Mashton - The Blackout

Part 10 (Ashton's P.O.V.)

A boy rushed in to the session, if you're going to be late you could at least be quiet. Our concelour, mrs. Orphet told the guy to present himself. Great, I thought. I've never seen him before so he is probably going to be the one who takes 10 minutes to say one single word. I looked down at my hands and started rubbing them, now i kind of felt bad for thinking all those things about the new guy. It's just that I get so tense whenever I'm here, it reminds me of everything that's wrong with my life.  

The guy started talking and he had a nice voice too, from what I heard his name was Michael and he was eighteen. His voice sounded kind of familiar and then he just stopped talking. I tilted my head upwards to look at him and there he was. I almost choked on air. 

He looked like he was about to panic, you know the expression you get when you're holding all your feelings inside, trying to stay calm. Mrs. Orphet was chatting about something or other in the background and everyone just nodded. I couldn't concentrate. Michael shifted around in his seat and suddenly he just got up and walked out, nobody said anything. I went with my guts and ran after him. 

"Michael! Miiichael! Miiiichaaaelll!" I screamed to find him, I'm a little dramatic that way. I went outside the library and looked around, looked like he was gone. I kind of made me upset, I haven't seen this guy for so long and then he just runs out on me? Then I saw a lock of dyed lavender hair by one of the tables, Michael's head was on the table. 

I took a deep breath and walked towards him. "Mike?" I tried. "Hi Ashton." I smiled to my self, he remembered my name. "Why'd you run out on me?" "What was I supposed to say?" "Hi Ash, great fuck 6 months ago?" I looked at the ground. It was true, we've only met once and well... I gathered my thoughts so he wouldn't think I was a mute. "No yeah, I know. Just, you wanna hang out or something?" He finally got his head of the table and smiled. "Yeah, I'd like that."