the treehouse ☾irwin [completed]

twenty-three;

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the next couple of weeks went on a bit more smoothly now that i understood more about ashton. it seemed that every day, he seemed to reveal more and more of himself to me, not becoming as mysterious as he used to be.

alice had been going out almost every single day with michael. it was actually really cute, but she would go on rants about him and it was slightly annoying.

i probably do the same about ashton, but oh well.

it was now halloween night, one of my favorite holidays. and, of course, i decided to dress up. i mean, it was probably the last time i could dress up to go trick or treating as a teenager, so why not go out to get free candy?

over the few couple of days leading up to tonight, i had convinced -- more like forced -- ashton to go out with me. alice and michael had decided to stay in and watch horror movies, so i had decided not to share my candy with them.

i walked over to his house and knocked on the door, adjusting my costume.

the temperature had been dropping drastically over the past couple of weeks, so ashton had been sleeping inside the warmth of the house more frequently.

the door swung open and there stood a heavily dressed ashton.

"wow," i raised my eyebrows, examining his rock star costume. "who are you supposed to be?"

"uh, duh! rikki rockett from the band poison," he replied matter of factly. he flipped his blonde wig behind his shoulder and pursed his lips.

"oh, god," i snickered. "i feel underdressed."

"i used to take halloween very seriously. and yeah! you're wearing just a shirt, a hat, and glasses!" ashton exclaimed, motioning towards my costume.

"where's waldo doesn't require a lot of effort. that's why i'm him," i put my hands on my hips.

"ah, whatever," ashton giggled and pulled me inside. "come, come. i need help with this headband."

he led me towards the living room, where tony sat staring at the tv, a drink in his hand. i scrunched up my nose slightly, but offered a small smile when he noticed me.

"oh! you're where's willy!" he shouted, pointing at my costume.

"err, waldo. but, yeah," i nodded, standing awkwardly next to ashton. he seemed to tense up as he grabbed a leopard print headband off of the couch.

"yeah, yeah," tony waved off my comment and turned his attention back to the tv and his drink.

ashton handed me the headband and i helped tie it around his head.

"ah, thanks. i'm gonna go to the bathroom real quick and then we'll head out, okay?" ashton placed a kiss on my temple, shot a glance at tony, and ran off towards the bathroom.

i plopped down on the couch opposite of tony, mindlessly scrolling through my phone.

the cushions moved and next thing i knew, tony was next to me. his breath smelled of alcohol as he whispered a little loudly into my ear.