Strawberry~ Lashton

Strawberry-~

''Stop fooling around!'' I yelled trying to stop my two idiot friends named Calum and Michael from killing each other. They always do this; Michael is always trying to steal Calum's lunch. Since Calum is the definition of ego and selfish, they always end up fighting.
''Michael leave Calum's food alone, he literally just sat down!'' I yelled again. ''Luke, you need to loosen up! You are always so serious! Whyyy sooo SERIOUS?'' Michael said trying to mimic the joker. Calum cringed at Michael's attempt to sound like the joker but nodded in agreement anyways. ''No, I am not! I just don't want everybody's attention! I do not even want to sit in this stupid school-cafeteria, but because of the stupid school-rules we can't sit anywhere else!'' I said sounding pissed. ''Look, Luke, neither of Michael and I wants to be here, but that is why we're trying to make the best out of it. Let us just, let us have some fun, yeah?'' Calum said trying to comfort me. I looked down, as I fiddled with the sleeves of my sweater. ''Yeah'' I mumbled. Calum and Michael looked at each other. ''Let's do some dares then!'' Michael said, he definitely would come up with something stupid and get us in trouble. I sighed and nodded.
''Okay, Calum first! I dare you to chug down all the water in your water bottle'' Michael said excitingly. ''Michael, you know that that is not good for you!'' Calum said. Michael furrowed his eyebrows. ''Just do it!'' he said. ''But it's lukewarm.'' Calum grumbled as he started to chug it down. ''Done!'' he yelled breathlessly as he slammed the water bottle down on the table. ''Calum, your turn to make up a dare'' said Michael. ''Ok, Luke'' I looked up as I heard my name, and gulped nervously knowing something is coming. ''I dare you to go over to that guy, and make him smile'' Said Calum proudly as he pointed to the guy seated alone at a table looking down in his lap. ''Calum, that's impossible! That's Ashton Irwin! I have never seen him laugh, to hell with it; I haven't even seen him talk to anyone before! Please let me do another dare!'' I begged, afraid to make a fool out of myself. ''Luke calm down, he is in my art class. He is not dangerous or something, he's just quiet. Just go and make him smile. You out of all people should be able to make him smile!'' Calum explained.
''Fine, but you owe me a chocolate bar, of my choice, if I make him smile'' I said through gritted teeth as I stood up and snatched my bag with me, walking over to the other side of the room. I felt the palms of my hand starting to get sweaty as I walked my way to Ashton's table.

''Hi, I'm Luke'' I said as I sat down in front of him. He looked up at me shocked, and then glanced back down in his lap again. ''O-okay'' I breathed out feeling slightly uncomfortable. ''What's your name?'' I asked, trying to make a conversation. I know that his name is Ashton, but I couldn't come up with anything else to ask. He just shrugged, and dragged down the sleeved of his hoodie. '' Do you want to hear a joke? '' I asked, wanting to make him smile or laugh. He didn't answer. So I tried anyways. ''Knock knock?'' I said as I made a movement trying to make it look like I was knocking at something. Ashton just shrugged, fiddling with a rubber band around his wrist. ''You don't like knock knock jokes, huh? Um, what do you like to do on your free time then?'' I asked, feeling very uncomfortable. Damn it Calum! Why couldn't you just make me stand up on a table yelling something stupid instead, I thought to myself. Ashton didn't answer my question but he did however talk. ''Why did you come here?'' he said in a small voice, still looking down in his lap. He had a nice and soothing voice, I hate knowing that he doesn't talk much. Shit, what do I say? I can't say that I came over here because of a dare! That would hurt his feelings. I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding.
''Um, my stupid friends over there, were fighting over food, it looked much more peaceful here. And besides, you looked kind of lonely'' I answered, pointing to the table I usually sit at and gave him a small smile. ''Oh, ok'' he said. ''Do you mind if I sit here?'' I asked carefully. ''Um, no, not really. People usually don't want to be seen with me or don't want to be with me at all.'' He said looking up at me.
He had beautiful hazel eyes and golden, brown, curly hair. ''I'm Ashton'' he said, answering my previous question. '' Woah, I love your hair!'' I complimented. He bit down on his lip, looking down again. ''Really? People say I look ugly with it, they usually say I look like a mop'' he frowned. ''What? You're beautiful, I mean your hair is beautiful!'' I didn't mean for that to slip out, but he truly is beautiful. Ashton looked down, flustered, a deep shade of crimson red tinted his cheeks. ''Thank you'' he mumbled. I think I saw the ends of his lip, tug a little bit upwards.
It was quiet again. Until I heard Ashton's stomach grumble. ''Do you have lunch?'' I asked Ashton. He bit his lip, shaking his head. I remembered that I brought my bag with me, so I picked it up from the floor and fished out my strawberries. ''Um, do you like strawberries?'' I asked. ''Yeah'' Ashton answered. I opened the lock of my Tupperware box. ''Do you want a strawberry?'' I questioned holder the box in front of him. ''Yes, please'' Ashton said, he took a strawberry gave me a smile. His smile truly is beautiful.