Jail Bait [Mashton] [Book 1]

I Love You, Goodbye

It's been four months. All of the boys were happy, still living in Luke and Michael's old house. The investigation had been closed last month, but the boys couldn't find it in themselves to leave just yet. They grew to realize that they could never leave their home. 

They had all finished school for the year. Many different plans were being made. Luke and Calum for the summer were going to travel around for a while. Michael was going to go see his parents. And Ashton.

Ashton was going to New York on his own. He'd fly there with Michael, but Michael would board another plane and head to Nashville, Tennessee, where his parents now lived. Ashton would be staying in New York for how long no one knew, he was finally going to get whatever was in his head out. He had been the doctor's last month, finding out that they now weren't sure what exactly was in Ashton's head. He'd hopefully know when he finally got to New York and to see his new doctor. 

Ashton's prays were that if they couldn't save him so he lived the rest of his life like he wanted too, then he wanted to live at least another two or three years. Just to have that time with Michael. He needed to have some kind of goodbye with Michael, but he wanted a long goodbye if he had to have one. 

"Ashton! Ashton come on! We gotta go or we'll miss the plane!" Michael shouts to the older boy from the bottom of the stairs. They had been sharing Michael's room, not that either of them cared. They didn't have to relationship that you are thinking of. They were the kind of people that just lay awake all night and talk about things, kissing every so often, coming close to going farther then either of them wanted. But they somehow stopped themselves before that happened. They didn't want to be like Luke and Calum and fuck every time they ended up in bed. They wanted to be the sweet couple, that yeah hated waiting, but they had to wait. Ashton after all was now 20 seeing that he had his birthday, and Michael now only 16. Still a long wait for the couple. 

"But I don't wanna leave! I don't know when I'm gonna see you again!" Ashton pouts as he moves from their shared room to the top of the stairs. Michael sadly smiles at him walking up the stairs to meet him.

"Ash, don't think like this alright? We're gonna talk to each other everyday; you know that. Just... Just cheer up alright?" Michael sighs hugging his boyfriend. He thinks about how much longer that would last. He could lose Ashton so easy, weather it be to whatever was in the older boys head, or it be to someone that Ashton meets, and having to lose him because Ashton fell in love with someone else. He didn't like the idea of either one of them, how could he? He was losing Ashton in both of him. Ashton the love of his life.

"Hey! You two! Let's got! You're gonna miss your flight!" Luke shouts to the two boys from where he and Calum stood smiling at the two. They came to realize that Ashton and Michael could take care of themselves and didn't really need them to watch over them. They did still keep an eye on them, but it wasn't as watchful.

"Coming." Ashton sighs grabbing Michaels hand and walking down the stairs with him. Luke and Calum turn walking out to the car to wait for the couple once more.

"Ashton." The older boy stops his movements of leaving the house turning back to his younger boyfriend. Ashton knew that in a few hours he was going to hate himself.

"Yeah Mikey?" Ashton smiles, trying to look convincing.

"Promise me that no matter what happens, we still stay friends. We don't close the other off, staying friend no matter what. We aren't just going to up and leave the other like they do in the movies." Ashton gulped as Michael request. He knew not to keep a promise that he couldn't keep, but Ashton had to do something stupid, he didn't want to, but he had too. Just in case the worst happened.