Make Me Smile || Kurt Cobain

Chapter 27 - In Disguises No One Knows

Kurt

It was the second day of the Reading Festival. And I assumed it was gonna be a blast.

And I'm sure it was. But I couldn't tell because I spent half the time worrying about Ashlyn who'd gone eerily quiet throughout the day.

Granted it was currently only 11am but still, something was amiss.

"Is everything alright with your sister?" I asked Axl as I kept my eyes on Ashlyn who sat at a bench sulking for some reason.

I'd bugged her over it since morning but she hadn't muttered a word about why she was down.

"I was gonna ask you the same thing" Axl said. "She's not normally like this. Did you guys have a fight?"

"No. After I bid her Goodnight I didn't see or talk to her till this morning. And she's been like that..." I said, pointing over to Ashlyn. "...all day"

"Same here. When I saw her this morning she was sulky too. I tried lining today with any important dates but none came to mind" Axl said looking worried.

I know I had a lot against Axl but one thing I had to give him credit for was that he was a good brother to Ashlyn.

"I did hear her leaving the room last night though but I was busy with Stephanie so..." Axl trailed on making me roll my eyes. "...Anyways, maybe that's it"

"What if she was weirded out by the traumatic screams of pleasure?" I asked. Axl smirked at me sarcastically.

"At least I'm getting some and you're not" He shot.

"You'd be surprised" I said with a smirk. But of course, I was just joking. But Axl's face contorted into what could be described as pure undiluted fear. Then I burst out into laughter which must've grabbed the attention of a lot of folks. "Kidding."

"Good cause..."

"Or am I?" I asked with a smirk.

"Ahhh. Whatever. Just don't tell me" Axl said, momentarily covering his ears. "Let's go talk to my sister" Axl said as he practically dragged me over to where Ashlyn was sitting.

The young girl seemed to be lost in her thoughts and didn't even notice we were present until Axl shook her slightly.

"Hey, sweetheart. What's the matter? You've been down all day" Axl said as he took a seat next to her and put his arm around her in a comforting manner.

"I'm just tired" She said clearly lying through her teeth. Axl sighed.

"We both know you're not Ash. Just talk to us. I'm... we're worried about you babe" I said. She looked up at me and I could see how sad and defeated she truly looked. "Whoa" I couldn't help myself from reacting.

What the fuck was going on with my Ashlyn?

"Ash. Please talk to us. Did anything happen? Did someone do something to you?" I asked. She opened her mouth to speak but couldn't seem to get words out. Instead she looked horrified as her eyes were focused on something behind us.

Out of concern, I turned around and saw nothing out of the ordinary. Just people having fun.

But when I followed her line of vision, it seemed she was looking at Izzy who was talking to Axl's girlfriend Stephanie and Chris Cornell.

At that very moment, Izzy noticed us and made his way there with the other two in tow.

This was when I noticed that Ashlyn hands were shaking and she looked absolutely terrified. I'm sure Axl noticed as well but before either of us could say anything, Ashlyn just... ran away.