When He Saved Me

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- Asher's Pov -

I stumble into the house at 2 am it seems like everyone is asleep so I make my way up the stairs to my bed. I walk past the guest room and I hear whimpering and crying. 

I stop for a second outside the door and listen for a second. I want to go in and make sure Madison's okay but I don't know her she doesn't know me it's not my place plus it's probably just a bad dream I shake it off and keep walking to my room. 

I keep thinking about her though. Maybe I should've gone in. I try and shrug it off and get some sleep. She's just some spoiled brat she's probs having a bad dream that her favorite perfume or some shit is sold out. I laugh to myself and close my eyes.

- Madisons Pov -

⚠️TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️

- nightmare -
I'm sobbing my dad is standing over me. "You useless piece of shit. You know after all I've done for you and you still aren't grateful you still fight me. You deserve this. I deserve to have you, you owe me. I get you everything you could ever want and all you had to do was smile and have dinner with me and your mom." He stalks closer to me I cower in the corner sobbing. 

"Please dad please don't do this I'm so sorry I tried I just miss Jake I'll try harder to smile I'm so sorry." I beg. 

He laughs "you miss Jake that useless brother of yours you know he clearly didn't give 2 shits about you because he left you here." He steps closer. My body is trembling now. "He didn't know and you know it. You act like everything's fine in front of him and forced me to pretend the bruises are my own clumsiness. He doesn't know what you are like you're a monster and then you and mom drove him a way so he would never find out." 

He stands there for a second shocked that I would talk back to him. When he registered what I said he grabbed me by the throat and threw me over the couch. He shoved my face down into the cushions and tore my pants. 

I sobbed and tried to go to a different place but I couldn't I never could. "Please stop you're my dad you're supposed to love me you're not supposed to do that I sob." 

He slaps me and enters me from behind. I cry harder it hurts so bad. It feels like I'm being ripped apart from the inside.

I wake up sweating and shaking. I take deep breaths trying to calm the panic attack that is brewing inside of me. 

I feel like the walls are closing in on me I can't breathe. I try and stumble to the door I'm shaking so bad I trip and fall. I finally make it to the door and open it looking around frantically I can't breathe my throat is closing in.

- Asher's Pov -

I hear someone in the hallway. I look over at the time it's 3 am I've only been asleep for an hour. I hear a loud crash. 

Who the fuck is up at this time making all that noise. I walk out my door preparing to unleash hell on whoever was out there. 

I look around not seeing anything until my eyes come across her. Madison's on the ground hugging her knees to her chest rocking back and forth gasping for air. It registers in me she's having a panic attack. I quickly run over to her yelling for Jake as I run and kneel down in front of her. "Jake get the fuck out here." I continue to yell.

 I turn to her. "Madison shh look at me love." She looks me in the eyes her eyes are filled with tears it breaks me heart. "What is 3 things you can see?" I ask her. 

She looks around just then Jake comes out and is running towards us. "What the fuck happened?" He tries to pull her into his arms but she starts breathing harder and cowers away from him. 

"Jake hold on man give her some space she's having a panic attack." I turn back to her "Madison tell me what are 3 things you can see?" 

 She looks at me "you, jake, the door, the ceiling, and the floor." I nod at her "good love now tell me what are 3 things you can feel." I speak to her softly and she grabs my hand. "You, the cold floor, the wall against my back, the air from the vent, and Jake," She grabs jakes hand with her other hand her breathing starts to slow. 

"Good girl now just take some deep breaths you're okay." She nods her head. Finally her breathing slows to a normal pace and she moves to stand with Jakes help. She looks at me "thank you Asher." I nod my head and turn around and walk back to my room. What the hell was that. I shrug it off and try and fall asleep.

- Madison's Pov -

Jake looks at my questioningly "are you okay what happened." 

I nod my head and smile at him trying to show him that everything's okay. "I'm okay jake I'm sorry this was so embarrassing I just had a nightmare I don't know why it turned into a panic attack I don't even remember the nightmare." I lied trying to laugh it off hoping he would buy it. 

"Okay you don't need to be embarrassed Mads it's no big deal go try and get some sleep okay come get me if you need anything." He spoke softly still looking at me as if he didn't believe a word I was saying. 

I nodded my head and gave him a hug and walked back into my room. I can't believe I did that. They're going to think I'm crazy. Asher's going to hate me even more now that I woke him up. I berate myself until I eventually fall asleep.