Pieces of You

Forgiving

Jerome's POV

I stalked out of the house, gripping Betty tightly in my hands. My eyes automatically shifted to the right as I heard a crunch behind me. "Mitch. Go home, I don't want you to be around me right now." Mitch halted abruptly.

"Jerome, I know what she did to us, but we have to give her a second chance." Mitch pleaded. I scoffed lightly.

"After what she did to us! You would still give her a second chance?" I spun on my heel to face Mitch, he was standing right behind me. His eyes wavered for a second.

"Yes! I would! I'd forgive her if she forgave us!" Mitch shouted. I felt my eyes widen in disbelief.

"Forgave us? What have we done?" I hissed under my breath. Mitch took a step closer.

"You know very well what we did." He hissed back at me. My mind briefly wandered to an image of her scarred face under my axe. I shook my head.

"Leave Mitch. I can't think about that right now." I mumbled, defeated I walked further into the woods, away from Mitch's loving grasp.

Mitch's POV

I watched as he walked into the woods, my eyes burning from regret of words. "What have I done?" I slid my back down a tree, holding my face between my two hands. I felt a delicate hand on my shoulder.

"Mitch. I'm so sorry." Jerome mumbled tears streaming down his soft face "I love you so much and I still said what I said, I was angry, please. Forgive me?" He started choking on his own tears as they streamed down his face even more.

"Jerome, I forgive you, I will always forgive you." I got up, enveloping him in my lanky arms, letting his chin rest on my shoulder. "We should go back, speaking of forgiving people." Jerome nudged his head a bit into my neck as an agreement and I swept my arm around his waist as we strolled back to the cabin.

Ashley's POV

They remember, don't they? Sure as hell they do. I lifted my head slightly to be met not by my fears but by a 17 year old boy. His long hair, the colour of black coffee, swept over his eyes just enough that I could make out their colour. Deep mahogany, almost maroon. The corners of his lips lifted. "She's awake. Sky!" He shouted what I assumed to be the other boys name, he looked slightly older, maybe 18. "Mhhm?" he mumbled. I ducked my head down a bit more. The boy with the strange eyes smiled at me.

"You don't have to be afraid. We won't hurt you!" he explained gently. I didn't quite believe him but I lifted my head anyways. He smiled whole heartedly. "There ya go!" he smiled through his words. I shook my head a bit to clear the small amount of faded red hair I had in my eyes away. The other one, Sky, got up from his chair, it creaked after he left its vicinity.

"What's your name?" he asked, his eyes shining with pure kindness, something I hadn't seen in a while. I hesitated a bit.

"The names Ashley." I whispered before speaking up a bit more. "My name is Ashley." I said louder flicking the annoying strand of hair out of my eye again. I stopped myself before talking only to astonish myself. I trusted them. So foolish of me, but it was all I had. "Mind untying me?" I asked. They shared a glance quickly. I smirked slightly. "I won't run off, just look at me. You honestly worried I could take you in this state?" my eyes flicked over myself, taking in my sprained ankle and my growling stomach. "I just wouldn't mind being able to scratch my nose." I joked, hoping I would get there trust too. The younger one smiled and undid the knots that held me to this chair. I pulled out my hands, lacing them together and pushing out, earning a satisfying ripple of pops from my knuckles. (Hear that sound ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ) I stretched my back as well getting more cracks and pops rippling up my spine. "Oh that feels better! Now just one question, do you know who I am?" I asked as I continued stretching.

"Well, pretty much we just know that your name is Ashley and Mitch and Jerome really don't like you." Sky responded shrugging his shoulders.

"Yeah we do."

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I am so sorry!!! I have a legit excuse this time some of you may understand! ATTACK ON TITAN. OK. My life is over! But I promise I will really try hard and make these updates more than once every few weeks! To make up for my sudden interest in anime I have for you a marathon of writing! Today I'm gonna update a lot ok! Well anyways . . .

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