Dirty Little Secret [5SOS]

10: Adventure Time!

"Let's have an adventure!" I shout and push Ashton off the bed.

"Ok. I have a plan," he shoots up and rushes out of the room without waiting for me to slowly follow behind. Ashton drives me over to a costume shop, stopping there.

"Costumes," I question as I follow him inside.

"Yeah. Let's get costumes and then take those bus tours around Hollywood like mental tourists!" He grabs a teddy bear costume and holds up to me. I shake my head and move on. After lots of laughs, finding ridiculous costumes, we try them on. Ashton comes out first in a Ghostbusters outfit, then me in a Riddler costume. We both shake our heads and go get changed again. Next, Ashton comes out as Luke Skywalker and I as a cute, green monster. After a few more changes including the Hulk, a My Little Pony, a dog, and Ariel, we finally decide on our attire. We both step out at the same time, looking at each other. I am Sandy from Grease in her yellow dress and Ashton is Danny with his leather jacket. We both look at each other and laugh.

"Danny?!" I laugh, saying a line from the movie.

"Sandy?!"

"Danny," I say again.

"That's my name don't wear it out," he smiles smugly, making me laugh some more. We gather our regular clothes and pay for the costumes and a bottle of hair get to smooth out Ashton's hair. We go back to the car and I help Ashton fix his hair. I squeeze the bottle and it squirts out in my hand. I concentrate on rubbing it in his hair and shaping it to look like Danny's. I finally curl the one strand in the front, sticking my tongue out slightly. Ashton looks at me and smiles. We are so close and I can feel his breath tickling my nose. I lock stare with his beautiful light brown eyes and move my hand slightly towards his face. He places his hand on my cheek first. It is a little cold and I shiver at his touch. I move in a bit and move my hand to his cheek slowly as he quickly backs away. I finally notice what happened. There was still the cold jelly on my hand and is now smeared across his right cheek. I start laughing and try to take some napkins and clean it up but he ends up just smearing it on my face as revenge. We both laugh and end up in a little hand war before we both give up and start to clean up the mess.

"I'm sorry," I blush, laughing. He shrugs and leans in, pulling me close, and kisses my cheek. I stiffen in shock. I feel a fire in my heart and I know it’s moving quickly right up to my cheeks. I turn away, looking out the window with a smile. Ashton starts the car and drives to the starting point of the bus tour. He helps me out of the car and we wait by the sign. We both stand there awkwardly, a little shocked but happy as well. The big red bus arrives and Ashton makes his way to the second level and takes a seat. I follow closely behind, finally getting the hang on the crutches. The bus pulls out onto the road and soon the only noise that I can pick up is the rumble of the bus tires against the gravel and the wind rushing past my ears. The tour guide's voice and the other indistinct conversations are muffled out by the thoughts buzzing in my head.

"I'm not satisfied," I simply state, finally.

"What do you mean?"

"I don't think I can do this. Long-distance is hard."

"With Christian you mean?"

"Yes. I don't know what I wanted to get out of it. He acts the same in any of his videos. We barely know anything about each other really. We haven't even friggin' met! How was I expecting this to work!"

Ashton opens his mouth to say something but I cut him off.

"I just wanted someone to be there for me," I whisper to myself.

"I'm sorry," Ashton wraps his arm around my shoulder and lets me lean into him.

"I think he loves me," I whisper again, but this time loud enough for Ashton to pick it up.