End Up Here | AFI

Completing The Ensemble.

I headed downstairs, to the balcony while I waited on Ash. I always love to admire this view he has, especially at night. You see trees on trees on trees but you also have a city view, and that's beautiful to have the two blend.

"Gaah!!" Ash shakes me from behind and scares me.

"Shit! Ashton, that's not funny!" I slapped his arm as he was laughing from the amusement of taunting me.

"Ow. That hurt ya know?" he jokingly states as we head to the front door.

"Oh, whatever. Were you practicing for a world tour, your shower lasted a lifetime." I laughed a bit.

"Oh, it was only an hour. Less about my showering and more about what you're wearing, ey?"

"Ey? Um, so, I was thinking of a nice $20 dress from Windsor, they know how to be elegant on a budget." I hopped inside landing on the passenger seat and Ashton shut his door and began the ignition.

"Um, yeah sure. Never heard of that store in my life." Ashton said while driving with his left hand on the wheel and his right resting on the armrest.

"Oh, my G- Ashton you passed the mall." I turned and looked back as the mall strayed further and further away.

"Yeah, I'm quite aware," he smirked and continued to have his eyes on the road.

"Are we going to another mall?" I looked at him with concern because I am trying to get back to the house as soon as possible.

"What if I wanted you to just ride?" he smoothly glazed his right hand from left to right across the windshield.

"What?" I squinted my eyes at him.

"The drive, Lila. What if I just asked you to enjoy the drive?" he cleared his throat and kept his eyes forward.

"I'd say "You had to choose today to kidnap me?", seriously Ashton where are we going, my date is at 2 and I have things to do..before." The hesitancy in my voice may have shown itself.

"Ha, we're almost there, don't worry. We'll make it back in time before your little date starts." It seemed some aggression was in his tone, It was pretty weird.

I stayed quiet after that, 10 minutes passed of silence. I was on my phone scrolling through social media and I looked up to see that he turned into a parking garage.

"Welcome to Rodeo Drive madam." Ashton parks the car and turns to me smiling.

I look down and begin hysterically laughing and place my fist on my forehead and snicker while shaking my head.

"Before you say any-"

"Ashton, I wanted something cheap, simple, and elegant...I'm going on a lunch date, not The Grammys." My facial expression became more serious whilst turning to him.

He didn't listen to me and Lord knows it'll take ages to pay him back for the dress. Celebrities swear they understand people until we are screaming exactly what we want in their faces and they still hear what they want, it's annoying.

"Lila, I'm offering to pay for the dress without you having to owe me anything." His fingers curled with frustration and that aggression from earlier in his tone has revealed itself again.

"Ashton, I'm-"

"What if we return it, after the date you give me the dress and I return it, there you'll have a dress and I'll have my money back." he interrupted me to explain his plan in a softer tone. I agreed by nodding.

"We better get going, it looks weird just parking and sitting in the car." He opens his car door and I open mine to get out, and we head to store number 1, Dior.