Hidden ~ A joe sugg fanfiction

Chapter 52

Ashley's POV

The wooden floor cracks beneath me, sending a wave of echoes across the seemingly empty apartment. A surge of panic rushes through me. Where is everyone?

I continue downstairs, increasing my speed.

The silence of the room is disturbed by a sharp intake of breath from the kitchen. I look over the long landscaped wooden floor and my eyes are met with Joe.

"Ashley" He says simply.

I nod and begin to turn around thinking he might need some privacy.

"Oh no wait Ash-"

He rushes from behind the island in the kitchen.

"Can we talk?" His worried expression melts my heart so I nod simply.

He leads me upstairs to a spare bedroom that looks over the lake behind my apartment.

Joe strolls over to the soft bed and slouches onto it, patting the bed next to him.

A small smile spreads across his face as he watches me. I nod my head and sit next to him.

I don't know how late it is but I feel wrecked. I guess I might as well hear what Joe has to say.

"So... where is everyone?" I question. I seriously don't know where everyone is.

"Went out for breakfast. I promised Connor that I'd make sure you're ok."

I nod my head in response and wait for him to continue the conversation.

"I was on twitter this morning. My feed was filled with the picture of me and that girl at Santa Monica. I should have said something before you saw it and got the wrong idea. I'm sorry"

"Joe, that doesn't explain much" I say raising an eyebrow.

"I know." He sighs heavily rubbing his temples.

We're both plunged into a tense silence as he tries to get his words together. Preparing myself for the worst, I hold my breath before he speaks.

"Ashley... she's my ex girlfriend. I don't know why I met up with her. I just thought that maybe I wasn't good enough for you"

My heart shatters and I'm sure the heart break is written all over my face.

"Why are you talking about us in the past tense?" My voice quivers and although my question was intended to be rhetorical, Joe takes a breath as if he is about to answer.

"I um... thought you'd want to break up with me once you'd here what I had to say. But I suppose that's not all I have to tell you"

I can feel my hands becoming clammy and sweaty. I already know what he's about to say.

"She kissed me"

"Uhm... j-Joe what the hell?!"

"After everything that's happened, you're the person that's kept us together Ashley. Yet all of this negativity has been aimed at you. I felt like I didn't deserve you and all of a sudden I felt the kind of sadness I felt when you left before. I couldn't help but go back to what I knew. I wasn't in a good place when you left Ash. You've always brought us back together. Let me be the one to do that this time"

"Well it looks like the 'wrong idea' I got from the picture proved to be true Joe. But, Ok. Just give me time to think Joe" I say quickly before rushing out of the room and collapsing onto my own bed, my face wet with tears.

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Ehhhhh it's been a while sorry. Hopefully updating a longer chapter soon x