My bestfriend (Ashton Irwin)

Chapter 15

Arianas POV

Today has been the worst day since I broke up with Brad, its lunch now and I cant find the boys anywhere and they arent answering their phones either. I went to every place they would possibly have been and there was no sign of them. 

"Are you looking for your beauty?" Peyton snickered as she and Hannah shoved past me in the hallway, I didnt dare say anything because these girls were very violent, the last thing you wanted to do was get in a fight with them.

"Stay away from Ashton, Luke, Calum and Michael. They are ours!" Hannah shoved me against the metal lockers, I whinced in pain and felt my tears welling up, "Are you going to go and cry to people who dont even care about you fatty?" Peyton spat and I didnt make eye contact, I kept my gaze on the ground and didnt say anything. 

"Dont ignore me you whore!" She spat and slapped me harshly on my cheek, "No im not" I muttered and she chuckled, "nobody likes you, your ugly, fat and worthless. Now repeat that so we know you were listening!" Hannah smirked at Peytons harsh words. "Nobody likes me. I-im ugly, I-I-Im fat and I-m W-worthless" I began to cry at this point and they both looked pleased with their achievements. 

"say it again" she ordered and slapped me again as Hannah sent a sharp kick to my leg, "NOBODY LIKES ME, IM FAT AND IM UGLY AND IM WORTHLESS AND I DONT MEAN ANYTHING TO ANYBODY IN THIS STUPID TWISTED WORLD!" I cried and ran out of the school and left the gates. 

Im relieved my mum isnt home or I would be in so much trouble, I unlocked the front door and slammed it shut behind me making sure to lock it incase anybody decided to follow me home. I ran upstairs and fell onto the bed and cried my eyes out. 

From Ashton

What the fuck? 

I stared at the message on the phone before crying again, "incoming call from Ashton" came up on the screen, I clicked answer but didnt say anything. "You think im worthless and I dont deserve to be here?" His voice was filled with anger and I took a sharp breath, "A-are you fucking serious! w-why would I s-say that" I sniffled and he stopped shouting. 

"Where are you?" He asked softly, "somewhere." I mumbled, "Ariana, I need to talk to you." He spat, "W-well speak to me then!" I cried and he stopped speaking, "are you crying?" he asked, "No" I mumbled and wiped my tears. 

"Are you at home?" he asked, I hesitated. "Yes. feel free to tell anyone else because I would love to get bullied from my own home." I spat and he didnt answer, "Y-your being b-bullied?" he asked, I nodded but then realised I was on the phone. "Y-yes" I sighed and he gasped, "Im coming to you stay there" he added before hanging up.

10 Minutes Later

"Ariana?" Ashton shouted. I forgot he had a spare key to the house, he ran upstairs and gasped when he saw me, "no. no no baby" he gasped and ran over to me and put his hand over my arm, "whats going on?" he asked and kissed my fresh scars. 

"Everything is shit." I spat and he rolled his eyes, "No, tell me whats going on" he repeated, I took a deep breath and started breaking down, "H-hannah and Peyton keep pressuring me, t-they threw me against a l-locker and s-slapped me and f-forced me to say the t-truth. Im w-worthless, fat and ugly and I dont mean anything to anyone" he shook his head at me. 

"You mean so much to everyone Ariana, I love you so much. Your my bestfriend and life would be so hard without you by my side all of the time, I need you, Calum needs you, Luke needs you and Michael needs you, those two girls are just jealous because your so damn beautiful and funny and adorable and theyre jealous because you have us and they dont" He smiled and I kissed his cheek delicately. 

"Thanks Ashton but I don't want to go back" I sighed and he ran his hand through my hair, "why not?" He asked softly. "My back really hurts and I'm sick of all of these bruises and hurtful comments I'm getting" I sighed and he began to lift my shirt up. I smacked his hand away and he giggled.

"I'm trying to look at your back chill!" He giggled, I sighed and he ran his soft hand over my back, "oh my god" he gasped and looked sympathetic, "I'm used to it, its just annoying" I sighed and he wiped my tears away and gazed into my brown eyes.

I had the sudden urge to lean forward and lock our lips together but we don't feel like that about each other. We joke around and say we love each other but we both know we just want to be best friends.

"Do you have any bruise relief cream?" He chuckled and I nodded and got up and went to the bathroom, I got it out of the cupboard and was about to put some cream on my hand but Ashton coughed and gained my attention.

"I'll do it" he giggled, I rolled my eyes and watched him in the mirror, he was biting his lip whilst rubbing the cream into my bruised back, "your spine feels weird" he giggled and started poking the bones in my back.

"Okay that's enough" I pulled away from him and yanked my shirt down and put the cream back into the cupboard, "Ariana what are you doing home?" My mum appeared at the doorway and we both gasped.

"I didnt feel well mum, Ashton walked me home, it was my idea not his" I lied and Ashton looked at me with wide eyes and then his face became a 'What the hell' look, I tried to brush it off and my mum just nodded, "If Ashton gets into trouble, you have to accept the consequences for both of you Ariana." She sighed and ran a hand through her short brown hair. 

She left the bathroom and I closed the door and noticed Ashton was about to start yelling, I hushed him, "Im not letting you get into trouble Ashton!" I whisper-hissed. "You just lied to your mum! why didnt you tell her your being bullied?!" he spat, I hated this side of Ashton. 

"She has enough to worry about! I dont want to be another useless thing adding to that list! Im trying to stay strong but I keep breaking down every now and again and I cant let her get knocked down, I know what effect this will have on her and I dont want to upset her anymore, shes such a strong woman shes my rock when I fall apart and if you think Im just going to let her fall apart over some stupid reason then your wrong!" I raised my voice slightly and he just rolled his eyes, "your being pathetic, I understand she has a lot going on but you cant hide this from her!" he added. 

"Okay then Ashton." I huffed.