Fall back in love

Chapter 42

Song for this chapter: Jar of Hearts Glee version

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"Have you seen the new girl? She's hot." Ryland says in the video. "Hot? You wish." Mackenzie scoffs. "Are you jealous?" Ross starts laughing. "Bet I could get in her pants by the end of the week." Danny nods over to Ross.

The video isn't even halfway done and I'm already sick to my stomach.

"Yeah right, you couldn't even if you tried." Ross laughs taunting him. "And you would?" Ross nods proudly. "How do you think I've fucked every girl in this school?"

"Fine, whoever can get into that freak's pants by the end of the month wins 500 bucks from all of us," Mackenzie says and Ryland nods agreeing with her.

I couldn't handle the humiliation any longer so I got out of Ross's grip and ran out of the building.

"Ashley, wait up. I can explain." Ross runs after me.

"Explain what? How I'm just like every other girl in this school? How everything you said and felt was a lie?" I turn around to look at him and I can see the tears forming in his eyes. "What can you possibly be crying about Ross?"

"Can we just go home so I can explain? Please." He takes a step forward, closer to me and I flinch when his finger caresses my cheek.

"You lied to me this whole time, for 6 months. How do you expect me to believe you now?" I jerk my face away from his hand and he drops it to his side.

"Just listen, at first it was a bet but then I got to know you and everything changed. Before I asked you to be my girlfriend I confronted Mackenzie and Danny telling them I want out with the bet. I love you, baby." He says as rain starts pouring down.

"Don't call me that. Don't tell me you love me." I grit my teeth. "Is that why she was always around you? To make sure you were still going through with the whole thing?" Tears start coming down my face again.

"Yes, but everything changed when we went on our first date. You were this adorable girl, I knew you were the one that could lead me to my redemption." He says pulling at his roots. "Look I know I've done some really stupid shit and I don't expect you to forgive me right away but I love you. I swear to my parents I love you so much and I meant everything I ever said to you." He takes a step forward and presses his lips to mine placing his hands on my neck to keep me from pulling him away.

"If you think about it I didn't even go through with it." He pulls away and caresses my cheek. "Are you serious right now? You completely objectified me but it's okay because you didn't go through with it, right?" I shake my head in disbelief.

"No that's not what I meant. I never meant to hurt you, I was just being a show-off and wasn't thinking. You know Mackenzie, she's just mad because I stopped fucking her." He says and by the look in his eyes, I can tell he's terrified to say something wrong.

"I don't care about her, Ross, I care about you. You're the one that's going to be the father of my child. You're the one I wanted in my life, not her." I start hyperventilating. "And you betrayed me." Ross's eyes widen as he sees that I'm losing balance.

"Hey, hey, hey. Breathe baby." He grabs ahold of me tightly so I don't fall. "Take. Me. Home." I breathe heavily. He quickly without hesitation carries me to his car and drives us home.

Once we're home he carries me out of the car and into the house. He carries me up to our room stripping my dress off and putting my favorite sweater of his on me. He covers me with the covers and runs his fingers through my hair. "Goodnight baby, I'm so sorry." He kisses my forehead and walks out of the room.

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~Ross Pov~

Once I got Ashley home safely I got back into my car and went to find Danny and Mackenzie. I knew there was a prom after-party at Mackenzie's house so I went straight there.

When I got there the house was packed but I soon found Mackenzie, Danny, and Riley in the living room drinking out of a vodka bottle.

"You must love me beating your ass." I grab Danny by the collar and slam his body into the nearest wall. "Hey lynch." He laughs and I tighten my grip on his neck. "How'd you girl take the news? Did she like it?" He asks mocking me and this isn't helping me at all, just making me angrier. "What the fuck is wrong with you?!" I punch him and let him fall on the floor as I walk out of the house and drive back home.

When I got home I walked upstairs to grab a change of clothes and saw Ashley sound asleep gripping onto one of my t-shirts. I wanted to lay next to her and reassure her everything would be okay but I knew that wouldn't help the situation at hand so when I finished changing I grabbed a blanket from the closet and went downstairs to sleep on the couch.

~Ashley's Pov~

I woke up at four in the morning realizing that Ross wasn't next to me, he must have left.

I'm mad at him for using me the way that he did but I know he's been through a lot and I know he loves me.

It sounds foolish of me but I can't help it, I love him.

I walk downstairs to the kitchen to find Ross asleep on the couch with tear-stained cheeks. I wish I never found out about that stupid bet. He'd be holding me in his arms and we'd both be asleep if it wasn't for Mackenzie and Danny ruining our night.

I felt really bad that he was sleeping on the couch and honestly, I hate sleeping in our room without him so, I piled up a bunch of blankets and brought pillows from upstairs laying them on the floor before I did as well and fell asleep.

When I woke up the next morning I was on the couch covered in a blanket. I got up and headed to the kitchen to find Ross on the phone.

"I'll take you back to your parent's house today, if you want." He says once he hung up and looked up at me.

"You don't have to do that." I dismiss his offer.

"I need to make sure you're okay. Why didn't you sleep upstairs?" He asks with a worried expression on his face. "I couldn't sleep without you. I hate it." I look down at my hands.

"Ash, I don't know how to fix this." I look up to find him pulling at his roots. "Not even beating the crap out of Danny helps."

"When did you do that?"

"When don't I, is the real question." He chuckles a little and I nod in agreement. "Baby, tell me how to fix this. I can't live without you." He pleads grabbing my hand and kissing my knuckles.