The Bodyguard (5sos)

Chapter 15

Maeve POV

"Drop your weapon!"

I freeze and my ears perk up to the sound of another human's voice. The woods of Washington (the state) seemed like a great place to go hunting, or target practice. Once I heard the voice behind me, I knew that something would go wrong.

My feet slowly pivot to face the voice. I keep my gun loaded and I click the safety off. I don't trust whoever is behind me, so I aim directly at their chest when I'm fully facing them. A red dot traces its way from my heart to my forehead. A laser pointer. Whoever it is isn't afraid to kill me.

"Drop your fucking weapon." He barked.

"And what's it worth, Jacob?" I spit his name out like it's poison.

Jacob is my ex best friend. He grew close to me after Adam died. He took care of me when I couldn't take care of myself. Yeah, he sounds like a sweet guy. Until he stabbed me in the back. Literally and figuratively. I found out that he was feeding information to one of the most wanted criminals in the US. When I wouldn't give him the information he wanted, he literally stabbed me. Damn near paralyzed me, but I moved slightly. I almost died at his hands, and that's not going to happen again.

He smirks. "Who's going to save you now Maeve? Hm?"

"Can we be civil about this?"

Jacob laughs. "Me? Civil? Ha, that's the funniest thing I've heard all year!"

"What do you want?" I spit.

"I don't want anything. Oh, I do want to kill you."

At that moment, he fires and I move slightly to the side. The bullet scrapes right over my left ear causing blood to rush down my face. I fire a shot in his general direction, and by the groan I hear, I know I hit him. The ground starts to spin as I lose more blood. I look back at Jacob to see his arm covered in blood. He's holding his gun with his left hand, but I know he can't shoot unless he uses his right hand.

However, to my surprise, he lets out another shot, still trying to aim for my head. It flies over my head and splits the wood in the tree behind me. As he reloads, I move behind a bush to take some cover. I quietly load my gun and aim through the branches of the bush. Jacob doesn't seem to know where I went, so I use that to my advantage. I watch as he swings his gun around, trying to find where I'm at.

"Where are you hiding Maeve? Are you too much of a coward to face me?"

I won't lie, that struck me hard. But I stay where the bush provides some cover. It's not ideal, but it's better than nothing.

"Show yourself Maeve!" He demands.

I make a decision to shoot him in the upper leg which makes him crumble to the ground, screaming in pain. Before I have a chance to think, I reveal myself from my hiding spot. My gun is still pointed at him as I call the police. As soon as I hear the sirens, I walk away. But not before shouting,

"Don't fucking mess with me ever again!"

-//-

"Maeve, oh my god!" Michael yells as I enter the tour bus.

"What happened?" Luke asks as the two boys stand to help me.

For a second I'm confused, but then I remember the blood trickling down the side of my face. I don't want the boys to be concerned about their safety or mine.

"Nothing." I mumble.

I wince as Luke touches where the bullet hit me. Blood rushes down my face and down my cheek. I really didn't want the boys to see me after the fight. The one thing I don't want is for them to get scared when I get hurt.

"It's clearly not nothing. You bleeding for heavens sake!" Michael yells.

I calmly put my gun on the counter and sit down. I'm feeling just a bit woozy from loosing so much blood. The rush of adrenaline is still running through me and I currently feel no pain.

"You should see the other guy." I smirk.

"Holy shit, Maeve!" Calum shouts as he exits the bathroom.

"Maeve! What the fuck happened?" Ash yells.

I sigh, I'm totally fine but no one seems to think so. There's a rag on the counter so I grab it to clean the blood off my gun. I hate it when people don't leave me alone.

"Guys I'm fine. The other guy is more fucked up than me." I insist.

I flinch away from Calum as he attempts to clean my wound with a cloth. He freezes where he is, silently asking permission to continue. I sigh, I can't escape this. My gun is rested on the counter again, but now it's cleaned and loaded. Safety on of course.

"Mike, get my blue bag from my room. It has first aid stuff in it. Mainly for bullet wounds, but can you please get it?" I finally ask.

"So you shot the son of a bitch twice?" Luke exclaims.

"Don't fucking swear." Ashton mumbles.

I ignore Ashton saying, "Yeah. He's much worse than me. At least I have good aim."

"That's my girl." Ashton says.

I shift uncomfortably on the couch where I'm sitting. The tension between us can be felt throughout the whole room. Ever since he kissed me, there's been an awkward tension that's always present when we are in the same room.

Michael clears his throat and says, "well I have to go practice. Calum, care to join?"

"Oh me too." Luke adds.

Soon I find myself alone with Ashton. Ash scratches the back of his neck. I sigh, this is not what I want to be doing.

"M'Sorry for everything. I shouldn't pushed anything and I feel terrible. I don't know why I did that. I guess I wanted to start our relationship right but I guess I did that wrong. I really shouldn't have done that I just couldn't help myself and I'm really really sorry. I hope we can still get a long, I mean I'm stuck with you on tour so it would be nice if things weren't awkward between us. I'll try and do anything to fix it. I can't believe that I probably just ruined things between us, oh shit I've fucked up-"

And I surprise him and myself by kissing him.

His lips are warm and soft against mine. I slowly move my lips against his. Ash instinctively moves his hand to my waist, and my hands fall against his neck.

The kiss is sweet and careful. We both don't want to take the wrong move. I smile into the kiss and he smiles back. I pull away but keep my forehead against his. He pulls me closer to him.

"For the record, I enjoyed it." I whisper against his lips.

Signing off,
Maeve

What did you guys think? I'm really starting to need a ship name for Ashton and Maeve.. any ideas? Comment them! Maevton? Don't forget to comment if you enjoyed and leave a vote. It really makes my day. Btw, I wrote this at 2 am. Apologies for mistakes!
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