*Ashley’s POV*
I walk over to the couch in the back and set Crystal down on it.
“Just call me when you’re done dressing, and I’ll help you back to the front of the bus.” I say, leaving the room and pulling the curtain shut behind me. I walk past the bunks and into the kitchen area, sitting at the table.
“Ask him.” Andy says quietly, pointing at me.
“Ask me what?” I ask, chiming into the conversation.
“We can’t keep her here all tour. She has family. They’ll be worried sick.” Jake says in a hushed tone. My heart sinks and I don’t understand why. I decide to ignore it, not knowing if it’s a good thing or a bad thing.
“And she has school.” Jinxx adds.
“What are we supposed to do? Just kick her off the bus?” I find myself saying out loud.
“It’s not as if we want to.” Jake says, defending himself.
“Well how long is she staying?” I ask.
C.C. chimes in, saying she can’t stay forever.
“Well it was your idea to invite her on the bus!” Andy raises his voice.
I get up to head towards the bunks, angry at Andy for blaming all of this on me.
“If you weren’t hitting on her we wouldn’t be having this problem.” Jinxx says as I leave the kitchen and stand in front of the curtain separating the back room from the bunks, about to ask Crystal if she’s done dressing. Just then, Crystal surprises me by opening the curtain and falling into me.
She pulls away, and a look of fear crosses her face. She falls backwards, but I can’t catch her before she falls onto the ground. She scurries backwards until her back is against the foot of the couch, and I walk towards her to help her up. I don’t understand why she seems so scared of me. Her eyes start to swell with tears, and I hold my hand out to help her up. She flinches and squeezes her eyes shut. Her head drops to her chest, and me in my confusion call the guys to the back for help. What the hell just happened?

*Jinxx’s POV*
Ashley gets up from his seat and I tell him that if he wasn’t hitting on her we wouldn’t be having this problem. He storms in to the room with the bunks. I hope he isn’t going to ask her to leave… I find myself thinking. Before I have time to question why I wouldn’t want to see her go, we all hear Ashley scream for our help. Andy is the first to dart into the back, and we all get up and follow him.
“What happened to her?” Andy asked, clearly aggravated. My heart races as I realize that she must be hurt.
I push past Jake and C.C. and see Crystal unconscious with Ashley and Andy sitting next to her on the floor.
As he gives us the explanation, Ashley keeps looking at Crystal with panic in his eyes, I swear I see him blink away a tear.
Andy and Ashley get Crystal onto the couch once Ash finishes clarifying our questions.
“There isn’t much we can do if she just passed out… Probably just stress again.” I conclude.
“We should let her get some sleep; her sitting in wet clothes for hours didn’t help her any.” C.C. added.
“Yeah…” Ashley says, heading back into the kitchen. We all slowly drift out of the room, Andy and I the last to leave. I wait for him as he looks down at Crystal. He leans down, seemingly brooding, and brushes a strand of hair from her face. I leave the room and hear Andy’s footsteps as he follows.
I sit down on the couch and Ash heads to the back room with the blanket from his bunk that she was using earlier. He comes back shortly after and grabs a bottle of whiskey off of the counter in the kitchen.
To my surprise, he doesn’t go to get a glass to mix a drink, but comes over to the couches and takes a swig straight from the bottle, sitting down next to Jake. This is going to be a long night…

*Crystal’s POV*
I open my eyes and stretch out, confused as to how I got on the couch. I feel the blanket laying on top of me and grab it as I stand up, I support myself on the wall as I creep through the dark room, finding the curtain and pulling it open. I blink, trying to make out what I see in the dimly lit front of the bus as I pass the bunks.
I grip the edge of the wall as I make my way into the kitchen, looking for something to drink. I look around the bus, seeing Ash and Andy sitting across from each other and talking about something that doesn’t make sense to me. Ashley looks over at me and Andy follows his gaze to me as well.
“How are you?” Andy asks immediately.
“Better.” I say.
“Why don’t you come sit down with us?” Ashley slurs, holding a bottle of whiskey.
“Okay. Do you have anything to drink?” I ask, “I’m parched.” I continue, walking up to the couch where Ashley is sitting, still leaning on the wall.
“Yeah.” Ashley answers, shoving the bottle of whiskey in my hands.
I feel my eyes widen and he gives me a wink.
“I, Um…” I start to say. But before I can finish my sentence, a flashback of Ashley pulling his arm back as if he were going to hit me runs through my head. If I don’t drink… Will he hit me again? I take a sip from the bottle and cringe as the liquid burns my throat.
“Thanks.” I say, giving the bottle back to him.

*Andy’s POV*
“I, Um…” Crystal starts to say, trailing off.
I’m about to speak up and tell her that she doesn’t have to drink, but she takes a sip from the bottle of whiskey and hands it back to Ash thanking him. Ashley wraps his arm around Crystal’s waist, pulling her on the couch next to him. She drops the blanket she had brought with her from the back room as she falls toward him. I see her face pale and as I notice that she looks very uncomfortable, I see Ash grab her ass.
Why do I feel so infuriated? I see a tear run from her eye; her hand is shaking as Ash holds it in his own, close to his crotch. I know Ash is hammered, but that doesn’t give him an excuse to do this to this girl… She’s looking at me now, as Ashley tries to turn her face to look at him so he can kiss her. But it’s more than just a look full of fear; it’s a plea for help.
And as she turns her face towards his so he can have his way, I find myself standing up. In the step it takes for me to get to the couch they’re sitting on, I have her in my arms in a bridal hold. I don’t understand my actions as I head to the bunks with Crystal in my arms.
As she sobs into my chest I only become more surprised to find myself cooing her in an attempt to calm her down. I set her down on my bunk and find myself strained between climbing in with her to help calm her down, and going back to ‘talk’ with Ashley. But as I think about it, this girl seems so much more important right now. I crawl into the bunk with Crystal and her sobs turn into silent tears as I sing Savior to her softly. She relaxes against my chest and slowly her tears stop falling as I stroke her hair. I close my eyes with this aching feeling in my chest that I can’t seem to shake. Have I done something wrong to Juliet?

*Ashley’s POV*
I turn Crystal’s face towards mine to kiss her, but Andy pulls her into his arms before our lips touch. I hear Crystal start to sob as Andy turns his back towards me and walks toward the bunks. I watch as he sets her down in his bunk and climbs in with her, not even glancing at me. Enraged by how much Andy just embarrassed me in front of her, I grab my phone and unlock it.
I click messages and tap Juliet. I text her, not thinking twice about what I’m sending.
“Andy is sleeping with another girl.”

Notes

Hello ^-^ I was really expecting to update a few days ago, because I ended up finishing a couple of days ago. The problem was, that I was still revising and editing and spell checking and stuff (yeah I do that lol). Oh, this might be confusing if you don't know that I type all of my chapters on Microsoft word, and I've been doing it since I lost a chapter due to my brother logging me out of my account on his computer. Anyways, I was going to post and then I had internet issues, and the night I couldn't post, I had the bright idea "Hey, I should see if rewriting the chapter like this makes it better." And so I applied that aspect and revised it, edited it, spell checked it, and came to the conclusion it wasn't worthy, and stuck with my first version. So BIG APOLOGIES FOR THE WAIT. Also, school started yesterday, so I won't be able to post as often :( but I will do my best! I mean this for real guys, I try! <3 Love you all so much <3 Thanks for reading all of this I know it's really long.