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"Heeeeyyyy! I'm heeeereeeee!" That woke me up. Someone was shouting. I was still curled up next to CC. He was awake too.
"Who's that?"
"Ashley probably. Drunk as hell. I'll go, check on him," he stood up. I felt so unprotected.
"Ashley, what the-?" CC stopped in the middle of a sentence.
"Ashley? You kidding me?" I heard Andy's angry voice. I got up from the bed and went to take a look what was happening.
Downstairs in the entrance hall, there was Ashley, CC, Andy, Jake and some girl. I entered too.
"Aife, go back, we need to tell Ashley something," Jake told me. Ashley shook his head.
"Nope. Stay," he said and smirked.
"Wanna know who this is?" he continued, pointing at the girl.
"Her name is Love. She's my new girlfriend!" he continued again. The girl turned angry.
"Girlfriend? The fuck? You-" she started shouting, but he didn't let her finish.
"Okay, she's not! She's an ordinary whore, who I picked on the street and...and decided to f*ck!" the girl turned red in her face and like that, red and angry, she ran out of the door.
"Ashley! You absolute idiot! You bitch!" Jake and Andy started yelling at him. He completely broke. He leaned against the wall and in a second, he was lying on the floor, crying. CC sat down to him.
"Ash, why are you crying?"
"I'm not gonna tell you! I hate you!"
"Why Ash? What have I done?"
"You know it. You know it! I hate you all!" he shouted the last sentence and crying, he ran up the stairs and the door closed with a loud bang after him. His words were cold as ice. "What's wrong with him?" Jinxx shook his head. I didn't understand it. That funny and always happy, easy-going guy, what happened to him?
"I don't know. Let's wait till morning," Andy shook his head. I went back to CC's room. I laid down on the bed and heard the door softly closed. CC appeared next to me.
"What's wrong with him?"
"I have no idea," he replied honestly and lay next to me. I hugged him.
"He's gonna be okay, no worries," he whispered. I nodded and closed my eyes.
I woke up with the feeling that something was missing. That something was somebody and that somebody was CC, who wasn't lying next to me. I heard the water going from the shower. Five minutes later, CC entered the room. It was quite a shock, because he didn't have any makeup on, apart from the eye liner, which was obviously new.
"Morning, Aife!" his cheerful and so positive voice made me smile.
"Why are you smiling?"
"Because you made me. Good morning to you too!" I replied and made my way to the bathroom too. I took my toothbrush, which I brought yesterday, because Mom gave it to me to take with to my friend's house. It was useful.
I jumped into the shower and washed my naturally black hair. Then I brushed my teeth and got dressed. I took my own black jeans and picked up a simple black V-neck t-shirt from a shelf. Then, when I returned to CC's room and nobody was in there, I went down the stairs and entered the kitchen to find Andy and Jinxx.
"Morning, guys! I borrowed-" Andy didn't let me finish.
"You look great, in that t-shirt of mine. Morning!" We all started laughing.
"Good morning, Aife," Jinxx added too. He stood up then.
"What would you like for breakfast?"
"Whatever, anything you'll have. Just, no bacon or sausages, please,"
"We don't eat anything like that for breakfast, don't worry. What about...Lucky Charms?"
"Lucky Charms? Yayyyy!" we shouted together with Andy.
(AN: I know I have an obsession with Starbucks, Porsche, Converse and Lucky Charms in my fanfictions. But so in my normal life.)
In a minute, Jinxx served to us a bowl with Lucky Charms and milk.
"Where's Jake?"
"Still sleeping. He's the lazy ass, here!" Jinxx said. I smiled.
"And CC? I met him in the bathroom, but then he was nowhere to be seen,"
"He's with Ashley,"
"Ashley?"
"He's being a bit hysterical. Talking how he hates us. But he's a bitch, 'cause he brought one here. Ashley, he can always have every girl he points at. Why would he go with a hooker?" Andy let his thoughts to be heard.
"I'd love to help him," I whispered. I wanted to know where his problem is, at least.
"I know," Andy said slowly. The door opened and CC entered.
"Morning people!"
"Hey,"
"How's Ash?" Jinxx asked immediately.
