Katherine's  POV

* Flashbacks *

Around 10 years ago..

The vast, seemingly empty, space was filled with glittering, diamond-like stars. I've never noticed how lovely today's night sky was. Each twinkling star seemed to be in it's proper place, filling empty spaces. Shadowy, ribbon-like clouds were flowing around the full moon. "Even the moon  is beautiful." I whispered to myself my voice hoarse from crying.

Each crater on it's bright face was visible. The moon, the stars, the streaming clouds, everything glowed with it's own ominous light.

Everything was perfect.

Perfect beside the fact i am sitting alone on a bench with a masquerade party playing in the house facing me , my mask ripped , you can't even recognize it as a mask anymore , not to mention my white dress which is not white anymore,it is soaked with different types of drinks.

Well if you are wondering why i am not in the party and looking like shît sitting alone, that is because that bîtch Carol insulted me in front of everyone.

"You think you can hide your ugly face behind this mask." She said before taking it off my face and ripped it into pieces.

"Hope you will enjoy the party dear." She said before pouring the drink in her hand over my dress.

I looked around , everyone was staring and laughing at me , throwing at me weird names.

I felt the room spinning , my vision blurred with tears , I couldn't handle staying inside with all of them mocking at me , I directly stormed away of the house ,then texted my dad to come and pick me up.

And that's how i ended up on a bench alone staring at the dark sky.

An overwhelming feeling invaded my chest ,it was like i would break apart,  like i am about to burst any moment now , this feeling of loneliness , it is painful, it really hurts to be lonely and it hurts even more because I don't have anyone to share it with.

A single tear slid down from my eyes , followed by another one ,and another one until soon, a steady stream of salty tears flowed it's way down my pale cheek.

I closed my eyes , letting all the tears fall releasing the sadness and pain that had been held inside of me but still I didn't made a sound.

I felt a warm hand on my cheek wiping away the tears , I instantly opened my eyes , a guy was kneeling in front of me wiping my tears.

I wasn't able to see his face because of the mask but his eyes captured mine making me froze in my place.

To say that his eyes were blue was like saying the sun was yellow, sufficient but not accurate to capture the burning.

"Why a pretty lady like you is sitting alone and crying ?" He asked with a small smile , his gruff voice made my heart beats accelerate in my chest.

I wasn't able to utter a single word , i was so mesmerized by his crystal ocean blue eyes that my tongue felt so heavy , so i just shook my head unable to talk.

"What's your name ? " he asked removing his hand from my cheek making me miss the warmth it was giving me.

"I don't tell my name to strangers." I don't know how but i managed to form a complete sentence.

He chuckled amusement filling his eye, he stood up and that is when i noticed how tall he is , then he went and sat beside me on the bench.

I turned my head and looked at him , he was looking at the sky with a small smile on his lips.

Curiosity was killing me , i wanted to see his face , he looks older than me , does he go to my school ?

His eyes went from the sky to me, his smile changed into a smirk when he noticed how i was checking him out, "Like what you see ?"

I felt my cheeks warming from embarrassment, thanks god it is night or he would see me blushing like an idiot.

"Do you live in this town ? " I asked what was on my mind.

"Why ? Wanna ask me out later ?" He said teasingly the smirk not leaving his face.

"Pftt .. looks like someone is egoistic." i said and then cursed myself for such a lame comeback, Damn me !

He chuckled again , "What's so funny ?" I asked.

"You are." He replied back still looking at me.

"Well, i am glad that i am entertaining you." I said trying to look anywhere but him, his gaze was making me uncomfortable.

Suddenly the music inside the house stopped for a while , before another song started playing , but this time it wasn't as noisy as the previous one's , i wasn't able to hear the words but it was with a weak beats rhythm , it sounded like song for slow dancing.

The blue eyed guy went and stood in front of me , he extended his hand , "May i have this dance ?" he asked , a small smile forming on his lips.

I hesitated at first , but looking at his eyes i felt as if i was pulled toward him ,so i placed my hand in his trying to ignore the sparks of electricity that lit in my veins once our hands touched.

