"So I've been told."
Ronnie's P.O.V
I could not figure out what was going on with Ashton & I.
We had that sleepover at Michael's after our band auditions & the next morning he drove me home but once again, we haven't talked since.
It's like Ashton doesn't know how to talk to me unless his friends are there. Like he's afraid to just talk to me alone. He can only talk to me if it's an insult of if it's a conversation about how we usually insult each other, like it was during the drive to Michael's.
But he called me beautiful.
I heard him call me beautiful.
& I think he thinks I didn't hear him. But I did. I just didn't want to say anything after & ruin the moment or the feeling he had given me from hearing that so I stayed quiet.
Did that mean Ashton liked me though? Maybe not like me as in dating me but he liked me in some form, right? He had to. Why else would you call someone beautiful? I know he wasn't drunk when he said that & even if he was slightly intoxicated, being drunk makes one more truthful so regardless, I truly think Ashton meant it.
But it had been a week & we once again haven't said anything to each other.
There's always a slight wave if we see each other out or a little smile if we see each other through our windows but that was it.
"Hey, Ronnie!" Michael yelled at me as I was walking to my car after class.
"Hi. What's up?"
"What are you doing this weekend?"
"Working, homework, I dunno."
"Boring. Want to come to a party tonight? Not just the lads & I in my living room but a real party. You know Rich? He's throwing a house party & he told me to invite everyone so you're invited."
"Parties aren't my thing."
"Have you ever been to one?"
"Not like a house party, no..."
"Then you have to come tonight! & I need your help."
"What does Michael need my help with?"
"So there's this girl, Rosa, & she's going to be there tonight & I need you there to force me to talk to her."
"Rosa? I think I know her. She's sweet."
"She is but she makes me nervous so I need you there to literally push me over & talk to her."
"Fine." I sighed. "I'll come."
"Good. Ashton will be there too." Michael smirked.
"What does that matter?"
"Oh c'mon. You have huge heart eyes for the kid."
"I do not." I opened my car door. "But I will come to this party for you."
"Thank you. I will pick you up at 8:00 tonight but if I get my way with Rosa, you are finding your own ride home." He winked at me.
"Alright, one step at a time bud."
I really wanted to bring Seth along to the party but he had to work so there was no way. I knew I'd have Michael there & I'm sure I could hang out with Luke & Calum if Michael ever did talk to Rosa but then there was this Ashton part of the equation & I had no idea what Ashton would be like in a public setting with me.
