Oh, Hi (COMPLETE Ashton Irwin fanfic)

Chapter 36 ||Not a pretty sight||

Cass P.O.V

I felt like dying. These news weren't easy to take in. Why's he the one crying? I have all the right to completely move away from this place. I feel like the one in most pain.

I honestly don't care how he feels as long as he knows what he did to me was wrong.

"Let go of me!" I scream letting go of his grip.

I know my tears are flowing out of me and it doesn't matter. I stare into his hazel eyes. My face expression shows "What do you want me to do?".

He knows how beaten down I am.

"I..I know..you couldn't care less. It was dumb of me Cass." He says and I watch a tear fall from his red eyes.

"I honestly don't know whether or not to trust you." And with that said, I turn around and walk home.

His car picks up better speed than I do so he passes me and I see him bawling his eyes out.

Is he actually upset? Why cry over something you did on purpose?

A sudden collage of everything that has happened in the past year hit me. It wasn't at all pretty. I cried and cried. There really wasn't any sign of stopping.

I surely didn't want Denise to see this so I went to my house. Obviously, by the time I got there it was already super dark. In the darkness I'm unable to see Calum sitting on the steps.

I'm still crying when I hear him ask "What's wrong?" This scares me half to death but I calm down.

The only sound is me weeping. He gets up and hugs me. It's a really nice hug. The kind of hug that you want to be in forever, especially in a situation like this.

I hand him the key and he opens the door. When he turns on the lights, he's finally able to see my appearance making him jump. He examines my burns from the rope, cuts on my arms and bruises, and of course my messed up mascara which left a trail down my face.

Not a pretty sight.

"Who did this to you? What happened?" He asks really concerned.

Before I spoke, I took a deep breath and wiped my cheeks with the back of my hand.

"Erik and Ashton...some old barn place. Ashton lied and and-" I couldn't help but cry. I couldn't finish my sentence and just went in for a hug. He hugged me back.

I expected him to yell something about Ashton being a dick. But he didn't.

We pull back and Calum's eyes are tearing up. Holy shit, what did I do know?

"What's wrong?" I ask super confused.
"I wish I could get advice from your mom whenever something bad happens." He says sniffling.

"Me too." I reply honestly.

"What did Ashton lie about?" He asks.

"About actually giving a shit about my feelings." I reply pretty pissed.

"What do you mean?"

"He admitted he went out with me because of this game he was playing with Erik. It was about seeing who would get laid by chicks, the winner gets money."

I continue.

"It was all a lie, he didn't even love me."

"Hmm. Cass, he wasn't thinking. All guys do stupid things but this, this is not at all okay. You can't say you're fine. I know you're not. Me and the boys could talk to him if you want." He says firmly.

"But that's the thing, I don't know if I can trust him again." I go on. "Let alone believe him."

"Trust me, I'm infuriated. That doesn't do anything either so we'll talk to him. Cass I want you to come with us, it sucks this happened literally two days before we leave but I still want you to." He says slightly smiling.

I nod and thank him.

"You know, you're like a really chill sister." He says making me chuckle.

"Thanks, not too bad yourself bro bro." I reply opening the door. I lock it and walk him to his place. I hug him one last time and make my way back.

I swiftly clean my face from the dried up tears and mascara streaks. I hop in the shower and clean my dirt marks. Afterwards, I put rubbing alcohol on my cuts and burns. It burns like hell.

I change into clean pijamas and end up walking over to Denise's place. I knock and she answers.

"Oh my god! Are you ok?! What happened?!" She asks squeezing me into a hug.

"I'm okay, I ran back. I took a shower cause I fell on the ground and got cuts and burns." I lie. It didn't feel right lying but I had to.