Be Careful What You Wish For || Irwin

Mistakes

*Ashton's POV*

Calum enters the room and I'm let down when the pretty brunette doesn't follow. I pull away from Cleo's hand trying to give me more water to ask, "Where's Jenna?"

"Oh- uh she had to go home for a bit."

"Oh." Is all I say before looking down to my lap.

"So what did the doctor say?" Calum questions.

"He said, I have a mild case of amnesia and there's a small chance of my memory coming back." I tell him.

"But for now if we want we can remind him of little things here and there to help." Cleo finishes for me. I nod along suddenly feeling a little tired.

"Well I'm just happy you're okay." Luke smiles.

"Yeah, thanks for caring guys."

"There's no need to thank us, ash. You're our best friend." Calum tells me with a sad smile.

I can't imagine what they were all thinking when I was out of it.

"Alright, well I'm gonna get some rest.." I say while settling myself into the stiff hospital bed. This is all too much for the little time I've been awake.

"Okay, we'll come back in a little to check on you." Luke says opening the door for everyone to exit. The guys wave before leaving and Cleo gives me a quick kiss on the cheek before following them.

"Luke," I call out trying to catch him before he passes the doorway.

"Yeah?"

"Was Jenna my girlfriend at any point in the past year?" I question wondering why I was on a date with Cleo if I had that brunette who cared so much about me.

"No, but you guys were best friends. Cleo was your girlfriend though.." He informs me.

If Cleo was my girlfriend then why does everything she says and do annoy me? Why can't I get my mind off of Jenna?

"Was I happy with Cleo?" I ask trying to make some sense of this information.

"The happiest." He smiles. I nod trying to let it all set in, but it doesn't sit well with me.

"Alright.. I'll see you in a bit." I say. Luke gives me one last wave before leaving.

This is all way too confusing..

-

*Other POV*

Once the guys enter the hotel they're followed by Cleo who invited herself along.

"So what're you guys gonna do until you go to visit Ashton again?" Cleo asks sitting on their couch.

"Probably takes naps, wash up and call Jenna." Luke shrugs falling onto the couch.

"Why would you call Jenna?" Cleo asks with hate laced in her voice while saying Jenna's name.

"Why not? She's our best friend." Calum buts in, not liking the way Cleo talks about Jenna.

The guys might think its a good idea to let Cleo attempt to rekindle her romance with Ashton, but something told Calum that she'd fail. Since he met Jenna he has always had a good feeling about her, like there's a reason she came into Ashton's life. Calum believes that Jenna and Ashton belong together, they just need to see it now.

"Well I thought, now that I'm back-" she begins, but Calum cuts her off.

"Now that you're back that what? We'd go back to being your friend again? Forgive you for leaving Ashton?" Cleo tries to speak, but all she didn't was stumble over her words. "Just because this is happening with Ashton doesn't mean we forgive you. You completely ruined him when you left, Cleo, he loved you and you just left him. You don't deserve him."

The room is silent and awkward because although Luke and Michael thought it'd be okay for Ashton to get Cleo back to be happy, they felt the same resentment toward Cleo as Calum.

"I'll just leave then." Cleo whispers more to herself before gathering her things and leaving the hotel room.

There's a beat of silence until Luke speaks up, "Why did Jenna really leave the hospital?"

"She just didn't want to be around Cleo anymore." Calum lies. He thought it's be best to keep Jenna's realization of her feelings for Ashton to himself until she can accept them herself.

"Sure.. Well let's get some rest then well go back to the hotel." Luke says, Calum and Michael agree going to their beds and falling asleep almost instantly.

-

The next morning Cleo takes it upon herself to go to the hospital to have some time alone with Ashton before Jenna and the other guys show up. When she walks in Ashton is watching tv and eating breakfast.

"Hey ash." She smiles letting herself in and taking a seat next to his bed.

"Hey, Cleo right?" He questions hoping he isn't confusing the girls name.

"Yeah.." Cleo tries to smile, but Ashton not remembering her still hurts although it's not his fault.

"How are you feeling today?" She asks him.

"I'm good.. My ribs hurt like a bitch, but the doctors gave me some pain killers and I can hardly feel it anymore. I guess this is why they say the hospital has the good stuff." Ashton rambles nervously.

"That's good.." Cleo nods giggling at Ashton's rambling.

"Hey, Cleo.. Um could you tell me a little bit about our relationship? Like how long were we together?"

Ashton still can't believe he has forgotten a year of his life. So many things could've happened and he wouldn't know, especially his relationship with Cleo. Luke said he was at his happiest when he was with Cleo, but something in him can't believe that.

"Oh, uh yeah.. Well we met at a party on New Year's Eve, we danced and exchanged numbers then the next day I called and asked you out for a coffee date. After that we kinda just clicked and since then we were together for a year.." She smiles at the memory.

Despite what Jenna and the guys might think, Cleo did and still does love Ashton with everything in her. She was just scared and made a mistake.

"We're together for a year? Did we break up?" Ashton asks feeling a bit confused.

Cleo wanted so badly to tell him the truth and beg for his forgiveness, but if she was going to get him back she needed him to believe they were still happily in love.

"Well your band had just started blowing up so you asked for a break which is why we were on a date before the accident." She lies nodding as she adds on more false details.

"Oh.. I'm sorry.." Ashton frowns looking to his lap.

"What for?" Cleo asks,

"Not remembering.. It sounds like we had a good thing going and.." He trails off not wanting to say what was really on his mind.

And what really was on his mind was Jenna and how much he wished she would've stayed last night. How he had his hopes up when the door opened that it would be her and not Cleo.

How he wishes he used to date Jenna and not Cleo.

"It's fine.." Cleo shrugs, but Ashton could tell it really wasn't.

Pushing aside his stupid thoughts of Jenna he realizes how unfair this is to Cleo.

"When I get out of here, do you want to go out on a date? Maybe I'll remember something's by being with you and acting like normal.." Ashton offers before the words even process in his head.

The smile on Cleo's face should make his heart flutter. Her saying yes should make him the happiest he's been since he woke up. But the only thing that does that to him is the sight of Jenna walking into the hospital room with a backpack and skateboard.

Her wide smile fades the moment her eyes land in Cleo.

"Oh hey Jenna! Ashton just asked me out on a date! Isn't that great?" Cleo boasts. Jenna smiles nodding but her knuckle are white from clutching her skateboard too hard.

"Yeah.. That's great.." But Ashton can tell it's an obvious lie. That's when Ashton decides, he just made a huge mistake by asking out Cleo.