Two Is Better Than One (L.h+A.i)

Chapter 18~

I'm sorry if this makes you shed a tear... ~Shari

"J-james?"

"Hey bud. Bet you never thought you would see me again." He laughs evilly.

I swallow and turn to run out but somehow he beats me to it and locks the door. "Oh no Lukey boy, you dont want to miss this."

And before I could even scream for help, I was punched in the gut making me double over and couch. James grabs my hair and I cried out as he yanked me up and punched me in the face twice. He throws me over at the wall and I wince when my side slam's into the cement wall.

James leans down in front of me and grabs my chin harshly. "So I heard you have a boyfriend. You do know that he's only using you?"

He stands back up and kicks me in the stomach. I curl up a little and his foot collides with my face and all I see is darkness.

The next time I wake up, dizzy and in pain. I feel someone kissing my neck. "Being gay isn't the best thing in. the world now, is it?" Then I fall into darkness again.

I wake up again, still dizzy but in so much more pain than the last time. My back is rubbing against the floor and my lower half in numb. I slowly slip out of consciousness again.

The last time I wake I see police men and Ashton sitting over me.

"Luke, oh my god, Luke baby stay awake. Don't fall asleep."

I blink my eyes heavily and croak, "Its h-hurts..." Making Ashton shed a tear. "Its okay. You're okay now."

I swallow and nod again before I'm pulled into darkness again. Well at least the darkness isn't as painful.

ASHTON'S POV-

I quickly drove to the hospital after the paramedic's put Luke on the stretcher and rushed him to the hospital. I was crying. And every time I closed my eyes I would see the horrible scene all over again.

Walking around after the game had ended, looking for Luke. Opening the door and seeing a man raping a passed out Luke, only soon to find out that it was his step dad. I remember pulling him off and punching his in the face. Someone calling the police. Telling Luke to stay awake.

Every detail of that heart breaking moment. I knew that after this Luke would never be the same. And I would do everything in my power to help him through it.

I arrived at the hospital, parked my car, and climbed out to run into the building. I looked around and quickly made my way to the front desk.

"Luke Hemmings. I'm...looking for...Luke Hemmings." I spoke through pants.

The lady typed in something into her computer, which I'm guessing was Luke's name, before looking back at me calmly.

"Luke is in the ICU right now. So I need you to go to the waiting room until a doctor comes to talk to you." She pointed at a room.

I nodded and slowly made my way over to the waiting room. I sat down and put my elbows on my knees and then my face in my hands. I started to cry.

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Finally about an hour after tears running down my face, and my leg shaking like crazy, and after everyone else had left. A man in a white coat holding a clip board walked into the room.

"Luke Hemmings."

I shot up and quickly walked over to him, not hesitating to say, "Is he okay?"

The doctor, Dr. Hans, nodded and smiled. "Yes. He's fine. He has a few bruises, a broken rib. We noticed a few cuts on his arms, and we do believe they are self implied. We don't suggest anything big, we just want him to stay over the night. We also ran a few tests, and lucky he didn't catch any STD's."

He was about to walk away, but he stopped and looked at me. "Oh and he's asking for you. Room 12."

As he walks off I sigh and star to walk to the room. When I get to the door I take a deep breath and grab the handle. When I open the door and walk in I'm met with a heartbreaking scene. Luke's lying on the bed his head is turned slightly to the side and more skin is exposed. Meaning I can see bruises and marks. I close the door and his eyes blink open. As in walk over to him I say.

"Hey..." He blinks again and in a croaky voice responds, "Hi."

I pull a chair over and sit down before grabbing his hand. I press a kiss to it before looking up at him and brushing a piece of hair away from his face. He smiles, I can tell its forced, and leans into the touch.

"I'm sorry." I sniffle. "In should have came to the bathroom with you. Or checked on you during the game. I'm so sorry..."

Luke shakes his head and squeezes my hand. "No, you w-were only doing you job as team captain. Its nor your fault."

"But I could have helped you earlier. And then you wouldn't be here now."

After that it was quiet until he finally responded. "James is in jail...They arrested him. Dr. Hans told me after he was finished with the tests."

I nod and press a few gentle kisses to his bandaged arms.

"Why did you do this? It was obviously before. So what happened and when?" I asked in a soft comforting voice.

He swallowed. "I got a note saying I needed to kill myself..." I stood up and slowly leaned in to kiss him. I pulled back and whispered. "Don't believe anything that those pricks say okay?"

He nods and pats the spot behind him. "Lay with me?"

I nod and quickly walk around the bed. I climb in behind him and carefully pull him closer. I kiss his temple as he yawned.

"Go to sleep. You need it."

And before anything happened. He was sleeping soundly. I kissed the back of his head and whispered into his ear.

"I love you so much, nothing will ever happen to you again. I promise."