Being Friends With A Bully ✔ (REWRITING & EDITING)

17: Letting the puppy go

Chapter 17: Letting the puppy go

*Ashley's Point of View*

When Max told me that he was dating Niall's little sister, it crushed me. My .little baby brother was growing up so fast. I mean he was only ten years old for god's sake! I started dating since I first dated high school. 

"Ashley, we're waiting for you downstairs. We're gonna eat breakfast then go to the mall. I guess Mum was family bonding?" Max said through my doors. I threw the pillow over my head and slowly rised up. I went to my bathroom, washed my face, brush my teeth and hair and change into shorts and tanktop. I slipped on my converse and headed downstairs. Everyone was in the dining room table, laughing and smiling. I looked at them confused. Mom patted a seat next to her and filled my plate with breakfast. 

"How was sleep, sweetie?" Dad asked across from me. I gave him a both thumbs up and winked at Max. He kicked me under the table causing me to close my eyes. He laughed and continued to eat his breakfast. 

"Where are we going today?" I asked finishing up my eggs. They all stared at me and started to laugh. I grinned, placing my plate in the sink. 

"Mall, now please wash your plate Ashley! I've told you this so many times." I nodded my head and washed my plate. Max stared at me as I was washing my plate. I glanced back at them and saw that my parents were talking about another kid or something. I walked myself to the couch to wait for them to go to the mall. 

"Don't tell anyone Ash." Max said sitting next to me. I shook my head and winked at him. He threw a pillow at me and changed the channel to transformers or something. I messed up his hair and watched has Mum and Dad were kissing each other. I covered my eyes and peeked through my hands. They were smiling at me as I pointed at my wrist. 

"Okay, let's go then." Mum said as she walked out the door. We all ran out the door with excitement. I looked across the street and saw that Niall's car was gone. I shrugged it off and got in the back of the car with Max. Mum and Dad stayed in front. 

"So Max, any girls yet?" Dad asked. I coughed and looked at the window smiling. Mum looked at me through her mirrors. 

"No, Dad." Max responded. I coughed even louder making it noticable. Max slapped the back of my head and laughed at me. I glared at him and ruffled my knuckles through his hair. 

"Ashley, why so happy?" Mum asked. 

"No reason." I said as I looked out the window. Mum pulled onto the Mall parking lot. We all got out and walked over to the stores. 

"You guys can call us whenever your ready to leave.Your Mum and I are going to watch a movie. Here's some money." Dad said as he handed us $100 bucks each. We thanked him and walked over to the food court. 

"I-Is that Macy?" Max said pointing over to a table. I looked closely and saw Macy with another guy. They were snogging each other which made me gag since they were so young. I covered Max's eyes as he pushed my hands away and ran up to her. 

I sat down at a random table, trying to not get noticed. I heard Max yelling at Macy. Macy ran away with her new boyfriend over to Niall. I looked at Niall. Niall saw me and just stared. He didn't say anything or do anything. 

I ran to Max and asked if he was okay. He hugged me tightly, not letting go. I smiled down at him and bended over to his eye level. He had his first break up at ten years old. He started tearing up, making his eyes blurry. I wiped his tears off and placed my snapback cap that Niall gave me, onto his. 

"This is fucking ridiculous." Niall whispered to me. I rolled my eyes and patted Max's back. I guided Niall by the elevator to talk to him alone. I had a feeling we were going to cuss at each other, so I had to get away from Max. 

"Macy's ridiculous, right?" I snapped back at him. He raised his eye brows and crossed his arms over his chest. 

"Macy? Excuse me, but what about your litte brother. Isn't he too young?" Niall said. 

"Too young? Your fucking kidding me, Niall! Macy's young too and your little sister is a player! She's dating another guy over Max." 

"My sister isn't a player! Maybe your brother is. You know what, I just need a break right now. I can't take it anymore." 

"Fine. Let's make it official. We're over. We don't need any breaks." 

"Good, by the way, Sirena was a much greater kisser than you. Just to let you know. Also, she's much sexier too." 

"Oh okay, you wanna go that way? Louis was way much more funner to be around than you. Infact, he kisses much better than you." 

"You kissed Louis?.." 

"Yup, no lie there." I walked away and walked back to Max. He was crying his eyes out on the table. I sat down next to him crying my eyes out too. I didn't kiss Louis. I only did that to make him jealous. Look's like I have to talk to Louis.

"Ashley, why are you crying? What happened with you and Niall?" I shook my head and walked around the mall. Trying to get Niall out of my head, every little blonde person I saw reminded me of Niall. 

"We broke up." I whispered to myself. Max looked at me and patted my back. I smiled down at him and winked at him. We walked all around the mall, no sight of Niall and Macy anywhere. I texted Mum that we were going to take a bus home. She said it was okay and continued to watch the movie with Dad. 

We got onto the bus. It was filled with tons of people. Max and I had to stand up because their were no seats available. Man, I hate riding busses. It was filled with trash and smelly people everywhere. I gagged a little bit, but no one seemed to notice. 

We got off the bus and walked home. Max ran to his room, still sobbing while I went to mine. I walked to the mirror and looked at myself for a second. Was I ugly? Is it true that Sirena's more prettier than me? 

I looked at my neck. I still wore the necklace Niall gave me yesterday. I took it off my neck and walked over to Max's room. He answered the door with his eyes all puffy and red. He sat down on the edge of his bed staring at the floor.

"I'm going to give Niall something. I'll be right back." He nodded and planted himself in bed. I wraped a soft Hello Kitty blanket around me, with my fuzzy slippers on and walked across the street to Niall's. In my hand, I had his snapback hat, the roses and the necklace. I laid them down on the Welcome Matt and rung the bell. I quickly hid into the bush, watching his reactions.

"Babe, who's there?" Sirena asked. I cursed something quietly to myself. Niall shrugged and looked down on his Welcome Matt. A tear esacped his eyes, but he quickly wiped it off. He picked those things up and hid the necklace in his pants pocket and passed over the roses and hat to Sirena. Sirena kissed him, maybe a little tongue action in there. I couldn't help but watch him. I was imagining that being me, instead of Sirena. Niall closed the door and continued off their business. 

I rushed out the bushes with pained tears in my eyes. I walked back slowly to my home without saying another word to anyone. I walked over to the bathroom and sat down on the ground. I got up and locked the doors, looking for a sharp object in the cabinets. I finally found a razzor and began to make a small cut. It felt wrong, but a good feeling was in me. I smiled as I did another cut. I wiped my blood off of my arm and threw the razzor away. I laid down on the floor, staring at my scars.