Fame || LRH

Chapter Fifty

Josie's P.O.V.

We were lying next to each other, on our sides so we were face to face. So close that with one simple movement, my hand was already strewn on his cheek, feeling his stubble underneath my fingertips as I tried to take in as much of him as I could at this moment.

"I feel like the second I let you go, you'll disappear," he let out placing his hand on top of mine as I let out a small reassuring smile

"I won't,"

Ashton's P.O.V.

I pressed my ear against the wooden door trying to hear the muffled voices on the other side, but the screaming match seemed to have died down making me believe that they were finally working things out. I texted him to see what was going on.

We don't hear anymore yelling, do you want the door opened?

"Just let them out alright, I'm sure Luke will kill you either way," Michael groaned at me

"I'd kill you if you locked me in a room with her," Calum added on scoffing as I shushed him

"You don't know the truth," I told them

"What truth is there? She's an a fucking bitch, that's all there is to it," Michael said as if it was the simplest thing in the world, but it was the exact opposite

"Just give her a chance," Julia reminded them as they both rolled their eyes

"Open the door and let her talk to us then maybe we'll give her a chance," Calum said

"Luke needs this, you know he does. Regardless of whether the two work things out or not, he needs closure," I said but they still shook their heads in dissaproval

"I'm getting a beer," Calum said disregarding everything I had said before walking away with Michael following behind him

Sighing, I sat down on the chair that kept the door closed before leaning my head against it in frustration. I had only found out the truth about everything less than an hour ago but it made me feel so disgusted to allow the guys to say such bullshit about her, I couldn't tell them the truth because I promised Josie that she would get the chance to do it herself, and I had already broken one of my promises to her tonight.

"They'll understand once they know what really happened," Julia reassured me placing a hand on my shoulder

"You've been standing up for Josie since the beginning, but you never even knew her, why?" I questioned out of pure curiosity

Whenever we talked about Josie around Julia, she was always the first to defend her.

"I didn't know her personally, but by the way she looked at Luke, I could tell she was in love, and you don't hurt the people you love," She explained as I looked up at her

"Sometimes you do," I shrugged thinking back to how badly I had fucked things up with Julia. She had every right to be mad at me, hell, I'm furious with myself at the way I've been acting, but she was still here to tell me that everything would be okay regardless of how angry she was at me.

"What do you mean?" She questioned before pulling up a random chair from the hallway to sit next to me. Sitting on the side of the chair with her knees faced toward me, she leaned her elbow against the back of the chair and listened closely for my answer. Even with our surroundings being a party, she was still so intent in having meaningful conversations that actually mattered, she was never one for small talk regardless of the situation.

"I've hurt you plenty of times," I finally admitted to myself in a sad low voice hearing her let out a sigh

"Never on purpose," She added as if it made it okay