Beauty behind the magic

chapter 25 "Do it again"

TORI's POV:
Five hours .i had been lying here for five long dreadful hours . I turned my head and looked at the clock seeing the numbers indicating it was just ten minutes after three am. I groaned and turned to my side .i felt one long heavy tear rub it's path down my tired face .I brushed it away ,repeating the action I had been doing for the last five hours.

I had reached home immediately after the most dreadful incident .My brain was so confused it was causing me physical pain.A pain that came back every time I thought about it . Seeing Wendy and Ashton's-

I stood up ,effectively interrupting the same morbid thought that had been passing through my mind for the past five hours . I got home and avoided my family heading straight for my bedroom where I proceeded to fall on my bed and  cry for an hour . I heard knocks on the door ,but the tears held me in place .i didn't move ,I didn't even turn .i just lay there and thought about how screwed up my life was getting to be .

Deep down ,I knew it wasn't Ashton's fault.I knew I shouldn't have left him like that .But what could I do?! My heart broke into a million pieces . They had a baby together .she was beautiful,and sweet and timid and everything I would never be . He obviously loved her once .he will do it again .

I sat at the seat near my window and gazed out .a part of my mind wandered to Ashton . It wasn't much later that I had begun crying again . I sobbed lightly into my hand and reached up to wipe my nose .i brought my palm in front of my face .only to see it covered in blood.

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ASHTON's POV :
I opened my eyes slowly ,registering the bright light around me . I had fallen asleep sometime around five am . I spent the whole night lying in my back ,staring at the ceiling and regretting my existence.a few tears and a punched wall later ,I had finally fallen asleep after coming to a conclusion about my next course of action.

I stood up and pulled on a shirt before heading to the table in my room.i grabbed my phone and my fingers dialed the one number that ,though I had deleted ,would forever remain burned into my memory.

"Hello " a delicate voice answered on the other side . I took a deep breath in and rubbed a hand over my face ."Wendy" I said ,my voice cold and emotionless"we need to talk".

One difficult and short conversation later ,I was stepping out of my house ,heading to the local cafe. We had decided on coffee ,a rather normal thing in my otherwise joke of a life . My eyes were bloodshot and my lips in a straight line . I got into my car and started it when I saw a sight that made my heart screech to a halt.

Tori ,in all her beauty ,stood in in front of my house ,her eyes trained on my window . Her eyes looked teary and bloodshot and it made my heart crack open .What had I done to this girl.

She had on a thick sweater that she pulled around her thin frame .Like she was hiding into herself .Her lips moved ,signaling that she was muttering to herself .When she turned around to leave ,I finally got out of the car .

"Tori" I called out .She whipped around and her eyes settled on mine .I saw her take a breath and bite her lip and that little action made me want nothing more than to draw her to me and to hold her as tight as I could.

"Baby I'm so-" I was cut off as she answered every prayer of mine at that moment by throwing herself on me and winding her arms around my torso ,her head buried in my chest ,her shoulders shaking.

"I'm sorry" she sobbed lightly as I pulled her impossibly closer to me ."why " I said ,my voice cracking ."I shouldn't have left you like that yesterday.I just,i was so confused and hurt and scared -"I cut her off by kissing her deeply ,savoring the taste her lips always gave me . A sense of comfort enveloped us as we clung to each other for dear life .
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TORI's POV:
He was kissing me .he was kissing me and suddenly all was right in the world.Tori and Ashton were together ,and even though none of our problems had been fixed ,somehow we knew they would be .

I still don't know what pushed me to hug him .something about the broken look in his eyes and the pain he was so clearly feeling made me hurt as well.i needed him at that point.i needed to be strong for him.i needed to face this with him.

When we pulled apart he pulled me to him and placed a chaste kiss atop my head . We stood there in the cold November air ,taking in each other's presence.i looked up at him "where were you off to " I asked .

He looked down at me and the sad look appeared again "to meet Wendy" he said . My heart clenched but I nodded . The sooner this was sorted the better for all of us ."I know that probably bothers you and I really don't want -" "can I come with you?" I cut him off . If he had to do this ,I would do it with him . I wouldn't run . I wouldn't hide .

He looked down at me and a smile grew on his lips "yes please " he whispered ,the last thing I heard before his lips descended on mine again.

A/N : hey guys
Another one for you. This one is sad but I'm so glad they're working it out .Also ,I know the whole blood thing isn't explained .it will be in the next chapter

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