Trust || c.h.

Chapter 3

The next day I woke up to someone jumping on my bed and yelling my name, "Elsie! Elsie! Wake up! How are you still asleep?! We have to go shopping!" I opened my eyes to slits to see my best friend Kayla standing on the foot of my bed. I groaned, turning onto my stomach and covered my head with a pillow. "It's to early for this!" 

"It's almost noon babe" She jumped off my bed and walked over to my closet, probably looking for something of mine she would later "borrow" from me. I looked over to the alarm clock that sat on my bedside table and groaned once again before standing and running my hand through my bed head. 

"We are still going out tonight right?" I looked at her, the sleepiness still lurking in my voice. 

"Of course! My cousin got a job at that new club!" She grinned before walking to the bathroom across the hall to fix her makeup. I padded over to my closet and changed into a Glamour Kills logo tshirt and skinny jeans. I walked into the bathroom and pulled out my makeup bag, quickly brushing some foundation on as Kayla started curling her new lilac hair. I hadn't noticed it when she woke up, it looked good against her white skin tone. I faced her as I brushed blush against my cheekbones, "Your hair looks good, did you do it this morning?" She still smelled faintly of hair dye chemicals and her hair was still vibrant. "Yes! I finally worked up the courage to do it" She grinned as she spoke and I just laughed lightly. 

Two hours later we sat in the food court of the mall and eating pizza from the little pizza chain. I took a bite, chewing slowly as I looked up at Kayla and biting my lip. "So I need to tell you something.." I set down my pizza, wiping the grease from my fingers to a napkin. "There is this new guy at the music store.." As soon as the words left my lips, Kayla's face lit up as she grinned. "A guy?! Is he cute? What's he like? He's not weird is he? Because one time I dated this guy and he had this weird obsession abou--" I cut her off and shook my head, laughing. 

"No he's not weird, yes he is super cute and he is in a band" I could feel my cheeks growing warm as I spoke about Ashton. 

"A band? Ooo!" She giggled and took a sip of her drink. 

"You know those guys I told you about? The one that live in the apartment above mine and are super loud and obnoxious? Yeah..he's one of them" 

"I met one of them when I was through the lobby..he had black and red hair though" 

"That's probably Micheal" I rolled my eyes, "He's..a jerk and that's putting it nicely" 

She laughed and nodded, "Yeah I got that vibe from him"

"Ashton isn't like him and I think I might like him but..you know what I've been through and why I'm hesitant.. I don't want to get hurt again" I furrowed my brow and sighed frustratedly. Kayla leaned over and took my hand in hers, she had that look that most people wore when they were trying to comfort someone, "It'll be okay, give him a chance if you want or you'll never know what what could have been. If you don't then yes you might save yourself some pain but you might also regret it" 

I looked up at her and frowned, "Damnit, how do you always know what to say?" She laughed and stood to throw away our pizza plates. I stood up and flicked my hair over my shoulder before walking over to where she stood. 

"Okay so now, we need to find dresses for tonight!" I grinned as we walked to a small dress store in the mall that held anything from casual to ball gowns. As we walked into the boutique we were greeted by a middle aged employee asking if she could help, after we declined her often we made our way to the party dresses and begun looking through them. 

After countless numbers of dresses tried on and looked through, we both decided on a dress. Hers was a one shoulder black dress that went down to mid-thigh and mine was a light blue form fitting dress that had lace surronding the entire thing and also had the lace working as sleeves that went to my elbow. We paid for our dresses and walked out to my car. It was still only around 5pm by the time we left the mall even though it felt a lot later than that.

We pulled into the apartment complex's parking lot and got out, holding our dress bags across our arms as we walked into the lobby. Kayla bounced on her toes as I pressed the elevator button. "You know I have to meet this guy right?" She flicked her bright lilac hair over her shoulder as the elevator doors opened, I walked in without looking. I ran into someone and instantly felt my face go bright red as I looked up at who I ran into. 

"Hey beautiful" Ashton grinned as he slid his hands down my arms. 

I bit my lip and looked at Kayla beside me who was now covering her mouth trying not to laugh before I looked back to Ashton. "Uh.. Hi" i mumbled before taking a step back. He chuckled before taking my hand in his and kissing the top of it. "I would apologize for walking into you but then I wouldn't be able to see how adorable you look when you get flustured" He grinned and took a step aside, letting me and Kayla walk into the elevator. 

He glanced over at Kayla nodded, still smiling. "Hello I'm Ashton" He spoke with his thick accent before pulling her into a hug. Kayla laughed and hugged him back before stepping back next to me. "I'm Kayla" She looked over at me, causing me to look down at my old vans, trying to stop blushing so hard. As the elevator doors closed, Ashton winked at me and turned on his heel before walking out of the lobby.

A/N: Okay so that was so cute, I was listening to the Don't Stop EP on repeat while writing this (If you're in North America and you can't have it yet like me, then go search it on Youtube and it'll be there! You're welcome! oh and Kayla is actually my real best friend and you should all go follow her on here! Her username is KayLuv143, shes lovely ^-^