Puzzle Pieces

Bloody Nose

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-Ashley's POV-
Ella gives me a confused look as Andre kisses my cheek. "Andre! Not in front of Ella!" I whisper shout, and swat his arm. He laughs and glances over at Ella.

"Andre?" She says seriously. Uh oh. What if she doesn't like me?

"What's up El?" Andre says calmly. HOW CAN HE BE CALM?!

"Do you love Ashley?" She asks still in her serious tone. Okay... I guess I can breath now...

"Yeah. I do love Ashley. You know I kind of love her like the nice prince loves Marianna." He says with a wink. I roll my eyes at his cheesiness but give him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Hey El, do you think I should move in here with Ashley? You know you visit whenever you want. You can sleep over and watch movies. If I'm not here Ashley is almost always here. She doesn't go to parties or anything cause she's boring." I shoot him a glare as he finishes his last sentence.

"Am not!" I yell sticking my tongue out at him.

"Are too!" he says poking my forehead.

"Run El!" I say before scooping her up and running down the hall. We end up hiding in my closet.

"Hey! I'm gonna get you now!" He yells as El giggles a little.

After a few moments he finds us laughs. He scoops El up and sets her down on my bed. "Don't move silly goose." He says patting her head.

He glances at me before moving in. He lifts me up and tosses me over his shoulder. "Andre! Put me down!" I whine but I know it won't do any good. He drops me on the bed next to El and stares at me.

"Who wants a snack?" He says with a smile looking over at El. She nods her head looking ecxited.

She runs into the kitchen and Andre serves her a bowl of gold fish. I smile as she gobbles up the little fish.

Andre looks at me then back at Ella before walking to me. Right now I'm positioned against the wall behind Ella. Andre comes closer than I expected before kissing me. I kiss him back running my hands through his hair. He pulls away and leans his forehead on mine, smiling.

"Love you baby." He says before there's a knock at my door. I sigh but walk over to open the door.

There is a pair of hazel eyes, green eyes, and blue eyes. Uh oh. I quickly shut the door and look at Andre. 'Dont make a sound' I mouth and he nods.

I open the door back up.

"Alexander, Marcus, James." I say with no emotion. "What do you want?"

The grey eyes opens his mouth first.

"Marianna! Do you know much we missed you? You tried to kill yourself and didn't say a word to me. Then you move out and change your name just a few days later?" It's James speaking. I roll my eyes at him and fire back.

"You were passes out drunk on your bedroom floor! I went in to say goodbye but I couldn't wake you up! I left you a letter because I thought you deserved a goodbye and explanation from me!" I yell. He steps back looking hurt and embarrassed.

Blue eyes (aka Marcus) steps up next.

"Marianna I'm so sorry. I pushed you away. You wanted to say goodbye, but I have a life too. I can't just drop everything just because my little sister needs me." He says making me annoyed.

"I WAS GOING TO KILL MYSELF! Is that not a good enough to stop sticking your tongue down that chicks throat?! That was probably the worst apology in the universe." I spit in his face. I'm on the verge of tears when the last pair of eyes steps up.

He pulls me into a warm embrace. "It's okay to cry Mari." Alexander say before I break down into tears.

"I really missed you Alex." I cry into his shoulder.

"You've built a really nice life for yourself. I'm really proud of what you accomplished in only nine months." He says.

I pull away from our hug and wipe my tears away.

"Alex I want you to meet someone. Oh and you two can come along just don't ruin anything." I say opening the door wider for my brothers.

They are all very tall and bulky. My parents made my brothers workout for at least two hours every day. So compared to them I am tiny.

They walk in and I shut the door behind them. Alex walks into the kitchen with the other two behind him. I slip by them to stand beside Andre who's holding Ella smiling.

"If your Marianna... then doesn't that make you the princess from the story? The one with the prince who hit her and called her mean things? Then moved away and found a nice prince?" Ella says as my eyes widen.

Alex speaks for me.

"Yes she sure is. That's princess Marianna, and her brother. The brother who was sitting on his bed reading when she came in. I was also the one who saved her life and took her to the hospital."

The other two look embarrassed and turn their gazes to the ground.

Andre shoots Ella a look before she can question them any further.

"Wait... Marianna. You never told me Emmanuel hit you!" James says all of a sudden.

Alex glares at him. "You didn't notice the bruises? You didn't notice she was cutting her self? Look at the scars on her wrist! You didn't notice she never left her room and every time that idiot left Marianna refused to eat. Why do you think she'd just decide to over dose?" He yells at them.

Suddenly there's another knock at the door. Andre hands Ella over to me and goes to open it.

I hear a crash at the door and we all run over to see what happened. There's Andre with bloody knuckles and Emmanuel on the ground with a bloody nose.

"I thought I told you not to come looking for Ashley again!" He says. I hand Ella to James who looks at me like I'm crazy.

"Andre." I say to him softly as he raises his arm to punch Emmanuel again. "Come on baby, let's go inside. We can all talk about it." I say grabbing his shoulder. His body relaxes against my touch.

***

We are all seated in my living room. Andre, Ella, and I on one couch. My brothers on another, and Emmanuel by himself.

Alex speaks first. "Why are you back?" He asks Emmanuel.

"I am betrothed to Marianna." He said simply.

"Well Marianna is dead! She's long gone. I'm Ashley now. Marianna and Ashley are two very different people. You killed Marianna. She couldn't take your abuse anymore so she over dosed. When I woke up I realized I was a different person. Now I'm living my life as Ashley." I fire at him.

I think I said it to convince myself. It worked, because the little piece of Marianna I had inside me is gone now.

"Did you get my baby sister pregnant?" Marcus says out of the blue.

"Marcus... this is Andre's sister. I've only known him for three months. Not three years." I sigh at how stupid he can be.

He nods turn  a shade of pink. This is going to be a long night...