Tattooed Hearts (Lashton)

Chapter 24

Ashton and I have been doing great. I still live with him and Calum in their appartment and Ryan and Adam haven't tried to contact me or have I seen them around. The band is doing great too, we get more views each time we upload a video, our last one got over a thousand views! To celebrate we all went out to eat and had a movie marathon and a sleepover at Michael's place.

"Hey fag, I don't think I can make it to our little meeting, so I'm giving it to you now" I heard a voice whisper from behind me. Jake is the only thing that didn't improve. I still get beaten up everyday, but I can hide it much better now. I have been secretly buying foundation to cover up the bruises, since I can't go home to get my old one.

I felt a fist make contact with my lower spine and my back doubled backwords. I felt to the ground and Jake took this as his chance to kick me multiple times in the stomach. He kicked my head and I felt an imense pain shoot through it. I tried keeping my eyes open to see where Jake was going to kick me next so I could protect myself a bit, but it was no use. I felt too much pain and my body gave in to it, my eyes slowly closing and I let myself be taken by the dark.

Michael Pov

I know Luke told me he wouldn't walk home with me anymore, because Ashton would always pick him up after school, but I couldn't help but be worried. Just when I arrived home I got a call from Ashton. It was pretty late, 5 o'clock already, so I don't know why he would be calling me. I picked up anyway, because what kind of friend would I be if I didn't?

"Y'ello?"

"Michael, please tell me Luke is with you?"

"What? No, you picked him up after school? Didn't you start doing that last week?" I asked him, my eyebrows raised.

"Fuck, no Mikey, I never pick him up after school and he hasn't come home yet!"

I hang up the phone after Ashton said that and ran out the door. I ran back to school without stopping to catch my breath. When I arrived in the main hallway my eyes almost rolled out of their sockets and I felt sick to my stomach. There, in the middle of the hallyway, were Jake and Luke. Jake repeadetly kicking Luke in the stomach and Luke laid on the ground with his eyes closed.

"YOU!" I screamed while pointing to Jake. He turned around and smirked when he saw me walking towards him, anger boiling inside me.

"Nice you seeing here? What do you think of the work I did? I think he looks way better now then standing around and actually being concious, don't you think?" Jake asked, a smirk around his lips while doing so. I looked down at Luke and saw he was unconcious. I quickly kneeled next to him and tried waking him up, which obviously didn't work.

"Fuck off and leave him" Jake said while pushing me off of Luke. He pushed me up against a locker and whispered in my ear, "Now you're too late to save your little friend, Clifford. Watch me finish him".

Jake kneed me right in my crotch and I felt to the ground. Not being able to get up to stop Jake from walking back to Luke and continuing what he was doing, I grabbed my phone instead. I quickly shot Ashton a text saying to call the cops and come to school as soon as possible.

Jake had walked back to Luke and was kneeling beside him, caressing his face as if he actually cared for Luke. He then grabbed Luke by his hair and lifted him off the ground. He whispered something in his ear and then let go of the hair. Luke's head came down really hard and blood started pouring out of his head. I watched everything happen, not being able to do anything. I didn't care about my own pain and tried standing up. When I did I slowly made my way to Jake and let myself drop on top of him, making us both fall with me on top. I didn't move, I couldn't, my leg made a weird twist and it hurts like crazy. But Jake couldn't get up either.