Starry Nights- Ashton Irwin

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"Oh, hush baby. You're fine, you're ok," Ashton whispered into Roses ear as she lay there, tossing and turning on her bed from a horrible nightmare.

She screamed, fingernails being dung into her sheets and walls. Tears streamed down her face, and her feet kicked around.

"Babe, you're ok," he laid beside her, holding her down the best he could. She still struggled, and so did he. She was strong, definitely when asleep, but not close to as strong as him. He kept her still, her nails scratching the fabric where he was suppose to be laying.

"Go away!" she screamed, suddenly stoping. Her eyes opened wide, her breathing increasing, and she looked to her side. Only to see Ashton with a worried face, from her nightmare and, well, she saw him.

"I-I," she studdered, a little shook up from everything.

"It's ok babe, you're fine," he repeated, attempting to hug her. Which meant he reached forward, grabbing her tightly, but she couldn't feel it. She wrapped her arms around him, but they went straight through.

"Why would you ever hurt me?" she whispered. Ashton instantly let go of her and grabbed onto her shoulders.

"I would never hurt you! What are you talking about?! "he practically screamed, making her flinch. "I mean, what happened ,baby?"

She rubbed up her arm, bitting her bottom lip in fear. She didn't know whether to tell him or not.

"You were yelling at me. I was sitting with Conner, and you appeared. You started yelling about how awful I was for talking to other boys, and that I was stupid. You went to Conner and hit him, he went to hit you back but you disappeared. When you came back you were behind him, and you beat him. You were jealous, and even though I was screaming , you didn't listen. Then, you came towards me, fast. I ran, but you were faster than I was. You got me, and you grabbed onto my arms really hard, see. Here's the bruise," she pulled her sleeve up, revealing a hand mark."You got really close to me, then you went back to normal. You apologized, then disappeared, again. All you left was one black feather, it fell from your back." She didn't seemed scared at all, which was odd. Rose seemed more interested in what he was than if he was going to hurt her. He wasn't feared by her. "Here, I put it in my pocket." She pulled out a black feather, a small one.

Ashton sat there, heavy breathing a tears spilling everywhere. He had no idea what had happened, he was completely dazed.

"When did this happen?" he asked in a hushed tone, attempting to figure things out.

"After school," she leaned forward, trying to wipe away a few a his tears, but failing.

"But, but I was with Harry. How could..." Ash pulled at his hair, teeth grinding. He was beyond man, he didn't know what was happening. Could he have possibly gone into a rage about his brother and hurt Conner? It was possible, Ash was pretty angry. Harry was being pulled into the dark, and it frustrated him that he couldn't pull him into the light. That he couldn't help.

The more Ashton thought, the more he realized he didn't really remember what happened after Harry left. He just remembers waking up next to Rose, because she was screaming.

"I'm confused," Rose threw her hands up in the air, and it made Ashton giggle. After what supposedly happened, she was still her giddly self.

"I'm not sure babe, I'm not sure, but let it be known that if never her you. Or your friends, ok? I don't know what happened, or anything," Ashton sighed and laid back down. He hated not knowing, having to overthink every small thing in attempt to find the answers the everything, it ate him up inside to know he hurt her, and came close to doing worse.

"What happened to Conner?" he asked. He grabbed at his hair some more and she laid down next to him, pulling the covers up. It was 2am, and it was freezing cold.

"I don't know, you put him to sleep and me too. But, I dreamt about it. So maybe he did, too," she shrugged, still amazing him that se couldn't care less.

"Well, I'm sorry, but you can't remember any of this," he spoke, but before completely erasing her mind from the whole incident. He ran over to Conners too, doing the same. Their memories of the night would be a few romantic comedies and a small water/food fight. Then, she went home. Took a quick nap, and he did the same.

Ashton fixed things, but he didn't. He needed answers, but the only one with answers left hours before.