Trust || c.h.

Chapter 12

A/N: I have very bad writer's block so If this sucks I apologize now.

*Elsie's POV*

Ashton backed away from Calum and he looked like he just realized everything he had done. His eyes moved up and down my body, taking in the blood that was drying in my fresh cuts, the bruises along my wrists and arms and the fresh red hand print on the side of my cheek. I was still in shock from him slapping me and Calum of all people coming to my rescue. Why did he come down here? Last time I saw him was when he tried to force himself on me. What was going on? 

I jumped at the sound of the door slamming shut and Calum looking down at me with a worried expression. "Elsie, are you okay?" He held my face in his hands carefully as if carefully not to break me more. "Why are you helping me," I started "it's my fault anyway" I frowned, pulling away from his hold and walking to the bathroom. "It is not your fault! It's his, he has a problem and he needs to fix it." Calum shook his head and stood behind me in the bathroom as I grabbed a new washcloth out of the cabinet, wetting it and carefully wiping the cuts that ran along my arm. "I got mad at him Calum. He cheated on me and I got mad and ignored him. I shouldn't have done that" I sighed, and started to wrap bandage cloth around my arm. I dropped the cloth on the ground and cursed under my breath. Calum quickly reached down, grabbing the cloth and took my arm in his hands, wrapping it for me. "He cheated on you?" Calum raised an eyebrow, looking down at my wrist before taping off the cloth so it would stay. 

"With my best friend" I sighed, sitting up on the bathroom counter. I hadn't talked to Kayla in a while and I doubt she knew about what had just happened. She's going to freak out because I had been hiding my scars and bruises from her. Calum shook his head and took my hands in his. "What a cock" I laughed at his nickname and looke at the mirror in front of me, cringing at my appearance. I didn't look like myself. I was pale white, my hair was dirty and limp, my cheek was starting to redden and my collarbones were starting to poke out. I turned my glance to Calum and sighed. "Can you..can you make me food? I need to shower and I'm really hungry" I hated to ask him to do anything but he quickly nodded before leaving and started to make something in the kitchen. As he left I closed the door, locking it and undressing. I needed to scrub off this disgusting feeling I have. I turned on the shower and climbed in, letting the hot water run through my hair and against my back. 

15 minutes later I climbed out, wrapping a towel around my body. I opened the door, poking my head out before walking across the hallway and into my bedroom. I pulled on some black denim shorts with a black The 1975 tee shirt before stepping out into the hallway to the smell of grilled cheese. I padded down the corridor to the kitchen to be greeted with Calum plating 2 grilled cheese sandwiches for me and 3 others for him.

He placed the plate of food in front of me as I took a seat at the breakfast bar. "Thank you by the way" I tied my hair up into a messy bun, tying all the hair back securely. "For what?" Calum sat beside me, already eating one of his sandwiches. "Helping me with Ashton, if you didn't get here first I wouldn't have stopped and he would have been mad at me even more.." I sighed before taking a small bite of my grilled cheese. Calum smiled softly before nodding and finishing his three sandwiches. This boy eats like a horse apparently.

"Well, I came down here to tell you something actually.." Calum stood, setting his plate in the sink before looking over at where I sat. "What is it?" I took another bite, looking up at the giant that stood in front of me. "I wanted to apologize sincerely. For what happened before. I don't know why I did it and I regret it. I was jealous of Ashton I guess and I didn't exactly react to it well." He ran his hand through his hair, tugging on it lightly. "It's okay" I smiled and padded over to him, wrapping my arms around his waist and leaning my head onto his chest. "You helped me and I don't even care about what happened before anymore." He hugged me back and we stayed like that for a little bit in the comfortable silence.

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I woke up the next day to the sound of my alarm blaring throughout my room. I reached for my phone, turning off the alarm without opening my eyes and groaning. "Shit" I muttered as I forced myself to leave the warmth of my bed. I had to go to work today and that meant I had to see Ashton. I was quitting my job because I didn't want to be around him. All I had to do today was walk-in, quit and leave. Along with avoid Ashton and anyone else besides the manager. I know you're supposed to give a two week notice but in this case, two weeks was to long and I couldn't wait that long. 

I quickly got dressed in black skinny jeans, combat boots and a Green Day tee shirt and a plaid shirt to cover my arms. I padded across the hall to the bathroom and plugged in my curling wand. As I waited for it to heat up I brushed my teeth and put on light makeup that mainly consisted of concealer, blush eyeliner and mascara. As I finished brushing the 2nd coat of mascara on my eyelashes I started to curl my hair into loose long curls. Once I was satisfied with the way my hair laid, I pulled on a black beanie and grabbed my keys and headed out the door to drive to my soon ex-workplace.

I pulled into the parking lot and climbed out of my car and walked into the old record store. As I pulled the door open, the bell chimed above me and I cringed at the fact everyone now knew for a fact I was here. Walking to the back room, I walked into the manager's office and pulled open the door. I sat in one of the chairs across from where Mark the manager sat in his chair, facing away from me where I couldn't see him. "Mark, I need to talk to you," I started, looking down at my hands. He didn't say anything so I continued. "I'm quitting. Things have come up in my personal life and I feel that if I continued working here my performance wouldn't be what you or the store needs." I tugged my beanie down around my ears as the chair spun and I was greeted by someone else sitting in the chair.

Ashton.

A/N: Literally this chapter sucks balls and I used to many pronouns and I'm sorry guys. But it's an update! In 8 days (July 31st) I'll be gone due to medical things but that should only be a week and a half. I'm really sorry but I'll try to update loads between now and then! I'll be updating again tomorrow so yeah :D Almost 200 reads! Thank you all so much for choosing to read my book and don't forget to vote!