Ashley's P.O.V
I can't believe Jess brought me, literally, the girl of my dreams. She was even more beautiful than in my dreams and could imagine. I don't want to let her go, I can't. I didn't think it would be possible for me to fall for someone, but she changed everything.

I started to lean in about to kiss Melissa but stopped myself. 'No, this is too fast, I don't want to scare her away when she Just came into my life, thanks to Jess. I have to take things slowly, get to know her, get close to her.' I thought to myself as I looked at the delicate girl I still had embraced in my arms. She looked up at me confused.

"Oh, um, sorry.. I didn't mean to try and push myself upon you that quickly. Especially since we just met," I looked down shamefully. She probably thinks I'm nothing but that pushy perv everyone, including myself, makes me to be. I have a feeling she's probably going to be distant with me and possibly avoid after what I almost did. She was quiet and still for a moment. I frowned looking at the ground, 'How could I be so stupid? Way to go Ash, now she probably hates you' I thought to myself. I thought I felt my heart skip a beat, instead of running she kissed me on the cheek and wrapped her arms tightly around my neck.

"Thank you" she whispered to me. I instantly wrapped my arms around her waist holding her close as I felt my cheeks grow hot. Wait a minute though, I might never see her again, if she lives here who knows when I'll get to be face to face with my dream girl again. 'Oh well I guess, it was nice while it lasted..'
If this is the only time I'm going to see her, I want to know as much about her as possible. I cleared my throat and pulled away smiling at her.

"Well, would you like to sit and talk for a while?" I asked her hoping she would accept. She smiled back and nodded.

"I would love to," she giggled and blushed slightly which made me feel like my heart was doing backflips. We sat down on the couch looking at each other. I decided I wanted to ask her a few questions to see how she is.

Melissa's P.O.V
"Well, Melissa, do you live here in New York?" he asked me

"No, I used to in Dallas, Texas actually." I shook my head looking down.

"Do you not live there anymore?"

"Um.." I trailed off frowning, "no, I-I ran a-away from home" I stuttered as I looked down at my lap nervously fidgeting with my jacket sleeves. I saw him move closer to me and gently place a hand on mine giving it a light squeeze. I looked up into his brown eyes seeing them filled with concern.

"Why did you run away, Mel? You can tell me anything, I promise. I want you to know, I'm here for you" he said lightly squeezing my hand again and giving a warm smile. His smile seemed to really give me a bad case of butterflies in my stomach. I honestly loved it though, no one has ever made me feel this way before. I could actually feel in my heart that he wants to protect me. Maybe I'm just going crazy.

"Well, Ash, my hometown is not the greatest. For years I was being bullied because I was different from everyone else. I had finally learned to face my demons and stood up for myself. You see, I was mostly bullied by a certain girl who beat me every day of my life since 8th grade up until the beginning of my senior year. One day she and her little swarm of plastics decided to really beat the hell out of me after school by the side of the building. No one bothered to help, really, just gather around and enjoy the show" I sighed and gave a fake smile.

"Mel, that's aweful! Why didn't anyone bother to help?" he shook his head, I noticed his jaw clenching in anger. 'Wow, he really does care about someone like me' I thought to myself.

"Mostly because everyone hated me and thought I was just a waste of space. But after a few minutes of all the torment from the beatings and being watched while the kids cheered them on, I just, cracked. It was as if they hit a very pissed off nerve. I was able to avoid her next hit which ended up connecting with one of her followers face and caught her off guard by landing a hard punch to her face." I saw him smirk.

"But long story short on that, they all got a little taste of karma. Let's just say, after that, they learned not to mess with me again. Sure, they threw an insult here and there but they weren't stupid enough to try and fight me again. Anyways, the main reason I ran is because, my ex-boyfriend, he uh.." I trailed off at the end blinking away the tears that threatened to fall.

