her eyes trying to absorb everything she had just shouted into his soul. He caught up. He grabbed her waist and wrapped his arms around it, pulled her in and kissed her.

He did not care about the laws. He did not care if they got caught. He was in love with this young lady, and he felt the same way about her as she did of him, and they both knew that now.

That crossed number 8 off the list ["Find my soulmate, tell him I love him, and kiss him in the weirdest place on Earth."], it wasn't the weirdest place, but hey, it was pretty odd.

She pulled away from his grasp and stood their still panting, but for other reasons now, and stared at him.

"Drew I..."

"I know... I ..."

"No Drew, we can't. Oh fuck... Drew you're 24, and I'm only 17, I'm not..."

"Angel I'm not..."

"Shut up. Shut up. Shut up! I Don't even... i just..."

"Ally I'm 28..."

"And ... What?! Oh fuck!! Shit you are! You don't look it... Oh God... I'm going straight to hell... I am not gonna... Shit ..."

"Ally! Calm down. You're not going to hell! If you are I will be there to pick you up. Think about what you just said to me. Think about that! You want to be happier. You are with me around! Isn't it obvious I am too?! Let's face it, we are better together than we are apart. We want each other, but more importantly, we need each other. Okay? You'll be 18 in a month. We will wait till then. We can do that. Angel we will wait and this will all be okay."

She put her head on his chest and cried till she fell asleep standing. He was rubbing her back, and telling her everything was going to be alright; because as far as he was concerned, his world was in his arms in that moment, and as far as he was concerned, everything was going to be alright.