After a very long week of avoiding Ashton, it was finally Friday and there's a huge party at Josh's house tonight. Josh is the most well-known guy in school, and his parties were always the best. He was extremely well-off, both of his parents are doctors and they're both never home, always traveling to different countries; which left him a lot of money to host insane parties.
"Hey Kat" I heard Luke call from his room. "Yeah?" I answered, brushing my teeth. "How do I look?" he asked walking into my bathroom. He hadn't done his hair yet but he was wearing a gray t-shirt and black skinny jeans, we were both sneaking out to go to this party and we wanted to look presentable. My excuse for going out was, hanging out with the girls to study and his was band practice with his boys, both mediocre but hey, they worked.
Josh's parties were similar to clubs, usually a DJ in the backyard, strobe lights, and a lot of alcohol. "You look great" I complimented. "Thanks, belt or no belt?" he asked. "Belt, I'd rather not see pictures of your black-out drunk ass all over Facebook" I joked, starting to walk back to my room. "Okay. What are you wearing?" he questioned. The party started in 20 minutes, all I had left was to get dressed and spray on a bit of perfume.
I took out my dress and showed it to him. It was a fairly short black and white dress that to be honest, was skin tight. "Absolutely not" he said, his mouth gaping. "Why?" I laughed. He shook his head and walked over to my closet, taking out a pair of sweatpants and a hoodie. "That's better" He smiled. "What's so bad about it?" I asked, still laughing. He whipped his phone out of his pocket and Face-timed Jack.
"Hey bud what's up" Jack answered. "Hey Jack" I called. "Hey Kat" he chuckled. "So Kat and I are going out to a party and this is what she wants to wear" he said and flipped the camera to show the dress. "Oh hell no" Jack gasped. "Are you kidding" I chuckled. "Why?" Luke gave me a look.
"I think what Luke wants to say is that he knows how guys think and he doesn't want anyone thinking of you like that" Jack explained. "Aww look at you Luke, being all protective" I joked and pinched his cheek. "Thanks Jack. Bye" he said and hung up. "Don't blame me for caring. I just don't want to see anything happen to you" he warned. "Luke, I appreciate it, but I think I can handle it. Plus, I'll be with Bella, Rose, and Elena" I explained. "Okay. Be careful and be ready in 10, meet me at the car" he said. I nodded and waited for him to walk out to get dressed.
I slipped on the dress and put on a pair of black heels. I put on a bit of perfume and lip gloss, fluffed my hair and walked out and down to Luke's car. "You look great" he sighed before starting the car. "You do too, I can always hang out with you the entire time" I joked. He laughed and shook his head. I smiled to myself before taking my phone out of my purse and texting our group chat that I was almost there.
Once we got there, Luke and I walked in through the huge french doors into the party. "I'm walking with you until you find your friends" he said, taking my arm. "Okay" I said holding in a laugh. "There they are. Thank you Luke, go have fun. Don't get too drunk" I smiled. "Anytime. See ya" he said and walked away to go find his friends.
I walked over to the girls and hugged them. "Hey Kat" they all smiled. Elena handed me a cup I could tell it was beer. "Thanks" I smiled and took a sip. I hated beer, shots were more my forte but I could handle it.
The next few hours were spent drinking, dancing, eating, more drinking, flirting occasionally, and unfortunately getting ever so slightly wasted. All my friends have now basically disappeared and I was all alone, just walking around occasionally talking to someone.
That's when I bumped into someone. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry" I said dizzily. "You're totally fine. Wait- Katrina?" they said, just as confused as I was. I looked up and saw Ashton. "Oh hey Ashton" I said smiling. Like I've said, I'm a lightweight. So far I've had 3 shots and a beer. So I wasn't exactly.. stable.
"You're drunk aren't you" he laughed. "Just a bit" I joked. "Let's get you outside" he smiled and held my arm as we walked outside to the front yard. "I'm still mad at you" I glared as I crossed my arms. "Oh I know you are" he laughed. "You're rude as hell" I said, my voice came out way higher pitched than normal. "I've heard that before" He snickered. No one was out except for us, everyone usually ended up inside by the end since it can get pretty damn hot and air conditioning was crucial.
