Stay With Me || Lashton ||

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Luke's POV

"Ash, where is my black hoodie?" I shouted as I rummaged through my closet for the millionth time. We were leaving in an hour for Portland and because I had to work late, I was still packing. I was still digging through my clothes when my sweat shirt hit me in the face followed by a giggle.

"That one?" He giggled and I removed the article of clothing from my head and saw a shirtless Ashton standing in the doorway.

"Were you wearing it?" I chuckled and tried not to stare at Ashton's bare torso.

"Yeah but I can steal a different shirt." He shrugged and went to my closet to grab a shirt. We were always stealing each other's clothes since Ashton was over so often but he was the worst. He pulled on a black cutoff tshirt while I zipped up my now full duffle bag.

"Oh hey look you found one that's actually yours." I teased and Ashton did his best to pout. I pinched his cheek and headed out of the room with him on my tail.

The Fall Out Boy concert was tomorrow but we were leaving today so that we could beat traffic before the actual concert. Ben's apartment was hardly big enough to house the four of us but he insisted we stay with him. Ashton was dead set on driving and I really hoped his truck was trustworthy enough to get us to and from Portland. I did a mental double check of all that I packed and slung my duffle bag into the bed of Ashton's truck with everyone else's bags.

"Ready?" Ashton asked and I nodded. Calum and Michael were walking out of his house with only Michael packing a bag. Calum and I took the backseat and we were on the road.

We were all awake for the most part but barely an hour in, Calum fell asleep on me. When we stopped once to get gas Michael and I switched seats because he said he was getting tired. I was a little grateful because this meant Ashton and I could talk.

"I'm so excited for this concert." I said and Ashton turned his head just enough for me to see his smirk.

"Me too babe." He said and leaned over to peck my cheek quickly.

"Eyes on the road Irwin." I scolded and he giggled.

"Hey, there's something in the glovebox for you." He smirked and I rolled my eyes but opened it to look anyway. A small cd case was inside with Ashton's terrible handwriting on the front.

"A road trip playlist? Really Ash?" I giggled and popped the cd in the player to fill the truck with music.

"Yes really! I don't care if mix tapes are cheesy, I like them." He said and turned up the radio. So far it was already the best playlist I'd ever heard and Ashton again proved his amazing taste in music.

"20 Dollar Nose Bleed is such an underrated song." I called over the song and Ashton nodded in agreement.

"I agree." He said but kept his eyes plastered to the road. The music did a lot of talking for the rest of the trip and I listened to the carefully picked songs.

We arrived in just as all four of us were starving and we stopped to eat before we went to Ben's. All four of us were Zombie like and Ben was half asleep when we arrived. He gave us some extra blankets and pillows to camp out in his living room and we wasted no time setting it up. Calum and Michael pushed the coffee table to the side so they could lie on the floor and Ashton and I were able to both fit on the couch.

"Goodnight guys." Ashton chirped and yawned before I felt him fall asleep next to me.

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We were all able to sleep into the early afternoon and Ben was up with the sun to go to his classes and then to work. He informed us he'd be home late tonight and he'd leave a key for us under the mat. Right now the four of us were raiding his cereal cabinet and making ourselves at home. Ashton called shower first so the rest of us have to wait.

"I'm so pumped for this concert tonight." Calum said and took a spoonful of cereal.

"Just think what it will be like when it's our own concerts we are pumped for." Michael said with a mouthful of food and I rolled my eyes, fame is so far from us.

"Yeah right Mikey." I said and took a bite of my own soggy cereal.

"Luke would you stop being so negative?" Calum whined and I just took another bite of food. We ate in mostly silence then the other three of us took turns in the shower until we were all fresh and clean ready for our concert.

I was getting anxious as Ashton navigated us through traffic and to the arena. We found a parking spot that was a good block or two walk from the place and we all climbed out in an excited leap. Ashton laced our fingers together as we made our way to stand in line. I was getting so excited I was shaking and Calum was also finding it hard to stand still.

"You guys are so jittery." Ashton giggled and I nodded in agreement. We waited for a decent hour until we were finally headed to our seats. I nearly fainted on the spot when I realized our seats were three rows back from center stage, this isn't real. I glanced at Ashton who just shrugged and the lights went down to cue the start of the best concert ever.

Song after song I was losing myself in the music. Fall Out Boy was amazing and my company was even better. I kept glancing over to Ashton who was glowing with joy and I couldn't help the way my heart was wrenching with the feelings I was feeling towards Ashton. Calum and Mikey were getting closer and friendlier the more the concert drug on but I pretended not to see. I wish they'd just make things with them official.

As the band disappeared and the confetti was swirling, I wanted it all to come back. Something deep down clicked and I realized I wanted to do this with my life. I wanted to bring music to people and rock out with thousands to my songs. What a fucking dream that would be.

We were all on a post concert high as we headed back to Ben's apartment. None of us could stop talking about how amazing tonight was and it was becoming hard to fall asleep. We've been lying here reeling from the music and talking about how our concerts would pan out if we had concerts. I hoped one day we would. Ben still wasn't home but I didn't expect him home until early in the morning if he was out with friends.

Just as I was about to fall asleep, my phone began to vibrate against my chest, it was my mom. She was probably calling to check in before she headed off to work. I smiled faintly and slid my finger over the screen to answer her call.

"Hey mom." I said and all the boys looked at me.

"Luke." She sniffled and my stomach tightened in worry.

"Mom what's wrong?" I asked and all of the boys looked at me again but with worried faces.

"There's been an accident."

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I'm sorry it's so short but I'm really tired...I'm not updating tomorrow but I will for sure on Saturday.

But 4K!! Holy shit guys! That's incredible. I never dreamed that I would get this many people to read my awful writing haha love you guys!

Until I update again :)