Their Secret

Fauna

"Why did you do it babe" Greyson says looking at me as I descend the stairs. I see Ashton's face grow colder.

"Do what?" I ask puzzled.

"Change that awesome outfit, the view was awe inspiring" he says smirking. My cheeks instantly go red.

"Alex let's go" Ashton says taking his keys.

"Go where?" I ask astonished by Ashton's statement.

"It's a surprise" he says. Well if this was his idea of exciting someone for a surprise it was definitely not the brightest one. Knowing fully well that there is no surprise I go to the kitchen and take out a peach and reluctantly follow him. Greyson smacks my ass and I give him a deadly glare. He smirks and raises his hands up in surrender. Ashton unceremoniously grabs my arm and walks out with me.

"You are officially creeping me out Mr Parker" I say trying to lighen the mood. He just keeps his gaze glued to the road. I see him grip the steering wheel tightly.

"Ash what's going on?" I say now concerned. I see his defined jaw tighten. He stops the car and looks at me.

"Nothing is going on, I just don't like how you conduct yourself around my brother" he says seriously.

"You don't what? You are not going to do that shit with me again Ashton I thought we got past that" I say irritated. He silently starts the car and drives until we are about 2 and half hours away from the town. He turns into a desolate gravel road that goes into the forest. After 15 minutes of driving he turns into another path that leaves the trail that leads to the main road. After about 10 minutes we get to a clearing and there in there clearing is an old abandoned house.

He cuts the engine and gets out. A few seconds later he opens my door I hesitate before I get out of the car. He opens the house with a key that he produced from his pocket. He motions for me to go inside buy I stay glued to my spot. Finally realising that I am not going to get inside before him he goes inside and that is when I follow him.

We find furniture covered in sheets and a few spiderwebs. The place is gloomy giving me an uneasy feeling Ashton goes into the surprisingly clean kitchen apart from the dust it looks good. We get upstairs and are coldly greeted by a series of closed doors. We open the doors and find some beds except for the door that leads to the also clean but dusty bathroom.

"Who's house is this?" I ask finally breaking the silence.

"It was my mother's she got it from her father, she gave it to me now" he says shortly.

"Why did you bring me here" I ask trying to read his expressionless face.

"I wanted to get you away from Greyson" he says piercing my eyes with his.

"Ok, so you intend on sitting in a place filled with dust all day just to get me away from your brother?" I ask looking at my surroundings.

"I called cleaning services, they will be here soon" as if on cue we heard a loud knock on the door which almost makes me jump out of my skin, I bet if I had a tail it would have fallen off at that point, luckily my coccyx is still intact. Ashton goes out of the bathroom and I follow him downstairs. He opens the door and gives the cleaning people some instructions and pulls me out of the house with him.

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We drive for forty minutes until we reach civilisation. We enter a small rural town when Ashton stops the car in front of one of the shops. We attract lots of stares as we make our way from the car and into the shop. For a moment I really think I have four eyes but then my suspicions are tossed down the drain by me tripping and almost falling if it wasn't for my proximity to Ashton I would have definitely fallen. I Alexendra Helena Calathes certainly don't have four eyes.

I look around the store and spot some household items and food so this is a grocery store. I wonder how long we will be staying here. Ashton takes a basket and starts picking out some food. He decides to go out of the shops and leaves me to do the shopping. I realise that I don't have anything to pay for the items in my basket and since I don't know where Ashton went I decide to wait for him in the shop.

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