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A/N: made you wait sorry

I slowly put my half eaten Poptart down on the plate.

"Um...okay?"

They all share a quick glance before Michael begins to talk.

"Are you and Ashton back together?"

I laughed nervously, my appetite feigning fast.

"No,"

It wasn't a lie. We had kissed, sure, but he hadn't ask me to be his girlfriend for the second time.

"Don't lie to us, Nikki,"

"I'm not lying, Michael,"

They shared another look. Blake spoke up next.

"We just don't want you getting hurt anymore,"

"We're not back together! Either way why are you believing Michael!? He was half drunk!"

"Nikki, please,"

"Luke, don't,"

"Just listen to us, Nik, we're trying to help you,"

"Even if we were back together, you guys wouldn't approve of it! Yeah, I know I make stupid decisions, but they're my decisions!"

"We just want the best for—"

"The best for me? Yeah, you know what'd be best for me friends that support me no matter what shit I do!"

"Nikki! Ashton doesn't care about you!"

Michael was getting mad now, which only made me angrier.

"Do you see this Michael!?" I motion to the stitches under my eye, "Ashton wouldn't take me to the Biodome until I got these! If that isn't caring, what is?"

I was angry, obviously, but for good reason. Ashton regretted what he did, and you could visibly see it.

He wasn't going to make that mistake again. He stopped drinking because of what he did. He broke up with Krystal too. And he fucking loved me and I knew it.

"If you guys don't want to give him another chance that's fine, but I'm going to whether you like it or not,"

"Nikki—"

"Don't even try, Blake. He's my friend now and if we blossom into something more then so be it,"

"I saw what he did to you after that night—"

"And you saw how I healed,"

They were all silent. I stood up, grabbed my Poptart, and left.

As I walked up the stairs, I ran into Ashton.

"Hey, Nik,"

"If they try and talk to you about us, come back up here if you'd like,"

"Um...ok,"

"I'll be in this room." I said nodding to the door to my left, "Knock four times,"

I ate the remainder of my Poptart, and fell onto the fluffy bed.

Not even 5 minutes later I heard four knocks on the door.