Unforgettable Love

Chapter 4: Why do you care?

Nina's POV

So now I and bleeding all over. I can feel it. I wish Ashe was here(That was his nickname).I didn't have the courage to fight back. He must have been drunk. That might have been Asher's old friend. Asher made him mad by making his girlfriend break up with him just to be spiteful. I wish someone would help me. I blacked out from blood loss because he kicked me so hard....so many times in the head. I felt blood coming out. I woke up in the next morning in the hospital. I was all bandaged up and bruised. Then I saw Asher come out of the bathroom and he stopped and looked at me. "So you're awake". " What happened last night Asher"? I suddenly felt a jolt of pain spread throughout my legs. "Ouch!!!" I screamed. "Sorry Nia". That was my nickname while we were BFFs. "Don't call me that" I snapped. "Someone's a little on edge today" he said. "Well I just got beat up so solve the puzzle". I heard a soft chuckle. I missed this.

Asher's POV

When I heard Kyle's name being called. I noticed it was Nina. I ran out as fast as I could. I saw him on her and kicking her in the head. I got so worried. I ran up to him and ripped his mask off. It was Nicholas. I did mean things to him. I punched him in the face. He fell to the ground and I noticed Nina unconscious on the ground. I picked her up and took her to the hospital. Kyle called her and I picked up her phone and answered.

Me: hello?

Kyle: hi? Nina? Are you ok?

Me: this is Asher.

Kyle: where is Nina.

Me: Nicholas beat her up pretty bad. Meet me at the hospital.

Kyle: ok see you there.

He sounded worried.

The doctor said she could go back home and go to school tomorrow. I drove her home and I helped her up stairs. She stumbled up the stairs. When she approached her bedroom door she fainted. I yelled her name but got no response. I felt her pulse and it was slow. I picked her up and carried her to her room. She set off a small smile in her sleep when I kissed her forehead. I loved this girl. I went home and got ready for school. I went back and fell asleep on her chair. When I heard her alarm clock go off I woke her up. She got ready fast. I drove her to school.

Nina's POV

I got ready at the hospital and Asher drove me home. I didn't expect him to come inside but I was too weak to yell at him. When I got to my bedroom door at the top of the stairs I fainted. I didn't know what was going on. Next thing I knew is I was being drove to school by him. "I'm sorry Nia"he said. "For what" I said. "Leaving you. You're the one I want. Just you" he said. I blushed. "What. Are you asking me out?" "Yes" he said. I didn't know what to say. I though he hated me. He asked me to come over after school but his dad scares me. I've known his dad for so long. He abused Asher since he was a little kid. I wish he wasn't an alcoholic. "Why do you care Asher?" "What, am I not allowed to care?!" He turned to was away but i had to stop him. No, Asher! Asher!" I grabbed the tail of his shirt and pulled so hard the white shirt ripped down the center. His body was like a flash of a rainbow. His bruises, wounds and cuts were of all different colors. Hues of blues, shadows of blacks, shades of reds and smudges of purples...Such violent colors collided with the soft hazelnut coloring of his body. Those wicked marks made his whole body similar to that of a horrific painting. They were forced on almost every spot of his being. The whole thing made me want to vomit. It wasn't Asher...it wasn't his bruises...it was his father. It was his father that sickened me so. A father...a father was supposed to love his child...not beat the shit from him. He obviously wasn't a father to Asher. He was Asher's nightmare. The sight made me grimace harshly while tears stood in my eyes. When he turned around what I saw shocked me in my heart like a lightning bolt to a lonesome tree left out in a storm. His eyes...his green eyes were wet with tears. Little puddles were in his eyes and tiny drips were falling out of them. They crawled down the hills of his cheeks and into the colored forest that was on his precious face. The tears soon made their way to the bridges of his chin only to slip and fall off.

Ashe ripped away from my clutch and faced away from me. "Ash--" i tried to say suddly but he interupted me. "Shut up!" He yelled with a broken voice. "Ash, I underst--" "You don't know anything! How can you understand?! Just shut up...Don't try to play the voice of reason...its not going to work" He muttered coldly. "Don't you dare think about pitying me!"

~Ashers POV~

Tears stream down my face but my hands don't come up to meet them. I just let them run, and run. Silence. It eats me inside out, giving nothing but time, time to reflect upon my errors and emotional feelings, no sounds, only the ones in my head. I keep staring at Nina. Suddenly She does something un Predictable. She kisses me.