Two days have passed and we were still staying in the motel. It has been the longest we have stayed in one place and it had begun to make Ashton anxious. We were getting ready for our second night staying and Ashton was almost finished up in the shower. I heard the water shut off and a breath being sucked in from the cold water hitting his body. A few moments later the bathroom door opened to him standing in his towel. I looked over his body and smiled because his long hair was dripping into his eyes and he looked like the Ashton I met years ago.
"Like what you see?" He sarcastically states.
"You know I do". I said with a smile on my face looking away while he changed into his pajamas.
I turned my back on him and walked into the bathroom to prepare for my shower. I was looking for my razor when I heard Ashton swear under his breath like he was trying to conceal it from me.
"Whats wrong?" I said while poking my head out the doorway. I saw Ashton on a phone. I looked a little closer and saw that it wasn't the tracker phone that we were sharing so that we were not able to be reached by those trying to hurt us.
"Ashton is that your phone?" I said sternly. He just dropped the phone back in his bag and ignored me. "Ashton I asked you a question, don't treat me like I'm twelve. Answer my question. Is that your phone?" I demanded again.
"Okay, before you freak out-" He started to say.
"Before I freak out?" I screamed at him and saw him flinch from the screech that came from my body. He could tell that I was beyond upset with him.
"Elissa, the only reason I have it is so that I can still talk to Harry and Lauren." He said knowing that it still won't make me feel better.
"So you can talk to your family while I have spent months not talking to my family?" I said while tears started to well up in my eyes.
"Elissa, it's different. Harry has no clue what has been going on, he doesn't have anyone but me."
"Ashton, shut the hell up!" I said, now with angry tears flowing down my face.
I ran over to his bag and grabbed the phone and opened it.
Harry. Lauren. Mom. Harry. Mom. Harry. Harry. Luke.
"Luke!" I whispered to myself. "Luke!" I repeated again a little louder and kept screaming it until I was screeching once again and I was in his face. "Luke!" My voice cracked the last time when my finger clicked on the name and brought the phone up to my ear. It rung a few times before I heard the familiar voice on the other end of the phone and I dropped the phone on the floor, grabbed all my stuff and walked out the motel room.
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Ashton helped me get onto the top of the bathroom counter and he took my face between his hands. He looked over every inch trying to assess everything that happened or could have happened to me.
"Elissa." He breathed out as he started to clean my face. I flinched once in a while and he would lower his head to look into my eyes to see if I was crying. "Will you let me do something about this yet?" He said while cleaning off the rest of my face.
"Ashton, I don't want this to become a big deal." I said
"Elissa, it is a big deal, they hurt you." He said while reaching for his phone. His fingers moved across the screen fast and it was locked before I could even see who he was texting. I took his face in my hands to make him look at me. I was about to speak when his phone buzzed on the counter next to me. I saw that it was from Luke.
"I have to go." He said while giving me a kiss on the forehead and helping me off the counter. I walked him to the door and watched as he got in his car aned sped away. I went back inside to prepare for all the questions my mom had for me.
