What is Ashton doing? He really can not be saying these things to me. This was one of the reasons I stayed away from him when I broke it off with him. I knew he was not going to give up; that he’d keep trying. I really thought the week apart would do some good but that is clearly not the case. Today is literally the day that he is to get married to my sister and he has brought me into a room and has me alone with him. I should not even be in here.“Ashton, I’m sorry but I have to leave.” “Leave? You’re not going to stay for the wedding?” He asked me, and I sighed loudly.“I didn’t say that. I’m not leaving the wedding, but I am definitely leaving this room,” I told him confidently as I began to walk toward the exit but he held me. “Please, Lara. I’m pouring my heart to you and you don't even want to give me a chance.”“We are way past this, Ashton! I chose Zayn, not you!” I raised my voice and a look of hurt crossed his face. “Please don’t ruin today for Zoe, I beg you. Please…”“
Looking at Zoe as I recover from the slap breaks my heart. She has never hit me before, so her doing that now has my mind spinning. “Zoe,” I say her name and my voice breaks.“Lara, you freaking have Zayn! Why can’t you just let me have Ashton?!”“I’m not holding up Ashton. He’s the one that keeps chasing me,” I argue as I breathe heavily. I can feel the adrenaline running through my veins. “But you’re not running, are you? You’re not running, you’re letting him catch you each and every time because you like this game. You like having the attention of two powerful guys.” Zoe was no longer sobbing but tears were still falling from her eyes.“I’m sorry,” I give up. There is no use in arguing with her when even I don’t understand my feelings. I am so freaking conflicted about all this. I am starting to wish that I had never gone to that party with Tessa. If I had not gone then I wouldn’t have met Ashton. And it is most likely that if I had not met Ashton, I wouldn’t have met Zayn. It’s
Tessa and I head to the room where I met Ashton when I first came here but when we reach there, we don’t see anyone. The room is literally empty. Everyone must be at the ceremony already.“Where could he be?” Tessa asks me, and I don't reply to her. I simply lead her out of the room and we check the next room. As we get closer to it, we begin to hear people arguing. I open the door and Tessa follows behind me closely. The room is not as big as the other ones in the building. It looks like a conference room. There are chairs tucked in front of a long fancy table.In one of the chairs, we see Ashton dressed up in a tux, looking ready for the wedding. He has his head bowed down in his hand and looks like he has been crying. “You have to be freaking kidding me!” I hear Zoe and I see her in the room for the first time. She turns to me and says, “Get him out there, Lara!” “What’s going on?” Tessa asks the question that was at the tip of my tongue. She walks closer to Zoe and tries to get
Instead of telling Zayn about the kiss, I avoid it and talk about how beautiful the wedding was. Bunny encourages me to tell them more as she prepares lunch for us in the penthouse. She is a great cook and the aroma coming from the kitchen right now is so mesmerizing.“It was such a lovely wedding! Everyone was there, almost a thousand people!” I explain, and Zayn sits across from me on the dining room table not far from the kitchen. Bunny can hear and participate in conversation as she cooks.“Did you see talk to Ashton?” Zayn takes a sip of water after he asks me. He maintains eye contact with me as he does so and I breathe out a shaky smile as my heart thumps in my chest.“Uh, yeah. We talked and then Zoe made me promise to cut all ties with him.” Zayn chuckles and then places the glass of water back on the table. “Why would she do that?”“Probably cos Ashton is still in love with Lara!” I hear Bunny’s voice from the kitchen and Zayn waits for me to confirm or deny it. “Well?” He
It has been two years since Hamish came back to his people. Bunny cried so much that she couldn’t anymore. She was beyond happy, and I saw a look on Zayn’s face that I have never seen before. The look is almost impossible to describe. He looked like he was having a flashback while at the same time witnessing everything before him. But I do know that he was really happy. Hamish is now strong and healthy again and works closely with Bunny. They are building their relationship once again and it’s simply beautiful. I was so worried about Ashton that day. I called him not too long after Hamish was taken to the nearest hospital. But the phone kept ringing. I thought that he might have been busy but it continued for a week. Then a week turned into a month. Then a month into a year; then a year into two. Ashton and I have not spoken in two years and as much as I try to pretend that it does not affect me, I know deep down that I’m angry at him. I feel like he gave up on me, and I don’t ca
I am heading to the building where Zayn works. It’s not far from my building and I expect Hamish and Bunny to be there also. I feel a lightness in my heart since I talked to Ashton. I’m really glad that I did. I have not been to Beacon in a long time. I was sixteen years old when I left. I am now eighteen. I rarely talk to my parents or even Tessa, because I got angry at Ashton that he was ignoring my ad so I cut all from everybody back home. Back a year or two ago when I was blowing up Ashton's phone with calls and voicemails, I masked my intentions with wanting to know whether he was alright. He had done something that I know that his dad would never sign up on: he let Hamish go. The risk of the werewolf people now finding out that there was a war prisoner held is really high but that is not Zayn’s plan.My intentions were masked by that but I just really did not want to let him go. I did not want him to start fighting for me even though I knew that it was the best decision for e
I stare at Zayn as I try to process what he just told me. “What?” My voice is soft and filled with mild surprise. “Why would you want to do that?”Zayn laughs to himself and walks back to his desk. Instead of sitting in the chair, he sits on the shiny wooden desk. “Because I love you. Have I not made that obvious yet? Or have you just not been listening to me when I said it for years now?”“I thought you were mad at me,” I pace the room slowly. “Not were, I’m still mad at you. You have been keeping a secret from me for two years. I don’t want us dwelling on secrets, Lara.” He stares at me. “And if you kept that away from me then that means that that kiss affected you.”“No,” I try to argue and Zayn only scoffs faintly as she shakes his head slowly. “And I don’t want us trying to have a baby just because Ashton and my sister had one.” “Lara, I know you more than you can imagine. You are the love of my life. I have been obsessed with you since I met you. Trust me when I say that I kno
I watch Ashton approach me and my breath hitches. I had not seen him for so long that I forgot some of his physical features. Not that I would ever forget him but his image in my mind was getting blurry.I walk towards him and he gives me a warm smile when we reach each other. ”It’s nice seeing you, Lara. I’m so happy that you could make it.” “It’s nice being here too,” I replied and looked around, admiring the mansion. “Mind if I give you a hug?”“Oh, no. Of course, you can give me a hug,” I chuckle, and we both embrace. He smells really good and I take in his scent. “How was your trip here?” Ashton asks when we break the hug. He begins to lead me to the entrance of the mansion.“It was good…” My voice is bland and void of emotions. I thought that I was ready to be here but I don’t think that I am. The stupid voice in my head keeps reminding me that I would have had all of this life if I had just chosen to be with Ashton. It would have been my baby shower. But I’m okay with it.