The Right Side

Chapter 27

Ash's POV

I slowly open my eyes. My breath is short but my memory comes back soon. "Ave- Ave... Ave..." is all I can rasp out.

"I'm here. I'm here..." I hear as I feel soft calming hands old mine. "I'm here Ash." Hearing those words gives me strength to open my eyes and look around. I see a scared but relieved Avery sitting next to me with a scratch above her right eye. I reach out and lightly touch it.

"Hey, love." I say with a small smile. She smiles a little I look around and see Liam smirking at me with a sling on and Zac has Delaney around his arm and he has a black eye. "The little girl..." I start.

"She's okay. I took the bullet for her. Got her back to her mom." Liam says looking at his shoulder. "I'll be fine."

I nod. I see my father walk in with a small smile. "Good you are up." He says and he moves next to Avery. "YOU ARE AN ABSOLUTE LITTLE PUNK!" My father yells.

"Oh father do watch your mouth." I say laying my head back.

"No you look here girl!" He says lifting my head up by my hair. "You could have gotten so many people killed but you don't care! All you care about are the angels!" He says spitting.

"You think I don't care father!? I care. I didn't ask anyone to come save me." I say and he drops my head which gives me a sudden headache.

"You need to get yourself together before anything happens to the scrolls and we are forced to go to war cause if so you will be in the front lines fighting and I don't care if you die or not!" He says as he starts walking out.

"You have made that plenty clear father!" I call out as he leaves and Avery is back at my side holding my hand tight. I mean really tight. It hurts. But it's probably comforting her so I won't say anything.

Liam pats me on the shoulder and him, Zac, and Delaney leave leaving me with Avery. I move my sheets to the side and she happily climbs into the small bed with me.

She buries her head in my neck and lightly placing her arm across my torso. This action makes me kind of jealous because usually I have my head buried in her neck. The smell of her makes me feel like I am home.

"I thought I was going to lose you..." she whispers and I hold her closer.

"You won't ever lose me. I promise." I whisper back. Her breath on my neck sends chills through my body.

"I'm so sorry they hurt you." She says lightly while lifting her body up to look down into my eyes.

I gulp. "I- it's... You- I-" I try and get out of my mouth but nothing comes out. There is a small lamp lighting up her soft smooth skin and making her eyes glow blue. Her golden blonde hair falls down wavy and clean.

"What's wrong?" She asks pushing her eye brows together making her nose scrunch up a little. I see the bags under her beautiful eyes. I reach my hand up and cup her cheek. My thumb lightly traces the bag under her left eye.

"I'm getting distracted." I whisper pulling her down a little so our faces are closer. Her body is propped up with her elbow as she lightly leans close to me giving me a light kiss and pulling away. I put my hand behind her head bring her back down to me.

Her lips play with mine. Her hand that was laying across my stomach is now on my neck with her thumb lightly rubbing my jaw.

We are cut off by a pain shooting through my side. "Agh..." I say and she looks down at my stomach that I was holding. She gets out of the bed and pulls over a little cart. She lightly lifts up my shirt looking at an open cut that didn't get bandaged.

She cleans it and bandages it. "Ash I know you don't like these but you have to take them." She says holding up painkillers.

"Ugh. No." I grown. She sighs.

"Please Ash... I hate seeing you in pain... just take them...." she says. She looks so tired. I want to hold her and tell her I'm never leaving her.

I take the pills and water and swallow them. She takes the cup out of my hands and puts in on the cart. I brush hair out of her face when she comes back to me.

"I'm going to go get some food... you have to sleep." She whispers to me.

"So do you." I respond and she nods.

"I will." She nods again.

"Okay..." I say and she kisses my head which sends me into another dimension. I fall asleep.

Avery's POV

I walk into the Mess Hall and see Liam and Zac eating. I sit next to Liam and take the second burger off of his tray and start to eat it.

All he does is moves the tray in between us so that I can have some fries.

"You look like a mess." Zac says while eating.

I glare at him. "Thanks."

"Someone's not in a good mood..." Liam mutters. "When was the last time you slept?"

"Uh... I haven't slept for 2 days." I murmur.

"Ash would kill us if we didn't make you sleep so... after you are done eating you have to sleep." Zac says and Liam nods. There is a small cough behind me. Zac looks up and sighs.

I turn and see Taylor. Great... "Hey Lovely's! Where is my Ashie?" She asks and Liam gags.

"None of your nosy business." Zac spits out and I nod and turn back to my food.

"What are you doing back here?" She asks me and I'm about to answer but she cuts me off. "It doesn't matter, you're irrelevant. It is my business cause my names on her back."

I laugh. "No it's not." This slips out. I didn't mean to say it but I did.

"And how would you know that?" She asks and i shrug.

"I just do." I murmur. And she pulls me up from my shirt. Zac and Liam stand up and I put my hand out to tell them to stop.

"You have a lot of nerve girl! You know what I bet she is gone because of you." She says letting go of my shirt. "I mean she is probably dead because of you. And if she isn't dead now she will be soon." She says and I clench my jaw. "Because of you."

I through my arm out and punch her hard in the face. It hurt my hand really bad. I pull my fist back to me and hold it.

"Stay away from me!" I shout at her and leave. Liam grabs the rest of his burger and steps over Taylor who is on the floor.

I need to get back to Ash. Liam and Zac walk me to the room she is in. She isn't in her room but she is in a private hospital room. I open her door and slip in.

I get back into the bed and she automatically cuddles up to me. She buries her head in my neck and I feel her take a deep breath in and out. I smile and her hugging my waist.

She can't leave me. I can't leave her.

Hey guys sorry I haven't posted I have been sick. Also this chapter was uploaded yesterday but it didn't work and something glitches and it was all deleted so I have to rewrite it. So ya enjoy.