Rhythm || Ashton Irwin

Chapter Twenty-Nine

(Lauren’s POV)

The feeling of a thousand elephants sitting on my head was the sole reason I woke this morning.. That and the smell of bacon coming from somewhere else in the house.  Which, thinking back on it, I don’t remember getting to last night.

I groaned loudly as I slowly sat up in bed, glancing over to the nightstand to see a glass of water and some aspirin waiting for me.  Whoever brought me home, clearly knew I would need this in the morning.  God knows I didn’t do this for myself.  Sighing in relief, I happily popped the pills in my mouth, drinking the water down hungrily.

Memories from last night started to slowly become less foggy as I let the aspirin kick in.  I got completely plastered with Cassie.. And Calum.  “Oh my god,” I muttered to myself, resting my head in my hands.  I don’t even know where Ben went or where Luke and Michael ended up or Ashton-   Ashton.  I kissed him.

Standing from the bed, only pausing a moment to balance myself, I ran to Cassie’s room, praying she was at least home.  “Cass?” I mumbled, opening the door slightly, peering inside.

“Hmm?” I heard hum from the bed only to hear a husky groan come from the same direction causing me to jump.

Clearly Cassie wasn’t prepared for someone else to respond either by the way she shot out of bed, gripping the blankets to her chest.  “Oh. My. God,” she shrieked. 

Calum’s head came shooting off of the pillows as he glanced around groggily, trying to take in his surroundings.  His eyes slowly worked over to Cassie, still covered in just a bed sheet.  “Oh my God,” he said just above a whisper, running a hand over his face.  “We- I- Cassie-“ he stuttered as he began to stand from the bed.

“Oh God, Calum please.  Please just.  Please don’t stand.  You’re not- I don’t want to see-“ I said, shaking my head frantically and shielding my eyes.  “I’m just gunna- I’m gunna go get something to eat.  Just uhm- I’ll see you guys later.” I mumbled as I awkwardly shuffled out of her room and down the hall, towards the kitchen.

“Morning gorgeous,” Ben boomed from behind the stove, shooting me a sweet smile.

“Please don’t yell,” I muttered, practically falling onto the stool on the opposite side of the island.

“Aw, you feeling okay?” he mocked, a shit eating grin present on his face.

“Apart from having a pounding headache, an empty stomach, and a really really gross image of Cassie and Calum having sex, yeah, I’m feeling great Ben, thanks for asking,” I spat at him, as he handed me a plate with bacon and eggs on it.  “Oh but God bless you, sweet sweet Benjamin.”  I giggled, giving him a sheepish smile, batting my eyelashes at him.

He shook his head, chuckling lightly before popping a piece of bacon in his mouth.  “Why is it that you’re the one that always walks in on Cassie with a guy?”

“Because this is God telling me I need to get some or something, I don’t know,” I sighed shaking my head.  “So thank you for taking me home, by the way”

“I didn’t take you home,” he said, shaking his head as his eyebrows creased together in confusion. 

“Then who did?  And where were you?”  I asked, clearly just as confused as him.

“Oh I hooked up with some guy and came back here afterwards.  You were already in bed by the time I got here.” he shrugged, looking down at his eggs.  “Which, by the way, you look adorable in your Rapunzel dress,” he grinned, pointing his spatula towards my outfit.

“Well then who-“

“Morning,” I heard a familiar voice say from behind me as I whipped my head in that direction.