cause you were all yellow | a.i.

fifty.

pierre ryn weaver
"i found me a lover who plays the bass. hes kinda quiet but his body aint."

i slept soundly that night. being back in ashtons arms calmed both my mind and body, allowing me to fall asleep happy for the first time in a while.

but i woke up to the same level of surprise as i had two weeks ago.

"clairo!" i could hear ash from behind me. he was shaking my shoulder, trying to wake me up. "yellow!"

"mhm?" i whispered as i began rolling over to where hed laid last night, my eyes still closed.

"come on, youve gotta get up!" he continued shaking me til i opened my eyes.

"hm? why?" i continued whispering confused.

"ill explain in the car, but weve got to go," he told me as he started grabbing his keys and phone off the table.

"like now?" i said sitting up in the bed, finally looking over to how frantic ash was.

"yeah. now, yellow," he said coming back over to me.

he grabbed my hands, helping me up off the bed. he drug me, half asleep out of the room and down the steps.

"thank you luke," he called into the living room as we walk towards the door.

"youre leaving already?" luke called back as we put on our shoes. "you just got here."

"yeah, ill text you," he told luke as he opened the door, helping me out first. "if anyone stops by and asks if we were here. we werent."

"yeah," luke replied, obviously he was caught up last night. he got up off the coach, walking over towards the door.

"thank you. i owe you," ash said running out the door, catching up to me down by the car.

i just watched luke shake his head as he watched ash unlock the car. he waved goodbye to us as we drove off, closing the door as he got farther away.

"what the hell, ash?" i asked confused. i sure felt wide awake now even as i rubbed my eyes to wake myself up completely.

"my mum called," he said letting out a deep breath. "your mum already knows your missing."

i looked down at the clock on his dash. it was only 7:40, right before she would have left for work.

"she said your mum showed up at our door before my mum was getting ready to leave and she was asking where you were," he continued explaining as we drove down random streets. "mum said she didnt know but she knew you were safe. your mum said she needed to know cause you were going to miss your flight. my mum tried to talk her out of it but she wouldnt hear of it, so your mum said she was headed to our friends next. calums first since you seemed to trust him most, then lukes."

"so she was headed to us," i said, understanding now why he woke me up in the middle of one of my most peaceful sleeps.

"yeah, so we had to get out of there," ash told me. "as soon as she gets to you, shes going to fly you back."

"i know," i said taking in a deep breath. "and im not convinced me saying anything is going to help."

"youre gonna have to try," he said running a hand through his hair. "at some point."

"yeah," i said looking over to him. "but what am i going to say?"

"i dont know, clairo."

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we ended up in our same false alarm booth we always did.

"ashton, i dont know what to do," i said sliding down the back of the booth i was sitting in.