PAINTS, WORDS, & LIQUORS [LASHTON AU]

four

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"I can't believe I am coming home right now, limping and wearing the clothes of the guy who fucked me. And yeah, driven by the guy who fucked me," I expressed as Ashton stopped in the front of my mother's house.

Ashton laughed at what I said as he turned off the engine of his car. He turned to me with a smile and said, "Why would you worry about that? I mean, you're a 26-year-old man. It's not like you're a teenager and Liz would ground you for a month because you were having sex. And besides, I was the one who fucked you and not some random stranger."

"I know, but still..." I reasoned.

"Don't worry too much about it, princess," Ashton stated and I gave him a playful eye roll.

I fixed myself the best that I can then stepped off of the car. To my surprise, Ashton also got off his car and walked around to my side. I raised a questioning eyebrow at him and he just shrugged at me and said, "I haven't seen Liz in a while. I just wanna say 'hi.'"

I just shook my head at him and he smiled as he placed his hand at the small of my back and we walked towards my mother's front door. I pulled the handle down and opened the door and Ashton and I stepped inside the house as I called, "Mum?"

"Luke? Oh, thank God, you're alright! I was about to call the poli-" my mother said as she came into the hallway to meet me but then stopped what she was saying and halted with a surprised expression as she saw Ashton with me, "Ashton?"

Ashton smiled and went over to my mother and they both hugged as he said, "Hello, Liz. I missed you."

My mother chuckled and said as they both pulled away from the hug, "I missed you too. How long was it since your last visit? Three weeks?"

"Yeah, I think it was three weeks ago," Ashton responded.

"Three weeks?!" I asked in surprise because well, I didn't know Ashton came to visit my mother three weeks ago. None of them cared to mention that to me.

Ashton and my mother glanced at each other then, my mother said, "He always visits me when he gets the chance."

"How come did I not know about this?" I questioned them.

Both of them just gave me a shrug. I rolled my eyes at them and went to make my way into the living room, trying my best to be subtle about limping.

I slumped down on the couch and Ashton and my mother followed me into the living room. Ashton sat down next to me on the couch as my mother sat down on the recliner.

"So, where were you last night?" My mother asked me. "I got so worried when I woke up today and you were not home and didn't even leave any message. I tried to call you but you weren't answering."

"Yeah...about that, I'm so sorry, mum," I told my mother with an awkward smile.

"He stayed with me last night," Ashton said, gaining my mother's attention. He glanced at me then back to my mother and continued, "He forgot where he put his keys and couldn't get in. He didn't wanna wake you up so I just told him to crash at my place, instead of just sleeping on your porch."

My mother raised a questioning eyebrow at me after listening to Ashton's explanation. Then she said, "Why didn't you leave me a message where you were or even called me this morning?"

"I was so drunk last night, mother, that I instantly fell asleep as soon as we got to his place," I lied to my mother. Well, half-lied since the drunk part was true. "And I couldn't find my phone this morning. I must've placed it somewhere in Ash's house."