When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett)

The rain got heavier in the middle of the night, and I jolted awake when thunder cracked across the sky like a whip.

When I turned on my side, I realized with a start that there was someone lying down beside me.

Before I could release a scream, a hand shot out to grab mine and then came a man’s soothing voice. “Calm down. It’s me.”

My chest heaved as I tried to recover from my shock. “Ashton, what are you…” I trailed off.

His unexpected presence had brought scared the daylights out of me, but gradually, I regained my bearings and furrowed my brows. Shouldn’t he be with Rachel now? Why is he here?

I pursed my lips and uttered icily, “What are you doing here?”

His lips remained sealed, seemingly having no intention to answer me. Right then, another clap of thunder boomed overhead, and I flinched closer to him. However, he didn’t seem to notice the subtle movement as he stuffed a pair of earplugs into my ears.

My surroundings instantly became quiet and for a while, I merely stared blankly at him in the dark.

Throughout it all, he didn’t utter a single word. Instead, he hugged me and coaxed me to sleep by gently patting my back.

I was really sleepy, to begin with, I gradually dozed off in his arms and slept through the entire night.

The sky was already bright when I woke up the next day, and the morning air was slightly humid due to the heavy rain from the previous night.

Subconsciously looking to my side, I felt slightly incredulous when I found the space empty.

I hallucinated everything if not for the earplugs still

my temples. Hence, even after waking up for a while, I remained in the same position. When Nora came into

“My head… hurts.” My throat was so dry I could barely say

I think I may be down

brows knitted together upon hearing my scratchy voice. Upon touching my forehead with the back of her hand, she

in a haste and spoke to someone. “We should pack our things right now and go back to

something, but

his ominous eyes. Then, a frown

should take her to

was buzzing with a pounding headache. I knew that nothing I said would make a difference, so I simply went along

to the base while the others followed

asleep again after getting into the car. My body felt light, as though I was floating

fluctuated as I drifted in and out of consciousness, and I was

Ashton’s face came into view, I

on the verge of breaking down after several failed attempts. As

sound of his voice reached my ears, but I couldn’t figure out what he was

outside world was horrible. After a few tries, I realized that I couldn’t open my mouth, let

but most were indistinct. One thing they had in a common was that

emotions felt so tangible that I couldn’t differentiate between dream

When I finally opened my eyes, it was to see everything white.