Time: 11:30 am.
Setting: Mr. Calum Hood's Office.
Calum: (looks up as Ashton skips in, pauses) What the hell happened to your face?
Ashton: (picks at flower crown, feels cheek) Huh?
Calum: (raises eyebrow) Don't play dumb, Ashy. Your nose is bruised and you have eye bags the size of water balloons. What the hell happened?
Ashton: It was an accident.
Calum: (looks outside to see if anyone is looking or listening) (gets up, closes the door, sits down) Ashton, sweetheart...(hesitant) Darling, you know I'm here for you, right? You don't need to keep secrets from me. I will love you, no matter what you do.
Ashton: (giggles, flops onto Calum's desk, directly in front of Calum) I know! I love you, too, Cal. (places a short kiss on Calum's cheek) But, it was seriously an accident.
Calum: (suspicious) What happened, exactly?
Ashton: (cute pout) Well, I slept over at Lukey's place cuz we had a sleepover and yeah. And I tried to scare him when he woke up but he ended up punching me in the face. (frowns) Real hard.
Calum: (worried) Did you go see a doctor? Is it broke ?
Ashton: (giggles) I'm fine. I'm fine! Lukey put ice on it and made me noodles. It was cute.
Calum: Alright. As long as you're not in any pain. (Ashton nods, slowly) Ash...you know that Luke is...well...
Ashton: Gay? Yes. He told me. I have teased him about it multiple times. What's the problem?
Calum: Just...(struggles) don't be too...
Ashton: (confused at first then suddenly looks like he understands) (face turns blank, cold) Too what? Too much? Too overwhelming? Too me?
Calum: (sighs) Darling, stop. I'm just looking out for both of you. Luke might need his space.
Ashton: (jumps to his feet) He's my friend, Calum! We're allowed to hang out and talk and text!
Calum: (weak) I know, Ash. I know. (soft) I don't want you to get too attached just to have it all backfire.
Ashton: (glares) Luke is not like Niall, Calum. You forget that Niall likes tits and has no morals when it comes to fucking anything with legs and a vagina.
Calum: (low) You act like you know him when you've only been on friendly terms for about a month. (pauses) I'm just looking out for you, aye? I don't want a repeat of the last one.
Ashton: (quirks lips, sighs) I know I put you through a lot. Too much. But...I won't mess up this time. (laughs) Sometimes I think that you forget that I'm straight, mate.
Calum: (chuckles, fight forgotten) You're wearing daisies on your head and you use watermelon-scented shampoo. Hard to remember, sometimes.
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Fanfiction[COMPLETED] "Because I'm dumb. I'm scared. I'm a coward. I can't come to terms with anything. I love him but I'm not capable of loving him. Does that make sense?" Luke is the pessimistic new waiter with piercings, tattoos and a broken heart. Ashton...
