The Assistant || Ashton Irwin

0.5

After a long night, a very long night, I woke up in an uncomfortable position on the couch. I had very little sleep, maybe two hours, three tops. All my joints ached, my neck was pained with a creak in the right side, and my back was crying out for a massage. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and looked towards the bed. I expected to see Ashton sprawled out like he had done last night. I was shocked to find the bed empty with the covers pulled up as it was neatly, but not hotel standard neat, made.

I sat up and stretched, a few joints cracking relieving a few aches. The bathroom door opened and Ashton stood looking at me. He was cleanly shaven and his hair was damp. He wore the same jeans as yesterday but his shirt had been changed. He moved from his position at the bathroom door to the bed. He sat down and I avoided his gaze. I focused my attention to tying my shoelaces on my Vans.

"Here" Ashton said making me look up. He threw me his Tshirt that he had worn yesterday.

"You'll need this"

"Thanks" I said, I got up and headed to the bathroom to get ready. I locked the door and wiped the steam from the mirror. I sighed at the black circles under my eyes, I ran the tap and splashed water on my face. I looked again, it didn't help in the slightest. I pressed my face lightly with the towel, left over mascara stained in patches. I discarded the towel into the bath and grabbed the little makeup I had thrown into my bag before I left. I pulled off my own t-shirt and replaced it with Ashton's. It was far too big for me, it rested mid thigh almost like a dress. His scent lingered on the material, I inhaled deeply. The scent was amazing.

"No stop it Ali" I thought to myself. He's a jerk.

I fixed my makeup, only having power to get rid of excuses shine would have to do for now along with lip balm. I gathered my hair up into a bun, I tried to make it look neat but, my hair would not cooperate, so I gave up. The messy, 'I don't really care' look will do today. After brushing my teeth and doing whatever else I needed to be done in the bathroom, I slowly unlocked the bathroom door and stepped back into the main room. Ashton was now sitting on the couch watching tv. He glanced my way as he heard the door open. I took my Vans and slipped them back on.

"Emma just text me" Ashton mumbled.

"And?" I questioned.

"Whenever you leave I leave half an hour or so after" he said not looking away from the tv. I nodded and stood up, blocking his view making him look at me.

"Always a pleasure Irwin" I said with a sarcastic eye roll.

His face stayed in his fixed hard stare, not a hint of emotion shown. His eyes looked up and down over me, making me feel slightly uncomfortable.

"I'm sure it was. Don't forget we go public tonight. Bye bye privacy" he said with a bitter laugh.

"Whatever" I sighed, "See you later"

"Bye" he muttered as I closed the door behind me. I shrugged my bag up onto my shoulder and down to the lifts. I pulled a pair of sunglasses out of my bag placing them on top of my head. I made it to the lobby and threw my hoodie over my shoulders leaving it open so Ashton's shirt would be on view. I pulled my glasses down onto the bridge of my nose and stepped out onto the London streets. I knew there were paparazzi hidden and some I could see trying to be discrete in cars. I kept my head down and walked. I eventually got home and sighed as I kicked off my shoes and locked the door. Now all I had to do was sit around and wait for tonight for our little secret to go public.

I changed out of Ashton's shirt and my jeans in favour of my leggings, fluffy socks and oversized hoodie that either belong to an ex-boyfriend of mine or Megan's, we liked to share our items of clothing. I grabbed a makeup wipe and scrapped whatever was left on my face. my skin wasn't going to thank me this week. My phone dinged on my bedside table. I walked over to see a text from Megan. I opened the text to find a picture of myself leaving the hotel doing the walk of shame.

Megan: Tut tut tut Ali. the walk of shame, really?

Me: Calm down, just a posed one. You'd think I'd do that with him?

Megan: I guess you wouldn't but I sooooo would!!!!!

Me: Such a slut :P Must dash, relationship is being announced soon

I put my phone down and turned on my laptop. 5SOS were doing an online live interview tonight that was being streamed live around the world for all their fans. I logged on and while I waited, I rumanged for snacks. I found microwave popcorn and Malteasers, the ulitmate combination. I plopped down on the couch with my laptop on the coffee table, all raedy to go.

The boys chatted away in the interview, Ashton being his usual self and only speaking when a question was directed directly at him. The interviewer was starting to get annoyed at this fact, you could tell by the way she spoke, but finally the question we were all waiting for. The relationship rumours.

"So Ashton, you've been pictured a lot recently with a certain dip dyed, blonde girl. Anything to say on this?" The interviwer asked. A picture of myself and Ashton appeared on screen behind them, his arm was wrapped around my shoulder and a smile was plastered on my face and then the pictures from this morning of the two of us leaving the hotel.

"Oh god" Ashton said, he hid his face in his hands while he laughed. I had to admit, he was pulling this off very well.

"Oh is someone blushing?" she asked him.

"Okay, okay, I'm gonna come clean" Ashton said. The interviewer fell silent and leaned forward in an attempte to hear all the gossip Ashton had to offer. Ashton took a breath before beginning his story.

"Well her name is Alison, or Ali and yeah she is my girlfriend" he said with a smile. A small gasp left the interviewer's mouth before Ashton continued.

"Yeah, we've been together for quite a while actually, well three years to be exact. We kept it a secret for so long because I didn't want her to deal with hate and to be honest we didn't even think we'd make it this far with me touring all the time, but we made it and I'd like to think we're stronger than ever"

"Aww. That's adorable. How did you two meet?" she asked.

"It was actaully at one of our gigs here in London. She was working backstage and Luke spotted her first and gave me a nudge as you do, and well the second I laid my eyes on her I knew she was special, the one if you will. As cheesey as that sounds"

"So you're to thank then Luke?" she asked and Luke nodded with a laugh, "But what about all these rumours of all the other girls a couple months ago?"

"Ah" Ashton sighed, "They're rumours. I wasn't involved with any of them, as far as I know they were just looking for their fifteen minutes of fame. It was a rough time for myself and Ali but we worked through it and what more can I say, we're happy, we're strong and that's all there is on the matter"

"Well I wish you two all the best" the interviwer said and Ashton returned the smile. The interview continued on for another ten minutes and then the screen went blank. I shut down my laptop and put it away. I turned off the lights in the sitting room and headed towards the bedroom. I snuggled down into my blankets and picked my phone and logged onto twitter. The publicity stunt plan had even gone as far as making me a new twitter that all the boys followed and a good few fans too. I still had my orginal private account that was just for me. Ashton had already tweeted and my notifactions were going mental. Many tweets were congratulating us, some were not worth mentioning and my follower count jumped rapidly. I closed down my app and turned off my light. I pulled my blankets up around my body, wrapping them as close as possible.

Ashton had suprised me tonight. His acting skills we're amazing, if I didn't know any better I'd swear it was a genuine statement he had made.

This was my life now, and it was all just a lie. And the only question I had was, could I really pull this all off as well as Ashton could?

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I'm so sorry for my lack of updates! I'm swamped under with college assignments at the moment and I'll try update soon! Only reason I've updated this is because I've written them ages ago. I'll update my preference book as soon as I can too! Sorry again guys !
Please forgive me!
Peace out guys! Xoxo