**Aleah's POV**

"Hey babes!" I said loudly as I met up with all my best friends outside of Starbucks. I was first greeted by Kellin who – as usual – picked me up and spun me around while yelling SMURFYYY! "What are you going to do when my hair isn't blue anymore?" I joked as he put me down. His response was walking over to Jaime and pretending to cry. He's so goofy. I thought, chuckling.

After about twenty minutes of joking around, the unusually quiet Mel finally spoke"Hey, Hun, let's go in and grab you a coffee..." (We were at a mall were all of the storefronts were outside) Melissa said nervously. I followed her without responding. "You know what Jordan's going to say right?" Again without responding, I walked up to the counter and ordered my caramel mocha. "I'm not trying to be a bitch, I just want to you be prepared for the assumptions that will come from you living with some guy that you've known for one day!"

"It's not like you did anything to help me!" I said angrily, "You might as well have left me out on the street." I mumbles through my teeth, walking outside where I was greeted by an obviously stoned Mike. I was very nervous to see him this way because we hooked up a few months ago when we were both high, and promised to forget it. Unfortunately, every time he's like this, he thinks it's okay to be all over me.

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**Tony's POV**

As I got off work, I began walking in the direction of Starbucks to meet up with Ali and her friends. On the way, I noticed some guy with a lot of tattoos holding some chick against the wall. I shined my light over to see if everything was alright and saw the guy (who reeked of marijuana) trying to shove his tongue down some girls throat. Wait... That hair... "Ali!" I yelled. As I jogged closer I saw tears mixed with black makeup streaming down her face and the guy pinning her hands against the wall. Without any thought or hesitation, I grabbed the back of his shirt and threw him down on the ground, putting my arm against Ali's stomach so his death grip didn't take her down too. Once he had fallen, Ali was leaned against the wall sobbing and I bent over and grabbed the guy's collar, and was about to punch him in the face.

"Wait! T-Tony, don't h-hurt him!" That's Vic's brother! He's not a b-bad guy he's just stoned!" I sighed as I like go of him and stood up. As much as I wanted to beat the shit out of him, I couldn't knowing it would upset Ali. Instead, I just took a step back and hugger her close to me.

"You're okay, sweetheart... it's okay..." I whispered, trying to calm her heartbreaking sobs.

After a minute or so, she backed away from me and pulled her phone from her back pocket, "I'll call Vic..." She whispered. "Hey, Vic... Where the fuck are you guys?!" She whisper shouted. "So much for you'd be 'right there'! Just come get your dirtbag brother. I'm going home. And don't you or anyone else call me. You guys all know how Mike is with me when he's stoned ever since that night over the summer! Fuck all of you!" She said before leaning back against the wall and sliding down wear she started sobbing again. Only then did I notice that this Mike guy was passed out on the ground where I threw him. As Ali looked up, she caught sight of Mike and instantly stood up and marched off, forgetting her phone on the ground. I quickly grabbed it and walked a short distance behind her.

"Ali, darling? Let me drive you home..." She stopped in her tracks when I spoke.

"Kellin has my purse... I'm just walking. Keep up, I need your keys to get in." She said harshly through small sobs and winces. If he left a single mark on her... I caught up to her and walked close, our shoulders nearly touching. Before I knew it. we'd reached the front of the building. I let us in and she instantly ran in the bedroom.

After a few minutes, I knocked gently on the door, "Ali? Can I come in? I just need clothes..."

"It's your place..." She responded coldly. I opened the door to find her face-down on the bed, still in all her clothes (except her jacket), and noticed a dark red stain coating the back of her shirt.

"Ali..." I whispered as I sat in the edge of the bed and put my hand on her back, but carefully avoiding the source of the blood.

"It's not as bad as it looks... it was just from the wall..."

"It'll stain–" Before I was even through talking, Ali sat up for about haft a second and pulled her shirt off over her head and through it at nothing in particular. Without another word, I grabbed some first-aid stuff and cleaned off the blood. She winced occasionally, but other than that, she remained face-down and silent. I don't think she realized just how big the cut was.

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**Aleah's POV**

Tony is officially the sweetest, most amazing guy ever. After he finished cleaning the cut on my back, he covered me up with a blanket, shut off the lights, and left the room.

Notes

ily guys and i hope u like this chapter! its extra long cuz ive been having soooo much fun writing this! <3

{Title Credit To: Tonight Alive}