"He kidnapped me the morning I was walking to work, 2 months ago to be exact. The reason being because 5 months ago we got into a fight, all because I didn't go to school the next day after he called me about something that happened that day at school. Being with him, was worse than being bullied, mostly because he Was another bully. He verbally and physically abused me and had the worst temper. I lost the little amount of friends I had because of him, he ran them all off. I mean I guess I understand since they were all guys, but they were like my family, they never tried anything so I don't see why he got so angry. But he also ran off my best friend, who by the way, was a girl. He was oddly jealous of how close me and her were." I sighed and looked down at my lap again.

"Getting back on topic, the day he kidnapped me was the day my mom had to leave for Georgia because of her job. I would have went with her but they wouldn't allow me to since they were just keeping her in a hotel room for the 3 months they have her there. They said I was going to just distract her and get in the way, I told her it was okay though. Only because I had no idea he was going to pull that with me. Apparently he had been keeping an eye on me just waiting for the right moment. But anyways, that morning when I was walking to work I was already getting a bad feeling that someone was possibly following me but shook it off, I just thought I was being paranoid and going crazy as usual. The next thing I know though, I was knocked out and woke up later in a dark empty room that was locked from the outside. When I saw who it was, I was terrified, not so much surprised but I couldn't believe he would sink that low just to take me back into his life against my will." I swallowed the lump in my throat as I felt him gently rubbing my back.

"He took my virginity that night, h-he raped me. For those 2 months he had me, that's all he ever did, come home drunk, go up to my locked room and take advantage of me. He would beat me too, especially when I 'wouldn't follow orders' as he would say to me. He made me feel so disgusted with myself, honestly, all I wanted to do was end my life right then and there." I wiped away the tears that streamed down my face. I looked up at Ashley, he looked so.. heartbroken.

"Can I show you something?" I asked him nervously. I was about to show him my scars and bruises hoping he wouldn't tell anyone. I just met this man not too long ago and I was already trusting him with all my secrets.

"Yeah, of course" he nodded

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, "Well, here's the thing, nobody knows about this, not even my best friend knew. I have a history with self-harm and I mostly did it when I was with Alex, my ex that kidnapped me. He made me feel worthless throughout our entire relationship. I know you and I just met, but I feel like I can already trust you with my life, I know that sounds completely weird but I feel safe with you." I opened my eyes blushing madly. He gave me a warm smile and wiped another tear with his thumb.

"Mel, I promise, you can always trust me with anything. I'll be here for you, I don't care if we just met, you will always be able to count on me." I nodded and smiled weakly.

"Well then in that case," I took my jacket of along with my bracelets.

"I know I can trust you to not tell anyone about these." I said exposing my scarred wrists to him. I had stood up and undid my skinny jeans pulling them down slightly showing him the scars on my upper thighs. I started blushing at the fact that I practically flashed my underwear to The Ashley fucking Purdy. He didn't react like the purdy perv he normally does though, he just stared at all the scars frowning. I pulled my pants back up and sat down on the couch next to him again.

"Mel, I can't believe you did all that to yourself because of that asshole. I'm so sorry" he shook his head and hugged me tightly.

"You have nothing to be sorry for Ash, I just had no one to turn to so I resulted to the blade.." I hugged him back tightly and leaned my head against his shoulder. He pulled away showing the sadness in his eyes.

"Oh, and he also gave me these so I would never forget all those times he forced himself on me" I said pulling my tank top up slightly showing him my angrily bruised hipbones. They weren't just any bruises, they were the shape of his fingertips. I pulled my tank top back down and turned back to him.

"So, now you know everything, well, everything except for Jess saying I could live with her and the guys. She wants to take care of me, I really don't know what I'd do if she never would've found me in that alley. She saved me and brought me a whole new life to start over with." I said giving a light smile.

"I'm really glad she found you too and I'm extra glad you're going to be touring with us now" he smiled widely at me which caused me to giggle.

"Yeah, I am too" without realizing it, Ashley was lifting my scarred wrist to his mouth kissing them gently and putting my bracelets back on for me. I smiled and blushed at him.

