the boy next door

Chapter 5: Comfort

I couldn't breath plus I was crying. I was having a panic attack. Justin had fear in his eyes from looking at me. "A-Ash calm down, are you okay? What happened?" My knees collapsed on me and I fell to the ground, still conscious. Justin stopped talking and pulled me into a tight hug and shushed me until I was sane again."Deep breaths, deep breaths." He said quietly. My breathing evened a little, but my heart was still pounding. I felt like it was going to fall out of my chest. He shook his head and picked me up and walked upstairs. He placed me on his bed and lied down next to me. "It's okay. I'm here now." he whispered. I could hear the sadness in his voice. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled my body closer to his.
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Around an hour later I turned around and looked at him. "Are you okay?" he said with a sad expression on his face. I frowned and shook my head. "H-he was in my h-house and... a g-gun." I said trying my best not to breakdown again. Justin's eyes widened with fear. He stood up and panicked."A gun?! Shit Ashley are you okay? Did he hurt you? Did he shoot you?" he yelled examining my body. I shook my head. "H-he just told me to run. So I just ran over here. Thank god you opened the door Justin." I said while getting up and hugging him. He started to choke up."But...what if I didn't open open the door." A tear rolled down his cheek. "No Justin don't..." I said wiping his tear away with my thumb. He sighed and walked over to his drawer. He pulled out sweatpants and a big teeshirt. I thanked him and went to the bathroom to change into it. I put my hair into a bun aswell and walked downstairs. He was sitting on the couch with a blanket over him and was watching TV. I sat on the couch and slid under the blanket as I buried my head into his chest and wrapped my arms around his stomach. He placed his hand on my head and played with my hair. Shortly after he kissed my forehead. And I drifted to sleep.
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I woke up an hour later and looked up. Justin was asleep aswell. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and checked my texts. I got one from my mom.

I'll be home in a half an hour sweetie!
I sighed in relief and stared up at Justin. He was so sweet, he let me stay here and sleep here. God, I love him. My eyes widened. No, I can't love him... we just met dumbass. Ashley god get it together. I shook my head and placed a kiss on his cheek. Whoops I woke him up. He slowly turned to me. "Hey are you alright?" he said in his raspy voice. I smiled and nodded. "Better than ever." He smiled at my response. There was a knock at the door. It was my mom. I went over and opened the door. "Sweetie there you are!! I was worried sick I couldn't find you at home!" Justin came behind me and held my hand. I sighed and explained what happened. My mom's face went in shock. Oh my god...honey I'm so glad you're okay she said wrapping her arms around me. I backed up and looked at Justin."Well, you should thank Justin mom, he's the one who opened the door." My mom gasped and looked at Justin. "Oh my god thank you so so much for protecting my little girl." she said over and over again while squeezing Justin in a hug."Anytime." he chuckled. My mom then called 911 and explained everything that happened. The police came in front of our house and a couple of them held up guns and walked slowly into our house. Around 10 minutes later, they came out of the house saying clear. I took a deep breath and walked out of Justin's house. I quickly turned around again. "Oh wait Justin I need to change out of your clothes!" He chuckled,"It's fine don't worry about it." and gave me a huge smile. I blew a kiss and he caught it. I giggled at our actions. I walked into my house. It felt weird not feeling safe in my own home. I looked at the time 9:30. I guess I'll just sleep early today... and I drifted off into deep sleep, dreaming about Justin.
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