Give Into Me

Chapter Two

          

Ashton woke up early again. His stomach grumbled loudly and he rubbed his eyes before sitting up. He threw his covers back and stood up, stretching his arms above his head. He pulled on a clean pair of boxers and some jeans. He grabbed his All Time Low tour shirt and pulled it over his head before heading to the bathroom. He brushed his teeth before making his way to the kitchen. He watched as Harley danced around the kitchen, humming along to whatever song was on the radio, Ashton didn't know it. "Mike, can you get the cheese from the fridge?" Harley asked, looking up at Michael with doe eyes.

"Only because you're pretty." Michael grinned, pressing a kiss to her nose. Harley scrunched up her face, sticking her tongue.

"You're a weirdo." She giggled, stirring whatever was on the stove. Ashton felt a pang of jealousy in his chest. He had thought Harley was attractive, and he may have been starting to have a little crush on her. He almost felt bad now, seeing how carefree she looked with Michael.

"You're the weirdo."  Michael laughed, handing her the cheese. "You're the one that thinks eggs taste better with cheese."

"Shut up, you put ketchup on them." Harley laughed, Michael's arms snaking around her waist.

"Because, it tastes good." Michael laughed with her.

"Can you two stop being disgusting for a while, and just make us some breakfast?" Calum crossed his arms. Ashton silently thanked Calum for speaking up. He stood in the back of the kitchen, just watching Harley and Michael.

"Hey, good morning, Ashton." Luke chirped, once he noticed Ashton's looming figure in the back.

"Morning." Ashton smiled softly.

"I have that same shirt." Luke grinned, eyeing Ashton's All Time Low shirt.

"You went to their concert?" Ashton asked, furrowing his eyebrows.

"Yeah, the four of us did. Harley bought the tickets, like, a year in advance. We went to the signing too." Luke grinned wider.

"Woah, small world." Ashton laughed. "Where did you guys sit?"

"We didn't. We were in the pit." Calum answered. "We stood in line for 3 hours for the signing, we stood in line for 2 hours for early admission, we stood in the pit for the entire concert."

"And, Calum complained the entire time." Harley rolled her eyes, turning the stove off.

"It was super fucking hot that day." Calum quipped, crossing his arms.

"Shouldn't have worn jeans, then." She shook her head and served the eggs onto colored plates.

"We all have assigned colors for plates. You can have the gray plate." Michael said, handing Ashton the gray plate.

"Assigned colors?" Ashton furrowed his eyebrows once more.

"We've had these plates since we were kids. We always used the same colors, based on our favorite color. Now they're just stuck with us." Harley explained, serving Ashton his eggs. Ashton nodded and followed everyone into the dining room. There were two cats on the table, and one sitting on the bench next to the table.

"Do your cats just go wherever they want?" He asked, taking a seat next to the cat on the bench.

"Pretty much, yeah." Michael shrugged, pulling the gray cat onto his lap. "This gray one is named Tequila, for some stupid reason." He smirked, looking at Harley.

"Hey, my cat naming skills are way better than yours." She crossed her arms.

"What about that one?" Ashton asked, pointing to another gray cat.