Hidden- An Ashton Irwin Fanfic

Chapter 29 - Small Towns

Hearing a phone go off, I roll over. Being the tumblr girl I am, I grab a pillow and hug it, not once opening my eyes.

"Are you awake?"

"Not now, Ashton." I grumble.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Hey princess, good morning. It's a beautiful day and I would be eternally grateful if you rised your shine."

I can't help but crack a smile as I let go of the pillow and turn over to face him. "That's more like it, good morning, Prince." I mock.

He returns my smile and turns back to his phone, clicking away on the keyboard.

"What are you writing?" I ask, adjusting my body so that I could more easily face him.

"Just hanging out on twitter, I got tired of waiting for you to wake up."

I make a face. "What time is it anyway?"

"Noon."

"So we have half a day at this huge house, then another half tomorrow... What are we going to do first?"

"We are going to run into town and get you some clothes, along with milk and pizza and essentials like that." Ashton pokes my cheek, standing up and stretching.

"Okay," I smile. "Can I get a toothbrush too? It's kind of gross not having one.."

"Anything for you." He says sarcastically, already pulling on some skinny jeans.

I just throw on my jeans from last night, along with one of Ashton's singlets. Tucking the front of the overly long shirt in, I head into the bathroom where I brush my teeth with my finger.

"You ready?" Ashton asks, sticking his head into the room.

"Just about."

We head down to the kitchen where Ashton had some toast sitting on the counter.

How sweet of him.

Quickly eating our breakfast, we start out on our mini adventure. Since the distance is short, and today is going to be laid back, we decide to walk.

"So exactly what town is this?" I ask, looking at the authentic beach shops as we pass.

"Not sure," he shrugs. "but it's really small, I can tell you that."

We enter a women's clothing shop and I grab my essentials for the next two days.

"What do you think of this?" I say, wriggling my eyebrows at the very revealing bikini.

"It's hot, definitely something you would wear." Ashton stifles a laugh.

I make a face of mock disgust and put the item back, grabbing a black bikini with red beads on the strings instead.

"Much better." I say, happily adding it to the things I've already grabbed.

Deciding that two shirts, a pair of shorts, a bikini, and some lingerie was enough for two days, I head to the counter.

"Wait, hold on."Ashton stops me.

"Yeah?"

"Get a dress or something. I want to take you out tomorrow night before we head back."

"Oo la la, any hints?" I joke.

"Just grab something dressy." Ashton smirks, playfully smacking my butt and heading over to the counter.

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I lazily walk across the sand, planting my body on a towel I had laid out. Ashton was out in the water, and watching him get annoyed by his wet hair is honestly the most entertaining thing I've seen all week.

He's tried to wave me in a few times, but I'm really not in the mood to get in salt water today. Laughing as a wave knocks him over, I notice a few teenagers walking down the shore line. As they get closer, I realize they must be around Ashton's age, and at least a year older than me.

They catch me staring and walk towards me, all of them having a gorgeous tan.

"Hey!" One of the boys shouts, waving.

I wave, awkwardly smiling as they reach my towel.

"Are you new here?" One of the girls says, her tone friendly and her smile warm.

"I guess, I'm here for the weekend." I shrug.

"Are you alone?" The same boy who waved asks, looking my body up and down. Well, hello to you to.

"No, my boyf- best friend's in the water." I cover, pointing to Ashton whose noticed the group forming around me and begin to walk up.

"Hey guys, long time no see." He smiles, walking up and giving one of the guys a handshake-looking, man hug.

"Oh, why didn't you tell us you were with Ashton?" One of the boys says, giving Ashton a high five. "How's the uncle, man? Is he in town?" He directs his attention back towards Ash.

"He's good, and yeah he's gone for the weekend." He smiles as he explains, his wet hair and shirtless look adding to the beauty of him.

The conversation goes on for ages, and I've learned that the two boys go by the names of Brian and Christian, the three girls being named Emmie, Ryan, and Paisley. Ashton's known them since he was a kid, and they've grown up in this town.

Paisley is gorgeous, her blonde wavy hair makes her bronze skin coloring stand out, and her bright green eyes can light up a room. She's quiet, but obviously the leader of the click of girls. And, according to Ashton, she and Christian have a thing going, though they'd never admit it.

The other two girls have their hair died a dark red color, it almost looks black. They'd gotten it done together, and they actually were friends long before they aloud Paisley into their group. Emmie has icy blue eyes, while Ryan has brown eyes and slight freckles. Nobody in this group was ugly, everyone of them were your stereotypical beach babes.

Lastly, I managed to get the scoop on Brian. He was the one who waved to me originally, and he's managed to keep up his outgoing vibe. He was single, or at least that's what he's been telling me for the past hour. He surfs a lot and he's pretty good at it, I mean that's what he says. He and Ashton aren't as close as Ashton and Christian, and I can see that Ashton doesn't like him talking to me. But hey, maybe Brian would lay off if me and Ashton went public.

That's what you get, Curly.

Nobody in this group is particularly awful, and Ashton seems to be comfortable around them. They've all taken a seat in the sand around me, and we talk until I stand, ready to go inside and grab a drink.

"I'll be right back." I nod, about to take off when Paisley stops me.

"Wait, yeah we should probably get going. We're going to be down at Dylan's Fishery for dinner tonight though, you guys can come if you want."

I look at Ashton before answering, and he smiles at Paisley. "We'd love to. See you there, it's been fun catching up."

Everyone stands, and just like that they're disappearing down the beach.

"Well, that was fun." Ashton grins, throwing an arm across my shoulders.

"Totally." I giggle.

"Hey, want to get in the hot tub?"

"Wait, there's a hot tub?" My smile widens and I'm pretty sure I look like a six year old at Disney.

"Yep, did I forget to show you our balcony?"

"It's on our balcony?" I stop, looking at him as my excitement grows.

"Yes mam, raise you there?" He smirks.

"You're on."

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Hi omg my phones about to die so I can't say much. Unedited, as usual. Btw I changed my user because it's easier and it's the same as my twitter now so yeah. I love youuu.

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