5SOS One-Shots

Ashton- I can't just snap my fingers and fix this!

“Oh my god, Ashton!” I exclaimed, chasing him down the hall.

“Ahhh!!!” he screamed in agreement, turning sharply into a random hall closet. I lunged in after him before he slammed the door shut and locked it. “Haley!! What the hell have I done?!”

“Oh my god!” I exclaimed again, my hands on my head. I stood frozen in place, trying to process what I just saw Ashton doing.

He began pacing back and forth in the tiny space, his hands in his hair, eyes wild with panic. “I didn't mean for that to happen!!”

I plopped down on the small, beaten up ottoman beside me, letting the last minute replay in my head. Ashton. Kira. Kira, Calum's girlfriend. Ashton and Calum's girlfriend. Ashton kissing Kira. Ashton kissing Calum's girlfriend, Kira. Me, walking in on Ashton kissing Calum's girlfriend, Kira.

“How the hell did that even happen?” I demanded.

He stopped pacing and turned to face me. “I don't even know! She and Calum had gotten into an argument and she was upset. I was trying to make her feel better. That's it!” Ashton groaned into his hands. “Before I knew what was happening, she was kissing me and I was kissing her back and oh my god, Calum is going to kill me!!” He resumed pacing, this time faster.

“Ashton!!” I said firmly, standing and grabbing his shoulders, forcing him to sit on the floor. He grabbed a cloth tarp from the shelf, buried his face in it, and let out a frustrated scream. I let him get it out for a few seconds, and then he flopped back against the wall.

“What the hell am I going to do?” he asked loudly.

“I don't know, but you have to do something!” I exclaimed, probably not helping the situation with my frantic voice.

“Like what?!”

“I don't know!! Just do something!!”

“I can't just snap my fingers and fix this, Haley!!” he shouted.

“Stop screaming at me!! I didn't do anything wrong!!”

“You're screaming at me, too!!” he yelled back.

“It doesn't matter!! We have to stop screaming before someone finds us in here!!”

With that, we both shut p and stared at each other, listening for footsteps or voices in the hall. Nothing. I laughed quickly at the tension before muffling myself.

“Haley,” he said seriously, his big eyes staring into mine. “What the hell am I going to do? I just kissed my best friend's girlfriend. He's going to hate me, they're going to break up. Fuck, the entire group is going to break up. And so will the band.” He flopped over onto the floor. “Oh. My god.”

“Relax,” I told him, a hand on his forearm. “It can't be as bad as you think. Kira's only been with Calum for a couple months. It's not serious. Surely, the band won't break up because of this. Now, tell me this: who kissed who first?”

“Uh, I don't know. It kinda just happened. We kissed each other at the same time.”

“Well...that's not so bad.” I sighed. “Are you into her?”

“No. It was just an in-the-moment thing, you know?”

“Yeah, I get that. I'm sure Calum will, too.”

Ashton stared at the wall, his eyes filling with tears.

“I hope so.”