We sat down on the lawn and gazed up at the stars, I had a slight obsession with space and stars have always fascinated me. I saw Ashton look over at me out of the corner of my eye. I looked over at him and our eyes met. "Hm?" I asked, feeling kind of tired. "Nothing" he said looking away. "Let's get you home then. Calum is the other designated driver so he can take Luke back" he explained. "Wait! I can't go home. I told Liz I was going to the girl's and if I come back like this she'll be pissed. I'll be grounded until college" I interrupted. Luckily even when I was drunk I had common sense. "Okay, give me you phone and open up Liz's texts" he said. I nodded and did as he said and handed him my phone.
"I just told her you all decided to have a sleepover and you'll see her by 10 tomorrow morning" he said and stood up. He helped me up and handed me my phone. "Will you tell Calum to do the same for Luke?" I yawned. He nodded and used his phone to text Calum. "Okay let's get you.. somewhere" he said and walked me to his car. Josh had a huge driveway which usually ended up being a parking lot the next morning for the cars of the people who got way too drunk to drive themselves.
He sat me in the passengers seat before walking over and getting in as well. "How did this car arrangement work out?" I asked. "Calum drove himself and Michael. Luke drove himself and you. I drove myself. I bring my own car in case of... emergency" he said with a smirk. I knew exactly what he meant. "Ew" I gagged. He just laughed and continued driving. "So Ashton, where are we going?" I asked. "My house" he responded. "Oh. Wait. What?" I asked. "You're coming with me, back to my house. I'm going to make sure you're okay" he said slowly. "But-" I started before he cut me off. "It will be fine Katrina, relax" he said. I just nodded and went with it.
When we finally arrived to his house I was pretty dizzy and way past tired. "Come on" Ashton said getting out. "Nope" I yawned. He let out a dramatic side and walked over to my side. He unbuckled my seat belt before picking me up and carrying me inside. "I bet your drummer arms are coming in handy" I smiled and tapped on his biceps. "Shut up" he laughed. "How are you so strong?" I asked. "Practice" he smirked before opening the door and shutting it carefully behind me.
He quietly carried me up to his room and sat me gently down on his bed. The second I sat down, I attempted to take off my heels. "Need help?" he asked. I nodded slowly. He unhooked both heels and sat them down next to his bedside table. He grabbed a bottle of water from under his bed and gave it to me. "Where has this been?" I asked, intensely studying the bottle. "In the package of bottles under my bed" he said shaking his head.
"Here" he said tossing me a shirt. "Thank you" I said dragging out the 'u'. He turned around while I changed into his shirt that was pretty big on me. "Done" I said. I picked up the water and drank the entire bottle. I was pretty damn thirsty. "You're so cute when you're drunk" he laughed. My heart skipped a beat. "I know" I smirked. He just glanced at me with a smile before taking off his shirt to change into pajamas.
I couldn't help but stare. He was ripped. Wow. He's.. Whoa. "It's impolite to stare" he smirked. I quickly glanced down at my hands. "Don't be embarrassed. I look too" he winked. I gasped. I fully gasped. He let out a cute giggle before changing his pants as well, into black and red flannel pajama bottoms. He gently pushed me over to the opposite side of his bed before getting in next to me and laying down. I finally relaxed and laid down as well next to him. "Ashton" I said after a few minutes of silence. "Thanks." He smiled over at me and put his arm around my body. I was so small compared to him and he made me feel even smaller with his gigantic arm around me. "No problem" he said. I turned over onto my side, still facing him.
"Good night Kitty" he said and moved over slightly so my head was laying on his chest. "Night Ash" I replied before slowly falling asleep.
Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed this chapter because I may or may not have re-written the entire thing three times to get it just right. The things I do for content. Anyways, I know this chapter was pretty abrupt but I just started writing and it happened. This is my first book that I haven't completely planned out before starting to write so please bear with me through the filler chapters that are definitely going to come at some point; I try to make each chapter as interesting as possible.
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