"So, I hope you don't take this in a bad way, but how old are you? You seem pretty young to be so broken" he asked me looking in my eyes.

"I'm 17. I turn 18 on the 26th of this month." I nodded feeling my cheeks grow slightly warm.

"Oh that's awesome! So you're going to be with us for your birthday!" he smiled excitedly like a kid in a candy store.

"Yeah, I guess so! This really is a dream come true." I chuckled and slid my jacket back on.

"I think Jess should be coming back soon, wanna watch some tv?" he asked smiling at me.

"Sure" I nodded sitting closer to him. He put the tv on some channel and looked over at me smiling again. 'I still can't believe this is happening' I thought to myself smiling back at him.

We watched a bit of tv for a while till I heard the door open.

"Hey" Ashley said, I looked over to the door to see Jess. My eyes grew wide as I saw the rest of BVB and Burn Bright all walk in.

"Guys this is Melissa, and Melissa I assume you know who they are" Jess said and I nodded smiling like crazy. 'Holy shit I can't believe it's them' I thought to myself.

"Nice to meet you, welcome to our home" Matt said as I took his out stretched hand shaking it. Next was Cam then Sean then lastly James. They all nicely introduced themselves and shook my hand.

"Nice to meet you guys, you're amazing!" I said after shaking all their hands.

"Thank you" they all said in unison causing jess to chuckle.

"And you know who we all are, right?" Andy stepped forward smiling

I furrowed my eyebrows looking down holding the bottom hemline of my bvb tank top that had all of them on it showing it.

"Hmm, nope, I have no idea who you guys are" I sarcastically said looking at him shaking my head. Everyone laughed as I smiled

"Yeah, I definitely know who you guys are, duhh" I shook his hand as the rest of the guys did after him.

Another man walked in, I'm assuming it was their manager.

"Hey guys time to hit the road, we are gonna stop at her hotel to get her stuff right?" he asked and I nodded.

"Yes" Jess said to him as he nodded to her.

"Can you tell the driver which one.?" he asked me, I nodded and got up walking over to the driver.

"Hi! I'm Melissa, their manager asked me to come let you know which hotel I'm at so we can get my stuff" I smiled at the man in the drivers seat.

"Oh okay, well just for future purposes, their manager's name is Tyler" he said nicely to me

"Oh, okay, thank you oh and the hotel is called Milford hotel, it's in times square" I said smiling as he nodded. I started to walk back into the main area where everyone was. I saw Jess and CC kissing, they were honestly the cutest couple I had ever seen. I smiled as I saw them when I walked back in.

"Aww you guys are so cute" I said to them as I joined everyone else.

"Thanks" Jess said and laughed.

"We'll see you tomorrow, bye nice meeting you Melissa" Andy said kissing Jessicas head and walking out. Jinxx hugged her next and jake went over hugging her as well.

"Night" he said walking out.

"Night" Jess said back and the door closed.

The bus started moving and I saw Jess sit on the couch next to Matt. Cc sat on her causing her to groan.

"So, excited to be apart of the fanily?!" Cc asked still on Jess's lap and I laughed shyly.

"Yeah.. I feel like a bother though" I admitted to them feeling bad. I didn't want to ruin anything.

"You're not! We're siked to have someone as pretty as you" Ashley said to me causing me to blush bright red.

After about 5 minutes we pulled up to the hotel and parked.

"I'll be fast," I said as I started to stand up.

"I'm going to set up a movie, unless you need help" Jess said to me.

"No it's okay" I said as I stood up and walked off the bus. I ran inside, slowing down to a fast walk as I got through the lobby to the elevator going up to my floor. I opened up the door and quickly put my stuff back in my bags. I grabbed max putting him in my cat tote bag and leaving the room. When I got back to the lobby I went up to the desk clerk and gave them back the card key checking out. They smiled at me telling me thanks for visiting and come again soon. I smiled and thanked them walking back out to the bus opening the door and going inside.

"Okay, I got all my stuff" I said walking back in.

