The Punk Next Door

10

It was almost 12 and Me, Ash, Luke, and Savannah were still sleeping. Ash and I wake up to the sound of a door slam. My Mom ran out of the apartment in anger. I had just waken up and still was a bit light headed. CC and Cal ran out with my Mom. I got up and, with Ashton following me, we walked to the counter and sat down. I don't think either of us processed what just happened. Ash adjusts his bandana and we both put our hand on the counter. It just so happens my hand fell on top of his, it was like it was meant to fit in mine, like a puzzle piece. We gaze at each other awkwardly, their was something suddenly really adorable about him. His smile was like sun light on a rainy day. "Skylar, whatever just happened, I just want you to know that I will always be their for you and I love you" he states with a voice crack. We suddenly fall into a deep kiss, I knew I was going to reret it but not now. He was confused with it at first but then he loosened up. We were interrupted by a door opening. I quickly push him off and go back to a casual position. Luckily CC and Cal didn't see what happened. "What happened to Mom?" I ask shaking off the past. "She got into a fight with your Dad but shes better now," CC says. I sigh and Ashton giggles. My eyebrows raise alerting him to be careful. Luke and Savannah slowly get up and walk to the counter, "Good morning," they say one after another. Luke trips over his own feet and Savannah ran into a lamp. Everything was really awkward, Ashton was like my big brother. And what would Calum say if he found out? When ever I'm with Cal I feel, special, wanted, appreciated. But whenever I'm with Ash I feel so lucky to have him, and his smile, and his giggle, and his everything. Am I into drummers or Bassists? Man life is hard.

Cal realizes that I'm zoning out, he snaps his fingers to get my attention. "You okay, mate?" Luke asks me. "Yeah, I'm fine," I say while nodding. The boys decide to stay and watch the baseball game, and we went to the mall. When we were walking around, all I could think about was Ash. We walked into Claire's and I saw black nail polish, and all I saw was him. We went to Panera for lunch, I am normally always hungry but I was to worried about everything. "Have you guys noticed that Ashton has been acting strange this morning?" Cecilia asked. Thats when I blurted, I told her about the kiss, the feeling, and everything. She didn't say Anything, Savannah was scared for me. CC got up and left, no drama at all. "I hope you and Ashton hit it off," she says in tears as she runs out of the cafe. I put my head in my hands with stress. "So do you like Ash?" Savannah asks. " I dont even know," I silently scream. " come on," I I say while walking out of the restaurant. I knew CC was going to be telling Cal what happened so I took Savannah home with me.We drove to Cal's place, I open the door and see Calum who was trying to ignore us and go to his room. I stop him and grab Ashton's hand and dragged him in front of Cal, and kissed Ash, same kiss as before. I know it seems crazy but I knew what I was doing. "Calum, I love Ash," He gazed at his feet so we couldn't see his face."I love you too, and Cecilia, and even the hobo on the side of the street for God's sake!" I say. He holds back a smile, "Can we just forget this all ever happened, mate?" Ash begs. Calum shrugs trying to be cool. I walk up to him and grab his hand. "Have you realized that you are the reason I wake up every morning?" I say. He tilts his head towards me," Your my reason," I mumble looking directly into his eyes. He gazes at my wrists and gives in. He lifts me up and gives me a Kiss. Ashton talked to Cecilia and they made up to. I love Ashton but I didnt want anything to change, everything is perfect, punk. He's one of my best friends, and thats that. I love Cal way to much to hurt him. Ashton awkwardly whistles. "Guys look at this!" Luke and Savannah come toward us with a laptop. "Were moving!" Luke screams. Calum starts jumping up and down with Ashton. Luke is going to be to the right of mine and Savannah's is going to be to the left of Cal's. We were all over whelmed and needed something to drink. We walked to the Starbucks near by. I walked in and noticed someone familiar. Once I ordered my drink I went to go get a closer look. I zoned out as my brain goes into a flash back, I remembered she was my Moms, old best friends, daughter. She was basically my cousin, and I haven't seen her in forever. "Sky, is that you?!" she asks while giving me a hug. I hug her back, "Hey Luna!" I say. I walk her over to where we were sitting and introduced her to everyone.The boys said hi one after another and she was freaking out. "No way, your boyfriend's are Australian to?! Mine is outside waiting for his coffee, do you want to meet him?" she asks. We all nod and follow her out. He was on his phone and turned to grab his coffee. He gives her a squeeze then notices us, he had bleach-blonde hair with some blue in it, a eyebrow piercing and a small scar in between his eyebrows. "This is Michael," she tells us,we all wave and introduce ourselves.I invited them to my place. Ashton notices his guitar case. "Do you play?" Ash asks him. Michael nods. He was a little shy at first but he will probably loosen up. "Do you guys play anything?" Michael awkwardly asks. "Bass," Cal says while raising his hand. "Guitar," Luke says, fist bumping Michael. "Drums," Ashton adds. "Do you sing Michael?" I ask. "Yeah, but I'm not the best," he says shaking his head. Everyone mentally awed for him but no one actually said anything. We turned the corner and Michael went the opposite way. "Wrong way, Mikey," Natalie says while grabbing his hand. "Oh! Sorry," He says still a bit shy. He was cute, shy, but sweet. All the boys speed up a bit in front of us. "Sorry, Michael's kind of quite now. Once you get to know him he's really crazy!" Luna says. "I believe you," Savannah says while gazing at Michael. Savannah is like a fortune teller, she can tell how anyone acts just by looking at them. We got off the elevator and I opened the door. "This place is legit!" Mikey screams. "Yeah, this is our little hang out spot" Calum says pointing to the living 'area'. CC pulls Ash to the couch and gestures everyone else. Michael and Luna plop them self on the floor. "You guys can sit up here, their room" Ashton says looking for somewhere they can sit. "No its fine, were fine here," Michael says holding on to Hannah's hand. Everyone was on their phone except Luke. "Guys, this is time to hang out, socialize" he says grabbing Savannah. "I was posting a picture of us!" she says trying to grab it back. "You can do it later!" Luke says while putting it in his pocket. Calum grabs his bass from next to him and plugs it in to the amp. "Oh yeah I have my guitar," Luke says while getting up with Michael following him. Ash runs over to his bix drum and sits on it tapping his fingers along the edges while waiting for everyone. They all sat down like a campfire, "Any requests?" Cal asks. "Any thing ya' know" Luna sighs looking at her nails. She was never really impressed by music, she was more of a little gamer. The boys all mumble at each other and shake their heads. When they started singing all of us were really interested except Luna. She was twisting her dip-dyed green hair around her finger. Her eyebrows were raised as you could see she thought they were good, which they were. She shifted to the edge of the couch and started bobbing her head, it was a miracle. They finish up the song and all look up to see what we thought. "Okay, you had to be good because you made Luna slightly more interested in music," Savannah sarcastically points out. "That was great, Mikey!" Luna squeals. "Was it really good?" Ashton asks while biting his lip. His hazel eyes met mine again and I try to avoid his gaze. "Yeah, it was really good" I awkwardly nod. His lips pulled back into a smile. I smile back and he winks.
He just winked.

okay.

And the award for "Australia's Most Irresistible Guy" goes to, Ashton Fletcher Irwin.