Bad.

Five.

Every day after that Ashton was calling me. I wasn't sure if I liked jealous Ashton or not. Sure, it was cute but this was crazy. Everytime I said I was in my room bored he wanted to be there. It was annoying how much he felt like he had a hold on me. Like I couldn't be out with someone. I told him just friends. He, of course, ignored that. Even when we left the Bahamas we kept in contact. We skyped some days and sometimes we'd talk on the phone all hours of the night. I'd be lying if I said there weren't nights that I thought about falling in love with him but I stayed true to my word. I wasn't completely sure though. Everything about him was suddenly beautiful to me. I was afraid that I was falling subconciously. I told him ove and over to find someone else but what would I do if he did? I kept saying how much we didn't know each other but the truth was that there wasn't much left to learn now. We talked all the time. I was terrified. Without a doubt but then he told me he was coming into town and the fear vanished. All I wanted was to see him. His face. I even wondered if he'd kiss me. Well, I didn't really wonder. No, I'd hoped.

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"I'm leaving the airport now." Ashtons voice told me.

I laughed, "I couldn't tell by all the screaming girls in the background."

"Yeah. They always know." He laughed with me. "I can't wait to see you."

I bit my lip. I always got nervous when he brought up feelings because sometimes, like this time, I felt the exact same way but I didn't want to tell him because I was afraid of giving him hope that we'd be together. We couldn't do this. "I can't wait to see you either." Why did I tell him the truth?

"I'll talk to you when I get there, okay?" He said sounding happy with my response. I didn't show feelings with him very often.

"Okay, I'll see you then. Bye." I sighed feeling like a complete idiot for even mentioning that I wanted to see him but he was growing on me so much that I really did miss him after a while.

"Bye beautiful." He hung up making me gasp in surprise. He never called me that. It was odd and completely surprising. I tried to take a deep breath but it got caught in my chest. How long had it been since someone had called me beautiful and meant it the way that he did? My heart gave a squeeze and I knew the answer. Years. I almost wanted to cry. I decided to go get dressed in something more normal for something to distract me since he would be here soon and I didn't want him asking why I had been crying. That would be one conversation I'd like to skip.

Before I knew it I was rushing downstairs to open the door for him. He walked in and smiled pulling me in for a hug. It was weird how close you could grow to someone over the internet. How much a heart could long for someone else when you hadn't even seen their face in so long. We wouldn't have hugged a few months ago in the Bahamas, that's for sure but now it was different. My suspicions were confirmed. I think I'm falling for him. He let me go before I was ready and walked in the house. I hadn't realized I had gone on the porch to hug the life out of him. He shut the door behind him and I smiled a huge smile. "It's good to see you. Would you like to check out my house?" I asked gesturing to the living room.

"Sure. It's probably six times the size of mine." He joked walking into the living room.

I shook my head. "It's just me. A three bedroom was plenty for me. More than I needed. I should have just gotten an apartment but I have family that stays sometimes so this worked out a little better."

"It's nice. You keep up with this place all by yourself?" He asked in surprise.

I shook my head. "No, I travel too much. I hire some help when I know I won't be home much but no one permanent. When I'm home I do my own work. I'm not a princess. No one has to wait on me." I was a little defensive there at the end but I was sick of people judging me for my line of work.