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eyes. I tried to stay as silent as I could, but Ashton must have felt the wetness on his shirt, he lifted my head with a finger under my chin.
    “Are you crying over a dance movie? Really, princess?” he laughed at me, but his face turned serious as I failed to smile back at him.
    “What is it? Tell me.”
    “Nothing… just silly,” I said, reaching out for a tissue, but he pulled me onto his lap.
    I momentarily forgot what the problem was when I felt his body this close to me.
    “Tell me,” he insisted, placing his hands on my waist.
    “I just… I always loved dancing and these movies were my favorites, I could easily imagine myself in one of them. But now… knowing that I will never do this… my dreams are dying with me, Ashton and I cannot help them,” I sobbed, hugging him.
    He let me cry for awhile and after that he started to hum a song that I didn’t know.
    “What are you doing?” I asked as he slid me into place, tucking me down and pulling me back to him.
    “Dancing,” he shrugged, but before I could answer him he continued, “Not being able to dance shouldn’t stop you from enjoying music.”
    I rested my forehead on his and closed my eyes, trying to keep my emotions in check, but my eyes opened when his lips touched mine.
    I pulled myself back, “You don’t have to do this. You don’t have to kiss me out of pity.”
    “Don’t be stupid. Do you really think I would kiss you because I pitied you?” he frowned.
    I didn’t answer him, only shrugged.
    “You were wrong in your message, April,” he started to say and I frowned, but I wasn’t sure if he could tell that without my eyebrows.
    “You said you weren’t my type… you were wrong. I noticed you the first moment I saw you, in that chemistry class. But I thought that you didn’t like me, I thought… fuck! I don’t know, I thought you would be the first girl who would reject me and I stayed away to save my pride,” he said and I giggled at his confession.
    “Don’t laugh. I’m angry at both of us. If one of us was braver… we could have four months, April. Now… we have…” he trailed off.
    “One night only,” I whispered.
    I wasn’t sure if we really had one night. I hoped we had more, but that was what started everything… one night only.
    “Will you make love to me?” I whispered.
    “April…” he protested, but I stopped him with a kiss.
    I wanted to leave this world after tasting this one last pleasure.
    “Are you sure?” he whispered, peppering kisses to my cheeks, my neck.
    “Yes.”
     

 
    I questioned my decision as Ashton locked the door. My whole body had bruises, scars from operations… did I really want him to see me like this?
    He hugged me like he sensed my hesitation.
    “We don’t have to do this if you don’t want to. But if you’re having cold feet because of any kind of self-doubt, stop it,” he whispered into my hair.
    “I have scars… bruises,” I whispered back. He didn’t say anything, instead he kissed my neck, slowly pulling down my t-shirt straps.
    “Ashton…”
    “Shh… let me make you feel good,” was his only response.
    And I let him…
    I let him consume my feelings with his soft caresses… memorize my skin with his lips.
    I gave him the permission to hurt me, only to replace the pain with pleasure. I chose to give him the only thing I could.
    I let him touch my soul, caress my body inside and out, making it full for the first time… physically and emotionally.
    And he worshipped me, making me cry out for pleasure instead of pain, giving me the delicious taste of being loved, cherished… and wanted.
    As I fell asleep in his arms, his words were enough to put a teary smile on my face:
    “I will never forget you, Princess.”
     

ASHTON
     
    That night, it was the last time she smiled.
    That morning, her scream woke me up. I could easily tell she was in indescribable pain, all the muscles in her body were contracting as I tried to calm her. But nothing I did could