Asher's POV

I was extremely mad. How could Cole betray me like that? We were life long friends and I had basically already admitted that I liked her. Me and the guys got in the car and stayed silent as I drove towards the forest. When we reached, we got out of the car. I looked at Cole who had narrowed his eyes at me. An image of Lily and Cole clinging to each other suddenly flashed in my mind. Before I could process what was happening, I punched Cole in the jaw. Jason and Ryan came towards me and yelled,

"Bro, what the hell is wrong with you?!"

I was close to bursting with anger. Cole remained indifferent. He then said,

"It's not what you think. I don't like her."

Those three words instantly brought the roaring fire in my mind back down to a cozy, warm campfire. I sighed and said,

"Then what were you doing hugging her like that?"

He just rolled his eyes and said,

"We both played the piano together, she started talking about something, which was probably a sore spot because she seemed so downcast, and then we hugged. Nothing special and I definitely don't like her. She's cute, hot, pretty and nice but I know that she's yours. I wouldn't do that to you."

I just nodded at him and apologized for bruising his jaw. We had gotten into physical fights before and they were much worse than these, so I wasn't too worried. Ryan looked at me with a glare and said,

"Poor Lily! She looked so confused seeing you two fighting like juveniles! We even left her alone and now she has to go back home from work by herself."

I looked at my watch and saw that she didn't get off of work for another hour. I had memorized her schedule that was on the desk in her room. I looked at the guys and said,

"She isn't free yet. We could go sit at the café and wait for her. Do you all want to?"

They nodded and I quickly got in the car, eager to meet her. I remembered something and said,

"By the way, you guys are not allowed to hug her or kiss her."

Jason scoffed and said,

"No way. You might be her lover boy but her hugs are too good to stop. I'm sorry but no to those two things."

I glared at him but Cole and Ryan also nodded their heads in agreement. I sighed in defeat and thought about her while we went to the ice cream café. Oh sh*t, I was in too deep and had it bad. Why was she so amazing? Ugh, I needed to stop.

When we reached the café, we quickly got out of the car and made our way inside. However, she wasn't there. I was sure that her shift didn't end until forty more minutes later so I went up to the nice looking lady at the counter and said,

"Excuse me, do you know if Lily came here by any chance?"

Her smile turned to a worried look as she said,

"She didn't come in today for some reason. She usually never misses a shift. I hope she's alright."

I thanked her and went to tell the guys the news. They also seemed worried and my sixth sense told me that something was wrong. I called her but there was no reply. I then decided to call my mom and ask her if she was home but she also said no. A thought clicked in my mind and I said,

"I think I know what happened to her. F*ck! Let's go!"

They all got in the car without question and I quickly drove to the school. I parked in the parking lot and got out of the car while the boy's followed me. As we walked towards the gates of the school, I saw a familiar, grey sweater clad body on the ground. The only difference that was there was that it was bloody. I cursed out loud and rushed over to her. The boys followed me. I turned her body over to see that her face was bloody and her entire sweater was soaked. She was also as cold as ice. I picked her up and took her to the car, covering her body with my jacket. Ryan looked at her and said,

"Bloody Hell! Literally!"

I was so mad at myself. If I hadn't left her, she wouldn't have had to go through that again. I could see Cole clenching his fists. Uh oh.... Suddenly, he burst out,

"I'm gonna kill that mother*cker! I'm gonna murder him, chop him to pieces, give half of him to the wolves and leave the other half for vultures to eat! His nerve to do something like that!"

He was about to turn all Bruce Lee and jump out of the car, but Jason restrained him. He held Lily's hand with worry and I could see Ryan giving her worried glances from the rearview mirror. I just sat with her unconscious and bloody body in my lap, blaming myself and praying that she would be ok. As soon as we pulled up into my driveway, I rushed out of the car and took Lily straight to my room, doing exactly what I had the last time this had happened to her.

After her wounds were bandaged, I put her down in my bed, covered her in a warm blanket with a hot water bottle and walked downstairs to see Cole, Ryan and Jason sitting in the living room. As soon as they saw me they got up and asked me how she was, to which I replied,

"She's okay I guess. I think he used a belt because she has some pretty deep wounds. She's still unconscious but I put a hot water bottle in her blanket and lifted up her feet. She'll probably wake up within the next few hours."

Cole was clenching his jaw and I knew that he wanted to do exactly what I wanted to do. He said,

"Are we gonna go beat up a b*tch or not?"

We all just smirked at each other and got in the car once again.

You better be prepared Carter. You have no idea what's coming for you.

Done! Phew, this one was hard to write because my exams are coming up. Anyways, PLEASE vote, comment and share. <3 <3. Peace out!

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