Manipulative || A.I.

Sly

Sarah's POV

As Sarah followed Amelia through the streets of New York she was questioning where the bar these guys were performing at. And when she was being bragged into Time Square she was even more confused.

And that's when Amelia stopped at the box office of the Best Buy Theater and began to talk to the man at the desk. Sarah took a few steps back and saw the massive LED sign. And who was on that sign?

None other than Ashton, and who she assumed to be his band mates. He was performing in the Best Buy Theater.

"No way," she said under her breath as the picture of them disappeared to showcase another act that was coming soon.

"Not so disappointed now are you? He is actually a successful musician." Amelia strolled up and handed her a VIP badge.

"They have VIP's?" Sarah could not believe what she was witnessing. She was proven wrong on more then one occasion, but this time it was on a whole other level.

"Oh this is going to be so good," Amelia scoffed and tilted her head back. She walked to the entrance into the theater and Sarah ran to catch up.

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The lights dimmed and the shreiks of the girls made it feel like her was eardrums were bleeding. She could make out a few moving figures on the stage and so did the girls in the crowd because somehow the screaming got louder.

With every ear piercing scream she would flinch, unable to control the reaction.

She could just barely hear the clapping of drumsticks together and soon the lights blinded her and the band began performing. When her eyes were able to adjust she saw Ashton pounding away on the drums.

She watched as he seemed to forget the world around him as he kept the beat and let his body take over for what his mind had already memorized. His tank-top, if you could call it that. It was really a tshirt he had cut massive side holes on the sides of. But she was pleasantly surprised by what she saw. Although he was thin, he was muscular. His rib muscles descended onto a chiseled set of abs. And when she looked at his biceps she could see that drumming did give those strong arms he had wrapped around her the night prior when he kissed her out of no where.

She still felt his lips on hers even after she walked away from him last night. She hated the fact his kiss had made an impression. And thinking about it then only caused her to watch him a bit more intently as she absent mindedly put her fingers to her lips.

"What the hell are you thinking about?" Amelia shouted over the music and screaming.

Sarah snapped her head over, and saw Amelia scrunching her eyebrows together and pursing her lips.

"What?" Sarah suddenly became aware that she was tracing her lips with a glazed look on her face as she stood and watched Ashton.

"You were watching Ash like he was the last hamburger and you hadn't had one in ages."

"Gross Amelia," Sarah crinkled her nose and shivered.

"I'm sorry. Right. You looked at him like he was last pair of Jimmy Choo's and they happen to be your size," Amelia mocked.

Sarah laughed at the much better representation of her look towards Ashton even though she did not want to admit that was how she was looking at him.

"What's the deal? All of a sudden you want to go on a date with him?" Amelia crossed her arms to await and answer but the song came to an end and the crowd erupted in excitement.

They both looked to the stage and she saw Ashton looking around and she tried to hide she was watching him as he began to wave to Amelia. The girls surrounding them began to jump, scream and hyperventilate that a wave was being tossed in their direction, and she had to jump a bit to escape the wrath of elbows being shoved along the side of her body.