Chapter 21

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A few days later, Ashton had been trying to text Luke but he never responded. It doesn't even say he read them. It would have pissed Ashton off if he did and didn't respond, but at least he knows he's okay. But not even that.

Ashton called and waited for him to pick up. With every second, Ashton grew more nervous. He heard the machine go off. Ashton sighed and left a voice mail.

"Luke, are you okay? You haven't been talking to me... If you're busy I understand but please, please let me know that you're okay." With that said, Ashton hung up and put his phone down.

"What's wrong? You look sad." Michael said walking into the room.

"Oh, um, Luke hasn't texted me back. It's been a while now. He hasn't even read them."

"Maybe he's ignoring you? Or maybe he lost connection..."

"But it said it was delivered..."

"Oh..."

"I'm really starting to worry about him. He was acting weird when we went out a few days ago. I just hope he's okay."

"I hope so too, you care about him a lot."

"Yeah."

-

"Stop worrying about Luke, Ashton. I'm sure he's okay." Bryana said.

"Relax. Try to get your mind off of him and have some fun."

"Okay..." Ashton says looking down.

"Come on, Harry said he wanted to talk to you."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Come on I'll take you to him."

"Okay."

Ashton followed Bryana to where Harry was. They were all at the park hanging out because they didn't want to be at home since they always are. The older little kids were playing and the little ones were with their parents obviously.

Harry saw Ashton walking toward him and smiled brightly.

"Hey! I've been wanting to talk to you, come." Harry said patting the ground next to him. Ashton sat down and smiled at Harry.

"Hi. So what did you wanna talk about?"

"Well, Louis and I are thinking about moving out of there. I mean it's going to be hard for us since we love being there but we want a place of our own without anyone.... I don't wanna say bothering us but I don't know. We were wondering if... You wanted to come with us?"

Ashton just stared at Harry. Was he being serious?

"..U-Um? Are you being serious? You want to leave to get away, but you want to keep me? That's a bit...Odd. I don't know what to say..."

"Well, we don't mean it in a bad way... We just really do care about you, like you're our little brother."

"Thank you, but...I— I have to think about it... It seems nice to be living with you, but what about Michael? I- he's having twins... I have to help him once he has them."

"That's true. I'm glad you care about him. You are really kind-hearted, I like that. I am too. So, what happened to Luke? Have you talked to him recently?"

"...No. The last time I talked to him, was like almost a week ago. He took me on a....date? I don't know, but he was acting strange. He hasn't contacted me since."

"Oh wow. Any idea what could have happened?"

"No. I have no idea what could have happened to him. But I'm really worried."

"I would be too if I were you. Well, I hope he's okay, for your sake. Just have hope."

"Hope..."

-

It was hours later and Ashton was scrolling through the tv channels. He came across the news channel and watched was going on.

A few minutes later, a horrible topic was brought up.

"Just a few days ago, on Tuesday, there was a severe car crash. No one knows wether or not, another car crashed into the car or the driver lost control and landed at the bottom of the hill. They found the information and got the persons name. He is a young twenty one year old man, with the last name Hemmings."

Ashton froze.

Hemmings?

Did he hear that correctly? Did his boy- ex boyfriend really get into a car crash?

Ashton felt tears streaming down his face before he knew it. He got up and tugged his hair in frustration.

Ashton ran out of the house and ran and ran until Harry saw him and ran after him. He pulled Ashton by his arms and grabbed his shoulders firmly.

"Ashton? What the fuck are you doing? Why are you crying?"

Ashton sobbed and struggled to get the words out.

"L-Luke!"

Harry's expression went blank.

"What happened to Luke?"

"H-He got into a car crash. I— I need to see him!" Ashton was jumpy and Harry felt his heart beat fast.

"Ugh. we don't have time to go get Bryana with your impatience. Let's go, come on."

"O-Okay."

-

They arrived and Ashton rushed in and asked for Luke. The lady was nice enough to act quick and take him to where Luke was.

"Mr. Hemmings is not doing very well right now. We don't know when he'll wake up." The nurse said.

"Okay."

Harry had stayed in the waiting room. Ashton felt bad for just dragging Harry with him.

Ashton walked into the room and sat next to Luke. He was already awake, just staring at ceiling with tear stained cheeks.

"L-Luke?" Ashton stuttered.

Luke's eyes widened and he slowly turned to face Ashton.

"A-Ashton? W-What are you doing here?..."

"Well...I tried texting and calling you but you never answered so I starting worrying about you a lot. Then, I saw what happened on the news... What happened?"

"I'm not sure... I think I just..froze. The car swerved and rolled until it hit the bottom of the hill."

"Oh my god. That horrible, I'm so glad you're alive."

Luke just nodded and sighed.

The doctor came in and discussed a few things.

"So, now that all that's said, we have one more topic to talk about."

Ashton and Luke nodded and listened.

"Luke, you may have not known but we did have to give you...an abortion. The fetus was dead so we had to remove it. You are still able to get pregnant but you have to recover first, so try not to have sexual intercourse for a few months."

Luke tensed. Ashton gaped and looked at Luke in disbelief.

"Luke...You were pregnant?"

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