Ashton & Desean are back. Along with a few new bundle of joys. A few laughs, few cries, but in the end will they make it?
This won't be a fairy tale, so expect a few bumps ahead.
Watching the numbers on the elevator continue to go up, Ashton contemplated in his head whether he should really be going to see him, or whether or not he should get the hell off the elevator, get back into his car and get home to his fiancee and children.
The elevator dinged, bringing him from his thoughts.
" I'm already here, how bad could it be? " He mumbled, to himself.
His heart sped up as the elevator doors slowly began to open.
" I was startin' to think you wouldn't show. " Jermaine voiced, as Ashton came into view.
He stepped off the elevator and into Jermaine' loft. Looking around, he took in his surroundings.
" Yeah -- well I thought about turning around a few times. " Ashton responded, a slight smirk plastered on his face.
" Glad you didn't -- I really have been wantin' to see you. " Jermaine blurted out, causing Ashton to stiffen.
" Well, you do remember I am in a relationship at this moment. " He brought up.
" I do. " He smiled, taking a step closer to Ashton, grabbing his hand into his. " I just want a friendship. Nothing more or less. "
" Good then. " Ashton smiled. " I'm glad you understand. "
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Back at home [ 3 hours later ]
Desean watched in the distance as his sons played together with one another. He couldn't help but sigh in aggravation that Ashton wasn't picking up his calls or answering his text messages. He was worried, but the worry was slowly turning into anger. He and Ashton had already planned this day, for them two and the children to spend the entire day together. He couldn't help but wonder what was more important than that.
He sent him one last text message.
Ashton❤😍😍😍😊😘😘: Where are you? Answer the phone, I need to know where you're at. He sighed before standing up.
" I guess It'll have to be just us 3 today. " Desean mumbled, to himself.
He dressed his sons, before dressing himself.
" Y'all want to go get ice cream? " He asked, them both.
" Yay! " They both yelled, in response.
He smiled before grabbing his keys off the counter, he made sure everything was locked up, before unlocking the doors to his Matte Black, SUV.
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Even though Ashton wasn't here when he was supposed to be, Desean was always happy when he got to spend quality time with his sons. He had missed so many years of their life, and the guilt did something to him. He didn't like the feeling -- so he made a promise to himself that he would always be there when they needed him. No matter what. Today would be like any other normal day for him, even though the feeling of something missing was definitely obvious.
It didn't take long before Desean pulled into the parking lot of the ice cream parlor. He immediately noticed paparazzi, He wasn't surprised to see them, but he disliked to see them when he had his children with him. He felt as if, when he's spending time with his children, that should be a personal moment with no interruptions. But -- you can't always get what you want.
He pulled down his LA cap, before proceeding to get his kids from the car seats. Learning how to ignore paparazzi and the cameras flashing, was something he had become used to. Ashton on the other hand, hated it and was still getting used to the fact that he could never step outside with Desean without a camera flashing in his face, or people coming up to him wanting autographs.
After successfully getting through a few people, they finally made it inside. Desean had asked to he placed somewhere, where fans couldn't just walk up to him, while he had his children with him. He appreciated the love and support but sometimes he felt himself just wanting to be a regular person. Today happened to be one of those days.
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" Oh my gosh -- do you see the time, I have to get out of here, Desean is probably having a fit. " Ashton exclaimed, as he finally looked at the time and at all the missed calls and text messages.
He hadn't realized the time had flew by so fast and he didn't even notice that his phone had been on silent the entire hours. He felt extremely bad, and he hadn't intended on staying this long, all he had planned on doing was stopping by to see a 'friend'. Ashton didn't want to admit but he was actually enjoying himself and he liked the fact that Jermaine respected his relationship and wanted nothing more then to he friends.
" I'm sorry I kept you up. I was just enjoying my time with you. " Jermaine admitted.
" Yeah. " Ashton smiled. " I enjoyed my self to but I have a family that I have to get to at the end of the day. "
" I understand. " Jermaine nodded his head.
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Pulling into the circular driveway of their home, Ashton rushed out and made his way inside. It was still early in the day, but he still felt bad about being with someone else rather than his family. It wasn't his intentions.
He shut the door behind him quietly, in the distance he could hear his sons voices coming from the kitchen area. Sliding off his Nike Huarache' he prepared himself for Desean and all the questioning he was about to get bombarded with.
" Heey babies. " Ashton cooed, once Jr. & DiJon noticed his presence. Leaning down to the best of his abilities, he placed a kiss on both their cheeks.
He could feel Desean' staring at him from the corner of his eyes. If he wasn't feeling as bad before -- he definitely was now, and nervous as hell. He didn't like when Desean lied to him, and here he was about to do just that.
" Where have you been? " Desean asked, never taking his eyes away from Ashton.
" I was with -- I was with Robyn. She wanted to hang out, and I guess I lost track of time. " Ashton responded.
" You couldn't just answer your phone and tell me that. I was worried about you -- you knew today we were supposed to spend the day together. Whatever you had with her couldn't wait, was it that important? "
" I'm sorry. I didn't see you calling until last minute, my phone was on silent. " Ashton mumbled.
He felt bad about lying. He didn't like the feeling, and he knew deep down if the shoe was on the other foot, he would be tripping out as well. Maybe even worse than Desean.
" The day isn't over -- all I need to do is shower and then we can still go out and do something fun. " Ashton said.
" That's fine. " Desean mumbled, before leaving out the kitchen, and also leaving Ashton to wonder on his thoughts.
" I can not let this happen again -- I feel awful. " He whispered to himself.
Or so he thought.
This was horrible I know. I will update every TUES, next chapter will be a hundred times better. I just wanted to give y'all a lil something for the wait.