"Better. But still a bit over reactive and hysterical and he doesn't want to see me. But overall, better," CC stated. Hmm. Weird.
"I'm gonna go, check on him," Andy stood up. I caught his hands into mine.
"Stay. I'll go," I didn't let him answer, turned on my heel and in a few seconds, I left the dining room. I knocked on the door.
"Go away! I don't want to talk to you!"
"Ashley?"
"Go AWAY!"
"Ash, may I come in?" I asked softly.
"On your own risk!"
"Okay. Then I'm coming in,"
I opened the door slowly. Ashley was sitting on the ground, leaning against the balcony door. He was wearing some simple black pants, but no t-shirt. His eyes were red and he had no make-up on. Black stains were all over his cheeks and neck, so I supposed he had been crying whole night.
"Hi,"
"Hi,"
And then I didn't know what to say.
"Are you okay?" I asked then.
"Do I look like I am?" he barked at me.
"Uhm, right. Sorry," I sat down next to him. When I accidentally brushed my hand against his, he trembled. His hand was cold as ice. As if it was dead.
"Ashley, what's wrong?"
"I'm heartbroken!" he replied, laughing sarcastically.
"No, I meant really!"
"I'm heartbroken!"
"Ash!"
"It's true!"
"You are just making fun of me!"
"I'm not!"
"Tell me the truth!"
"That is the truth!"
"I can't help you, when you don't want to tell me what's wrong!"
"I never asked for your help! I don't need your help!"
"Ashley, listen-!"
"No! No, you listen!" he shouted. I waited.
"I'm listening," I whispered softly, calming down. He didn't answer; he just burst into tears again. Ashley Purdy. That strong guy, who was happy all the time. The prototype of a womanizer, if there one could be. That easy going, always smiling guy was crying. The guy I was in love with.
Again, like that few hours before, when he came back to the house with that whore. He completely broke. He was shaking and crying so much. I bit my lip. Just to see him cry was too much for me. I placed my hand on his shoulder. I waited few seconds, supposing he was going to pull away.
He let my hand be. I picked all the strength that was in me and hugged him. He didn't pull away.
SUCCESS!
I let him cry and cry and cry again. Everybody can cry. I was holding him and rocking him back and forth. It took him about 25 minutes to finally stop crying. Or not...he was still crying. He just didn't have any tears left.
He looked into my eyes properly for the first time.
"I'm sorry,"
"I am. You can't imagine how much I want to know what's wrong with you. And how much I want to help you,"
"You can't imagine-!" he started, but stopped in the middle of the sentence as if someone made him.
"What?"
"Think about it. Or I will tell you some day,"
"Ash-!"
"One day. Not now. Think about it. It's not hard,"
"I will. But Ashley,"
"Huh?"
"If you'd ever, need to talk, you know. Call me," I whispered. He gave me a small smile.
SUCCESS no.2!
"Let's go downstairs," I added. He picked up a t-shirt and pulled it over his head. When we entered the kitchen together, the others were sipping coffee there.
"Morning!" Ash said. "Look guys, I'm sorry,"
They all turned his eyes to him. Eve Jake was present now. They nodded. Jinxx smiled. Or smirked. Something in my brain clicked.
"SOS! What's the time?" I shouted.
"10:30, why? Calm down, baby!" Andy said. My eyes widened.
"I have to be home in 30 minutes. I completely forgot. Mom's gonna kill me if I won't be and she will not let me go anywhere again!"
"I'm gonna give you a lift," CC and Andy said at one moment. They exchanged looks.
"We're gonna go both. Go, get your things. We still have like 15 minutes, so calm down, it's okay!" CC added. I went to his room and picked up my bag. I put all my things into it and then went to bathroom to get my tooth brush. I heard the bathroom door opening. It was Andy, who shared the bathroom with CC.
"Sorry, if I scared you. What are you doing here, anyway?"
"Getting my tooth brush," I replied simply. He laughed.
"Leave it here, will you?"
"Why? Do you want my DNA or what?"
"That was a good one. But no. I mean, leave your tooth brush here, so you won't have to worry about it when you'll come over again,"
"Excuse me? Again?"
"You don't want to? We won't force you!"
