Chapter Song: Bad Blood- Bastille
Andy
The cramps in my stomach were slowly disapearing as the day went on. It was now the next day since the whole incident with Luke, and I was a lot less crabby than I was yesterday. I feel bad for snapping at him the way I did but I couldn't help it because I honestly felt like shit. The hangover and my period hit me like a bus. I was also the stubborn person I had always been and refused to tell Luke why I was hurtng so bad. That I did feel bad about and him running to the store to get me everything I needed, wasn't nessassary but it did help. And I was very thankful for him doing that for me.
After we watched movie Luke informed me that he and Austin would be going to Zone today, for reason he said he didn't know. It was a bit strange because usually he went at his lesiure, there was never really anything planned. He told me not to worry about him but that was exactly what I was doing while watching Catching Fire for the third time since we had gotten it. My worry for him whenever he goes there is very strong because it can be very harsh there.
I started to get bored, but I knew Ashley would be coming over soon. I invited her over when I found out both of our boyfriends would be busy. Well for Ashley, Austin wasn't even her boyfriend but I knew that they would be dating soon. She told me she had lots of fun activities for us to do when the boys were gone, and I was pretty excited, I missed spending quality time with her, and glad that the time were spending together wasn't studying for tests.
I hear the doorbell ring and jump off the couch and basically run to the door, I was just excited to do something. Yeah my mood swings were everywhere at the moment. I open the door and was surprised to see that Ashley was not there. It was Riley.
"Riley! Hi, what are you doing here?" I ask, honestly confused. I haven't really been keeping close contact with her, just because everything with college and Luke was getting busy. I'm pretty sure the last time I had seen her was at the concert I went with Ashley.
"Do you not want me to be here?" She snaps.
"Uh-"
"I'm sorry, I'm just very stressed and I need someone to talk to." She says and pushes her way into my apartment. I was again a little confused, because what happened with Payton? I thought she was Riley's best friend now. I wasn't jealous or anything of her getting new friends, because I have new friend too. I was just confused. Yes, confused is the right word.
"Okay, what do you need to talk about?" I ask her, going to pause the movie so we could talk in silence.
"It's Ashton." She says and sighs, putting her face in her hands.
"What happened with him?" I ask. Last I hear they were doing fine, and were in love. But I guess I haven't talked to her in a while so I wouldn't know.
"Well, I moved in like he wanted me to, and everything was perfect for a while. Then he started getting angry with me and I don't know why. We can't even get along now, Andy! I don't know why he's being such a dick." She yells, freaking out very dramatically.
"Okay, first things first calm down." I tell her. One thing I know, is that Ashton was one of the nicest people I know, and I don't think he would be a jerk to her for no reason. "Secondly, have you done anything to make him mad?"
"No! I'm just being a supportive girlfriend, going to all of his shows and helping him out with annything else he needs help with. He doesn't even appericate me." I nod, trying to understand.
Luke did mention something about Ashton not really being himself, he mentioned how he would come to practice sad. That made me sad just thinking about, because ever since I met him, he has been the happiest person. I hadn't seen him recently so I don't know to what extend his saddness was. "Well, maybe he's thinks that you guys have been spending too much time together."
"Well we are boyfriend and girlfriend aren't we suppose to spend time together?" She snaps again.
"Shit, Riley, I'm just trying to help."
"Your help is stupid! I just want to know why my boyfriend acts like he's depressed half the time, and why he doesn't even care about me." I was very offended by her words.
"Maybe he is depressed because everything he does for you isn't enough." I say back. Who knows he might be depressed, her saying that is crossing the line. She doesn't even know what being depressed feels like, she has been given everything to her on a silver plater her entire life. She doesn't even know that I was depressed, for a long time actually.
I was depressed after my father died, and my mom barely made an effort to take me to the doctor to help me. She only did when she thought it was convinent for her. It was hard to get through, and I didn't have really anyone to help me through it. My depression never fully went away. After Michael started abusing me, it came back. I never even told anyone about it, I didn't even tell Luke about it yet. It was a topic that was very sensitive for me, so her saying that is too far.
"What the fuck do you even know, Andy?"
"You were the one who came to me remember, Riley?" I say in the same tone as she did for me.
"Andy who's ready to party!" I look towards the door and see Ashley walked in, which tells me that the door had been unlocked.
"Why is she here?" Riley glares at Ashley, I can just see her jealously radiating off of her. I look at Ashley and she look aplauded.
"Excuse me, I think I am suppose to be here. Who the fuck are you?" Ashley asks, but I know she knows Riley, they've met before.
"Who am I?" Riley laughs, "Oh sweetie we've met before, I'm the one dating Ashton thank you very much." She replies, talking Ashton up even though just one second ago she was taking about how he doesn't appericate her. Everything with her right now just doesn't make sense. I don't understand who or what she was trying to prove to anyone. I was just sick of her shit.
