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Chapter Fifty Two

Chapter Fifty Two

I let my eyes flutter open, only to be met with darkness. Again. I slide my hand across the bed, reaching for something, someone, but not finding them. I slowly sit up, rubbing my eyes with my hands. I look around the room for my crutches and am disappointed not to find them. 

"Ash!" I yell out, hoping he will hear me.

"What's wrong baby girl?" I hear shouted from somewhere in the house.

"I..can you come here please?" I shout back.

A fem moments later the door is opened and the light is turned on, "What'sup baby girl?"

"Ummm, do you know where my crutches are?"

"Oh, course I do baby. Hold on, just let me get them for you," he says as he walks out.

I lay there staring at the wall until I hear two pairs of footsteps walking towards my door. I instantly sit up and am shocked when my brother walks into the room, Ashton walking in behind him.

"Hey sis," he says as he sits next to me.

"Hi," I trail off.

"You're brother got here about an hour ago wanting to talk to you. He was very shocked when I told him that you were asleep," Ash smirks.

I look over at my brother only to see him already staring at me with a look that basically says 'we need to talk, now'. I gulp quietly before looking over at Ashton, "Ash, uh, can I talk to my brother please?"

"Course you can. I mean it is your house, no need to ask me," he giggles as he walks out of the room.

Mitch waits for the door to close and until Ashton's footsteps cannot be heard anymore, "Who the hell is he and why is he in your house Mil?"

"I thought, considering he said that you got here an hour ago, that you would know who he is and why he's here Mitch. Wouldn't you?" I say as I cock an eyebrow at him.

"I do but I want to hear it from you to make sure he wasn't lying because if he was lying I would tell him to leave and you wouldn't have any say in it and neither would he."

"Well, he's name is Ashton Irwin and he's here because he was worried about me and wanted to see me. There, you happy now?"

"Yes, because that is exactly what he told me."

"I don't know why you're so worried about me? I'm eighteen and I live on my own, I think I'll be fine," I mumble, while leaning my head on his shoulder.

"Yes but you have just had a knee operation and you have depression, I think there is a need for me to be worried," he states while wrapping his arm around my shoulder.

"Thanks for stating the obvious bro. I really needed to be reminded that I'm depressed and can't do the only thing that I love anymore," I say sarcastically, a little bit of hurt mixed in with it.

"I...oh. Yeah, I'm sorry Milly. I really didn't mean it, you know I didn't."

"Yeah, sure you didn't."

"I didn't Mil. Why do you think that I did?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's the fact that every time you're around you always bring this up. So I'm sorry for thinking that you do like to remind me of the fact that I lost everything," I yell at him while standing up from the bed on one foot.

Mitch goes quiet for a minute before I hear Ashton from the other side of the door, "You okay Milly?"

"No, you can come in if you want Ash."

The door swings open and Ash quickly walks over to me, wrapping me up in his arms, his curls tickling my face. I wrap my arms around his neck as I let a few tears fall from my eyes and onto his shirt. Ash hears me sniff and he pulls me closer, one of his hands rubbing circles on my back.

"Don't cry baby girl. Don't cry, please," he mumbles.

"You're crying? Milly why would you cry about this?" Mitch asks loudly as he stands up.

"Get out Mitch. Just leave. I don't want you to come back here until you change how you treat me," I shout at him, pointing towards that door.

"Maybe it's you that needs a reality check Milly. Maybe it's you that needs to wake up and realise that it's gone. You aren't going to be getting it back. So maybe you get the hell over it and move on. It's in the past and there's nothing you can do about it. So stop acting like this for attention, grow up and move the hell on," he screeches before stomping out.

As I hear the front door slam shut, I let his words sink in. And it's not long before the tears are rolling down my face uncontrollably and the sobs are wracking through my body. Ashton pulls me unbelievably close to him, pressing his lips against my hair.

"No baby girl, no. Don't listen to that idiot. Please don't listen to him. He's probably just making up some excuse so he doesn't have to admit that you are right. You don't need to move on. You are not doing this for attention. And I'm so sorry that he said all of that to you baby girl. I can't believe that your own brother would say that," he mutters, his lips brushing against my hair.

"But that's what hurts the most Ash. The fact that my own brother said it," I sob.

"I know baby, I know. And I'm so so so so sorry. But you shouldn't listen to him, okay?"

"Okay," I mumble weakly.

We stand there in each others arms for what seems like forever. I continue to sob onto his shoulder, the tears not slowing down. I can't believe Mitch would say something like that to me. Even though he always bought it up in conversation, he was always there for me. Caring about me. Asking how bad a day it was when it came to my depression. Helping me out. Coming over when I needed help with something at home.

I never thought it would be him that would say something like that to me.

I always though he would be the one comforting me.

I always thought he would be the one telling me that it would be okay.

But I guess I was wrong. 

Totally wrong.

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