My brothers best friend

I've been missing you

We looked up and saw Michael leaning against my door frame arms folded. Then three more boys popped up out of nowhere.

"Uh?" I looked at the boys.

"Oh, these are the boys who got you gifts." He shrugged it off pushing blondie out the way.

"I'm Luke." Blondie smiled holding his hand our.

"I'm Ashton." Curly appeared next.

"I'm Calum."

So here he is in the flesh, the sex pest. He doesn't look like a sex pest. He looks, shy and ordinary.

"Thanks for the gifts guys." I smiled. "I'm Ari."

"Yeah, we've heard a lot about you. Not all good." Cal smirked.

Curly rolled his eyes and pushed him back standing in front of him.

"We were wondering what you wanted to do? If the travelling has tired you out we don't mind if you just wanna hang by the pool."

"Uh, that would be good actually. Thanks for the offer ash, I'll take it." I nodded agreeing.

They all cheered and ran off. Even Larissa ran off. This left me and Mikey in the room.

"You don't have to, you know, because, they do know but-"

"Mikey. It's fine. I do it, I'm the one who has to deal with the stares."

He nodded and left as I sat on my bed. I'm kind of glad they knew, it took a lot of pressure off me. But I wondered if they knew loads of stuff that wasn't true.

...

I put my new bikini on and grabbed a towel. I walked out and saw the boys all turn to look at me. I felt as if they were staring at my scarred skin.

I sat down on a chair whilst the guys carried on playing in the pool. I closed my eyes for a brief few seconds before feeling small droplets roll down my bare stomach.

I opened my eyes and saw Ashton sitting next to me. He was fiddling with his fingers before he noticed I was looking at him.

"Hey, you not playing?" I asked as the ball flee between the boys.

"Nah, I wanted to talk to you quickly." He smiled. I nodded. "Well, I wanted to say, us boys, we weren't looking at your scars. Even though you probably thought we were, we were staring at your body. It doesn't really make it better but it does help. We think your flawless and beautiful even if you have some battle wounds. So, don't judge us to quickly Ari."

I smiled at him. That's the most sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me.

"Thanks ash, I needed that."

"Mikey has missed you too. He may seem a little iffy at the moment, but don't worry, he missed you, he misses you."

"How did he make a friend like you?" I giggled.

"I'm lucky to have him to be honest. Us boys have been through some stuff, all of us. He's helped and we've helped him. We're just those typical friends to be honest."

"Hey guys, are you going to play?" Larissa yelled as she clung to Luke.

"Yeah, one sec." Ash nodded.

"Are they dating?" I asked shocked.

"No, Larissa is a bit, full on, for poor Lukey. He's very weak and very Virgin boy. Larissa is very, keen on sex. To her sex is love."

"Wow!" I said wide eyed.

"You can't seriously be saying you're a virgin?" He laughed.

"I - Im not . I just, I don't see what people see."

"Well, I see a small insecure beautiful girl who could do so much wonders in her life. I also see someone who's broken who needs to be fixed, she's just looking for her mechanic."

"You've got me sorted to the tip." I agreed.

"Come on, let's play ball. We're to young to care about anything." Ashton stood up and pulled me up with him.

Then we both ran and jumped into the pool. I could see moving here is the best decision of my life.

Goodbye Connecticut, hello Australia.

Goodbye scars, hello fresh love.

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Another update as who would read a book with one chapter haha.

Anyways, I forgot to mention this book may contain selfharm and depressive thoughts. It won't be much and they'll be a warning before it.
Thanks.