Saving Us || l.h

T W E N T Y S E V E N

"Daddy!" Anna squeals, running to Ashton who was picking me up at the airport. "Hi baby girl, how are you doing?" He asks as I walk over, smiling at the two. "Good, Dylan got me a pony I got to make!" "She did? That's so cool! Can I see it?" I pull it out of her backpack and she grabs it, showing Ashton. "Wow. That looks amazing! You did a great job!" He tells her, turning to me. "Thank you for that." He tells me, gesturing to the horse. "Not a problem." "How was she?" "Really good. But I think she's ready to be back with you." I laugh, following him out to the car. "Okay, is Michael or Calum keeping Luke off the internet so he doesn't find out I'm here?" "They went and saw a movie and we are picking them up." "Yay!" I grin, getting in the car.

Ashton buckles Anna into the back seat, driving through the busy streets of Brisbane. "So, how exactly did you get everyone to give you a year to write this album?" He asks, maneuvering his way. "Well, when I brought in some of the songs I had previously written, they were too similar to some songs and they overall weren't very good so they extended my time to six months and then when we narrowed it down to the songs I liked it came down to three songs and I got really overwhelmed and I begged for a year to write and relax so I'm able to write a better album and they let me." I shrug, putting my feet up on the dash.

"What about your trip with Luke, Taylor and your brother? Is that still happening?" "I think so, I need to make sure next week works because that's when you guys have a week off during the weekend right?" Ashton nods, turning into a shopping center. "Awesome, what time does the movie get over?" I ask, his phone buzzing. "Movie just got over." I announce, reading the text.

He stops in front of the theater and I see the boys talking out front and I get out, running toward them. Luke's back was to me so I jumped on it, Calum and Michael laughing. "Whoa, hello, who's on my back?" He asks, spinning around. "I missed you." I giggle, kissing his cheek. "Dylan!" He says, excitedly. I get down, Luke hugging me. "Surprise!" I grin. He kisses me, catching me by surprise. "Well hello to you too." I laugh, pulling away.

"How long are you here for?" "However long I decide, except next weekend, we are going on the long weekend trip with Taylor and Blake." "That's next weekend?" "Yeah, does that work?" "I think so." He nods. "Ashton said that was the weekend you have a week off during the weekend so I thought it would have been perfect, two flying days and then we'd get an extra day too." He nods, smiling.

He pulls me in for another hug, rocking us back and forth. "I saw you like two weeks ago. What's up?" I ask, trying to look up at him. "We took him to see Sinister 2." Michael shrugs. "Did you learn nothing from taking him to see the first Sinister?" I ask, laughing. "Don't laugh at me." Luke whines. "You guys will be getting a lot of phone calls when there's a spider in our house." I sigh, laying my head on Luke's chest. Luke lets out a huff, resting his chin on top of my head. "Let's go back to the hotel, I'm hungry." "You're always hungry." "True." I nod, taking Luke's hand and going back to the car. "Dylan, you're gonna have to sit on Luke's lap so there's room for everyone." Ashton says. "Don't get pulled over, I know that's a law in the US, I'm guessing it's a law here."

Everyone gets in and I sit down on Luke's lap, Ashton heading to the hotel. It's a short, five minute drive, and when Ashton pulls up front, my jaw drops. "I lived in New York and Los Angeles and I don't think I've seen a hotel this nice before." I stare in awe, getting out and looking around me. "I'm declaring this place- oh my god they have mini putt putt." I gush, running inside and looking at the cute mini putt putt course. Luke follows, standing next to me. "I'm not leaving." I tell him, watching two little kids play, giggling when the ball missed the hole.

"Let's go." He laughs, pulling me toward the elevator. "How long are we here for?" "We check out in an hour." "What?" I ask, a frown appearing on my face. "But mini putt putt." "I'll take you back in LA." "But Brisbane's mini putt putt." "We gotta pack." "I'm all packed, what are you talking about?" I ask, turning to him and stopping in the middle of the hall. "Walk, and you'll be helping us pack then." "You all suck. I come to vacation and I'm a maid." "You're not a maid." "Mhmm." He presses the elevator button, wrapping his arms around me.