Without You

Chapter 19

Ashton pov

I look around the room to the others no one seems to think anything of our little interaction except for caroline when I look at her I can see the wheels turning in her head 

"Hey ak you wanna go down to the beach and get a tan so we look bomb for the club later" caroline asks Blake

 "I would LOVE to Care" Blake says

 "perfect let's go change and head down. Can I borrow one of yours?" caroline asks her 

"yeah of course" Blake says the girls walk out of the kitchen to get changed

 "so bro what do you feel like doing today" Josh asks me 

"well I was thinking I would work on my bike you know it's been sitting in the garage forever" I say 

senior year of high school I went through a somewhat bad boy phase because I thought Blake would think it was hot because she always dates douche bags so I bought a motorcycle and it's been sitting in the garage ever since

 We enter the garage to see my bike collecting dust in the corner "bro that thing looks ruff you sure you wanna ride that" Josh asks

 "yes I'm sure I think id be cool" I say I open the garage and pull out my bike to the driveway to work on it.

 It just needs some minor fixing just a new paint job, oil change, replacing the air filter, coolant change, a new chain, and some air in the tires so maybe not just some minor fixes. I go back into the garage to look for some tools and a bucket to start the oil change I look around for a minute before spotting the bright yellow box on the very top shelf. the toolbox my dads toolbox I remember sitting out here on weekends watching him work on old cars and fixing my motocross bikes when I was younger as I got older dad taught me how to do a lot of the things he did I like to think if he was here with me now he'd be proud watching me fix something on my own. I reach for the box on the top shelf as I do a bucket falls off hitting me in the forehead 

"shit fuck" I exclaim as the bucket makes contact with my head

 "what whats wrong" Josh says as he swings the corner 

"shit Ash are you okay" Josh says concerned 

"yeah I think" I say lifting my head up looking towards Josh 

"oh Ash" 

"what Josh"

 "your uh bleeding" 

"goddamit" I say rushing into the house I turn the corner into the entryway bathroom and look into the mirror to feel the blood rushing out of the slit in my eyebrow Josh rushes back into the room 

"I got the first aid"

 "give it here damit" I say grabbing the red box from Josh's hands I rip it open and I grab a gauze pad and wipe away the blood and spray it with the hydrogen peroxide 

"aargh shit that shit hurt" 

"you might need stitches dude" 

"no I'll be fine" I say putting back together the first aid box and walking to the garage I pick up the tool box and bucket that just hit me in the head as well as some cans of oil and start on the oil change 

"hey lucka when did you get here" I hear josh say from inside the garage I get up off the ground and go to check if it was actually Lucka 

"Hey Ash long time no see" Lucka says

 "yeah no kidding bro what's it been like two years"

 "Yeah something like that" I've never been the biggest fan of lucka Blake brought him into our little group and I always got the vibe that he liked her although he never downright admitted it