Who Knew? // 5SOS [ #Wattys 2015 ]

Chapter 12

It has been about an hour and a half and the boys were still gone. I just watched TV to wait for them.

. . .

It's been three hours since I started watching TV and I'm starting to get scared. Michael said and hour and they've been gone so much longer than an hour. I decided to go upstairs and try to sleep it away.

I didn't go into my room though, I went straight to Ashton's and crashed in his bed. 1. His scent is amazing and it calms be down for some reason and 2. His bed is so much more comfortable than mine.

It was hard to sleep because I couldn't find a position that made the shooting pain any less of a shooting pain. Finally I found a spot and drifted off into dream land.

. . .

I shot up but fell back down gripping my side and hissing at the pain. I bit my tongue to stop myself from screaming the pain was so excruciating. I broke down into sobs because of the nightmare and the pain. The nightmare was so much worse than I could've imagined. I tried to take deep breaths to calm down but nothing worked.

"Ashton!" I reluctantly screamed, thinking they were still out. I was scared to see the door fly open with a confused and worried Ashton. He didn't even ask and came to my side, embracing me.

"What did I do?" I sobbed into his chest. He kissed my head repeatedly and stroked my hair trying to calm me down. When I finally stopped sobbing super hard he pulled away and looked into my swollen eyes.

"What do you mean by that?" He asked, his voice soft and quiet.

"What did I do to make my dad hate me?" My voice matching his with just a few cracks.

"You don't need that dick anymore." He didn't answer me, instead he just pulled me close.

. . .

I had finally calmed down and so had the pain. I walked downstairs and joined the boys in the kitchen.

"Lauren, do you want to go out to eat?" Luke asked me as I came into view.

"Sure," I smiled weakly. The boys grabbed their shoes and Michael grabbed the keys. I slipped on my converse and we headed out. I was squished against Calum and Ashton.

"I want to get Lauren a phone when we're out." Calum said. I looked at him confused.

"I want to be able to contact you. I hope we didn't worry you while we were out." Calum draped his arm across my shoulder.

"I was a little worried." I confirmed.

"Also, why were you in my bed?" Ashton asked with a light giggle afterwards.

"Well, your bed is really comfy and um, your scent helps keep me calm." I said a lot quieter, mostly so that only Ash could hear. He giggled again and kissed the top of my head.

"We can get her phone first." Luke suggested. They all agreed and we headed to the phone store.

When we arrived we all walked in and looked at the phones. I saw they boys head to the iPhone section.

"What color do you want?" Michael asked me.

"You're going to buy me an iPhone 5c!?" I asked and he nodded. "No, no I can't let you." My dad would never buy me anything like this. I had to buy my old cracked iPod myself.

"It's fine, babe." Calum smiled, ruffling my hair a little. I sighed and picked out the blue one. I am actually really excited for it. Ashton and Luke got all the paperwork done and we headed out half an hour after being in there.

We got back in the car in the same seats. The boys pulled out their phones and they piled them on me. I typed in my contact.

On Calum's phone: Babe 💖

On Luke's phone: Love 💕

On Ashton's phone: El 😁

And on Michael's phone: Laur 🌚

They all texted me so I had their numbers and their contacts were: Cuddles ❤️ (Calum), Ashy 💘, Lucas 🔮, and Mikey 🌝 I texted them all back and they laughed at the names I had but only Michael didn't check.

We arrived at the restaurant and Michael pulled out his phone, bursting into laughter.

"Why the moon emoji?" He laughed.

"I don't know," I started, "I was really feeling it." I smiled at him. We walked into the restaurant and waited to be seated.

"Hi! How many?" The waitress asked.

"Five," Luke answered simply. She smiled back at us and we all followed her as she led us to our table. We all sat down, Calum on my left and Michael on my right Ashton right across from me and Luke across from Michael.

"Thanks again for the phone." I smiled.

"No problem, Laur." Mike smiled. The waitress came back out to take our drink orders. The pain was slowly coming back and I lost my appetite.

"I'm not going to have anything, I'm not very hungry anymore." I sighed as placed my arms on the table.

"You have to eat something." Calum looked at me.

"I'll eat something at home if I get hungry." I reassured him. He nodded a little and turned his head away from me. She came back with our drinks and took everyone's orders. I awkwardly sipped my coke as she took everyone's orders but mine. She looked at me weird and walked away, winking to Luke...?

"Oooo," The boys whistled as Ashton nudged him. He blushed a little and shoved Ashton off him and put his head down.

. . .

We were back from dinner and Luke had ended up getting the waitresses number. I couldn't help but feel a weird feeling. Almost like I was jealous...

I had made myself a sandwich because Michael had practically forced me too. The boys were now playing Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 and I was watching as Michael and Luke's thumbs harshly pressed the controller buttons.

"Luke! Cover me!" Michael screamed as he leaned to the left, thinking that would do anything. Luke had completely missed the guy and they both died.

"You fucking suck." Michael groaned as he dropped his controller onto the couch and slumped down.

"I do," Luke laughed, agreeing with Michaels comment. I smiled and got up, taking my plate to the kitchen.

I heard heavy footsteps follow me but I didn't turn around. I threw my paper plate away and turned around to see Ashton standing behind me, hands balled up into his pockets. He looked up and noticed I was looking at him. He was wearing sweatpants, his ACDC muscle tee, and he had taken out his contacts and put on his adorable little glasses.

"Do you, uh, want to sleep with me tonight?" He asked awkwardly. I gave him a confused look.

"It is my night and you said my beds more comfortable than yours." He said, gaining a little confidence. I smiled and nodded.

"I'm kind of tired right now." I said quietly. It was only eleven but I was tired as fuck.

"Let's go up then." He smiled and we walked upstairs. I walked into my room changing into spandex and a sports bra with one of my own muscle tees. I shuffled into Ashton's room and he was laying on his bed flipping through channels. I laid down next to him and got comfortable.

He wrapped his arm around my thin waist and pulled me up close to him so we were spooning.

"Now I can do this too." He said as he placed his hand on my bare stomach and started rubbing gently. I closed my eyes, enjoying the comfort and it wasn't long until the sound of the TV was tuned out and I fell asleep.