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fourteen

Ashton's POV

"Just promise me you won't let him hurt me?" Luke looked genuinely worried at me and I leaned in to kiss him again,

"I promise."

"This may be a little hard for you to hear."

Sitting down in the chair, I held Luke's hand tightly as I waited for him to begin telling me what all of this was about and if I'm being honest, I was somewhat worried to find out what was wrong.

"Alright well, I guess I better start before I talk myself out of it." I squeezed his hand for reassurance. "Okay, here goes nothing." He took a deep breath,

"It started about a year ago when Ryan cornered me at a party, you three had all left me and he just came out of nowhere telling me he wanted to fuck." He bit his lip for a moment, "I told him no but he didn't listen and shoved me in a room upstairs somewhere and I was scared so I told him I'd tell if he did anything to me but he told me he'd kill me and anyone I told and at the time he looked so serious so I believed him. I believe him even more now." Luke paused to take a breath, squeezing his eyes together, "He raped me that night and I've been stuck doing things for him since, out of fear and no matter how much I wanted to leave or scream I couldn't. I couldn't risk hurting anyone for the sake of me."

I was honestly extremely shocked at what he'd just told me, and almost overwhelmingly angry that Ryan was doing this to him, how could anyone do that to someone as nice as Luke? He'd never done anything wrong in his life so I don't understand what he did to be abused by Ryan and him hating himself to the point of suicide.

Moving to him, I cupped his cheeks to make him look at me, fresh tears already falling from his eyes, "Did he rape you at the party, when I thought you were just playing me?" He nodded his head and I felt awful.  I'd left Luke when he needed me most, turned my back on him when he had no one and left him at the mercy of Ryan. I hate that son of a bitch.

"I'm sorry, I'm so fucking sorry." I hugged him tightly and he just whispered that it was ok. Pulling back, I argued, "No it's not, I left you with him and I didn't notice what he was doing to you, I didn't notice that he was killing you, hell I didn't even notice I was killing you by leaving."

"It's not your fault that I tried to kill myself, I just didn't want to be here anymore because of Ryan and without you I really didn't see the point in continuing. If anything Ashton, you were what kept me here."

"I fucking hate that dick, I swear I'm going to kill him for what he's done to you or I'll at least make him pay."

Luke smiled slightly at me before saying, "It's okay, I'm not worth all that effort."

"Yes you are, Luke." I stroked his cheeks, "You are because I love you, I love you so much and I swear I'll protect you from now on."

He smiled again as I brought my forehead down onto his, "Thank you and I love you too."

Now it was my turn to smile and I leaned down to kiss him which made his smile bigger. It was nice seeing him happy, he's rarely been happy for a year but now I finally knew why and I could finally do something about it.

"We need to tell Michael and Calum." I spoke once I'd pulled back from him and although he looked nervous, he nodded his head.

"Do you want to tell them or should I?"

"You can, I don't want to see their reactions, Calum's especially."

Brushing hair out of his face, I kissed his forehead and said, "Okay, but you get some sleep now, you need to rest." He nodded and positioned himself so he could lie comfortably and I kissed him before leaving the room to call Michael and Calum.

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"I'm going to kill him, I swear I'm going to murder him." Calum was seething when I told him about Luke and Ryan and I honestly felt the same way but I was trying to stay calm for Luke's sake, and so I had the right head on me when we actually dealt with Ryan.

"Cal, calm down okay? We need to be calm and be here for Luke right now." I attempted to calm him down but understandably, he wouldn't.

"I can't calm down! That bastard raped and abused my best friend and made him want to kill himself, I cannot calm down!" Calum was red in the face.

"Look, we're all angry and no doubt want to tear Ryan limb from limb but can we please just calm down for Luke's sake?" I asked and Calum was trying to control his breathing in order to steady, Michael already seemed very calm which was a little weird.

"You calm him down whilst I go see Luke." Michael then walked off into Luke's room before I could say anymore.

Calum had his hands in his hair, obviously stressed and I put a hand on his shoulder. "Look, it's going to be fine okay? Luke's going to be ok because we're here to protect him."

"It's just, he's my best friend and I didn't have a clue. What kind of a friend am I if I couldn't notice how much suffering he was going through? How could I not notice what was happening to him?" Calum was now shaking.

"None of us saw, Calum. Don't beat yourself up about this."

He nodded, "I swear though, if you let me get my hands on Ryan at all then I will kill him without a moments hesitation."

"I know, mate. I know."

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A/N: I'm sorry this was crap but it was the best I could do despite actually getting motivation and inspiration. I hope you don't think my 3 days in a row updating is too much.

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