The Bodyguard (5sos)

Chapter 9

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Maeve POV

"This is all of our faults!"

"No it isn't! She was doing her job!"

"But if she left with us, this never would have happened!"

"We can't change her actions. What's done is done."

"But we could've done something! We could of helped her!"

That's when I decided to speak up, "I did my fucking job as I was supposed to."

My voice was so quiet that the boys almost didn't hear me. Their heads all snapped in my direction and I meekly smile at them.

"And who's shitty idea was it to put me in a hospital?" I joke.

"Hey, no fucking swearing!" Ashton replies.

He tucks the hair that was in my face behind me ear. He doesn't look me straight in the eye, but I look into his hazel eyes. I want to know what this man is thinking, what gives him the right to touch me. But, I don't pull away.

Michael awkwardly coughs which pulls Ashton away from me. Mike informs me that him and Calum are going to get Maccas (McDonalds) and they will call me if needed. I nod my head to give him permission to go.

"How bad is it?" I ask Ashton. Like said something about getting his guitar, and is long gone by now.

Ashton tilts his head in confusion. "The cut I mean. She cut me pretty bad."

Ashton looks away and sighs heavily. "It's pretty bad. You dodged a bullet though. Literally, she tried to shoot you after you passed out apparently."

A heavy sigh escapes my lips. I really don't like being defenseless and injured. Especially in a hospital.

The doctor later comes in and discharged me, so the boys decide to take me out for lunch. I was rather against this idea after all that just happened, but Calum had connections so that we could eat in the kitchen with the chefs. This put me at ease as I could not protect the boys to my best ability yet.

My neck is stiff from the stitches and I cannot turn it in either direction. I physically have to turn my entire body. I wince as I try to look out the window of the car. The pain isn't terrible, I've had much worse, it's just annoying to live with.

We pull up to the back of what ever the fuck the restaurant is, and I get out first. A tall man opens the back door for us and Calum seems to recognize him. If Calum trusts him, it puts my mind at ease. For now at least.

I've invited the girls over here as well, just invade something happens. Luke and Calum both seem to have hit it off well with their new girlfriends, so all is well. I haven't really met them yet so I go over to say hi.

The two girls are laughing with each other and I feel rather awkward trying to become friends with them. I awkwardly say hi and tell them my real name and code name.

"Hi, I'm Ashlynn. It's really nice to meet you. Cal has said so much about you." The taller of the two says.

She has long blonde hair that she has braided to the side. Ashlynn has beautiful light blue eyes that anyone can get lost in. I can see why Calum might like her. Ashlynn wears a simple green halter strap dress that flows down to her mid thigh. It has sparkles around the top and the bottom. It's very cute on her.

"All good things I hope!" I joke.

She laughs, "Not at all. He trash talks you all the time."

I turn to the other girl. She has gorgeous mocha skin, which is so clear that the sky is jealous. Her unruly black hair is swept into a ponytail. She wears a light pink sundress with a black pearl necklace around her neck. She is truly beautiful and I know Luke will fall for her.

"Hey, I'm Rhenylyn." She looks down at her shoes. "Luke says that you are nice."

"Well it is very nice to meet you Rhenylyn. I love your dress by the way." I hate being girly. "It's nice having girls around instead of boys. They drive me insane sometimes."

The two girls both laugh.

"Well I'm Maeve. Or, Makayla when we are in public. I hope that you will knock some sense into these boys along the way. Thanks so much for being here, as you can see, I'm in no condition to protect them alone."

The girls and I talk for a while as we eat our over cooked hamburgers. I have learned that Rhenylyn likes to read and write. She is 19 years old and just moved out of her old apartment. Rhenylyn loves to hang out with her friends and write alternate universes about them. Ashlynn is 21 years old and currently living with her best friend. She has such a great sense of humor, sarcasm, but she's always careful when being sarcastic.

Ashton glanced my way and smiled when he caught my eyes. I raised my eyebrows in return, my way of smiling. Happy that he got a reaction, he turns back to listen to whatever the fuck Michael is blabbing about.

Rhenylyn giggles slightly. "What's going on there?" She interrogates.

I sigh heavily. "Ash and I are supposed to be boyfriend and girlfriend with each other. I'd rather not, but he seems to try to make me feel comfortable."

Ashlynn looks at Rhenylyn and they both seem to share a secret conversation.

"If you say so."

"We are not together like that!" I defend.

"So, you are together?" Ashlynn clarifies.

"For publicity sake yes. Nothing more, nothing less. No if's and's or but's about it. He is kind of my client anyway."

I look back to Ashton. He smiles and bites his lip. Damn.

Wait...

Signing off,
Maeve

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