Calum's palms pressed against my cheeks as his wide eyes inched closer to mine until there were so close my eyes hurt in how pretty there are. His eyes roamed around my face until they landed on the place I anticipated he wasn't going to look.
Calum didn't give me a second glance before gently pressing his lips against mine.
He was wrong. I felt nothing. I didn't feel anything compared to Ashton. Calum might feel it, but I don't. He's lying to himself. He doesn't belong with me. None of this is right.
"What the fuck!?" Calum was ripped away from me and and a wash of relief came over me.
Ashton sat straddling Calum as he fisted the material of his t shirt and lifted Calum off of the ground.
"What the fuck are you doing with her?!" He slammed Calum back on the ground and I brought my palm to cover my mouth. My body remained numb. I know I need to help Calum but my feet won't carry my over so I can soothe Ashton.
"Don't ever touch her again!!" He slammed Calum's back on the ground again and he moaned so loud in pain I thought he was dying.
Ashton quickly brought his fist back and connected it to Calum's face with the hardest punch I've ever seen. I rushed next to Ashton, ignoring all signs of the possible chances of me getting hurt.
He was about to make another lunch when I rested my hands on Ashton's elbow that was drawn back.
"Ash." I spoke. His wide eyes turned around to meet mine as he dropped the arm that was about to act on Calum's face. He swiftly stood up and gripped my shoulders. Ashton slammed me into the fence and it rattled behind me, my hair tangling with a few branches.
"Did you fucking kiss that asshole?!?" He shook my body, slamming me back into the fence a few more times, my hair pulling against my scalp. I let out a whimper as his grip on my pinned arms grew stronger, leaving bruises from his thumbs.
"Fucking answer me!"
"Ashton stop! You're hurting me!" A tear slipped from my eye as his eyebrows raised. His hands slowly fell from holding my arms and I examined my fresh bruises. I pressed on one and I jolted as the slightest touch made it hurt the most.
"Josie-I. I-don't. I-didn't," he reached out to me but I cowarded away, afraid of his next move.
"Please." His eyes fell into mine and I never gave him the same look I did last night.
"I can't." I moved to the right more to shuffle away from the horrifying scene of Calum, laying lifeless on the ground. His eyes fluttered up and down and his head moved side to side. I quickly rushed back over to the table to Ruthie.
"C-Calum's hurt." She dropped her sandwich.
"What?" She slowly rose from her seat. I nodded my head over to the direction. Her eyes landed on the closed off area far away and mumbled an,"oh shit," under her breath. Her small feet carried her over to the location, but I couldn't bring myself to follow her. Not now, I can't.
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I am lucky I got past my foster parents fast enough to put on a long sleeve shirt to cover up the bruises that displayed upon my skin. But I couldn't speak much at the table, mainly because I don't have much to tell about my day, but Kendall's sorry about the class hamster escaping on the playground seemed to be the most interesting topic in the world.
The doorbell rang and my attention diverted to Rob standing quickly to answer. My eyes followed him as he opened the door.
"Hello sir." Rob said. The person behind my vision of the door stepped in after Rob's guidance.
Ashton.
He placed his hands in his pockets and rocked a few times on his heels before I coughed.
"Josie, a friend from school?" I nodded in response to Rob. I knew this must be awkward for Ashton because I walked out on him today and the last time Rob came to meet Ashton, we were caught kissing in the driveway.
"Go ahead." Rob nodded towards Ashton, I wish he would've dismissed him. I gulped softly, stood from my seat, and walked over to Ashton.
"Can we talk, outside?" Ashton whispered in my ear. I nodded not meeting his eyes.
"We'll be right back." I flashed a fake smile to my temporary family and Ashton followed me out to the garage. I tugged Ashton all the way to the driveway before turning to almost crash into his body.
"Why're you here?"
"Why am I here?! I fucking know about you and Calum!"
"He kissed me, Ashton. He just did it. I don't know what more you want me to do about it!"
"Not that! I-I can't believe you Josie!" He paced in a tiny circle before coming so close to me.
"What?" My eyebrows etched in confusion.
"You know what! Because you fucking slept with Calum!"
"What?!" I paced in a small circle as he did and pressed my palms to my temples.
"Who told you that?!" I yelled.
"Don't act like an innocent bitch! I thought you were fucking different!" His words hurt as they spat out of his mouth.
"Ashton I-" his one swift move cut me off.
His hand came in a burning contact with my cheek as I stumbled to catch myself from falling from the amount of impact. Tears formed in the brims of my eyes as my hair remained covering my face so Ashton couldn't see the pain. No words were spoken as the realization hit me that Ashton constantly abuses me.
"Josie!" Rob came dashing from the garage door. His large body shielded me from Ashton who, out of my peripheral vision, was staring down at his palms, and glancing back at me.
"It's gonna be okay." He embraced me in a fatherly way, and I felt like his real daughter for a brief moment.
"Josie," Ashton stumbled forward, obviously shocked with himself. Rob turned and his jaw clenched.
"Son, you need to leave. You need to leave and never come back here, ever. I don't want you talking to Josie, touching Josie, looking at Josie, or even thinking about Josie. Do you hear me, boy?" Ashton nodded and tears fell from the tips of my eyelashes.
"Yes sir." He swallowed away the guilt he was feeling and dropped his head as he descended down the driveway. Ashton kicked a rock on the way down and connected his fingers across his neck in stress.
"Come on, let's get you laid down." Rob guided me inside and an almost inaudible,"k," escaped my lips.
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--HEY ITS ME! I'm back! Christmas break is almost coming up so that means more frequent updates. This one only took a while because I didn't have very many ideas but I got some. This chapter sucks btw, sorry.
-dee
