You Can't Save Me..

Chapter 22

Ashton's POV

My alarm went off 5 minutes ago and I haven't gotten out of bed.

It's 5:30, meaning I got like an hour and a half of sleep so I don't know why I'm tired. Normally I only get about half and hour or so.

I finally pull myself out of bed and get ready for my workout. On Tuesday Thursday Friday and Saturday I run to the gym for a warmup then I lift for a bit, then I run back for my cool down so I begin to get ready.

I pull on a red stripy sports bra and a pair of yoga pants and stretch out a bit. Then I pull my hair up and grab my phone and headphones playing my music and jogging off.

Once I get to the gym, I smile when I see only 1 other person. Good, I can get in the zone today. Today is leg day. I stretch out once more before beginning the work out.

After about 45 minutes of a pretty intense work out, I start home. By the time I get home, it's around 7.

I walk up the stairs and take a nice cold shower, letting the soap bubble up then slip down the drain.

By the time I get out its 7:30 and time to feed Court. After that is done and she's back down, I still have about and hour before anyone gets out of bed so I decide to read a bit. After getting dressed in lazy clothes for now, I pull We Were Liars from my bookshelf.

This is one of my favorite books. I've read it about 4 times. I take the book and walk back down the stairs and into the kitchen.

I make myself some green tea before sitting down on the wood floor, leaning against the black puffy couch. I set my tea beside me before I begin reading, letting myself get lost in the pages.

Before I know it, it's 8:30. I get up to start making breakfast for everyone and call Megan telling her I need her help before I meet Luke's mom.

To say I'm terrified is saying little. She responds telling me she'll be here in an hour because 'it's 8 in the fucking morning and to early for this shit.'

I giggle a bit, flipping the eggs over and pulling the biscuits out of the oven. I put cheese over each individual egg and put the bacon on to cook. After everything is cooked, I stack everything into breakfast sandwiches.

After every sandwich is made, I pull grapes from the fridge and set everything out neatly at the bar.

Finally I walk up the stairs and wake the girls and Jake. They all groan, but crawl out of bed.

I never let them sleep in to late. They'll mess up their sleeping schedules and end up ridiculously tired for school.

I tell Jake that right after he eats he needs to call a taxi and go to the airport. He leaves at 10 for America.

"You'll be there for a week, is everything packed?" I ask worried. Jakes never prepared..

"Yep, remember, Luke checked it yesterday." He responded. I smile, thanking God Luke remembered to check.

I was a mess trying to make sure my mother was actually going to work. I nod my head before going to make the girls beds.

When I return back down the stairs, Megan is already here, sitting at the counter with breakfast for herself. I pick up Court as she giggles and plays with the cross necklace I never take off. It was a gift from my dad.

"Girl, what the fuck you want at 9 in the morning?" She asks laughing.

"I'm meeting Luke's mom today!!" I say worried.

"Yeah? And?"

"Did you forget about my amazing fashion sense? Help?"

She chuckles before finishing her food. After I clean up everything from breakfast and make sure Jake is in his taxi, I walk up the stairs with Megan at my side.

She raids my closet before finally deciding on a pretty cute dress (at the top).

I put on the dress and she curls my hair. I got it trimmed and redyed so the purple was a bit brighter yesterday.

After she's finished I apply mascara, eyeliner and purple eyeshadow to my eyes and a light pink natural lip gloss. I look in the mirror deciding it's as good as it gets before thanking Megan.

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It's about 12 now and Luke is picking me up any minute. I'm so worried.

We touched up my hair and makeup once more about 10 minutes ago.
Luke knocks on the door. When I open it his eyes go wide and I look at the ground, completely embarrassed.

"I'm sorry. Is it that bad?" I ask.

"No! No! You just look so amazing is all." He responds quickly.

I smile a bit and he takes my hand, walking me to the car. He opens my door and I slide in. My hands are shaking, I'm so nervous. What if she hates me??

"Stop worrying. She's gonna love you." Luke says as he climbs into the car, taking my shaky hand in his.

"How do you read my mind like that? And how can you calm me down just by taking hold of my hand."

"Babe, your hand was shaking. I didn't have to do any mind reading this time. And because I'm awesome. I'm like a superhero guy!" He says happily.

I smile to myself and stare at Luke for a moment, before looking out the window nervously for the rest of the ride to his house.

We pull up to a large house moments later. It was about the same size as mine and looked beautiful from the outside.

I take a long shaky breath as Luke opens my door and takes hold of my hand, starting the walk to his front door.