I Almost Lost You

Chapter 17 Part: 3

"I love you too Ash." I said before I drifted off to sleep.

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Six am came along and I woke up. I tried to fall back asleep but I couldn't. Ashton was passed out. I decided to get up. I unattached myself from him and slid out of the bed. I walked into the bathroom and brushed my teeth, and hair. Today I was gonna try and find a job. I walked downstairs and sat down in front of my laptop. Searching for jobs was harder than I thought, but I eventually found one that was relatively close. It was at a music store in Sydney.

I walked back upstairs, still to find Ashton passed out. A giggle escaped my lips as I wrote a note saying:

Hey ash! I didn't want to wake you from your slumber. I went out for a bit and I should be back soon if I'm still gone by the time you wake up. But I borrowed your car and I'll be very careful!

Xx
Lily

With that, I got dressed and left. It was around nine when I got to the city and the store didn't open until ten.

I looked up a coffee shop downtown and I found a cute one. I pulled into the parking lot and got out, locking the car. I went inside and got in line. I ordered a small French vanilla coffee, with a croissant. I sat down in a small booth and ate. Once I was done, with resting and playing on my phone also, it was around 9:45. The store was about 10-15 minutes away so I thought I should leave.

When I got there it was 10:17. There was a car accident and traffic, and ugh. Awful. But when I got there it was open. There were some cars, I'm assuming both customers and workers. There was a sign on the door that said "HELP WANTED" so I thought I'd use that as a reference as well. There was a store next door. I peaked in and I found a very attractive guy. He had red hair and a black snapback on. He was wearing a green flannel with black skinny jeans.

My god was he beautiful.

I walked in to the music store and it I already loved it. It has an old vintage, beaten up look to it. There was a side for records and another side for CDs. Then there was just some miscellaneous music stuff everywhere.

I went to the counter and there was an older man, maybe 50?

"Hi! I'm Lily. Liliana Cunningham." I said sticking out my hand. He accepted it and smiled.

"Hello Lily, welcome to Records.(a/n: idk if that's real or not) How can I help you?" He said smiling.

"Well I recently moved here, and I was looking for a job. I found you guys online, and the sign out front." I said point at it. "So I was wondering if I could apply?" I finished.

"Of course! Let's go talk about all the stuff, and paperwork and all that." He said motioning me to the back.

Ashtons POV

I woke up around eleven. I rolled over to find an empty bed. I shot up and looked around the room. I came across a note. The note was from Lily. She was adorable. I decided to get up and get dressed, only to discover I didn't really have many options. My undershirt and boxers. It was better than nothing. Walking downstairs, I looked around. Her house was beautiful. I sat on the couch and turned in the TV. I watched just random reruns of whatever show was on. I noticed a book shelf just to the right of me. I got up and scanned it. I found a little book with the words "Journal" written on it. I opened it up to see what she wrote about. I began reading and realized it wasn't any of her book writing. I closed it m, not wanting to intrude any further than what I read. I only read a few lines, but those few lines were terrifying.

"They're deep...he made me do it. He hurt me again, this time for an hour straight-"