how we met / / a.i.

Chapter Twenty Five.

After breakfast, everyone went to their rooms to get dressed for the day. Tylenol was everyone's best friend this morning, but thankfully everyone felt better once it kicked in.

Ashton, Luke, and myself were the only ones already ready for the day so we sat in the living room as we waited for everyone else. Spongebob played on the tv, my head laid on Ashton's lap while my legs rested over Luke's. The two were chatting about some video game as I tuned into the spongebob episode where spongebob and Patrick tried to help sandy feel less homesick, one of my favorite episodes.

"You okay?" I heard Ashton whisper, me nodding a little, turning my head over to look up at him with a small smile.

"Yeah, just watching spongebob." Luke snickered at me, my middle finger raising to the blonde who mumbled 'rude' before paying attention to the cartoon. "What're we doing today?"

Ashton hummed, starting to play with my hair as he tried to remember what Michael had said. "I think we're going to the boardwalk, don't count me on it though." I nodded in response, turning my attention back to the tv as we all waited for everyone else.

I ended up dozing off for a little from Ashton playing with my hair, waking up from hearing Zoey and Crystal cooing quietly. I heard the sound of a camera taking a picture, my eyes opening to see them taking pictures of me and Ashton. I looked up to see he had dozed off as well, a fond smile covering my lips. When I heard another picture being taken, I turned to glare over at the two, their hands shooting up in surrender before walking away.

"Ash." I mumbled softly, gently shaking his shoulder until he groaned and his eyes fluttered open slowly. "Wake up, everyone's ready."

I slowly sat up, letting out a yawn before stretching my arms above my head. I stood up shortly after, Ashton's arms wrapping around my waist and brought me back down onto his lap, causing me to let out a soft squeal in surprise. "Stay." He mumbled, my eyes rolling playfully.

"We're leaving soon, I have to go get my shoes." I whispered, leaning back to press a peck on his cheek, starting to move but he held me in place and puckered his lips. I giggled quietly, pressing a quick kiss to his lips and he released me.

I stood back up, making my way back to his room to grab my shoes, throwing my deodorant on and brushing my hair quickly before I came back out of the room and came back to see everyone waiting by the door.

I felt a hand slip in mine, looking over to see Ashton standing there with a grin. We all headed out, all of us deciding to walk down to the boardwalk. Mine and Ashton's hands swung between us as we all talked about random shit.

When we approached the boardwalk, Ashton's hand left mine, causing me to pout a little but it was quickly replaced by a smile when he tossed his arm over my shoulder. I wasn't exactly sure what Ashton and I were, but, I was secretly happy he was being affectionate in front of our friends.

"What should we do first?" Zoey asked, eyes scanning around the big boardwalk area. I shrugged, Michael looking around until his eyes settled on the big coaster that sat by the water.

He smirked, grabbing Crystal's hand and began to lead her over towards it, waving all of us to come on. I shook my head, planting my feet firmly on the ground as Ashton stumbled, not expecting me to stand still. "Absolutely not." My fear of rollercoasters had been there since I was a child and I absolutely hated them.

"Babe, c'mon. It'll be fine. Everyone's waiting, we have to go now." I whined at his words, shaking my head as I held myself in place despite his pout. "Luke! I need your help."

I shook my head violently, silently begging Luke to stay where he was. However, when I saw a smirk appear on Luke's lips, I knew I was fucked.

I turned to try to run but Ashton grabbed my hips and held me back. Ashton and Luke tried tugging me over by my arms, but I fought back, holding myself down.