"What the hell did you do?!" I wake up to someone yelling. I sit up confused, rubbing the sleep from my eyes.

"I-I'm s-"

"Sorry isn't going to change anything! You've gone too far this time!" I hear a gun shot. I jump at the sound. What in the world could be going on?

"Where is the girl?!" The voice boomed. My door opened forcefully. A man in a ski mask stomps towards me, grabbed my arm and pulled me to the door. I try hard to pull away.

"Stop! You're hurting me!" I yelled at the man. He tightened his grip causing me to scream out in pain. There will be a bruise there after this.

"Luke! Luke, help!" I yelled. The ski masked guy laughed deeply and threw me onto the couch. I look around with tears streaming down my face. My eyes lock on Ashton laying on the floor in with dark red blood spreading through his shirt. I scream and cry more.

"WHAT DID YOU DO?!" I yelled at him, running over to Ashton. He was pale but still breathing. I cradle his head in my lap.

"It's okay, Ashton. Just stay with me, okay?" Ashton groaned in response. I cry into his bloody white shirt. Why did he do this? What did Ashton ever do wrong?

"Get on the couch!" The ski masked man boomed. I ignore him and stay beside Ashton. Ashton grabbed my arm with his cold hands.

"G-get onto... the c-couch." He whispered.

"I'm not leaving you. I'm here for you just like you were there for me." I insisted. Ashton took in a shaking breath.

"O-obedient. Be o... obedient." I nodded and kissed his forehead before going over to the couch. The man already had his gun be his side.

"What a pretty girl they've chosen." He said deeply. I curl into a ball and rock back and forth. I feel so much pain even though he hasn't even touched me. I sob loudly into my knees.

"Shut up! Stop crying!" He barked. That only made me cry more. He held the gun at me, making my breath hitch. I look over at Ashton. He was try to stand up but with little success.

"W-who are you? Why are you doing this?" I asked. He shifted slightly on his feet, wrapping his hands around the gun. Ashton finally stands up with a hunch. He grabs a baseball bat from the corner.

"ASHTON!" Then he swings it as hard as he can at the man. He falls to the floor, dropping the gun. Ashton grabs his gun and shoots him in the head several times. I stare at the dead guy on the floor. I've never seen someone die right in front of my eyes.

"Chelsea! Go upstairs and hide in the closet!" He said. I don't move but just stare at him. Tears streamed down my face, never stopping. Ashton walks up to me and holds me against his chest.

"It's never going to end, Ashton. This nightmare." I sobbed. He rubbed my hair soothingly. He doesn't say anything for a couple minutes.

"You have to go up the stairs while I clean this up, okay?"

"What are you going to do with him?" He doesn't say anything but shoos me up the stairs. When I reached the top, I go straight to the small door to the right and hide in between the jackets.

For hours, I cry into my knees. The imagine of that man, laying in a pool of his own blood. What if he had a family? Kids? Friends? Would they miss him? What if Ashton didn't kill him? Would he have killed me or killed Ashton? There were so many questions and what ifs flowing through my mind.

The door opens and I hide my face in fear. I look up slowly to see Calum kneeling in front of me. I don't say anything but he knows I'm terrified. When he opens his arms for me I lunge for him, clinging for dear life. I thought I didn't have anymore tears left, but I sure was wrong.

"It's okay, Chelsea. The bad man's gone now." He whispered in my ear. I squeeze my eyes as tight as I could. I've never been so scared. Not even my kidnapping scared me this much. This was a whole new stage of fear.

"W-where is Luke?" I asked. Calum released me to look in my eye. I feel my heart being ripped from my chest.

"Calum..." He still doesn't speak. I wipe my tears away so I could see his face clearly. He was looking at the floor.

"Where is Luke!" I demanded more than ask.

"He was shot, Chelsea!" Calum finally said. I feel my heart skip a beat. My breath gets stuck in my throat. I feel like my entire world was poring over me like a bucket of water. I look at Calum with wide eyes.

"Michael is trying to fix him up..." I feel dizzy. What was happening? Just the other day everything was going fine. I stand up shakily, trying to keep my balance.

"What are you doing?" I push passed Calum and run down the stairs as fast as I could. I needed to hide from everything. I don't know why. I just had to get away. I crawl into the cupboard under the sink and close the door behind me.

"Chelsea! C'mon, sweetheart!" I hear Calum yell for me, footsteps loud. He was frantically walking around.

"What's going on?" I hear Michael.

"Chelsea's hiding somewhere. I'm looking for her." I can hear the fright in his voice.

"You lost her! How do you lose a girl?!" Michael shouted, more loud steps coming my way. I lay my head against the wall and close my eyes. My heart was shattered at the thought of Luke not making it. A single tear slid down my face before I drifted off.

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"Is she okay?

"She's fine, Calum. Calm down."

"She's been sleeping for hours. Do you think it was the chemicals?"

"Maybe she's half koala"

"You're stupid, Michael. Of course she's not half koala! She has a small nose."

"Shut up, both of you. She's starting to wake up."

"You're not the boss of me, Ashton!"

"Don't back talk, Mike!"

"You aren't the boss of me either, Calum!"

"Shut up guys!" I open my eyes slowly. Ashton, Michael, and Calum were leaning over me with a smile. I knit my eyebrows and look around. I was in my room but something was different. I clear my throat and sit up.

"Hi." Ashton said with a dorky smile. I don't say anything back. I just stare at my bare feet. I was wearing a different outfit from when I woke up. I was in a baggy baseball shirt and some boxers.

"Are you alright, love?" Calum asked. I don't reply, just rub my feet together. They look at each other. I didn't want to talk ever again. Never ever.

"Luke is okay. He's all fixed up. He's just taking a nap on the couch." Michael told me. I still don't say anything. Sure, I was glad he was okay but I was just so scarred from memories I felt emotionless.

"Boys? Can we talk alone?" Ashton asked the boys. They nodded and left the room. I don't look at him. All I could think about was his pale bloody body and that man. That evil, dead man. Ashton sat at the foot of my bed and stared at me. What's with these boys and staring at me?

"I had to, Chelsea. He would have killed you and me both if I didn't." He said. I replied almost immediately.

"I just don't get why people like him do what they do. It doesn't make sense." I cross my arms over my chest.

"There are bad people out there, Chelsea. Including me. No one can control what we do." I don't say anything back. He kissed my forehead before leaving the room. I lay down on my side and stare at the corner of my room.

You know that feeling you have after you finish crying and you are sitting there emotionless?

Yeah, so do I

Notes

Song Recommendations

• Leave Your Lover ~ Sam Smith
• The trouble With Girls ~ Scotty McCreery
• Something Big ~ Sean Mendes
• All I Want For Christmas ~ My Chemical Romance (hehe)
• Teenage Dream ~ 5 Seconds Of Summer (cover)

Love you guys more than ravioli xxxx

~Chelsea :) :) :) :)