Smile (Ashton Irwin || A.u) *discontinued*

Chapter 8

|| Cold Night - You And Me At Six ||

** A Few Days Later**

After Ashton broke down in Alicia's room, they began talking more and more. Ashton still stumbled over some words when he was talking to Alicia, however he managed to keep the conversation going.

Ashton was sat on Alicia's desk writing his daily letter. Alicia sat on her bed looking at the ceiling, thinking about how her life had changed.

She looked over at Ashton and watched him. She found him strangely interesting from the way he pushed his glasses up his nose, to the way his eyebrows furrowed together when he couldn't talk to her.

"Ash." She turned to face him as he lowered the pen and smiled at her.

"Yeah?" He turned his chair and faced Alicia. He turned to letter over so the writing was facing the desk.

"When is your birthday?" Ashton's looked down, his voice was barely audible.

"7th of July." He rubbed his arm blushing as Alicia glanced at her calendar.

"Ashton! That's in a couple of days! Why didn't you tell me?" She sat up and looked at him as he blushed again.

"Hello can you keep it down?" Natalia poked her head around the corner and chuckled walking into Alicia's room. Alicia and Ashton exchanged a look as Natalia took a seat on the bed.

"Erm, can I help you?" Alicia looked at Natalia, wondering what she wanted and why she was in Alicia's room.

"Yeah. I thought this is the place you come for shit advice that actually helps." Natalia crossed her bony legs and leaned foreword, Alicia noticed her spine protruding through her t-shirt.

"Okay." Alicia glanced at Ashton and noticed he was staring at Natalia intently. "Erm, what do you need advice with?"

"Well. You know my dickhead ex, he wants me back. I don't know though because he's the reason I'm in this hellhole." Natalia laid on Alicia's bed as Alicia thought over her problem.

"What's his name?" Alicia put her hand on her forehead as Ashton went back to writing his letter.

"Calum." Natalia put her bony fingers on her forehead and sighed. "Even his name is sexy." She sat up and looked at Alicia expectantly. "Well. What have you got to say?"

Alicia chuckled at Natalia's confidence. "Why did he stop you from eating? That doesn't really matter. At the end of the day, if you believe that he will make your life better, take him back. If not, leave him be. Reject him. Just leave him to cry in the corner." She noticed Ashton side smile as he signed his letter and folded it up, placing it in the brown envelope.

"Does it really matter?" Natalia responded to Alicia's question before going back to her normal self. "Thanks for the advice. I really appreciate it, I reckon me and you will get along. What do you say?" Natalia stuck out a bony arm and smiled, the skin on her cheeks stretching over her cheek bones.

"Yeah, I guess so." Alicia stuck out her arm and shook Natalia's hand as Ashton put the pen in the desk draw.

Natalia left the room with a smile on her face as Linda made her way into the room with a tray of pills.

"Hey babe. Guess who's back with the useless pills? It's me. Auntie Linda." Linda smiled at Alicia as she set the tray where Natalia had sat on the bed. Alicia smiled at the tray where a smile of pills looked back at her.

"Hey Linda. How are you?" Linda bit her lip and looked down, placing her hand on her slightly raised stomach. She shut the door and leaned against the end of the bed.

"Alicia, I love you. You know that, and it's really hard for me to say this. I am expecting a baby, which means I will be leaving for maternity leave in a few days..." Linda looked up at Alicia and glanced over at Ashton, who was looking at Alicia, expecting a reaction.

"B-but you can't leave! Who's g-going to be my n-nurse?" Alicia's voice broke as she attempted to hold back her tears.

"Hunnie, please don't cry. I'm sure you will get another nurse who is just as lovely as me." Linda went to hug Alicia and was rejected as Alicia just held up her hand.

"Linda, please just leave. I don't feel like talking to you right now." Alicia lowered her hand and looked down at he white bedspread, biting her lip.

"Okay, if you want to talk, just come and find me." Linda sighed and left the room shutting the door behind her.

Alicia throw the play of pills across the bedroom, watching as the smiley face disintegrated. She grabbed her pillow and screamed as Ashton have her a sympathetic look. Sobs came from the pillow as Ashton stood up from the chair. He hesitated at first, but after Alicia screamed again, he decided to put his arm around her. She let go of the pillow and wrapped her arms around his neck, sobbing into him.

Ashton soothed her by rubbing her back and whispering comforting nothing's into her ear.

"I'm here for you, I promise I'll never leave. It's okay." Ashton held her until it was dark and small snores exited Alicia's mouth. He laid her down on her bed and put the duvet on her.

Ashton walked around the room, picking up the pills he could find. He wrote her a small note and left, unknowing that Alicia was conscious and smiling. Alicia closed her eyes and mumbled to herself.

"At least something good can balanced this out."

Authors Note:

Thanks for reading guys! What do you think so far? Do you think I should do an Ashton letter? To show his views and opinions? Let me know :)

Much love,

Irresistible_Irwin xx