Collected

Chapter 11

Austin's P.O.V.

I got there just on time. Allison was in the middle of the bridge standing on the rail crying. She looked like she wanted to fall. I slowly walked over to her. I then quickly grabbed her waist and pulled her onto the bridge. "No! NO! LET ME GO! I WANT TO LEAVE! PLEASE!" Allison screamed still crying. She was struggling. "Shhhh Calm down. It's ok. Everything will be fine." I said in a calming tone. She relaxed and we both sat down. She just cried in my lap and I rubbed her head. I didn't realize how much she cared.

Allison's P.O.V.

I wanted to jump so I couldn't feel anymore pain. He doesn't know what has happened while he was gone. No one told him and it's been hard. He was the only real friend I had and he just left. He was the person I went to for help with problems in school, at home, or just when I was depressed. While he was gone I had nobody to talk to. I cried thinking of all of the things he's missed. I'm crying because he's missed too much to make up for and he has to go away again. I want to tell him. I will tell him.

"Stop crying everything's ok! I won't go if you don't want me to." He said. That calmed me down. "You don't understand what you missed. It's been hard not having anyone to talk to. Your the only person I know who actually cares and you went away. A years worth of pain is what you have to make up for and that's too much." I said crying even harder after I said it. He looked up and we both saw rain coming down. He looked back at me. "I'm not going. I know it's been tough but I thought you forgot all about me and made different friend that weren't bitches. I won't leave if it makes it hard in you. What happened while I was gone." He asked. It took a while for me to reply.

"My mom and dad got divorced, my grandpa has lung cancer, my uncle broke his back, and Val got in a car accident. She lost her memory and she can't remember anything other than me, my mom, and my dad. Things have been terrible and I didn't have anyone to talk to that I felt safe with." I said. It felt good to get off my chest. I missed having him to talk to. I looked up at him and he was staring at me. We both stood up and he grabbed both of my hands. He sighed and put his head down. "I'm not going. If I miss too much you'll never forgive me." He said. I lifted up his chin and looked into his eyes. "I can't stay mad at you for 10 minutes, let alone never forgiving you." I said. Then we both leaned in and kissed.

I let go of his hands and wrapped my arms around his neck. He put his hands on my waist and pulled away from the kiss. His hair was dripping and he was soaked. "I've missed you" he said. He smiled and started to bite his lip. "I love you!" I said. He leaned in and kiss me. It turned into a makeout session.

A few minutes later we saw lightning, and a thunder crash. We walked back talking about what was going in while he was gone. "I won." I said. "You won what?" he asked cinfused. "I have more problems! I win!" I said. We both laughed.

We talked about where Austin was going and turns out it would be really far away. He's going to France. He said that if I don't want him to go he won't. "Wait! What if you went with me?" he said excitedly. "I can't. What would my mom do? She's be all alone and I just can't leave her!" I said. I really didn't want to go. What would she do without me?

"Ok I get it. But seriously, do you want me to go or not?" He asked. "Of course I don't want you to, but it will be a lot your gonna miss out on. Go!" I said. I don't want to drag him down.

Austin's P.O.V.

"No! I'm not going! If I miss anything else..." I paused. "I could never forgive myself! I love you, and I don't want to miss anything else. I've already missed too much and you struggled through it. I'm not gonna loose you to this, so I'm staying." I said. Im not going and I'm serious! "I feel safe with you Austin, and I'm happy your here for me. I really was gonna jump. You saved my life! thanks." She said. I had a really big urge to kiss her again. So I did. It was a short kiss then we realized that we were back at the campsite. The fire was almost all burned out and so we just let it be and went in the tent.

It stopped raining and all we heard was crickets and owls. We got comfortable in the tent and rolled over to face eachother. "I had fun tonight, even if I did almost try to kill myself, I had fun." Allison said. We laughed. "Me too!"

Allison's P.O.V.

"Hey! We are in a tent. Alone. About to sleep next to eachother. Anything you want to do before we fall asleep?" Austin said with a smirk on his face. I smiled and looked in his eye. "Yes. But not what you want to do. I just want a kiss goodnight!" I said. "That's not what I was thinking but ok!" he said. We laughed and he kissed me. "Goodnight beautiful. I love you!" he said. He looked into my eyes one last time and closed them. "Goodnight." I replied and closed my eyes too.

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Thanks for reading. And I actually really like this chapter. Not the attempting to kill herself part but everything else. I think it turned out great, and I really like writing it, because I have no idea what the endings gonna be. Vote and the next chapter will be up soon! ~xoxo Ali Mahone