I'd Die For You

*Ashley's POV*

We all waited in the living room as Mike went up to find out if Christian wanted to have any visitors. His mother Kim was watching us from the kitchen and I was getting a feeling that I didn't like about this whole thing. If what Roku told us was true and James jumped him with the help of his buddies. I could just hope that it wasn't as bad as Sarah told her it was. I could see the broken ribs really but I just hope there was only that. I ended up attached to Christian. So I know him and I could be best friends and do things together. But first there was only one problem we all had with him. He doesn't really open up to anyone. We hardly know anything about him. Jinxx was like that too before he hang out with us. Now we know a lot of things about him. But that's only to us. Others still don't know much.

"Okay kids, I talked to him and told him you all were here to see him. Just go up to his room. He knows you're coming so don't try to sneak up on him. Just don't mind him being silly or not. The medicine he's on for his ribs are strong to him." His dad laughed and let us go up while he went into the kitchen. I was the first one to head up, the others following behind me. I walked up to the room and smile seeing him sitting on the bed.

"Hey man, you look like you just woke up or something." I laughed a bit and everyone just found their place and sat down while I sat next to him to help him sit up at the edge of his bed so he wasn't laying down anymore.

"Yeah, It's not that I woke up it's just I haven't slept so good for the last couple of days." He just hold his ribs a bit and could tell with every move he made it hurt really back. "So I'm sorry that I haven't been getting back to you guys. I just been trying to heal and get things okay in my life before coming back to school. That James kid and his friends have made it a mission to fuck up my life." I could feel the anger in me building more and more. I know what he was talking about. Andy use to be their main target but after Christian came it turned out to be him and Andy.

"Listen, they aren't going to bug you anymore. Turns out we all are going to be targets now. But they won't do anything too bad because we have Jinxx, Jake and Ashley." Roku smiled at bit though sitting next to Christian. I could tell that he didn't like the idea at all.

"You guys shouldn't have to get hurt like that. I'm sure we can come up with something. I mean really it's just one kid and his friends. We can use my sister to get everything we need to know about them and then we can use that to fight back." He was just looking at all of them but what he didn't know was they wanted her to get rid of me and the other two. Get use to join them or move away from our group of misfits. I sighed a bit and he looked at me with questioning eyes.

"Your not going to believe this but Roku was talking to your sister and they wanted her to try and get rid of me, Jake and Jinxx. We are the only wants they can't seem to scare though if enough of the school teams up with them we are in the same boat as you and Andy. The girls are even in trouble now. Usually no one bugs Ella and Alice but not anymore. They are in the same fucking boat. Something tells me this year is going to be a pain in the ass. We just have to show them that we aren't going to fall." I smirked at him and looked over to see him in thoughts. This couldn't be a good things.

"I don't know. Fighting never ends on a good point. It makes things worse sometimes and the fact that they are trying to use my sister isn't cool." I couldn't tell if he was mad or not. But he didn't like the thought of his sister being used.

"And I told you Chris, just because I'm in with the jocks, nothing changes with us. What they didn't tell you was if I help them get rid of those three, they wouldn't come after you anymore. Sadly I told them that I'm not in for a fight and if I have to I will leave their group because I'm not about to see my brother get his ass beat and stand there and do nothing. They aren't happy but I have some friends that don't like what they do so I can try and help you all out where I can. It took talking to Roku to realize I needed to look out for my brother more." Sarah smiles a bit and laughs before walking out of the room. It kinda shock us all that she told James and them to go to hell for being so mean to her brother.

"You know what's really creepy about all this? That Chris and both have a older sister name Sarah." We looked at Jake and then just laughed. Yeah it was weird though with me and Andy being only child in our families. We don't know anything about sibling. Not like the others do.

"Can't blame them, parents like to pick the same names for girls." We just laughed more and I looked at Chris, something seem off about him today. More then normal. I looked at the others and they knew that I wanted to spend some alone time with Chris, trying to get more stuff on him out, though I didn't want the others to feel left out, so I had to ask him. "Man, are you doing okay? I know it can be the pain or drugs. Something else is off about you." He looked at me and then everyone else before just looking at the floor. I see so something was bugging him more then he was letting on to.

