Against the World |5SOS FF Adoption|

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Michael:

The girls were clearly different looking than their files. They looked older. Jesse had a fat lip and bruise on the right side of her cheek, fresh looking too. Brianna looked tired and frustrated as the tougher girl broke down. Something had happened before we got here...

"May I get an icepack first please?" Jesse asked quietly to the social worker lady and she nodded at her and left the room. My heart split in two as Jesse looked at the ground and Brianna looked as if she was going to cry too.

"Jesse, what happened?" Ashton asked, walking up closer to her as she whimpered and went behind Brianna and he stopped

"She fell. Like I told the social worker" Brianna defended like a guard dog. Ashton gulped and nodded, stepping back to us. I looked at Calum who looked just as scared as Jesse. The social worker came back with an ice pack for Jesse and the contact of it to her face nearly made Jesse pass out. She couldn't have been more than 85 pounds and she was nearly 5'10". It was almost sickening

"Can we start packing?" Brianna asked and Jesse nodded slowly as the social worker held her head and the ice pack as she held onto her arms

"I think Jessica needs to lay down and get this checked out" She warned and Ashton nodded

"I can carry her upstairs" A deep American voice said and the girls' eyes widened and Jesse backed away

"No" She said clearly, eyes wider than a doe's.

"John, please leave" Brianna said and the boy named John chuckled

"Why? Can't I help out my girl one last time?" He asked as he pushed the social worker gently and held up Jesse as she looked like she was about to pass out

"We can do it" I said and he smirked

"Who are you? The guys who are adopting them? Isn't that a little weird?" He scoffed and I clenched my jaw

"John. Leave" Jesse said as she tried to push him away. He frowned at her and looked sad for a moment

"Can I have a minute with Jesse?" He asked

"No" Brianna said, cutting him off and Ashton stepped up and John raised an eyebrow and Ashton pulled Brianna to us and looked at Jesse

"I'm sorry, I don't know who you are, but Jesse isn't feeling well, she can call you later" Ashton said and the guy scoffed at Ash and I stepped up as Calum pulled me back. Jesse looked like a ghost as the icepack was no longer protecting her face

"John, leave. You're not allowed here anyways" The social worker said and he sighed, nodding. He let go of Jesse and looked at all of us with a smile for a moment, before punching Jesse in the face so hard it almost knocked her out. Ashton jumped on the guy and started beating him as Luke and I grabbed Jesse and Calum held onto Brianna as she screamed. Jesse's face was bleeding and she cried hysterically. Luke grabbed the ice pack and placed it on her re-hit cheek

"I got her" I said as I lifted her up and set her on the desk and she couldn't even hold herself up and Ashton finally got off the kid as Luke moved to him, ripping him off of him and the kid ran for his life. Jesse panted as Brianna held onto her hand and I held her head up with the ice pack that was now covered in blood

"He hit me earlier" Jesse whimpered and Brianna cried too

"I'm sorry you had to see that" The social worker said, clearly her throat, and adjusting her jacket, "We can formally press charges" She said to Ashton

"I don't want to think about that right now. If we can just gather their things to get them out of here, and away from him, that's all I need" He said, wiping blood from a split lip and Jesse cried harder as she saw Ashton all messed up