Ashton's POV
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I couldn't bare to look at them. The way Heather kept kissing Tom. That should be me.
"Ok, we'll leave you guys to catch up. Lets go to Ashton's place and chill there. Coming Joe?" Chloe stood up, dragging me and Michael up with her.
"Nah, me and Cal wanna finish Halo," Joe's eyes barely left the screen.
"We'll stay too, I want to talk to Tom," Luke flung his arm around Sally's shoulder.
"Fine, come on guys," I snapped, shoving Michael out the door.
Chloe slammed the door shut and gave me a really firm hug. I couldn't contain my tears. They came pouring out, drenching Chloe's 'I'm Not Okay' top.
"Ash, its ok. She's acting. She wants you. Lets go to Target and throw a party, just us three, and get wasted on Monster!" She suggested, taking my hand in her left, and her right arm hooked on Michael's waist.
"Yeah ok," Michael kissed the top of her head.
"Ugh guys!" I giggled, smacking Chloe's arm.
"Ugh Ashton!" Chloe laughed back.
"Ugh Michael!" I laughed harder.
"Ugh Chloe!" Michael joined in.
We got to Target and guess what I saw, an All Time Low album. Heather's face popped up in my head and my eyes watered. My phone rang.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Ash. Please. Get here now," Joe sounded really panicky.
"Why? So I can see MY girl licking another guys face of. Ha! Rather not," I spat, throwing three packs of Monster in the trolley.
"Ash, he found out. He could smell the jumper. He slapped her. He's hitting her now please, come. Heather is bleeding and so am I. Get here, NOOWWWW!" I heard a load of screams and Joe hung up.
"Ash? What happened? You've gone white," Chloe tipped my head upwards.
"Heather. Tom. Joe...," my voice was gasping, but trailed off.
"Joe? No, no, no! Please not Joe. What happened to Joe?"
"Tom's hit them. All. Joe's bleeding so is Heather. Sally is too. He found out. We need to get back," I bought the Monster and we got in Chloe's jeep. She drove back and we sprinted to her apartment.
"Get off them!" I screamed, shoving Tom off Heather and scooping her up.
"Joe? Joe. Please. I love you so much," Chloe was shaking an unconscious Joe who's head was bleeding. Sally and Luke were locked in the bathroom, shivering, huddled up together. Cal was hitting Tom.
"Leave him to me, Cal," I pulled him out of the way. Tom's fist met my eye. Fuck. I grabbed his glasses and threw them across the room. They fell out of the window. Nice shot Irwin. My hand took a fistful of his blonde strands and yanked on them as hard as I could. He winced as I slapped his face as hard as I could.
"Get out now!" I released him.
"Fine. I am doing you strop head," Tom stuck his middle finger up at me and hobbled out, running into a few walls on his way. I slammed the door shut and rushed to Heather.
"Its ok he's gone, princess," I stroked her brown locks.
She pressed her lips against mine and I held her tight to me.
"Joe? Please wake up. I know your not dead and I know your not unconscious. Joe! Please! Your scaring me," Chloe was whining, cuddling Joe, stroking his cheek. Michael was sat next to Chloe, his arm was tight around her and his head was lent on her shoulder.
I knelt down next to them and Heather sat down too.
Chloe's POV
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Not Joe. I need him for everything. He's my best friend and I don't know what I'd do without him.
"Joey! You know that if I cry, its serious. Don't make me cry. I love you. You know I don't like crying. If I cry I will never forgive you! Come on Joseph Randy Barker. Get up! Pleeaaassseee!" I begged. My face buried into his chest.
"C, its ok. He'll be ok," Luke sat down with Sally.
"And what if he's not. What if he dies Luke? Then what?" I snapped at him, glaring.
"Im not gonna die," I hear a soft voice. Joe.
"Joe! I friggin love you!" I held him tighter, kissing his cheek. Then I cried. Happy tears flew down my cheeks.
"Love you more C, my baby sis," he laughed, "come on! Don't cry on me,"
"Shut up, but thank god your awake. I need someone to rant at about my life," I chuckled, cradling my foster brother.
"Yeah me too, my head hurts!"
"Aha, you've barely been conscious for five minutes and you've started already. Theres my Joe," I kissed his hair.
"Unfortunately, your going to have to stop with the kisses. Mikey's gonna kill me,"
Michael let out a light laugh.
"Nah. Im just glad your ok," He flicked my shoulder.
"Im fine, but tell you what, Im hungry!" Joe lifted himself up and shoved a chocolate biscuit down his neck.
"Typical. Like brother like sister," Michael laughed. He knows my appetite.
We made some pancakes which was interesting. It resulted in flour caking the entire apartment.
"I-have-never-made-pancakes-before!" Michael said between laughs and coughs.
"You have now," I said, giggling.
"What a day we've had," Heather laughed, clearly exhausted.
"Yeah. Thank god he's gone. I really didn't want him to take you," Ash bit his lips. Heather kissed him and giggled.
"He'd never do that,"
