Free the Wolf

Chapter 15

Ashton POV

2 days later

I am currently at home, still healing from my broken and cracked ribs, and a broken ankle. My dad decided to take the day off, to take care of me, in case I needed help to which I am grateful, because I need help between standing, sitting, laying down, getting up. Then there is my ankle since I can't stand straight, I hover. I would need to use crutches to move around, I tried that once in the beginning and let me tell you the pain was unbearable for my ribs, I honestly thought I broke more bones, after that, I couldn't move for the rest of the day. Right now, he is currently getting us groceries.

I'm still anxious and upset about Carter, and how the whole school found out. ever since the beginning, he always had it out for me like before, but after he found out I was gay, he was livid, and I don't know the reason why. There is always an explanation for the reason and I just have to wait and see. I was so lost in thought that I didn't hear Alex come in until he lightly shook my shoulder. I looked up and he smiled.

"How are you feeling today?" he asked after he kissed me on the lips. I blushed not used to this greeting.

"Better today, but my chest still feels sore."

"I'm really sorry for not being there when you needed me the most" he smiles sadly. I looked up and clasped his cheek. "it's not your fault, so stop blaming yourself. Yes, I'm mad that carter and his friends did this, but they are cowards when you are with me. They chose to hurt me when I'm alone, knowing I'm not strong enough to beat all of them."

"don't say that! you are strong, you withheld all the pain the too much pain on myself "Thank you for being here with me. I feel like I can trust you with everything. I have only known you for a couple of weeks and I know you don't know me as well, but I just wanted to tell you that."

"I trust you too," he said. He sat there in silence, and let our breaths do the talking. It was calming. After a few minutes, he broke the silence. "I want to ask you something. I know its not my place to ask but I just been curious... Where is your mother?" I froze. I was debating in my head whether to tell him or not.

"like I said it's not my place to ask and you don't have to tell me. I'm just wondering."

"no, no, it's fine, you just caught me by surprise that's all. Um... My mother passed away a couple of years ago she had metastatic breast cancer. If you don't what that is, it means breast cancer that can spread to other parts of the body. When my mother was diagnosed, it was already far too progressed that no chemotherapy could help. A few months later she passed away. She was beautiful with chocolate brown hair that reached her mid-back and hazel- green eyes and a smile that was so contagious. I wish you could've seen her." I smiled sadly.

"I'm sorry," he said sadly

"it's okay, I already moved on. I just know that she is looking over me in heaven with a beautiful smile." I looked up and smiled.

"I'm bored. I have stuck in the house for 2 days and I'm about to go crazy. I would go for a walk if not for my busted ribs and legs" I dramatically sighed and rubbed my hands over my face.

"Dramatic much" he teased

I punched his shoulder and pouted. "I'm not dramatic" I puffed out my cheeks and looked the other way, faking that I was annoyed. "Aw, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way. I meant it in a cute way." He turned my head and pecked my lips. I blushed. "oh, that's right. I said I was going to call my friends to see if they wanted to come over. I haven't seen nor talked to them in a while. They are mostly busy, and we can't hang out." I searched through my pockets and my phone wasn't there, I looked around the living room but still couldn't find it. "Hey Alex, can you grab my phone from the kitchen counter, I must have left it there earlier when I was eating lunch" He nodded and stood up to grab my phone. He handed my phone and was about to sit down but the doorbell started ringing, impatiently I might add. He walked to the front of the house and opened the door when I looked it was matt and c. I sat up straight ignoring the throbbing in my chest "Hey Jess, Matt. I was about to call you guys and asked if you wanted to come over, but I see you guys beat me to it." I chuckled. Jess, being the girl that she is, rushed over and hugged me before I had a chance to say anything. I gasped struggling to breathe. I looked up at Alex and he knew. "Can you let go of Ashton, he is injured, and right now he is in pain". She gasped. She lets go, and I clutch my ribs hoping that the pain will subside. I clenched my eyes in pain feeling a few tears escape my eyes. I felt someone touch my shoulder. I opened my eyes and see Alex hand me a hot bottle to relieve the pain. They both looked at me worriedly. "I'm ok"

"What happened?" asked matt. They were both fidgeting. "why don't you guys sit down, it's going to be awhile." They sat across the on the love seat across where we were sitting. I sighed, rubbing my hands. Alex rubbed my shoulder. he leaned down "you can do this; I will be right here." I nodded, closed my eyes, and sighed.

