Somewhere in Neverland (Lashton)

Ch. 14: If You Loved Me, Why'd You Leave Me?

"But if you loved me

Why'd you leave me?

Take my body

Take my body

All I want is,

And all I need is

To find somebody.

I'll find somebody like you."

Kodaline (All I want)

Luke had his head leaned on Ashton's shoulder as they watched the sun dissipate.

"C-can we like go somewhere else? Like on a date that isn't in the forest? I mean I love this forest but I feel locked up, like we're in a cage. Can't we just go to the movies like we used to?" Luke asked as he lifted his head up.

"But what if people from school see us?" Ashton asked.

"So what? We'll just go to the movies as friends, we don't have to kiss or show PDA. Just two friends hanging out."

"Just two friends hanging out." But deep down they both knew that wasn't going to happen. They hopped into Ashton's car and drove to the closest theater. It was a friday night so the parking lot was filled with cars. When the boys entered the theater, it was packed. There were people of all ages. They saw a lot of people from their school. They made their way over to the ticket line and got tickets to see The Interview.

"Hey, Luke, Ashton! What are two doing here?" Harry said as he ran over to them to give each the boys a hand shake. Harry was on the football team with them. He was with a group of guys and girls. Most of which they recognized.

"We figured we had nothing better to do," Ashton said shrugging his shoulders.

"What movie are you two seeing?" Harry asked. Luke spotted Michelle and Calum walking into the theater.

"The Interview, we're actually running late so we'll see you around," Luke said hurriedly.

"Alright, see y'all around." Luke grabbed Ashton's arm and dragged him over to the popcorn line.

"What's with all the hurry? The movie doesn't start for another fifteen minutes."

"Don't turn around but Calum and Michelle are here," Luke said in a hushed voice.

"Shit." They came up to the counter and got their popcorn and drinks. They made their way to their theater and hoped Calum was seeing a different movie. The theater was pretty filled but luckily with mostly people they didn't know. They made their way to the very back of the theater and took their seats. And they were able to watch the movie just like old times. And they were able to enjoy the movie without worrying about others. And they were even able to lean against each other with their hands tangled together. And it was nice, so nice. And both Luke and Ashton hoped that one day they'd be able to show PDA at a public place without worrying about others.

"Do you have plans for tonight?" Katie asked Ashton when she ran up to him at school. Ashton was in the middle of a conversation with Calum when Katie came up from behind him.

"No, why?" he asked knowing what she was going to say.

"Well now you do. We're going to have a special date tonight at my place," she said with a wink.

"Can't wait, see you then," Ashton said mustering up euphemism. Katie gave Ashton a long kiss then left for class.

"Somebody's getting laid tonight," Calum said as he slapped a hand on his friend's back. But Ashton didn't seem as excited. He just put his head down and tried to change the topic.