The Locker Room •• Ashton Irwin ••

36.

After that night in the woods Ashton became more distant. He kept talking more and more to the twins and less to me. This has been two weeks and today he completely ignored me.

"I'm telling you Izzy! Ashton is avoiding me. He doesn't wants to see me anymore. Do you think I did something wrong?" We were sitting in my room on the blue dotted pillows in the corner.
"You didn't do anything wrong, Lizz." She said. "Ashton is just a bit busy." I could feel my face becoming red from anger.
"Busy with what?! 'Cause I'm sure you know since you've been hanging out with him more than you do with me."
"You don't get to say that. When you were just dating you completely ignored us!" She screamed back at me. I looked at her red face and puffed out cheeks and started laughing. I don't even know why I just did. Not long after she started laughing with me and we didn't stop till both our stomaches hurt. We took a deep breath and avoided each other's eyes knowing if we looked in them we'd start laughing again.

"I'm sorry." I said and I meant it. "I'm sorry for ignoring you and only being busy with Ashton."
"Yea well. It's not like you can resist a hot guy." She joked.
"If I didn't know you like Michael I'd be jealous now." She began spluttering and she blushed before burying her head in a pillow.
"I don't like Michael." She murmured. "And my brothers wouldn't approve." I giggled knowing she's probably right.
"If it's meant to be it will be." I quoted the words she said to me so many times. This resulted in me being smacked with a pillow.
"Don't use my words against me." I smacked her back.
"Yes I will." Soon we were engaged in a pillow fight with the occasional old stuffed animal being thrown across the room.
Too bad she had to leave. She needed to be home for dinner leaving me with my thoughts.

Would Ashton and I really be a cliche high school story? Like we love each other and when we leave to college it's like we never happened. Would that happen to us? I hope not but with the way Ashton's acting in quit sure that's what's happening. He's distancing himself from me to spare us both the pain for when we have to break up.
It's not like we thought we would be together forever.
I looked at my ring finger. But we did. He promised me we'd be together forever and I took it as the truth.
Than why is he pulling away from me?

My phone suddenly rang. Looking at the screen I had one thought. If you speak about the devil...
"Hey." I said simply after I had pushed the green button.
"Hi princess, what's wrong?" He asked noticing I was in a bad mood.
"Don't hi princess me, Ashton. You don't have the right too." What was it with me and being mad today? Is my period close or something?
"Why are you suddenly mad at me?" He sounded offended.
"You ignored me for the whole week. I think I have the right to be angry."
"I'm coming your way. I don't want to do this over the phone." Do what?
"Ashton do what? What do you need to do? And I don't want you coming here. I don't need to see you today!"
"Yes, I'm in front of your house. Open the door!" He hung up. Great. I didn't want to talk to him nor see him and now he's in front of my house. I heard a crackle and the endless rain of the afternoon started pouring harder. Thunder? Ashton is afraid of it! Serves him right.
Not a second later I felt guilty and ran down the stairs taking two steps at a time. I ripped open the door and saw Ashton standing there, soaked till the bone.
"I told you not to come." I said to him. I didn't let him in, yet, I didn't want him in the house.
"Please Eliza." He pleaded. "Please let me in. We have to talk.." I began talking before he could finish his sentence.
"If you want to break up just say it. Just come straight to the point." His eyes went wide open when I mentioned breaking up.
"What are you talking about? I don't want to break up? Eliza, god damn it, let me in!" Why would he want to talk if he doesn't wants to break up? I opened the door a little more and he walked in, closing the door behind him. I didn't let him pass to the kitchen and when he realized that he crossed his arms in front of his chest and started shivering.
No, Eliza, you're not going to give him tea! I yelled at myself in my mind. Nope, no. His teeth started chattering and all previous thoughts went out the window.
"Go to the living room. I'll be right there." I muttered before pushing him in the right direction. I went to the kitchen to put the water on the stove before running to my room and fetching blankets and pillows. I went back to the kitchen when I heard the screaming of the kettle. I dropped the stuff on a chair before I got the kettle of the stove and put it in two cups. I also needed some calming drink. I put it on a platter and walked to the living room.
I found Ashton there. Cuddling himself in a corner of the couch to get himself to warm up. I knew I had a sad look on my face when I put the tea on the table and gave him a cup. "Give me another second." I walked back to the kitchen and picked up all the blankets.
I moved Ashton a little before packing him in a cocoon of blankets. I grabbed my tea and sat down letting him cuddle into my side. I draped the last blanket over the both of us and took a sip of my tea. I looked down at Ashton seeing he had already drowned his cup and gave him mine.
It took me minutes before I finally had the courage to speak up. "Why did you avoid me if you didn't want to break up?" Was the only thing I got over my lips. He looked up at me with his big hazel eyes. I stroked the wet hair out of his face and he began sitting up a little bit straighter.
"I needed to think." He said looking into his empty cup. I didn't get the chance to ask about what when he already gave me the answer. "About school and us." He sighed and already I could feel the tears stinging in the back of my eyes. "Im going to college next year, if I manage to get through this year, not likely since we never study at the moment." I gave him a small smile and he took that as en encouragement to keep talking. "I talked to Isabelle and Lucas about it. 'Cause I know I wouldn't want to loose you even than but I didn't know if you would be able to handle it. It's hard to have a long distance relation ship and I know that we love each other but I didn't know if we would be able to handle it. After talking to them and talking to Mike and Cal about me," he sighed. "I know we can work it out. I want to stay with you and never let you go. I hope you think the same." Surprisingly I realized I do. Not exactly the same as Ashton. I wanted to stay with him and never let him go yet I don't know if I'm able to handle it. I'm not so good at long distances. Remember Christmas. He was in the back of my mind but I never really thought about him. That's why I gave him a half hearted answer and I knew immediately that it wasn't what he wanted to hear.
"I always forget people when I don't talk to them." He shook the blankets off of him and stood up.
"I think I'm ready to go again." He shook his hair out like dog and started moving towards the door. I was frozen at my place but when I heard the door close I jumped up from my spot and ran to the door. I opened it and looked left and right searching for him, in the rain. I saw him walking away, not even in the right direction. I ran after him. "Ashton!" He turned around and when I reached him I jumped into his arms and kissed him, hard.
"Why did you come after me?" He asked when we finally pulled away.
"Because I want you to stay and never let go." I repeated his words. "I want to wake up next to you in the morning and fall asleep beside you and I know that feeling won't fade for a long time. This little pathetic high school crush won't just end like that." I said. He put his hands on my cheeks and pulled my face closer before kissing me again.
He pulled away and let his lips linger in place for a bit. "Isn't this a little to cliche for us? Kissing in the rain?"
"It's romantic." I spoke to his lips.
"And so is this." He picked me up and spun us around before holding me. My feet weren't touching the ground anymore and I was now slightly taller.
"Love me just a little bit longer, Ashton. It'll be worth your while."
"Only if you love me less, Princess." I smiled and kissed him. Our kiss soon ending due to our constant smiling. He put me down again.
"Is it time for tea and blankets to warm up again?" I asked but he got a mischievous grin on his lips.
"I have a far better plan." He laughed an evil laugh and picked me up throwing me over his shoulder.
"Ashton put me down!"
"Never. I'm never letting go."

Sorry for the cheesy cliche ending. And sorry for not giving smut. I just thought this would be a perfect timing.
What did you think of Eliza in this chapter?
And of eliton?
And izzy and Eliza bonding time? The deserved the time to be honest.
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