Preppy Misfit (Ashton Irwin)

Part 7

“I walk into my house, and see some dude playing tonsil hockey with my little sister” He hissed, getting closer to Ashton, I moved to stand in front of him “Oh please. You left five years ago and made it pretty clear that you don’t care about me or anything I do.” I hissed back at, he took a step closer but I stood my ground. “You need to leave” I half yelled, the other boys were standing around, and ready to stop anything. “What are you even doing here?” Alcohol still making my mind a blur, I didn’t even know how the words were coming out of my mouth. “Well I thought I would drop by, say hi to the family” He smirked, I just rolled my eyes, “But I can see mother and father aren’t here, as usual, and you’re having party, snogging on with some dude. Why wasn’t I invited?” he fake pouted, but a smirk soon returned. “You’re the one who left us, you walked out, you decided on another life. You said you hated us and didn’t need us, you chose the life you did” I yelled, tears now running down my face, body still numb, mind blank. “Aw come on baby sis” he moved closer, I clenched my fists and the boys moved in front, stopping him from moving closer. “Don’t baby sis me. You’re the reason mum and dad never come home anymore, you’re the reason they fought. They left because they needed to get away from you, because of everything you did. The stealing, the drugs, the fights. It’s all on you” I hissed at him, anger filled his face, his eyes going dark. “Yeah, like you turned out any better. Look at you, tattoo’s, making out with boys left right and centre, drinking. You’re the reason I left this stupid family” he spat back, I shook my head and walked towards him, he smirked. “I hate you” I hissed. “Get out, get out now and don’t come back” I yelled, punching him in the chest, tears streaming down my face, he shoved me back and Ashton caught me. “Hey” Josh yelled at him, punching him to the ground, the guys picked him up and shoved him out the door, “Don’t come back” he yelled as he slammed the door. I just stood there in shock as to what just happened. “Tell everyone to go home, this party is over. I’ll take Alex upstairs” Ashton guided me upstairs, the others getting everyone to leave. Ashton lay me down on the bed and tucked me in, leaving me to sleep as he went down stairs.

I sat up in shock, sweat dripping off my forehead and tears running down my face from the nightmare I just had. I had a killer headache, felt like crap and could only remember parts of last night, unfortunately the worst part I remembered. I wiped away the tears, I stood up and instantly felt nauseous, running to the bathroom. I hurled. “Oh Alex” I heard Ashton say sadly, running to hold back my hair and rub circles on my back. When I’d finished, I wiped my face with a wet cloth and then Ashton helped me back to bed. He ran down stairs and came back up with a glass of water and aspirin. I smiled as a thank you and downed the aspirin, patting the bed next to me, he sat down as I sat up slowly. “I’m sorry” I whispered, “For what?” he half smiled back, “For now, for you seeing me like that. For last night” I sighed, thinking back to last night. “Hey, it’s okay. It’ not your fault” he whispered, lifting my chin up to face him, he smiled and kissed my forehead, “Do you mind me asking what happened between you and your brother? You don’t have to answer” I looked down and then back at him, shifting so my body was facing his. “No its okay. It was about six years ago. He just got home from college, and something was different. He came home every night with bruises or cuts, sometimes he’d come home with different girls who would always be gone before anyone woke up. He started doing drugs and getting into trouble. So my parents left, they started to travel heaps so they didn’t have to deal with him, but they left me and I started to get depressed. That’s when I got my first tattoo, the pain of it was my way to deal with all the stress. That’s also when I started dating Austin” I sighed, I blinked away the tears before continuing, “He did this for a year, treating me like hell, the family like hell and that’s when he left. He said that I was ruining his life and that I was going off the tracks because of all the tattoos I got. Also because he knew how Austin was treating me and he thought I was a pathetic piece of crap because I didn’t stick up for myself. He applauded Austin for Toughing me up. I hadn’t seen him since, until last night.” I let out a slight laugh, shaking my head. “Forget him, he’s a dick” He laughed, I smiled at him and punched him lightly. “Is what Ryan said last night true? About you having feelings for me?” I asked, he looked at me and just smiled and nodded, “I don’t remember much. But I do remember that. And the kiss that gave me butterflies” I blushed, but before he could say anything, I felt nauseous again and ran to the bathroom, making it just in time. I washed my face and crawled back into bed, Ashton got me more water and left me to sleep. ‘You’re just a pathetic little girl’ the darkness screamed at me, I couldn’t move, I just stood there, I was paralyzed. I tried to fight, run, scream, anything I could. But it was hopeless. ‘You deserved everything you got’ it screamed again, ‘You can’t escape me. I will find you’ I was finally able to run, I ran as fast as I could but it seemed to get me nowhere. It was like I was running in circles, the darkness screaming at me. Then they appeared. ‘I will find you’ Austin screamed at me, smirking, evil in his eyes, ‘You’re the reason I left this family, you’re a hopeless mess, you’re a screw up’ My brother screamed at me, facial expressions matching those of Austin’s. They continued to scream things at me, paralyzed once more. I tried to scream and scream, nothing but silence escaping my lips. Just when I was about to give up and let the darkness swallow me, I screamed once more and this time it came out. “Alex” Ashton shook me, I sat up in shock, tears streaming down my face, sweat beads on my forehead, struggling to catch my breath. I looked at Ashton, concern filled his face, “Shh, its okay, I’m here” he whispered, pulling me in for a hug, I curled up next to him on the bed, he stroked my head, running his fingers through my hair to calm me down. “No one will hurt you, as long as I’m around” He kissed the top of head, my breathing had returned to normal and the tears had stopped flowing. He began to softly sing to me, as I dozed off to sleep. Something I hope to get used to.