"Here I'll show you your bunk" James said leading me with Ashley following.

"You'll be sleeping above Jess's bunk" he said smiling at me. Ashley hopped up into the bunk as I handed him my tote bag first setting it on the bed.

"Careful Ash, there's something fragile in there" I said as he took it.

"Meow" Ashley looked at my tote bag confused

"Mel, did your cat bag literally meow?" I giggled and nodded.

"It's my cat, Max. I hope you guys don't mind I brought him to remind me of home." I looked at James shyly and he smiled.

"It's completely fine" he said to me, I looked back up at my bunk seeing Ashley holding and petting Max. I smiled up at him.

I heard kissing coming from the back lounge.

"Hey, no fucking on the bus!!" Ashley yelled causing me to giggle. I heard Jess laugh from the back as she opened the lounge door.

"Fuck off purdy" she said and I put my duffle in the bunk above hers. James was next to me and Matt was in his bunk. The others walked into the back lounge.

I heard max let out another soft meow and saw Jess's eyes widen.

"Um.. What just meowed?" she asked and I laughed pointing to my bunk where Ashley was sitting.

He had jumped down still holding max while petting him.

"Oh my god you have a cat" she said and I nodded

"I hope that's okay.." I said nervously

"Of course it is! It's so cute!" she said as cc laughed from behind putting his arms around her waist. I smiled at how cute they were.

"So are we watching a movie or what?!" Cam called causing Jess to laugh and nodd.

"Movie?" She asked me and I nodded taking Max back from Ashley smling at him and putting max back in my bunk. I stepped up a little and whispered to him. "Lay down and go to sleep sweetie." he obeyed and I quietly giggled giving him one last pet before heading towards the back lounge.

"What one?" I asked and she walked into the room sitting on the couch.

"Only the best movie ever!" she said as cc sat next to her putting his arm around her as Matt pushed play.

"Mean girls?!" I asked and she nodded. 'Well duh, who Wouldn't think that's the best movie ever?' I thought to myself.

"Oh god" cc said causing Jess to slap him.

All the others sat on the couch taking up the rest of the space. I saw Ashley take a seat on the floor so I sat down right next to him looking at him. He flashed a sweet smile at me causing me to blush yet again. 'Dammit Ashley, why must you have such a strong effect on me?' I asked in my mind

We watched the movie quoting a few lines with Jess as it went by causing the everyone including myself to laugh.

"4 FOR YOU GLENN COCO! YOU GO GLENN COCO!" I yelled with Damian causing ashley to chuckle.

"And none for Gretchen Weiners, bye" I heard Jess quote after me thinking about when I replied to her tweet with that same line months back. I turned seeing jess laugh as she held her hand for a high five to me. I happily high fived my saviour laughing. I turned back to the tv watching again. I started to feel my eyelids grow heavy, without realizing it I leaned against Ashley feeling more and more tired. I felt him wrap his arms around me bringing me closer, I looked up to see him smiling down at me.

"Sorry, I'm getting tired." I whispered to him

"It's okay, sweetheart, I don't mind at all. Go to sleep if you want to." he whispered back, with that sleep was taking over.

Ashley's P.O.V
The movie was getting close to the end but I honestly wasn't paying much attention to it, all I could think of was how I had my dream girl sleeping peacefully in my arms. She looked so angelic, I couldn't help but smile to myself as I moved her to where she was laying on my chest now. I chuckled lightly as she nuzzled into my chest. I didn't have to be sad that I wasn't going to never see her again because she was going to be with us the entire tour thanks to Jess, I owe her big time for this. I yawned growing tired after a while, I gently placed a soft kiss on Melissa's head before laying my head on hers. I didn't have to look forward to dreams anymore, she was right here, finally. I fell asleep holding Melissa tightly with her still laying on my chest.

Notes

I guess all my chappies are gonna be super fucking long. Lol
Sorry, I had major writers block as usual and when I finally started writing it went away and all this shit oozed out of my brain. So there ya go babies!