*James’s POV*
“Hey, I’ve just finished my bit so I’m going to head on home or something, I’ll see you after” I tell Connor before gathering my belongings.
“Erm, could you do me a favour?” he asks
“Sure, what is it?”
“It’s just something happened with Tom and Ava’s family and it’s pretty fucked up really and I’m worried about her, could you just nip to mine and check up on her, I just want her to be safe” he looks pretty sad, normally Cons the cheerful one who’s smiling but he looks so drained.
“Of course, I’ll just get my coat and then I’ll go straight to yours” I tell him.
Ava’s made Connor so much brighter, I can tell he loves her. Just the way that everytime he talks about her his eyes light up. It’s actually quite annoying how in love he is with her. She’s fallen for Connor too, she seems to be smiling a lot. I don’t know what goes on behind closed doors but something must have really affected Connor. I’m just hoping they can pull through whatever it is, I need them to stick together.
I grab my coat and then get Con’s keys before heading out the studio and driving to Connor’s.
The first thing I notice when I pull up is the small black car parked outside, I know Ava doesn’t own a car and Connor’s is at the studio.
I step out my car and head to the door, its unlocked already and so I just push it open.
I can hear Ava struggling, I decide it’s probably best to go and help her. Tom’s stood pushing her against a wall and kissing her neck. The next thing I notice is Ava’s hands pushing against his chest, she doesn’t want this to happen. The anger inside me boils.
“Ava” I say, making my presence obvious.
Tom doesn’t even stop, he carries on.
“Get the fuck off her” my voice must startle him and he moves back, releasing Ava from his grip. I run to her body where she’s fallen to the ground. she smells of alcohol, I hope Tom didn’t force her to drink because if he did I swear to fucking god I will rip his head off.
I pull her body into mine and pick her up.
“I need Connor” she cries, I nod and carry her out the house. Tom’s stood staring at me and so I carry Ava into the car and place her in the back seat.
I go back inside and find Tom still stood, staring at me. I clench my fists, he can’t be more deluded can he?
“How fucking dare you, if you’ve hurt her I swear I will beat your ass, do you understand me?” I spit in his face. He doesn’t even bat an eyelid.
“She will never love me will she?” he questions
“Well I’m not really surprised, if you find forcing a girl to drink and then pressuring her to kiss you charming her then you need a check up mate”
“I never made her drink, I came round to apologise and she was drunk, she fell and so I took her inside and I guess I wanted to just make her want me” he confesses and to be honest I still want to beat the shit out of him.
“She has a boyfriend who’s madly in love with her, when he finds out about this he isn’t going to be very happy”
“I’m such a fuck up, I just want her back” he kicks the chair in front of him before walking out the house.
I walk out too but instead I head to my car, Ava’s sat crying against the chair.
“I’m going to take you to Connor okay?” I tell her. She nods and so I set off back to the studio.
I open the car door and pick her up again, she rests her head in my chest and I feel her tears on my shirt. I decide not to take her straight to Connor and so I take her to the toilets to clean up a bit and maybe get rid of the smell of alcohol lingering off her.
She returns back to me in the entrance to the studio, her eyes still red but not as much. I reach my hand out for her to take it and she just begins to cry again, she cries into my shirt once again, it’s hard to comfort this girl.
“James?” Brad comes from the kitchen.
“Hey, Ava’s had a bit of trouble and so I’ve brought her to Connor, I’ll explain a bit later” Brad nods before returning to the studio.
I guide Ava into the room that Connor should be in, he’s sat with his back to the door and writing something on his lyric book.
“Connor” I speak, he turns around before narrowing his eyes on Ava.
“What happened?” he gets up and quickly makes his way to Ava, she lets go off me and embraces Connor. He kisses her head and looks back at me waiting for the question to be answered.
“I walked up the the house and the door was open so I just walked in and I could hear someone struggling and so I walked more and I saw tom, he was holding her up against a wall and kissing her neck, she was trying so hard to push him off but she’s been drinking and so she couldn’t, I put him in his place, don’t worry” Connor looks from me to Ava before holding her even tighter.
“That fucking bastard, wait till I see him” he grits his teeth.
“Please Connor, I don’t want to fight with him” Ava quietly speaks.
“Baby, he hurt you, I’m not letting him get away with this”
“Please, I just want to go home with you, please take me home. I want to just sit in bed and stay with you, is that so much to ask Connor?”
“Ava, I want nothing more, I’ll take you home. But I have to finish this, James will take you and stay with you for a few hours and I’ll be home. Then we can be together properly, okay?”
“Okay” she nods before Connor kisses her forehead. She walks over to me, I reach my arm around her and nod at Connor.
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Brave| Connor Ball
Fanfiction"I know you're lonely. I think you need someone to want you, well I do want you. So be brave, and want me back" Every day seems the same to me. I sit around and think about how alone I feel, then I wind up rather enjoying loneliness because it's the...
