'Hey there's gonna be a small get together at Michael's tonight wanna come?:)' my best friend Lindsay texted me. Lindsay and I had been best friends since the eighth grade.
'Sure, what time?' I replied.
'Eight and you can bring whoever you want:)' Lindsay answered. My mind instantly thought about Ashton. I would love to hang out with him outside of that hardware store. I quickly slide on my Vans and headed to my car. About 30 minutes later I was at the store.
"Hey Ashton?" I shouted.
"Mel!" Ashton ran over to me and gave me a quick peck on the forehead. I looked around the basement and noticed it was a lot nicer than it was a few days ago.
"I love what you've done with the place Ash" I joked.
"What can I say!" Ashton laughed, his dimples popping up. "So what brings you here Melanie?" Ashton asked, poking my sides causing me to giggle.
"Well, I'm here to see you.. and" I started.
"And what?" Ashton laughed.
"Do you want to come with me to a small party my friend is having?" I asked, smiling.
"As in a date?" Ashton questioned, fiddling with my hands.
"Exactly" I answered.
"Then" Ashton said, pausing to peck me on the lips "I would love to"
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Eight o'clock rolled around and I went to go pick Ashton up. I finally got there and Ashton came out in black skinny jeans and a brown and grey 'Nirvana' shirt that had a large amount of holes in it.
"Did you get attacked by a tiger or something?" I laughed while pointing to his shirt.
"Watch it Mel or I'll-" Ashton laughed.
"You'll what?" I giggled while raising an eyebrow at him.
"I'll make fun of your clothes." Ashton said, holding back laughter.
"Oh really?" I questioned.
"Mhm, like how could you possibly wear blue jeans?" Ashton giggled.
"Oh shut up" I said sarcastically while poking the side of his cheek where his dimples are.
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"Melanie!" I heard Lindsay yell as I walked in, her dirty blonde hair flying in the air as she ran over to hug me. "Who's this?" Lindsay asked pointing to Ashton.
"I'm Ashton" Ashton answered, flashing a small smile at Lindsay. We walked over to go sit with Michael, Lindsay's boyfriend, and Luke, Michael's best friend. I always had a good time with them and I could tell Ashton was warming up to them too.
"Wait, I've got something!" Michael cheered, pulling a bag from under his couch. The bag was full of weed.
"Dude where did you get that!" Luke shouted excitedly while taking another sip of his beer.
"I know a guy" Michael smirked. I felt Ashton's grip on my hand become tighter. I knew about his drug past but I didn't think much harm could be done.
"Hey Mel can I talk to you outside for a sec?" Ashton broke the silence.
"Sure Ash" I answered shakily, I wasn't sure what got into him.
"Mel we should probably leave" Ashton said firmly.
"It's not that big of a deal Ash." I said, confused.
"You don't understand Melanie" Ashton whispered, raking his fingers through his hair.
"What do you mean?" I asked, trying to stay calm.
"Well" Ashton started "There's a lot more to my story".
I was about to say something but Ashton continued.
"It was late at night and I was with my friends, we were stupid Mel" Ashton said his voice hoarse and scared "We were sniffing cocaine, it was dumb and my friend well he... he overdosed" Ashton's voice broke off.
"Then what?" I questioned.
"He died Mel" Ashton answered his eyes filling with tears.
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