I'm so sorry || cth (discontinued)

Look after these with your life

24|| Look after these with your life

~Stephanie~

Luke and I walked into the living room to find Ash sitting on the sofa, looking scared to dead, with a girl standing behind him, gun in her hand and holding it to Ashton's head.

Her familiar ginger hair and freckles told me who she was. Kiera.

The scared look on Ashton's face made me laugh.

Ashton and Luke were looking at me as if I were crazy; which, really, I am.

"I've got a fucking gun pointed to my head, Steph," Ashton says through his gritted teeth. "I don't know why you're laughing."

I was taken aback. I've never heard Ashton swear before.

Wow. He thinks this is real.

Kiera did this to me a while ago and I totally freaked out, just like Ashton.

Turns out that there's no bullets in the gun.

I didn't know Kiera was even coming over but I guess she's never warned me, she's always just popped up.

"Don't swear," I tell him simply.

I love using his own words against him.

I turn to the ginger head. "You can shoot him now," I tell her.

"What the fuck is happening right now," I hear Luke whisper to himself before running towards Ashton.

Before Luke could reach Ashton, Kiera had already pulled the trigger.

Ashton visibly flinched away from the gun but, to his relief, nothing happened.

Kiera and I broke down laughing, tears filling our eyes from laughing too hard.

"Stephanie," I hear Ash say from his seat on the couch.

I look at him and he's got that look someone has when you're about to kill them.

"Oh shit," I say before running up the stairs, trying to get as far away from the angry Ashton chasing after me.

I run into the guest room, hiding myself behind Calum as if he could stop Ashton.

"What the hell is happening?" Calum mutters when he sees Ash's annoyed state.

"He's tryna kill me," I tell Calum quickly.

"Can I ask why?" Calum asks but I wasn't able to answer as Ashton charges towards us.

I run towards Michael, trying to hide behind him, but my plan backfires when he wraps his arms around my stomach, keeping me pinned down.

"Ash," he grunts. "I've got her."

"Betrayer," I accuse him, thrashing in his arms, making his life as difficult as I could.

I felt Michael's grip loosen and I immediately get up and run- straight into Ashton.

Just my luck.

His iron grip wraps around my legs as he throws me over his shoulder.

I try loosen his grip on me like I had done with Michael but he was refusing to let go of me so I slump in his arms.

"What was all that screaming?" Luke asks once he sees us.

"He's trying to kill me," I state, pointing over my shoulder at Ashton who was putting on his shoes by the door, being careful of my head.

He hasn't said a word which is making me worry.

He's making me worry a lot.

Ashton started walking down the road when we heard shouts from behind us.

"Wait up!" We hear Calum shout as the other three boys and Kiera came running after us whilst trying to put their shoes on.

Ashton didn't acknowledge their presence and didn't talk at all the whole journey, so nobody talked the whole journey.

We received a few weird looked from strangers passing by but, obviously, that didn't stop the boy carrying me to my death.

Halfway through the journey I realise where he's headed and try getting out of his grip. 

"No no no no," I tell him. "Ashton, don't do it."

He just carries on walking towards the thing that I'm dreading.

I sigh, knowing he's never going to let me go.

I remove my phone and earphones from my pocket.

"Look after these with your life," I tell Luke seriously, hesitantly handing them over to him.

He gives me a quizzical look but takes them anyway, nodding.

"Where's he taking you?" Cal asks.

I sigh. "You'll see in a few seconds."

After a few seconds I hear a chorus of "oh's" from the boys when they spot the lake.

"Come on Ash," Luke tries reasoning with Ashton. "You don't need to throw her in the lake."

"Yes," he answers, "I do."

We've finally reached the edge of the lake and he's getting ready to throw me in.

He doesn't even do a countdown so I squeeze my eyes shut, waiting for the impact.

I feel the warmth of Ashton's body leave me and I'm ready.

I'm still waiting for the impact of the water but it never comes so I slightly open one eye. 

Ashton's still holding onto me with a huge smirk on his face.

"We're fair now," he says, putting me down.

"You scared the shit out of me," I tell him, punching his arm.

He laughs at me whilst rubbing his arm. "You deserved it."

I laugh too. "I guess I do."

"So..." Ashton says with his usual bright smile on his face. "Who are you?"

His eyes were on Kiera.

She smiled at him. "I'm Kiera," she tells him.

I was suddenly in the middle of a bear hug including Michael, Calum and Luke.

"We thought you were gonna die," Michael says.

"Well Ashton would've died with me then."

"Don't worry," Luke says. "We would've went to both of your funerals."

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for those of you who had a heart attack cuz of the last chapter... I'm sorry

tHe EXaMs arE ToO MuCh HALp mEH

love you all