Chapter 4

Chris went to the gym to work out and I stayed in the room. I just wanted sometime to myself. I took a little nap. When I got up I took a shower and noticed all the bruises that had formed all over my body; I got the handprint one from the other day on my right forearm, a big one by my left shoulder from the two punches, another big one on my right shin from the two kicks, my left eye was bruised again and my jaw on my left side was bruised. I'll just wear the boots that go halfway up to my knees and long sleeves. I'll just put cover-up on my face. I'm gonna have to get more, I'm running out. I have to do all of this and he says he loves me. I was stirred from my thoughts by my phone ringing.

"Hey Ames" I answered my phone.

"Hey Ash, how ya been?"

"I'm good. What are you doing today?" I had to talk to someone about it and it couldn't be the guys.

"Nothing. Why?"

"Well I want to talk to you, but in person"

"OK, where you at?"

"I'm about an hour away from your house. Mind if I come over?"

"Of course not. Come on over" she told me.

"Alright, I'll see ya in about an hour"

"OK bye" she said. I waited till Chris got back.

"Chris, I'm gonna go hang with Amy today, I'll be back later"

"OK honey, have fun" he gave me a kiss and I left. I got to Amy's and we sat in the living room.

"So what's up Ash?" she asked

"I love Chris and he loves me" I simply said

"Well that's good. I'm happy for you"

"But there's a problem"

"Well what is it?" she asked and I don't quite know how to say it. I just look at her and it's like she read my mind.

"Ash, he doesn't hit you does he?" she sounded worried.

I waited for a second, then just spilled it "The first time he just got angry and couldn't control it. He was mad that the guys didn't like him and he couldn't control his anger and he punched me in the eye" I tried to defend him.

"The first time?" she sounded pissed

"Ya, the second time, he was drunk after he went out with the guys. He got back and slapped me to wake me up and he thought that I told the guys that he hit me, but I didn't. He ended up grabbing my arm and throwing me against the wall and my head left a dent. But he was drunk" I defended him again.

"The second time? Was there more?" she was pissed and worried.

"Ya. I went out with the guys and drank too much. I forgot to call Chris and I stayed with Randy and John. I stayed in Randy's bed with him. Chris got pissed and started yelling at me. He didn't want to lose me but I told him that that won't keep me and he promised not to do it again. But during the argument… hold on" I went and cleaned off my face "He ended up kicking me in the shin twice" I showed her my shin. "He punched my shoulder twice" I showed her that. "He punched my eye" I pointed to my eye. "and he punched my jaw" I pointed to that. "And this one is from when he grabbed my arm and threw me into the wall" I pointed to my forearm.

She was appalled "Ash, you have to leave him. You have to tell the guys" she said seriously.

I can't do that. When she said that I panicked "But I love him and he loves me. He promised he wouldn't do it again. Please don't tell the guys. They can't know. Please Ames, don't tell them. I told you this in confidence. I can take care of this. If it happens again then I will tell the guys, I promise OK. Please don't tell them" I begged her.

She thought for a minute "Ash…"

But I cut her off "Please Ames. Please, I promise, I will say something if it happens again"

"OK Fine! But keep me informed. Now let's go cover that back up then" she said reluctantly.

Amy's POV

Now I promised I wouldn't tell the guys. But after Ashley left I called Victoria.

"Hey Vickie"

"Hey Amy, what's up?"

"I need you to do me a favor"

"Anything"

"I need you to keep and eye on Ashley. I know you don't like her but she's a lot like me, you'd really like her Vickie"

"OK, why do I have to keep an eye on her" she's interested, that means she'll do it.

"Cause I'm not there"

"No shit Amy"

"OK, you can't say anything to anybody. You especially can't tell John, Randy, Dave, Ken, or Jeff OK, nobody" I had to make it clear.

"OK, I won't tell anyone"

"She is dating Chris Masters and… he hits her Vickie. She has quite a few bruises"

"You're serious?" she asked, I don't think she believed it.

"Yes I am. She promised me that she would say something if Chris did it again but she loves him and I don't know if she would really say something. Now the ones she has are…" and I explained to Vickie what ones they were so she would know if any new ones popped up.

"Damn, why don't she leave him?"

"Cause she loves him" I answered

"OK, I'll keep an eye on her. And I'll call you with anything new"

"Alright, thanks Vickie"

"No problem" she said

Ashley's POV

On my way back up to Chris and I's room I ran into Victoria.

"Hey Ashley"

"Hi Victoria" It was weird, she never talks to me.

"You wanna go hang out tonight?"

"Ummm sure. But I thought you didn't like me"

"No, I just never got to know you. I know the other girls are really mean to you and the only other girl friend you have is Amy. You should have one of us girls to hang with and god knows that none of the others will"

I thought for a minute. Victoria always seemed like one of the nicer ones and she was never mean to me. "Alright Victoria, I'll see ya later"

"OK, oh and you can call me Vickie" she smiled

I smiled back and said "Alright Vickie, thanks" then I went back to the room. I had a lot of fun with Vickie that night. She's really cool. I don't know why I wasn't friends with her before. It seems like I had been friends with her forever. I could really open up to her.

Vickie's POV

Amy was right, Ashley is cool. I don't see why anybody would want to hit her though.

A/N: SO, DO YOU THINK THAT ASHLEY WILL ACTUALLY SAY SOMETHING IF HE DOES IT AGAIN? WILL HE HIT HER AGAIN?