I went to bed on fire, mad at Luke, and feeling bad for Ashton. I changed out of my clothes into my pyjamas and got in bed. It wasn't Ashton's fault this happened, and it wasn't mine either. It was Luke being a drama queen. So what if he wanted to be that way? I don't give a care about what he thinks.
I woke up the next morning to Ashton’s face in mine. I gasped a little. “Babe what are you doing in here?” I asked, pushing his face out of the way. “I just came in to say hi. Also, you should do something about your very sharp nails.” He teased. “Oh shush you.” I giggled. He leaned in and pecked my lips. I sat up on the bed and crawled onto his lap.
“Got anything going on today?” He asked in his up to no good tone of voice. “No more tats, Ash. The one hurts enough right now.” I said. “Oh you’ll get over it in a few days time, and that wasn’t what I was going to say miss smarty pants.” Ashton giggled. “Alrighty then what were you going to suggest?” I said, poking his cheek. He acted like he was too cool for me to poke his cheek, but I knew that deep down he loved it.
“Let’s go to the mall and have an us day. No Calum, no Mikey, no Luke. Just the two of us. We can just hang around and be the stupid two teenagers in love that we are. Do you like that?” Ashton said, while getting up off of the bed and stretching his arms a little. “Yes, I do.” I answered with a smile.
“Score!” Ashton said in an old man voice. “You get dressed and all prettied up and whatever else it is that you do when you take forever in the bathroom.” He joked. “Oh shut up and do my thang” I said while pushing him out the door. “Whoa! Easy there.” He giggled. That gosh darned giggle got to me every time. Why did he have to be so adorable?
It took me a good hour to get dressed and got prettied up and did whatever else I do and ran into the kitchen. “Are you ready to go, my love?” Ashton said, grabbing the car keys. I nodded and smiled. He wrapped his arm around me while we walked to the car. “Malady” he teased, getting the door for me. “Why thank you kind sir” I replied in an awful British accent. He chuckled and went around to the driver’s seat and started the car. He turned on the radio. We jammed out to some Iggy Azalea, Pitbull, Pharell, and Lorde before we pulled into the mall parking lot.
“Where to first?” Ashton asked me as we walked inside of the crowded mall. “You’ll see..” I said as I led him in the direction of Forever 21, a store I loved. “Oh no I’ve heard about this store.” Ashton said as we walked in. “It’s my favorite store so get used to it, m’dear.” I said with a sarcastic laugh. I scanned rack after rack of clothing, picking up something to buy every now and then.
“Ooh babe do these make me look hot?” I heard Ashton say. I turned around to see him modeling a pair of pink aviators. “You look... amazing.” I said with a snort. “ooh how about these suckers” he said, putting down the pink sunglasses and trying on a pair of zebra print cat eye sunglasses. “Dashing.” I simply said. “Or look I can be all fashionable with this feisty lady” he said in a high pitched voice, brining himself over to an Aztec print scarf. He wrapped it around his neck and twisted his tiny curly hairs with his finger. I burst out laughing. “Lemme put that on instagram!” I said, snapping a quick picture.
“Ok no. Forget the scarf. This has got to be the latest and greatest trend” Ashton said, walking over to a white crop top that said “How about no”. “What would you do if I came wearing this?” He said, cracking up. “I think I would cry. Put that down, Ashton, you’re drawing people’s attention.” “Fine.”
We headed over to Tropical Smoothie together to get drinks. We sat down in a little booth before I noticed something was off. “Ashton you don’t look good. Are you feeling okay?” I asked, worried. “Yeah. I’m just gonna run to the washroom really quick.” He said, getting up. “Order for Ashton” The lady at the counter called out. “I’ll get that.” I said to Ash so he could run to the washroom. I grabbed our drinks and waited at the booth impatiently. Ash came out of the washroom, looking a little pale. “Babe, do you need to go home and lie down?” I asked him. He shook his head. “No this is our together day. I’m not going to ruin it.” “Ashton if you don’t feel well, we can go home. I’ll even lay with you if you would like. Come on, baby let’s get you home.” I concluded, grabbing his hand and taking him to the car. “I’ll drive” I offered. He didn’t say otherwise, so I got in the driver’s seat and drove home as quickly as I could.
I got Ashton in bed and cuddled up next to him. We slept for a few hours, until I woke up. I looked over at Ashton, who was still fast asleep. I went down into the kitchen and saw the rest of the guys. “Hey” the all said in unison. “Hey Rowan, would you mind going to the grocery store and picking up a few things for dinner?” Luke asked nicely. “Sure. Where’s a list?” “Fridge” I got the keys and headed out the door. “Can you guys keep an eye on Ashton? He isn’t feeling the greatest.” I asked. They all nodded and I left.
When I got home, it was only around 5:40. The house was way too quiet. I knew that something was up. I nervously walked up the steps to see if anybody was home. "Hello?" I shouted, hoping to get an answer. "Rowan?" I heard Calum's voice say. He was in Ashton's room. Why was he in there?
"Oh my gosh what are you doing in here? And why are you packing a duffel bag?" I asked, not sure of what was happening at the moment. "Where is everyone?" "Rowan, I'll tell you but I need you to promise me you won't freak out." Calum said, putting his hand on my shoulder. "What is it?" "Luke and Michael had to take Ashton to the ER."
I felt my heart break in two. "WHAT?!" I screamed. "Rowan calm down..." Calum said, rubbing my back. "What happened to him?! He was fine when I left!!!!!!" I yelled, scared to death. "Easy, Rowan. Take it easy. They think it's his appendix, but they aren't sure." Calum said. "Please. I want to go see him. I need to see Ashton."
"No, Rowan you need to stay here while I pack the hospital bags." "No, Calum I am going right now, with or without you." I snapped. He grabbed my arm. "Ashton will be fine. Just slow down, baby." I yanked myself away from his grasp and ran down the stairs, with him following quickly. I ran into the last available car and drove away. Calum sat in the passenger seat, trying to get me to stop speeding. I didn't care that I was speeding. I needed to see Ashton.
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The Loverboy
FanfictionRowan Hallie Evans is a good girl. Ashton Fletcher Irwin a bad boy. She's a scholar, he's a jerk. She hates him, he loves her. When fate puts them together, Rowan begins to slowly fall in love, but life throws challenges at the two they never dreame...
