Ashlynn's POV.

I woke up in Harry's arms as comfortable as ever. I lay there holding onto him hoping to never have to let go. I know it's silly after a few days of knowing him but I said it before and I'll say it again. He felt like the missing piece and you don't just find that anywhere. I untangled myself from his arms and went to the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth with my finger once again. I looked up at myself in the mirror and realized how my eyes were still bloodshot from the events of last night. I then lifted up Harry's shirt to look at the bruise I had on my back from the Friday before...

*FLASHBACK*
"C'mon let's go home! I need to finish packing for tomorrow my flight leaves early!" I said to a drunk Jayci as she was all over this guy at the bar. "Can I just meet you there? I'm having so much fun with Sam!?" she said to me. Was that his name, Sam? " Fine but text me if you need me. I love you! See you soon!" I said to her hugging her and walking out the door.

The bar wasn't far from my apartment, so I walked. It was 2 blocks and I was almost there. Then he showed up walking next to me. "Hey Ash, I heard about your internship! Congratulations!" I looked over to see my ex boyfriend Brendan now walking next to me. "Thanks." I said in a monotone voice. "When do you leave?" He asked me now trying to hold my hand. As i pulled my hand away quickly i said to him.."I leave in the morning."

"How long is it going to be like this Grace? You know i said I was sorry! Stop being such a bitch!" He said to me now throwing me up against a wall. He didn't scare me. Not one bit.

" Bren, you say your sorry and you do this shit again. It's over..move on." I said to him hoping he would release me from his hold. "I don't want to move on. I want you so stop fighting it." he demanded from me. I tried escaping from him when he threw me on the ground and found a random piece of a 2x4 on the concrete and hit me across the back with it. " TAKE THAT TO LONDON WITH YOU BITCH." he yelled as he walked away.

I slowly got up and shook off the dirt I had on myself from the alley. I was used to his crap. We were best friends for 3 years then my mom got cancer and we dated for 2 years. He wasn't crazy till the last 8 months of our relationship when he started doing drugs. I just dealt with the abuse because I knew he wasn't really this person. I loved him. He was my best friend. I tried helping him and he wouldn't let me. One night I was at his house and he tried to drug me and get me to have sex with him. Thankfully Jayci found me in time and with that our relationship was over.

*FLASHBACK OVER*

I stared at the less painful bruise now and said to myself, "You've had worst Ashylnn. Just keep moving." I walked out of the bathroom to see a still sleeping Harry. I went and got my laptop to finish Eleanor's photos and sat next to his sleeping body. About 30 minutes had passed before the most beautiful boy next to me woke up.

"Hey...morning." he said to me groggily. "Morning handsome." i said to him making him blush. "How'd you sleep?" I asked him now looking at him. "You mean before or after I came to sleep in my glorious bed?" I laughed at his response knowing that I am sure that couch he had been sleeping on did not look comfortable! "Hm after I suppose." I said to him.

"Well at first I couldnt fall asleep but then you passed out and I did shortly after." I nodded acknowlinging his point. Hoping to avoid the fact that I said we could talk about last night this morning.

" So are we going to talk now?" He asked me...Damn he did not forget anything.

I then nodded my head and closed my laptop.


Harry's POV.

"I dated this guy Brendan for 2ish years...anyway he used to hit me and stuff. Wasn't that big of a deal . One night it went to far and he drugged me so I would have sex with him and yeah...I didn't. Jayci found me before anything happened. But that's what I dream about on nights when I go to bed with a lot on my mind. I dream about that night in his bed when the room was spinning but I couldn't move at all. I was stuck. He was hitting me and doing things to me. I was 18. You think I would be past it but I'm not. The only other person who knows that story and about my nightmares is Jayci. So please just don't make a big deal out of it." She looked down at her hands in guilt, ashamed that these things have happened to her, embarrassed that she had now told me.

My body was shaking. I was upset. I got up and left the room to go sit in the kitchen. I sat down at the dining room table, hitting things. How could she let something like that happen to her? How could she just not do anything about it? Why did she date him? WHY DID SHE NOT THINK IT WAS A BIG DEAL.

I soon got control of my emotions and walked back upstairs to see her putting her own clothes on. "Where are you going?" I asked her now scared.

"I'm leaving, this is why I was afraid to tell you. You couldn't handle it. " she said to me. She was right I couldn't. The idea of someone hurting her that way made me sick she didn't deserve it.

'Let me drive you home, ohkay?" I told her as I grabbed a shirt from my closet.