Out of Bounds || Ashton Irwin Fanfic

Chapter 10: A Tale Of Two Friends

"Are you kidding me, Mikey? You don't think Alexa and I.. We weren't..." Luke stuttered, taken aback by Michael's reaction. They were best friends but for some reason, whenever it was concerning me he changed into a different person and right now I could see how mad he was at Luke.

"You weren't what, exactly?" He asked, his tone was sharp. I shuffled away from Luke to try and help matters.

"We were just joking around, Michael. Chill out! Me and Luke are just friends"

"Sure! Me and you were just friends and look where we are now! You seem to be making your way through as many guys as possible. You got some sort of bet going on?" His eyes burned into mine as he stepped closer, wrapping his fingers around my wrists and pulling me off the bed.

"Get off me!" I yelled, swatting him away and slapping him across the face with a little too much force. "Is that what you think of me? That I'm a slut? Well fuck you Michael! Get out!"

"I'm not going anywhere, Alexa! You've fucking led me on! First you put that Anton guy before me and now my own best friend?"

"Mikey, what are you doing man? You know me. You know I wouldn't do that to you" Luke said, softly as he also got up to his feet and stood beside me. He seemed like the kind of guy who was used to diffusing situations like this and keeping Michael calm, but this time it was different because the person making him mad, was Luke.

"Don't come near me Luke. I wanna talk to Alexa on my own!" He warned him, snatching at my arm again. I pulled away and stumbled backwards but Luke steadied me. Michael's eyes fixated on that touch for a little too long and without warning he swung his fist into Luke's face, causing him to go crashing onto the ground and into the frame of my bed.

"MIKEY! What the hell?" Luke shouted, cradling the top of his head. Calum heard all of the commotion and popped his head around the door just in time to see Michael practically drag me out of the room and out of the flat.

"I'm not wearing any shoes, Michael! Let go of me! What the fuck is wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me?" He repeated, slamming me up against the wall and pressing his nose against mine. "I'll tell you what's wrong with me! You! I wish I'd never met you..."

"Michael-"

"And do you know why? Because you're a bitch, Alexa. I know you're still chasing after Anton whilst sleeping with me to pass the time but that's not even the best part... The best part is I think I'm in love with you and you're too blind and selfish to see that and you keep stringing me along with no regard for how I'm fucking feeling!"

The two of us were silent for a little while, Michael's hands still holding me in place against the wall. I felt incredibly guilty for all of this, I'd made Michael into this guy and destroyed his friendship with Luke. I wanted to apologise, to try and make things right but I knew there wasn't any way to do that.

"And I know now that you're bored of me you're trying your luck with Luke because let's face it, he's way better looking than me and you guys get along better and-"

"For fucks sake Michael. Nothing is going on with me and Luke, we're friends! And what you did back there was way out of order! He was defending you!"

"He was?" Michael asked, sounding a little shocked. His face softened at the thought of what he had just done and he finally released me, taking a step back so that he wasn't as intimidating.

"I know what I did was wrong Michael but it was your idea, so I didn't think you would be bothered by it... And then when I realised maybe you had genuine feelings for me I was too selfish to end things because the plan was working and because I wasn't brave enough to actually tell you."