Goodbye note

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"I just want today to be fun. We can hang out here for a while then I can show you the rest of Sydney. I'm going to be your personal tour guide for the day." He said with a goofy smile.

"I would love that." I said smiling back.

We shopped around hot topic for a bit longer. I ended up getting a lot of band tees and some small gages. Ashton bought some tees as well and spent about 5 minutes trying to persuade the cashier into selling 5 seconds of summer merchandise in their store. I finally had to pull him out.

"So we never talked about that ash tray I saw on your balcony. Do you smoke?" He asked as we walked to the shoe store. I shook my head while looking straight ahead.

"Tale." He said while stopping.

"Okay yeah I do. So what?" I said stopping.

"That can kill you." He said sternly.

"I know. That's the point." I said walking again. I didn't get too far before Ashton grabbed my wrist. I flinched a little but he didn't seem to notice. I had bruises from Andrew and cuts on my wrist.

"Tale why would you want to kill yourself?" He asked shyly.

"It would be better that way. I'll be with my mom and my dad can finally live a free life." I said shrugging. Ashton then led me to a bench near by.

"Tale, that's not going to solve anything." He said with a sigh. He then pulled off some of the bracelets he had on. I looked down and noticed faded scars.

"It took me a little to realise it doesn't solve anything." He said quietly.

"Ash why of all people would you do that? You seem so happy." I asked. He put all the bracelets back on but one.

"I was bullied in school." He said while looking at the piece of cut bandana he used as a bracelet.

"Here" he said handing it to me.

"So you know your not alone. And yeah so what I met you two days ago. You really are something though." I took the bracelet and tied it to the zipper on my wallet. I finished the knot and looked up to him.

"Thanks Ash" I said pulling him into a hug. He wrapped his arms around me and we sat there for about a minute.

"How about some pizza?" He asked standing up.

"We will need food in our tummies so we have energy to do everything."He said walking to the pizza line.

"What exactly is everything?" I asked to which he just shrugged.

"It's a surprise." He said smiling

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We finished the pizza we got and threw away our trash.

"Okay now we can shop some more or we can go exploring." he said. I was about to say we should stay but then someone caught my eye.

"Give me your jacket." I said quickly to Ashton. He looked confused but still gave it to me. I put it on and put the hood up. I put on my glasses and started walking to one of the shops.

"T-"

"Shhh! Don't say my name." I warned. He nodded and just followed. I walked into the journeys and went to the vans section.

"Can you tell me why your hiding? Are you embarrassed to be around me?" He asked nervously.

"No! Of course not! Andrew walked in so I had to hide." He nodded showing he understood. I grabbed a box of black vans and a box of black toms and checked out. I turned to see Andrew walking in. I held my head low and walked to the right side of the store sense he went to the left. I ran out once he couldn't see me with Ashton following.

"Okay let's go." I quickly said to which he nodded. We headed to the door but stopped when we saw someone or should I say someones making out in front of us.

"Nixie? Michael?" I asked dumbfounded.