lifeguard//ashton irwin

chapter 4: tacos

I slept horribly due to the pain in my foot, so the next morning I got out of bed at the crack of dawn and unpacked my bag. After grabbing some breakfast, I walked over again to the bait & tackle shop around 7am wearing a pair of black skinny jeans with a random band tee. I swung open the door and walked up to the cashier. I saw a flash of bright green and Mikey walked out from the back, sporting his showy new hair color.

"Nice hair," I joked.

"Same to you." He smirked back.

"So I came to pick up my crutches that Ashton ordered yesterday."

"You didn't just come for the pleasure of my company?" he feigned shock.

"Nope, sorry." I frowned at him and he stuck his tongue out at me. He went to the back to get my crutches and returned after a couple minutes with a pair of crutches my size.

"For you. I heard about your encounter last night. You feelin' okay?"

"As good as I can be, I guess."

Another customer came in, and Michael greeted him.

"Sorry, May, I have to go. Feel better, okay?"

"I'll see you around."

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I tried out my crutches and walked over to a small veranda on the beachside. I set my crutches down and as I did, I saw a couple black marks scratched in at the base of one of them. Picking it up to examine it more closely, I noticed that they were numbers and letters; more specifically, a phone number and "Text me : ) -your super sexy friend Mikey" written below it. Smiling, I grabbed my phone and entered the number.

A/N: May in italics and Mikey in bold x

Hello there :)

THE ANGEL FROM MY NIGHTMAAAAARE

You know Blink 182??

YOU know Blink 182?!

I do actually, why are you so surprised? -.-

I didn't think girls listened to bands like Blink.

. . .

ah that's not how I meant it, I meant that you didn't seem to me like the kind of person

! Keep talking I'm enjoying watching you dig your own grave :)

:(

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

Let's talk about something else??

This weather is hella fine

... May?

I'm sweating

I CAN SEE YOU READING THESE!

;)

Mayyyyyyy :((

I smirked and put my earphones in, leaning my head back and enjoying the breeze. After sitting on the veranda for awhile and resting my foot, I waddled over to a nearby taco food truck and ordered a snack. It just happened to be right outside Mikey's fishing shop. I finished ordering a burrito and turned around to see the man himself waiting for me with crossed arms. He was with two friends; I recognized them as the two boys I had seen in the shop a couple days ago, the first day I met Ash.

"Well well well, look who comes crawling back."

I grinned and took a monstrous bite of my burrito. "For food." I mumbled with my mouth full of beans and guac.

"Ew, God, cover your mouth, woman! My eyes!" He covered his eyes with his hands.

I swallowed and looked at his two friends. "I see, you brought your posse with you. Do you feel threatened by me, Clifford?"

He scoffed. "You wish!" His two friends walked forward and extended their hands for me to shake.

"I'm Calum, but you can call me C-Dawg." The brown-haired one said completely seriously. I noticed he had a blonde streak in his otherwise dark hair.

"And I'm Luke, just Luke." The blond one laughed.

"Nice to meet you guys, I am also just May." I shook both of their hands.

"Hey, I also go by C-Dizzle if you want. I'm going to get a taco." Calum left without another word, dragging Luke along with him.

"So, yeah, that pretty much sums up those two." Michael shook his head and laughed. "You wanna head back to the shop? We could watch TV or something." He asked, grabbing my burrito and taking a huge bite.

"Hey! You're buying me another one of these first."

"Whatever you say, May."

Seriously what is with this boy and rhyming words??

We had been sitting on the couch for a couple hours watching reruns of How I Met Your Mother. Calum and Luke had now joined us, and Luke would not STOP ranting about how much he loved the show.

"No but one time they stopped the season with just the legen-! I had to wait until the whole new season started for him to finish saying it." He gushed, referring to Barney's signature catchphrase.

"Ok, seriously, Luke, we know we literally just saw that episode." Calum complained and Mikey threw his head into a pillow.

"I'm leaving, I don't need this negativity in my life." Luke threw his hands up and left.

A commercial break later, Ashton walked in eating a banana. He was humming a song I didn't recognize, but stopped dead in his tracks when he saw me.

"What is she doing here??" He frowned at Mikey and then turned his gaze to me. "I thought you already got your crutches."

"I did, I'm just hanging out with these boys."

"Amazing." He sat down next to Mikey and started scrolling through his phone.

Mikey looked and me and then back at Ashton, an evil smirk forming on his face.

"So I heard Ashton here saved your life a couple days ago." He gestured towards me.

"Um, yeah. It's 'his job'." I used air quotes. It felt weird talking about Ashton when he was sitting less than 10 feet away from me.

"He was telling us all about it. Weren't you, Ashton?"

Ashton glared at him but didn't move.

"Nothing to say, Ashton? You certainly had a lot to say last ni-" He was cut off by Ashton smacking him across the head and storming out of the room.

Mikey frowned at me and rubbed his head. "Kiss it." He dropped his head onto my lap.

"Oh my god, you're such a child." I laughed and shoved his head off of me.

Was Ashton really talking about me?