heights//lashton//

fly away

"I wanna take my heart to the end of the world and fly away tonight"

"Ashton Irwin"
"Here" Ashton said from where he was sitting at the back of the room at the same table as his friends Calum and Michael. They're in grade 11, so two more years left of school.
Ashton wasn't a nerd, but he was smart and had good grades. He wasn't considered a "jock", neither were Michael or Calum, but him and Calum played on the soccer team in winter and were part of the running team in summer.
They weren't all that popular with girls but that's just because none of them showed any interest in dating. Ashton loved school. He had great friends, great classes, nice teachers and was apart of lots of after and before school clubs.
He works casual work three days a week but that's just so he can pay for stuff like his phone bill. He uses the other money for the house, groceries and so on.

At the end of the school day Ashton started his long walk home.
He didn't have a car yet.
Ashton could swear he felt someone's presence behind him but whenever he turned around there was no one there.
The occasional runner or mum with a pram would jog by but he felt someone's presence the whole way home. It wasn't scary, just a little bit disturbing really.
By the time he arrived home, he felt really intrigued by it that he decided to google something about it, as you do. But before he could get to his room, he was tackled by his two younger siblings, Lauren who was 10 and Harry who was only 7.
They get home before him because the primary school they both attend is just around the corner from where they live.
Ashton asked them how their days were and then made them some food and put on a movie.
"Now, I gotta go do homework, I'll be up in my room if you need anything okay?"
"Okay Ashy" they both said at practically the same time.
Ashton hated when they called him that, but they were only little and they'd probably grow out of it. Hopefully.

Google search; what does it mean if you feel someone's presence?

He wasn't very specific because that's really all he's got. He has no idea who it was or who it could be. He couldn't be specific if he had no clue why he felt like that.

There were a few things listed but none caught his attention because none related to him. Ashton kept scrolling when he came across one that stood out to him.
11. it could be a guardian angel
Ashton clicked on the link and there was a lot of information on this one.

"Have you lost someone in your life who was important to you? Someone who made you happy? Maybe even an old friend who has passed away?
Although, there is a different theory, some people think it's crazy if they don't believe in paranormal or supernatural things, others think it's quite possible and something along the lines of "a gift from god".
Some call them "fallen angels", others just think that they're people who come into your life when you need them most. Even if you don't believe in supernatural occurrences it's still a possibility. "Guardian angels" don't always come from the heavens and have a pair of wings. It could just be a person you meet one day and they can save you"

Ashton felt totally crazy after reading that article so he turned his laptop off and went and had a shower.
Of course, he couldn't hear the banging on the bathroom door over the noise of the shower and his music playing loudly.
Suddenly his music paused and he could hear his sister from the other side of the door.
"Ash, there's a man in his car at the front of our house and he keeps beeping the horn"
"Don't worry Lauren, he's probably just got the wrong address"
"Please Ashton, I have a bad feeling about him"

Ashton suddenly got scared. It's not like a 10 year old to say that.
When Ashton was walking downstairs he looked out the window and saw the car, then he saw a tall blonde guy walk past the house, he kept walking downstairs and as he looked out the window part of the front door. The car was gone.
He walked outside and it was no where to be seen. It's like it just disappeared into thin air. Weird. Ashton thought.

As it was getting later he started cooking dinner, trying to forget about the weird things happening to him today.
Lauren and Harry helped him and they all sat at the island-bench together eating their pasta. It was just a usual night for them.
After watching some tv and putting his siblings to bed, Ashton decided to head to bed himself.

It was nearly midnight before Ashton decided he needed to sleep.
Just as he was about to fall into deep slumber, he heard a noise from downstairs.
It sounded like a glass breaking or something and he assumed it was one of his younger siblings so he headed downstairs to help them.
But as he was walking down the hall towards the stairs, he looked into Lauren's room, she was fast asleep, same with Harry.
Shit. Ashton thought, someone's probably breaking in to the house.
Ashton kept walking down the stairs, quietly, in case there was someone here.
He made his way to the living room. Nothing.
Then heard more noise in the kitchen.
And then a figure walked out of there and Ashton could've sworn he jumped ten feet.
"Sorry dear I didn't mean to scare you. I just got home from my night shift"
"Mum?"

Ashton woke up startled and sitting upright in his bed.
"What the hell?" He mumbled.
Their mum has been gone for nearly 4 years.
Ashton wasn't angry that his mum was gone. Just frustrated.
One day, in grade 8, he woke up and she was just gone.
Authorities still don't know about this though because otherwise Ashton and his siblings would be sent to an orphanage or foster home.
Ashton went downstairs because his dream was so realistic that he felt some part of it could be real, maybe she came back for them.
When he was nearly at the bottom of the staircase, Ashton thought he saw a tall figure and instantly retreated back up the stairs. He's not as brave as he was in his dream.

He made his way into his bedroom and closed the door, not planning on leaving his bed until the morning. Although, it was already almost 1am.

Just as Ashton was almost asleep, for the second time tonight. He could've sworn that he heard a voice. Not a scary voice, or a voice in your head that tells you mean things about yourself, just a comforting, reassuring voice.

Or maybe he's just tired and not feeling right due to the lack of sleep.
Maybe.

a/n; what the hell am i writing
i usually write this story when it's super late and im super tired so that explains basically all of it.
thoughts? sorry the chapter is so short but i never do long chapters
it was pretty bad in my opinion but that's just what i think of myself i guess.
umm go check out Anonymous. shits about to go down in that book.

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