Hidden- An Ashton Irwin Fanfic

Chapter 2-Rejection and Bonfires

I walk with my earphones placed naturally in my ears, almost skipping as I kick a rock down the sidewalk. Somebody taps my shoulder and I look up alarmed.

"Chloe, you scared me! Don't do that!" I playfully smacked my best friend, taking out my earphones and turning off my music.

"Sorry." she shrugs, "Are you headed to the bonfire?"

"Yeah, are you?"

"Yes mam'. I was going to go meet up with some friends from school first, wanna come?"

"Depends on who it is." I answer honestly.

"Its Devon, Nikki, and Zach."

"No I'm good." I shake my head, remembering Zach's slight obsession with me.

What? I cant help it if he thinks I'm cool. I mean, damn right I am.

"What, why? We were just getting some marshmallows before we head over to the field. Come on, I'll be with you the whole time."

"Nope. Last time I hung out with Zach he stalked me the whole time. And he rambled on about how good I smelled, I had to throw out my favorite perfume after that." My nose scrunches up from the memory.

"Are you really going to let one boy get in the way of a fun night out with friends? It's not like you're taken anyway, maybe you two will hit it off." She wriggles her eyebrows, but the words still make my heart break a little.

But I am, I have been for months now.

My thoughts remind me, wishing they could reach out and tell her. This really does suck, you know. Ashton's lucky he's cute.

"I guess not, but if you leave me I swear I will personally fry you up at this stupid bonfire." I give up, not wanting to continue the conversation.

We walk to the local grocery store, and meet the three kids I've know since 6th grade. Yeah, I moved here from Texas when I was eleven. Pretty diverse, I know. But that's why I don't have the cool accent. Can't say I would mind if I did.

"Hey guys." Chloe smiles. Me being the awkward person I am, I just stand behind her and pretend to be interested with something on my phone.

Chloe nudges me and I look up briskly, smiling and mumbling a "hi" before looking back at my phone.

"Nice greeting." She whispers for only me to hear.

"Why thank you, thank you very much." I reply, adding my own twist to the famous Elvis Presley statement.

She laughs and we both look up, following the other group into the store.

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The heat from the fire is enough to warm the loneliness I've been feeling, and its nice. I feel like I could curl up right now, and sleep soundly for the first time since I last saw Ashton. I miss sleeping. Ever since Ashton and I started our relationship, sleep has been nothing but a wanted memory.

I sit with my back against a log, my head leaned against Chloe's shoulder. She doesn't even notice, too deep in a conversation with the new kid. He's cute, I'll admit it. His dark brown hair and blue eyes would look great with Chloe's dirty blonde hair and brown eyes, just saying. I wonder what their ship name would be... Chloe and Ben... That's an odd mix.. Bloe? I laugh at my thought. Well, that was immature of me. Umm, Cen? But like pronounced Ken, like the Barbie. Yeah, that works. Cen. I ship it.

My phone rings and I pull it out of my sweatshirt pocket, quickly shoving it back in so the nosey kids around me won't catch a glimpse of the caller ID. I stand up and quickly walk away from the crowd of teenagers, answering the call once the fire is nothing, but a small gleam.

"Hey babe!" Ashton chirps cheerfully.

"Hey" I smile to myself, "Why'd you call?"

"What, can I not just call you to tell you I love you?"

"Well, it's unlikely since its 1 am here in Sydney and you know how I feel about late night calls."

"Oh yeah. What if I forgot?" I can here the playfulness in his voice.

"I know you didn't. You wouldn't do that to me, right?"

"Of course not." He snickers.

"Good. So, What's up?" I grow impatient as I see that Chloe realizes I'm gone.

"Just wanted to let you know we got our promoting done early."

"That's great?" I say, unsure as to why he needed to call me and tell me that.

"Which means, I'm coming home."

The news has little effect on me, considering we still can't do the cute cliché things normal couples do.

"What? When?" I guess I'm a little excited. We can still have our infamous midnight meetings.

He chuckles at my quick reply. "Around seven tomorrow evening. Which means, expect a knock on your window a quarter to twelve tomorrow night." 

"Will do." I smirk.

"Alright, good. Well, the boys are gonna start to wonder where I am. I kind of just ran out of the room when they told us we could leave tomorrow." 

I giggle. "Okay, yeah, I'm at this bonfire thing and Chloe just realized I'm gone. I'll talk to you tomorrow, yeah?"

"Yes, for sure, I love you." He coos.

"I love you too, babe. Bye!" I roll my eyes, smiling and hanging up the phone.

I stroll happily back over to the fire, swinging my arms like a little kid.

"There you are!" Chloe breaks me from my thoughts, rushing up to me. "I thought you left."

"No, I just had to answer a call."  I assure her.

"From who? It's like way past the time for your phone to be blowing up." She points out, causing my expression to change, and mouth to drop.

"Um, my parents, they want me home. Could you maybe walk home with me?"

"Right now? Really?" She whines. "But I almost got Ben's number." Her expression is serious and it's pretty priceless if you ask me.

"Fine, I guess I could stay a few more minutes." I shake my head.

"I could take you." Zach's voice rings from behind me.

My eyes grow wide. "No it's fine, really. Chloe lives closer, it'd be safer." I quickly brush him off, Chloe in tears, laughing.

"Oh okay." He shrugs, walking away.

"Oh my gosh, that was so close." I sigh, joining Chloe in laughter.

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Hey guys!

I don't know why, but I'm actually really excited about this fanfic. hahah

But Ashton will be home in the next chapter so yay. #Jashton

But yeah, tell as many people as you can about this fanfic pleaseee. I really want to get it out there.

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