The Night

//Chapter 3//

Andrew's POV

I knock on Rocky's door and after three seconds he answered. He looked as if he didn't sleep last night. "Hey Rock is everything alright?" I ask with worry in my voice. "No. My friend Ash came over last night and she begged me to help her then she fainted and her boyfriend was outside my door trying to bust down the door but he ended up leaving." he said a bit fast.

"Okay where is she? I'm sure I can try to wake her up." he nods and takes me to the spare bedroom upstairs. I knocked on the door but there was no answer. I walked in and saw a body on the bed. I walked up to the bed and gasped when I saw it was the girl I saw yesterday. The one who was carried to the car by a guy, who I now assume is his boyfriend.

I see that she has tear stains on her cheek then turn to see Rocky at the door with worry in his eyes. "Rocky, you should go to bed. Don't worry I'll take care of her and try to get her to wake up. " I tell him as I walk to him and give him a hug. "O-okay thank you Andrew." he whispers. I nod then close the door once Rocky leaves. I walk to the bed and sit there staring at the beautiful girl laying there.

"Darren please stop! You're hurting me! Ow! Darren!!" she was yelling in her sleep. I go up to her and hug her and rub circles on her back. "Shh. It's okay. You're okay. Darren can't hurt you here." I see her eyes shoot open as she backs away from me with a small blush across her face. "I-I know you. Well not know you but I've seen you." she says quietly. I smile at her and go to the bathroom to get a towel.

I wet the towel a bit and go back to the bed. "So I'm guessing your name is Ash?" I asked. "Ash is my nickname. My name is Ashley but I prefer to be called Ash most of the time." he says with a small smile. "I'm Andrew." I wipe her tear stains off her face and smile at her. She blushes but tries to hide it.

The we sit there for what feels like hours. Her ocean blue eyes staring into my soul. Giving me a warm feeling in my body. I was leaning in to kiss her slowly until Rocky barged into the room. I mentally cursed at him and stood up. "Andrew, Darren is outside." Rocky says.

"Okay, and?" I say a little annoyed. "With a gun." he looks to his feet and I look out the window. I see the boy from last night with a .45 in his hand. I close the curtains and ask Rocky if he has a basement. He nods and I carry Ashley to the basement and set her in a corner. "Okay, Ash. You need to stay here and stay quiet. Put your phone on silent just in case you get a text and he can't hear it." She nods with fear visible on her face.

I walk back up to Rocky and we go to the door. We open it and I'm and greeted with a gun to my forehead.

Ashley's POV

Andrew goes up the stairs and closes the door. I take my phone from my pocket and silence it. I start to cry because I don't want Andrew or Rocky to get hurt. I shouldn't have come to Rocky's house. I knew Darren would find out and come find me.

I'm such an idiot. I should've stayed home.

I hear the front door open and hear a gasp. I can faintly hear what's happening. "Where the fuck is Ashley, Rocky?" Darren says. "Darren, she's not here she left this morning." Rocky says."Who the hell is this faggot?" Darren says with annoyance clear in his voice.

"I'm his boyfriend." Andrew says. I started to tear up. Why would I think that he liked me? No one likes me. No one loves me. I'm worthless. Look at me. How could someone like him like me? I then hear the door slam then hear the basement door open. I wipe the tears off my face with my sleeve.

I see Andrew in front of me and I give him a small smile. He smiled and helped me up off the floor. I was about to walk up the stair until Andrew grabbed my arm. "Um, Ashley I wanted to ask why you were at the hospital yesterday. If you don't mind telling me." he said while scratching the back of his neck. I smiled and started to tear up again.

"Hey. If you don't want to talk about it that's totally fine, I was just curious." I nod and ask him if he can carry me to the room because I can't walk. He nods and carries me. He sets me on the bed and I lay down. He just sits there. "You can lay down too if you'd like, Andrew." He smiles and lays down next to me. "Darren." I say. Andrew looks at me confused. "I was at the hospital because of Darren." He suddenly gets this angry look in his eyes.

"What did he do to you, Ash?" Andrew says through gritted teeth. "He, um, kicked me, and he kicked my ribs and he fractured them. I can't do anything for a month." I say looking at my hands. "Hey. Don't worry. He won't hurt you. Trust me. You're safe now Ashy." I giggle at the nickname. "Thank you Andrew. What are we going to do about Darren though?" I ask sadly. "Rocky and I will call the police and turn him in for domestic abuse. Don't worry. We'll make sure it's anonymous." I nod and cuddle into his chest.

I look up at him and stare into his gorgeous brown eyes and lean in and connect our lips. They moved perfectly in sync and it was amazing. We had a light make out session and I fell asleep.