One In A Million ~Ashton Irwin Fanfic~

1.2 Ashton

"I'm Lana by the way" the mysterious blonde from before smiles. Should I tell her my actual name? Will I blow my cover? "Oh hi Lana" I giggle as she raises her eyebrow for me to carry on "oh and I'm... erm.." There's no point in lying, what happens if we have a connection and she finds out I've been lying the whole time she won't trust me. "Ashton" I smile as she sarcastically says "are you sure about that?" As she says that I smile and I don't know why.. Well I guess it's because this girl is beautiful and funny, I dig that.

After getting both of us a beer I ask cautiously "how old are you?" She just looks up at me innocently "16 and yourself?" My heart beat stops. She's bloody 16?! I knew this was too good to be true of course she's a fucking minor- "Ashton I'm joking, are you okay?" She waves in front of my face as I snap out of it "y-you're joking?" I ask hopefully as she bursts into laughter. "Yes! I'm 18 you idiot" she giggles drinking more of her beer and I start to see what's funny and laugh with her. "Okay I can take 18, I'm 19 and I'm 20 in like 2 months" I say proudly "aww I'll put it on my calendar." She winks as I blush but obviously she can't see it as I still have my idiotic mask on. "Why have you still got that mask on? I'm not gonna bite" Lana smiles leaning over the table and trying to take it off my head but I firmly hold it down. "Pleasssseeee Ash" she squirms sitting back like an angry child "nope" I shake my head as she huffs "why?" Wow she's stubborn. I've actually not met a girl like her. "Because I-erm- have an... Ex girlfriend here and she's psycho?" I say as a question rather than a statement. Great Ashton, very believable well done. "Really?" She asks believing it "yep she's a bitch" I smile but I don't think I should be smiling if I want this to be believable.

Remember when I said I wasn't going to lie? Well I've blown that now.. I really don't want her treating me differently because of my social status. We're all human in the end.

"Yeah she's kinda like a stalker" I shrug as she looks excited "oh my god! That's so cool!" She laughs pushing a loose blonde hair behind her ear "not really.. I mean look what just happened to you" I say seriously as she thinks "yes well no one can be that bad" she shrugs as a comfortable silence falls over us.

As I'm about to finish my beer Lana stands "where are you going?" I ask quite worried as I don't want her to leave yet. Things were going well.. I'm being treated like a human being and not an animal in a cage who's constantly being prodded with a stick. "Well we are at a festival, so we should go and see some acts" she suggests as I remember where we are. Lana's got a point. "Oh yeah. Let's go!" I shriek as I remember where all the venues are since I got a backstage pass but I'm not using it.

"Ellie Goulding starts now!" She says as we go over to the main arena 1. "Okay!" I nod along as we're about to enter.

I've never really listened to Ellie Goulding. I think I know like burn? I don't know she's cool I guess but I'm not into indie pop kinda stuff. Lana looks like she is but she appears to be a sort of indie girl who also listens to like the Beatles. But I can agree the Beatles are classic.

Upon entering we were originally at the back of the huge crowd, but Lana grabbed my hand and pulled me through the crowd, I'm not even going to lie I feel so many sparks. My hand feels numb. "Here we are.. The middle of the crowd" she smiles as she lets go of my hand and turns around, immediately I miss the intimacy and I'm craving more from this girl. But knowing my luck if I grab her fragile hand again I'll creep her out and she'll leave, I mean she's not even seen my face yet.

Scooting the the middle of the crowd Ellie Goulding comes on set and claims to be singing starry eyed. I think I recognise this song but Lana's dancing dramatically meaning that she's definitely heard this song.

Halfway through the set a young guy (around my age) came barging up to us rather abruptly and asks "does the pretty girl want some face paint so she glows in the dark?" This guy's definitely drunk. "The pretty girl does actually" she snorts which is actually quite cute. As she answers he gives her tubes of neon green and pink face paint. With this she applies a pattern of pink and green dots in an 's' shape from her forehead, across her nose and down her cheek. "Hey can my friend have some?" She asks as I stare at her through my mask as if to scream 'NOO' "yea sure keep it." He slurs drinking more of his beer and disappearing into the crowd. "You heard the guy" she smiles coming towards me "I-I actually like this mask, plus I might have an allergic reaction and I have bad acne you see and erm-" I was about to go on with my long list of excuses until Lans interrupts with a small giggle "Ash i don't really care about all of that, if you're scared about me seeing your face you can apply it but it might be harder." She smiles, I mean how can I say no to that? She's gonna see my face eventually.. I mean what's the harm she might not even be a fan? "Fine but be gentle" I laugh as she squeals "finally! I get to see the man behind the monkey".

She walks slowly towards me and tugs at the ends of the mask "you do realise this is a big leap in our friendship?" She smiles as I nod "I'm ready to take this jump" I reply as she peels the mask off and stops above my mouth "no beard or moustache.. Interesting." She smiles as I awkwardly laugh not knowing what to expect next. "Now let's take it off" she shrugs as I nod.

When the ape mask is in her hand I inspect her inspecting me; her eyes travel along my face, I can tell she's taking in every feature. At first she frowns and it frustrates me a bit does she know who I am? Does she think I'm repulsive? But not long after that frown turns into a genuine smile "Ash I don't know why you were wearing that mask because you look good." She smiles as she takes the neon green and smears it on both sides of my cheeks. This is followed by an awkward laugh as our noses are basically touching. "Well th-thanks" I laugh a bit, she just smiles getting back to the concert.

Ellie finishes at 12pm and everyone files out of the arena "well Ashton it was great meeting you but I better head back to my tent" she smiles putting her chilly hands into her pockets "oh okay, bye I guess.. I just need to call my friends but I hope I see you around Lana" I smile as she returns it with one of her famous grins." I hope so too, but thank you for everything tonight, I appreciate it." She exclaims as I nod "well I'll see you later then?" She says as I nod and she awkwardly walks away. I groan a bit missing her already but I better call the lads like now.

"come on, pick up.." I sigh as I ring Mike, I rand both Luke and Cal before Mike and both of their phones went to answer phone. Tonight's been a disaster.

On the 5th ring I give up and crumble in defeat on the floor. "Ash?" A all too familiar voice chirps as I cautiously look up "hey! Lana what are you doing back so soon?" I ask trying to mask the sadness of my friends ditching me "well I couldn't just leave you until I knew you got back safe, so I hid behind the wall over there until someone picked up.. But no one has so yeah here I am" she smiles crouching down next to me as I hear the denim folds of her jeans crinkle "definitely not a stalker" I joke as she playfully hits my arm and laughs "oi I was gonna offer you accommodation for the night but I guess not" she goes serious standing up "really? You'd do that?" I squeal jumping up as she stays emotionless with her poker face "I don't know now I mean you called me a stalker" she ponders bouncing back and forth on her feet. "I take it back, I'm very sorry miss Lana" I plead as I give her the biggest most liveable puppy eye you could ever see. "Hmm.. Okay! Follow me Ash" she laughs extending her arm to link with.

I arrive at a small camping spot and on it was two visible army tents and a very dirty looking hippie van. "Unfortunately we'll be staying in a tent but luckily I packed 2 sleeping bags just in case" she happily sighs kicking off her shoes. "Thank you Lana" I smile as she does in return crouching down to get into the small tent "anytime ashtonio" she replies as I follow her into the tight space.

I'm not complaining as I get to be closer to Lana.

Happy birthday Ash!! How bloody ironic🤘🏽