My Roommate

Part 7: Past Resurfaces

"Brian what the hell are you doing here??" I asked shocked at the face that was standing in front of me. I stopped walking and Ash stopped right beside me.

"I missed you Nikki. My life is hell without you." The lying basterd said.

"Your the one that cheated on me. You really thought I wouldn't find out? Do you think I'm that arrogant?" I all but screamed.

"None of that was true Nikki. She made it all up. I would never cheat on you." He spoke out and came to give me a hug.

"Get off of me." I shoved him off and stepped back.

"Babe come on. I promise I never cheated."

"Your words don't mean shit to me Brian. You should just turn around and go back to where you came from."

"Oh babe I forgot to tell you. I transferred here. Now I can see you more." He said.

"You will not see me more. I don't want to see your face again."

"You used to love my face sweetheart." He smirked.

"Yeah but look who fucked that up. Not me. So go and screw another one of your side hoes. I'm not ever going back to you. Ever."

"We will see about that babe." He winked but still didn't move.

Ash had just been standing there without saying anything. "I suggest you leave her alone and get out of in front of our room." He spoke coldly.

"Or what pretty boy. Are you one of Nikkis new little toys? She probably had an std, you might want to get her checked before you bang that loose pussy." He sneered out.

That was enough. I balled up my fist and punched him in the nose. I heard a crack and it was followed by lots of blood.

"You little bitch. How dare you, you broke my nose." I just shrugged as he ran down towards the showers to try to stop the bleading.

Ash pulled me into our room and locked it. "Who was that guy?"

"No one."

"Nic come on. I need to know so I can make sure he don't try to break in here or something. He seemed crazy."

"I don't want to talk about." I yelled and flopped onto my bed to bury my head in the blankets. Seeing him brought bad memories. I couldn't go back, I couldn't. I have to go forward. I repeated that over and over in my head.

I heard a loud sigh beside me then a slam of the door. I must have pissed Ash off pretty good, but it really isn't my fault. I don't want to tell him because it just makes it feel so fresh in my mind. I can feel it happening. I've never told anyone about it because of it.

I must've fallen asleep the night before as for when I woke up it was 9 o'clock in the morning. I looked over to ash's bed but it was vacant and still made from the day before. Meaning he never came back last night. I must have really really pissed him off.

I stayed in and watched movies all day still with no signs of ash. I started to get worried about him. I mean I didn't do enough to piss him off that bad did I? The only thing I did was not tell him who brian was and what he did. That's not enough to run off and ignore me was it?

I decided to call him but he just kept sending me to voicemail. I left three different voicemails for him, telling him that I was sorry.

I began to think back to what Brian said. I wondered if he thought I was actually a loose hoe. Maybe that's why he went out and won't answer me.

Two days went by. Classes start tomorrow and I still haven't seen or heard from ash. I called Kayley yesterday and she came over to spend time with me. We binge watched all American.

At 8 o'clock I heard someone using a key to get in the door. I looked up to see ash.

I jumped up when I seen him. "I'm really sorry. What he said wasn't at all true about me. I should've just told you who he was. I didn't think it would make you that mad. I just didn't wants to tell you because every time I try to tell someone I can't. The memories are too painful. But if it means I won't loose you as a friend, I'll tell you." I rambled on and on.

"Just shut up Nic." He cut me off from my rambling. "I don't give a shit who that was. You don't have to tell me."

I was shocked. If he didn't care then why did he leave and ignore me. "The-then why did you storm out of here. I thought it had to do with what brian said."

"I got a text from my sister. My dad was flown to the hospital. I had to go and see him." I stood up and stared at him. "He passed out while working. The doctors found a tumor in his brain."

"Oh my god. I'm so so sorry." I walked over and wrapped my arms around his waist. "Will he be alright?"

"They don't know yet. They put him on medicine hoping it would either control the current size of it or decrease its size. They have to monitor him for the next few months."

We just stood there. I still had my arms around him and he had his head rested down in the crook of my neck. Neither of us spoke. It was a relaxing moment.

I could tell ash was upset and by the look on his face I could see that he hadn't slept for a while. I guided him to my bed and made him lay down. I laid down next to him and hugged him again. We fell asleep like that.

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So I know this story sucks but I hope it will get better. If not I will delete it. I try to make each chapter at least 1000 words. I will make some shorter or some longer but they will be at least 1000 words.