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Ashton

I woke up to someone shouting, I groaned and pulled a pillow over my head.

"Hey did you hear that?" Luke came in my room, I cursed at him in my mind.
"I think it came from next door." He added.

"Then go check it out since your so interested." I snapped tiredly.

"Okay mister grumpy pants." Luke mumbled before he exited the room, leaving the door wide open.

"You could've least close the goddamn door Luke!" I shouted, now fully awake and sitting up in my bed, the front door closed. I stared at my room door and murmured a 'fuck you' before I got up to stretch.
I went down the wooden staircase slowly, I smelled the scent of homemade waffles and turned to go to the kitchen.
Calum was over the waffle maker pouring the batter into the thing.

"'Morning." I grunted as I sat on a stool at the counter. He turned to me with flour of his face, I raised my eyebrow.

"Good morning." Calum said happily, unlike me, he's a morning person.

"It's not that hard to make waffle batter." I commented on the flour that was scattered around his shirt, his hair and his face.

"Hi, I'm Calum, the boy who doesn't know how to cook shit." He chuckled and I nodded with a smiled.

"Right, almost forgot about that." I spoke as he handed me a cup of coffee.
"Thanks Cal." He saluted me.
Right as I was about to take a sip of coffee, I heard another person speak loudly, I looked out the window. Luke was standing at Arabella's door step then barged inside.

"I'll be right back." I told Calum and he shrugged.

"Okay. Tell Luke that there are waffles." He told me, I hummed as I walked out the door and walked over to Arabella's house.

"Luke, I heard yo-" I started to speak as I came around the corner. I saw Luke standing in front of Arabella, who's face had bruises and cuts on it. Arabella is like a sister to me, and I know that Michael should know about this.
I didn't hesitate to run over to the house.

"Ashton, what's wrong?" Calum looks at me concerningly.

"You're mom is a nurse right?" I asked him quickly.

"Yeah, wh-"

"Arabella needs help." I interrupted him and he waited for a second and then ran out the door.
I ran up the stairs and barged into Michael's room. He was still asleep.

"Michael." I started shaking his shoulders. He grumbled but didn't open his eyes. "Michael wake the fuck up." I shook him more roughly.

"What?" Michael snapped at me only opening one eye.

"It's Arabella, something happened to her." I managed to say, Michael shot straight up out of bed and ran down the stairs.
I followed him to her house and saw that Calum, Luke and Arabella were in the bathroom. Michael ran through the doorway and I saw him look at the door way.

"M Michael?" I heard Arabella's voice come from the bathroom. I smiled at the thought of Michael and Arabella finally seeing each other. Then, when realized that someone had hurt her, God, I can't even explain how pissed off I am.