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Chapter13~Ashlynn

It was like someone had glued my feet to the ground. I couldn't move, and neither could Hunter. Tears started to fill my eyes. Neither of us spoke but our eyes said everything.

Finally, I was able to move. I cautiously walked into the bathroom, half expecting something to jump out of the shadows at me.

Hunter looked unrecognizable. I slowly approached him and gently picked up his hand. After I carefully examined it, I opened my mouth to speak, but he beat me to it.

"I hope it's broken."

"What?"

"I deserve every ounce of this pain... after how I've treated you, I deserve a lot worse..."

"Hunter, don't say such awful things!"

"But it's true!! I'm the biggest jerk ever. You were only trying to help me earlier and I made you cry. It seems all I ever do is make you cry anymore." Something in his eyes told me it wasn't the only thing bothering him.

"That's not true..."

"Isn't it? How many times have you cried today?"

"Uhhhhhh..." I attempted to dodge the question even though I knew the answer.

"Three. Three that I know about, at least. What caused you to cry so much?"

"Homesickness...?"

"No, Ash. It was me. I yelled at you and ignored you. Yet you still came back to find me. I don't deserve your kindness. Please, Ash, can you just punch me and give me what I deserve?" He closed his eyes and waited.

I stepped forward and wrapped him up in a tight hug. I rested my head on his chest and listened to his heartbeat. He didn't move. He was warm and smelled like Prada cologne, my absolute favorite scent. I could've stayed there forever. I felt a couple drops of water of my head; he was crying.

"I'm so sorry, Ash. I'm really, truly sorry. I've been so incredibly mean to you that I wouldn't blame you if you didn't forgive me or if you never talk to me again. I'm so sor-."

I grabbed his face with my hands and stared into his tear filled eyes. I wasn't quite sure, but I thought I saw something else in them, something he was trying to hide. 'There must be another reason for his tears... but what?'

Then, I spoke to him. "Hunter, I forgive you. I always will. Our special kind of relationship is one that doesn't come around every single day." He rested his hand on my back. "There's nothing that you could ever do that would come between you and I."

We stared into each other's eyes. "Ash, I-."  My phone went off.

"Bzzzt. Bzzzt. Bzzzt."

"It's Rachael." I said as I answered the call. "Hello? Yes, I found him. Five minutes?! Ok. Ok. Yes. We'll be there as quick as we can. Ok. Bye."

"We better start running now if we want to make it there in five minutes." He said as he stepped back.

"What are we gonna do about your hand? It's twice the size of your other one!!!"

He walked over to the sink and started to wash the blood off. "I'll put it in my pocket."

"But we have to do something about it before you injure it even more!!"

He wiped the tears off of his cheeks. "I'll make you a deal. If it's not better by tomorrow, I'll tell someone about it, ok?"

I hesitated, then finally gave in. "Fine. Let's go."

We took off running and we didn't stop until we were on the tour bus.

We walked into the back lounge and were greeted by our band, Rachael, and Phil. After every show, we always go in the back lounge and talk about things that happened during the show or funny signs people were holding.

"It's nice to see you guys again. We thought we would have to leave y'all behind." Phil joked. "Anyway, going back to my story, there was this one girl that tried to convince me she was Hazel. There's not a person alive that she could've fooled. Let's just say Shawn looks more like Hazel than this girl did."

Everyone laughed, and I joined in, but I stopped when I saw Hunter looking at me like he was about to cry again. He was biting his lip and faking a smile but he wasn't fooling me. Not for a second.

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