Somewhere, Australia //A.I

Chapter 22: Ash

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Ashton's POV

Sydney suddenly leaned in, letting her mouth hover right next to my ear. She annunciated crisply, her lips brushing my ear slightly, sending waves of goose bumps down my arms. They daintily skimmed my ear, turning me on some, admittedly.

My eyes slightly close at the contentment in the vibrations of her voice.

"Ashton Irwin, will you please walk me to my car?" She cooed barley above a whisper.

She pulls away and looks at me with wide, round eyes and raised eyebrows.

"No." I say, willing myself not to crack a smile.

The look plastered on her face then is, to say the least, dumbfounded. That was a response she had not prepared for. Of course I was joking, but she didn't know that.

"Oh...well....I guess I'll go then." She shrugs out of my jacket. It looks so normal on her, I forgot that it was my jacket.

"Sydney, I'm totally kidding!" I smirk, as a new expression takes over her face, although she is quick to mask it with a smirk.

"I knew that!" She nervously spits out, despite she knowing that I know she didn't.

Sydney's POV

Great job trying to cover your ass, I think at my lame attempt.

Ashton's just got this smirk on his face that, although devilish, is completely sexy.

"Very funny Ash." I jut out my bottom lip, and turn away from him in the passenger seat.

He starts laughing, beginning softly, amplifying into his sets of chuckles. The chuckles sit at a high pitch as he cackles, causing me to crack a smile. Hearing him deeply exhale to regain his composure, I finally turn back forward and glare at him.

"You called me Ash." He realizes, tilting his head at me.

Reddening as I too realize my use of the nickname, I get worried. "I'm sorry, slip of the tounge." My eyes dart anywhere but him.

"Sydney, calm down." He places a hand firmly on my arm, sensing my discomfort. I melt at his touch. "I like it, sounds quite cute in your american accent actually." We lock eyes, mine darting down for a split second to glance at his lips.

Should I kiss him? Despite how much I felt an attraction towards him, an overwhelming piece of me was saying no. So I listened to my gut and awkwardly broke our contact, and cleared my throat.

"So I guess I should go." He looks disappointed that I hadn't made a move, but the moment had passed. "But really, will you walk me to my car?"

"Of course. Stay there." He jumps out of his side and runs around the car, grabbing my door handle and yanking it open. "Miss." He slightly bows and holds out his hand to help me out.

Taking his hand, I reply. "Well quite the dapper gentlemen aren't we?" I deftly toss my long, but not lean, legs out of the car, red creeping up my cheeks as Ashton brazenly checks me out once again.

He clears his throat, seemingly a bit flustered, even though I was the one being inspected under his glare. Snapping back into a gentlemen, he assists me up and I smile at him gratefully.

"Thank you kind Sir." I expect our hand to hand contact to end, but it doesn't. Instead, Ashton drops our hands down at our sides, glancing at me for approval. Thrilled by his actions, I smile and blush.

Swinging our arms as we walk, I wiggle my small fingers between his, interlocking them. Returning his earlier actions I glance at him for approval, met with a smile.

"Tonight was amazing." I emphasize my adjective, sighing with contentment.

"Agreed. We should hang out again sometime."

"What's tomorrow, Sunday?" Ashton nods. "I'm not working, the bars closed for restocking. What about you?"

"I have a long shift tomorrow at work, like a ten hour day, that long."

"Where do you work again?" I question as we stop in front of my car, the only other in the lot.

"I am a PROUD employee at the video shop on second." He practically screams. The sound echos throughout the empty parking lot.

"I'm glad you love your job so much." I tease.

"Well sure, if a man can't take pride in restocking and renting DVDs to people, what can he?"

"There's only one thing wrong with that statement." He raises his eyebrows curiously. "Your not a man." The look of mock offense plastered on his face is priceless.

He dramatically gasps, then leans in my face and narrows his eyes. "You take.......that.........back!"

I move my face even closer to his, so our noses our brushig against each other. "Nope." Then it happens.

Ashton leans all the way into me and places his lips on mine, very gently kissing me. The kiss only lasts for a few seconds, but it was otherworldly.

Complete and utter magic.

"Well that was perfect." He smiles, liquefying my heart and brain.

"Don't smile." I whine, staring into his gorgeous eyes.

"And why not." He asks, holding back another grin.

"Because...." I stare at the ground and blush.

"Because what?" Ashton says, lifting up chin with two fingers.

"Because, every time you smile, I want to kiss you." I say honestly, embarrassed that I actually told him.

His cheeks tint slightly pink, and his takes on a stoney look. "If a straight face is what you want, then a straight face you shall get." He says in a serious voice.

"Thank you so much for everything Ash." I say, purposely using the nickname. He breaks the serious face and hugs me.

"Any Time." He whispers in my ear.

While I get into the car, he walks back to his. I can't help but stare at his butt. Hey it's his fault, really, for wearing such tight pants.

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So couple things, I finally added a cast! My decision to cast the person I did as Sydney is not trying to body shame them at all. I'm not by as means saying that they're fat, or uncomfortable in their own skin. (It's actually quite the opposite for this person) The person I cast as Sydney is someone who I think has a phenomenal voice and is incredibly beautiful. BTW please leave a comment if you can't see that cast, if it's not showing up.

Also, sorry I haven't been updating as much as usual I've been really busy with school and show choir. I'm on spring break now so I hope to put up a couple chapters over my break. :)

So back to the story...
They kissed! Yay! Comment/vote if you enjoyed the first date. Or just my story at all!! Love ya!