Ashton's POV
What the hell just happened? Paisley never acts that way, especially with me. Did I do something wrong? I don't understand. She was a happy, little, ball of sunshine one second, and then a raging storm the next. Something must be wrong, I'm just praying that it wasn't something I had done.
I pace back and forth, rubbing the back of my head while my mind flips through all the possibilities of what's happening. She's obviously upset, but over what?
Paisley's POV
"Oh hey, what are you doing here, Al?" I asked him, quickly trying to conceal the overflowing volcano of emotions I allowed to erupt just a couple seconds ago.
"Umm the zoo is a public place, I'm sorry.." he jokes as he sits beside me on the bench. "Don't play games with me though, what's wrong?"
I uncurl myself from my balled up position as Alex doesn't move his gaze from me. He's concerned, I can tell. That's just Alex though, he's like my brother older brother, even though I've only known him for 2 and a half years now.
"It's nothing, I'm fine," I lied, pulling the fakest smile I could muster to make it seem believable.
"I just told you not to play games with me. You act as if I don't know everything about you," he said. He was absolutely right. He knew everything, and yet he stayed with me for whatever reason. Surprisingly, he even stayed through the time when I had this huge crush on him and he knew about it. That seemed like ages ago, and I am WAYYYY over him in that way. Yeah, my "brother", Alex was attractive in many ways, and there literally wasn't a girl that knew him that didn't think he was cute. "Tell me, Paisley."
"Alex, don't worry! I'm totally fine," I lie again in an attempt to hide all my emotions and feelings.
Alex's POV
"Look, I'm going to get the truth out of you, one way or another. You can choose. The easy way, or the hard way?" I wasn't afraid to use her ticklish tummy to my advantage, and she knew I wouldn't back down until I had my way. I'm kind of a dominant person, but that's just the way I liked it. Paisley did seem to mind, and that was important.
"Alex. Don't. You. Dare."
"I don't even know why you say that because we both know that I can and will dare to do there," I say, shifting an inch closer to Paisley to scare her into telling me what's wrong before I have to force it out if her.
"Okay, okay! You got me. There is something wrong, but I don't exactly know how to explain it," she tells me softly, lightly rubbing her upper right bicep with her left hand as if she was cold, but it was just from uncertainty.
"Continue on, dear Paisley," I coaxed her, relaxing into a more comfortable position to listen to her story. I reached my arm up and rested it along the edge of the bench behind Paisley and crossed my legs as she began her story.
After she was done, I felt a weird feeling in my stomach. Maybe it was just because I hadn't eaten in a while.
"I just don't know what to do because this hasn't happened to me before. I'm probably overreacting, but I love him, and sharing things that I love is something I don't enjoy. Especially when it's without asking. You know that," she adds onto the end of her sentence.
As she finishes, her final statements cause the odd feeling in my stomach to intensify. I have no idea what it means because I only get this feeling when I'm upset or in love, but I was neither at the moment. Right?
Paisley and Ashton had a little conflict, but I'm sure they'll be back to normal in no time at all, so nothing to be upset over.
I'm definitely not in love, this is Paisley we're talking about. Of course, she's gorgeous as hell and Ashton is the luckiest guy on earth to have such an amazing girl like her. She's just so funny and cute and nice and smart and sweet and beautiful and strong and perfect... Woah. Wait. What!?!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, and no. There's no way that I liked her. Or maybe there is it's just I've been too stupid to realize it this whole entire time. It all made sense though. I always loved being around her and I always made sure that we were constantly talking either in person or on the phone. I didn't like her back when she liked me, and boy, do I regret that. Now I can't have her when I want her, but that's all my fault.
Putting all of my thoughts together, I remove my arm from behind Paisley and rest it on my left leg. "I'm sorry, Paisley. I don't really know what to tell you. You're amazing and awesome, so if he would rather have someone else, then I already know someone who would be happy to take his place as your boyfriend," I blurted out before I could even process the words I was spitting out. Really Alex!? You just gave away your whole secret. Way to go, idiot.
"Haha, yeah right nobody likes me, but what did you mean by that?" She asks, shooting me a curious glance.
"Well.. I... Uh. You see.. Umm," I stuttered. This girl left me speechless, which was pretty hard to do. Alex Carriat is never speechless.. well except for this one time.
"C'mon, Alex. Spill the beans, you weirdo!" she encourages me, lightly poking the flesh right above my knee. Well, I did dig my own grave, I might as well finish it.
I take a deep breath before exposing my secret. "I.. I like you..." I manage to say.
Ashton's POV
Finding no other solution to my problem, I aimlessly wander around, getting myself even more lost, if that was even possible. As I pass by a little info center, something in the reflective glass of the windows catches my attention. What the... That's what ticked her off. One of the fans in the group that dragged me off must have snuck a kiss onto my cheek without me noticing. It was hard to notice anything while being surrounded by a bunch of girls screaming at you and vying for your undivided attention. I'll have some major explaining to do when I find my princess.
I come across this empty area where there's a couple benches. On one of the benches I see two people. One of which is a female with unmistakable, beautiful dirty blonde hair and fair skin. Paisley. She's with a guy, though. Despite this, I continue to move forward and bits of their conversation become clear to me.
"I.. I like you..." The guy chokes out, making my blood boil. She's mine and only mine. I immediately stop in my tracks, but my shoe scuffs on the ground, gaining the attention of the duo. They both spin around and look at me with wide eyes, but the guy actually looks... afraid. I'm unable to hide the pain in my eyes, so I turn around and walk away in the direction that I just came from.
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Author's Note: Hey guys! I'm so terribly sorry that this update has taken so long. My life has been so incredibly busy and crazy, so I appreciate your patience. Thank you all so much for understanding and reading, and I hope you enjoyed. I love you all so much!! Xx
-Paige :)
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