Unbelievable Secrets

Date: 18/2/14 - 23/2/14
Time: 1:11pm - 10:50pm

Andy, Jake, Jinxx and CC were hyped for Tour, the only person missing was Ashley, they had tried to call him, but he never responded. Jinxx was starting to worry, they all were. Ashley was usually the first to know when they would be going on tour and the first on the bus.

John had mention he had called and texted Ashley, but he hadn't pocked up which was strange as Ashley always picked up when they called him. Andy was working on some lyrics for his new song when his phone started to ring scaring Jake, Jinxx and CC.

Andy scrambled to answer his phone.

"Andy, are you there?" Ashley asked, sounded more than a little relived, Andy put his phone on speaker so Jake, Jinxx and CC could hear what Ashley was saying, Ashley's voice was a quieter than usual which was strange.

"Yes Ash it me. Is everything okay. John said he tried to contact you about the tour but couldn't get you," Andy replied, he was more than a little concerned when he heard Ashley's shocked gasp, he clearly hadn't known they were going on tour.

"My phone been . . . er shut off. Can you come and pick me up? I'm fairly sure I left everything on the bus," Ashley asked quietly like he was trying not to be caught. Jinxx went and checked Ashley's bunk and was confused when he saw everything was still there.

"Why was your phone shut off? Of cause we can come and pick you up," CC asked in turn but froze when a door car slammed, the front door opened. CC shared a confused look with Jake as Ashley cursed but didn't hang up.

With Ashley
"What have I told you about calling people without asking first," a man yelled, Ashley quickly shoved his phone under his pillow before his door was thrown open completely forgetting to end the call with Andy.

"You should have learn you lesson after last time, now clean up this mess before I get back from the shops," the man demanded, Ashley nodded, bitting his cheek to top himself from screaming when the man kicked him in the ribs

"Y-Yes father," Ashley whimpered, he was about to get up when his father pushed him hard against the bed. He was more than likely going to have a bruise as he could feel the mettle railing of the bed.

"If you tell that band of your about this I will make sure you never see them again," his father threatened kicking him in the ribs one last time before walking from the room. Once Ashley was sure he was gone he scrambled to clean up his room trying very hard not to cry.

He froze when he heard a class breaking from under his pillow and realised he hadn't ended the call with Andy.

Ashley’s POV

I only remembered I hadn't ended the call with Andy when I heard a glass breaking from under my pillow. I pulled my phone from underneath my pillow and was about to end the call when I heard Jake and CC talking in the background.

"Ashley what the hells going on?" Andy demanded, I could tell he was shocked, I had never got around to telling what my home life was like. All they knew was I lived with my father, they didn't however, know I got beat up if I did anything wrong.

It had gotten bad only recently.

I left most of my things on the tour bus, only taking a couple of clothes and my tooth brush and a few other things. My father had taken my phone, he didn't know I had another phone, I was more than a little thankful I had my own Wi-Fi.

I have been living with my father for the last two years, this is my mother's house but she's not here at the moment. My father 'looks after' the place while I'm away. My father doesn't need to be here. My mother supports the band even though she’s away quite a lot.

“Ah . . . um . . . would you be able to pick me up in three days. My father’s going to be away for a week. I’ll explain then,” I answered quietly, hoping my father didn’t hear me, I really didn’t want to end up with more bruises. I already enough of a mess to clean up. I was more than happy with Andy agreed.

I started to clean up knowing I would be in a lot of trouble if I didn’t. I went to cook dinner making my father’s favourite. He wasn’t always like this, he used to help get ready for tour or a show when I had first joined the band in 2009.

I think it happened after I come back from my first tour, my mother said she was going away for a while. It was easier to stay at her house rather than get my own when I wasn’t going to be there a lot. I honestly have no idea what happened, but he changed after that.

On the Bus – Jinxx POV

I don’t think any of us really knew what happened. One-minute Ashley was asking us to pick him up and the next minute his bedroom door was slammed open and he was screaming. His father told him to clean up a mess before he got back from the shops.

Ashley finally realised he had gotten to end the call when Andy dropped the glass he was holding. He asked us to pick him up in three and said he would explain everything then. It was more than a little strange and made me feel more than a little sick.

I looked up when I heard crying – Andy was trying not to cry while Jake and CC were staring at the floor. I sighed and patted the seat next to me, Andy and CC walked over and hugged me. I let them cry. I looked over there heads at Jake and mouth ‘you okay?’ he nodded but I knew he was far from okay.
I was like the boy’s father, they come to me for advice or if they just needed someone to talk to, I knew I wouldn’t be getting any sleep tonight. Half an hour later Andy and CC were asleep, not that I really blamed them.

I woke Andy up and helped him into his bunk. When I got back to what passed as the buses living room to get CC I couldn’t help but smile when I saw Jake was asleep. I had to wake CC to get him into his bunk and was able to carry Jake to his bunk.

Once they were all in their bunks I started to read before starting dinner, I tried not to think about Ashley or what we had found out, but it was incredibly hard. The more I thought about him the angrier I got. I had no idea why I was angry

Why would Ashley’s father do that to him?

