Viscious Circle

Chapter 3

Thursday, I came home from school with Celeste in tow. We had to have a bitch date. Tux met me at the door and mum waved from the kitchen.

"How was school, girls?," mum said. Celeste was practically my sister, mum was used to her being here.

"Fine, boring," we said at the same time. Laughing, we headed for the stairs.

Celeste changed in black leggings and a light blue Jason Derulo tour shirt. I glanced at her, her huge thigh gap filling me with jealousy. I was starting too feel self consious these days.

"Gryffin Ariana, cut that out," Celeste said, snapped in my direction. "I know what your staring at. Your a twig."

"Whatever. Wonna go in the hot tub?"

"I just changed!," Celeste whined, walking into my closet and pulling open the swimsuit drawer. Penistone was so cold this time of year, but the hot water was so nice. I slid into a plain blue string bikini. Yeah, I needed to loose some weight. For sure.

Cel and I were deep in conversation when the back door flung open. Mum had a sick look on her face and was whiter then a ghost.

"We need to get to the hospital now. Its Kate."

Celeste and I practically stripped while running up the stairs, not fazed by being naked in front of each other anymore. I yanked on panties and a bra, pulling on a random tee and pulling on my black leggings while I ran down the stairs. I shoved my feet into black Toms and bounded for the car, leaving Tux at the door.

"Mum, what happened? Is she ok?," I spilled, nervous about what happened to my vent buddy.

"It was Andy. He had some freak out and started hitting Kate. It took 4 people to pry Andy off, and Kate was knocked out. They said she woke up at the hospital. Dad is on his way."

Andy, that little motherfucker. I started to cry, and Celeste gave me a hug. At the hospital, we rushed to Kate's room. She looked awful.

At the hospital that night, me and mum stayed. I was excused from school tomorrow. Kate said she was ready to explain to us, and her lawyer, what had happened. While it was fresh in her mind.

"Well, I was going to walk home from school with my friend Tessa. We were walking when I was Andy kissing another girl behind the main school building. I yelled at him, just saying that we were over, and he got this look in his eyes Id never seen before," she said, tears trailing out. "He attacked me, and Tessa ran to get help. Then I blacked out, and I woke up here. He beat me so bad, I was so afraid."

She started to sob, cleary upset and getting stressed. I turned to the lawyer with tears in my eyes, and before my mum could say it, I snapped at the pushy lawyer. "Its best you leave now. Now."

Friday afternoon around 3, all of Kate's numbers were normal, and she was just very shaken. Kate had stiches under her left eye, a broken nose, grip marks on her wrists, and a few scattered bruises on her stomach and back. I hated seeing my sister and best friend ever like this, so broken. Its so upseting.

"Can you stay with me tonight?," Kate said to me, her voice still a bit shaky.

"Of course," I said, texting Ashton about what had happened and telling him that our night was off. Naturally, him being his perfect self, said how fine with that he was and that we could do it any day. So I just spent the day taking Kate's mind off everything. At around 3pm, the doorbell rang and I ran downstairs.

"Hey pretty girl," Ashton said, leaning in and kissing my cheek. I grinned. "My mum made some soup for Kate."

"Thanks so much, youre the best boyfried ever," I gave him a kiss, quickly running my fingers through his hair. It was brown and wavy, always messy. Sometimes he wore a bandana, which made him look even more irrisistable.

"Well I have to go, Ill see you tomorrow night at Claire's."

"Bye babe. Love you."

"Love you too."

The next night, Celeste and I were putting on make up in my bathroom. Neither of us needed any foundation, just light make up. After putting black eyeliner on my lower water line, I ran some gold eye shadow over my eye lids, and some clear gloss. Then I slid on darkwash demin mini shorts and a pink and white striped fitted crop top. I felt fat, though. So I swapped the shorts for my mini lightwash highwaisted shorts. Then I pulled on black sandals. My hair, now straightned, fell neatly. Party time.

Ashton sat on the floor, his legs straight out. I sat on his lap, legs wrapped around his back. We had been here talking and laughing for an hour, ever since the party started.

"Youre so beautiful, Gryffin," Ashton said, leaning in and kissing me. "And know that I love you. Youre perfect to me."

"I love you Ashton," I said, pushing backto him. I loved this boy so much. "You mean more to me then anything."

I grabbed his wrist, not breaking the kiss. I slid my fingers under his braclets, gently touching each of the lines, not letting his lips leave mine. I pushed off after a few minutes, staring into his beautiful eyes.

"Ashton, when you hurt yourself, you hurt me. I love you so much. Your so good, and I cant imagine you hurting."

Ashton picked me up and led me to the guest room.

"I asked Claire," he said, taking his shirt off. "Rooms all ours."

And that's when things got incredibly heated.

When I woke up in the morning, I was laying on a bed in one of Claire's guest rooms; the one that was in her basement. I was laying next to Ash, warm against him, my clothes in a heap on the floor. I felt a little light headed, in a happy way. I layed there for a few minutes, reliving my night.

"Morning Gryffy," Ash said, rolling over.

"Morning, Ash. I love you," I said.

"Im so glad to have you, babe."

"Me too. I love you so much."

Suddenly to door flew open; me and Ash whipped the sheets up to our chins, not wanting to relveal the fact neither of us had clothes on. It was Claire, and she was crying. "Gryff, you need to go home."

Two cops appeared behind Claire. What the hell was going on?