Strangers

Chapter 1 - The Last Night

Songs for Chapter 1:

The Only Reason - 5 Seconds of Summer

Daylight - Maroon 5

Sirens - Cher Lloyd

"I'm just, uhm," I gulped trying to hold my tears back, "I'm really going to miss you." I propped myself up against the kitchen counter, trying to hold myself together. Ashton wrapped his hand around my forearm and turned me around, pulling me into his arms.

"I'm going to miss you so fucking much." He whispered, resting his forehead against mine.

"Do you even get a break to come home? Six months is a damn long time." I took his face in my hands and searched his eyes, now glossing over from the tears filling up his eyes. That's when I knew my answer. He wasn't coming home. He wouldn't be home for six damn months.

"I'm sorry babe, I really am." His bottom lip began to quiver. By now, tears were streaming down my cheeks. "I told Lee that I wanted to come home on break but he won't let any of us go home. He wants us out doing promotions for the album and we have a shit load of interviews."

Lee was their tour manager and that's the one thing I hated about him. He never let the boys rest, they were constantly on the go. They were up at three or four in the morning some days just to record bits and pieces of their songs. Sometimes they were up till two writing new songs. Ashton would leave the house some nights and not return until the next night. Lee was very inconsiderate. Not only of the boys but their families and their health as well.

"You have to promise me you'll call me every night and if you can't call, you'll text me, okay?" Ashton tilted my chin up so that our eyes were locked on each other's. I nodded in agreement and made him promise the same to me. "I'll call you every fucking night. I'll text you every minute of every day, except during the shows, of course." I couldn't help but laugh at him. I don't know why but I did. That small amount of laughter helped very little but I know I needed it and so did Ashton.

"I love you, Ashton." I smiled, wrapping me arms around his neck as his hands snaked over my hips and locked around my waist.

"Victoria, I love you so much more than you'll ever know." He quickly cupped my face, crashing his lips against mine. I moved my hands over his fabric covered torso. I tugged at the hem of the fabric in request to remove it. He lifted his arms and broke the kiss so I could remove his white t-shirt from his body. His hands gripped my hips and pulled me back into him and attached his lips to mine. He lifted me up and sat me on the kitchen counter.

"You're so beautiful." Ashton whispered in my ear as he began to kiss down my jawline and down my neck. I went weak once he reached my collarbone. A moan escaped my mouth as he traced his tongue back up my neck and across my jawline. He began teasing me by brushing his lips against mine. His tongue slowly swiped across my bottom lip.

"You're trying to get me to have sex with you before you leave, aren't you?" I wrapped my arms around his neck and ran my fingers in his hair.

"Victoria, it's going to be six months, you're going to need something to remember me by." He smirked, kissing me once more. I felt the smile on my face disappear and my heart drop when I was reminded that this would be the last time I'd be with him for six fucking months.

"Baby, don't think about it. Think about tonight. Think about us being together. Right here, right now." He took my hands in his and intertwined his fingers with mine.

"Ashton, how am I supposed to be okay with having sex with you the night before you leave, knowing it's going to be six fucking months before I get to be with you and see you an-" His lips were against mine, only harder than before.