Needing An Escape

Same day. Same shit.

(Ashton's POV)

"You mean you heard everything we said?" Luke asks as he stops messing with my hair. "I..I just heard the last few sentences. I'm sorry"
Luke just smiles and starts to mess with my hair again. "No, it's alright curly. You deserved to hear the truth anyways."

"Plus, now you know he's serious when he says he's gonna protect you" says Mikey and I smile.
I hear a bell ring and I look up to Luke curiously.
"Lunch time, beautiful. Let's get you up. You need to eat to keep your energy up" Luke says as he gently helps me off of his bed.
On the way to the cafeteria, Mikey walks in front of me and Luke walks behind me, kinda like bodyguards.

As we walk in, I notice switches gang staring us down. "Just keep walking, love" Luke whispers to me and I do as I'm told.

I make my tray then I go to the same table we say at earlier that day. We all start eating our meals and we joke around with each other, then I overhear some people talking behind me.

"He's not gonna last long in here. Even under daggers protection."
"Yeah. Because as soon as he's alone, someone's gonna make him their bitch"
"Or kill him"

I tense up at the things they say as I lose my appetite and I get quiet.
"Ash, you okay?" Luke asks and I nod my head with a fake smile. "Yeah. Just don't feel good."

A few moments later, one of the head guards walk in as lunch ends. "Listen up! We're assigning work detail for the new arrivals and some of the older inmates are getting reassigned." I look over to Luke in confusion. "Work detail?" I ask

"We get assigned jobs while in here to make money for commissary" he replied then I focus my attention back to the guard.

"Clifford, Jenkins, Richards, White, and Switch, you guys are assigned to hardware duty. Go to the shop.
Styles, Tomlinson, Dagger, and Irwin, you've been assigned to kitchen staff and clean up.
Horan, Payne, sweetpea, and James, you guys are assigned to laundry so head down to the basement. You're all dismissed" he says

"Looks like you're gonna be stuck with me for a while, curly" Luke says as he smiles at me. "Mike, keep an eye on switch when he returns since You'll he working with him" he adds and Michael nod his head then goes to his station.
I see some of the kitchen crew come out with brooms and mops.  They start handing them out to some of us then the rest of us go into the kitchen.

"Alright, ash, you'll be on chopping duty everyday. The knives are locked on to chains so you can't take them anywhere. Dagger, you'll be on dish duty.  Sorry man, you just have a higher charge and it's the guard's rules. Tomlinson and styles, you two will be doing inventory everyday. Any questions?" No? Okay.  You guys have to be back here by 4:30 to cook dinner. Be here at 6:30 in the mornings and 11:30 for lunch prep. It's the same every day. For now, you may leave" Malik says.

I follow look out to the courtyard for our "recess" time.  I find a picnic table to sit at and Luke sits in front of me.
"You doing okay?" He asks and I give him a small smile. "Yeah.  I'm okay I guess." I say and he nods then goes back to looking around.  I notice him tense up as someone approaches us, scratching their arms.

"Heyyy dagger. You seen boomer around anywhere?" They ask. "No. But is he the one giving you the gear?" (Drugs) he asks and I look over to him. "N..nah. I haven't been on any I swear. I'm clean." They say and Luke rolls his eyes. "Bullshit.  You're tweaking out right now. Whatd I say about no drugs in this prison?" He asks in an angrier tone and the guy just throws his hands up and walks away.

"What was that about?" I ask and Luke sighs. "I don't like when the guys get on gear.  Because If something happens to their supply, they go through withdraws and get violent." He says and I just nod my head. 

"Let's go back inside. Before I have to do something about skye" he says as he grabs my hand and takes me inside. 

I'm guessing Skye is that dudes name.  Eh. Oh well.