alec. ashannie

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annie's alarm went off, signalling that it was time for her to get up. she had been lying in bed for about three hours, and her stomach hurt more than ever. she rolled out of bed and went to the full size mirror that stood in the corner of her room. lifting her shirt up slightly, she saw that her stomach was a canvas of purples and greens.
"shit." she said under her breath, breathing out heavily. she couldn't go to school like this, she had pe, and also she wouldn't be able to concentrate because of the pain. she eventually decided to skip, and went downstairs to eat some breakfast.

as she bit into her apple, her phone started ringing. she looked at the screen and didn't expect to see the name she saw.
asher.

asher got out of bed as soon as his phone alarm went off. he had decided on the way home last night that he would skip school that day because he wanted to see annie. not take her out on a date, as much as he wanted to, just to show her that she had someone to lean on whenever she needed him. he changed out of his basketball shorts into some black ripped jeans and a plain red t-shirt and red vans. he lightly styled his hair instead of leaving it in its usual unruly mess and brushed his teeth before picking up his phone and ringing annie.
she answered after a few rings, and spoke first.
"asher?" she said, sounding very confused.
"annie." he replied, smiling slightly.
"why are you calling me so early in the morning?" she asked.
"because you're coming to my house today." he said.
"what?"
"i want to show you that you've always got someone to lean on when you need it." asher said. annie mentally burst into tears at his sweetness.
"aww." annie said. "okay."
"alright i'm coming to get you in fifteen minutes okay?"
"okay. i'll see you soon." annie said, hanging up the phone and charging upstairs to shower. after her shower she had five minutes to get dressed. completely forgetting about her bruise and threw on a white and yellow striped tube top and black jeans and vans. she didn't have any time to do her makeup, and she threw her hair up into a simple messy bun. she put on some carmex and was just finishing up when a car horn beeped outside. then she quickly checked herself in the mirror and screamed. her bruise popped against the white of her top, but she didn't have any time to change it. she cringed and grabbed ashers hoodie that was hanging on the end of her bed and threw it on while running down the stairs.

locking the door behind her, she walked down her driveway, ignoring the searing pain being emitted from her torso.
"good morning." asher said brightly.
"morning." annie said breathlessly, out of breath from running around her house for the past fifteen minutes. "what are we doing today?"
"what do you want to do today?" asher asked.
"i'm so bad at making decisions." annie said, mentally face-palming.
"do you wanna just go to my house and watch netflix?" asher suggested.
"sounds like a plan."

about twenty minutes later, they arrived at ashers house. morning traffic was very bad and they sat there for ages.
asher opened the door for annie and she got out, staring at his house in awe.
"why are you staring you saw it literally last night." asher laughed.
"it was dark last night. your house is beautiful." she said truthfully.
"thanks. my parents are architects and they designed it themselves." asher said.
"that's so cool." asher smiled and unlocked the door, pulling her inside.
"alright what do you wanna watch?" asher asked, leading her up the stairs. "what about a horror movie?" he said.
"sure. i love horror movies." annie said. he opened what annie could only assume was his bedroom door. she was right.

they settled down on the bed, and asher reached for his laptop.
"do you wanna watch Ouija?" he asked.
"sure. i love that movie." annie replied, getting under the bed covers. asher hesitated for a second and then did the same, so they were very close to each other, and selected the movie.

about twenty minutes in, asher felt something heavy on his shoulder, and he turned to see annie leaning against him. she seemed to be sleeping, which asher was so happy about. the poor girl hadn't had any sleep in god knows how long. he decided to turn the laptop off so she could sleep peacefully. he put it on the floor gently and moved further down the bed so she wasn't sat up. annie moved slightly so her head was on his chest, and asher wrapped his arms around her and smiled.

annie woke up about forty-five minutes later, lying fully on asher, who was on his phone.
"why didn't you wake me up?" she said, looking at him.
"because you needed to sleep." he said simply.
"but i was lying on top of you."
"and obviously you think i'm comfortable so i'm not gonna move you am i?" he said cockily.
"that's not the reason." annie said.
"if it's not then why are you still lying on top of me?" he grinned. annie blushes and buried her face into his chest, then stopped.
"wait no! why am i still here?" she said, going to roll off of him. asher dropped his phone and put his arms around her, keeping her there.
"i like it." he said.
"alright fine okay i guess i'll stay here." she sighed, pulling herself up so her face was near his neck. "you smell nice."
"as opposed to not smelling nice?"
"you duckfuck." annie said.
"i see you keep wearing my hoodie."
"yeah because it's comfortable." annie said, rolling off of him so she was lying adjacently.

"hey what's that?" asher said, pointing to where annie's hoodie had rolled up slightly. annie followed his finger to the array of colours on her stomach and immediately rolled the hoodie back down again.
"nothing." she said quickly.
"that's not nothing." he said, gently pushing it back up again and gasping. "i'm not even gonna waste time asking what happened. if your dad did this to you i swear to god i will..."
"asher please calm down it's fine." annie said, clasping his clenched fists.
"that is not fine." he said through gritted teeth. "how could he do that to you?"
"he thinks it's my fault my mom and hayley died." annie said quietly.
"he is a sick, sick man. you're staying here tonight."

a/n
i swear to god i try and update every 4 days but i just can't
also i hate the middle of this chapter

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