don't || a.irwin

0.7 // i reckon she was only looking for a lover to burn

Ashton's POV-

This girl doesn't seem to stop, does she? It's nearly impossible to go a week without talking to her and as soon as you're about to reach that milestone, she is outside talking to your best friend. This whole thing is so complicated.

I turned back around to face her abnormally drained face. Did I make her feel that bad? Calum patted my shoulder twice, signaling me that I should probably listen to him. "I'll go help Luke with that yoga thing,"

Frankly, my mind was no longer interested in Luke and his childish antics, because Katie was innocently looking up at me as she bit her lip, "Hey,"

"Hi," I responded waiting a few seconds before actually doing so. Basically, I had been avoiding Katie because I thought that if I tried hard enough, she would leave my mind and I would no longer have to act all heart-eyed for her. Realizing that my chivalry levels were extremely low, I stammered out, pointing to my room's door behind her,"Do you-um, wanna come inside?"

She quickly nodded, not speaking as she stepped back and waited for me to kick the door open. Holding the door open from outside, I nudged her in and as she passed me, I muttered, "Mikey is out getting food, so we're alone."

Katie murmured something barely audible as she passed past me and sat down on the foot of the bed, her hands on her lap. I shut the door quietly and turned back to her small body that simply sat on the bed, not moving at all. She seemed so small compared to everything else in the room - so fragile, so kind.

Standing in front of her, I sighed, realizing that this breath-taking girl was literally on my bed, I couldn't do anything about it because I was supposed to be mad at her. As I took a deep breath in to speak, Katie cut me off, looking up and staring into my eyes for the first time since she got here, "Why are you ignoring me?"

"I'm not," I shrugged nonchalantly, sitting on a chair that I had pulled from under the table. Honestly, I was avoiding her, sort of. I mean, I talked about her to the boys or to Alex when they asked me about her instead of just dismissing the subject, which sends me back to square one.

Katie had a very clear view on the topic apparently, "Was it something I did? Was it the kiss?"

I shook my head rapidly, my eyebrows furrowing as I let a chuckle escape my mouth,"No, no - God, no," I suppose she somehow mixed something up, because that was the exact opposite of what I was thinking. It had nothing to do with her, not at all, it was more about what other people told me to think of her. "the kiss was fantastic, it has nothing to do with you,"

"Then what is it? Work?" She frantically questioned. I sighed, shaking my head and taking a seat on the edge of the chair. Placing my elbows on my knees and propping my chin up on my fist, I attempted to explain,"Luke thinks that you're not good for me and I talked to Alex and he thinks the same. So-"

"You don't want anything to do with me," Katie gave me a nod and stood up, smoothing out her dark-washed jeans.

I was right behind her, standing up and scratching my neck, looking for excuses to make her stay. "No, it's really not like that, "

"I understand, I expected it," She muttered, already halfway to the door. I tried to follow her, somehow talk her into staying with me, keep her talking so I could look at her for a little while longer. To be honest, I didn't care what Alex or Luke said about her, I wanted her to stay beside me.

Catching a hold on her wrist, I spun her around and told her looking into her eyes,"No, you don't understand,"

"Then please," Katie begged, looking around my eyes. Her eyes were moving around, taking in every single inch of my face. "Tell me why I should stay,"