Ashley's POV~

"They don't see the good that God gives." Joe answers.

"I just don't get it." I whisper.

"Nobody does." He sighs. I thought about he had said.

"Hey, I'm gonna go to bed." I say.

"Okay. Tomorrow we can sleep in, we're staying for a few days." He informs.

"Sweet." I smile. I kiss his cheek before walking off.

I decided to call Hotch.

"Hello?" He greeted.

"Hey, Hotch. I just wanted to know; whay do you want me to do with this girl who attacked me?" I ask.

"You know what? We'll be up there tomorrow to question her. Did you already?" He answers.

"A little bit, but not much. She started making me angry, so I walked out." I replied.

"Okay. Then we'll see you tomorrow. Are you leaving Boston anytime soon?" He asks.

"We're leaving in a few days. And you know what hotel we're staying in." I answer.

"Great. See you tomorrow then." He says.

He hangs up and I change, getting ready for bed. I changed into a pair shorts and a t-shirt.

I prayed before getting into bed. I laid there, trying to sleep, but it just wouldn't happen.

About 10 pm, Joey came in and laid down with me. He placed his hand on my thigh, which made jump and wince in pain.

"I'm sorry." He whispered, removing his hand. I turned to him.

"It's okay. You didn't know." I say, kissing him.

I pulled away and laid my head on his chest. He looked at me, "Can you not sleep?"

"No." I answered. He sat up, and so did I.

"You're stressed. You just need to relax for a while." He whispered.

"I know. I just don't know what to do." I sigh.

"What if I took you out tomorrow?" He suggests.

"I don't know, what would we do?" I ask.

"Well, tomorrow would you like to go out for lunch and a walk around Boston?" He asks.

I giggle, "Why not?"

"Great." He smiled. He situated himself to where he was sitting behind me. He placed his hands on my shoulders and started to massage them.

"Oh," I groaned. It had felt good, but it hurt at the same time.

He finished and wrapped his arms around my waist. I laid my head back on his shoulder.

"Feel better?" He asks.

"Yeah, a bit. Not as sore." I answer, "Thank you."

"You're welcome, it's the least I could do." He laughs.

"You're so amazing, you know." I smile.

"I am, am I?" He asks.

"Yeah." I answer.

"I love you." He smiles.

"I love you too." I smile back. I turned to him, and I laid my head on his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around my body.

He just held me. It was silent, but comforting. Eventually I started falling asleep. I fought to stay awake.

Joey kissed my head, "It's okay. Go to sleep, I'll be right here."

I nodded, and fell asleep.

***

The sun was shining, super brightly, and was beating on my body. I slowly opened my eyes, and was met with Joe laying there, playing with my hair.

"I love playing with your hair." He whispers.

"Why?" I ask.

"I dunno. Its fun." He smiles.

I laugh a little, "You're so weird."

"I know." He laughs. I quickly kiss him before getting up. I walked to my stuff to some clothes. I grabbed my pale pink button down blouse, and my pair of skinny jeans.

I started to get dressed when Joe spoke up.

"Baby." He said, getting off the bed.

"Hm?" I ask, turning to him.

He walked up to me, placing a hand on my side. Where dark bruises had formed. I looked down at his hand and then up at him.

"I'm fine. I promise." I say, putting my shirt my on. I brushed my hair, putting it into a high pony.

"Are you sure that you're okay? It looks like it hurts." He whispers.

"I'm not gonna lie, it hurts. I'm a little sore, but I'm not in serious pain." I admit.

"Thank you for at least telling me." He says. I turned around to face him. I took his hands and placed them on my back to where he would pull me closer. Thankfully he got the message, and did it.

"Well, I'm not gonna lie to you." I say.

"And I won't lie to you." He whispers.  He leans down and kisses me.

But, someone interrupted us, once again. I pulled away and groaned, "Why?"

"Who is it?" Joe asks the person knocking on the door.

"It's me, JJ." She laughs.

"I'm coming." I say. I walk over and open the door.

"Hotch needs you." She says.

"Alright." I sigh. I walk out of the room, Joey following me.

"Now you decide to come out?" Chad teases.

I ignore him and walk over to Hotch, "I was told that you needed me?"

"Yes. I need to know anything about the girl." He demands.

"She told me her name was Hailee Renyolds, she's 15." I replied.

"Okay, and last night, you said that she made you angry. How?" Hotch asks.

I sighed, because nobody knew my past. And here I am, telling everyone.

"After I turned eighteen, my life went downhill. It wasn't until I met the guys, when my turned around. At the time, I was ready to end it all. I told her that, and she wished that I had died. That if I had died, she'd be married to Joe and wouldn't be in this situation." I explain, "I tried to tell her that she's still young, and that God has a plan for her. She wouldn't listen, and she kept insulting me, and wishing that I was dead. I had enough and walked out."

He nodded, giving me a sympathetic look, "Thank you."

I nodded back, now feeling really uncomfortable. I walked out of the room and sat down in the hallway. I just wanted to be alone, I didn't want to tell anyone about my past; but here I am. Just so my family could live.

Emily walked out and saw me on the floor. She sat down next me.

"Are you okay?" She asks.

"Yeah. I'm fine." I replied, leaning my head back on the wall.

"Come on. You know better than that. If you don't wanna talk about it, that's fine; but I'm always here if you need anyone." She offers.

"Thank you Emily." I smiled. I went to stand up, but I clutched my side as I did. The bruising making it hurt whenever I moved.

"How bad is it?" She asked.

"It's pretty bad. The bruises are really dark." I sigh.

"Well, the girl got what she deserved. They say she might not walk again, not correctly anyway." Emily informs.

"Are you serious?" I ask, guilt building up.

She nodded, "Yeah."

I walked back into our room. The guilt continuing to build up.

Joey walked up to me and took my hand. "Do you wanna go now?" He whispered.

I nodded, "Yeah."

"We'll be back in a while!" Joe called.

"Okay!" Alan shouted back.

Joey led me out of the hotel. It was nice and sunny.

We just walked around for awhile. We ended up at Winthrop Beach before stopping, resting for a while.

•A/N•

Woohoo! Another chapter.

I'm sorry if you got the notification for this chapter earlier. I had accidentally published it and it wasn't done. So, here's the finished chapter!

-xxBabyxxGirlxx😘