Chapter 2

It had been a couple months and Chris and I were doing real well. I thought that I would let the guys and Amy in on who I am dating. I hope all goes well.

Later that night…

"Hey guys, hey Amy" I said as I sat at the table.

"Hey Ash, what's up?" Amy asked as she gave me a hug.

"Not too much. How's the band?" I replied

"Really good. We just finished up in the studio. So the first cd should be out in a couple months"

"That's awesome Amy, I can't wait" Ken said

"Thank you. So Ash, who ya datin?" Amy asked

"The one and only 'The Masterpiece' Chris Masters" I smiled. But nobody said anything, except for Amy; she was happy for me.

"So… Is he good to you?" Jeff asked

"Ya, he's great"

"That's good" Dave was uneasy about it.

"Why? Do you guys not like him?" I was trying to be calm.

"Not really" Randy replied

"Why not?" I was getting mad

"We just get this weird vibe around him" John answered

"You know what? I knew you guys wouldn't approve. I'm stayin with Chris tonight" I yelled and left. I got my stuff from John's room and went to Chris' room.

"Hey honey, what's wrong?" he asked as he let me in.

"I just need to stay with you for tonight"

"OK but what happened?" Chris asked, he was really concerned

"First, how do you act around the guys?" I was thought I would try to figure out why they thought that.

"Like I do with anybody else" he answered, obviously.

"Well, do you act different around others than you do around me?"

"Of course I do. I'm more affectionate around you. Why?"

"Because they don't approve of you"

"Why not?" he asked, but he sounded a little angry.

"They said they get a weird vibe around you"

"What kind of weird vibe?" Now he actually sounded pissed off. I was a little worried.

"Chris, why are you getting mad at me?" I asked, backing away from him.

"They're your friends Ashley" he yelled. Why is he yelling at me?

"So, I can't control how they feel. What's it matter anyways if they don't like you? I like you" I yelled back

"Did you just yell at me?" he asked

"Yes I did, because this is stupid. I don't see why you're yelling in the first place" then he hauled off and punched me in the eye.

"Oh my god. Honey, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I'm sorry" he said trying to comfort me.

"Don't touch me" I yelled and ran and locked myself in the bathroom.

"Ashley honey, you have to believe me. I didn't mean to hit you. I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry" I could hear him from the other side of the door as I looked in the mirror. My eye was getting puffy.

"Then why did you do it Chris?" I yelled

"I don't know. I just got angry and… I'm really sorry honey. Please come out" he sounded like he was gonna cry. So I opened the door and he gave me a hug, then he looked at my eye.

"Oh my god honey, I am so sorry. Please forgive me" he said then gave me another hug.

He really sounded sorry. I mean this grown man was gonna cry cause he got angry, couldn't control himself and hit me. So I thought for a minute… "OK, but this better never happen again"

"It won't honey, I promise" he said, gave me a kiss. Then we went to bed.

We woke up the next morning and I felt my eye. It wasn't swelled up anymore. But I looked in the mirror and saw why, it was bruised. So I got ready and put some makeup over my eye so it wasn't noticeable. Then I put the cover-up in my pocket in case I needed it later. I ran into the guys in the gym.

"Ash look, we're really sorry how we acted last night" Ken said so me

"Ya, if he's good to you. Then that's all we need to know" Randy added

"Thanks guys. You just need to get to know him better" I offered

"We'll do that" Jeff assured me

"Tell him to come out with us tonight" Dave said

"OK, I will. I'll see you guys later" I said and went back up to the room. Later I told Chris that he was gonna go out with them tonight. "And no, I didn't tell them that you hit me. It was an accident. You didn't mean to. Now go have fun" I told him

"OK honey, I will" he said and gave me a kiss and left.

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