I hate the way I look || ashtray

Long time no see.

Nate jacobs..Elizabeth Howard, they were known to the whole school, best couple, they dated for just over a year, and they seemed so happy. But what was going on underneath all of that?

Elizabeth stumbled in her tracks and looked up at who she had bumped into, her eyebrows raised and her eyes widened. She gulped and dropped the blunt in her hand, stumbling back a bit in fear. It was Nate. He stared down at her and smirked slightly, grabbing onto her arm to keep her steady on her feet. She flinched and kept eye contact with Nate, she couldn't look away.

"N-Nate..-" she stuttered and swallowed hard, she could feel tears prickling her eyes, she hadn't seen him since...,

Flashback

They were arguing, screaming and shouting at eachother. Elizabeth was crying as he shouted in her face.

"Just shut up you fucking whore, you don't know shit! You're only here because you're good for god damn sex!!"

Elizabeth felt herself crying, she sniffled and banged her fists against his chest.

"Fuck you! I hate you so much! We're done, this relationship is done! I've had enough of you! You-"

And then he hit her. He hit her across the face, over and over again, he punched her in the stomach, hurt her until she was in hospital.

Nate hummed. "I haven't seen you in..so long, I almost forgot how beautiful you were." He tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. This wasn't good, Elizabeth was attached easily, even though Nate had done so much, she loved his nice side. She smiled a bit.

"Thank you.." then, the grip on her arm got tighter, she winced, her smile fading.

"You should come back home with me, I can show you a good time, treat your body right." He whispered into her ear, she panicked a bit and tried to pull away from him.

"No thank you Nate, I'm actually seeing someone." She lied. She lied but oh well.

"Oh yeah? Who?"

Shit. She had to think, the person that came straight to mind.

"Fez younger brother ash." She pulled her arm away and started walking back towards the gas station, of course he followed her. She walked faster and approached back at the gas station. She gave fezco a scared and worried look before running to the back. She stared at ash.

"Can you pretend to be my boyfriend for like 10 minutes!! Please, I'm begging you."

Ash stared at her and gritted his teeth before standing up. He sighed.

"You owe me ma."

She smiled and hugged him, mumbling a thank you in his ear. She nuzzled into the side of his neck and relaxed when he hugged her back, holding her in his arms. Ash saw Nate and hummed, taking hold of her hips, kissing her forehead. Nate growled but quickly turned away and walked out the shop. The young girl was shaking out of her shoes, holding onto ash very tightly, he frowned a bit. "Is he your ex?" He continued to hold her, looking down at her. She nodded and let out a shaky breath.

"Don't worry about it lil ma, I'll protect you."