5sos Imagines

meeting eachother after breaking up

Ashton:

Layla:

I was at the mall, picking out a dress for my sister's graduation party, when I saw him he had the same sad look on his face that he had the day I left him. I know I hurt him, but I also knew that I couldn't live with myself being the one to hold him back. He deserves someone who will love him unconditionally and will listen to him when he's having a bad day. He deserves better than anything I could've ever been for him. I had too many issues. Too many things stopping me from living my life to the fullest, and the last thing I wanted was to drag him into the mud with me. It hadn't been all that long since it happened, but part of me wanted him to move on and forget about me. After all, I was just one trainwreck after another. He shouldn't have to put up with me. I know I can be a pain in the ass at times, but I also knew that dealing with me and my issues on a regular basis was a struggle. I mean even my own mother gave up on trying to deal with me. My sister was the only one who ever bothered giving a shit about me. She always believed in the concept that because we're sisters, we have a bond that no one can break. I always thought it was stupid but I didn't totally hate the idea.

You see, I struggle with severe social anxiety, which makes doing pretty much everything difficult. Medication can only do so much, the rest is up to you and how much will power you have, and I was pretty much the queen oof giving up on things before even trying. It wasnt the best solution, I know, but it was better than letting everyone down by letting them think I was getting better only for me to crash and burn that much harder.

I was in the petite dress section of the store when I spotted him over in the men's section right across from me. We made eye contact for a brief moment, him sending a quick smile my way and me sending a quick awkward half smile or god knows what face his way. I quickly averted my eyes away from him and to the ground before trying to find a decent dress in my size that I could afford.

Finally, I settled on a decent one that seemed like it would fit and was relatively inexpensive. I made my way over to the fitting room to try it on. That's when I bumped into him quite litterally.

"Oops, sorry I didn't mean to-"

"Layla? Is that you?"

"Hi Ashton. "

"Oh my god I've missed you so much. How've you been?"

"I've been fine. What about you?"

"Good good. So what are you doing here?"

"Just getting a dress for Lindsey's graduation party."

"Wow. She's graduated already? Seems like it was only yesterday we were messing with her, scaring the day lights out of her before her first day of high school. "

"Yeah. She grew up all to fast haha."

"Yeah."

*silence *

"Listen Layla, I know you said we were better off apart but I was thinking-"

"Look, I know you think that we work together, but I'm telling you Ashton, I'm no good for you. I'd only be holding you back, and I couldn't live with myself if you couldn't go as far as you wanted to with your career just because of me and my stupid issues-"

"I know you think you're protecting me Layla, but let me be the judge of my own choices in life. I love you Layla. I never stopped, and I never will stop loving you. No matter how far you push me away, I'll always come back to you."

"You deserve so much better than me ash. You deserve a girl who can be free and outgoing without being afraid of getting judged. You deserve someone you can actually have a social life with."

"Layla, you're perfect to me. I dont deserve better because you're already the best there can be. I cant keep pretending like I'm okay with this because I'm not. And I know you aren't happy with this either. I want to be in your life, and I hope you'll let me. So what do you say? Let's get back together."

"I dont know ash, the last thing j wanna do is hurt you-"

"Let me be the judge if whether or not I get hurt okay?"

"*sigh* You're not going to stop asking until I say yes are you?"

"No I will not."

"*sigh* I guess it couldn't hurt to give it another shot."

"Yes!"

With that, he pulled me close to him and soon enough, our lips collided, and that magic I had missed for so long returned. As for the dress, I decided to trust my git and hope for the best, which thankfully worked out for me. To say the least, Lindsey was more than thrilled to find out we had gotten back together. I swear, this girl is probably more invested in our relationship than both of us combined, which oughta say a lot considering we were the most cheesiest lovesick lovebirds ever.