The Perfect Crime || m.clifford & a.irwin

Chapter 4

song of chapter: Poison by Front Porch Step

Allison P.O.V.

"I'm tired of running." I mumble under my breath. Rachel and Luke look over at me wide eyed.

"What do you mean?" Luke questions. I slow down the car and climb out. Luke tries to grab my arm but I shake my head.

"Let me do this." I whisper. "Rachel give me the gun."

"I'm coming with you." Rachel says.

"Absolutely not." I exclaim.

"I'll come with you, then." Luke says looking over at Calum sleeping soundlessly beside him.

"Luke-" before I could protest he climbs out of the car, as Michael and Ashton pull over, I brace myself and reach for Rachel's gun. I put the gun in my back pocket.

"Finally give up, Allison?" Ashton questions. I narrow my eyes. "And you, Luke, either you love her a lot or you have a suicide mission."

"Ashton shut up." Michael snaps. "What are you doing, Ally?"

"Doing what I should've done a long time ago." I say. "I am going to let Ashton shoot me, but you have to let Luke and the others go and leave them alone."

"Ally! No." Luke says. I glare at him.

"This is my decision. Do we have a deal?"

"Allison." Michael mumbles. "No."

"What did you just say?" Ashton says pulling out his gun.

"Nothing," Michael says. Ashton looks at him in disgust, or maybe it was envy. Michael, even after everything, is taking up for me.

"We have a deal." Ashton says raising his gun. I swallow hard.

That's when a gun goes off and everything stops. But Ashton wasn't the one shooting. It was Michael.

"What the hell?!" Rachel yells getting out of the car. Ashton is laying on the ground clinching his knee.

"Michael." I whisper. I stare at Ashton.

"What the he-" Luke says but stops. "Why did you shoot your own partner?!"

"I-I wasn't about to let him shoot her." he says glaring at Luke. "You just stood there."

"Why are you still standing there? He could shoot us next." Calum says climbing out of the car. He moves towards us and I realize what he's holding, a gun.

"He's no going to shoot us." I say nearing Michael. "Michael, give me the gun." He stares at me for a second, he seemed to be searching for something. I reach out for the gun and grab his hand. I take the gun out of his grasp and empty the chamber. I look up at Michael and wrap my arms around his neck.

"Doesn't mean I wont." Ashton says limping. I let go of Michael just as he aims his gun at Calum, who had shoot in front of Rachel in an attempt to protect her. "Take a step away from the girl."

"No way in hell, Ashton." Calum snaps. "Put down the gun."

"I'm not a sissy." Ashton says. "I am not going to fail at this." Ashton turns to Michael and I and smiles.

"Or better yet, I'll just shoot Allison." Ashton says. "Was my idea to kill her in the first place."

"Ashton. Stop." Rachel says taking a step forward. "This isn't going to help anyone, Ashton."

"Rachel. No." I mumble. "Stay where you are."

"You're such a pretty girl Allison. I can see why Michael and Luke both have a thing for you." Ashton continues. Michael grabs my arm pulling me away from Ashton. "Such a shame I have to kill you."