lifeguard//ashton irwin

chapter 7: first aid

A/N: Hey guys! The picture of Ash above was drawn by my friend Samantha she's an amazing artist and she makes rad fursuits!

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May's POV

My new alarm: the loud squawking of seagulls, now performing live right in front of my bedroom window, apparently. I groaned and rolled over in my sleep. The squawking continued... Ok I'm never gonna be able to fall back asleep with this racket going on. I opened my eyes and fell out of bed. I looked at the time: 11:30 am. Not surprising, since I went to sleep so late.

Last night with the guys was nice. I'm really thankful that I've become such fast friends with Mikey, because I'm not bored like I thought I would be this summer. I thought I would be spending this summer alone but in the past week I've actually been spending most of my time with Mikey and the boys. Sadly though, "the boys" includes Ashton, so NOT squad goals.

Since we're on the subject of Ashton, he was acting kinda strange last night. First he showed up at my house uninvited (though that's not out of character for him from what I've seen), and then throughout the course of the night I kept catching him staring at me. First I thought something must be stuck in my teeth but I checked for popcorn multiple times and found nothing. Whatever, I don't expect to understand the workings of his brain. I mean, seriously, who gets offended when someone calls them rude. My mom, that's who.

We must have watched at least 5 movies last night. After the fifth I stopped counting, I guess. Wait. How late DID I go to bed last night?? I can't remember. Now that I think about it, I don't even remember getting into bed.

I was brushing my teeth when I realized: the boys never went home last night! I must have fallen asleep. Did they leave? I rushed downstairs with my toothbrush still hanging out of my mouth. I ran into the living room but didn't find anyone. They must have left.

I ran into the kitchen and a note on the fridge caught my eye. I picked it up and read Mikey's scrawled handwriting:

"Hey May,

Luke and I left to open the shop. Catch you laterz "

I smiled and turned around to spit my toothpaste. I rinsed my mouth and washed my face in the sink.

"Ok I'm tired of waiting for you to notice that we're literally right behind you." I heard a voice and a giggle behind me and nearly jumped out of my skin.

"FUCKING HELL!!!" I spun around to see Calum and Ashton sitting at the counter and laughing their asses off.

"Did you see her-" Calum laughed to Ashton.

"I know! And the way she-" Ashton replied but they were both laughing way too hard to finish their sentences.

"IDIOTS! I hate you guys so much." I crossed my arms and tried to give them the death look but that just made them keep laughing even harder. I waited for them to get it out of their system.

"Nice hair, Curtis. I think it really adds to the whole homeless zombie look you've got going there." Ashton snickered once they had finally calmed down.

I gasped and covered my face, running into the bathroom. Sure enough, my hair was sticking out in every direction and my makeup had smudged into two giant round black circles around my eyes. Why do these things always happen to me!

I combed my hair and tied it into a loose side braid with a bandana I found next to the sink. I cleaned up my face and took a deep breath before walking back into the kitchen. Calum was scrolling through his phone and Ashton was making an omelette; apparently he had invited himself into my fridge too. Why am I not surprised?