Battle Scars ➳ Ashton Irwin || #Wattys 2016

Chapter Twenty Two

A/N: real quick I just wanted to thank you for for read this story. I never thought so many people would read it so thank you thank thank you thank you.
Sorry last chapter sucked, here's this one to make up for it.
Also, I'm having trouble making a good cover photo so if one of you guys could make one that would be so cool and if love you for a really long time and I'll make a detection for you.

~Previous Chapter~

On the way there I couldn't help but think what he had planned, either way I was excited and I didn't care, as long as it with him.

~Present~

As soon as I got to work I wrapped my apron around myself that was last hung on the hanger.

"Today is going to be a good day," I tell myself, forcing myself to believe it. I repeated it over and over.

"Glad to see you came back. Feeling better?" Sabrina asks.

"Tons, thanks for letting me take the day off," i try the apron tightly around me and make my way to the counter, she nods and follows me to the front.

"I can help who's next!" I call out.

"Hello, how are you?" I smile at the customer on his phone, who clearly is not paying attention.

"Hi I'd like-" he pauses. It was Cameron, not just any ordinary customer. My heart beings to pump harder and te hairs on my arms stand up. I haven't seen him, or heard from him in a little over a month.

"Wow, Shay. You look- Great," he stutters. "I've been looking for you, I need to talk to you, it's more of a private conversation."

"I can't," I reply. I fiddle with my fingers trying to stay calm as possible.

"It will only take a few minutes," he reassures me.

"It's okay," Sabrina calls out. "Just make it quick." She smiles from the back kitchen and goes back to working.
I sigh and make my way out from behind the counter. I follow him to a table in a corner and take a seat across from him.

"Make it quick what did you want to talk about," I say sternly.

"Look I've been looking all over for you, I miss you, Shay. I understand you now, you need help. And I'm willing to give that to you. I got a new job at the office that pays much better and I can get you everything you need. I can't focus on anything else's but you. You mean the world to me, and I'm ready to give all I have to you. I want to give you the world, because I love you." He blurts out all at once. Of course he got a new job, he gets a promotion every week from his boss. God, why did he have to show up now? I hate him. At least that's what I was telling myself.

"Who do you think you're trying to fool here," I scoff with a harsh tone. "Here's the thing. I know what's good for me now and I know it's not you. I don't know who you think you're fooling. Maybe I loved you because you treated me just as badly as I treated myself. Now, I'm not sad to see you, or depressed. I found someone else, and I think you should do the same."

Wow, I can't believe I just said that. I feel I'm in control, and I can think more rationally. I don't miss him as much I thought I did.

I look across the table, his face was pale and he was gripping the edge of the table so hard his knuckles turned white.

"You're refusing me? How dare you! I offered to fix up your shitty life and this is how you repay me!? You've moved on? To who?!" His voice getting louder and attracting more attention. The kind of attention I don't want.

"I think you should go," I stand up from the table them begin to slowly back away. I didn't want everyone looking at me.

"You'll regret this you heartless bitch!" He screams. Now everyone in the cafe was looking at us. Sabrina rushes out beside me.

"Sir, I'm gonna have to ask you to leave," she points to the door.

"I'll see you around, Shay," he grits his teeth, flashes me an evil smile. I forgot how angry he gets when he doesn't get what he wants. Now I realize it all. He acts like a child. I can't believe I've never seen it before.

"God, what scum! Who was that?" She asks.

"That was Cameron, the guy I was telling you about," I sigh.

"I'll make sure he never comes in here again. I'm glad you've moved on." She puts her hand in my back and we walk to the back of the kitchen.

"So who's the lucky guy?" She teases.

"I'm not actually dating him, but were are going on some type of date." I smile.

"That should be fun," she claps in excitement. She was always someone I could trust, we always had fun at work and she was pretty much my only friend sometimes. "Text me where the dates over! I want to know everything. Get back to work!" Although she was my boss we were like best friends, like in high school. We always had lunch together, but I never really talked to her much outside of work.
I push all my thoughts to the back of my head, and went back to working.

*Ashton's POV*

The shop was so deserted today. No one really came in much but a few people, which gave me more time to think about the date me and shay were gonna have. I was nervous, and excited.

"How's shay?" Derrick, my coworker asked.

"She great, I'm actually picking her up after work for a date," I say tapping the counter, making a random beat.

"What's the plan? Anything special?"

"I had rented out this cabin by the lake for the weekend, and I was gonna take her. I thought we could use some alone time," I shrug. Derrick begins to smirk, and I already know what he's thinking.
"Not like that," I chuckle.

"Come on now, Ash. I'm not stupid."

"She not ready for that yet, and I'm willing to wait until she is, she really deserves it. You should meet her, she perfeft. She has that kind of smile you just can't get out of your head. And beautiful baby blue eyes, she's stunning," I picture her in my head. She was so beautiful, and I can't believe she doesn't see that. I'm a way I makes me sad to think she doesn't see it, because it's all I can think about when im with her.

"I'm happy for you, you better tell me everything that happens, bro," he pats my back and walks off into the storage room.
God, I couldn't wait for tonight.

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