Be Always By My Side (A #Mashley Fanfic)

Chapter 19

~Ashley's P.O.V~

I opened my eyes and sat up. It was still night time. I looked around and reconized the room I was in. It was Jason's room. I looked to my right and saw Jason still sleeping. I felt my face and it was still hurting. My arms weren't sore anymore. I was starving, so I got out of bed.

"Ashley?" I must of woke Jason up. He startled me a bit.

"Oh, Good Morning Jason."

"Hey, could we talk? I want to get this off my chest." Jason sits up, revealing his shirtless chest.

"Sure, but please make it quick though. I want to start searching for Mitch." I sat down on the bed next to him.

"Alright. It will only take a moment. What I wanted to say was... maybe we don't... have to...um... search for... Mitch..."

"What? Jason, what do you mean? What are you talking about?"

"I mean... since Mitch is gone... we could... maybe... you know... do something... together... instead..."

"Wait... are you asking me out? Jason, I appreciate that you-" Jason cut me off, grabbing my hands.

"Ashley, wait. I don't know how to put this, so I'm just going to say it. We have been friends for a long time. I don't know if you felt this way about me, but I know that I have about you. I was waiting for a perfect time like this to tell you. Ashley, I love you. It's been like that ever since I first met you. I want to be with you for the rest of my life. Ashley, do you want to be my girlfriend?" Jason's words made me speechless. He knew that me and Mitch were technically couples, yet he wanted me to be his girlfriend?

"... Jason, I don't know... me and Mitch-"

"Don't worry about Mitch. We have eachother, and we don't need him." I gave Jason a discusted face and pulled Jason grip off of my hands. I quickly got up, replaying the sentence Jason just said.

"Jason! I know you like me, but I don't feel the same way. I love Mitch, and he loves me... I hope... but this just means that you can look for other people that are interested in-"

"But I love you, and no one else. If Mitch loves you so much, wouldn't he be here with you right now? Go ahead and feel your face so you can decide if he loves you. I have done nothing wrong but being your best friend. All Mitch did was punch you and run away, and your telling me that you don't have feelings for me? If I abused you, would you love me? If I were you, I sure wouldn't!"

"Jason, shut the hell up! Mitch punched me by accident, and you know that! I don't know why he ran away, but I'm sure as hell that it wasn't because he didn't love me! You are an inconsiderate little shit, and think that I'm going to just be your girlfriend because I got punched in the face? Are you serious?!"

"Why are you acting like this?! Mitch punched you, and I wasted my time to take care of you."

"You wasted your time?! I didn't ask you to take care of me! If you didn't want to waste your time, you should have left me there so someone else could help me! I don't ever want to see or hear you ever again, so don't expect us to be doing anything together anytime soon. Goodbye!" I left Jason's room and slammed the door behind me.

It was dark in the hallway and was hard to see. Just then, someone grabbed my hand and pulled me into their room. It turned on the light and grabbed my arms and looked at me. My eyes widened as I saw who it was. It was Mitch. He had a sad face and looked like he was sick and hasn't eaten in days.

"...Ashley!" He hugged me and the hug it got tighter every second. I realized that I have been through this before. I had a dream about this. I snapped back into reality and hugged Mitch back, crying. He has been away for too long. He let go to look at me once more, and more tears come out of his eyes. He lightly touched the spot where he hit me.

"I did that to you? Oh god Ashley, I'm so sorry..."

"Mitch, it's okay. It wasn't your fault. It was all my fault."

"I love you, Ashley. I want you to know that I really do."

"I love you too. Please don't run away again. I need you."

"Never." Mitch kissed me passionately, lifting me off my feet. He continued to kiss me as he sat on the bed and I sat on his lap.

"Ashley! What are you doing?" I break away and turned my head towards the voice. It was Jason at the door.

"What the hell do you want, Jason?" I got off of Mitch's lap and Mitch stood up to go to Jason.

"I wasn't talking to you, Mitch. I was talking to my girlfriend."

"Hell no! I'm not your girlfriend. Get out you thirsty piece of shit!" Mitch laughed at my response.

"That's not what you said when I stole your virginity a few hours ago!" My face got red and filled with anger. Mitch looked back at me with a upset and confused face.

"Mitch, he's lying! He's only doing that to piss me off, which he already did when he came in. JASON! GET THE HELL OUT!!!" Mitch turned back to Jason and pushed him out the door.

"Don't touch me! I know people, and I could get all of them to jump your sorry asses!"

"Yeah right! Your funny! Now get out." Mitch pushed Jason again and shut the door in his face.

"Oh you wait. It's not going to be so funny when it happens." Jason yelled through the door. Me and Mitch just laughed.

"Are you tired, Mitch?"

"Yeah, Poofy. I fell asleep on a bench for six hours."

"Mitch, why would you fall asleep on a bench when you could've came here earlier?"

"Because I hated myself, and I thought that you hated me too. Also, I got lost." I laughed then hugged Mitch.

"I don't hate you. I never will. Let's get some sleep now."

"I'm good with that." I let go of Mitch and jumped on his bed. Mitch did the same. I rested my head on his chest, as he held me closer by my waist.

"Goodnight, Poofy. I love you."

"Goodnight, Mitch. I love you too."