Obsessive Secrets

Chapter 3

We landed on time, thank god. The guy sitting next to me was snoring like crazy, I'm still surprised I managed to sleep through that. We get off of the plane and I immediately feel better. I know I'll get to see my mom again, at least there's one plus. I do feel a little disappointed that Ashton isn't here to greet me but I'll get over it. I go through the checkpoint and grab my luggage. I walk out of the doors expecting my mom to pick me up and drive me home, well, her home. I look for her and spot her in the crowd, same as ever. She runs towards me and I run towards her. We hug for the longest time and she sways me back and forth, you know, the way you do when you haven't seen someone in a long time.

"Oh Daniella I've missed you so much!" She whisper-screams into my ear. I smile. I hadn't noticed until now how much I missed her too. I was so distracted by Ashton. I wonder what he's doing now.... Stop! Focus, I'm finally back home, get it together. She releases me and looks me up and down. "Wow, you left a girl but you've come back a woman! You've changed!" She says positively. I blush a little because there was something that happened that had changed me, something I lost that probably made me seem 'more like a woman'. Frustratingly, my mind wonders to Ashton again. His lips on mine, his hands gently stroking the hair from my face behind my ear. Wow. This isn't even funny, I'm thinking about him more than I did when we were on tour.

"I missed you too mom." I say smiling.

"Are you ready to get home?" She asks me taking one of my bags from me. I sigh,

"Definitely."

On the way 'home' my mom constantly asks me questions about the tour.

"So how was it?"

"It was good. The guys played really well so I'm really proud of what they've done." I reply.

"Did you have fun?" She winks at me.

"OH MY GOD MOM! What are you trying to imply!?!?" I say embarrassed and shocked at my mom's blunt question. She just laughs.

"Oh please. Don't act all innocent. I send my 18 year old daughter out to stay with her boyfriend of 6 months and expect them to cuddle and hold hands all the time. Yeah right." I blush. She's right, of course, but I still don't feel that comfortable talking to her about it.

"Yes, it was fun." I say quietly. She just laughs again and continues on the ride home.

Once we get home I'm greeted by the familiar scent of the house. It's something I never thought I'd miss about this place. My mom leads me to my old room and drops my bag on the floor.

"Here you are, your room." She smiles, "just the way you left it." I look around and see all the old memories. The posters and pictures. I had a little 5sos sign sneakily hidden in the corner of my room. Funny thing, I actually made that a couple of weeks before the concert and wanted to take it. But I ended up not taking it because I didn't want the people behind me to have to stand behind the sign. Still, little did I know that a couple days later, I'd be on a date with Ashton Irwin. Oh the memories. My mom leaves me in my room and I sit down on my bed, allowing my self to drop back onto the sheets. I look up at the ceiling and sigh. Wow this was hard. I looked at the time. It's 1 in the afternoon so Ashton's flight hasn't landed yet, meaning I couldn't call him. I mean, I could text him but I didn't want that. I wanted to see his face, hear his voice. I try to distract myself and go through me phone. I'm scrolling through Twitter and see that Ashton had posted something on twitter.

"Missing you already ♥️" is what it said. I blush. I scroll some more and see that Calum had answered his tweet saying

"I miss you too man. I feel like an armrest is just too much space in between us." I laugh at that. Oh Cal, always making a joke out of everything. I see Ashton reply to his answer one more time.