Hate that I love you (An Ashton Irwin fanfic)

Chapter 3

During lesson I kept seeing Ashton looking over at me but I chose to ignore it. He was hot, but the most arrogant guy I’ve ever met; and I got to school with Calum Hood and Michael Clifford.

The bell went at the end of the double lesson and I began to pack my things away.

‘So’ said Ashton ‘Where are we going now?’

‘Well I don’t know about you but I’m off to meet my friends for break before next lesson’

‘Can I come with you?’ smiled Ashton

‘Now why would either of us want that?’ I said sarcastically.

‘You’re very sarcastic. Do you know that?’ He said laughing

‘Why thank you. I take pride in it’ I smiled back

‘So… Can I come with you? I literally don’t know anyone else’

I can’t take him to my friends, it’s always just us three and I know they’d feel uncomfortable if someone else was there.

‘How about I show you round?’ I suggested

‘Ooh so you wanna be alone? Told you, you’ve started falling for me already’ He winked at me again then giggled

‘If that’s what you want to believe, then sure’ I said ‘Let me see you timetable then’

He rummaged through his bag and handed me a sheet. I began to look through it. Oh god. Surely not.

‘Wow. Seems like we have Science, Maths and History together too’ I sighed

‘So I guess we’ll be spending a lot of the week together. School time plus whenever we go out after school or at weekends’

‘Who said we’ll be spending time outside of school together?’

‘That’s what friends do. Then they’ll turn into dates and so on, just wait and see babe’

Babe. He called me babe again. He was such an idiot. I didn’t know whether I wanted to kiss him or slap him. Probably a bit of both to be honest.

‘So where should we go? Why don’t we hang around outside instead? It’s a nice day’ He said, looking down at me and smiling.

‘Um… yeah sure’ I said smiling back.

I don’t know how to feel about him. He seems lovely one minute, then really full of himself the next minute.

We sat on the benches under the shelters because it was bright and we both sat in silence for a few seconds. I could see him looking at me again, but I didn’t react.

‘D’ya wanna hear the story of why I’m over here in England then? Might as well' He giggled. Wow his giggle was so cute.

‘Yeah sure’ I smiled at him.

‘Well it’s not the happiest of stories but like I said, you’re my friend now so I’ll tell you’ I felt my heart drop when he said that. He really considered me a friend after just meeting me. Maybe he isn’t that bad after all. ‘Well my parents were arguing all the time; and I mean all the time. It wasn’t a nice environment to be in. It seemed to get better, there was still arguing going on, but not half as bad. But then my mum got a job opportunity here, a massive promotion, everyone wanted it. So my mum gathered us all, me, my brother and sister and my dad and told us about it and explained that we wouldn’t do anything if even one of us didn’t want to go. So we all agreed because we knew how great this could be for her’ He then stopped and sighed ‘All of us except dad. So mum said we wouldn’t go then and dad basically told us all to come here and leave him there and forget about him because the “family wasn’t working out anyway” he said. So my parents got a divorce and me, my mum and my brother and sister came here’ He said and looked down.

‘Oh my goodness… Ashton, I’m so sorry. I…’ I started

‘No, it’s fine. Really. My mum is better off without him anyway. It seems nice here’ He brought his head back up and looked into my eyes and then smiled at me.

He really was beautiful. Behind the idiot, I could see there was a sensitive guy just from what he’s just told me.

Just then, the bell went for next lesson. I said bye to Ashton and he said he’d see me later in History.

I sat in Drama just thinking about how I’d literally just met him and he’d told me something that deep. Maybe he told everyone that story, why would he just tell me that?

We had to act out a stupid scene in Drama so I chose the smallest part because there was nothing I hated more than acting.

At dinner I started to walk into the dinner hall and felt a hand pull my shoulder back.

‘Hey Jade, didn’t see you before’ it was Lauren.

‘Yeah where was you at break?’ asked Erin.

‘Erm, I was with the new kid. Showing him around and stuff.’ I said.

‘There’s a new kid? And it’s a guy? Yesss, is he hot?’ Asked Lauren. That was so typical of her.

I just laughed and started to walk to where we we’ve always sat for dinner. But when I looked up, I saw Ashton sat alone at a dinner table. He looked so uncomfortable, dick or not, no one likes to be alone.

‘Listen guys, do you mind if I go and sit with the new kid? He’s by himself and I’m the only person he knows’ I asked my friends.

‘Why don’t you ask him to sit with us?’ questioned Erin.

‘I don’t want to make him feel uncomfortable, you know because he doesn’t know you’ I said quickly. That was nasty of me, but I wanted to talk to him by myself.

‘Sure, see you later Jade’ I got my bag and walked over to him. When I got to the table he looked up and smiled.

‘Jade!’ He said surprised ‘Come to sit and fall in love with me?’ he laughed

‘Don’t flatter yourself Irwin, I’ve come to keep you company’ I smiled at him and sat down across from him so I could look at him properly.

‘Thank you’ He said.

‘For what?’

‘Coming and sitting with me. I thought I was going to be alone’ He smiled awkwardly and messed with his hair

‘Well you thought wrong’ I giggled ‘See, you’re not always right’

‘No? Well I am right about my theory of you and I’ He looked at me and winked.

‘That again? Really? Do you want me to get up and leave?’ I smiled and pushed his shoulder lightly

He smiled and stared at me for a few seconds, the looked down. For the rest of dinner he told me about his old school and how different the country is and he told me about his old friends and what he had left behind. I just looked at him and could see that really, he was quite a shy guy. Whenever he would laugh he would turn his head so his face wasn’t as visible. Damn he was cute. No Jade, you are not falling for him. Just because he’s cute now, doesn’t mean he isn’t trouble. Remember how he was acting before.

When the bell went at the end of dinner he shot up from the table and held his arm out to help me up and said ‘We have history together now. C’mon Miss Healy’

Shit. I forgot we had another class together now. I hoped I’d get their first to pick my seat because if he sat down first, I wouldn’t know whether to sit with him or not, But if I sit own first, he can choose if he wants to sit with me. We got to class and he got in first and took a seat near the back…