Chapter 4: What's love got to do with it?
When Ashley got home she saw that the apartment was a wreck and Ellie was on the floor. She saw Marco helping and that Ellie was holding a wash cloth to her wrist. Ashley quickly ran over to Ellie's side, pulling her close to her.
"Oh, sweetie, what the hell has he done to you?" Ashley was crying and she could feel Ellie whimpering and shaking under her touch. Ashley looked up at Marco, who was still blood red with anger.
"Well, after I got off the phone with Marco, I, there was sort of a knock at the door, and I thought it might be the pizza man. So I got up to check it and I heard a click, and stepped back. When I saw Jimmy he, he had a beaseball bat. I ran the other way. I saw Spinner too, but he wouldn't come in completly. He looked kinda scared, like he really didn't want to be doing this. He started yelling at Jimmy to come back and get out of here after Jimmy broke that shelf in half." Ellie pointed to the shelf that Terri and Paige bought and painted for them when they moved into the apartment together.
"I yelled at Jimmy to stop. By this time we were in the bathroom, and he got mad, picked me up by my neck, and when he did, I swung at him, but he grabbed my wrist and twisted it. After I yelled in complete pain, Spinner ran in and told him to stop. But Jimmy wasn't going to stop till he knew for sure I was hurt." She winced in apin as Ashley ran her finger tips over the bump on her forehead.
"He threw her into the wall in there," Marco said, pointing to the bathroom, "There's blood all over the wall."
"This cannot happen, I won't let him put you in the hospital!" Ashley hugged Ellie closer.
"You knew about this the whole time didn't you?"
Ashley just nodded. Ellie cried now, holding onto Ashley. "Baby, I was so scared. I couldn't stop him, now look, look at our home. Look at me, Ash, look." Ellie was coddled in Ashley's lap with her arms around her.
Marco smiled. He could see the love portrayed between the two girls. He nodded and looked Ashley in her eyes. "Well, if you want, I can stay and help clean up."
"Thanks Marco. Could you, uh, clean the bathroom up?" Ashley kissed the top of Ellie's head, not even bothering to look up at Marco as he talked.
"No problem," Marco smiled and got up to go clean the bathroom.
Just as soon as Marco left the room, the door bell rang.
"Pizza!" Spinner yelled from the hallway
"What's Spinner doing delivering a pizza?" Ashley stands up and goes to the door.
Spinner hands the pizza to Ash, and blocks her from paying for it. "Look, Ashley, I work at the pizza place, I was late and I was suppose to deliever this an hour ago. So it uh, might be a little cold. And I know, umm, what happened earlier." Spinner stopped as Ellie approached the door. "Els, I'm so stupid, did he hurt you?" He looked her over as she turned hiding her bruised wrist and forehead.
"Ashley...Ellie...I'm so sorry." Spinner looked completly guilty. "I didn't mean it to go that far. I just thought he'd, well, I didn't think it's go that far."
"Save it, Spin. Thanks for the pizza."
"Ash, Els, anything you need, just call me." And with that he hands Ashley a piece of paper with his cell phone and home phone number on it, then he was gone.
"Well, I'm glade the pizza finally arrived." Ashley smiled, but Ellie just looked at the floor. "What are you thinking about Els?"
"Ash, I coulda been killed tonight." Ashley just looked at the floor, with no answer. "Jimmy won't stop fighting for you will he?" Ellie asked picking up a few nick-naks that came from their now shattered shelf.
"Ellie, I should have told you sooner, but I couldn't risk it. I didn't want him knowing and now he's going to hurt you worse then he did tonight if we don't break up. And I don't want that, I don't wanna lose you. So, I was thinking, that maybe we could stay with Paige and Terri till Spin says everything clear. if you don't feel comfortable staying with Paige then maybe you could stay with Marco."
Ellie looked up. She wasn't going to let Jimmy seperate her from Ashley. "I'm not leaving here, and neither are you, Ash." Ellie looked into Ashley's eyes. "I can't believe you are asking me to leave our home, much less without you by my side!"
"I don't want you to get hurt! I'm in love with you Ellie!" I couldn't stand if anything else happened to you!"
"But we are NOT leaving. You don't want anything to happen to me, well i don't want anything to happen to you either! You just don't get to make decisions in this relationship...we both do!" Ellies was crying and yelling at the same time, she didn't know why Jimmy couldn't just let go of Ashley cause, obiviously, he was never getting her back.
Just then the phone rang.
"Who the hell?" Ashley mumbled, before answering the phone, "Hello?"
"Oh my god, hun are you ok?" Paige asked, "Spinner told me what happened! Do you need any help, is there anything me and Terii can do?"
"Oh, Paige, no it's ok, we're going to be fine. Just a little shooken up. but we'll be ok." Ashley smiled, giving Ellie reassurence that she wasn't going to ask Paige is she could stay there.
"Ok, good, then I have an announcement!"
