The Struggle

Sydney's POV.

***THIS CHAPTER MIGHT BE A LITTLE GRAPHIC AND READ AUTHORS NOTE***
As I dive onto my lover's body, I feel the kicking and punching stop and they're being replaced with screaming pleas from Luke.
"GUYS!!! STOP IT! WE'RE GONNA HURT HER!!!" he yells as he pushes his friends away. I love the fact how he jumped at the first opportunity to hurt Ashton but when I was shielding him he yelled for all he's worth to tell them to stop.
Funny how twisted a mind can be.
Once I'm positive that there won't be any more feet being thrown at me, I sit up and examine Ashton. His nose is bleeding non-stop and his eyes and and the right side of his head is black and blue. I'm terrified to see the damage that is underneath his clothing. As I lift his shirt up, the skin coating his ribs are bruised and red signaling that he probably has a few broken ribs. When I roll him over to check his back, I notice something there that I feel really dumb for not noticing before. On the back of his neck he has bruises splotched all around and all down his spine. I don't know very much medically, but I do know that the spine, where he has tons of bruises, is the home to a bunch of nerves that send messages to the brain and that if a server enough damage is done, like this one, can result in permanent damage.
Once again, hot tears are streaming down my face and I'm in a full on rage.
"Someone call 911!" I scream. "LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO HIM!!" I scream at Luke. "How could you do this to him! He never did anything to you! All this time you've been pushing him around being a complete dick tto him for no reason! Look at him, Luke! He has bruises all over him all because of you and your petty disposition! He was just sitting here minding his own business!"
"You don't know that, Sydney! For all you know he could have been in here talking to other girls and cheating on you!" I can't believe he has the nerve to accuse Ashton of cheating on me when the culprit of cheating is standing here right in front of me.
"You're sick!" I say as my fist connects with his cheek bone.
"Everyone move out of the way!!" says the EMT and a few teachers as they barge through the walls of people. The EMTs then bend down next to Ashton and pick him up and put him on the stretcher.
"Does anyone here have any relation to this boy?" asks a young EMT.
"I do." I say as I raise my hand up. "He's my.."I say slightly stuttering, "He's my boyfriend." I inform the man.
"Okay, well we have room for one in the ambulance if you would like to come?" he questions me as I nod my head ''yes".
"Okay! Lift him up on three." I hear one of the men yell. "Everyone clear away!" he yells as we start to walk away.
"Sydney," Luke says as he grabs my wrist. "You're gonna regret this." He says with a clenched jaw as he points towards where I punched him.
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Once we're all situated in the ambulance, I see Ashton slightly open his eyes and happy tears are pouring out of my eyes.
"Oh my gosh, baby how are you?" I ask as I once again throw myself on him, this time while peppering kisses all over his face.
"Yeah, hah. What happened?" he asks me as he pushes my hair behind my ear.
"I'll tell you later, baby just rest now." I say as I pepper a few more kisses on his face and rest my head on his warm chest.
"Ow, babe that kind of hurts." he says as he softly nudges my head away. Before I know what is happening, Ashton's eyes are rolling back in his head and he is starting to violently shake.
"What's happening to him!?" frantically ask.
"He's having a seizer!" one of the EMTs yell as she and two others hold his body in place.
My happy tears turn into scared, worried, and sad tears as I reach my hand towards Ashton's and grab his free hand that is hanging off of the stretcher as I rub it back and forth. Minutes later we're arriving at the hospital with a once again, unconscious Ashton.
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"How is he?" I ask the doctor as he leaves Ashton's room.
"I'm sorry miss, I can't discuss the patient's condition with anyone but the patient's family." the doctor informs me.
"I'm his girlfriend." I inform him.
"Direct family." he says as he walks away. That man does not know what I've been through today! There is no way I'm not getting to see Ashton. Once I make sure that the doctor is away, I make my way into Ashton's room and take a seat next to his bed.
"I'm so sorry baby." I say as I grab his hand and rest my head next to his body.
"Sydney-" I hear him barely whisper.
