Austin’s P.O.V

“I told you all something big was happening tonight!” I giggled into the mic, the crowd roared again, I dragged Oli closer to me then he already was, he grinned, happy tears pouring down from his eyes, even though it had been minutes after I proposed. I still cant believe he said yes! Now he’s my FIANCE! I wanted to squeal, so I didn’t hold it back, I jumped up and down like a little school girl, earning laughs from the crowd.

“I mean I’ve proposed to someone before, but my heart wasn’t with it, you guys have no idea how amazing it feels to have the love of your life agree to marry you.” I chimed, which earned awhs from the large bunch.

“Well its late! And I’m sure you all have work or school tomorrow, sooooo goodnight Los Angeles! It’s so good to be back home, we love you and thanks for the awesome night! Also thank you for baring witness to what is the best night of my life!” the crowd roared again, and Oli and I trotted off stage, hand in hand, smiling at each other.

“Congratulations!” everyone cheered in unison, before dragging us into a huge group hug, we laughed, hugging our friends back.

“LET’S CELEBRATE!” Matt hollered, tossing his drumstick out from behind the curtain, and into the crowd, the few fans that remained dived to catch them.

“I agree! That sound okay to you, babe?” I turned to Oli, who just smiled and nodded his head, I pecked his cheek.

“Alright where too?”


-*-

We had ended up going to a club down the street, running into several fans from the show earlier, who showered us with hugs and their blessings, we decided to stick around with them. Tino was talking to the few women, which of course he held no interest in, since he was taken, along with all of us, well minus Alan, oops. I downed my fourth shot, feeling the alcohol finally take effect, I pulled Oli onto the dance floor with me, he was already tipsy. After 2 shots too! How is that even possible? Save for the fact he doesn’t drink and weighed nothing…

I held him close to me as we moved with the music, a huge smile plastered on my face and his, “I’m so happy.” He told me, before pressing a kiss on my lips, the alcohol only fueled the passion that much more, I kissed him back eagerly, not caring that we were in the middle of a crowded club. As we pulled back, I watched his smile falter a bit, before he went wide eyed, I shot him a confused glance, as he pointed in the direction behind me, after spinning on my heel I saw some one I didn’t think id see again.

Jona.

He was parading over to where Tom and Matt sat at the bar, fingers laced and completely oblivious, I growled; telling Oli to go find his band mates, before stomping over to Jona, and grabbing him by the arm.

“What do you think your doing here?” I hissed, I watched the blonde laugh.

“Oh its you again, what was your name?” he asked with a sly smile,

“Austin, not that its you-“

“Austin, Austin Carlile. I know who you are, just making sure you would be man enough to admit it to me!” he stepped forward, getting into my face, earning a few side glances from the bar patrons,

“Do I know you?” I asked bitterly, frankly, I just needed to know why he was here!

“Yeah, you killed my brother.” He spat out, before taking me completely by surprise, he pulled my body forward, and pushed a cold piece of steel against my stomach, which could only mean…

BANG.

Screams where the first thing I remember hearing, before I felt my body hit the ground, I could see familiar faces, Tom, Matt, Tino, and lastly Oli, he cradled my head whispering, “Austin, stay with me!” over and over again, I coughed, blood spewing forward, hitting my fiancé directly in the face; oh Oli I’m so sorry. I felt two hands push on my chest, Phil, trying to hold the blood in that was spewing from the open wounds, but that only caused it to squirt up, decorating my friends faces as well.

“I’m sorry…I-” I muttered the words out, gargling on the red liquid that pushed into my throat, I cant die, not yet, no, everything just got better; but my eyes slipped closed as the pain enveloped me, sending me to an empty state, I had a sudden thought that the universe had other plans.

-*-

Oli’s P.O.V

“WHY!” I screamed, falling to my knees, I felt the guys all kneel beside me, as I punched the ground over and over, Tom grabbing my hand, and bring me into his chest. I sobbed harshly, the hospital was as packed as it ever was, I remember being here years ago, but now, this was so much worse.

“I’m very sorry about what happened, he will be okay...but…he will need to be in a wheel chair for some time as he is temporarily paralyzed, the bullet split several disks in his back, and did some nerve damage. We are hopeful he will recover just fine though…the police have also caught the man who did this.” The doctor whispered, but I paid it no mind. This was all Jona’s fault! Why did he have to shoot him? Austin, my perfect Austin, was hurt…

“Excuse me?” a feminine voice pulled me out of my painstaking revere, I looked up. A woman of about 5’4 stood before us, her hair fell into a black bob, a small ring was hanging on her nose, she had large dark brown eyes, that reminded me of…Austins…I took note that she had some tattoos as well, she was holding onto a small blonde woman, she also had a small nose ring, and was crying quietly.

