Hidden ~ A joe sugg fanfiction

Chapter 41

Ashleys POV
I wait for Tyler outside the car as he locks it. The cold hair stings my skin and sweeps through my hair. I cross my arms to conserve heat and wait as Tyler slams the black, sleek door of the jeep.

He swiftly turns around and chucks the keys to me. I put the metal in my pocket and take a deep breath to prepare myself. Tyler gives me a reassuring look and motions me forward. The door is unlocked. As I creek the door open, I search for any sounds.

Silence. Not a sound can be heard. Where is everyone?

I push the door open further and brace myself for an attack from Troye. I glance to my right and to my surprise, everyone is here. They're all sitting on the sofas. Everyone except Joe. As my presence is made clear everyone ships their gaze towards us.

"Ashley, oh my gosh we were so worried!" Zoe rushes over with Niomi and Tanya. They hug me and allow for everyone else to greet me. I can't bear to look at Troye. I know he's disappointed in me.

Marcus sprints towards me pushing everyone out the way and hugging me tightly. I hug him back; my grip so tight, not wanting to let go. He twirls me around and we stand in eachothers embrace for a full 5 minutes. I can hear sniffs in the background that sound a lot like Connors. I remove myself from Marcus' tight hold and look him in the eyes. His eyes are red. He's been crying.

"Marcus" I whisper, taken back slightly.

"We were so worried Ashley" he whispers sheepishly.

I hug him again. I couldn't ask for a better cousin.

Connor and Jenn hug me and it reminds me that I need to tell them everything.

Jack, Conor, Josh, Caspar, and Oli hug me altogether, and I feel so at home in their grasp.

Jim and Alfie also hug me and give me sympathetic looks when they realise that I'm looking for Joe.

"Ashley Butler!"

I look around startled to find Troye running up to me. His strong arms wrap around me and I relax at his touch.

"I'm so sorry, I'm so so so so sorry. Please forgive me I've been so stupid" I rant.

"Ashley shut up!" He laughs into my ear.

"We're just glad your home" Troye hums.

I'm so lucky.

After he lets go, everyone greets Tyler. I smile at him and he smiles back. After a while everyone sits back down and chats to tyler. After standing there for five minutes and staring creepily at my friends thinking about how lucky am, I hear a creak. The room gets quieter. Although some are talking quietly to remove the tension in the room.

"Ashley?"

I freeze. I haven't prepared what to say. What do I say?

Hesitantly, I turn around. On the top of the wooden stair case is Joe. He's wearing grey shorts, a pink jumper and cute nerdy rayban glasses. He looks so damn cute.

But his eyes are red. He looks so broken.

"Joe" I simply say. He smiles slightly as a relived expression washes over his face.

He takes small slow steps down the hard floor. He finally reaches the bottom of the staircase and he looks up as I watch his every move.

Suddenly he begins to jog over and engulfs me in a hug. My heart wrenches, leaps and stops. I stop breathing. This moment consumes my every thought and all I wish for right now is to be able to hug him forever. My heart races and I'm sure that I'll have a heart attack if it speeds up anymore. We're so close together. I can feel his heart hammer against his chest and his veiny arms pull me closer. He nuzzles his head into my neck and although I can feel everyone's eyes bore into us, I don't care. I could hug Joe forever.