Where Broken Hearts Go // EDITED

5

Izzy Newman

"What time is it?" I asked. I usually don't stay after school too long, and I didn't want my parents to get worried.

"Um, it's about 5:30." Ashton told me, checking the dusty clock that was hung on the cream colored wall.

"Oh no, I need to get home! My mom is probably so worried about me right now. I was supposed to be home an hour ago. My house is too far away to walk, do any of you guys have a car?"

"I do."

"Oh thank God, Michael. Can you drive me home?"

"My car is in the garage at my house." Michael laughed.

"Asshole." I mumbled under my breath.

"You didn't ask whether it was here or not."

"I have a car Izzy, and it happens to be here. I can drop you off on the way home." Calum said.

"Thanks Cal, you are so nice. Unlike some assholes like Michael."

"Hey, I'm not always like that!"

"I rest my case."

"Can I come too? To make sure Izzy gets home safe." Ashton asked.

"Sure, my car has enough room."

"I think he wants to do more than just make sure she 'gets home safe'." Nav said, wiggling her eyebrows.

"Yeah, he probably wants to get some." Michael smirked.

"They've probably done it before. Maybe they did it at school in the janitors closet at lunch today." Brianna laughed.

"Izzy probably calls him daddy." Amy said, and everyone burst into laughter except for me and Ashton.

"Ooh, daddy." Brianna and Amy cooed at the same time.

"I do not call him that!"

"Sure you don't." Calum said sarcastically.

"She doesn't call me daddy."

"Oh come on, Ash, you know you want her too. Everyone knows you have a daddy kink." Luke said and Ashton blushed.

"Daddyyy." Everyone teased him.

"Calum, can we go now? Please?" I asked in a light voice.

"Sure Izzy. Come on Bri, Ashton. Bye guys, see you tomorrow."

"Bye! Today was fun! Same time tomorrow?" I yelled out as we exit the door.

"Yup! See you tomorrow Izzy!" Amy calls out and I hear a chorus of goodbyes.

"Thanks for getting me out of there, Izzy. I was getting pretty embarrassed." Ashton told me as we walked to Calum's car.

"Hey, will you guys mind sitting in the back seat? My lovely girl Brianna wants to sit up front with me."

"Oh, sure, no problem." I said, climbing into the back seat of Calum's dad's yellow hummer. He said that his father will let him borrow it anytime he needs it.

"So, Ashton. I realized that we didn't get to know each other personally too well today. Tell me about yourself."

"Well, I'm Australian." He said, and we both giggled.

"My God, your giggle sounds like it descended from the angels in heaven." I said dramatically, but it was the truth. That giggle just became my whole life.

"Not to interrupt your very much important conversation, but I don't know how to get to your house." Calum said.

"Sorry. I don't think its too far from where we are now. Here, I put the directions to get there on google maps, so just follow along." I said, handing Calum my phone. "And don't go looking through my stuff." I warned.

"Damn, I'm not gonna go looking for your life secrets. I'm just trying to get you home." Calum said while cranking up the car.

"OMG, I love this song!" I exclaim as I hear "Living On a Prayer" start on the radio as Calum flipped through the stations. "Put it back on that one!"

"This one?" He said, as an Ariana Grande song came on.

"No! Try again."

"This one?" A song completely in Spanish that I can't understand in any way played.

"Hell no!"

"This one?" Calum says impatiently.

"Yes, this is the one!" I screamed, almost making Calum crash into the car in front of us.

"Calm down, Izzy!"

"Or as I like to say, Calum down." Brianna laughed at her own joke. "What, nothing?"

"So Ashton, I want to know more about you. Tell me your life story." I said, patting his thighs to the drum beat of the song.

"Oh, so it's okay to just disregard what I was saying so you can talk to Ashton?" Brianna asked.

"I'm sorry, what?"

"He is so getting laid tonight." Calum whispered to Brianna.

"Well, I've never told anyone but, I love to drum."

"You like to drum? That's really cool, Ash! You have a kit?"

"Yeah, but I'm not that good."

"I'm sure that's a lie. You need to show me how you play sometime!"

"Well I guess I could bring you to my house, maybe tomorrow. I'm sure my mum would love to meet you."

"Cool!" I smiled and I looked into his bright hazel eyes, staring back into my own deep brown ones. I felt butterflies fluttering in my stomach, and broke the intense gaze, wondering if Ashton stared too long, he might find something that he didn't like. His hand slightly brushes against my thigh, and my heart began beating faster and faster from the light graze of his touch. I felt like I'd known him my whole life, but in reality, it had only been a day. I felt  something that I'd never felt before, not even with my previous boyfriend. Could it be love? Could it be that I was falling in love, for the very first time?

"Alright, Izzy. We're here." Calum said.

I snapped out of my introspective thoughts and started to reach for the door, but Ashton beat me to it.

"Thanks, Ashton. You're such a gentleman."

"My pleasure."

"Bye, Izzy! See you tommorow."

"Bye Brianna! Bye Calum, thanks for the ride."

"No problem, Izzy, I think we're gonna be good friends."

"Bye Izzy, I'll be thinking about you until I see you again tomorrow. Uh, don't think of that as creepy or stalkerish. I mean I'll be thinking of you as in, like missing you, good thoughts only!" Ashton stuttered, red circles forming on his fair cheeks.

"That boy needs major help." Calum whispered to Brianna, and she nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry Ash, I don't find it creepy. It's actually really sweet. I'll be thinking of you too." I said, pulling him into a hug. His hug was warm and inviting, and I welcomed the sweet smell of laundry detergent into my lungs as I breathed in. Don't judge me, but I love the smell of laundry detergent.

"Hey, Ashton?" I called out right before he closed the car door.

"Yeah, Izzy?"

"Do you have a daddy kink?"

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Hope you liked the chapter guys! And I promise I am going to try my very hardest to update more frequently! Love you all!

-Izzy <3