Ashley POV ~
"Willow, please.." I muttered for what felt like the hundredth time. She'd been constantly rambling since Wesley left which was about three hours ago. I have been trying to convince her we made up and everything was perfectly fine, but she had the idea wrapped around her mind that what Wesley did was unforgiveable. After an hour even I started to doubt my decisions of forgiving Wesley. I mean, maybe I let him off too easy. HoGet outwever, I was't about to let Willow know she won this arguement.
"No, he hurt you, Ash..You know as well as I do he's bad for you. Don't get me wrong, I love Wesley and Emblem3, but I can't watch you get hurt again.." I tuned out Willow as she continued to talk about how Wesley was such a bad decision. Was I doing the right thing? Forgiving Wesley?
"I think you should leave, Willow.." I muttered under my breath hoping she'd just listen to my request without arguing. Like that would happen.
"Like hell I'm going to leave. You'll just call up Mr. Perfect and start up where you left off. What would your moth--" I cut her off before she could finish.
"Get out." I felt like Willow somehow betrayed me for not supporting my decision. I needed to be alone to think over everything right now. I marched over to the door and opened it before glaring back at Willow. "Get out!" Willow's face turned pale as she trudged towards the door I was kindly holding open for her.
"I was just trying to hel--" Before Willow was able to finish I shut the door too angry to care. Everything seemed to be falling apart and I couldn't do a damn thing about it. Falling to the ground I burst into tears once again. Rage bubbled in my veins as I punched the wall next to me causing my hand to throb with pain.
"Why does this keep happening to me?" I screeched at the air as I tried to regain control over my emotions. I was angry at myself for crying so much and I was angry that I cared about Wesley. I barely knew him and yet I was about to sleep with him. Everything felt like it was all crumbling down on top of me and nobody seemed to care at all.
Wesley POV~
Just my luck. Of course Ashley's best friend would walk in right before the good part. For a while I stayed outside in my car, but I figured Ash would call after everything was situated. Leaving to go to a fast food place since I was starving my phone started to buzz and ring. Keaton's name showed up on the caller id as Lil Keats. Picking it up knowing I was going to get an earfull, it wasn't Keaton who answered, but Drew.
"Where have you been? Is this about Ashley?!" The questions were to be expected. Calmly I allowed Drew to ramble what he needed to say out of his system before I replied.
"Yes, it's about Ashley. I'll be back this weekend, but I needed to get things figured out. You don't understand how much I hurt here, Drew.." I said remembering the hurt in her eyes when she first opened the door. She looked miserable and it was all my fault.
"Well, there's something I've been needing to talk to you about" Drew changed the subject making me wonder what on Earth he could be talking about.
"What is it?" I asked casually just as the cute, blonde waitress came to deliver my food on the table. Giving her a smile I mouthed the words 'thank you' before adverting my attention back on the conversation between Drew and I.
"I've been thinking and I've decided it'd be best if I started a solo career" He came out with it just as I was taking a sip of my water. Immediately after hearing those words I did a quite excellant spit take causing several eyes to turn my way.
"You want to do what?!" I yelled over the phone completely and utterly confused. The air around me suddenly chilled to an icy coldness. Why would Drew want to leave the band? Was it because I left in the middle of a tour? I know my action was sort of rebellious and reckless when I left to check on Ashley, but would that really make Drew want to go solo? An aching, throbbing pain surged through my head as I waited for Drew to answer. He sure was taking a long time to answer back.
"You heard me, Wes..." His voice was laced with guilt and a tinge of saddness as if he was leaving against his will. I nodded even though my friend couldn't see the gesture.
"I should go.." I muttered not knowing how to handle this giant surprise Drew decided to spring on me. This was completely out of the blue and I was in utter shock. What was I going to do? What would happen to Emblem3? So many questions with no answers really put me over the edge. I couldn't help, but call Ashley. She was the only one I wanted---needed---to talk to at this moment. Even Keaton wouldn't understand me the way Ashley seemed to get me.
"Wesley?" Ashley's voice was shaky and unsteady as if she'd been crying.
"Yeah..Are you alright" My first response to her voice was to make sure she was alright. The last thing I wanted was to put her through anymore pain and suffering.
"No. Wes. I'm not alright. You hurt me...you hurt me in ways I never thought I could hurt and then you came back. Just when I started to get back on my feet again you showed up and now I don't know what to think. I almost had sex with you...Wesley, I barely know you.." Even though I couldn't see Ashley's face I knew she was on the brink of tears. "Wesley...I can't do this.."
"Ashley..please. Don't do this" I pleaded knowing it wasn't going to be much help. Ashley was stubborn and highly opinionated. She knew what she was doing and that's why it hurt the most.
"Goodbye Wesley.." The ringing in the phone indicated she had hung up. Now I really felt alone.