"Oh my god, shut the fuck up!" I shout. "What the fuck happened to you? You are not the Riley I used to know, you fucking changed. Now I can see why Ashton doesn't appreciate you." I say, Ashley walks over by me, as if she's backing me up.
"And you're not the old Andy I used to know! You changed too. You think you're so great with Luke, but he probably doesn't even like you, he just feels bad for you because of what Michael did."
"Can't you see that I'm happy now? I've changed in a good way, I was so unhappy before and you just ignored it, you didn't fucking care You were too busy worrying about yourself like always." I say, holding my ground. I know she's trying to get me to break down, just so she can feel better about herself but it's not working. I ignore her comment about Luke, because I know she doesn't know what she's talking about.
"Whatever, you can go on with Luke and pretend that he actually cares about you." She says, ouch another low blow.
"Fuck you, you stupid bitch, you have no idea what you are talking about!" Ashley yells at her, almost lunging at her, but I grab her to stop. I did not want to be in the middle of a cat fight.
"I'm the stupid bitch?"
"Yeah you are!"
Ashley and Riley keep going at it, and I thought it was gonna turn even worse. But I hear the door open, and see Luke and Austin. Thank god. I was still holding onto Ashley and she was still yelling profanities at Riley. I look at them, my eyes probably begging for help.
"What the fuck is going on here?" Luke exclaims, instantly coming to my side. I notice his face is fucked up and he is bleeding from his lip and there were evident bruises forming. This was probably the worst it had been.
Austin grabs his girl from my hands, trying to calm her down the best he could. He too was very much bruised and battered. There was so much going on, I could feel a headache coming on.
"Seriously what's going on here?" Austin talks, Ashley was now silent and her arms were crossed, she was glaring at Riley.
"Riley came here to talk to me, and it didn't go very good obviously." I say to them, looking at Luke then Riley. "I mean if you wanna say what you were saying before Riley be my guest." I tell her, knowing she won't speak up because Luke was here.
She looks embarrassed now, but she soon looks up to Luke and Austin, probably noticing their faces. "What happened to you guys?" She asks innocently. I wanted to punch her, so badly.
"Doesn't matter." Luke tells her, keeping a hard glare. He never really liked her, and now I could see why. "How's Ashton?" He asks, his glare doesn't fade.
"Oh he's fine, just-"
"Bullshit! Seriously Riley, I can't handle your bullshit. The minute Luke walks in you completely change. Why don't you keep talking about you think he just feels bad for me, and how he pretends to care about me. Or how you were complaining about how annoying Ashton is because he is depressed and doesn't care about you anymore." I say, not being able to take her shit anymore.
"Is this fucking true?" Luke ask in a low voice
"Uh-I-" Riley stutters, she can't finish her sentence because she is already in tears. I almost laugh at her and how pathetic she is about this how thing. I know it's only for attention, everything she did was for attention. And now I was finally realizing this and can't believe that I had been so unaware to it before. She was a good friend at one point in time, but her thought process has changed. I was done with her, and I should have seen this coming for months now.
"Fuck," Luke swears, looking stressed, "I'm going to call Ashton and have him come get her." Luke tells me and walks to do as much. Riley was now a sobbing mess sitting on the couch and I couldn't handle looking at her. I looked to Austin and Ashley, Ashley was still glaring at her. Austin just looks tired and fucked up. But he is holding Ashley's hand, trying to call her down. I thought that was cute.
I leave the room, not wanting to be in the middle of it anymore. I find Luke in the bathroom, trying to get the blood off his face. "Ashton's coming." He informs me.
I take the towel away from him, "Sit." I tell him and he does as much. He smiles at me. I take the warm wash cloth and starting rubbing away the blood that was around his mouth. "I'm sorry this happened. She attacked me for no reason and I don't know why."
"It's not your fault." I just nod. "You know that what she said isn't true right?" He asks, and I would be lying if I said that I wasn't thinking about it. It was only make sense what she said, Luke felt bad for me, how did I even know if he actually loves me? My mind was spinning and I couldn't think straight.
"I know." I tell him, trying to get myself to believe the words coming from my mouth.
It was silent for a few moments between us. The silence was nice considering everything that's happened in the past 30 minutes. "I think I do this too much." I say, putting the towel down. Now his face was just a little bruises and tore up, but there wasn't really much else I could do.
"I'm sorry." He says, holding my hand, kissing my knuckles softly. I smile a little at him. I couldn't be mad at him when he looks that adorable. I know he really likes it at Zone and I don't want him to think I don't him going there, I just worry. A lot.
"It's okay," I respond.
"I have a lot to tell you."
"Is it bad?" I ask, hoping nothings wrong.
"More or less."
"Are you fucking kidding me!" I heard from the living room. It was Ashton.
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