Chasing Ashton -Lashton Hirwin-

Chapter Thirty Two: His Girlfriend?

Chapter Thirty Two: His Girlfriend?

Luke stumbled out of bed and down the stairs, he'd had the worst night's sleep and couldn't decide whether or not he was upset, angry or just tired. He went into the kitchen and flicked the kettle on to make coffee, he dragged his hand down his bare chest and debated whether or not to get dressed and go to college, or just stay at home until the hospital called, he yawned and then remembered yelling at Ashton last night, he stretched a little and huffed, he knew he'd have to call Ashton and apologise but he was still angry with what he'd said. He  turned to open the patio doors and jumped. "Ashton?! Jesus fucking Christ!" Luke yelled, Ashton snapped awake and the chair he was leaning back on slipped, it all crashed down backwards onto the floor and Ashton cracked his head on the hard floor,
"Ow.." he grumbled as his dizzy eyes focused on the ceiling, Luke rushed over and helped him up,
"What the hell are you doing here? I told you to leave." he said furiously,
"I couldn't, ow, just leave you, could I?"
"I told you to leave!" Luke yelled,
"What type of boyfriend would I be if I jus-" his head span and he lost his balance, collapsing to the ground and passing out Luke dialled 999 again.

Luke sat in the waiting room of the hospital.
Again.
Waiting for some sort of news.

Again.

He felt awful, he felt ridiculous, this was all his fault, everyone he cared about was getting hurt, he felt so responsible for it all and he didn't know what to do to make it all right. "Mr.Hemmings?"
"Yes?" Luke asked standing quickly,

"Mr.Irwin's awake, he's perfectly fine, slightly concussed and he needed a few stitches in the back of his head, but he's asking to see you" Luke nodded and shook the man's hand,

"Thank you so much" Luke smiled as he rushed off down the hall. "Uh, Ash?" he knocked,

"Luuuukeeeyyy" Ashton smiled as his arm draped off the side of the bed,

"Are you okay?" he asked walking over to him, he placed his hand on Ashton's forehead and the heat could practically burn him, "You're so hot.." his voice shook through worry,

"So are yoouu" Ashton smirked, he grabbed Luke's collar and pulled him closer. "Kissss meee" Ashton slurred as he pressed his lips to Luke's, he tried to deepen the kiss but Luke pulled away and opened his eyes to a now pouting Ashton,

"What's wrong?" he asked stroking Ashton's cheek,

"You won't kiss me" he said quietly, "You, hate m-me" his eyes started welling up and Luke didn't know what to do, he didn't think he'd ever seen Ashton cry, he didn't think Ashton was the crying type,

"No, no Ashy no, I don't hate you" Luke cooed as he kissed Ashton's forehead, Ashton placed his hands on top of Luke's and tangled their fingers together,
"Don't, hate me, Lukey please" Ashton sniffed,
"I don't, I don't hate you"

"B-but you shouted at me, you made me hit my head" Luke couldn't understand why his 20 year old boyfriend was suddenly acting so childish, then he realised how high he was on gas and air, Ashton turned over in his bed so his back was facing Luke, "Get out" his voice croaked,
"What?"
"Get, out." Ashton snapped, Luke's eyes widened and he backed up out of the room,
"Uhh, I'll come back later and see you" Luke smiled,

"Don't bother!" Ashton shouted as the door closed.

There was a lot going on in Luke's head at the moment, and although everything seemed so dramatic and rushed he figured this was just how life was. He'd forgotten about why he was so angry and he just needed to know that everyone was going to be okay. He went and visited his mother, questioned doctors furiously about how she was, and then fell asleep on a chair outside Ashton's room. After about three hours a woman startled him, "Hello?" her soft voice rang clear, his eyes fluttered open and he was greeted to a tall blonde woman leaning over him,
"Uh, hi?"

"Who are you?" she asked with annoying smile,
"I'm Luke, who are you?"
"Michelle, why are you sleeping outside this room?"
"Oh, it's my boyfriend's room, why are you here?" Luke asked suspiciously, he hoped mentioning 'boyfriend' would make her leave him alone, he wasn't sure how the whole flirting thing worked with women,
"Boyfriend? Hah, oh please, he's not gay" she laughed, Luke was more than confused now, "This is Ashton Irwin's room right?" Luke just nodded, "He's my boyfriend" she smirked, Luke watched as she walked into the room,
"Uh, you can't come in he-" Luke was cut off by Ashton yelling
"Michelle!" Ashton yelled as she squealed and ran over to him, Luke watched them hug and noticed the smile on Ashton's face, he stood in the doorway for what seemed like years, time started moving incredibly slowly and he could hear his own heartbeat, he wasn't sure what was going on, after everything they'd been through he never mentioned he had a girlfriend?
"What did you do to yourself this time?" Michelle questioned,
"Hit my head, got stitches and everything" Ashton laughed, he seemed normal again now, after sleeping all the gas and air off he'd sorted himself out.
Luke listened to their muffled conversation, he couldn't make out the words just the shrill voice of the woman and Ashton's croaky voice. "Luke? Luke!" Ashton yelled, Luke snapped out of his weird trance and looked up,
"Hm?"
"Are you okay?" Ashton asked, Luke shook his head,
"No, I gotta go" he left the room and walked down the hall to his mums room, she was sleeping and he needed a hug from her so desperately. He slipped in the room and curled up on the bed next to her, she stirred slightly and wrapped her arms around him placing a lazy kiss on his forehead, he didn't care that he was almost 18, he needed his mum right now. "You were right" he whispered to her as he closed his eyes tight.

They'd been through so much in the past 4 and a half months, so much trouble. They had amazing memories and Luke's heart shattered at the thought that he never meant anything to Ashton. He had a lot of explaining to do, but it could wait, it had to.

A/N: Hey guys, I'm super duper sorry that the last few chapters have been bad and a little rushed. I don't even think they made sense, there's gonna be a little more drama but don't worry! Everything works out for the best! I'm gonna do 50 chapters and then maybe do a second book because I have such HUGE ideas for Luke and Ash!!
Again, I'm very sorry about the poor quality of the past few chapters, I recently lost a very close family member and it's been tough on me, writing is an escape but my mind is elsewhere. I hope you all understand and can forgive me for this, I'll continue to update for those of you that still read it.
I'm so grateful to you all, your support of this book means so much to me and I never imagined getting this far with it! Thank you, thank you, thank you, so so so soo much, I love you all!!
All the love, Liberty.xxx