~mini time lapse~
I was in my shared bedroom for, hopefully, the last time under these circumstances. Ashley had came up with me to help me pack. I put the last of my belongings into my suitcase and zipped it up.

"W-well, that's everything. Thank you again for helping me." I muttered, looking down at the floor.

"No problem, hun. Well, we should get back downstairs." He picked up my suitcase, and I grabbed my duffle bag. I let him walk out first, but as soon as he stepped into the hallway, he abruptly haulted.

"Um...Ash? W-what's going o-" I started to say, but was cut off by Ash keeping me from entering the hallway with him.

"Stay back, kid. Or else." He all but growled out. Why is he being so protective-like of me?

I hid quietly behind him, slowly etching closer to the doorway. "Ah, come on. She's our friend..right guys?" Daniel said, while his clan of assholes all agreed.

When Ashley looked back, I had visibly paled... you know, even more than I naturally am. I silently pleaded with him, and it seems he got the message.

"I don't think so." He quickly came back into the room and shut/locked the door. "Well... that could have gone better. I'll call the guys to come up and help. That okay?"

I just nodded. He pulled his phone out of his back pocket and dialed a number. While it was ringing, he hugged me and told me it was going to be alright. I hugged back tightly, only then realizing I had tears streaming down my face. He rubbed soothing circles around my back, making me calm down some. Again, weird.

Ash explained what happened to the phone, then hung up. "They're on the way up. Those kids can't hurt you anymore."

I really wanted for that to make me feel better, but I knew that wasn't capable of happening. Even if they leave me alone for the rest of my life, I will always be affected by them. After everything that's happened, it's something that can't be avoided...

Notes

I own nothing but the made up characters and the writing.

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Guys, I'm so sorry! I lost the notebook I had with my writings for this and still can't find it. So I just kind of threw this together, I hope it doesn't suck too bad. I'm trying to get used to this, and I have some stuff going on right now, so please bare with me. I'll try to update, if not again today, then sometime soon. My birthday's tomorrow, so I might not be able to update till later on in the week if I don't today.

Stay strong, everyone~