"It's nothing, just a ex girlfriend and old friends from LA getting to me. It's funny how people can be such lairs. I mean when you're there with them, they don't even show you any signs that they hate you or just using you. But when you move away from them. It's easy to be replaced. I guess you can say before you all came here I got in a fight with my ex online. Things where said and I'm over it but I'm still annoyed." He just looked up at all of us.

"You do know that we are here for you Chris, if you need to talk to someone. We are all here for you." Roku smiles softly.

"I know and that's what I realize. If they want to be like that to me then I can always have new friends, people that actually want to be around me." He smiles some at all of us.

"So are you ever gong to let us know what was going on with you and your old friends? I mean I know it's really has nothing to do with us but we just think it will be a better way to help you." Roku smiled at him more and Chris just nods before sighing.

"Everything was great in LA you know? Everything, I had friends, didn't have bullies that didn't bug me like James and them do. I had the profect girlfriend. We all did everything together and even my best friend Matt and I started a band. We worked like hell to get gigs and go places. Though I always had a feeling he wasn't trying hard enough where I was always trying because it's my dream to be in a rock band that kicks ass." He stopped a little and looking down at his hands. He seem upset about something, maybe betrayed more.

"You really don't have to tell us if you don't want to." Andy was trying to make it easy on him.
"No, I want to tell you guys, I mean you're the first people that ever tired to reach out to me other then me trying to reach out to you." He thought a bit trying t remember where he was going with the story. It was like he didn't want to tell too much. "We met other people that wanted to be in a band too. I wasn't too happy about this but Matt told me it would be good. Problem was the others didn't like me too much and slowly Matt started to change. We were trying to work on new songs, trying to get gigs. They thought it would be fun to put Liz in front of me. To try and get Matt and I to get away from each other. Matt never left my side but when you throw a girlfriend that is really needy at the best friend. Matt and I grew apart. It wasn't until my parents told me in front of all of them 'we're moving to Ohio'. I mean I thought it was just a joke but packing and more packing and having them help me. It was a bit much. Like they were trying to get rid of me as fast as they could. The only one that was upset about it was Matt and Liz and I thought 'oh I will always have them.' But I was wrong." He just looked up at us.

"So that first night when you looked so down. It was because of your friend?" Roku looked at him.

"Yeah, I called Matt to let him know that I was here and how boring it was. He then went on about them getting a new drummer and getting tons of gigs. Something him and I dreamed about for years and never got." He looked at his phone while it light up staying Liz. "But that didn't make that night any better. I came home and was looking for Liz to talk to and found out that she said she was single and making out with other guys and all that. So guess you can say everyone is better without me in LA." He just sighs and lay back on the bed.

"Well don't worry we won't do that to you. We all come from different towns but Andy. He always lived here and if it wasn't for us all showing up, he would still be the kid everyone ganged up on." Jinxx looked over at Andy and he nodded and Chris sighted more.

"I guess I let things get to me but Liz and I had a fight a few minutes ago. She told me that everyone was glad I'm gone and were just using me. So really it shouldn't bother me what happens there but still she tries and get ahold of me. The know that I was one of the best drummers. I been playing for a while and never giving up on them. I just haven't had time to play them with my ribs being messed up. But now you all know me better. So the question is now, what's your stories?" He smirked a bit and that meant, 'I told you mine, now share your.' WE all looked at each other trying to think who would go first. "Come on guys....it can't be that bad."
"I came from a small town in PA, I didn't want to live there and my parents seen that I was really unhappy there even though I put up a front that I was happy. They thought it would be better to move here to see if a different start would help me. That's where I met Cambria who moved from WY." Roku smiles a bit. "My cousin just decided to come with us because we were close and she didn't want to live in PA alone without me." She laughed some but the girls all agree with Roku's story.