"on the day Alex arrived at the school for his first day. I bumped into him and that is how we met. Afterward, we started clicking, until 2 weeks ago where he asked me out. we've been going out ever since. then later he officially asked me to be his boyfriend. Remember, when I told you, about that day that we were walking down the hallway, and everyone was staring at me. I was always wondering why. It was carter. Ever since we started dating people were shoving me into lockers, knocking me over, calling me horrible names, that I don't want to repeat." I took a deep breath. Alex softly rubbed my back urging me to continue. I- grabbed his hand and continued the story. 

It was only the daily occurrences. Until 2 days ago, when I went to school like any other day. People started doing the usual. I started avoiding as much as I could, trying not to get in any danger, who were willing to hurt me. After finishing my last class of the day. carter and his friends found me and dragged me to the back of the school. It all started with him spewing about he never liked me and didn't know the reason why, but he noticed me hanging out with Alex all the time. Saying that he hates gay people. I know I was risking it, but I made a comeback, that's when he got angry and said that he wanted to play a game; to see how long I can last. That's where they beat me up and left me there barely conscious. Before I lost consciousness, I called Alex. He found me just in time and took me to his family clinic where they told me that o had broken 3 ribs and cracked 2 more, and I had a broken leg, but other than that I was fine, just some bruises. Ever since I have been staying at home trying to recover before deciding to go back to school."

After I finished explaining. I let out a sigh of relief, felt like a weight on my shoulders was just lifted. I looked over to matt and jess when they didn't say anything. They had a mixture of hurt and anger as tears glossed their eyes. Their eyes were flickering from their normal shade of green and brown to a bright blue.

I looked over to Alex and I saw him with a shocked expression on his face. I looked over to my friends.

"umm... are you guys okay? Why are your eyes changing colors?" they flinched "sorry, we have to go, we will come back another day to talk about what happened". They quickly stood up and bolted towards the door. "w-wait don't go" I struggled to get off the couch but was quickly held down by Alex. He told me to stay here and he will talk with them. He stood up and walked towards them and caught them before leaving the house.

I stood up after many counts and hobbled to the door as quietly and quickly as possible. My ribs were aching at this point but not as much as before when jess hugged me, it felt like she was squeezing my life out of my body.

Alex turned around and gasped when he saw me next to him. He grabbed my shoulders, turned me around, and softly walked back to the couch. He didn't need to say anything he was mad I got off the couch. I love him and all but sometimes he is overbearing. But I know he is just worried about me.

"they said that they forgot to do some things with their parents and if they don't, their parents will chew them out if they don't come back. I'm sure nothing is wrong, they weren't avoiding you, but they are probably worried, their best friend was beaten to a pulp by their potential classmate. Why don't we watch a movie or something to distract your mind for a while? "I nodded. "yeah, okay" he handed me the control from the coffee table and went to the kitchen to get some snacks, while I looked for an interesting movie on Netflix. I settled on the lion king. If you haven't watched this movie, then I don't know you. This is one of my favorite movies. I always cry when Mufasa dies.

Alex came back with the snacks and set them down on the coffee table. I pressed play and cuddled into his side as best I could. My ribs and leg started aching. I groaned and Alex turned towards me. He didn't say anything, he just knew what I needed. He got up and went to the kitchen to fetch my medicine and a glass of water. He handed me the pills and the glass of water. I finished drinking the pills and water. I looked over to the clock and saw that it was passed 9 o clock. It seems I fell asleep during the movie and he didn't want to wake me up.

"your dad came back with groceries and cooked some dinner. I was going to wake you up, but you looked exhausted and I didn't want to wake you up" we both stood up and walked to the kitchen. He helped me sit on the stool in the island, then proceeded to warm up our food. Just as he was going to plate my food.