Hidden ~ A joe sugg fanfiction

Chapter 21

Ashleys POV
Our heads whip around towards the crew. They haven't noticed us yet.

"Is that him" Sandra asked staring at Joe.

Joe turned towards the raspy voice and his gaze meets mine. He smiles at me. It wasn't his usual smile though. Something was different. Maybe he doesn't like me like that. Maybe he only met me at the hill to set things straight and break my heart; to tell me that he'd found a girl and it wasn't me. It was never me.

I blinked the moisture building up in my eyes away and smiled back. It was more of a sad smile, and he could tell.

Marcus noticed the four of us snuggling together in the corner.

"Ashelyyyy" he practically shouts. His hair is slicked back as usual and he is wearing a black adidas shirt along with skinny jean shorts.

"How's my favourite cousin?" He says giving me some sort of air hug from across the table causing everyone to laugh.

"Good good. What about you marky?"
He nods in response, a smile stretched across his face.

We don't see eachother often but we have such a close bond that when we are together, we're like brother and sister.

Sandra stands up and brushes off her apron. She quickly bends down and whispers to me
"Come by tomorrow and let me know how everything goes" before saying goodbye to the four of us and pulling an extra table next to ours for everyone to sit next to us.
She smiles at the British crew and makes her way back to the kitchen.

Joe takes his seat next to Connor. Two seats across from me and everyone else takes their seats also. While everyone is ordering, I decide to finish off my coffee and text Oli. I have no idea where he is.

'Hey where are you? Wanna go to in'n'out before we head to the hotel?'
I quickly send the text before I hear my name being called.

"Ashley"
I shoot my head up and glance at everyone, searching for the person who called my name.
"Yeah" I say breathlessly.
"What time is your Meet-up?" Jim says from the end of the table. Everyone's attention is on me. I almost feel slightly nervous knowing that Joe is watching me. I fiddle with the rolled up sleeves of my denim jacket that reveal the wool inside. My black tight adidas shirt matches marcus' and I smile at the thought unintentionally.

Jenn nudges my shoulder, so I rip the slip of paper out of my pocket and search through my schedule.

"1pm, on the 1st floor, block b, booth 5" I smile back.

"No way!" Joe beams at me, joy written across his face. "It looks like we'll be having our meet and greet together!" He laughs and I can't help but laugh with him. His laugh is contagious.

It looks like I'm going to be spending an hour or two with Joseph Sugg. Adrenaline soars through my body and the hairs on my back stand up at the thought of spending so much time with him, especially after what happened at the hill. 

Our laughing session is interrupted by my phone noisily beeping. It must be Oli.

"Yes I'd love that! I'm filming, come by and help me 😂" Oli texts me.

"Yeah I'll make my way now" I respond quickly.

I look up at Joe only to be met by his gaze yet again. We look at eachother for a while, not doing anything. People start to catch on. Jenn starts coughing to ensure I don't embarrass myself and I smile at her appreciatively.

"I'm going to meet up with Oli for a bit. Anyone want to come?" I ask everyone as I stand up. Joes eyes go wide as he searches my body. He goes a bright red as he sees that I've noticed and turns away quickly. I smirk to myself knowing the effect I have on him.

Caspar pulls his chair out and fixes his cap.

"Yeah me and Joe were heading over there soon, so we'll come with you" Caspar says and pulls Joe out of his chair and out the cafe door. They wait for me outside as they have some sort of secretive chat. I say good bye to everyone and say goodbye to Sandra. I ruffle Troyes hair as I walk out as a joke and he softly punches my arm with a wide smile.

"Hey you" he giggles.
"I'll see you later Troye. Bye guys" and I walk out the door. Caspar and joes conversation comes to a sudden halt as they see me walking towards them.

I walk in front of them and guide them towards my Range Rover which is parked pretty much outside the cafe.

I unlock the car and get in without saying a word.

Joes POV
As Ashley stands up from her chair, I can't help but let my eyes rake over her body. Ugh what am I doing. She makes eye contact with me and I know she's noticed what I'm doing. So has Caspar. He's smirking from across the table at me. I was so distracted by her that I hadn't registered what she said. Caspar abruptly stands up.

He pulls me out of my seat and quickly says good bye to everyone.
I watch through the glass window as Ashley makes her way towards the door.

"Joe! Seriously dude pull yourself together! You look like a puppy staring at her from across the table and drooling over every move she makes" Caspar stares at me expecting me to reject what he's saying but I'm too far gone. I can't deny what I feel for her anymore.

"Joe you need to ask her out. Please. You guys would be so cute together and she obviously likes you too." His expression softens.

"I- I can't man! She's clearly into Cameron more and I know she'll just reject me. I can't lose her" I pout.

"Joe you like her, she likes you. Simple as that. You're making it way too complicated and Cameron is a douche, Ashley can do better and she knows it! And do you wanna know who that better person is? You Joe! You! Seriously if you don't man up, I'll just flirt with her until you can't take it any more and are left with no choice but to profess your love for her" Caspar says smugly as Ashley emerges from the door.

This is gonna be one hell of a car journey.