Something Inside (Published)

Chapter 23...

Picture on side is of Drew Van Acker, He plays Alex. He is absolutely gorgeous!!!!! He's in Pretty Little Liars if you guys didn't know. Enjoy his hottestness, I have napkins you need ;) ------------>

I woke up the next morning with a pounding headache. It felt like someone was playing the drums right next to my head. I groaned and curled deeper into the comfy bed bringing my hands up to hold me head. And this is way I don't get drunk. The last time I did it was so bad I vowed to never go it again. Thankfully this time I didn't throw up. Oh wait? Did I? I questioned. I waved it off and snuggled into the bed wrapping the thick cover around myself.

Breathing in deeply I smelt a mix of lavender and something else familiar. It smelt like a mix of cologne and man. With my eyes still closed I rolled over and sniffed the bed smelling the scent stronger here. I knew I looked like a weirdo but I couldn't stop myself from smelling the bed and the intoxicating scent. Whatever it was I wanted to put it in a container and keep it. What is wrong with you today Layla?! It was weird that I had this kind of manly scent on my bed but I didn't question it. For some strange reason the longer I smelt the bed my headache seemed to go away.

I was starting to wake up and as I slowly started to gain conscious I could hear footsteps heading towards my room. As they got closer I groaned loudly.

"Kay how much did we drink last night?" I asked from under the covers. "My head is pounding." Kacey didn't answer but I heard her moving around the room. The longer she didn't reply the suspicious I became. "Kacey?" I said her name again but the same thing happened. Confused I pulled the covers away from my face and peeked out. The sun hit my eyes and I hissed putting my hand over my eyes. Okay yes I am never drinking again! After a minute I was okay and let my hand fall. I glanced around and sat up with a gasp. This was not my room.

My eyes moved to the right and I saw Ashton standing there pulling on a white -T-shirt. How the hell did I get here?!?!

"A-Ashton?" I squeaked out. He turned around at the sound of my voice.

"Your awake, good." He came towards the bed and sat on the edge a little bit away from me.

"What am I doing here?" I asked glancing around. I swallowed my mouth feeling like cotton.

"You showed up here last night around 11 or so drunk." Ashton's said shrugging before standing up and walking towards his bathroom. He returned a minute later with a glass of water.

"Here you go these should help with the headache." He handed me a glass of water and some Advil. I quickly took the pills and swallowed them.

"I don't remember coming here." I muttered holding the now empty glass on my lap. When I had moved to grab the glass the bedspread had moved off of me, I looked down and saw my bare legs and than a pair of what looked to be boxers. "Did you undress me!?"

"I did. But I didn't peek if that's what your wondering." Ashton replied. That wasn't what I was worried about. I was worried that he saw my scars and would start asking me questions about them. Seeing as he didn't say anything else after that I figured he wasn't going to say anything about them, or at least not yet anyways.

"Oh god please tell me I didn't do anything stupid last night." I said moving to cover my face as I thought about everything that I could have done.

"Nothing to extreme." Ashton said with amusement. "But I got to say drunk Layla is my new favorite person." He shot me a smirk and than backed away. "I have breakfast downstairs waiting for you. Come down in a minute." Just the thought of food made my stomach heave.

"No I don't think I can eat right now." I said turning green as I thought about food.

"You have to. If not your hangover is going to be way worse." Not waiting for my reply he turned and left the room. I groaned and fell back on the bed. I didn't feel like moving at all. I knew if I didn't go down there in just a few minutes than Ashton would have no problem coming back up here to bring me down with him. With another loud groan I swung my legs off the bed and stood up. As I did so the room started to spin around. I quickly closed my eyes and held my head.