Can't Stop Runnin'

Chapter 10

Ashton's POV:

The sirens get louder. I wait until I can pull over to well, pull over. The cop comes up to my window.

"Sir, do you know how fast you were going?" The police man asks.

"Yes, and I'm sorry for driving over the speed limit." I say trying to get out of a ticket.

"Well, since your not as bad as the last asshole, I'll let you off with a warning." the police tells me. He then turns around and walks back to his car.

"Bruh..." Elise says. After that we make the littlest amount of chat as possible during the car ride. When we reach Mike and Luke's house I go take a shower. After I get out of the shower Elise hops in. About ten minutes after she gets in she comes out.

"Are you ready for the concert?" I ask her.

"Yeah." she smiles at me. Her hair is will wet from the shower.

"Let's go. We can stop somewhere for dinner." I tell her.

"Alright. Can we go to Subway?" She asks.

"Sure." I smile at her.

We finally arrive at Subway. The closest one was 20 minutes away, but luckily it's only 5 minutes away from the concert stadium. Elise orders a BLT, nothing but bacon, lettuce, and tomatoes.

"So, how close do you want to sit at the concert?" I ask her while we're eating our lunch/dinner.

"As close as possible." she tells me.

"So front row?" I ask already knowing the answer.

"Yeah." she smiles.

We finish our lunch just as this conversation ends. The car ride up there is filled with us singing along to our favorite bands. We only get about two songs in though. We have to sneak in through the back because of the screaming fans at the front. Everyone is already there when we arrive. Elise takes her seat on the left side of the stage because that's the side that I'm sitting on. We practice for 30 minutes, and then the fans are let in. We make it back stage before the seats fill up.

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"That was amazing!" Elise tells me after the concert.

"Thanks." I smile at her.

"Are you sure that you want me to go home now?" she bats her eyelashes at me.

"It's not that I WANT you to, it's more like I have to do something." I lie.

"Oh." Elise looks down.

I pull her chin up. "Come on, let's go." I say trying to cheer her up. It's not working.

The car ride there is silent. When we pull up to her house she unbuckles and reaches for the handle on the door.

"Do you want me to walk you to the door?" I ask trying not to be suspicious.

"If you want to." she says still not looking at me.

"Would you mind if I came inside for a little bit? I want to spend some time with the birthday girl." I smile at her.

"I thought you had something to do." She says bitterly.

I sigh. "It can wait a little bit." I tell her.

"If you insist." she says.

"Alright, let's go inside then." As soon as we open the door everyone pops up and yells, "Surprise!" Confetti goes everywhere.

"Wha-" Elise starts.

"Happy birthday!" Everyone starts to crowd. Well, everyone except Dana. She is laying on their white couch on her phone. There is a bowl next to the couch filled with little chocolate spheres. Whenever she wants to eat one she leans off the couch, still looking at her phone.

Ten minutes later Calum, Michael, and Luke show up along with Maddy, Kaia, and Kylie. They say hi to Elise and then Maddy and Mikey, and Calum and Kaia go off, but Luke and Kylie don't stay together. That's weird, they're usually always together.

Elise's POV

This party is my favorite party that I've ever had. Dana is practically guarding the white couch and the Brookside. They rented a disco ball, and big stereos. Everyone is dancing and eating, it's fun. They have watermelon there, a big cake, and just a whole bunch of other junk. I get handed a red cup with who knows what in it. All the lights go off except the disco ball. I hear a knock on the door, but I'm too slow to process it. Whatever was in that drink is really making me sleepy.

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I'm woken up by the sound of a door closing. When I look up I see Dana asleep on the white couch, some other people sleeping on the floor (I can't see their faces so I don't know who they are), and I see trash everywhere. The last thing I remember is drinking that red cup.

"What happened?" I say aloud.

"Someone put something in your drink that made you pass out, but the party was almost over anyway. The cops came and shut us down."

"Oh." I say trying to get up. My legs and arms feel like noodles.

"You can rest longer, I'll start to clean up." Ashton tells me.

"Are you sure?" I ask already drifting back off to sleep.

"Yeah." I hear him say before I go into dreamland.

Ashton's POV

Elise goes to sleep almost instantaneously. I start to clean up, minutes turn into hours. Finally Julie comes down and helps. Dana wakes up and picks up some things.

"Dana..." I hear Julie say.

"Yeah?" Dana responds.

"What is this?" Julie asks pointing to a big green smudge on. The back of their precious white couch.

"What?" Dana lazily says not looking at where Julie is pointing.

"On... the... couch..." Julie takes a big breath with each. Dana jumps up.

"Who the fuck did that?!" Dana yells.

"I don't know!" Julie yells back.

"I'm about to kill someone." Dana says looking at me. If looks could kill I'd be dead.

"I didn't do it!" I tell her.

"Mhmmm... I've got my eye on you." She informs me. Elise starts to stir.

"What's going on?" She asks.

"The couch!" Julie and Dana exclaim I'm unison.

"Oh... about that..." Elise starts.

(Sorry for the late update! I hope you like it I'll update twice next week to make up for it! I love you guys so much. Hope you're enjoying my book so far.)