Starry Nights- Ashton Irwin

8

3rd P.O.V

"Ashton....Ashton," the small boy squirmed a bit, opening his eyes to be engulfed in a darkness. Also known as, Harry's bear hug.

"I thought I'd lost you," the older brother whispered. Ashton was confused, he had no idea what was going on.

"What am I , and who are you,"Harry tore apart from Ash, making him gasp.

"Harry? Is that, you?!" he shot up in horror, ready to find Rose and leave. Go far away.

"Ashton, calm down. Don't you remember? We talked about this" Harry stood up, slowly, and walked to Ashton. "Here, let me help you," putting a hand upon Ash, he gave him 'flashbacks'.

Without a word, Ashton grabbed Harry. Crying together, they squeezed tighter and tighter. Almost afraid the other would leave, disappear.

"Ashton, you know I can't stay," he pulled back, once bright eyes, dull and grey.

"What do you mean?" Ashton swiped at his eyes, covering up the drying tears.

"I can't stay forever, father wants me back. He doesn't know I'm here, he thinks I'm out causing some sort of terror," Harry laughed, a nervous laughter, because there was nothing funny about Harry's situation.

"I'm being pushed into the dark" Harry whispered.

"No.." Ashton thought that he finally had his brother back, but instead, he gets him for an hour, then has to say goodbye. Probably for forever.

"But, you just got here!" Ash stated, like a small child.

"I know, I know. I'm trying Ashton, I'll be ok. I think I'm strong enough to withstand fathers teachings, his strength is nothing compared to ours. We are special you know," he winked at the end, making both of them laugh.

"Now, we only have a short about of time, and we need to clean this up," Harry looked around, hundreds of teenagers lay around. Unconscious, Harry's doing.

***

After about ten minutes, the whole school was clean. All kids memories, filled with fake ones. Replaced with found memories of laughter and food fights at lunch, no Angel/Demons fighting for their lives in a cafeteria.

And Josh, he's fine. Harry did a thing or two, making him a nicer kid. For Rose, when she came back from the bathroom there was Josh to great her with a 'I'M sorry' and 'would you like the sit with us'. Along with Conner, he had been looking for her, and once he spotted her coming from the bathroom, greeted her. Of course, Rose choose Conner over a boy who made her cry, just to apologize later.

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Rose sat down at the table next to Conner, both of them without food.

"How's your day going? Conner asked, picking at the worn table.

"Eh, boring and, I just want to go home. School isn't my thing, "she shrugged, playing with her thumbs. As if it would pass time faster.

"Maybe you can come over later?" Rose looked up, she's never been to his house before. "Maybe we can go to the park down the street?"

"Yeah, yeah. That'd be cool," she smiled. Maybe this would be good for her.

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"She's wonderful," Harry spoke from a cross the table. The two were sitting with Conner and Rose, hidden behind darkness.

"You don't even know," Ash's eyes dotted with small amounts of black, jealousy. Of Conner, always had been.

"Calm down lover boy," Harry nudged Ashton, small chuckles echoing around.

"How did this happen?" Harry pointed between Ashton and Rose.

Ashton searched for words, biting his lip in concentration. 'How did this happen?' He thought.

"Well, I was up, well, there," he pointed to the sky, a goofy smile escaped. "And I saw her, she wasn't doing so well. Walking around late at night, only the age of seven. Her parents were gone, she was on the streets. Late at night, and she was so little. There was a man, I saw him, but she didn't. He started walking closer and closer, she heard him, but didn't know what was happening. I started to walk closer and closer to the open, remember it? That small hole up there looking down here, she was right in the middle. Catching my attention. She started to walk faster, only to crash into the man. He started to talk to her, 'comforting' her. I knew what he was doing, and I didn't like it. He started to touch her, like her shoulder. He leaned down and out his hands on her shoulders, trying to make it look like he was concerned. Then, he moved her hair out of her face. He laughed, then began to rub circles on her cheek. She wasn't sure what was happening , and she was scared. She didn't know whether to trust him or not. She was never really around men, her father was the only one she knew and he was never home. His other hand went to her back, slowly skidding down until it was on her, umm, butt. She gasped, a tear falling down her face. He shushed her, told her everything would be ok. He picked her up, took her to his car. She shivered as he put her in the back , all the seats were taken out except for the front. There was a sheet there, it was obviously his home. He started to tell her he was going to show her something, and to not be scared. She blinked away the tears and nodded. He started at her pants, pulling them down slowly. She laughed, she thought it tickled. He laughed too, a fake one. Just so she would think he was playing. After they were off , he took her jacket and shirt. He played with her underwear, until finally started to take them off," Ashton eyes were darker than ever. Black and red swirling around, teeth clenched as he stared into nothing. "I had enough, I don't know what happened. I ended up in the car, the mans neck cracked under the pressure of my hand. She was asleep, my doing. I dressed her, and whipped the tears away. I erased her memory, and left him there to rot. Evil bastard. I brought her home, put her to bed. I stayed for a bit, watching her and replacing her memory with a night filled with kid tv shows and happy laughs. I went to leave, go home, but I couldn't. I walked outside, looking up at the sky I saw it was black. Then, one of the lower level Angels stood before me. They explained that it was forbidden that I came back, that I was in trouble for leaving without being told, then I was banned for killing a man. I cried, and cried. I didn't know what Earth beheld. I mean, I've seen it a lot. But I had no idea what I would do. I was given a small box, when opened it had everything I needed. All my clothes, toothbrush, money, everything possible. The small girl told me that she was deeply sorry, and she would watch out for me, then see left. I recognized her, we talked a bit from our time in Heaven and I knew she was nice. I knew she would watch over me, but I was worried. I had fallen for a human, and I knew I would take care of he. Whatever it was, whoever she was, I would take care of her. And for the last ten years, I've done exactly that. And everyday, I fall deeper and deeper."