The Daddy Club | 5sos au

Ashton

Ashton

It's crazy thinking about how quickly things change, you know?

One minute Luke is walking and talking and now I'm looking at him lying with his eyes closed in a hospital bed. I was so scared. Karlie told me he had been in a car crash and I just hung up. I didn't bother to hear what else she had to say, I just hung up on her. I'm still scared. There is apparently no danger now but I'm still afraid for Luke. I can't believe that he could've died. He actually could've died. And I called him a jackass.

"Karlie," I say quietly and shake her shoulder. "Wake up," she must have been here the whole night.

"Ash?" She groans and he eyelashes flutter open.

"Hey," I crouch down beside her probably really uncomfortable chair. "Did you sleep here?"

"Yeah," Karlie yawns and rubs her eyes, messing up her mascara even more. "What time is it?"

"Nearly ten." I reply. I was scared for Luke and worried about Karlie. If even the slightest thing happens to him I don't know what she'll do. Sure, they are going through a really bad time right now but honestly I didn't think it would last long. Especially not since I heard what Luke told Sophie.

"Oh," Karlie nods, "Liz is," Karlie seems a little out of it, I don't blame her though. I don't know what I'd do if I was Karlie right now and it was Mia lying in that hospital bed. "She's coming in an hour."

"Do you want me to wait with Luke until she comes?" I ask.

"No," Karlie shakes her head. "I'll just wait."

"Karlie..." I say, unsure of this arrangement.

"It's fine." Karlie shrugs. "Thanks for waking me up before she gets here."

"Are you sure you don't want to go home, have a shower, get a change of clothes?" She looked absolutely wrecked. She needed a break.

But Karlie just shakes her head. "I'll just get Calum to bring me something." She tells me.

"I don't know-"

"Ash," She cuts me off abruptly. "I'm fine." She glares at me.

"Sure," I give in. "Okay, well I just came to see how Luke is doing."

Karlie shrugs. "He should've woken up by now." Karlie looks over at Luke in his bed. I've not seen him yet and honestly it makes me terrified. He looks about fourteen. I don't know how it's possible but he just looks so small. Maybe it's the fact his hair is flat against his head, or that all the pillows around him make his frame seem smaller too.

"He'll be fine." I try my best to reassure her but I don't think it worked because Karlie bursts into tears. "Hey," I say softly and tuck some hair out her face.

Karlie puts her head in her hands. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry." She repeats.

"Why are you sorry?" I ask her.

"For crying."

"Listen, Karlie," I sigh. "You have nothing to be sorry for. You're tired and scared and pregnant-"

"Fuck!" Karlie yells angrily and stands up. My eyes instinctively look over to Luke, hoping to see if her yelling woke him up. It doesn't, but I do see his body flinch slightly.

Bastard.

Karlie begins pulling at her hair. "I should've just got rid of it like I wanted!"

"Whoa!" I stand and take my eyes away from Luke. I grab Karlie's wrists, pulling her hands away from her hair. "What are you talking about?"