"Be careful with that." Luke called when Ashton started a small fire.
He was outside, standing on the fresh grass that only a few piles of melting snow rested above it. Ashton started practicing and learning how to use his powers and when he started a small fire, Luke had a feeling that this might lead to burning his house again.
"I know what I'm doing." Ashton kept messing with fire without making physical contact with it.
"Right,"
"You're bothering me from concentrate."
"Oh I'm sorry." Luke was taken back by how Ashton learned to stand up on his own in confidence. He knew he made it happen, he broke the line between them the second he agreed to let Ashton have the control of the feeding matter.
He then walked back into the house and let Ashton keep doing his own hoping nothing major will turn out from that.
Ashton played with the small flame and watched as it slowly burned the green and fresh grass. He felt good gain some control on his powers and not have any outbreaks like befor. He glanced at the road again and the thought of leaving crossed his head again, but he didn't knew the area, or the outside at all and he didn't want to just run into someone horrible then Luke. He needed to get stronger befor making such a move.
He watched as the flame slowly went down, since he lost focus and she was no longer under his control.
"You know, Rey could help with that." Luke surprised him by standing right beside him.
"Your friend?"
"Yes. He knows alot on that shit, I'm sure he can give you somethimg handy."
"And that means.."
"That we have to go see him. And I repeat, we."
"Then no thanks."
"Then you will never be strong enough and you'll always have to hide."
"I'm not planing to fit in."
"You should. If you thing you'll do no harm then no one will pick on you, you're wrong."
"And all you do is set fires, just give Rey a shot."
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"They sense me I can feel it." Ashton urged as he walked beside Luke.
"They look at you because you keep looking at them."
"I want to go back. I don't care-"
"Just relax. And look straight."
"Are there other humans left? Anywhere?" Ashton asked after a few moments of silence.
"I don't think so."
"So what does vampire do now?"
"We have more ways to feed."
"Like?"
"Like the fact that they sell blood in every possible place."
"What else?" Ashton slowed his pace and Luke grabbed his forearm, making him go back to his previous pace.
"Werewolves, witches, shifters-"
"What do you mean shifters?"
"There's a lot more creaturs out there, you're barely aware of three kinds."
"And they let you feed?"
"Something like that."
Ashton was about to ask something else but then someone called his name and both Luke and Ashton stopped in their place.
"Ashton!" Someone screamed again and Ashton recognized the voice but it couldn't be and he was positive that he was going crazy for a second.
"Ashton." This time Ashton spotted the man who called him and he couldn't believe it.
He took a step back and knitted his eyebrows in disbelief, his heart dropped and everything seemed unreal at that moment.
He turned around and started walking the other direction, while Luke just stared at Liam and thought that maybe he meant a different Ashton in that street but then it hit him that Liam was the same Liam from Ashton's dreams.
He walked after Ashton and reached him quickly, but Liam already got in the way and he suddenly stood infront of Ashton, blocking him the way.
"Ashton you're alive." Liam couldn't believe his eyes and he took a step closer, making Ashton take one back.
"Listen-"
"I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear you." Ashton breathed out and took another step back.
"I had no choice-"
"Stop it. I don't know you anymore." Ashton started walking the other direction again and only then Liam noticed Luke and blocked Ashton the way again.
"What are you doing with Luke Hemmings?" Liam glared at Luke as he asked that.
"No, no, no," Ashton felt the anger and sadness again and his body became warmer. He fell on his kness again and fisted his palms.
"What were you doing in the shell?" Luke glared back to Liam.
"Protecting him. Why the hell is he with you-" Liam was cut off by Ashton screaming.
Luke lifted him to stand and looked around at all the attention they were getting.
"Ashton-" Liam reached his hand to Ashton.
"Don't touch me." He breathed out and tried not leaning on Luke's hands but his legs seemed to stop working.
"I didn't take you out so you could be with Luke-"
"You left me in the woods." Ashton shot.
"I'm sorry! I had to look for someone and I couldn't take you-"
"So you should have left me to die in the shell." Ashton's voice was a whisper now.
"I couldn't do that." Liams eyes flashed sincere and regret.
"Okay, we're leaving now." Luke announced and held Ashton tighter as they both suddenly disappeared from Liam's sight and within a few moments were already back in Luke's house.
Ashton shoke himself from Luke's grasp and let himself fall back on the the grass while panting hard. He was dizzy from the speed Luke used to take them back but more dizzy from the warmth that overwhelmed him.
"This can't be happening." He closed his eyes.
