Pictures (l.h. + a.i.)

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Ashton checked his phone for the time anxiously, bouncing his thigh up and down quickly. He was seated next to his mum who looked very calm compared to him, playing Candy Crush on her phone. They were in a small restaurant waiting for her new boyfriend to show up and finally meet Ashton.

"I told Calum that I would be at his house to take his senior portraits half an hour ago." Ashton told Anne with a distressed tone. His mother pouted at him.

"He's so excited to meet you though. He'll be here in a few more minutes, I promise. And after you guys meet, I'll let you go." Anne said before placing her attention back onto her phone. Ashton rolled his eyes. If he was so excited to meet him, then he would've been here when they planned to meet up which was an hour ago.

After a few more moments, Ashton felt a presence near him and he looked up to be met with bright blue eyes staring intently at him. Ashton gaped. The tall man had his blond hair messily slicked back and a scruffy beard along his jawline. Ashton looked down to see that he was wearing an outfit similar to his own, a black shirt with black skinny jeans and boots, but in his case, the blond man had a leather jacket that hugged his broad shoulders in the most beautiful way Ashton has ever seen. He saw his mum get up to hug the tall man.

"Ashy, this is Luke." Anne introduced the tall blond who shot Ashton a charming smile and held his hand out for the brunet to shake. Ashton looked at his mum with shocked eyes, then back to the tall, blond god standing in front of him with his long arm stretched out for Ashton to grab. Ashton hesitantly placed his hand in Luke's large one and felt his body heat up when he felt Luke's calloused hand grip his tightly and shake it. Ashton quickly retrieved his hand from the blond's tight grip and nodded at him.

"It's so nice to finally meet you, Ashton." The blond said, taking a seat across from him. His voice was deep and velvety and the way he said Ashton's name made the teen want to die, then resurrect, then die again. All Ashton did was smile back at him because he was too scared that if he opened his mouth the only thing that would come out would be "Fuck me sideways" or "You look like sex".

"Unfortunately, Ashton promised his friend that he would take pictures of him for his senior portraits, so he won't be able to have lunch with us." Anne explained causing the blond to frown.

"Oh, that sucks, I was looking forward to getting to know you." Luke said before piping up again "You're taking your friend's pictures?" Anne nodded excitedly and spoke before her son could.

"Yes! He's such a talented photographer. I'm so proud of him." She gloated, hugging the brunet teen's shoulders tightly. Ashton awkwardly pushed her off of him before standing up to leave and grabbing his camera which was slung over the back of his chair by its neck strap. He looked at Luke one more time before quickly looking down from seeing that his blue eyes were watching him.

"Can I um, take a picture of you two?" Ashton shyly mumbled to Anne. The older woman nodded her head in delight before rushing around to Luke's side of the table and sitting next to him. Ashton turned on his camera and pointed it at the couple, focusing on their faces and taking a few shots. He bit his lip slightly before ever so slightly turning the camera towards Luke which he hoped went unnoticed by the blond man and his mum. He focused the camera on Luke who had a small grin on his face and zoomed into him, trying his best to get his mum out of the shot. Ashton lowered the camera from his face and nodded.

"I'm done. I'll go now." Ashton reported, putting the camera into its case and slinging it over his shoulder. Anne got up to hug him and pass him her car keys. After their hug and Anne's "Drive safe please." Ashton waved shyly at the blond man who kept his eyes on them. Luke smirked at him and waved back before Ashton finally turned around and made his way out of the restaurant and to his mum's car.

Once Ashton unlocked the car and sat on the driver's seat, he quickly pulled his camera out of its case and turned it on. He scrolled through the pictures of his mum and Luke, deleting the ones he didn't like and then finally looking at the pictures he took of Luke. His eyes traced over the blond's small grin and messy blond hair and broad shoulders. He couldn't be a day over 25. He kept his hazel eyes on the screen of his digital camera, admiring the blond before he heard his phone ring causing him to jump and drop the camera from his hands onto his lap. Ashton quickly took his phone out from his pocket and answered it.

"Ash! Where are you? I've been waiting for two hours!" He heard his best friend yell through the phone. Ashton flinched from the loud volume before putting the phone on speaker and placing it on the dashboard. He picked up his camera from his lap and shut it off after taking one more look at the picture he took of Luke and put it back into its case. He started the car up and backed out of the parking space he was in while listening to Calum rant about how he's a "ginormous dickbag" and "to show up the time you promise to show up."

"Sorry, Cal. I'll be there in five." Ashton said, cutting his annoyed friend off before grabbing the phone and hanging up on him.

When Ashton got to his best friend's house, he was met with a very annoyed looking, but well dressed Calum. Ashton snorted at his best friend's pastel blue button up shirt that was tucked into his freshly ironed khakis.

"Mum's making me wear this." Calum said "But I'm going to change later, and we're gonna take pictures of me with my bass and those are the pictures we're gonna send to the yearbook staff instead. Don't tell her."

Ashton nodded in agreement. He went inside to say a quick greeting to Joy who was watching them from the kitchen window before walking back outside to her flower garden where she wanted Calum to take his portraits. He began to set up his camera and tripod before telling Calum where to stand and how to pose. He laughed when Calum groaned in frustration when he couldn't get the angle of his head right before going up to him and tilting his head for him. After a few shots and Calum's "shut up mum"s from Joy's "Calum you look so handsome!" through the window, they decided to take a break.

"What took you so long anyways?" Calum asked once they sat down on the small wooden bench in his yard.

"Met Luke, my mum's new boyfriend." Ashton replied, playing with his camera in his hands.

"Luke Hemmings?" Calum asked curiously. Ashton looked at him.

"Um, yeah I think so. Why?" The brunet inquired.

"He's my soccer coach!" Calum exclaimed. The brunet looked at him with a confused expression.

"Isn't Coach Rob the soccer coach?" Ashton said. Calum nodded his head.

"Yeah, the school's coach. But Luke's my personal coach." Calum explained. Ashton nodded in understandment. The raven haired teen was a die hard soccer player, so having a personal coach wasn't a surprise. "You should come watch me practice with him tomorrow! You guys can bond and I'll have my best friend cheering me on." the raven haired teen nudged Ashton's shoulder with his own. Ashton giggled and looked back down at his camera. He thought about it for a moment before nodding his head yes.

"I'd love to."

I JUST GOT SUPPLIES FOR SCHOOL!!! Nothin gets me going more than buy new pens i swear... Anyways, I hope this was interesting for you guys lol. If you guys don't think it is then I won't continue it so make sure to let me know! Don't forget to leave comments and vote this up! Much love to you all!

-jessica xx