Behind The Camera - Ashton Irwin Fanfiction

Part Nine - Brothers

PART NINE

My eyes burned from the sunlight peeking through the blinds as I just started to wake up. The past two days had been pretty eventful but luckily today the boys were just rehearsing for the next show before we flew to England.

"Good morning." I turned to my side to see Michael smiling at me.

"Someone seems in a good mood today." I pointed out. 

"That's what a good few hours sleep can do to me." He replied as he hopped out of bed and kissed my forehead. "I think someone need's a shower." he sprayed deodorant in my direction while chuckling slightly.

"I get it I need a shower." I got out of bed and hit him playfully. "Do they need me at rehearsals today?"

"No so you've got the day to whatever the hell you want before we leave." 

I hadn't had much opportunity to take photographs of anything else but the boys, so this was a perfect chance to do so.

"Great, you better hurry up or the guys will leave without you." I said to him.

"I'll text you later, have a good day!" he stated before quickly grabbing clothes to put on.

I shut the bathroom door, got unchanged and showered. I made sure to take my time washing and shaving since I usually had to rush to get ready. Once I was out I dried myself and blow dried my hair. I threw on some clothes, grabbed all my belongings and walked out of the door. I took my time walking towards the lift and checking I had all my camera equipment when I saw a very tired looking guy walk out of his hotel room.

Take one guess at who it was.

"Ashton why aren't you at the rehearsal?" I spoke loud enough for him to hear me and jogged quickly to where he was standing.

From the second I stood next to him I could smell a strong scent of alcohol in the air. When I looked closely at Ashton's appearance he looked extremely rough and hungover. 

"Why the hell have you been drinking?" I spoke sharply towards him. This guy was all about making things right last night and now he's in this state. He is completely unpredictable.

"Don't talk so loudly my head is killing me. I couldn't sleep so I had a couple of drinks alright." He spoke quietly while combing his hands through his hair.

"By the stench coming off of you it seems like you had the whole bottle."

"Well yeah it lead to quite a few until I basically passed out." He admitted.

"You were supposed to be at the band's rehearsal a few hours ago." 

"I know, I know. I can never seem to do right lately."

I sighed put my camera into my bag. I guess my free day was officially over.

"Right I'll come with you to make sure you're ok and I'll text the boys that you're on your way."

"You're the best Harte." He pulled a sincere smile.

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TEXT MESSAGE

To: Luke Hemmings 

Hey L, I've found Ashton. Gonna bring him to you guys. Be 10 mins max, see u soon x

From: Luke Hemmings

U better hurry, Michael is about to explode! U should come in first to calm him down x

To: Luke Hemmings

Will do x

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I quickly ran to the lobby with Ashton and jumped in a taxi. 

"I'm sure they're going to kick me out of the band." Ashton stated once the taxi started moving.

"Don't worry, I'll speak to them. You had a pretty rough night." I reached over and patted his leg while giving him a slight smile. Before I had the chance to move my hand away he put his fingers in-between mine and locked our hands together. I suddenly felt my hand get hot, and my stomach starting to churn.

Why was I getting butterflies over this?

After the realization hit of what was happening I pulled away and put my hands on my lap. The rest of the taxi ride was quiet apart from the drivers slight humming of a song. Once the taxi pulled up I payed and thanked him before we both stepped outside. Once we were inside I insisted that Ashton went and bought a coffee from the cafe in the building.

"Hey guys, we're here." I said as I went into the rehearsal room. The boys were sat on some chairs. Calum was playing some notes on his guitar and Luke was flicking from some old magazines. When I looked over at Michael I could see what Luke mean't when he said Michael was angry. His eyebrows were scrunched and he was gritting his teeth together.

"Where is he?" Michael stated angrily and got up from his seat. I knew straight away that I had to calm Michael down before he saw Ashton.

"Mike you need to calm down." I took him over to the corner of the door .

"Calm down? Are you serious? We have all been waiting for that prick for two hours and you expect me to be calm?" His tone of voice was harsh.

"He had a rough day and night, he knows he's in the wrong. You just need to calm down and talk." 

"Are you seriously taking his side after everything he has done to you?" I could see that Michael was getting angrier by the second. 

He has a point though. Why was I sticking up for Ashton?

"Look I know you're pissed, everyone is pissed right now. Mike you need to think though that you, Luke, Calum and Ashton are like brothers. Brother fight and make mistakes but they always come back together. You have to calm down and patch things up for not only you and him, but the whole crew."

He sighed in frustration but stopped his body from tensing up. After a few deep breaths I could see that he was starting to calm down.

"As much as I want to flip out, I know you're right. I'll be calm but I'm letting him know that he needs to sort his act out."

"That's fine. Now I'm going to leave you boys alone and enjoy the rest of my day off." I kissed his cheek and said my goodbyes to the boys. On my way out I bumped into Ashton.

"Are they all annoyed?" He asked.

"They've calmed down. Just sort things out and be completely honest." I suggested.

"Thank you Harte, I owe you one."

"It's called being nice Ashton, you should learn to do it one day." I replied sarcastically.

"There's a lot of things you don't know about me Harte." He said before winking and walking towards the rehearsal room.

Do I really want to know to find out?

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