I wake up and the light is shining in my eyes. As they adjust to the light I notice that someone is sitting on the bed. I can tell by the hair that it’s Ashton. His back is facing me.Why didn’t he just leave? I sit up and rub my head. I look at the alarm clock. It reads 9:00.
The conference is at 11:00 so I should probably get ready then do the guys stuff.
“Good Morning.” Ashton says to me
“Morning.” He turns and I see his face and the bruise is bigger than the memories of last night flood back to me. Then I feel guilty all of a sudden.
“What’s wrong?” he asks me
“Nothing” I lie “I thought you were going to leave once I fell asleep.”
“Well I didn’t want you to wakeup alone. Especially after what happened last night.”
“Uh yeah could we keep that to ourselves? I really don’t want to talk about it either.” I say and he nods
“I’m going to get dressed and I’ll be in your room to fix that.” I say referring to his bruise “See ya in ten.” I say and I close the door when he leaves.
I walk into the bathroom and look in the mirror. I’m about to do pick up the foundation bottle. But I hesitate when I look up to the mirror. I place the bottle down then shove it in my makeup bag and I skip doing my makeup. I don’t have the energy to do my own.
I pack my things and put them outside my door and the driver gets them and caries them to the lobby. I keep my makeup case for the boys and walk to there bedroom.
I knock on the door and slowly open it “Everyone decent.” I chuckle
When I walk into the room Calum,Luke, and Michael are sitting on the beds. I set myself down on the desk and pull out my fluffy brush and powder. I start on Calum.
“Hey where’s Ashton?” I ask
“He showers.” Luke answers
“Oh okay.” I then move onto to Michael who doesn’t move much.
When I go to do Luke’s makeup he starts making a face. “Ugg. Luke your fine I don’t really want to try today.” I groan from exhaustion
“Are you okay Cara?” Calum asks
“Yeah. Why?” I lie
“It’s just you usually don’t care what I say but you still force it on me.” Luke tells me and I close the loose powder and place it in the bag along with the brush. I hear the door open for the bathroom and I see Ashton walk out in nothing but a towel. He walks over to his suitcase and sees me.
“I’ll be ready in a minute.” He tells me and I nod
“Hey mate where were you last night?” Luke asks
“I was in Cara’s room.” He says and leaves to go in the bathroom
All the guys are staring at me with shock.
“It’s not what you think.” I say
“Well then what is it because it sounds like you and Ashton-“ I put my hand to Luke’s mouth before he can say anything else.
“No we didn’t but the reason he was there is private and I don’t want to talk about it.” They all nod and a wave of relief washes over me. I hear the door click and Ashton comes out wearing black skinny jeans and a muscle tee that says “Life is Radical” he walks over to me and sits down. I look at the bruise on his cheek and it has slightly faded. I take the bottle of foundation and put some on my hand then transfer it to the brush. I lightly blend it into his skin to make the bruise not look as harsh.
“So mate. Howd you get that shiner?” Calum asks looking closely at the bruise. Neither Ashton nor I say anything.
“Oh this is part of the thing you can’t tell us. Well I’m going to find out sooner or later.” He assures us and the anxiety returns.
