Broken || Ashton Irwin

Chapter 16.2

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"I think I've got it," Ashton whisper shouted, appearing at the door of his shed, covered in dust he stood with a big grin on his face and an old tent clutched in his arms.

"You're so dusty." I laughed quietly, walking over to him and brushing the dust off his shirt.

"It's really dusty in there," he whined, "there's probably like one million spiders as well." he pouted, walking over to me.

"Awh, maybe we will clean it one day?" I giggled, walking over to him and helping him carry the tent over to his car.

"We could do if you really want to do that?" He smiled, unlocking the car and lifting the tent into the boot.

"I wouldn't mind," I grinned. Which was true. I wouldn't mind doing something as boring and dirty as cleaning an old shed if it meant I was spending time with Ashton.

"You look cute in my clothes you know," He said, smiling and edging towards me slightly.

I stood looking down at his t-shirt which was drowning me. But I liked it even better that way.

"I mean you always look cute," he quickly corrected himself, which made me giggle. "But you look extra cute in my clothes." He added.

"You're too nice," I laughed, tapping him gently on his arm and standing on my tiptoes to plant a soft kiss gently on his lips. He wrapped his arms around my waist, picking me up off the floor and carrying me on his hip.

"Ashton," I screeched, as he walked over to the passenger side of the car and opened the door.

"If you scream like that it's going to look like I'm kidnapping you," he laughed, dropping me down into the car seat and kissing me on the head before shutting the door and walking around to the driver side.

I put my seatbelt on, smiling to myself a little. I was doing that a lot, and it felt good to be able to smile when nobody was watching, that way I knew it wasn't fake. I was actually smiling because I was happy and not because I needed to show someone else that I was strong.

"Right then," Ashton said, proceeding to buckle his seatbelt and put his keys in the ignition. "Let's go." he softly smiled, glancing into my eyes and resting his hand on my knee.

"Let's go." I smiled back, not exactly sure of where we were going but I didn't mind as long as it was away from here, I didn't care. Anywhere was better then home.

We pulled out onto the street and I felt my eyelids slowly shutting, I was so tired and it had only just caught up with me. I hadn't been sleeping much lately.

"Go to sleep if you want," Ashton said, briefly taking his eyes off the road to look at me. "I'll wake you up when we're there." He smiled.

"No, it's okay." I smiled back. I wanted to stay awake, I wanted to appreciate every moment we spent together. I didn't care what anyone else thought, it was obvious I was falling for Ashton.

But I must have fallen asleep..

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"Charlotte" Ashton whispered, gently nudging my shoulder, bringing his face so close that his nose was touching my cheek.

I opened my eyes slowly, focusing them on Ashton's shadowy silhouette enclosing in on me.

"You fell asleep," he stated. "I didn't want to wake you, but, we're here." he grinned, opening his car door and walking around to mine.

I squinted up at him trying to make out his face clearly in the dark.

"It's really really cold out here." He shivered turning the car engine back on and flicking the hot air on.