“Oh my…you’re all covered in blood….” the brunette woman spoke in a matter of fact tone. Thanks for the reminder that my fiancés blood was all over my face and clothes!

“What are YOU doing here?” Alan roared, taking me a bit by surprise, the dark haired woman glared at him.

“Alan, she has every right to be here! Don’t be hateful!” she replied, sighing as the blonde woman met eyes with me,

“So your Oli…”she muttered, I nodded, too tired to speak, Matt dragged me off the ground, allowing me to lean on him for support.

“I..I-I’m Gielle…” she whispered, I felt anger boil inside me, what made it okay for her to be here!?

“I’m Hannah, and before you get mad…she’s just here to give her condolences for the situation, as am I. Right, Gielle?” the smaller woman, Hannah, shot a look to her friend, she shook her head.

“Yeah, I really am sorry for what happened, it was on the news, and I thought I could come tell you that…Austin is a strong man, he will pull through whatever state he is in.”

“How dare you.” I replied in a hushed voice, she blinked.

“What..?” she asked, I bounded forward, getting a few inches from my Fiancés ex-wife,

“How dare YOU, for coming here, like you are the most innocent creature in the world! You destroyed him, you retched woman! He told me about you, how you betrayed him when he needed you most, and you left him to pick up the pieces, your nothing but a coward and a whore who has no right to be here!”

Everyone in the waiting room looked at me, shock on their faces, the guys, Gielle and Hannah included, I expected her to slap me. Hell, I would have if I was her, I have never been one to take a rash action and speak that way, but she deserved it!

“I shouldn’t have come…” Gielle muttered, I growled.

“NO. you shouldn’t have! He’s going to have to be in a wheel chair for awhile by the way, not like you care.” I spat, Matt grabbed my arm and tugged me out her face,

“Calm down, now. This isn’t the time or place!” he hissed, I hated to admit it, but he was right. I looked at my friends, studying their faces which were solemn, reality of the situation kicked back in. Austin, my fiancé, the love of my life, was hurt, and here I was; going off on someone who just came to apologize. I glanced at Gielle, who was crying on her friends shoulders.

“’m sorry…I’m being selfish.” I whispered, before falling back to my knees, I needed to see Austin; “Can you ask if I can see him?” I tugged on Kean’s jacket, he nodded before walking to the nurses station. I stared at the ground, I felt a hand slip on my shoulder, before the owner sat down beside me.

“We all made our share of mistakes; I think we all must have told him that his past would catch up with him…” Gielle said it like she had rehearsed it before, but its true. I told Austin time after time, that he was going to regret his choices, but I didn’t think this would be the outcome, I glanced up at the blonde woman before me, and she smiled sadly, tears rolling down her cheeks.

“You’re a good man, Oli. Austin really out did himself by being with someone as great as you, I hope one day you can forgive me,” she glanced up at the of mice and men guys, “all of you, and Austin as well.”

“Gielle, we don’t hate you, you can see why we were bitter, but I can’t say anything more than that. I was blinded by rage and stupidity once as well; we both have fucked up when it came to Austin.” Alan said, before plopping down on the floor next to us,

“Agreed, I think we all had our fair share of mishaps. Can we all put it behind us?” I asked quietly, everyone nodded in agreement.

“Here comes your friend,” Hannah added quietly, Kean walked back to us, and I nodded for him to say something.

“We can go back, 2 at a time since he is in the ICU, Oli you obviously go first, Alan, since you’re his best friend, you should go too.”

“Thank you.” I mouthed, before standing and offering Alan a hand, he took it with a small smile as I hoisted him up.

“Room 211, floor 2.” Matt added as we walked over to the elevators. I hit the 2nd floor button, as the doors closed. Alan sighed,

“You ready to do this?” he asked, I nodded

“As I’ll ever be.” I added, as the elevator came to a stop, we exited before making our way down the halls, finally arriving at the South ICU. I braced myself, stopping before the doors, Alan placed a hand on my shoulder,

“I’m here for you Oli...” he added,

“You too, Alan.” I replied.

Pushing the door open, I spotted the 11th room, I walked as fast as I could, till I was standing outside of it, if I listened hard enough, I could hear a female voice.

“Alright, Mr. Carlile, we’re going to need to schedule you for heart surgery to put a pace maker in as well, once you heal from your back surgery, of course.”

“Yes ma’am. Thank you.”

I smiled, he was awake! That meant he was alive! I know the doctor told me he was, but I had to see for myself, I couldn’t trust anything I had heard, in fear of my head distorting it.

