18 Years // A.I.

Ch 12

❉❉6 month’s later❉❉

Ashton's POV-

We arrive at the new home of Meg, Lily and Stan. Meg is waiting at the door with no signs of Lily, great just like we talked. Luke runs up to her and hugs her before giving her a big sloppy kiss. I make a disgusted sound making them laugh and pull apart.

"Save the face eating for when doors are closed. Where is Lily?" I ask, sitting my bag down on the floor next to door.

"She's in the music room banging on drums." Meg rolls her eyes and walks into the kitchen.

I laugh and follow the sound of drums. I end up at the door that was made into a chalkboard, which was a cool idea. I slowly open it and see her focused on drums, just like months ago. I wrap my arms around her causing her to jump.

"Ashton Fletcher Irwin!" She screams before turning around and hugging me. 

"Hey babe, I missed you so so so much!" I say, kissing her.

"They would find a way to fuck on drums." We hear a voice from the doorway. We break apart and see Mike and Cal smirking at us.

"Oh hush!" I say, throwing a drumstick each at them. They laugh and duck down. She laughs and walks over to her phone that is blaring Amnesia. We all smirk at her for her choice in her ringtone.  She reads something on it before poking out her lip and saying "awe".

"What?" Cal asks her confused.

"It's a little puppy that a friend of mine wants to get adopted. They are going to kill it if no one adopts it today." She says sadly. 

"Are you going to get it?" I ask her. She shrugs and walks out the room, we follow her and see her asking Meg and Stan if they can get a dog. 

"I am not taking care of a dog." Meg says.

"He's kinda cute." Stan says.

"I will take care of it; let me get it I pay one third of the bills!"  She begs. Meg sighs and nods her head.

"Fine, get it only because I don't want it to die." Meg sighs pointing a knife at Lily then going back to cutting food. Lily and Stan both cheer.

"I'll take ya." I say, following her to the car.

"Good, because I have no idea where the shelter is." She says, handing me her car keys.

The U.S had given her enough money to buy a house and car, with a lot left over to make up for the 18 years she had lived with those people and no one ever caught on. With that money she was able to put a down payment on a house and a car for herself along with furniture for the house.

I drive her to the shelter and walk in with her. Lily shows the picture to the woman and she nods her head. We walk to a door labeled Puppy Room and walk in. She walks to a little pen where a puppy sits playing with toys.

"Can I hold her?" Lily asks the woman. The woman nods and walks away. Lily picks her up and instantly falls in love with her. "Isn't she cute?" 

"Yeah, she is. Want me to hold her?" I ask noticing she looks heavy. Lily nods and passes me the dog.

"Can we get her?" Lily asks with puppy dog eyes.

"Yes, I thought that was why we came." I say following her out to the counter, so she can fill out the adoption form. Once she is done they give her a leash and collar to put on the dog.

"What are we going to name her?" Lily asks once we get in the car. I look at her for a while and decide on one.

"What about Bella?" I ask her. She smiles and nods. 

"I like it, do you Bella?" She asks grabbing the poor dogs face.

"We are your new parent's Bella." I say, rubbing her head.

"Her parents?"  Lily asks smiling.

"Yeah, she is our first baby." I say, pulling into the driveway. I walk her to the door and let her run inside to greet everyone. 

"Say hello to our new addition, Bella!" Lily says, walking in behind me.

"You make it sound like you gave birth to her." Mike says, laughing.

"Well, she is our baby." Lily says, letting Bella lay in her lap and lick Cal.