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Screw Ups and Next Steps

>Xavier's POV<

He's gone. He can no longer hurt us. My father has been arrested under the charges of physical assault, child abuse, and domestic violence. The police had just told us that they arrested him without bail early that day. They had said that as they were coming to arrest him for Xander's injuries they found him beating Marcy.

Since Xander was still resting, I went back to Ashley's house to tell her the news. In the back of my mind, I knew Ash was probably at least trying to get some sleep, but I wasn't truly thinking about it. When I got there I used the spare key. I knew that her parents wouldn't be a problem considering they were on their fifth honeymoon.

I went up to her bedroom, after locking the door and putting the key back,and found her sound asleep in her bed. I suddenly didn't believe my news was that important. I took off my T-shirt and kept on my sweatpants.

"Ash?" I whispered as I closed the door and neared her bed.

"Mhm?" she hummed back.

"Move over." I whispered back. She abrutly turned to look at me before relaxing and moving over.

"What are you doing here? Did you talk to your brother?"

"Well I came to tell you something, but it can wait 'til the morning. And I promise I was going to, but he was sleeping and my aunt told me not bother him."

"Xavier!" she sighed in annoyance.

"It wasn't my fault." I defended

"Tomorrow then?"

"Of course." she kissed me and I kissed her back before she pulled away.

"Goodnight Xavier." she said before she put her head on my chest.

"Goodnight Babe." I put my arm around her waist and kissed her head before I fell asleep.
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I woke up to an alarm ringing in my ear, quite loudly if I do say so. I felt an arm stretch over me to turn it off. I felt Ashley trying to quietly get up without 'waking me up' but I just tightened my grip on her.

"Xavier." she groaned. "I need to get up."

"No you don't, it's Saturday." she sighed loudly before trying to get up again. So this time I rolled on top of her.

"Xavier! I have to get up and you have to go talk to your brother" she exclaimed as she tried to push me off of her.

"Xander won't be up for hours. So why are you rushing to get up?"

"My sister is coming to town today and I need to get this place ready for her arrival."

"Victoria's coming?"

"Yup and she's bringing up her whole family. Even Evan and Claire are coming."

"Mark?"

"Yup. Why?"

"I have a feeling Mark doesn't like me."

"Why?"

"Well for one he thinks I'm into Victoria. I mean I don't know why I mean I obviously got the hotter sister, but that's just what he thinks. And second, he thinks I'm not good enough for you and he expects me to hurt you in some way."

"Why would he think you're going to hurt me?"

"I don't know he says that I'm my father waiting to happen."

"You know that's not true, right?.

"Of course, besides my father was arrested yesterday. He's no longer my problem."