Ashton: You guys missed out on a drunk Chapman and some pretty cool looking stars.
Michael: She's always drunk?
Lacey: Fuck you Irwin. I was not drunk.
Cara: I spent the night with my parents for the first time in 3 months.
Ellie: Yeah me too.
Calum: I spent the night sleeping.
Luke: Hill or Lake tonight?
Ashton: Neither, we're going for a drive. I'll pick you all up. Be ready.
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As usual i forgot to pick the backpack up when i heard Ashton's truck pull up outside. After looking for it and actually remembering i left it with Ashton last night i ran outside, and to my surprise i was first to be picked up. "Evening Chapman." He said with a head nod. "Evening." I said with a head nod making him laugh and shake his head at my imitation.
We said hardly anything before picking up Calum and Michael, from Michael's house, Luke from his, Ellie from hers and Cara from the liquor store. How she get s served in there i'll never know, but she does and its a positive thing because we no longer have to get someone else to go into the shop for us. Michael and Calum live in fairly large houses, as well as Ellie and Cara, their parents are pretty rich by the looks of it, but Luke and I live in the other part of town where the houses are pretty small, but i have no clue where Ashton lives, we've never been to his house before, we've had no reason to, he's the one who drops us off.
Since i was first, i got short gun leaving everyone else in the back cramped up, but as always someone made a joke and we were all laughing, not really bothered about being stuck in a truck made for 5 people. "Teenagers scare the living shit out of me!" Calum shouted at the top of his voice when the My Chemical Romance song came on in the truck. "They could care less as long as someone'll bleed!" Michael and Ellie shout after. Then Calum pipes up again. "So darken your closes, or strike and viloent pose! Maybe they'll leave you alone but not me!"
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We drove around the city for few hours, singing and talking about random stuff, we sat by the lake for a while listening to more music and actually not drinking for once, we seemed to enjoy ourselves more when we remembered everything we did one night and not just little bits because we were too intoxicated to remember our own names.
After ending up going up to the hill at around midnight Ashton seemed to frown at the sight of a car sitting where we usually park. "Man Ash, Keegan's here." Ashton shrugged and climbed out the window of the truck onto the roof, me following out the passenger side and everyone else following from out the back. Calum and Luke jumped off the roof and went to speak to a group of guys and a few girls stood around the other cars.
"Why doesn't Ashton like him?" I whispered to Michael. He shrugged. "I'm not actually sure. I just know that he really hasn't ever liked Keegan." I nod and watch Calum and Luke come back with this Keegan guy and some of his friends. For some reason Luke grabs Ellie's hand, and Calum does the same to Cara, keeping them close. I shuffle over the roof of the truck to Ashton, sitting beside him closely. "Ash why are they all holding hands and shit now that guys here?" I whispered. I've done a lot of this whispering shit today.
"Because Keegan's a dickhead." He muttered scrolling through twitter. "He's really not afriad to try it with any girl, so people have to show him they're not to be messed with." I slowly nod. "Ashton. Man its been a long time." Ashton turned to look around me. He nodded and got up, jumping off the roof of the truck. "You coming down?" He asked tugging my leg. I nodded slightly and pushed myself off the truck landing a little behind Ashton.
"I'm Keegan. Its nice to meet you.." He said with a pause clearly waiting for me to inform him of my name. "Lacey." I said with a quick smile. "Nice to meet you Lacey." Keegan sent a smile at me, not bothering to aknowledge Ashton who was now standing right next to me. His hand brushed mine slightly, a look on contemplaition on his face. "So Lacey, how do you know Ashton? I havent seen you with him before." Keegan went on, one of his friends wondering off to talk to Michael who looked like he'd be more interested in watching paint dry than talk to him. I felt Ashton's fingers wiggle on my hand, and as i looked at him through the corner of my eye, the weird look was still on his face.
"You clearly haven't seen him in a while then." I said back. Ashton's facial expression changed almost immediately. A smirk was evident on his face and Keegan looked like he didn't know what to say. I felt Ashton's hand once again brush mine as he made his arm swing ever so lightly. I turned my head to look at Ashton who's smirk had gone, replaced once again with the contempated look. His eyes looked at me from the corner as his head stayed facing Keegan. I ever so lightly felt his arm brush the back of mine and his fingers fill the gaps between mine. "Clearly not." Keegan said eyeing me looking down towards mine and Ashton's tangled hands. Ashton once again had a smirk on his face, it was also ovbious he wanted to laugh. "Bye Keegan." I smiled walking around to the other side of the truck tugging Ashton along with me.
"He's weird." I said leaning against the truck. "Like I said earlier. He's a dickhead." Ashton replied. "Thank you for probably saving me." I laughed. "Saving you?" He questioned looking at me. "Yeah, you held my hand so he'd back off. Thank you." I smiled. "Oh yeah that." He chuckled letting go of my hand and stuffing it in his jeans pocket. Ashton was weird, i could never really tell what he was thinking or what emotion he was showing because most of the time there was no expression on his face for me to read in any way possible.
He looked away from me for a moment and unlocked his phone, checking the time. "Shit its half 1. Time to go home Chapman." He said nodding at me and jumping in the truck.
