The Player and the Nobody

Chapter 23: His Reaction

§His Reaction§

"What do you think you're doing?!" Ashton speaks through gritted teeth trying to keep his calm.

"Catching Maggie. Again. It seems like she's falling for me more than you. Jealous?" Derek speaks back as his temper starts to rise.

"What?! What is that supposed to mean?! Maggie?!" Ashton turns to me still fuming.

"I-I don't know! Me haven't fallen for it! N-never have, never will!" My words are jumbled and I stutter a lot. Seeing Ashton mad scared me before, but when it's pointed towards me, it was absolutely terrifying.

Ashton sighs angrily, his shoulders are rigid and tense. I can't do anything. I was frozen in fear. All I could do was stare with wide eyes between the boys.

Ashton continues to glare at Derek, but clenches his jaw, turns to me, and softens his eyes, "Maggie. Just explain to me what is happening. I won't be mad at you."

"I-I project, and he windsurf. We wobble. Air. Tripped. Caught. Nothing happened." I shake my head to somehow clear it and step near Ashton, putting my hand on his bicep, "Do you not trust me?"

"I trust you perfectly fine. Its him," he nods towards Derek, "I don't trust."

"I would never, EVER, do... that." I smile at Ashton and he grins back at me.

"I'm sorry babe, I just have heard of all the things he's done to girls to make them fall under his 'spell' and I didn't want you to be one of them."

I laugh and lean in to kiss him. He grabs my cheek, while snaking an arm around my waist, and softly kisses me back.

After we pull away, he keeps his arm around my waist and we turn to Derek, who looks pretty pissed. When he looked at me I thought I saw something flash in his eyes, but it was gone as soon as it appeared.

"I'll take her from here." Ashton growls to Derek.

"Whatever." Derek looks at me one more time, before slightly waving, and stomping away.

Ashton grabs my hand and laces our fingers. We begin walking back down the pier when Ashton speaks, "I don't think you should talk to him anymore."

I stop dead in my tracks, causing Ashton to pull my arm accidentally, "What?"

"I don't think you should hang around Derek anymore."

I narrow my eyes at him, "So what are you saying? Are you forbidding me to talk to him?"

He shrugs not realizing that my temper was rising, "Yea, I guess you can say that."

"Who do you think you are?! Forbidding me?! Hell no!"

"Babe it's not like that, I just, I don't trust him."

"Don't you babe me. No one, I repeat no one, forbids me! Also if you trust me than why worry?! If you trusted me enough, you would know that I would never allow him to do anything!"

"Not when you're normal... He might do something to mess with your common sense. " He says staring into my eyes worridly.

I feel nothing, but anger when I look at him, "Oh so you're saying he will get me drunk or drugged?! God! Do you hear the words that come out of your mouth?! He's honestly not that bad!"

"Not that bad?! NOT THAT BAD?!" Ashton clenches his fists and takes a step closer to me so that he is towering over me, "HAVE YOU HEARD OF ANYTHING HE HAS DONE TO WOMEN?!"

Our position doesn't faze me as I stand my ground, waves of anger coming off me, "SO WHAT?! YES HES A PLAYER AND YES HE CAN BE CRUEL!! BUT I KNOW HE WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO ME!! HE CAN BE COLD TO SOME GIRLS, BUT HE HAS SOME DIGNITY AND MORALS!! GIVE HIM SOME RESPECT!"