My Brother's Band || Ashton Irwin

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{Maddie}

"Cal! I'm leaving." Calum ran out into the living room followed by Luke and Michael. "Where are you going?" Michael asked. "I'm just gonna go talk to a friend." I eyed the clock. 7:45. I chewed on my bottom lip. I couldn't be late. "Kay. Luke, Michael. Start up the xbox were gonna slay in Call of Duty. I'm gonna walk Maddie out." Cal walked over to the door and opened it motioning for me to exit. I walked out and he followed. He followed me all the way to my car and stood, leaning on the driver's side door. "You're going to see Ashton, aren't you?" "I'm going to see a friend. I told you already." "Ashton told me that the two of you agreed to be friends." I sighed,"Fine. Yes I'm going to see Ashton he texted me asking me to meet him at his house at eight and if I don't leave now I'm gonna be late." "What did he want to talk about?" "He didn't tell me. He just said that it was important. Can I go?" "Yeah. Be safe. Don't do anything stupid." "I won't." He turned and started walking back inside. "Love you!!" He yelled, without even turning around. "Love you, too." I smiled and climbed into my car." I started it and was at Ashton's in less than ten minutes. It was 8 on the dot and I figured he'd think that was creepy so I waited until the clock changed to 8:01 and started to walk to the door. I went to the door and hesitated.

'If I just turn around now-'

I was already knocking on the door. The door opened seconds after I put my hand back in my pocket. "Thank god. I thought you weren't coming." Ashton sounded pretty relieved. He hugged me and I looked over his shoulder at the clock, "It's only 8:02?" "Well you're usually early." "Ohh." I walked in and sat on the couch. Ashton quickly sat next to me, facing me. "What did you want to talk about?" I chewed on my lip, a nervous habit I've devolved in the past few weeks. "Umm, I...uhh...I didn't really have anything important to talk to you about I just needed to see you." I rolled my eyes and stood, he looked up at me from his spot on the couch, "I'm leaving." He stood and grabbed my arm, "Maddie, please. I-I'm sorry." He let go and covered his face with his hands. "I'm still a mess. I can't get over you!! I still love you!! I haven't left the house except for that time I went by your place and I lied when I said I was going to see my mom and Harry." I sat on the couch next to him, "Ashton. You didn't need to lie like that. You could've hung out with me and Michael." "I would've said yes but I just wanted to be with you." He looked at me pain in his eyes. He had tears constantly running down his face. He then did something I was not expecting. He moved so fast I didn't have anytime to react. Before I knew it his lips were on mine and he was on top of me. I eventually pushed him off and he sat up, "W-What's wrong?" I sat up and stared straight ahead not looking at Ashton at all. "Ashton, I still love you, too-" "Then why don't we make love? We can forget what happened. I was being stupid. You don't even have to forgive me. Jus-" "I wasn't finished." He closed his mouth. "BUT. Michael and I are...we're...uhh...I'm dating Michael." "You're what?" He asked. He wasn't upset but more pissed off. "I'm dating Michael." "What the fuck led to that?! If anything I thought you'd date Luke." "I-I kissed him the day after we broke up and he took me to The 1975 concert last night and we kissed again during it and..." "And what?" I looked directly in his eyes, "I told him I love him." Ashton squeezed his eyes shut, "Are you sure you're not fucking Luke on the side?" "Ashton?!" "You were probably fucking both of them on side while we were dating!! Huh!?" "Michael's sweet and I do love him!!" He shook his head, "He's gonna break you." "AND YOU DIDNT?!!" "Wha-" "I LOVE YOU!!! I WANTED TO MARRY YOU!!!! AND YOU FUCKING CHEATED ON ME! YOU DONT EVEN REMEMBER HER NAME!!!!!" "I said it was Summer! She said she went to school with you!!" "I DONT KNOW ANYONE NAMED SUMMER!! YOU'RE A FUCKING ASSHOLE!!!!!!" "Maddie if anyone knows Michael it's me and I know he's just going to treat you bad." "He's gonna treat me better than you ever did." I got up and walked towards the door. "Maddie, wait." He grabbed my hand and spun me around so I was facing him. "Please?" Tears were streaming down his face, matching mine. "Please, what Ashton?! You told me to meet you here for something important and you lied. You cheated on me. And told me straight to my face about it. And the worst part was that you were proud if it. You were cocky about how you didn't remember her name and how you 'think' she said she went to school with me. You were so fucking drunk." I laughed smugly, wiping my nose with the back of my hand, "I don't know why I ever trusted you." I pulled my hand out of his. "I'm sorry." He said. I stopped in my tracks. "For everything," He continued, "For being an asshole. For cheating on you. For being drunk. But mostly for accusing you of cheating. I was wrong. I was pissed off. I want you back and I know that I just ruined my chance of ever getting you back. So go. Be with Michael. He's your boyfriend anyway." "You know what Ashton? Maybe you're right." I wiped my face again, "Maybe I'm just a whore. Or a slut. You know everyone called me and attention whore in Junior High and maybe they were right." "Maddie, stop." "I'm just a whore. Apparently everyone seems to think that so it must be true." "Maddie." "Goodbye Ashton. I hope you're proud of yourself."