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The thoughts and words kept on replaying in Lexi's head as she threw her cigarette to the ground and stormed in to the hotel. How could this all happen in the span of one day. 

Last night, very late, they had arrived in Tokyo after a short flight. They immediately went up to the hotel rooms and found out that there was one room forgotten to book. First Andy offered to go down and get a new one but very quickly afterwards Lexi had offered to just share a room with somebody if nobody was up for it.

Ashton offered to share the room with her. So, they got the corner room of the most gorgeous hotel Lexi had ever seen, huge windows showing them all the city lights. Instead of sleeping after a long day, Ashton and Lexi stayed up talking.

They talked about so many different things. Like how sad Lexi actually was about her fight with Calum. But also about how they soon were going back to Australia for a few shows and how excited they would be to see their families again. Besides that, they talked about so much more of their life.

Lexi already had more than the usual following on Instagram, since 5 Seconds of Summer's fans really seemed to like her. But ever since she had gone to Los Angeles, her followers just came pouring in. Now that she was on tour with them it almost felt like she owed their followers something, like an insight in her and the other's lives.

Ashton assured her that she didn't owe her followers anything. And after talking about touring for a little longer, they had fallen asleep in the early morning hours. 

When Lexi woke up, Ashton was nowhere in sight. It was confusing, Lexi even thought she had dreamed the events of the night before. Then Ashton came walking in, smiling, with room service. 

"To what do I owe this surprise?" Lexi smiled while sitting up in the bed and staring at Ashton that put down a tray with a plate on it. "Nothing." Ashton replied, grabbing his own tray. They ate in silence until the sounds on the other side of the door became louder.

Calum, Luke and Michael were standing in the hallway, waiting for Ashton to appear. "So Lexi really did end up in your hotel room last night." Michael narrowed his eyes as he looked over Ashton's shoulder. "Yeah, that's what we decided on last night, why?" Ashton said, looking confused. "Thought she'd end up at Cal's." Michael whispered under his breath whilst walking towards the elevator.

"Fuck off Mike." Calum groaned whilst following him to the elevator as well. "We're going to discover the town and then head to the venue." Luke then said, leaning against the doorframe and staring at Lexi that was typing away on her phone. 

"I'll catch you guys at the venue." Ashton said, making Luke nod. "Alright." Luke said, a little uneasy. He walked off, meeting up with his friends at the elevator whilst Ashton closed the door again. The rest of the morning was spent getting ready and walking around town for a small period before they had to rush to the venue. Lexi was happy they did not get mobbed once, a new record.

At the venue, Lexi quickly smoked a cigarette before heading inside. She just hung around in their dressing room whilst they were busy with rehearsing and soundcheck. Eventually, The Aces had gone on stage and they all walked in to the dressing room to relax for the last few minutes until they had to go on.

"So what is the schedule for tomorrow?" Lexi asked, wondering what was going to happen tomorrow. "In the afternoon, we're flying to Australia." Luke told her, smiling. "Can't wait." Lexi said, excited. 

The assistant had walked in at that moment, she started talking about the room. "I tried fixing another room at the hotel," she started telling, "you shouldn't bother, Ashton and Lexi have way too much fun together." Calum scoffed. The girl was a little shocked and had decided to walk out of the dressing room and not mix in to this.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean, Calum?" Lexi said, standing up and staring at the boy across the room. Andy immediately turned off his camera and left the dressing room, unsure wether or not to mix in to this conversation as well.

"Well I think you know exactly what that means, Lexi." Calum said, staring at the girl in front of him. Her cheeks had a red tint of anger and her eyes were slightly narrowed. "You and Ashton have so much fun together, don't you, so why bother getting another room." Calum replied, standing up as well.

"Well I wouldn't have this much fun with Ashton if you hadn't declared some kind of world war three on my ass!" Lexi yelled back, making Ashton softly gasp and Calum widen his eyes. "That is not true and you know it. This is not my fault! You decided to come on this tour!" Calum yelled back, staring at her and throwing the empty cup he was holding away.

"I wanted to come on tour to have fun and see the world! I was hoping we could have made up by the time we left but you apparently hate me so much you can't even look at me or something. I don't know what's wrong with you." Lexi said back, all the other boys were looking, not sure what to say.

"Well I don't think you need me anymore, seems like you're perfectly fine with Ashton." Calum replied, making Lexi cringe because of how he said it. "You know I wouldn't switch our friendship for anybody, Calum. I miss you and our friendship." Lexi said, hoping he would just apologise for his behaviour.

"Well I don't." Calum scoffed, bumping in to her shoulder as he walked out of the dressing room. 

"Lex," Ashton said, reaching out for her wrist. "Don't touch me." She snapped, shaking her arm out of his grip and rushing out the dressing room as well, towards the exit. "Lexi where are you going!" Luke rushed after her, hoping she'd stop.

"Just leave me alone," she replied, not looking at him. "Luke you need to get ready to go on stage." Somebody said whilst pulling him away from Lexi. She put on her denim jacket and rushed towards the exit, leaving. She started walking, the hotel was just a few blocks away. It was way too cold for just a jacket. A few fans came up to her, wondering why she wasn't inside.

"Can we take a picture?" Somebody asked and Lexi shivered, "sorry, no," she said softly, pushing past the crowd. "Are you okay?" Another one asked and she bit her lip, a timid nod was the only thing she could bring out. 

She felt her blood run cold and the shivers running on her back so she hurriedly continued walking. Maybe the fans caught on and let her be. She lit a cigarette and went her way to the hotel. She hoped the nicotine could calm her down but it didn't. She quickly rushed to the hotel and in to the elevator, was it too early to cry?

Once she got out of the elevator she rushed to her hotel room and kicked the door shut with enough anger to kill somebody. She landed face down on the bed and screamed in to the mattress. She should never have said yes to touring with these boys, she should have just went home to Australia and gone on with her life.

Lexi never thought Calum and her friendship wasn't for forever. Everybody since kindergarten that had met the two knew they were the true example of best friends forever. After seven years of him being famous she thought she had adjusted, she was even considered famous now, but she never adjusted.

Usually, Calum and Lexi would meet up when he was back in Australia, he would be back in home surroundings and he'd completely relax and become his old self. He didn't have that in Los Angeles, so of course it was different to see him there. She was just sad that it was this different.

Lexi got out of her clothing and drew a bath, still sobbing. It felt like the sobbing would not stop very soon. She bathed and eventually got out again. She had turned off her phone and was not planning on turning it on very soon. People were probably worried about her, but she really just wanted to sleep it off.

She looked around for her pajama's but couldn't find them so she grabbed a t-shirt of Ashton and crawled in to the bed, trying to sleep. The sobs had died down but she could still feel her body shaking. When she started thinking back to the fight she could feel the tears running again.

Eventually, the door opened and closed soon. "I'm just getting my things, I'm sleeping in Luke's room tonight." Ashton whispered. Lexi sat up and stared at him. "No, please, stay." She sobbed. Ashton dropped his bag and took off his clothes until he was left in his t-shirt and boxers, picking up the duvet covers and slipping in to the bed next to Lexi.

She turned around and laid her head on his chest, continuing the sobbing. "It'll be alright." Ashton whispered, softly rubbing her back whilst holding on to her.


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