Trust || c.h.

Chapter 13

Ashton.

Why was he here? 

What was he doing?

I stood in shock as he was the person sitting in the chair, staring at me with a huge smirk plastered on his face. "Wh-Where's Mark?" Ashton leaned back and propped his feet up on the desk in front of him.

"Well beautiful, I couldn't have you quitting now could I? So I..took care of Mark" Ashton chuckled and the sound of his voice made my stomach churn. I didn't dare ask what he had in mind by "taking care." I turned to leave the room but before my hand reached the knob for the door, Ashton's large palm rested on my shoulder and quickly turned my body to face his and pressed me against the wall, laying both his palm on the wall on either side of my head, making sure I couldn't escape. "Oh come on now, don't be like that" He leaned towards me, his hot breath running down my neck causing me to shiver. I put my hands against his chest trying to push him away but to no avail. 

"Ashton stop"  I turned my head away from him, trying to squirm out of his grasp. "I..I want to break up" I spoke softly, wondering if he even heard me but i was answered by my arm being tightly squeezed in his hand. "We aren't breaking up Elsie. You aren't going anywhere. You are mine" He growled before pushing me against the wall harder. "Ashton stop, I'm serious" He leaned down, his hot breath running down my neck as his lips roughly pressed against my neck. I moved away as best I could and tried once again to push him away. Next thing that I knew the door busted open and Ashton being ripped off of me by someone grabbing both his arms.

Calum.

"CALUM WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING GET OFF OF ME" Ashton's voice yelled throughout the small room. I instantly released a breath I didn't know I was holding and watched the two as they fought. Calum pinned Ashton's arms behind his body and looked over to me, his eyes scanning over my body to look for any cuts or new bruises.I nodded once and he turned his attention to Ashton. "Ashton you need to stop this, you're hurting her!" Calum sat Ashton back in the chair and sat in the seat in front of the desk as I still stood against the wall, scared to see what was going to unfold.

"Ashton, you've done this before. Remember Allison?" Ashton's face dropped and he looked down at his hands. "Don't bring her up" Ashton flinched and started playing with one of the holes in his shirts. 

"Ashton, you're falling into old habits and you know how bad it got last time." Calum spoke softly, trying to comfort Ashton. Ashton didn't speak so Calum continued, "Michael, Luke and I all let it go to far this time and I want to stop it before it gets to that point again." Calum looked over to me and ran a hand through his hair, "Els, can you excuse for a bit?" I nodded and quickly left the room and went outside to my car to drive home.

*Calum's POV*

I turned back to Ashton as Elsie left the room and sighed, running my hands through my hair. "Ashton, you almost killed a girl last time. Elsie can't stand that much pain, she's fragile and she already has enough going on in her life right now." Ashton leaned forward and put his elbows on the desk, leaning his head in his hands. "I don't know why I do it, I just get angry and I can't stop" He let out a deep breath and pulled at his hair. "Ashton..do you need to go back?" He looked up at me with wide eyes and an almost scared expression. He had hated rehab and everyone there but it helped him become a better person and to control his anger he usually took out on the drums. "I..I don't want to go back. I feel like it's a prison there" Ashton groaned and leaned back in the chair. "It helped you and you know it did, we can try a different rehab center that's nicer but you need to go back before you get as bad as last time..you hurt me last time Ash. It wasn't just girls." I stood and lifted up the side of my shirt to reveal a 4 inch long knife cut along my side that he made in rage of anger one night. Ashton looked at the cut and his face instantly went to a look of regret. "I don't want this to happen to Elsie, I care about her as well Ash and I don't want this," I pointed to the scar "to happen to her, and I know you care about her to much to let that happen." I let out a breath as my words sunk in to Ashton, he nodded in response and we both stood and hugged each other before leaving the room and going back home.