"He was kissing my little sister, what was I supposed to do?" He asked.
"I'm not 10 years old anymore Stu, I can take care of myself!" I yelled through the door. Stu stomped off angrily. I walked over to my window and watched outside. I heard my name being whispered from my closet. "Who….who's there?" I asked too scared to open my closet door.
"It's Edward." The voice said. She opened the door and peered in, seeing Edward sitting on the floor of her closet.
"What are you doing here?" Ashleigh asked grabbing his arm and pulling him out of her closet.
"I got here before you and Jacob came back, I wanted to see if you were okay, and you weren't here so I waited in your room. Then, you kissed him…"
"It's none of your business who I kiss." I snapped back angrily. To
"You are my business Ashleigh, I love you, and I will do whatever it takes for you to love me!"
"Leave me alone!" Ashleigh yelled as she threw Edward out her window. "I HATE PEOPLE!" She screeched as Edward ran off into the distance. Tears flooded her eyes and streamed like rivers down her flawless face. "Why me god, why did you pick me to have these looks? Why couldn't you give them to someone else, I don't want to be perfect anymore! I want to be ugly!" I whispered to myself.
I woke up, not remembering falling asleep. I looked at my surroundings, but had no clue where I was. It was dark, and the only light was from small candles on the table next to me. "Where am I?" I groaned.
"In my house." I heard a familiar voice say.
"Edward, if you don't take me home right now, I will kill you!" I yelled sitting up so fast I got dizzy.
"Careful." Edward said, as he slowly lowered me down back to the bed I had been sleeping on. "Take it easy okay, do you remember what happened last night?" He asked me with a pained look on his face. I shook my head, I didn't remember anything. "Your brother, Stu," Edward paused to look away from me. "He is dead." I felt tears well up in my eyes again, and I cried. Edward pulled me in close and whispered comforting words in my ear. I looked at him, and almost as if he read my mind he said, "He was murdered. By your Uncle Tommy." I screamed. Tommy was supposed to be in jail for the rest of his life.
"No, no!" I muttered as Edward pulled me closer whispering comforting words again. I cried until tears wouldn't come out of my eyes anymore. I told Edward I wanted to go home, but he said it wasn't safe for me there, and that I could stay with him. Suddenly a bang came from around the corner and Jacob rushed towards me.
"Ashleigh, I am so sorry about what happened. You can live with me, I can protect you!" He promised. I looked at Edward, who looked very angry, but something told me to choose Jacob. I told Edward I was sorry, but I have known Jacob longer, and was more comfortable with him. He nodded and walked off. Jacob picked me up and carried me to his house, on the edge of town. He lived alone.
"Thank you Jacob." I said feeling tears start to come up and I turned away. Jacob lifted my chin up with his hand,
"Anything for you, Ashleigh." He said, and then he kissed me on the forehead and led me up the stairs to his room. "This may be weird, but I am going to sleep in the same room, I don't want you to leave my sight okay." Jacob said with a very serious look on his face. I nodded and layed down on the double bed. Jacob sat on the floor.
"Jacob, you don't have to sit on the floor." I said thinking how uncomfortable that must be. He climbed up into the bed, and wrapped his strong tan arms around me. We fell into a deep sleep holding one another.