Beauty behind the magic

CHAPTER :7 " Love has never treated me right"

ASHTON'S POV:

I looked at her smiling face as she beamed up at me . we sat cuddled in the autumn chill in her garden . it was our favorite place to be , in each other's arms . wendy closed her eyes and sighed . i smiled down at her ,admiring the way her eyelashes fluttered on her cheeks and the way her golden hair splayed around her . we sat that way until sunset . a week later i went to blake toner's house for a party.

 i was having fun with the guys and chilling out but the noise got too much . so i made my way upstairs ,walking around aimlessly. i was searching for the bathroom as i randomly opened a door and came face to face with wendy kissing logan . she sat on his lap , completely content and kissed him like she was dying. 

i just stood there in shock , not comprehending what i was seeing. hearing the door open wendy turned and saw me . she jumped off logan . "baby , this isn't what it looks like i swear" she said , nervousness tinging her voice. "isn't it ?!" i roared " cause it looked like you were cheating on me ." i continued ,my voice breaking like my heart which was shattering . " i..no..baby." she started . " don't ever speak to me again " i muttered , ignoring the tears pooling in her eyes . " don't come anywhere near me . Have a nice life , wendy " i finished before slamming the door .

 i left the party soon after that , but not before i got completely hammered. i drove around until i drove my car into a pole . i never saw wendy again . her father , who was in the army , got stationed in montana and she moved too . 

That was a whole year ago . i had loved wendy parker with all my heart . i had given her everything but she still shattered me . love has never treated me right . it walked into my life and wrecked everything i had until i was left with perpetual numbness and a hole in my heart that i could never fill. 

it was after that that i began to date recklessly , trying to fill up that hole . i never dated anyone for more than a month . i was too afraid to get hurt again .

 that hole felt a little less heavy when i was with tori . it wasn't true love , that didn't exist. it was more like finding someone whom you were drawn to without knowing why . i knew from the start that girls like tori weren't meant to be played around with . girls like tori were meant to be loved , completely , totally and truly. but i couldn't risk it . if i stayed and she broke my heart too , i would never heal ,that much even i knew . 

so i made a resolve to stay away . i made a resolve to retreat while i still could . the next day as i went to my next class , i passed by tori's. i looked in , only too see her smiling at logan , who was flirting heavily . the hole stung , deep inside , and i looked away . there was no option but to become the cold hearted jerk i was . 

later that day i moved towards my next class as i saw tori coming my way . "hey " she greeted with a smile . i almost greeted back until visions of her and logan swam before my eyes. i looked away , pretending i hadn't heard her . i saw the flicker of hurt pass through her eyes . i walked past her and heard her call my name again . i kept walking . it was either my heart or  hers and i chose mine . i knew enough not to make the same mistake twice.

A/N : hey!!! this chapter *weeps in distress* ...this was just a filler chapter because it seemed wrong to leave ashton's point of view with a cliffhanger. so i gave it some closure.this is also an explanatory chapter of Ashton's behavior that i had to clarify .

also...about logan ..bet you didn't see that one coming,huh? i know, neither did I . anyway , now there is no need to hate on ashton for his PMS, did i say PMS? i meant disturbing behavior .. ;) ..i'll stop now ..stay tuned <3

-sneha