Small Town Favorite (a Luke Bryan fan fiction)

XVI

Luke's POV:
It's been about three weeks since we found out about Ashleigh's miscarriage. I've been okay but Ash isn't. She's still devastated. She's been taking extra shifts at work lately because she needs something to keep it off her mind. I don't know what to do. I hate to say it, but I think she's falling into a depression. I don't want that to happen and I don't think she wants that to happen. I booked us a hotel in Florida for the whole week. She doesn't know yet, I just was to try and help. Maybe the beach will help more than cleaning people's teeth. My plan was to leave tomorrow morning. I hope she agrees to go.

I just got back from work. Daddy let me off early. Ashleigh was getting groceries in town and I was getting dinner started. I cooked steak and mashed potatoes and set the table. Right when I sat the last plate on the table, I heard Ashleigh's truck pull up. I ran outside and opened her door for her. She got out and immediately fall into my arms as tears ran down her face.

"Luke, I can't do this anymore." She whispered.

"Shh, I know it hurts baby, I promise it'll get better soon." I said. She nodded and I wiped the tears off of her cheeks. We took all of the bags inside and sat down to eat.

"Thanks for cooking." She said quietly.

"You're welcome." I said. She looked up at me and smiled softly. I smiled backed and reached across the table and held both of her hands. I said grace and we ate. Once we finished, I offered to do the dishes and she let me. When I finished up, we both went to the living room and I decided to tell her about the trip. We sat down on the couch together and I spoke up.

"Ash, I, uh, I bought us a trip to Florida for the next week, I hope you'll come." I said. She looked up at me as a smile slowly crept upon her face.

"Of course I'll go with you, you know I love the beach Luke." She said and hugged my neck. I hugged back and she pulled away.

"I wished you wouldn't of spent all this money though, you didn't really need to."

"I know, but I wanted to help you get your mind off of, well, you know." I whispered. She nodded and laid her head on my lap.

"When are we leaving?" She asked.

"Tomorrow morning." I said.

"Well we better get to packing then, don't you think?" She said.

"Probably, and I already did laundry, so you don't have to worry about that." I said. She smiled and we went up to the bedroom to pack. I pulled out to suitcases from the closet and pulled out two medium sized suitcases. I started packing all of my essential things; toothbrush, toothpaste, jeans, t-shirts swimsuits, boots, flip flops, and a few other things. I helped Ashleigh pack her things. She packed her normal things and a few swimsuits.

It'll be to cold to swim at the beach, but the hotel I booked has an indoor pool. Once we finished, we brought the suitcases to my truck and put them in the back seat. When we finished, we walked back into the house and I locked the door behind me. I was pretty tired by now and I'm sure Ash was to. She threw herself down on the couch and sighed.

"Tired?" I asked.

"Very." She said and nodded. I chucked and picked her up to where her front was on my front and she wrapped he legs around my torso. I carried her down the hall and laid her on the bed. Ashleigh pulled off her shirt and I threw her one of mine. She slipped it on over her naked body and got under the covers. I striped to a pair of basketball shorts and got in next to her. She snuggled up to my chest and I kissed the top of her head.

"Thank your for helping me pack." She whispered.

"Anything for you baby." I said back. She smiled against my chest.

"Also, thank you for getting this trip together, I love you." She said again.

"You're very welcome honey, I love you too." I said quietly and lifted her chin with my finger and kissed her. I rubbed my hands underneath her shirt on her bare back and she slowly fell asleep. After awhile, I did to with the Ashleigh and Florida on my mind.

Ashleigh's POV:
Luke and I just pulled out of the drive way and headed to Florida. Luke cooked breakfast earlier, so we didn't plan on stopping for a while. I was in the middle seat flipping through the radio stations.

"Why aren't there any good radio station in the morning around?" I asked with frustration in my voice.

"I don't know." Luke said. I sighed and leaned against the seat. Luke moved his right hand off of the wheel and sat it on my knee. I looked up at him and smiled, he smiled back and focused his eyes back onto the road.

I felt someone kissing my forehead and repeating my name. I must have fell asleep. I slowly opened my eyes and saw Luke hovering over me.

"Hey baby, we're about twenty minutes from the hotel, you fell asleep for a long time." He said with his toothy grin.

"Oh, where are we right now?" I asked and sat up.

"Gas station." He said. I nodded and Luke filled up the truck. I ribbed my eyes and stretched my arms. Luke finished filling up and went inside to get me a drink. He came back out and handed me a coke and gummy bears. I thanked him and we started driving again and in about twenty minutes, we where at the hotel, just like Luke said we would be. I gasped in awe when we walked inside with all of our luggage. This was a lot more fancy than I thought I would be. This must of costed Luke a fortune.

"Luke..." I trailed off as I looked up at the high ceiling. She smiled at me and we checked into our room. I giggled as we got into the elevator to go up to the room. Luke laughed at how excited I was and kissed my head. They elevator quickly stopped and we went inside of our room.

"Oh my goodness." I said as we walked inside. There was a large sized living room and and big kitchen on the other side of the room. We walked to the center of the room and went through the other door. That was the bedroom. I saw a big king sized bed and another door that led to a huge bathroom.

"Wow Luke, I don't know what to say, you didn't have to do this." I said as I admired everything.

"I know baby, but I wanted to." He said as he sat our luggage on the bed. We both eminently decided to go get lunch on the main floor. After that, Luke was tired from driving and wanted to go back up to the room. I agreed and we laid down in the bed together. We just really laid in bed and talked for the rest of the afternoon. It was pretty great. We still have a whole week to do lots of things. I can't wait to go to the pool. If it's as great as the rest of the pool, I'll be really happy, well, I'd be happy anyways, but you know what I'm saying.

As the day dwindled down, we decided to get some sleep. I cuddled up to Luke's chest and kissed it.

"Thank you so much for this, I love you." I said.

"Anything for my baby." He continued, "I love you too." He said and kissed my lips. I smiled and quickly fell asleep. I couldn't wait for tomorrow.