Your Band, My Band, and Our Band

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Ashton's POV

".......wait WHAT?" I quickly look at her causing me to nearly crash the car. I stomp on the breaks before I almost hit a lamp post. My heart begins beating incredibly fast like everything in the world was going in slow motion.

"W-What Did you just say?" I park the car and turn over to her. Catching my breath after that near death experience.

"Ppsshh you heard me! I'm in love with Ashton Irwin." She says with her face smushed against the head of the seat.

"T-Tyler are you just messing with me or are you being serious right now? What am I saying of course you're not serious, you're drunk." I say remembering she isn't even aware of what she's saying.

"Oh no I am one hundred percent serious! I have been ever since I met him!" She says defending herself. My eyes go wide at her comment.

"Ever since you met him?! Hold on! So you're telling me that you've been in love with Asht- I mean me ever since we met when we were kids?!" I ask placing my hands on my forehead.

"No silly! I love Ashton. I don't know who this Me guy is. The first day I met Ashton I pretended to act like I didn't like him at all. I secretly liked him the whole time. I tried to date other guys to get over him but nothing worked cause they all let me down. I know Ashton would never let me down, but he's my best friend and I could never go out with him because it might ruin our friendship. That's to rare to risk losing. He's to important to me so I could never lose him especially like that." She looks down at her knees, waits a few seconds then looks back at me. I don't have any words because this is all very shocking so it might take me a while to process.

"R-Really?" Is all I could say.

"Yeah. Plus Ashton doesn't like me like that. He can be protective over me sometimes but he's like that with all my friends. You would like my friends, they're great." She closes her eyes and smiles.

"Yeah something tells me I probably would." I giggle slightly.

"Even if Ashton did like me we could never happen." She shakes her head and looks out the window.

"Well w-why not?!" I say trying not to sound so eager.

"Because have you seen him?! He's fucking beautiful!! I don't even have a chance! He has it all! He's kind and funny and just......perfect. Then there's me. Why would perfect ever go for average?" She sighs and looks at me waiting for me to answer.

"You've got to be shitting me Tyler?!! You seriously think you're just average?! You're the most amazing person I've ever met! I always thought you were out of MY league! People like you and you're popular and you still hung out with a loser like me! Tyler Rose Sharp, head cheerleader and prom queen runner up likes a dorky low life loser like Ashton Irwin?" I almost scream but I held back once I realized how loud I was getting.

"Don't talk about him like that! He's not dorky or a low life well maybe he is a little dorky, but I think it's cute! He's more than that! Much much more than that, and if you knew him like I do you'd think the same!" She yells and I roll my eyes because she still doesn't know that that she's confessing her her love for me....to me.

Everything was still a blur to me. I started breathing heavily again and I was beginning to get a headache. I lay my head upon the wheel and just recap.

Okay Ashton what the hell is actually happening?! Does she really mean everything she's saying? No, of course she doesn't! She's so drunk she doesn't know who she's talking to.

I take one last deep breath and start the car.

The best thing to do right now is just do what you're supposed to do and that's to take Tyler home and make sure she goes to sleep. I could use some sleep myself.

"Are you okay? You're sweating....like a lot." Tyler says, staring at me then I realized I really am sweating. I don't answer her and I just turn the air conditioning on full blast.

We finally pull into the drive way after the awkward silence the rest of the way home. I quickly jump out of the car rushing over to her side of the car, opening her door and getting her out.

She's at the point where she can walk on her own, not well but still on her own.

I close her door and head inside their condo.

"HEY!" I look back at Tyler, who was still by the car and I looked at her confused.

"Promise you won't tell anyone especially Ashton?" She asks with a nervous expression.

I slowly walk back over to her, put my hands on her shoulders brushing her long, brown hair behind her face so I'm able to see her bright, blue eyes.

At first I was thinking about telling her how I'm Ashton but instead I just end up saying, " I promise."

She just smiled at my response and I help her inside the condo.

We walked in and Charlotte was already sleeping on the couch. Michael was sitting on the other couch, just looking at Charlotte.

"Dude where have you been? You guys should've been here like ten minutes ago." Michael gets up from the couch and helps me with Tyler.

We put her on the couch where Michael was sitting and give her a glass of water and a blanket. After about five minutes she was out.

"So you never told me where you guys were?" He looks at me with an eyebrow raised.

"Just uh traffic." I lied.

"At two in the morning?"

"Look man I'm tired. Where's their room?" I fake a yawn as I change the subject.

"Uh right there." He looks suspicious and points to the door on the left.

I nod and head over to the room as his eyes follow me until I walk in and shut the door behind me.

Michael's POV

That was weird. Ashton has always been a bad lier so I know he's hiding something.

Eh I'll figure it out in the morning. I'm quite tired myself so maybe I should go to bed too.

Before I head to our room I look back at Charlotte sleeping peacefully. I wish she knew how much I wanted things to be right between us.

I sigh and turn around, forgetting about it. As soon as I do I hear the front door open, and I start to think who it could possibly be because I know we're all here. Then I remember.

"Aw shit." I whisper to myself and turn around to see a tall shirtless boy with empty beer bottles in his hands.