Lost Boys » Ashton Irwin [ENDED INDEFINITELY]

Chapter Eight

We talked little on the ride to the hotel. Luke and Alaina were completely absorbed in each other. Every once in a while Ash would turn around and point some building or restaurant out and tell me something about it. After about 15 minutes of being in the taxi, Ashton turned around in his seat and opened his mouth to say something and then caught a glance at my All Time Low tank top. A grin spread on his adorable face. I raised an eyebrow and smiled.

"You like it?" I asked hopefully. He nodded enthusiastically.

"It's rad, we are huge fans of them, too." Ash responded with excitement. My smile widened and I asked him what his favorite ATL song was. At this we were both lost into trying to make an extremely difficult decision of which song was our favorite. We held steady conversation about ATL and other bands for the last 5 minutes of the taxi ride. Suddenly, the cab slowed and then stopped moving all together as we pulled up to a large, familiar hotel.

"Oh," I thought, remembering that they were staying at the same hotel our parents and us were staying at. My gut lurched slightly as I hoped that our embarrassing and overprotective parents weren't still awake and lurking around the lobby.

I practically jumped out of the backseat to escape the porn that was in the works next to me starring Alaina and Luke. As I leapt out the door, in the midst of my escape, one of my belt loops got caught in the handle of the door and I tried yanking myself free. I finally wrenched myself away from the door with a jump and made a little "yip!" noise when I ran right into Ashton who was exiting the front seat at the same time. He caught me in his long arms before I could fall. I was such a clumsy fúck. I gazed up to see Ash's amused, smiling face. I silently chided myself for being so damn clumsy and blushed. Ashton opened his perfect mouth to speak and I was mesmerized momentarily.

"You know, you're adorable when you're embarrassed, Abby." He said with a smirk. My mouth hung open and my poor tomato red face blushed even deeper. I narrowed my eyes at him and righted myself, taking a small step back.

"I'm not embarrassed." I said indignantly. I forced my chin up to look him in the eye. A smile broke through my fake glare and he shook his head with an amused grin still on his face. He took a step forward closing the distance between us again. Ash hesitantly wrapped an arm around the small of my back forcing me even closer to him. My breath hitched slightly as he raised one finger and placed it beneath my stubbornly raised chin. Ashton's grip tightened on me. I was caught up in Ash's eyes and his so-very-kissable lips. I didn't even notice that Alaina and Luke had finally made their way out of the backseat and were standing there grinning suggestively at Ashton and I. Luke cleared his throat and I jumped away from Ash a foot or two, startled and embarrassed. Alaina nudged him with her elbow roughly and whispered something to him drawing his attention from us. Suddenly she sprinted off to meet up with Calum, Michael, Lauren, and Catie waiting next to the hotel lobby door for us. Luke took off after her in an instant leaving Ash and I alone again. God bless you, Alaina.

I'd never been that great, exactly, with guys before but I've never looked too fondly on PDA. When I would see people making out in the hallways at school, I always just thought it was just too personal of a thing to go flaunting around in public but Ash made me feel differently about the subject. That boy made me want to jump him right there in the street.

"That boy makes me want to do things I've never even dreamed of.." I thought surprised at myself for my slutty demeanor ever since we introduced ourselves to the boys. I let out a breath and a tiny giggle. I finally looked up at Ashton. He looked slightly unsettled as well, but he was staring at me with an odd look on his face. I instantly thought my hair was fúcked up or my makeup was smeared. Oh god. The blush crept back onto my cheeks and I looked down trying to assess my outfit. I cursed myself silently for not having a compact on me. Ashton surprised me by laying a slender hand on my shoulder, interrupting the harsh mental appraisal of my appearance. I looked up into Ash's stunning hazel eyes. His large hands found their way to grasp my hands and he pulled me forward gently to go catch up with the others. As we joined the back of the group, Ash looked down at me slightly unsure but opened his mouth to speak.

"I think you and your friends are awesome, and well--erm, I really want you guys to hang out with us, um.." He broke off, trying to find words that clearly weren't coming. Ash looked around at the hotel facade as if he was trying to decipher something written there.

"We want to hang out with y'all, too." I said with a warm smile. His face conveyed struggling to form clear sentences and he continued slightly more urgent this time, as if he had to get them out before they flew away.

"No--I mean, that--what I meant to say was that," Ash stumbled over the words but managed to finish in a hurry, "I mean I really like you." I was stunned speechless with my mouth gaping like an idiot. I just didn't know how to respond to that. This adorably tall, talented and dorky boy just told me that he really liked me. I didn't exactly have a list of responses to that. I seriously couldn't even think so I just grabbed his nearest hand and yanked him through the door to the lobby as the rest of the group continued through it. I bit my lip and kept looking at anything but Ashton as we followed the group to the elevator and all piled in. He probably thought I just friendzoned him or something. Nice one.

"Am I a smooth motherfúcker, or what?" I thought sarcastically and I mentally facepalmed myself as we rode the elevator up to the 16th level which was not surprisingly the top floor. The lift up in the elevator was full of sexual tension between 'couples' and awkwardness because of the small space we had all chose to cram into. I felt bad for ignoring, 'friendzoning' if you will, Ash earlier when he said that he liked me so I removed my hand from his and instead put my arm around his back, feeling his muscles there contract. He moved a large hand and placed it in my back pocket. I tensed slightly but then relaxed against his touch. I mean, I didn't exactly hate the feeling of Ashton Irwin's hand on my ass.

When the elevator dinged and opened its doors to reveal the 16th floor hallway we all breathed a sigh of relief and jumped out of the tiny elevator. Michael pulled out a keycard from his backpocket as we approached a fancy looking door at the very end of the hallway. He slid the card into the slot once and we all watched the lights on the lock on the door turn from red to green quickly.

Mikey opened the door and barged through kicking off his shoes and flannel throwing them across the grand space we had just walked into. This was clearly the penthouse suite. There were luxorious ottomans placed in front of posh sofas and recliners in front of a giant flat screen TV on the wall to our right. The far wall in front of us was made entirely of glass and opened up onto a balcony. From what I could see there was a crystalline pool covered by a glass shield. To our left was a complete gourmet chef's kitchen with stainless steel appliances and dark stained wood finishes on all the cabinets. I almost missed some open backed stairs leading up to 2 separate bedrooms. That wasn't a fucking hotel room, that was a damn condominium flat!

"Holy fúcking shit.." I muttered in surprise. Ashton glanced down at me and giggled a little.

"I know, right?" He responded with a grin.

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Ok so I know I promised smut this chapter but that just didnt happen but it should next chapter for real soo once again im sorry but i hope this was fun to read!! please enjoy guys:)