Hidden ~ A joe sugg fanfiction

Chapter 44

Ashley's POV

My eyes flutter open as the engine dies. The car is silent making me question if I'm the only one in this vehicle. I raise my head and search the cramped space for any sign of human life.

A hand grasps my shoulder making me jump out of my seat. I spin around to be greeted my caspar's friendly face.

"Hey it's ok. We're home now." He smiles removing his hand from my shoulder.

I smile back and push the car door open hopping out. Jack and Josh are already opening the door to the house so I rush over to them. Oli, Josh and Conor are in deep conversation behind me, talking in hushed tones. They're probably wondering what to do after experiencing something like we did.

With no sign of Joe, I brush it off and follow the boys into the cosy home.

"Hey Ash! We just made a couple sandwiches for lunch. Want some?" Troye asks us as Connor frantically tosses bread onto the kitchen counter top.

"Yes please" I squeal rushing to the soft couch with a plate in my hand. Connor follows in pursuit carrying a tray of sandwiches. He hands each of us two and takes one for himself plopping down in the sofa next to me.

"Ashley... A video was released today and its circulating around twitter and every bit of social media you can think of. The one of the paparazzi and Joe. Don't worry this will all blow over soon I promise" Connor whispers gently with a sympathetic smile.

My eyes immediately widen in surprise. That only happened an hour and a half ago. How can it be out already?

I quickly steal at glance at Joe. He looks so worried. It's all my fault. All of this. I need to fix it.

My phone buzzes vigorously in my pocket. I slip it out and flick through my notifications. As I suspected; there are hundreds if not thousands of notifications related to the video.

I can't help myself and next thing I know, I'm engrossed in my phone. I go through every tweet and every comment.

"I can't believe Joe said that"
"I don't know why everyone is making a big deal out of this, Joe was just standing up for his girlfriend."
"What that guy did was wrong. My opinion on Cameron has changed so much over the course of this week."

I re read each of the tweets in my head over and over.
#Cashleyisoverparty is trending number 2 on twitter.

This is seriously getting out of hand and I can feel it affecting Me and Joe. I'm not going to let this drag us apart. I stand up and ruffle Connors hair to let him know that I'll be up in my room. Everyone is scattered around the house doing their own thing. Today is supposed to be a relaxing day so I intend on getting into my pool this evening. I just have one thing to do before I jump into that warm water that sits in our garden constantly tempting me. I have to call Cameron.

I skip two steps at a time as I jog up the stairs. Tyler suddenly walks out of the bathroom bumping into me in the process.

"Hey Ash, how are you? I haven't spoken to you properly this morning, and I definitely need to with all this shit going on today." He points a finger at me with a hand placed firmly on his hip.

"Yes Ty of course I will. I just have something to do."

He raises his eyebrows suspiciously but finally catches on to my distressed expression and nods letting it go.

"Alright I'll meet you downstairs" he smiles, returning to his usual bubbly self.

"Thanks Tyler" I say sighing in relief as he giggles down the stairs.