Promise

➼Chapter 9➼

When I woke up the next morning I went to the front desk to ask if I could have a key to the pool. A man who was standing behind me while I was waiting for the key was very impatient. He shoved me out of the way and started ringing the bell on the desk annoyingly. Once the front desk man came back with the key I thanked him and gave the impatient man a dirty look.

I walked back to the hotel room and asked Ashton if he wanted to go swimming. He was unsure at first because he is still new to swimming. But after a few minutes of me begging him to come swimming he gave in. I didn't pack a bathing suit with me so I just wore a tank top and some yoga shorts. Ashton didn't pack one either so he just wore shorts.

We walked down to the pool and there were only a couple kids there with their parents. I walked into the shallow end with Ashton following behind me. The water was warm so it wasn't a struggle adjusting to the pool temperature. I started to swim and went to the deep end of the pool. Ashton didn't realize that the pool suddenly got deeper so he started to panic when his feet didn't touch the bottom of the pool anymore. I swam over to him and grabbed his hand letting him know that nothing is going to happen to him. He started to calm down and I let go of his hand.

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When we finished swimming we went to the sauna to dry off. We sat there in silence and then Ashton started to talk.

"We should run away.", he said.

"What! You're crazy"

"Think about it, we can spend so much time with each other and not have to worry about anything. We can feel free and we can go on adventures together. It would be perfect."

"I agree it would be perfect, but I want to go to college and focus on my future career."

"You can still do that, we will go the summer before you go off to college."

"Okay, you better keep your word."

"I will, don't worry.", he said with a smirk.

When ever he smirks I just want to run to him and kiss him passionately. But I always stop myself from doing it.

"What are you thinking about?", he asked.

"Kissing you.", I responded without thinking.

And he smirked again. This time I didn't think about kissing him I actually did it. I ran my fingers through his hair while he pulled me closer. He pulled away and whispered, "I love you."

"I love you too." , I said smiling and kissing him again.

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Once we got back to the hotel room. Ashton ordered pizza for the both of us. Before it arrived I walked out of the room to get some ice for the water the hotel dropped off earlier. When I got there I saw the man I saw earlier at the front desk. I avoided eye contact with him and grabbed my ice and walked back to the room. When I arrived at the room door I looked back him and his eyes were fixated on me. I quickly went inside and closed the door and locked it.

"You okay?", Ashton asked.

"Yea i'm fine, some guy out there gave me the creeps that's all."

"Want me to go talk to him?"

"No it's fine."

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20 minutes later the pizza arrived. I had 2 slices of it. Ashton had 4. Once we're finished Ashton went to go throw the pizza out in the trash chute outside of our room. I went to the bathroom to go take a shower. When I got out of the shower I put on comfy clothes. I walked out of the bathroom while brushing my hair. I looked around the room to see where Ashton was. He wasn't there. I walked out the room and looked down the hallway. When I didn't see him I walked down to the front desk to ask the man if he has seen a tall 19 year old with dark hair and green eyes. When they told me no. I started to panic. I couldn't calm myself down. The man at the front desk told me it would be okay. But I knew deep down something was wrong. I walked back to the room and sat on the bed with my head in my hands. I started to cry, I couldn't hold the tears back. I was scared and worried.

A few minutes later there was a knock at the door. I slowly walked to the door and they knocked again. When I opened it I was greeted by the man I saw at the front desk. Before I had time to close the door he grabbed my arm and started to drag me down the hallway.