Tragic Love (an Ashton Irwin fanfic)

Chapter 13: "Nothing"

Brayden's POV:

We hopped in the car and started driving to Calum's apartment. We didn't have much time to talk because it was such a short drive- only about five minutes. We got out of the car and walked up to the building. It was a pretty decent size 2 story apartment. Ashton walked in and led the way to the living room where Calum and Michael were sitting. They were concentrating on a video game- Fifa I think.

"Wanna play Ashton?" Michael asked with a smirk.

Ashton grunted, "you know I hate Fifa." Michael laughed. "So where is Luke?"

"He said something about having to deal with a problem," shrugged Calum.

I couldn't help but notice the odd look on Ashton's face as he heard these words. He had hatred in his eyes.

"You okay Ashton?" I asked. He sat there blankly for a few moments with that same expression. "Ashton?"

"What? Yeah.. just gotta um... go somewhere for a minute." With that he walked out the door.

"What was that about?" I asked the boys, as I sat down beside them.

"Don't know. Those two have always had something weird going on. They won't talk about it to either of us," Michael said laying down his controller.

"We've been getting worried lately. They've been distancing apart in the past few months. They don't talk- and don't get near each other. They are always sneaking off, not telling us what's going on," added Calum as he, too, set his controller on the coffee table. "I'm scared it's something- bad. Ashton doesn't really have the best luck. He's been involved in some- things- in the past. Bad things. Things he doesn't like to talk about. And now I think Luke is involved in some of those things."

"Well, what happened?" I asked confused.

"Let's just say that Ashton had a bad group of friends- always causing trouble. They didn't really like this other group of guys- hated them actually. We think Luke is now hanging out with this 'enemy' group of the others'. I think Ashton is hanging out with those guys again."

Just then the two boys walked through the door, and we ended our conversation.

"Oh my God! Luke!" He had a swollen, busted lip and a bruised forehead.

"Dude what the hell?" Michael shouted, seeming just as shocked as me. Him and Calum just stared at them for a minute.

"What?" he asked confused. Luke touched his lip and grimaced slightly at the pain. "Oh that?" he said taking a quick glance at Ashton, "it's nothing."

"No it's not 'nothing' it's bleeding!" I drug him into the bathroom to clean him up. I noticed an angry look on Ashton's face as he plopped down on the couch.

"Brayden I'm fine."

"Sit," I insisted.

"Really- I don't need-"

"Just sit down," I said aggravated with his stubbornness. He sighed and sat on the sink.

I blotted his face with a damp cloth- removing the now dried blood from his lip and temple.

"What happend, Luke?" I said softly, not wanting to annoy him.

"Nothing. I just...fell."

"What really happened? Don't lie to me. Was it Ashton?"

He sat for a moment in silence. "No. Like I said- I fell." He had a look of guilt and sadness on his face. He left out of the bathroom.

I decided to leave it alone for now. I walked back into the living room. I was just now noticing that Ashton had bloody knuckles. It was Ashton after all. He saw me catch sight of them and tried to cover up his hands. They went along and had their band practice anyway- dragging it alone. Something is going on. And I'm going to find out what it is.

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A/N: Yayyyy! I FINALLY updated!!! I'm SO sorry for not updating for so long. I've been busy and lazy at the same time. I actually had no idea how to make this interesting until I thought of this. This chapter will really tie the rest of my story together well! So... What do you think will happen?

AshtonIsMyAussie xx