Godyourpathetic!

He’sgonnadieOli.

Itsallyourfaulttoo

I shook my head, before pushing the curtain out of the way, before me was a quite large room, a brown haired woman was on the computer, and that’s when I laid eyes on Austin. His hair was disheveled, blood stains were on his face, and a few IV lines were connected to his arm, he smiled, bigger than I have ever seen him.

“Well well well, it’s my Olisarus and my Ginger Princess!” he giggled, tears stung my eyes as I rushed to his side, grabbing his hand.

“They caught Jona, he’s going to be in prison a long time, ya know…” why was that the first thing I said? Oh could it be that I was terrified that they would somehow find out about Austin? Yeah that’s why…

“Well hello to you too…” he muttered, Alan walked over, taking his other hand.

“Untraceable, right?”the ginger asked, Austin nodded, I shot them a weird look. Alan made a gun hand movement, and mouthed , ‘bullets, guns, and transactions.’

“Good…now Austin…” I felt my voice crack, as emotion took over me.

“Don’t scare me like this again! You have no idea how horrifying it was to watch the man who just proposed to you, bleeding out in your arms! Austin, I can’t lose you...ever, please don’t…”

“Shh!” he whispered, taking his hand out of mine, and gently grabbing my arm, pulling me close enough where he could kiss me, he pressed his lips to mine, I kissed back as relief washed over me, I thought id never feel his lips again, thought id never hear his voice, or see his smile, god that would be the end of me.

“I love you, Oli. And you know how tough I am, its going to take a lot more than an ass hole shooting me in the chest, to off me. Ya here?” he giggled, and I did too.

Alan ruffled our hair, “You guys are so cute it makes me sick.” He joked, Austin squeezed his hand.

“You been taking care of this one?” Austin asked the guitarist, nodding in my direction.

“Like I promised.” He smiled at his best friend then me, promised?

“I told Alan if anything ever happened to me, to be there for you…I know we all had a rocky start there, but I hope you all have gotten over it. Alan, you’re my best friend, my brother, and Oli, you’re my soon to be husband, and my other best friend, I hope you all can get along.” Austin chimed,

“Of course we can, I love you and Oli, and I still feel terrible about what happened, I hope you know that, Ols.” Alan glanced at me, a hopeful look in his eyes.

“All is forgiven, I love you both too.” I added in, Austin smiled.

“Awh you guys!” he squealed, I went to laugh but didn't as I noticed a shocked look cross his face, followed by a panicked one.

“Oli…why cant I feel my legs?”

“Austin…”

“Oli please tell me!” his voice was desperate, the nurse jumped up from her desk, pushing Alan out of the way.

“Mr. Carlile, I know I told you, that you would be numb due to the medicine and spinal tap we had to do…but when you were shot, you were temporarily paralyzed, so no walking for now...but we are hopeful that you will be able to begin rehab and learn again.”

“Learn!? To walk! I can walk, I can…Oli…” his voice was broken, and tears sprung in his eyes, I brushed them away, smiling sadly at him.

“We will get through this, You will get better, love.” I bent down and kissed his cheek, it was then that he began to sob.

“NO! I cant…we just got engaged! There were so many things I wanted to do! How are we going to tour? This isn’t fair, this isn't...this is…exactly what I deserve.” He whispered the last part, earning a confused glance from the nurse.

“I’m going to step out,” she sighed,

“Me too…” Alan chided, following the woman out.

“No it isn’t, love. You don’t deserve any of this, you are going to be fine. Forget touring, forget everything, we need to focus on you getting well, and I will be here every step of the way…I will never leave your side. Till death do us part, right?” I held my left hand up, proudly brandishing the ring he gave me. He calmed down a bit, biting his lip, a habit I never could get him out of,

“You are truly the most amazing person, Oliver.” Austin clutched onto my hand, harder then I thought was possible, but it didn’t hurt, I was just glad he was able too.

“I owe it all to you, you are my everything…” the words were hard to say, too much emotion was coming over me.

“I love you so much…” I whispered,

“I love you too…I always have and always will…oh and I’m sorry…” he retorted playfully,

“For what?” I asked, pulling up a chair next to him.

“Getting blood on your shirt, I liked that one.” He smirked, as did I.

Typical Austin.

Notes

oops dont hate me...i warned you.
this story has been mapped out since day 1, so i apologize for the disturbing parts of this chapter, but i told you not to get to comfortable ;D

So Austins alive but temporarily paralyzed, Jona is in Jail, Gielle is back! So much has happened!
what are YOUR thoughts?

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xoxo
Siren