Complications - Lawson and The Wanted

Chapter 27:

Chapter 27:

The doorbell rang, followed by footsteps coming up the stairs. I heard my door open and then the quiet walk of the footsteps coming towards me. I didn't look up, I didn't want to face whoever was in front of me. I just wanted to sink as deep into my bed as possible and for it to swallow me up. I wanted to be anywhere else but here.

"Ashley, don't cry. Please don't cry. It pains me to see you upset. I said give me a few minutes because I wanted to do this to you face to face. I want to let you know that the feelings I feel towards you are real, they're not 'apparent' as you say. You say you don't know why I like you, I like you because you make my days worthwhile, I used to hate having to get the buses every morning. Now I know you'll be at the bus stop waiting for me I make sure I'm there. You make me smile just by me looking at you and the things you say just make me laugh. Yes we've had a couple of arguments but hey, what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. Anyway, less of the cheese. I like you Ashley, I really do and I'm going to ask you this again. Will you be my girlfriend?" He looked down at me. I sat up, wiped the tears off of my face and just stared at him. He took a step closer to me, even though it was tiny it was still an indication that he wanted to close the space between us.

I stood up and launched my arms around him. He wrapped me in his arms and hugged me tight. His hugs were the best. I lifted my head and moved so I could look into his eyes, they were shining and they were beautiful. We leant into each other slowly and he placed a soft kiss on my lips. I knew there and then I had made the right decision. Being with Andy like this just felt right and I didn't want anybody else in the world to wrap their arms around me like Andy was doing.

We broke the kiss and just stared at each other again. "I'll take that as a yes," he smiled.

I let out a small giggle. I was now Andy's girlfriend and there was nobody who was going to stop us. Realisation hit me, I could be happy with Andy but I realised that today I had been leading Siva on...of course at the time I didn't know who to choose but I had finally chosen. Siva was going to hate me.

I gasped and Andy's face fell. "What's wrong?"

"Siva..." I whispered. He let go of me.

"Don't do this, I've just got you and now you're bringing him back into this," he said harshly. It made me squirm. Why was he so angry? He knew I wanted him.

"No, it's not that. I want to be with you Andy, but Siva likes me and I thought I liked him up until today but I don't, I've realised I just like him as a really good friend but I've kind of lead him on, haven't I? I mean, we did have a date tonight. He's going to hate me Andy. I want to be with you but I can't if it means it's going to completely hurt Siva. What do I tell him?" I didn't know what to do, my heart wanted to be with Andy but my head was telling me not to be so mean on Siva.

"We'll tell him, together," he said, walking towards me again and taking my hand in his.

"No, he needs to hear it from me," I looked down at our entwined hands and sighed. "Tomorrow, I'll break it to him but if this breaks up your friendship I'm so sorry Andy," I looked into his eyes and the next thing he did was pull me into his arms again. I rested my head on his chest and just relaxed. Tomorrow was a different matter, I was going to enjoy tonight with Andy and forget the troubles tomorrow would bring.

"I'll talk to him after if he causes a fuss, Ashley I want to be with you even if trouble does come between me and Seev, I want to try and make this work between us so stop worrying about everything," he ran his hands through my hair. I closed my eyes and started to relax even more, Andy had this soothing effect on me. Being in Andy's arms was where I wanted to be right now and I never wanted him to let go of me.

“Ashley?” mum called before walking into my room. She saw how Andy was holding me and then smiled. “Well, I never thought I’d see the day Ashley got so close with a boy.”

“Mum…”I muttered, taking a step away from Andy.

“Don’t stop on my account,” Mum laughed. Brilliant. Why did my mum have to be so embarrassing? I blushed and I bet Andy could feel the heat radiating off of my skin.

“Right, thanks for that comment mum,” I sighed.

“Just remember to-”

“Okay mum, we can have this chat later!” I said, trying to stop my mum from saying anymore. Andy stifled a laugh and I could see he was finding this way more amusing than it really was.

“What I was saying was, don’t forget you have school tomorrow,” She winked before leaving my room. That was not what she was going to say and we all knew it.

“Your mum never fails to amuse me,” Andy smiled before pulling me back into a hug.

“Don’t you start as well,” I pouted.

“Don’t pout Ashley! You’re freakin’ cute when you pout,” he moaned.

“What, like this?” I pouted again.

“Stop it,” he mumbled.

“Make me,” I smirked. And he sure did. His lips found mine and he kissed me gently. I could get used to this. I smiled into the kiss and I felt his lips twitch at the corners too before he pulled away.

“I better be off,” he smiled down at me.

“Don’t go,” I used the pout again. He told me not to pout so I was sure going to use it to his weakness.

“Not fair Ashley!”

"Just stay a bit longer, I don't want you to leave!" Wow, I sounded like an obsessive girlfriend.

"I don't want to leave either," he sighed.

"Stay the night," I suggested.

"I don't know...I don't think your mum will like that,"

"What's the worst thing that can happen? We stay up all night talking?" I raised my eyebrows.

"Well..." He winked.

"Fine, go home you big loser," I winked, shoving him towards the door. He grabbed my hand as I was pulling it away from him and pulled me towards him. This was the opposite of what should have happened.

"Sorry Ashley," he mumbled with a laugh. Our faces were inches apart and I could feel his warm breath on my face.

"You should be very sorry," I said dripping with sarcasm.

"Oh, I am," he chuckled. I giggled before kissing him again and then he was gone, walking down the stairs and out of the front door. I was so happy Andy and I were together now and I was bubbling with excitement.

My phone interrupted my thoughts, before I even looked at it, I wanted it to be Andy. It wasn't, it was my dad.