This Is War (SHORT STORY) COMPLETED

Chapter 11

(A/N: HAHA SAME MICHAEL)

I blinked back to reality, looking up at him with frightened eyes. him and calum were crouching down in front of me while ashton and luke looked at me with worried and confused gazes. "what the heck just happened, baby?" calum whispered, brushing my tears away.

I broke down in sobs, and fell into calum. "just memories." I cried. Him and mike exchanged looks, and Michael nodded in understanding. "I know... I got it too. It's ok." he said softly. "I think it's time to head home." Calum said, standing up with me in his arms.

"ashton you drive the one she had." Michael said, getting on the one they were sharing. "right, yea." He nodded. calum sat me on the 4-wheeler, and drove off as I clutched to his body.

"go faster, faster. Bullets... dying... people following..." I mumbled. calum looked down at me with a worried look, and rubbed my back. "I need to get her into therapy." He told Michael.

"you all need it." luke sighed, clapping him on the back. We got into ashton's car, and he drove us home. "thanks again, luke. sorry we had to leave earlier than planned." Calum said, hugging me to his chest. I was half asleep.

"no, no. it's ok. get her as much sleep as possible." he said, giving calum a weak smile. "yea, I'll try." Calum sighed, taking me into the house. He laid me down on the bed, and combed my messy hair back, letting me snuggle into his chest.

"I-I'm sorry." I cried. He shushed me, and placed kisses to my forehead. "just go to sleep, darling. I'm here." he whispered. eventually, I was finally able to fall asleep. But I woke up from another nightmare a few hours later.

Looking up, I found calum sound asleep. I smiled slightly, admiring his peaceful face. he rarely sleeps anymore, even more so than me. ugh, I cannot believe I had another break down. I thought I was over those!!!

Angry, I got up to suppress some of that anger. I walked down into the basement where all the exercise equipment is, and began to work out.

A few hours later:

Calum's point of view:

I sat on the couch, watching TV, and trying to ignore the sounds of addy angrily screaming downstairs as she worked out. this was normal for her. whenever she was angry, she'd just work out. suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

I rolled my eyes, and opened the door. "why didn't you just walk in?" I deadpanned. "because the last time I did that, you 2 were making out on the couch. Now how is addy?" Michael asked.

"she doesn't sound too good..." luke mumbled, hearing her scream, "150!!" I chuckled, and shook my head. "she's working out... she's pretty mad at herself and I think it's because she had another breakdown." I shook my head.

Michael frowned, and walked inside, heading for the stairs. I followed behind him into the basement, and saw my very beautiful, VERY sweaty lover doing pullups. "160!" she grunted out. "ok." I mumbled, walking over to her. I grabbed her hips, and tried to pull her down, but she gripped on. "let go!!" she yelled at me. I reached up, and peeled her hands away from the bar.

"calm down." I whispered to her. she relaxed into my chest with a sigh. "what all did you do?" Michael asked, doing a few pull ups. "160 pull ups, 50 pushups, like 90 sit ups, and I was at the punching bag for 45 minutes." She mumbled.

"girl! I can't even do 50 pull ups!!" luke gasped. "I can't even do 20 pushups." Ashton laughed, shaking his head. (A/N: pfft! I can barely do 1.) She shrugged, and sighed. She peeled away from me, and walked over to the treadmill. "now if you don't mind." She mumbled, gesturing to the treadmill that she was now running on.

"your pushing yourself again." I said in a warning tone. She waved me off, and picked up speed until she was full on sprinting on the treadmill. "just... go... away." she panted. I know she is going to fling off at any minute. Deciding to not let my baby get hurt, I stood behind her, waiting.

Sure enough, she went flying back, right into my chest. I caught her, and slammed into the wall behind us. "I told you." I groaned. She panted, and began stretching. "thanks." She breathed out, getting on the floor and doing pushups.

"this girl has a problem." Luke laughed. she jumped up, and kicked him right in the stomach, sending him flying into the wall, knocking down all the punching gloves. He groaned, rubbing his head.

"ow." He mumbled. I looked at Michael, who was laughing at ashton who was desperately trying to do pull ups. He pouted down at his boyfriend, and smiled when Michael helped him.

"we could be that couple but you're just too fit." I teased addy, looking down at her. she stuck her tongue out at me, and sat down on one of the chairs with a deep breath. "and now you get to watch me as I sexily do pushups." I said, winking.

She giggled at me, and shook her head. "ooh! I have an idea!" I said, grabbing her by the waist. I put her below me, and began doing pushups, giving her a kiss every time I went down.

by the time I was done, she was in a giggling mess. "hmmm, 80 kisses." She hummed, giving me another. "81." Luke said, gagging. I chuckled, and stood up, wiping the drips of sweat on my forehead.

"food?" ashton asked in a begging tone, giving Michael puppy dog eyes. "fine. as long as it's restaurant food cause I don't know how to cook, and I certainly don't feel like learning." He said.

ashton cheered, and grabbed our hands, yanking us to his car. "I need to change!!" addy laughed, trying to escape ashton. "take it from a gay guy, you look fine." ashton assured her. I rolled my eyes playfully, and got in the car.

"no! I'll only be a minute! I'm all sweaty!" she whined, running into the house. 5 minutes passed, and she came running outside with wet hair in a bun, and a new outfit on.

"ugh, sorry. I wanted to shower." She said, closing the car door and buckling up. "never going to get used to that." luke mumbled as ashton drove off. "whoa, whoa what happened to your cheek?!" ashton asked, glancing at addy through the mirror.

I sent him a cold glare, and Michael shot him a look. "babe I don't think-" "did someone scratch you?" ashton continued. "ashton-" "or something-" "ASHTON!! JUST SHUT UP!!" Michael screamed, slamming his fist on the dashboard.

Ashton slammed on the breaks in shock. Thank god no one was behind us. I could see tears well in his eyes, but he pushed them down. I locked my jaw as I looked at addy. She was staring out the window, one hand gently caressing her scarred cheek.

"if you would let me talk I was going to say that it wasn't a good idea to bring it up." Michael sighed, rubbing his forehead. "I'm sorry, I was just-" "it happened when we were in a village." Addy spoke up, causing everyone to go silent.

Michael and I exchanged looks. "we were searching for any injured folk, and..." she sighed. "someone jumped out, a soldier. Others jumped out, and one knocked calum out cold. The other one shot Michael in the hip, so Michael couldn't go anywhere..." she closed her eyes.

"I was pinned down, and they dug the tip of a knife into my cheek, prepared to skin my face. but all they could do was 3 lines before Michael was able to get his gun, load it, and shoot them. We barely made it out of the village. People had to come help us. I couldn't carry both of them, and Michael was unable to walk, let alone run out of the village." She finished, shaking her head.

"how did they manage to knock you out?" luke gasped, looking at me. Michael, addy, and I were all shaking. "they smashed the butt of their guns to my forehead." I mumbled, moving my hair to show off the scar.

ashton pulled the car over, and glared at Michael. "...what?" he asked. "lift your shirt up." ashton demanded. Michael hesitated before lifting it up. I closed my eyes when I heard the yelp from ashton.

"what happened?!" he hissed. I opened my eyes to see Michael staring at me. I gave him a sympathetic look. "ashton, don't worry about it. it happened a long time ago." Michael mumbled, lowering his shirt.

"there's more than one wound there." ashton said, crossing his arms.

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