Disconnected

Chapter 6

Luke's POV

"Please stop crying,  please" I whispered while stroking the girls hair. All night she has been crying and screaming and I just don't know what to do. I couldn't hug her because she'd probably punch me and hate me even more. The worst thing is a really need to pee and I'm hungry , but I just can't leave her alone. It's still dark out, it's only 4.43am. The only thing I can think of is to text one of the other boys to see if they're awake to come and keep an eye her. The first boy on my contacts list was Ashton so I text him.

In less than a minute a had received a text from Ashton saying "sure I'll be there soon, I just have to put pants on (;". Not soon after that there was a quiet knocking on the door who was Ashton.  Why was he even awake at this time of the morning. It didn't really matter anyway because I really needed to go piss.

Ashton's POV 

Typical Luke needing to pee in the middle of the night but to nice to leave his girlfriend alone in the bed. Surely she couldn't be having nightmares bad enough to make her scream and cry like Luke said. I chucked on some boxers and went to Luke's room, lightly knocking on the door. Just as I was about to open the door Luke went sprinting out half naked ran straight to the toilet. How long had he been putting that pee off??

The girl was hunched up the edge of Luke's bed shaking, and crying. She was wearing a black shirt, that barely covered her bottom. The blankets were on the floor and she was covered in sweet. I think she is awake but it's hard to tell. I couldn't keep staring at her, watching her cry I had to do something. 

I approached her slowly wrapping my large, mammoth arms around her small body. She sat up looking at me with those adorable big brown eyes, and I pulled her closer to my bare chest. She buried her head into my neck. She kept sobbing, trying to speak but not a single word came out.

"Shhh princess, it's okay.  Nobody will hurt you, you're safe her" I whispered in her ear.

"Tha..thank... you Ash..ton, can you stay with me pl....ease?" she cried. 

"Umm, no I can't you're not my girlfriend, your Luke's. Despite how much I think you're cute, it's not my job to sleep with you that's Luke's. Even though he acts like he doesn't care a lot. That's why he told me to come watch you. He thought you would beat him up if you touched him" I whispered to her.

I continued holding her, not daring to let go. Not wanting her to cry or be scared. I just wanted her to know she'll be safe her with me, with all of us. I was just hoping Luke wouldn't walk in and chase me away. It had been awhile,  he's probably getting food.

"Ashton? Did.. did um Marcus hit you? Umm I'm sorry if he did" the girl whispered looking up at me. I just nodded, she just whispered "sorry" again and began to cry. I felt terrible calling her the girl but what else do I call her?

I didn't know what to say. It wasn't her fault.  She didn't think that did she? She pulled her body away from me and slowly got of the bed. What had I done to her? I expected her to leave the room, but instead she went to her suitcase and pulled out some light brown liquid in a bottle. 

"It's body make up that I use for my umm.. scars. I can put it on your eye if you want, it looks really sore" she said completely forgetting about the nightmares she was previously having. I just nodded even though I was going back to bed after this, I just didn't want to say no. I sat still letting her apply some wet stuff around my eye, which was completely bruised. Her hands were so small and so delicate and smooth. She was so careful not to hurt my bruised eye any more, she was so cute.

"What are you two doing............. ohhh  I know actually " I was suddenly disturbed from my daydreaming but the sound of Luke's voice. Awkward. I wonder what he thought we were doing first. Luke stayed standing by the door, holding it open eating a ham and cheese toastie. Typical Luke. I guess that was my signal to go back to bed. Just as I was about to exit the room I heard two 'thank you's' one from Luke and one from the girl. I sent the girl a big smile, and gave Luke a hug before going back to bed.

Just as I was about asleep I heard my phone beep again, and of course it was from Luke. What the hell did he want this time.

From Lukey: "Thank you so much Ashey, what did you do to calm her down?" xx

To Lukey: "It's fine Lukey, I just gave her a warm hug, and let her know I was always there for her, and you were too." xxx

With that I put my phone back on the shelve and went to sleep still wanting to know the girls life story, but happy that I made her smile.

Luke's POV

"Umm, um sorry about leaving before, I was hungry and hate to pee sorry" I awkwardly said walking over to my bed. The girl got back into her side of the bed, and I got back into mine.

"It's fine Luke, everyone's gotta eat and pee" she said giggling slightly. I was glad Ash had cheered her up, I just wish I could do the same thing, but it was kind of hard when she hated me, and I didn't particularly like her slutty clothes or how she kissed some of the other boys and grabbed their bum when meet them. I just felt so bad that I couldn't support her, through her nightmare like Ashton did. I layed in bed for ages staring at the roof for ages before hearing the girl sobbing again. What could possibly make her so upset about when being in bed? Was it me... did she really hate me? I quickly shuffled over closer to the girl despite what I was telling myself. I wrapped my arm around her tiny body expecting her to shuffle away. But she didn't instead she stopped sobbing and talked to me.

"Luke? Guess what?"

"Yeah" I replied.

"I still hate you"

"Same. I mean I don't like you either"

"Good"

And those where the last word we said before going back to sleep, with my arm still around her body. It was a bit awkward but at the same time it felt like it was meant to be.