Obsessive Secrets

Chapter 23

Ashton's POV

Calum pushes me into the room and crosses his arms.

"What did you do?" He asks rather angrily.

"I don't know why you feel you have the right to ask me that. It's not your business, stay out of it Calum." I reply. I've had enough of this guy mixing himself into our relationship.

"I do have the right. Believe it or not, but Daniella is my friend too and I have the right to know what's going on between the two of you." I just shake my head and look down.

"Fine." I sit down on the bed where I should have slept with Dani by now. Ugh. God I swear, not having sex is affecting me somehow. At least I'm going to say it is.

"So what happened?" Calum repeats.

"I got back to the room and Dani opened the door for me and walked to the bed. Knowing she probably didn't want to be near me, I stayed away. I stood."

"Ok and then what?" I sigh.

"I told her she could talk to me and she just replied saying 'I know.'"

"And then?"

"And then we..." I stop and look at Calum.

"And then..." He starts for me.

"And then she started kissing me and you know, things got heated." He nods and I continue. He was being completely serious right now, no jokes. "I kept stopping her at first because I knew she was just trying to distract me but she was very persistent.-" I'm interrupted by a knock on the door. Calum turns around and opens to present Luke, standing in the doorway.

"Hey, I saw Daniella leave, is she ok?" He asks Calum. Calum just sighs.

"Come in Luke, Ashton's explaining what happened before she left to see if we can figure it out."

"Oh. Ok." He sits down in the chair next to the TV and looks at me. Calum follows his stare and nods at me.

"Ok, continue." Wow, this is awkward. Luke's- I mean, he's- Um...

"Are you sure you want to hear this bit? I mean it's not really that important." I say to the two boys.

"No. Everything's important. Just tell us." Luke says. Ok, he's asking for it.

"So, what was weird about it was that she was talking control, which she never does." Luke looks confused for a moment before it finally clicks. "Then again, we haven't slept together in like 3 weeks so you can't get mad at me for kinda wanting to continue." Luke just scrunches his face while Calum interrupts.

"Wait. 3 weeks? I thought you guys-"

"No."

"Oh, well. I'm sorry, that doesn't really matter. What then?" I look at Luke, who seems to be more than uncomfortable but whatever, he'll get through it.

"I put my hand on her neck and was putting a little pressure there and she flinched. I don't know what it was but I thought I was hurting her, so I stopped." Calum freezes, quite obviously if I might add. "What? Is there something I don't know? What's so special about that?" I ask him, genuinely curious. Does he know something? Because I have the right to know about whatever is going on. Luke also stares at Calum.

"Nothing, it's nothing. Go on." He shakes it off and replies. Ok.

"Anyway, she still didn't give me any answers and told me to continue. Reluctantly, I did and squeezed her neck again, to which she stopped me." I stop and look at Calum who looks like he's deep in thought. "Then we got in a little fight because I kept asking her about why she told you something and not me. Honestly, it was stupid and I regret it now but why the hell did he tell you!? She keeps saying that she wasn't ready to tell me and that she couldn't just 'tell' me but what's so hard about it?!" I say rather loudly. I know I shouldn't be screaming but I hate this. I hate the secrets and lies and I thought we were over them. This all happened when I left for England. I should have never gone. If I didn't go then maybe she wouldn't have been harassed. Maybe she wouldn't have to even think about her ex ever again. Maybe this whole Peter thing could have just never happened. Then again, if I never went to England, there would be so much she'd still be hiding from me. There would be so much I wouldn't know. I guess I now understand what she was trying to tell me back at the LA house. She really did have a messy past. One I'm not sure I know everything about. Of course I love her and I want to know everything about her but at the same time, I don't want to push it. I just wish she would tell me. And this isn't just about the fact that she told Calum. It's also about the fact that we promised. We promised No More Secrets. Then again, that's love. There's always something you want to hide from the other person to keep them safe. To keep them safe from what you used to be or from what you truly are. Calum sighs and looks at Luke, who's looking at the ground.