Honey // A.I (completed)

twenty-five

< December >
< Friday 3, 2021 >

{ Ashton }

"Happy Anniversary!" Holland yelled as she came into our bedroom, waking me up from my sleep. For a minute I was quite confused because I know it's not our anniversary, but then I looked at my phone and saw the date,

"The band is ten years old today" I grinned sleepily. Holland smiled and climbed on top of me, straddling my waist,

"Are you excited?" She beamed,

"Definitely with you sitting on top of me in nothing but my shirt and your underwear" I smirked, getting an unamused glare back,

"I was being serious Ash" Holland pouted,

"I know honey" I assured her and my hands found her bare thighs, "I am excited. It's kinda crazy we've been doing this for ten years"

"Hopefully ten more" she smiled, leaning down and pressing a kiss to my lips quickly. She went to lean back up after disconnecting our lips, but I held her to me, her head perfectly resting on my shoulder,

"So you're in a cuddly mood this morning" she laughed and relaxed. I hummed and let my arms wrap tighter,

"What time are we going to Michael and Crystal's?" Holland spoke up once more, making me chuckle,

"The show starts at 2:00 so we will probably head over about 1:30" I answered, kissing her head a few times, "They said they're ordering food too so we'll probably be getting Korean BBQ"

"Yes" Holland cheered under her breath, making me shake my head and laugh before she propped herself up on my chest, "Well we still have time. We can celebrate"

"Celebrate" I winked. Holland smiled with a smirk before pushing on my chest,

"Oh yeah"

****

We got to Michael and Crystal's and we were the last to get there, but we do live farther away than the others do.

We headed inside and to the kitchen where we could hear noise, signaling that's where everyone was,

"Hey!" Calum yelled as we walked in and came running full speed at me, hugging me and almost bringing me to the floor. Holland was behind me and got knocked back too,

"You almost killed my fiancé" I laughed,

"Ehh she'll be fine" Calum shrugged as he pulled away,

"She will not" Grace gasped, "She's tiny"

I laughed as Holland playfully shook her head and headed towards the girls while I headed towards Luke and Michael,

"Happy ten years" Luke grinned as we group hugged,

"This is literally crazy" Michael laughed as we pulled away,

"Dude I know" Michael shook his head, "It's almost 2:00 so let's grab food than we can watch the show downstairs"

As soon as he said that, Holland was the first to grab food. She loves Korean BBQ. We don't go there much considering it's not exactly my favorite thing. We usually go if Holland's had a bad day or something.

Once everyone had food and drinks, we headed down to Michael's media room. Holland and I claimed a spot on the loveseat.

Michael got YouTube on just in time for the video to go live.

We all watched and laughed. As we finished eating, Holland cuddled up to my side. She's been very cuddly lately. She a cuddly person in general but lately it's been more than ever. I really need to talk to her to make sure nothing is wrong.

"Not gonna lie, some of these skits are so stupid but so funny" Sierra laughed, making all three of the other girls agree,

"I'd say we're pretty good actors. We should enter the acting business" Calum spoke,

"Oh yeah. Winning awards everyday for our performance" I joked.

Once the show ended, we had a round of shots- well everyone but me. I wasn't feeling a shot tonight.

By the time we had done all that, I could tell Holland was ready to go home. She just simply looked tired. But I don't blame her. She's been working late at the school. They did a bunch of in school service stuff and she hasn't been getting home until eight or so at night.

"Thanks for having us over Mike" I spoke up, taking Holland's hand, "I think Holls and I are heading out"

"Aww man" Mike frowned,

"She needs sleep. She's been getting home late all week. Plus I'm tired too" I laughed. They all understood,

"We'll see y'all soon" Calum smiled. Holland and I quickly said our goodbyes and headed home.

****

I was sitting on the couch waiting for Holland to get out of the shower. We were gonna watch a show when she got out but I really need to talk to her to make sure she's okay, so that may change.

It wasn't long before she came into the living room wearing sleep shorts and my Harley Davidson shirt, with her hair up in a bun. She came right to me and sat sideways in my lap, her head against my collarbone,

"Is everything okay honey?" I asked, rubbing her back with one hand and her leg with the other. She nodded but I know when she's lying,

"Holland, I know somethings up. I can read you too well" I sighed. She paused for a minute then sat up a little,

"I miss you"

That through me off guard,

"What do you mean?" I questioned,

"Babe" she sighed, "We can talk about this another day. Today's a big day for the band and I don't wanna bring that down"

I shook my head,

"Nothing is more important than you" I told her, taking her hand in mine, "So please talk to me"

"I feel like I've hardly seen you and we hardly get any time together. I've been working overtime at school and you're gone with music all the time. I just feel like we don't see each other much unless it's like us going to bed"

I nodded. I did see what she was saying,

"And you're about to leave for tour and the next time I see you after that is our wedding"

I sighed,

"I'm sorry I haven't been attentive. I really am. I'll do better" I told her, "And I know the tour situation isn't ideal with the wedding and I'm sorry I couldn't get that stuff moved. But we'll have a couple days before and after the wedding for just us"

I did have a surprise for the two of us, but I think now would be a good time to just tell her,

"So, I wasn't going to tell you- I was just gonna surprise you- but I booked us a trip, like a honeymoon type trip, for the week before Christmas. It's supposed to be our honeymoon since we won't really get one" I spoke.

Holland's eyes widened,

"Where are we going?" she questioned,

"Moorea" I smiled, "It's kinda like Bora Bora"

"Ash" she aww'd, "Really?"

I nodded. She hugged me and I hugged her back,

"My plan was to just wake you up and tell you we we're going to the airport" I laughed,

"You can still do that and I'll act surprised"

I chuckled and kissed her head,

"We can use that week to reconnect" I assured. Holland nodded,

"I love you. I'm sorry I was acting weird" she spoke,

"No need to apologize Holls. I didn't exactly help the case. We just gotta work on being attentive"

She nodded and rested back into my body,

"We can do that. We can work on it together"