It All Started With A Dare (Completed)

The Truth

"You didn't love her. You just didn't want to be alone. Or maybe, maybe she was just good for your ego. Or, or maybe she made you feel better about your miserable life, but you didn't love her. Because you don't destroy people you love." -Grey's Anatomy

"Why do I have to feel so numb?" I ask Catherine. We were currently in the courtyard sitting on one of the benches with my head laying in her lap.

"You are going through a breakup so it's understandable to feel that way." Catherine answers.

"It's like that time we were going on that roller coaster, you were so scared when we were going down, you thought you were going to die but at the end of the ride you felt safe again. The fear was gone. Right now you are going through the same thing, right now you feel like you are going to die but at the end of all of this you'll feel safe again." Amelia explains.

"Have I told you guys how wise you two are lately?" I ask with a smile.

"If you ever have any problems come to Catherine and Amelia, the wise ones." Amelia jokes. We laugh at her joke and finally for one moment I am happy.

But like always someone had to ruin it and this time the award goes to: Mathew.

"Ashley, can I talk to you?" He asks.

Before I can reply, Amelia answers for me, "Last time you asked to 'talk' to her you ended up kissing her. Who's to say you weren't in on Sandra's plan?"

"I-I wasn't," Mathew defends. "I am sorry, really I am. Ashley, I love you... always have, always will. And that's why it hurts me that you are hurting. Do you actually think I would hurt her knowing I love her?"

"You've done it once." Catherine points out and Amelia nods in agreement.

"I know, and that's why I went to Ash's house...to apologize. I want you to be happy whoever it is with, even if it's not me." Mathew replies.

"Well you sure have one heck of a way of showing it." Catherine retorts.

"Look, it is not my fault that Ryder believed Sandra and not Ash. That just proves he wasn't right for her!" Mathew defends.

Amelia locks her arms over her chest and raised and eyebrow as she asks, "And you are?"

"I'm not saying I am. I'm simply saying that if I were Ashley's boyfriend and I cared for her, which I do, I wouldn't have believed some slut-"

"Let me remind you that you dated that slut. Even more reasons to make you a suspect." Amelia snaps.

"Mathew just leave," I finally speak up. "I forgave you, I was willing to give our friendship a second chance but after what you did, I simply can't trust you...not anymore."

"But Ash-"

"You heard her, leave." Amelia orders.

He lets out a sigh of defeat and obliges. I run a hand over my throbbing temples as I sigh in frustration.

"It wasn't Mathew who sent him the pictures nor was it Sandra." Catherine states. Amelia and I stare at her with confused expressions.

"What do you mean?" Amelia questions.

"When I went to go look for my brother on Friday, he told me that if Sandra had been the one who told him about you supposedly cheating he wouldn't have believed her."