You Can't Save Me..

Chapter 23

Ashton's POV

The walk to Luke's front door seems to go far to fast. Before I know it he's turning to me with a smile before reaching out and opening the door.

He opens the front door and walks in, removing his shoes and setting them to the side. I follow suit as my hands start shaking again.

Luke takes hold of my hand to lessen my worries. It works until I hear him call out for his mom.

"Muummmmm! We're here!"

There's thumps coming from the stairs before a women appears before me with a smile on her face. "You must be Ashton. I have heard so much about you!" She says happily.

"Hello ma'am," I reply softly, not making eye contact.

"So I see you're shy. I won't bite dear. Promise." She says a little softer than before, but still equally as upbeat and happy.

I nod slightly before moving a bit closer to Luke and loosening my grip on his hand when I notice my white knuckles and the red on his hand.

He squeezes my hand a bit, probably to thank me for not ripping his arm off.

I shuffle my feet around as we stand in a slightly awkward silence while Liz stares me down, taking in every inch of my disgusting body, probably thinking about how much better her son could have done.

"So Luke. How did you get a girl this pretty to even speak to you?" His mother laughed out a bit. I smile up at her, silently thanking her with my eyes.

Luke smiles before letting out a quiet, "I don't know what I did to deserve it." And his smile grows bigger as he talks.

-

We were all sat in the living room of his house talking and having a good time.

I really do like Luke's mom and I think she likes me to. At least I hope so. I'm having a really great time when I hear my phone go off. I pull it out of my pocket to see a text from Megan. "Hospital. Sky. Now."

I bolt from my seat and run out the door, not saying a word.

That's all she gave me? What the fuck. I storm out the door only barely slipping my shoes on before realizing I drove here with Luke.

I run back in the house, running into Luke who is on his way out. "Sky is in the hospital. I don't know why. Megan texted me. I need to get there now." I say all in one breath with tears running down my cheeks.

Luke nods and pulls me to the car quickly. We drive off and he speeds to the hospital.

Before he has even completely parked the car I jump out and run into the building. He finishes parking and turns off the car before sprinting behind me.

-

After finding Sky's room and an argument with the bitch at the counter, I finally get to see her.

When I get to the room she's sitting happily on the bed talking to Megan and Addi. Before opening the door I dry up my tears and take a deep breath.

I walk in the room, Luke follows closely behind with his hand on my lower back.

"Sky! How are you baby?" I say pulling her into a hug.

"I'm good. The man in the weird coat says it was a pancake attack or somethin." She says back as if it was nothing.

I turn to Megan giving her a confused look before questioning, "Panic attack? What do you mean panic attack? What happened? Is she gonna be okay?" I let the questions fly.

"It's okay. We were playing games in the living room when Sky stood up really quickly and started breathing differently. She started looking around the room and screaming for you. Then she passed out. I drove her to the emergency room and soon enough they explained everything. They said it was probably separation anxiety, but there was no way to be sure." Megan says quickly.

I let out a sigh before pulling Sky into another hug.

I used to get panic attacks to. I sometimes still do, but not nearly as often. I really hope this was just a one time thing for her. I don't want it to turn into a regular thing.

"WAIT WHERE'S COURTENEY?" I scream, only just now noticing her absence in this stressful situation.

"It's okay Ashton. I called her day care and they are with her. It's okay." Megan responds.

I take a deep breath, calming myself down. I get kind of panicky when I don't know where one of my siblings is.

I ask Megan and Luke to wait with the girls while I go talk to the doctor. They agree and I walk out of the room to find the doctor.

Once finding him I get all the information I need. He says there is no way to be sure if this is going to turn into a regular thing, but he gave me medication for her and an inhaler just in case.

I return to the room and tell them we can leave. By now it's 9 and Megan has to get home so I wave bye to her and the girls each give her a hug before climbing into Luke's car.

He drives us to pick up Court then home and helps me put the girls to bed.

We sit down on the couch and the second my back hits the soft pillow on the couch I remember that we basically ran out on his mom.

"Oh my god luke! Your mom! She probably hates me now! I'm so sorry! Oh my god!" I start breathing faster at the thought of her hating me.

He pulls me into his side and shushes me. "It's okay. I texted her when we got the the hospital explaining everything. She says she understands and she thinks it's beautiful that you care about your family that much. She also said she had a great time and she approves. It's okay. She loved you." His words calm me down then I realize how tired I am. It's been a long stressful day.

"Do you wanna go to bed baby?" He asks, reading my mind.

I nod my head. "Do you not have to go home?" I ask.

"I told my mom I was gonna stay here to make sure you and Sky were okay tonight. She said no funny business but that it was okay and she'd love to have you back anytime and next time you could even bring the girls along."

I smile into his chest and he picks me up bridal style carrying me to my room. He lays me down on my bed and I giggle a bit.

"I have to get changed." I say, smiling up at him. I climb out of the comfortable bed and walk over to my closet, pulling out shorts and a tank top, walking to my bathroom and changing.

When I come back, I see Luke wearing only boxers and closing the door. I climb into bed, him following behind me and wrapping his arms around me.

I sigh happily and start to drift off to sleep. Right before I drift off I hear him whisper, "I think I love you." And I'm not sure if it was real or just a dream..