airports // 5sos au

xxiv.

| ashton |

I know Meghan isn't too happy with me for taking my time whilst going over to Emily's house. But what can I say, I'm starving, Emily and Luke are starving, and I know that Meghan is starving, too. She can't be too mad, right?

"Ashton, I hope you know that if you had gotten here any later, Meghan would've already kicked my ass," Luke says as he takes a bite of a chicken nugget.

I laugh and turn to Meghan who smirks, "He's right."

"I'm glad I could save your ass, Luke," I laugh and take a sip of my Coke.

"So, Meghan, who were you with?" Emily speaks up.

"What?" Meghan asks.

"You were upset when you first got here, you said you were with someone," Emily explains as she takes a bite of a fry.

"Oh, I was with Chris," Meghan shrugs.

"Chris?" I ask.

"Yeah, we were rehearsing for auditions."

"At midnight on a Friday night, yeah, okay," I mutter under my breath sarcastically.

I look up and Meghan glares harshly at me. I quietly apologize and keep my gaze on the table we're all sitting at.

"Are you two done?" Meghan asks Luke and Emily. I look up and they nod. Luke stands and takes both of their trash and walks into the kitchen to throw it away.

"I think they're sobering up," Meghan mutters to me.

"Yeah," I nod.

"C'mon, you two, let's go get ready for bed," Meghan sighs as she stands up.

"I'm not tired," Emily whines.

"I don't want to go to sleep," Luke shakes his head from side to side.

"Fine, let's go put in a movie," Meghan gives them a small smile. They nod and follow her to the living room. I stay seated at the table and take a few deep breaths. I don't know why I feel an empty pit in my stomach when Meghan mentions Chris, but I do.

"Hey," Meghan says quietly. I turn and give her a small smile.

"Hi," I reply and look down at my hands.

"Are you okay?" She asks and steps closer to me. I'm still sat on the tall chair next to the table and Meghan is standing incredibly close. I look up and she places her hand on my thigh.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I shrug, slightly distracted by her close proximity.

"I know you, Ash, and I don't think you're okay."

"I'm not entirely okay, but it's nothing to worry about," I look up and try to assure her.

"What's wrong?" She frowns. I immediately want to smooth out her worry lines, I hate seeing her upset.

"Chris," I say quietly.

"Why are you so upset that I'm spending time with Chris?" She sighs.

"You blew me off twice this week, Meg. At work you just spend all shift texting him, and I don't know, I don't feel as important to you anymore."

"Chris isn't replacing you, Ash. Trust me, he could never do that," Meghan takes my hand in hers. I intertwine our fingers and sigh.

"I just feel like he is," I shrug, "You were even going to bring him here tonight to help with Luke and Emily. He doesn't even know them! They're my friends too, and I don't know why you even thought of bringing him-"

"I enjoy being with him, that's why," Meghan snaps.

"Still, I don't like what you did. You should've thought of me before you thought of him."

"I don't expect you to like everything I do, but I do expect you to not act like a five-year-old when you don't like something," Meghan narrows her eyes.

"I'm sorry," I mutter.

"I might want to spend my time with Chris, but you're still my best friend, Ash," Meghan sighs.

"What about Emily?" I say sarcastically.

"She's my sister," She replies blankly, "And you're my best friend who acts like a jealous five-year-old when something doesn't go his way."

Before I can say something, Meghan pulls back her hand and walks to the living room, leaving me alone. I groan and follow her into the large living room and notice the pile of blankets down on the floor.

"Emily and Luke wanted to watch the movie from down there," Meghan explains with her arms folded over her chest, "We can sit on the couch behind them."

"Where's Luke?" I ask.

"Puking," Emily says with a look of both disgust and worry.

"Oh," I say, making my way to the couch. I sit down next to Meghan and Luke comes back into the room.

"Better?" Emily asks.

"Better," Luke shows a thumbs-up.

Emily turns off the lights and the big television in front of us casts a blue glow over the room. She puts a DVD into the DVD slot and then goes back to Luke on the floor.

"Peter Pan?" Luke asks as the DVD menu shows on the screen.

"Yeah, is that okay?" She smiles.

"Of course," Luke grins as she sits down next to him.

We all get settled in our blankets and the movie starts. I can Emily and Luke slowly move closer until their shoulders are touching. I smile at how cute they are and I'm brought out of my thoughts when I feel Meghan intertwine her fingers and mine.

"I'm sorry," I whisper, leaning closer to her. I hear her sigh and she leans closer as well. She rests her head on my chest and I let go of her hand and wrap my arm around her. She then takes my other hand and intertwines our fingers.

"I forgive you," I hear her whisper.

We lay like that for a few minutes before I quietly speak up, "Do you like him?"

"Hmm?" She looks up at me but doesn't take her head off of my chest.

"Do you like Chris? You know, like that?" I repeat.

"Yeah, I think I do," Meghan replies quietly. I feel a pit in my stomach form once I hear her words.

"Okay," I say, resting my head on hers.
I try to hide the fact that I'm upset when it hits me. I like Meghan.

I really like Meghan.

I hear Emily and Luke giggling from below and Meghan asks, "What's so funny?"

"We were just saying about how you two should get married already," Luke says.

"Yeah," Emily speaks up.

Meghan looks up at me with reddened cheeks. I shrug and she smirks.

"We're too young, and y'all are drunk," Meghan laughs.

I sigh and grin at the fact that she's cuddled up to me. I could definitely spend my time like this more often.

But no matter how happy this amazing girl makes me, I can't help but think about how she likes Chris.

Not me.

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So, that was a little short, but so am I so it's okay. Yay for some character development with Meghan and Ashton amiright?

Let me know who y'all want to be together: Chrisghan or Meshton :-)

I also wanted to thank you guys for getting Airports to 1k!! That's so amazing and I'm over the moon right now. Y'all make me so so so happy and I'm so thankful for the response that this book has gotten!

Comment below telling me your favorite part of Airports so far and I'll try to post the playlists for all four main characters this weekend! (As well as a new chapter, too. Fingers crossed that I have time!!)

I love you all so so so damn much!
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