"Ashton?" I say as he opens his eyes and weakly gives me a little smile. "C'mere" He says as he moves over.
"No, baby stay there. You're too hurt to move. I'm good here."
"I don't care if you're good there, I'm not good here if you're not with me. I need you Sydney." He says as he wraps his arms around my shoulders and pulls me up.
"Okay" I say as I rest my head on his shoulder and nuzzle my head into his neck. I feel his arms wrap around me as he exhales a breath. "I'm so sorry, baby." I say to him as a few tears roll down my cheeks.
"Sydney, this isn't your fault." he says as he rubs my back.
"But it is! If I never broke up with Luke and if I never started hanging out with you this would never be happening." I sob into his neck. "Your life wouldn't be hell! You would be happy and you wouldn't be in this god damn hospital!"
"Yeah but you aren't the reason I'm in the hospital, Luke is." he says as he kisses my head.
"But I am"
"Give me one valid reason why I'm in the hospital because of you." he challenges me. I try to think of a valid reason. Tons of little things come to mind but I keep on thinking back to Ashton saying that he's in the hospital because of Luke, not me and I guess that makes sense.
"I guess you're right. But I still feel guilty." I say while I sit up and wipe away a few stray tears.
"I am right and there's no reason what so ever that should make you feel guilty, okay?'' he reassures me.
"Okay." I say with a head nod and small smile.
"C'mere." Ashton says as he makes the bed go up and opens his arms up for me to go into. As I lean into his arms, Ashton moves his head and connects our lips together. Our kiss deepens as our lips move against each others in sync. Ashton then moves his arms hands down to my waist and pulls me onto his lap so that I'm straddling him. We have lips on lips for a bit longer before he disconnects our lips and starts peppering kisses all around my jawline and neck. He scatters kisses everywhere but then stops just below my left collar bone and lingers his lips in that same spot, most likely creating a mark.
"Ashton we shouldn't be doing this here." I barely get out before a quite moan escapes my lips.
"Looks like I found where you like my lips?" he teases me before reattaching his lips to the same spot, this time sucking even harder. His hands start carelessly roaming around my body, however I do have to admit that I love it!
"Ashton!" I moan in a scratchy voice while I send my fingers exploring through his hair. "Baby, please stop! We can't do this here." I say as I fight against myself to get away. "Someone will hear us."
"Actually," he says while taking his lips away while marveling at his mark he left under my collar bone, "the only one of us that they'll hear is you considering the fact that I'm being as quite as a mouse while enjoying sucking on you!" he says with a cocky smile. He then reattaches his lips to my skin while sucking even harder this time and nipping at my skin.
"Ashton!" I yell at him while pushing against his shoulders and pinning him to the bed.
"You know, with you in the position that you're currently in, straddling me while pinning me down to the bed isn't making this any easier for me. In fact, it just makes me want you even more." He says in a low voice.
"Ashton." I sigh
''Sydney." he mimics me in a similar ton of voice. He must sense my annoyed state of mind because he throws his arms up in defeat. "Okay, another time." he gives in while pulling me down so that my head is on top of his shoulder.
"You know, you seem so much hornier when you're injured verses when you're not." I inform him and we both burst out in laughter.

{Okay so I just want to clarify a few things that goes on between Sydney and Ashton in this chapter. First, I don't know how much of the stuff that happened to Ashton medically I got right but oh well, sorry. Secondly, I found myself thinking as I was writing this chapter: how is Sydney on top of him if he has broken ribs? The answer to that is Ashton's horniness took over his pain in his ribs and all that he thought about was Sydney. Also, I would like to discuss Ashton's horniness! In previous chapters, Ashton has been so gentle with Sydney and never has handled her sexually in any type of way but believe me, Ashton thinks about that kind of stuff. I'd also like to apologize for how short this chapter is, this authors note is probably longer than the chapter it's self by now. I'm going to try my hardest to write more today but I don't really see that happening because I'm busy today so expect another update in the next few days!!! Happy Thanksgiving!}