Between Your Body & Your Soul {Alan Ashby}

Chapter 5

& Alan's POV &

"No no no no no... go away." she kept on repeating, grabbing her head and shaking it. Her whole body was shaking, I was scared.

"What the hell did you do?!" Austin shouted making me flinch, and rushed over to his sister. I parted my mouth, but couldn't speak.

Finally I was able to stutter a few words, "I-I don't know."

Nable was now sobbing. My chest tightened, I felt as though I was going to start crying. All I wanted to do was hold her, tell her she was beautiful, she's worth it, anything, anything to get her to stop crying, to stop feeling like she doesn't matter. Everyone started to gather around to see what was going on, which made Nable shake and cry more. The bus had stopped, but nobody left. They all tried to comfort her and tell her everything would be okay. She stared breathing rapidly, like she was about to go into shock.

"Everyone needs to go right now." I said loud enough for everyone to hear.

Everyone started to clear the bus. Tino leaned to Austin and told him that he's a phone call away if something happens then looked at Nable and kissed the top of her head. She didn't remove her hands from her face or stop crying. Austin looked back at me and stared me down, basically wanting me to leave too. I just looked back and forth from him to his sister, I nodded my head and walked off the bus.

& Tino's POV &

I was worried for Annabelle. I've known her and Austin for as long as I can remember. I remember when Annabelle was happy and how quickly that happiness was taken away from her. She is so fragile, maybe even too fragile. The last couple of years were the most hardest for her. She'd been hurting herself for years and when Austin found out he was furious. He yelled and screamed, even cried telling her she could've talked to him or said anything. Austin didn't talk for weeks after that, to anyone except Annabelle. She was his everything. He would give or do anything for her to be happy again. I heard someone running up behind me so I turned around.

"Yo Tino! Wait up man!" Alan called out, running up right next to me.

He breathed heavy and stopped in front of me. "Tino what's wrong with Nable? You've know her the longest other than Austin and I know for sure he won't say anything to me."

I looked at him and smirked. "And what the hell makes you think I will?" I cleared my throat.

"Come on man. Please." He looked at me anxiously. I walked around him and shook my head. He walked right next to me and stayed quiet.

"She's so pretty and so strong." I said breaking the silence.

"She's not pretty." Alan says, which caught me by surprise. I looked at him, confused.

"Annabelle is beautiful." he smiled and blushed looking down at his feet then straight ahead.

I couldn't help but notice how happy she made Alan. Yeah, they just met, but there was something that just clicked. I'm glad that Alan could move on from his previous relationship. I hated his ex. She was such as fucking slut. He was to head over heels, he didn't realize when she flirted with other guys. When Alan found out she'd been cheating on him, he was devastated. He cried for nights over and over how he was going to marry her, start a family, and finally settle down.

"You really care for her man, don't you?" I say looking back up at him.

His gave a weak smile and rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah. That obvious huh?" Alan spoke slowly.

"When she feels happy, she sees this "friend". Nobody else can see her, but Annabelle can." I start explaining. Alan looks at me, his gaze urging me to go on.