Chapter 20:

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***Back to Stephanie's POV***

I began to feel lips pull away from mine. What's going on? I heard familiar voices, voices I love. I fluttered my eyes open and saw him. "Austin?" I say. He instantly turns his head away from his mom and looks at me straight in the eyes. His eyes widened and I sat up and hugged him. "What happened?" I ask.

I really don't know why I'm in here. Austin seems really happy to see me though. It's like we haven't talked in 3 months. I picked my head up. I noticed bruises all over me, I can only see out of one eye, and I can't move without pain. "You were in a coma from Derek, for 3 months." he said. Well that explains everything.

He held my hand up and kissed it. I pulled my hand away and kissed him tenderly on the lips. His mom awkwardly smiled from ear to ear and dragged Dave out of the room so Austin and I could have our time alone. He smiled through the kiss and pulled away. "I missed you so much." Austin said. I instantly felt my cheeks get hot.

A smile appeared on his face and he did his signature giggle. "How ya feelin?" he asked. I shrugged my shoulders. "When do I get out of here?" "Soon I hope." he said as his eyes made his way to the floor. "Hey what's wrong? Is something bothering you?" he didn't say anything. He looked back at me and finally opened his mouth to speak. "I talked to management." he began to say. He didn't have a certain look on his face. I didn't know if it was good or bad.

"They said that they would allow you to come on tour with us." he said. I didn't know what to say. What about school? It already started a week ago, I think. What day is it? What about prom? What about Alex, and Tyler? What are they going to do? What about Dixie? (my puppy) I can't leave her alone with Alex's mom! I will miss her! What if something else BAD happens again?

"Don't worry, the school called and said you have enough credits and can graduate early." he said. He almost knew what I was thinking. "It's my senior year, I can't just skip that. I mean, I was looking forward to graduate with my friends, going to prom, I can't miss my very last year of high school." I said.

As much as I don't want Austin to leave again, and I don't want to miss my senior year, I have to pick one. "Sorry, I- I didn't really think of all that." He said scratching the back of his head. "Do you think we can work something out?" I asked. He shrugged his shoulders and picked up his phone. His fingers started to type something. When he was done, he picked his head up and his eyes met mine.

Minutes later, Austin's manager, Rocco, came in the room.

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