Once I had finished with dinner I went to wake the boys but, I felt like their parent in some sense I was, I woke Andy and Jake up first then CC, we all ate dinner silently, I knew they all wanted to know why Ashley’s father would do that to him.

I went to wake the boys up, feeling very much like a parent as I woke Andy, Jake and CC up. We ate silently. I knew they want to know why Ashley’s father would do that to him. I was reading a book, Jake, CC and Andy had gone to be two or three hour ago.

The door opened, and I looked up at Jake, he was staring at the ground, but I knew he had been crying. I put my book down after marking the page and patting the seat next to me. I pulled him into a hug when he sat down.

He buried his face in my shoulder, not at all shocked when I felt my shirt getting wet. He calmed down soon enough but didn’t meet my eye. I sighed and made him look at me, even though it was clear he didn’t want to.

“Jake what the matter?” I asked, he didn’t answer as he started to cry again. I rubbed his back and waited for him to calm down and explain. He explained his step-father who he had thought was his father used to abuse, him while his mother was away. It had last for around three maybe four years.

I stared at him shock, not really able to believe what I was hearing. Why would someone do that to a child. Jake paused making me too up, I patted his shoulder and told him to continue. I dropped the book I was holding when he leaned in an whispered the next part in my ear.

Three Days Later
I told John what had happened leaving out what Ashley’s ‘father’ had one to him. I hopped he was okay. It seem like to took hours to get to Ashley’s place. When we arrived no one was out the front which meant Ashley’s ‘father’ wasn’t there.

Inside - Ashley’s POV


I was still having trouble moving thanks to a bruised back, the day after I had asked Andy if they could come and pick me up my ‘father’ had come home in a really bad mood, yelling at me for something.

The last thing I heard before I blacked out was “clean up this mess” before the door shut. When I come to, I was on the floor and my room was a mess. I hope I had covered the bruises on my face, arms and neck well enough Jinxx wouldn’t notice.
I really hope Jinxx doesn’t notice them. I had everything in my room packed and was doing one last check when I heard a knock on the front door and couldn’t help but grin as I ran down stairs completely forgetting I had a sore back and opened the door.
It was only after I hoped the door did I realise Jake had been leaning against it. I was able to move out of the way fast enough and we both crashed to the floor making me scream as Jake dug his elbow into my bruised ribs.

Jinxx helped me sit up while Jake went to get the first aid kit and an ice pack. I couldn’t remember much after that as I blacked out.

Jinxx’s POV

Jake was leaning against the door waiting for Ashley to open it, I heard someone running down the stairs then Ashley opened the door, Jake fell back onto him when he hit the ground he scream, Jake got off of him and asked if he was alright.

Jake was leaning against the door waiting for Ashley, I was about to tell Jake to move when I saw Ashley running down the stairs through the window but wasn’t fast enough as Ashley opened, and door and Jake crashed into him sending both of them to the ground.

Ashley screamed, and Jake scrambled to get off him asking if he was alright. I skidded to a stop and ran up the stairs and kneeled next to Ashley helping him sit up while Jake went to get the first aid kit and ice pack.

I told Andy and CC to go upstairs and pack everything they though Ashley might want from his room.

I moved Ashley to the lounge room and put him on the couch being careful not to hurt him more, Jake in with frozen peas wrapped in a towel and the first aid kit, he gave them to me and went to help Andy and CC.

I put the ice pack down and carefully took his shirt off and then pulled him onto my lap I moved so I was leaning against the couch and Ashley was leaning against my chest. I looked at his torso and froze, bruises littered his torso there was a hand shaped bruise on his upper arm.
I put the ice pack and first aid kit on the table next to the couch before moving behind Ashley and removing his shirt, so he was leaning against my legs. I couldn’t help but stare at the bruises that littered his torso and the hand shaped bruise on his upper arm.

There was a nasty bruise spreading across his ribs and around to his back.

Upstairs with Andy, CC and Jake – CC POV

It took us about fifteen minutes to get everything in Ashley room packed up, Jake and Andy had just finished putting everything into boxes when Jake found something in one of Ashley’s draws.

It took us around fifteen minutes to get everything in Ashley’s room pack, there wasn’t much in there anyway as most of his things were on the bus. I was going through his draws and was shocked when I found a box of blades.

I carefully removed the blades to see what else was in the draw. A picture of Ashley kissing a lady on the cheek, a large grin on his face, a diary and a note book and phone. I picked up everything and put them into one of the bags on the bed and went down stairs to see how Ash was.

Notes

I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I don't really remember how I come up with the idea for this story. I will get around to putting more characters in I just don't have the time as of yet. I will start the next chapter tomorrow most likely.

EDIT 30/10/18: For those of you wondering this story takes place in 2014 as that is when I started to write this story. I did write a third chapter but never got around to posting it because of school.

I only logged back on to here yesterday and was absolutely shocked when I saw how many views this story has gotten. Thank you. It means a great deal.