Broken Beauty

Chapter 2

"Callie.... Callie, wake up...," Ashton's voice rings in my ear. I open my eyes. We're parked in a driveway. "Are we at the house yet?" I ask. "Yeah, we've been here for 5 minutes. I've been trying to wake you up." He chuckles. I sit up and unbuckle my seatbelt. I look out the window and see that we're the only ones here. "Where is everyone else?" I ask. "They went out for pizza, we were supposed to meet them there, and I forgot. So just rebuckle your seatbelt, and we'll be on our way." He smiles. "Wait, if we weren't there yet, why'd you wake me up?" I question. He gives me a look. "I.. We need to talk about what happened with Nathan." He says. "No, we don't. I told you earlier, nothing happened." I groan. "Something did happen. I could hear you two screaming in the house! And you can't tell me you just stormed out of there crying for no reason!" He shouts. "Ashton, its fine! Everything is fine! I'm fine! Its all fine!" I yell. "What happened to you? What happened to us? We used to be so close, we told each other everything! Now, ever since you've been with Nathan, you act so secretive! What is it that you don't want me knowing?" He questions. I just look at him and ignore him. "What is it? Did you two have sex? Are you pregnant? Oh god, please tell me you aren't..." He says. "I'm not pregnant Ashton! And I would love to tell you everything. You don't know how much I want to tell you. But I can't. I can't risk your safety and your life, just for me. I can't do that Ashton, I'm sorry," I say. "I love you so much Callie. You're my little sister. I just wish you knew you could trust me," He sighs. "I love you too Ashton, you know that," I force a smile. "It doesn't feel that way lately.." He mumbles. I grab the hand he has rested on his knee. I give it a tight, reassuring, loving squeeze. "When the time comes where I can tell you, I will. I promise, okay?" I say. "Okay." He smiles. "Now where is this pizza place?" I question. "Its on Mallard Road, I don't remember the name." He says. A few minutes of silence go by. "Ash, I wanna try to rekindle our relationship. Do you think we can do that?" I ask. "I think we can," He grins. "So, my band, I've heard you play a couple of our covers in our room. Whats your favorite one?" He asks. "Teenage Dirtbag. But I really like Michael and Calum's cover of Baby," I chuckle.  He laughs. "I miss this, us being close." I say. "Me too. I've been missing it for a while," He smiles, and squeezes my hand. I smile. Then my favorite song, Therapy, comes onto the radio and I start singing a long. When the song is over, I can feel Ashton glancing at me, I look over at him. "What?" I ask. "I never knew you could sing," He says, excitedly. I blush. "I'm not very good," I say. "You're amazing!" He giggles. {A/N DYING BECAUSE I'M IMAGINING ASHTON GIGGLE.} My cheeks go redder. "Thanks Ashy," I chuckle. "Anytime Cal-Pal." He grins. {A/N YES HER AND CALUM HAVE THE SAME NICKNAME. GET OVER IT} "Is that the pizza place?" I ask, pointing at a building across the road. "Yeah, I see Calum's & Michael's car." He says. We turn into the parking lot and park our car right next to a black car, and get out. I turn and grab Ashton's hand and together we walk into the pizza place. We find the table where 3 other boys are sitting and laughing. One boy has dark brown hair, another has a bleacher blonde hair color and pretty green eyes, and the last one... Woah he is H-O-T, hot. He has blonde hair, bright blue eyes, and as he stands up I can tell he's really tall, taller than me anyways. I look up at him. "Uh, hi I'm Callie," I smile. "Hi. I'm Luke." He says. Oh shit.