I sat in the back of the class with my lyric notebook and heard Ashely sitting next to me again. I decided to look up, just a little bit. Shit. He was hot. And by that I mean HOT. I quickly turned my eyes off as he catches me looking at him. “Oh wow, your eyes are really blue!” He said. Did I really look at him for so long that he saw my eye color? “They are really gorgeous.” He continued and I saw a smile on his face as I looked up again. Was he gay too? No Andy, stop. He only said your eyes were blue. That’s it. “Thanks...” I said so quietly that he probably didn’t hear it.
The rest of my day went by as I hid in back of the classes and got pushed around on the hallways, just like every other day. I didn’t talk to Ashley after the music class, well I heard him call me in the hallway at one point but ignored him. It’s for the best of both of us. If someone sees him hanging out with me he’s going to get bullied to.
“Andy! Wait!” I heard Ashely shouting behind me as I was walking to home. I stopped and turned to see him running to me. “What are you doing tonight?” He asked. “Nothing I guess.” I said. Why is he trying to talk to me all the time…? “I was thinking that maybe we could hang out? I don’t really have any friends here and you seem cool so what do you say? Let’s watch a film and chill for a bit.” He smiled. “I guess that’s fine. Let’s go to my house, it’s only few minutes away.” I answered. What do I think I’m doing? Why am I being like this? He just seems nice I guess and I feel, I’m not sure... Safe with him? How’s that, I’ve known him for few hours.. “Okay, great! Let’s go.” Ashley interrupts my thoughts. “Here we are, this is my home.” I say as we walk to my front door. We walk inside and go to my room. “Your room’s sick! And so is your music taste.” He says as he looks through my posters. “Nah, nothing special, but my music taste is pretty good, I must admit.” I smiled. I smiled? Wow, haven’t done that in a while. I saw Ashley looking at me smiling as I sat on my bed. “What?” I ask. “You smiled.” He says. “So?” I ask. “Nothing, just.. You seemed kind of sad earlier.” He says. “I’m just tired. Let’s just watch the film now, Do you like horror?” I asked, ignoring his statement. “Sure, horror’s my favorite.” He smiled as we walked to my living room. I picked a movie and put it in the player and sat on the couch. Ashley was sitting right next to me.
The movie was already half way through and it wasn’t too scary even though I could feel Ashely jumping a bit ones in a while. “Andy! Are you here?” I heard my mom call me from the front door. “Shit! I almost got a heart attack!” Ashley laughed. I paused the film and went to the lobby. “yeah, I’m here.” I said to my mom as she carried her groceries from the car. “Great, then you can help me with the dinner.” Mom smiled. “uhmm, well I’m kind of busy right now…” I said. I’m never busy, I don’t have friend, I’m always home. How could I be busy now? “Wow, you’re busy?” Mom laughed as she walked to the kitchen. “Hello, Mrs. Biersack, I’m Ashley.” Ashley said as mom saw him on the couch. “Well hello Ashley, I haven’t seen you before. Well I don’t really see Andy’s friends around here ever.” Mom laughed. “Yeah, I just moved from New York.” Ashley smiled back. “Well now that you’re here, would you like to stay for a dinner?” My mom asked. “I would love to but my dad’s probably waiting for me already, I didn’t tell him I wasn’t coming to home after school.” Ashley said. I walked Ashley to the front door. “Thanks for today, I had fun. Could I maybe get your number so we could hang out later too?” Ashley asked and, blushed? No, I just imagined. “Sure, but maybe it’s better that you don’t hang out with me in school.” I said looking at the floor. “Why?” Ashley asked with sad eyes. “Just… I don’t want you to get hurt.” I said. “Why would I get hurt? Does someone hurt you at school?!” He now yelled with anger. “Shush!!! Mom can’t hear this. It’s hard enough for her already.” I said, not denying him. “So it’s true. Listen, I got bullied at my last school, I don’t really care if it happen again. But you, you’re so small and sweet… No one should hurt you!” He said, still with anger in his voice. He got bullied? If I had to guess before I would have said that he was the bully. I didn’t say anything anymore, I gave him my number and he left. Why did he want to protect me, even if it meant that he got bullied again? I ignored all my mom questions about Ashley for the whole dinner and left to my room.
I was already half a sleep as I head my phone going off. “Are you still awake? Ashley x” I read the message. “Yep. Why?” I sent back. “Just wondering, see you tomorrow?” He answered. “I guess there’s no way you’re not going to hang out with me?” I said. “No. :3 Good night! x” He sent. He was so cute. Wait, Andy stop! You’re just getting a friend, don’t mess it up. “Good night. x” I sent back and soon fell asleep.
“Hey!” I heard Ashley calling me from the back of the class. “Hi.” I said as I sat next to him. “Wow, you’re not hanging out with this gay kid, are you?” Mike, the worst bully asked with hatred in his voice. “Why not? You’re not any better than him so just let go already.” Ashley said without any hesitating. “Are you saying that were the same as some weak gay emo?” Mike laughed as his friends were getting into the conversation too. “Well to be honest, he’s much better that you guys so you’re not the same.” Ashley said. “That’s it!” Mike yelled as his friends pushed Ashley to the ground. “Stop! Really just stop!” I yelled. “Wow someone found his voice, huh?” Mike said with an evil smile. “Is he your boyfriend or something?” He played with me now. “No.” I said as I but my head back down. “Why do you even care? What does it matter if we were together? It makes no difference in your life; well it does if you like him? Is that what it’s about, you’re jealous?” Ashley teased him but I could hear that he was really angry. “Fuck you!” Mike yelled as he hit Ashley right on his stomach. “Boys, stop! Right now!” Our theater yelled as she came to the class. “Mike, out of the class now! Wait on the hallway. Andy can you please take Ashley to the nursery?” She asked. “Sure.” I said as I helped Ashely to get up and we started walking to the nursery. “What the fuck were you thinking Ash? He can hurt you, a lot worse than that…” I asked. “Doesn’t matter. Andy what has he done to you? Tell me. Now.” Ashley said ignoring my question. There was no way I was getting out of this without telling him. So I told him all of it at least what Mike does to me, not what he’s gotten me to do for myself. The first day of high school, I was friends with Mike. Few weeks went past and I didn’t talk to him anymore. He was away from school for a week, I heard that he got expelled because of a fight. When he came back, he was totally different. He wasn’t an emo kid anymore, he got into the popular group and never really talked to me again. He told everyone that I was gay as he was the only one who knew. He started to bully me with small things, at first. A little shouting here and a push there. Until one day I was walking home from school and he came to me with his friends they beat me up so badly that I just laid there for a while after they left. I barely could walk but somehow I managed to get home, went to my room and blacked out, this was still when my dad was living with us so my parents had their problems, they didn’t notice anything. And it has gone like that ever since, ones in a while, Mike gets really angry for some reason, beats me up and leaves. “That little shit!” Ashley says. “relax, it’s okay. Let’s just go to the nursery now.” I said.
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