Hurt Me, Master

Chapter 12: Double trouble

Ashley's P.O.V.

I walk out of the room, slamming the door behind me only to find people staring at me, which makes me realize that they must be looking at the scar.

I rush to the washroom and reapply the concealer and set my make-up right before walking out. I really don't know what is bothering me more, Spyroulla, my father, or my feelings for Sean. I made a pact with myself, that no matter what, I will not let my feelings mess with my lifestyle and now everything seems out of control.

I go to the cafeteria and order myself a sandwich only to discover that my dad messed up with my bank accounts.

"Great, now I am both broke and hungry." I sigh and fill up my water bottle and sit down on the last table in the room, tapping my feet as everything from the dance room keeps on playing in my head.

Suddenly I feel someone massaging my shoulders from behind, "Not now Sean..." I whine.

He chuckles and sits in front of me. "Did you hear the polish, jew and American joke?"

"What?" I look at him perplexed.

"Okay, so there were three dudes who were to be executed, one jew, one polish, and the last one was an American."

"Nooooooooooo" I giggle, "Please don't, I beg you! This is the most annoying joke ever and your accent makes it way too funnier!! Please!"

Sean smiles and thinks for a couple of moments, "Okay how about my Stephen Hawking impression?"

"Now that's just silly." I shake my head and cover my ears.

"See you know you cannot control your laughter once I begin, so it's better you let me do my job."

"Okay, okay" I look at him and chuckle, "You win! But no jokes please!!" I beg him with my go-to puppy eyes.

"Request accepted. Now tell me how your day was, I am all ears and I will not say anything to your arrogant master. I promise, our little secret." He winks and slurps in his coffee.

"Hmm...Well I am super angry with master and myself but you don't get to call him arrogant, I know he was just trying to play his role and he did a good job." I check my watch to see how much time of left before I leave for home.

"Hmm, Ash, on a serious note, I just want to know one thing. Was it Matt?"

I sigh, "You won't let it go, will you?"

"This is abuse." His words sound angry yet he tried to keep a low tone.

"Don't worry, it will not happen again and I assure you it wasn't Matt."

He doesn't say much after that and goes away for practice.

I could feel my stomach growl now, it's almost evening, I have never gone this long without food. I couldn't help myself but look at my watch again and again, regretting not bringing my wallet and relying on the stupid card.

"Here's the creep." Spyroulla walks in front of my desk with her gang of girls.

"I don't have to take this." I mutter and stand up but suddenly I feel two strong hands forcing me back on the chair. I turn around to find Jenny, her sidekick and Sean's friend from the boxing club smirking at me.

"What do you want Spyroulla?" I look at her in annoyance.

"You will find out." She flicks her hair and grabs the ketchup off the table. "Your makeup requires a little more blush to complete the look."

I sigh in exasperation, "At least I don't beg men to have sex with me?"
Before I could smirk, I feel her squirt the ketchup right on my face, which would not have been a big deal but it starts to sting my contact lenses as I stand in irritation, rubbing my eyes and yell, "What the hell!! Are you out of your mind?"

The next thing I know is I am floating in the air until I feel my bones cracking against the marble floor. The worst part is, I still cannot open my eyes and I begin screaming only to hear a loud thud and the clinking of the lock.

I take off my top and wipe my face with it and slightly blink my eyes to only burst into tears. I have never felt this weak in my entire life but this day has been the worst.

It has been an hour and despite my screams, no one has dared to unlock the door. I don't even have my phone here.

Suddenly I hear footsteps and like the fool I am, I hopelessly shout, "Help!! I am locked in this room!"

To my surprise, I hear him back, "Oh no, wait."
This voice sounds familiar until I see Matt with the broken lock in his hands. "Are you okay?" He asks with concern.

I quickly cover myself with my ketchup-covered shirt and nod. "Thanks, and you may leave."

"You don't seem okay..is that blood?" He sounds extra concerned and that just annoys me more.

I wear the stinky shirt and stand up, "It's ketchup, someone pranked me. Nothing to worry about, I promise. I have a spare set of clothes in my locker."

This is infuriating, Spyroulla cannot get away with bullying me, I am not that weak. I stomp towards the girls' common room and take a shower which makes me realize I lost my lenses. Wow, now everything is blurry.

I change into a new pair of clothes and walk out to find Matt waiting there for me, "Matt, please I am fine. Just leave me alone."

"Yes, leave her alone." I hear a voice behind me. I don't even have to turn around, I know who it is.

Matt sighs, "Really? What good of a dom are you? Hitting her and locking her in a room? Dude, you and I have a bone to pick, probably in the ring." He leaves before Sean could say anything.

"Where were you? I was looking for you everywhere and what the hell was he talking about?" Sean looks at me and gasps, "Oh god, it's bigger than I thought, who hurt you, Ash?" I can feel his fingers gently caress my cheek.
Shit, I forgot to put on the makeup!

"I am queen bee's new target." My voice is quite cracky from all the screaming and crying, I hate this all so much.

He grabs my arm gives me my bag and phone, "I found these in the cafeteria and you have thirty seconds to explain yourself."

I check my phone to see ten missed calls from my dad and up at his face which is burning red in anger. "I am hungry." I sigh in exhaustion.

"Ashley, I am not kidding. Tell me what happened? Why is your hair wet and you were not wearing the same thing in the morning." Sean keeps on shooting questions.

All I hear are some words and my vision suddenly goes black. 

I feel a pair of arms around me as I begin to slowly blink and grab onto them.

"Sean...I don't feel good." I whisper as I struggle to stand back up.

He helps me sit down on a bench in an empty lecture hall and turns on the lights. "Here, drink some water." He offers me his sipper.

"Thanks.." I smile and drink from it.

"Are you okay?" He asks with concern. "Do you need me to do anything?"

"Hold me..." I pout.

"What's wrong?"

I stand up and wrap my arms around his neck and mumble, "I am exhausted and really hungry, my card ditched me..."

He gently caresses my back, "Oh, why didn't you tell me before?"

He sits me down on the desk and takes out a box of noodles from his bag, "Well, it's a cheat day." He shrugs and gives me a set of forks.

My eyes sparkle as I open the box.

He takes out a tube from his bag and keeps it on the table, "This will help you with the swelling, I use it all the time. But I would appreciate it if you provide me with more details of how this happened."

"I would like a milkshake first." I smirk.

"How about chocolate shake?" He took out another bottle from his bag making me gasp in wonder.

"Whoa...is that Doraemon's pocket! What else do you have in there?" I chuckle and grab the bottle.

"Just told you, cheat day!" He chuckled.

I quickly gulp in the noodles, irrespective of him noticing me, I just couldn't control it.

"Nice Ramen."

"You wanna hang out tonight?" He keeps the box back in his bag.

"Where?" Although I should say no but I totally need a break, it doesn't matter how late I reach home, the outcome would be the same.

"At my place? We can watch a movie or something?"

"Are your parents home?"

"Nahh, it will be just us and I promise no sessions tonight."

I smirk, "Too bad, I was hoping to have one."

"So you are in, aren't you?"

"Yeah, just let me text my mom."
I quickly text my mom that I will be staying at a friend's place for the night for a group assignment and walk to the parking.