My Mute Mate

Ch.30

Korn^^ Song: Freak on a leash.
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_Dove's POV_

I wake up in a strangers bed, after a surprisingly peaceful sleep. I even had a nice dream for once. I was walking through a meadow. I look to the side to see Daniel sleeping in a side chair, his face and body completely rigid to keep himself up. I try getting out of the bed without waking him, but much to my dismay his eyes shoot open as soon as my feet touch the floor.

Jeez, talk about a light sleeper.

"Dove, you're awake." He mutters while rubbing his eyes with his palms. His hairs a little funky, his face seems paler, and his body seems slower and weaker than usual. He looks exhausted. I walk over and grab his hands from his eyes. He looks at me questioningly as I pull on him to get him to stand up. I lead him over to the bed and sit him down.

"Go back to sleep Daniel. You look like you stayed awake all night." I look at the bedside clock to see that it's almost 6:30. Thank god it's the weekend, though it looks like my body alarm doesn't care that I stayed up late last night. "What time did you get to sleep?"

"Anywhere between 2:30 and 4:00." He shrugs casually like it's no big deal that he's running off four and a half hours at best! I sigh and fix his hair.

"Christ Daniel. Go to sleep." Almost as quickly as I said it, Daniel flops back on the soft pillow. I take a moment to get my bearings of where I am. The room smells like Daniel (which isn't surprising since he slept in here too) and it's kind of.. dark, in a way. The walls are cream colored but the furniture is a dark gray color. Theres only one light in the room, and its a bedside lamp thats somehow connected to the light-switch. There's a Korn poster on the wall. Are they a band? I think I heard Sym talking about them and how a friend of hers was going to a Korn concert or something. Maybe I'll look them up later.

I walk out the room to see people passed out in the hallway. Two guys from the band Cals in are leaning on each other. The bright haired and the one with the lip ring. Michael and Luke I think? Who knows. Well, Sym does, and it'd be weird if Calum didn't. I walk past all the people as quietly as I can. I find the last band member passed out on the couch, drumsticks on his lap. I smile slightly and walk by on my toes. My head kinda hurts, so I'll go see if they have any aspirin in the kitchen.

I search around before finding a bottle of Advil. I take another minute or so to find a cup and fill it with water from the sink. I take the advil and someone starts stirring from the living room. I peak my head around the corner to find the drummer dude. I feel kind of relieved that it's not Blake. I dont think he's heard me moving around yet so I try not to startle him. I go to put my now-empty glass on the counter, making sure its quiet.

And it soon shatters on the ground.

He whips his head around as I stare, dumb founded, at the shattered pieces scattered around my feet. He lets out a sigh of relief when he sees that its only me, before smiling.

"Oh. Youre that Dove girl from last night right? The one who's boyfriend carried her to bed?" He asks and my cheeks turn bright red. I shake my head rapidly, trying to get across that he's not my boyfriend. Sometimes I really hate talking to humans.

"Oh. Well you look like her. I'm Ashton, who're you?" He starts getting up and I look around frantically for a piece of paper. I find one but cant find a pen. Seriously people? Not one pen or pencil in this entire kitchen? There's an office desk with a printer and computer, but no pen? I go to ask if he's got a pen or something. I turn around to find him right behind me, and I just about jump out of my skin. Talk about quiet. For being so tall hes almost silent. They all are in that band. All of them have to be at least 6'0. I make the hand motion for a pen and he smiles again.