SOS || a.i.

Chapter Eleven

Chapter 11:

As soon as the interview with the boys ended, it took everything I had in me to not run out of the room like the rest of the reporters, who were sprinting to get their stories written before anyone else's.

Ella and I said goodbye to Quinten, hugging him and adding his number into our phones 'just in case we got into any, trouble.'

By then I didn't have the chance to give leaving another thought, because Ashton was headed towards me. I pretended I didn't see him and continued to pack my things up.

"Layla Jae, what the hell are you doing at a 5sos press conference?" he said and I looked at him, shocked that he knew who I was even though I was wearing a disguise. "Don't look at me so shocked I would recognize you from 100 miles away even if you were dressed as Godzilla," he said smirking at me and pushing a piece of my fake blonde hair behind my ear. I leaned into his hand before remembering he had a girlfriend.

"Yeah, okay," I said quietly, distancing myself from him and figuring now wasn't a good time to tell him I might have feelings for him.

"I'm so glad you're here. There's something I've been meaning to tell you..." Ash began but was interrupted by the rest of the boys walking over.

"Ella!!" Luke yelled and threw his arms around my best friend, who had just taken off her wig and contacts.

"Luke!" She said smiling and hugging him tightly.

Hot tears stung my eyes as I watched them smile at each other and whisper quietly with Ella giggling and Luke blushing every few seconds. I was so happy for her but at the same time I wished Ashton and I were hugging and smiling at each other too.

I took my wig and my contacts out as well, now looking like myself again as I packed everything up.

"Layla!!" Calum and Michael screamed coming up and wrapping me in a bone crushing hug. I laughed at them and hugged them back, smiling at their friendliness, considering we had only met once before.

"Nice to see you guys again," I said after they let me go.

"You too," Michael said, smiling at me. His hair was now dyed white with a large black stripe in the middle. Kind of like a skunk, but in reverse.

"It feels like we never left you at that gas station," Calum said shooting a look at Ashton who blushed furiously. "That one hasn't shut up about you."

Now it was my turn to blush. Ash had been talking about me? But I thought...

"Shut up you twits," Ashton said covering Calums mouth, before he could say anything more, and pushing him and Michael back towards their dressing room. "We'll meet you back there in a second."

After Calum and Michael were gone, Ashton took a deep breath and smiled at me again.

"So you never told me what you were doing here, I was afraid that I wasn't going to see you again!" he exclaimed, smiling stupidly at me.

I laughed in response. Figuring I needed Ella with me to explain the real reason we were here.

Ashton gave me a funny look and grabbed my bag before I could, ushering me into the hallway Cal and Michael had disappeared into.

"Come on," he smiled. "You can explain it to me in our dressing room."

We headed towards one of the many black doors but were stopped by another large bouncer at the end of the hall.

"No guests allowed," he said gruffly.

"Awh come on Pierce, she's with me," Ash said, lacing our fingers together to prove his point.

As soon as his skin touched mine the world seemed to stop. Electricity coursed through my veins and I wanted to grip harder onto his hand, loving the feeling he gave me.

The next thing I knew Ashton was pulling me through another hallway as we passed Pierce, the scary bouncer. Our fingers were still loosely together and I wasn't going to be the one to let go first.

"Wow nice job, you're very intimidating," I teased Ashton as he dug into his pockets for the keys that gave us enterance to the large black door in front of us. His hand still hanging onto mine.

"Oh yeah, I'm very scary when I want to be," Ashton said before sending me into a fit of laughter.

"You're about as intimidating as a baby turtle," I giggled at the hurt expression on his face.

"Well..." Ashton started, twirling around to face me and tripping, falling right on top of me.

"Still not intimidating?" he giggled, pressing his nose to mine as he lay on top of me.

I opened my mouth to speak but was interrupted by the door Ashton has been trying to unlock, swinging open.

"Ash? Oh my gosh what the hell are you doing?!" Destiny stood in the doorway, looking shocked as Ashton pushed himself off of me and unlocked our hands, which had still been together.

"Des, I can explain..." Ashton sputtered.

"Who the hell are you?" Destiny said, ignoring Ashton and shooting me a hard glare.

"I...I...I'm Bryce Dillon, a reporter for the Daily Sun," I began, motioning to my badge. "I followed Ashton backstage to ask him a few questions and he got mad and pounced on me. I promise, there was nothing like that happening. I was just leaving anyway," I said pushing myself up grabbing my bag from the ground, where Ashton had dropped it.

"Yeah get going! Press questioning is in twenty minutes in the conference room. I'll see you there," Ashton said with fake annoyance in his voice that was only obvious to me. He winked and I understood what he was hinting to.

"You bet you'll see me there, I've got some questions for you mister!" I said, trying to conjure up the most anger I could and turning to leave, before I was stopped by another voice.

"Oh Bryce!" Destiny said, causing me go turn back around just to see her throw herself at Ashton and kiss him, repeatedly.

When they came up for air she turned to me with a smug expression on her face.

"He's mine, bitch," she said smirking at my shocked expression.

I just turned around and walked away before Destiny decided to shove anymore of her and Ashton's PDA down my throat.

"Not for long," I murmured, walking past Pierce and back into the conference room where Luke and Ella were still talking.

Smiling to myself as the electric feeling Ashton had given me pulsed through my body.

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