He directly pulled me closer , placing his hand around my waist , and i placed mine on his shoulder and we start swaying , he was so close to me ,that i was able to breath in his manly cologne .

"What's your name ?" I asked wanting to know something or anything about him.

"I don't tell my name to strangers." he said mimicking  me which earned a death glare from me which by the way he didn't seem affected by.

"Aren't you at least going to remove the mask ? " i asked desperately wanting to see his face.

"Why ? You can't wait to see my handsome face." He said winking.

I felt my heart will pop out any second just because of the wink.

Damn me and my teenage hormones !

"You are such an egoistic jerk." I said glaring at him , our bodies still swaying with the dim sound of music.

"I am flattered." He said his smile getting wider.

Does he have the best smile ever or i am just being a hormonal teenager ?

His hands went from around my waist toward my hands, he removed them from his shoulder and wrapped them around his neck , then they went back to my waist pulling me closer that i was feeling his breath hitting my skin sending shivers down all my body.

"You are not going to tell me why you were crying?" He asked his eyes showing some kind of sympathy.

I shook my head , " Just some stupid thing."

He stared at me for a while without saying anything as if he was trying to figure out what happened.

"Look , some people in this world will make you feel worthless sometimes, but never ever listen to them , because remember that you will always be priceless in someone's eyes." He said , his wise words made my heart flutter and for once i felt that i may be important, that i am worth more , that one day I'll be the reason behind someone's smile.

A genuine smile made its way to my lips when these thoughts rushed in my mind.

I looked at him , his intense gaze and the closeness made me feel uncomfortable, bitting my lip, I averted my eyes away looking down.

"You're breathtakingly beautiful."

I snapped my head up , my eyes widened surprised by his sudden comment , it was the first time for anyone to call me beautiful.

My heart was racing in my chest , i was afraid it may break a rib because of how hard it was beating , i felt so hot , that when the cold breeze hit my skin made me shiver.

I saw him inching closer , his eyes still holding mine , his masculine scent is all what i can smell , and his eyes are all what i can see , one more movement and our lips will touch.

I closed my eyes waiting desperately for his sweet lips to touch mine , and when i felt them brushing into mine , a ringing voice made me jump , making my forehand hit his.

"Ouch!" I cried in pain rubbing my forehead, and then took my phone and answered it.

"Yes dad." I said answering my fathers call.

"Okay i am coming." I said before hanging up.

"I have to go now." I said unable to hide the disappointment in my voice.

"But we didn't finish the dance." He said with the same tone.

Believe me finishing the dance was one of my last concerns, i was dying to finish something else.

"My dad is waiting for me , i have to go." I said but my feet were frozen in there place as if they don't want to leave.

"Will i see you around ?" I asked hoping he will say yes.

"I don't know." He shrugged.

"You're not going to tell me your name, aren't you ?" I asked hoping he would at least tell me his name.

He shook his head.

"Maybe one day in the far future I'll see you again , then i'll tell you my name and we will finish this dance." He said smiling.

Damn how much i would love to complete the dance and many other things..

I smiled and turned around to leave but I had to say something before, "By the way you can call me Kat."

I saw his smile getting wider,"Okay Kat you owe me a dance remember that."

I nodded and started walking, "And you owe me a kiss too." He said after i was away from him.

"Jerk." I said chuckling.

"Heard you." His voice was so low but i managed to hear his last words, " See you later Kat."

See you later blue eyed guy..

Hopefully..

I looked at the sky with a big smile plastered on my face , turns out this night wasn't as bad as I thought.

It felt like a fairy tail, where i was the poor lonely girl in the story and he was my Prince Charming..

But little did i know , he'll turn out to be the villain who will be the reason behind the death of my real Prince Charming..

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So this was the second part of the previous chapter, it is just a flashback of what happened to clear things up.

Hope you liked Ashton's and Katherine's little romance moment 😋

Do you think something will change in their relation after remembering this ?

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Excuse my grammatical and all other types of errors.

My love❤️