Spaces Between Us | A.I.

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- POV Lili -

"Lili," Ashton says while walking over to me. I look up from the phone in my hands and meet our eyes.
"Ashton."
He sits down next to me, "wanna go out and grab dinner together?"
I nod and smile, "sounds good."
He smiles too, "then it's a date."
"Indeed."
He gives me a kiss on my cheek before getting up, "well, I am gonna go and get ready."
I get up too, "me too, actually."

We both walk away and get changed. I give my makeup some touch ups and then go back to meet Ashton. I quickly grab my phone and wallet and put my phone in my wallet.
"Are you ready?" I ask him when I'm done.
He nods, "Yup."
"Sweet. Let's go," I say and smile.

"Where are you guys going?" Michael asks us.
"We're going on a date," Ashton says.
Michael nods, "I guess I'll be alone then."
"Luke and Calum should be back any minute though," I say.
Michael nods again.
Ashton takes my hand and we walk away.

"Where are we going?" I ask him after a while.
"I don't know. I was thinking of just walking around and see what we run in to."
I nod and chuckle, "Okay. Sure."
He smiles and start to swing out hands. I laugh super hard.
We just walk around until we see a mac donalds.
"Lets go inside. I dig some fast food," I say while walking towards the entrance. Ash nods and so we walk inside.

When we're inside we bump into Cal and Luke who are laughing while walking outside. "Hey guys," I say to them.
"Hey! What are you guys doing here?" Calum asks.
"Going on a date," I say with a smile. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Just grabbing some food before going back to the bus," Luke says.
"Michael is alone at the moment," Ashton says.
"Yeah, we were just leaving."
"Bye."
"Bye."
The 2 boys walk away.

"Let's order some food," Ashton says. I nod. We make our way towards the counter and order food. The cashier looks at us with big eyes.
"Never thought to see 5sos here," she says. "Luke and Calum just left. I don't know if you saw them."
"We did," I say with a small smile. "We didn't plan this. It's just a coincidence."
She chuckles and nods, "so, how can I help you guys?"
We order our food and then I pay for everything. Ashton didn't agree with it but I told him he could pay the next time we went out. He finally agreed after that.

We ate our food and then walked back again. "Do you know what's going on between Luke and Calum?" Ashton randomly asks.
I look at him with a frown, "why are you asking?"
He shrugs, "somethings going on between them and... Well Luke likes a guy... So maybe he likes Calum? I don't know. You know more about this."
"I mean..," I say and stop to choose my words carefully. "I can't really tell you something about that since it's his life."
"I know but everyone can see this."
"If you want to know you should ask him, not me. I don't like to gossip about these things. You know that."

He nods, "I know... I was just hoping you could tell me more..."
"Well if something is going on between the two of them you should be happy. They're both amazing and deserve love and happiness."
"I know and that's what I'll do," Ashton says. "I just want to know more about it since they're my best friends."