"My family moves around a lot so we ended up here and just decided to stay. The people are good around here it's just some of the kids aren't so nice. Our parents asked us if was wante to stay or move again. Since we made friends with this group, we didn't want to leave and then I met Ella who came to visit the US and we just really hit it off that she moved here and we decided to stay." Jake just smiles and Ella nodded.

"Had to move from being bully really bad in my old town. My mom thought it would be better to move me and my siblings around from all the bullshit we had to deal with. Though after we did move here. I had a lot of issues with trusting people and it was really getting to my mom. So my brother teach me some things to keep from falling back into that hell again. Years later, Alice moved here and her and I just kinda connected so we been together since. Life been better here." Jinxx smiles at him.

"My parents were killed in a car crash when I was 11. So I ended up with my grandmother. I couldn't deal with the bullying that was going on so we move here in hope that I would have a new start. If it wasn't for these guys and the girls. Who knows if I would have ever been myself again. So like you we all moved to this town known it could be the worse thing and it tired out to be the best. I met Jess and we been together as long as Andy and Cambria been." He smiled at his girlfriend.

"I see so we all just moved her one day without known it. Who knowns, maybe this is the place we needed to be. Maybe good will come from all of this really." Chris seem to be a really kind hearted person. Someone that had big dreams.

"We will never know, but we all are here now and the best we can do it take care of ourselves and each other. One I'm sure your friends from you old city aren't going to give up on you. Well that Liz chick that's been calling and texting you the whole time we been here." I just laughed a bit and he looked at his phone before putting it down.

"I really do not want anything to do with them. They just can't live me alone. My friends are too busy with other things, leaving her the only one we have to worry about." He smiles and sit up thought I could tell he was in a lot of pain. "I should get some sleep. You guys are really good friends. I can tell that and I'm sorry I didn't let you into my life before. Ashley was right. I have trust issues and I don't really like being around people I don't know because of it. But you are all really good people." He smiled before everyone got up and decided to say there byes and leave. I stayed behind for a bit more.

"You know, things aren't going to be easy right now with James and them on to us right?" I had to make sure he was going to be ready for anything that could happen.

"True me I know. Liz will be a issue too because I didn't say the nicest thing to her. I told her how I feel and that is going to piss her off. I told her I was done with her and all of them. So she might show up. If she does, just be warn she will work her way into James group and it's going to be bad and even worse for me if that happens. I know that she will do everything to try and hurt me. Then it's going to fall back on you guys. That's what I'm worry about." Chris just looks at me while he lay in bed.

"We will deal with it. We all have each othere and no one is going alone anymore. Trust me, when it comes back to you going to school we will all be there for you. Maybe get your sister to take you to school. Maybe even Andy too, I can talk to her if you like me to." I was at the stairs ready to leave his room, when I looked behind me. He looked really tired. The drugs were kicking in and fast.

"That would be a good thing. I'm too tried to deal with anything right now." He just laughs a bit before passing out from the medicine kicking in. I decided to leave the room and just go and knock on his sister's door. I waited for her to answe it before I talked.

"Hey, what I can do for you Ashley?" She seem like someone happy for just leaving her group of friends so she can protect her brother more.

"Do you thin you could take Chris and Andy to school? You know to keep them safe and from being hurt like this again. A lot of us don't live on this street and closer to the school. But James and a lot of his friends do." Yeah I was worry about the two youngest in our group.

"I can do that. I been planning on it for a while since Chris was jumped the other day. I don't want to see my little brother like that again. So I will be doing something to help him this time." She smiles. "You can stay you know...for the night."

"I know but I need to get home. Don't want my grandma to worry." With that I walked out of the house and to my house. It was nice for Christian to share so much with us. But that fact that his ex was pissed off. Things could get interesting if she decided to show up.

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A/N: Another chapter done, will work on another one tomrrow but dont' know if I will have it up. Have been feeling blah lately so will post when I'm not sleeping or working. As for mistakes you know my look on it.

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