What's Paige gotta say that's SO big? Please review while I'm busy writing the next chapter :D
When Ashley got home she saw that the apartment was a wreck and Ellie was on the floor. She saw Marco helping and that Ellie was holding a wash cloth to her wrist. Ashley quickly ran over to Ellie's side, pulling her close to her.
"Oh, sweetie, what the hell has he done to you?" Ashley was crying and she could feel Ellie whimpering and shaking under her touch. Ashley looked up at Marco, who was still blood red with anger.
"Well, after I got off the phone with Marco, I, there was sort of a knock at the door, and I thought it might be the pizza man. So I got up to check it and I heard a click, and stepped back. When I saw Jimmy he, he had a beaseball bat. I ran the other way. I saw Spinner too, but he wouldn't come in completly. He looked kinda scared, like he really didn't want to be doing this. He started yelling at Jimmy to come back and get out of here after Jimmy broke that shelf in half." Ellie pointed to the shelf that Terri and Paige bought and painted for them when they moved into the apartment together.
"I yelled at Jimmy to stop. By this time we were in the bathroom, and he got mad, picked me up by my neck, and when he did, I swung at him, but he grabbed my wrist and twisted it. After I yelled in complete pain, Spinner ran in and told him to stop. But Jimmy wasn't going to stop till he knew for sure I was hurt." She winced in apin as Ashley ran her finger tips over the bump on her forehead.
"He threw her into the wall in there," Marco said, pointing to the bathroom, "There's blood all over the wall."
"This cannot happen, I won't let him put you in the hospital!" Ashley hugged Ellie closer.
"You knew about this the whole time didn't you?"
Ashley just nodded. Ellie cried now, holding onto Ashley. "Baby, I was so scared. I couldn't stop him, now look, look at our home. Look at me, Ash, look." Ellie was coddled in Ashley's lap with her arms around her.
Marco smiled. He could see the love portrayed between the two girls. He nodded and looked Ashley in her eyes. "Well, if you want, I can stay and help clean up."
"Thanks Marco. Could you, uh, clean the bathroom up?" Ashley kissed the top of Ellie's head, not even bothering to look up at Marco as he talked.
"No problem," Marco smiled and got up to go clean the bathroom.
Just as soon as Marco left the room, the door bell rang.
"Pizza!" Spinner yelled from the hallway
"What's Spinner doing delivering a pizza?" Ashley stands up and goes to the door.
Spinner hands the pizza to Ash, and blocks her from paying for it. "Look, Ashley, I work at the pizza place, I was late and I was suppose to deliever this an hour ago. So it uh, might be a little cold. And I know, umm, what happened earlier." Spinner stopped as Ellie approached the door. "Els, I'm so stupid, did he hurt you?" He looked her over as she turned hiding her bruised wrist and forehead.
"Ashley...Ellie...I'm so sorry." Spinner looked completly guilty. "I didn't mean it to go that far. I just thought he'd, well, I didn't think it's go that far."
"Save it, Spin. Thanks for the pizza."
"Ash, Els, anything you need, just call me." And with that he hands Ashley a piece of paper with his cell phone and home phone number on it, then he was gone.
"Well, I'm glade the pizza finally arrived." Ashley smiled, but Ellie just looked at the floor. "What are you thinking about Els?"
"Ash, I coulda been killed tonight." Ashley just looked at the floor, with no answer. "Jimmy won't stop fighting for you will he?" Ellie asked picking up a few nick-naks that came from their now shattered shelf.
"Ellie, I should have told you sooner, but I couldn't risk it. I didn't want him knowing and now he's going to hurt you worse then he did tonight if we don't break up. And I don't want that, I don't wanna lose you. So, I was thinking, that maybe we could stay with Paige and Terri till Spin says everything clear. if you don't feel comfortable staying with Paige then maybe you could stay with Marco."
Ellie looked up. She wasn't going to let Jimmy seperate her from Ashley. "I'm not leaving here, and neither are you, Ash." Ellie looked into Ashley's eyes. "I can't believe you are asking me to leave our home, much less without you by my side!"
"I don't want you to get hurt! I'm in love with you Ellie!" I couldn't stand if anything else happened to you!"
"But we are NOT leaving. You don't want anything to happen to me, well i don't want anything to happen to you either! You just don't get to make decisions in this relationship...we both do!" Ellies was crying and yelling at the same time, she didn't know why Jimmy couldn't just let go of Ashley cause, obiviously, he was never getting her back.
Just then the phone rang.
"Who the hell?" Ashley mumbled, before answering the phone, "Hello?"
"Oh my god, hun are you ok?" Paige asked, "Spinner told me what happened! Do you need any help, is there anything me and Terii can do?"
"Oh, Paige, no it's ok, we're going to be fine. Just a little shooken up. but we'll be ok." Ashley smiled, giving Ellie reassurence that she wasn't going to ask Paige is she could stay there.
"Ok, good, then I have an announcement!"
What's Paige gotta say that's SO big? Please review while I'm busy writing the next chapter :D