"Shit, I mean, I want to! I would love to! I just...didn't expect it, you know. It's too unbelievable,"
"You are not just a fan for us, Aife. In these two days...shit this is pathetic. We are not the ones speaking our emotions like these out for the world to know. Anyway, you made your way into our little black hearts. And I promise, you're going to stay in them. Longer then forever,"
"Andy? Did you really mean this?"
"Every single word,"
I wiped away the tear, which was on my cheek. He pulled me into a huge hug. I kissed his cheek.
"Thank you. You can't imagine what this means to me,"
"Anytime. And anytime you'd need something, anytime, just call us. We will come and comfort you, if you'll need it. Or we will come and we will fight for you. Remember, just because we wear make-up, doesn't mean we can't kick someone's ass for you, honey!"
"Andy. You are awesome," I said and I meant it.
We made our way back downstairs together, receiving questioning looks. But no one asked anything.
"So, when are you coming again? We miss you already!" Jake stated. Like if they were agreed.
"When do you want me to come,"
"Tomorrow and Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday and Friday and Saturday and Sunday!" CC screamed. It made me smile. The others nodded.
"Well, I'm afraid I'm too busy, during the week. I have school and so on!"
"But school ends at 3, doesn't it?"
"3:04, to be punctual. But I have other things then,"
"Like what?"
"On Monday, I have my Parkour training, (AN: Parkour is not the horse-riding thing. Google it.) right after school, too 6 o'clock. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have my fencing training, too 4:10. On Wednesdays, I have my Rock Ballet, until 5:30. SO do you see now, why is it so hard for me to go anywhere?"
They stared with open mouths.
"Parkour? Rock ballet? Fencing? No way!"
"You're cool. Like, really cool,"
"Amazing,"
"So, on all these activities are you with some other kids?" Andy asked slowly.
"Nope, just fencing. Parkour, I have alone. There's just my coach. And same goes with my dancing. Why?"
"And your coaches, are they your coaches, or also friends?"
"They're the closest thing I have to friends. But why the hell are you asking, Andy?"
"Give me the address of the places. We're gonna come and see you there, hun," CC jumped in and high-fived Andy.
"Are you mad? Someone's gonna see you!"
"Your coaches. Prepare them. We're not gonna come all together. Just one or two. Three is the maximum,"
"Runyon Canyon Park. That's where I have my parkour training. It's not that far away from here. When you enter the park, by the South Entrance and you'll go by the right little road, you're gonna get to the place, where we train. No one else is there on Mondays. I'm getting there by bus 222 and then I walk. It takes me an hour or so, so we start at 4 o'clock. And the dancing. North Formosa Avenue 1306, also not far away. It's just few minutes from my school; I'm walking to get there usually. Starts at 3:30,"
"Thanks. I wrote down the addresses, so I guess, we'll see you tomorrow. Someone will," Jinxx said, writing down something on a little piece of paper. Andy took my hand, CC the other one and together they were pulling me through the corridor outside.
"If you wanna be home on time, we should go!" CC pointed out. I quickly hugged Jake, Jinxx and Ashley, while giving him a small smile and ran with them to CC's car.
I glanced at the clock. It was 10:51. We were going to be...late. CC sat to the driver's seat. Andy and I, we had few seconds of mental fight for the passenger seat. Then Andy sat down and pulled me onto his lap.
"Pray the cops won't catch us," he said, smirking. I smirked too. He put his arms around me and rested them in my lap. CC drove.
I was very surprised; because there was no traffic jam on Sunset...We turned to the street where my house was.
"CC! Stop here! I don't need another 10 minutes of interrogation, because my 'boyfriend' brought me by car. I'll walk now," I told CC. He stopped and got out of the car, along with me and Andy. They hugged me both.
"Be safe. And text that you're okay later. And someone will see you tomorrow, baby," Andy told me. CC kissed my cheek.
"See you guys. I love you, both," I said before I could stop myself. They smiled.
"Love you too," replied each of them separately. I waved at them and then turned to go home.
Author's note: So...I hoped you guys liked it. I know that these people might never act like this. But...it's a FANFICTION. It would mean so much if you could tell me what do you think! Review, people! Thank you, BajaSt xo