The sun hit my face through the crack in the curtains, my eyes shot open and I looked around the room.
Band posters of people I'd never heard of were scattered over the walls. I pulled the bed covers over my head and was relieved to find myself fully clothed.
I sat up and the swift movement made my head hurt. The door swung open and someone stood staring at me.
I jumped out of the bed "Who the hell are you?" I screamed.
The boy pushed his curly hair back from his forehead and sighed "Do you really have to shout?" My eyes widened.
"Do I have to shout? I wake up in a strangers house yes of course I get to shout. Now answer my question" I shouted back at him and he groaned rubbing his temples "I'm Ashton if you really must know" He said slowly.
I desperately tried to come up with some reason as to why I was in this strange house with this rude guy that I don't remember ever seeing before but my mind was blank.
"And I'm not a stranger. I'm friends with Michael, you got yourself so drunk last night and he knew that your parents would kill you if you went home and he couldn't take you so I stupidly offered to" Ashton continued, as he walked over to sit on a computer chair by the door.
"Well you shouldn't have"
"Well I wish I hadn't now" he said raising his voice slightly.
I didnt care that I was annoying him I just needed to get out of here, I scanned the room for my shoes "What are you doing now?" Ashton asked his tone back to normal.
"I'm getting out of here"
"You don't even know where you are how do you plan on doing that?" He raised an eyebrow at me.
"I'll figure it out" I hated his smug tone and I couldn't stand being here any longer.
"I'll drive you, where do you live?"
"I'm not going to tell you that" I finally found my second shoe and slipped it on and heading out of the door.
I could hear his footsteps on the gravel behind me as I walked out of the driveway.
"I will call the police if you keep following me" I shouted the empty threat over my shoulder at him and I heard him laughing.
"Go away, okay? I have no idea who you are I just want to go home and never see you again"
"The feeling is mutual, trust me" Ashton spat I turned to look back at him and he'd stopped following me so I continued up the street hoping to never see him again.
I had hoped to catch lift off of a passerby but no one came by. At all. Of course, the creepy guy sjo Michael let take me home lived in the middle of fucking nowhere.
Thinking of Michael I dialed his number in hope that he'd woken up early for some strange reason.
"Hello?" He croaked into the phone I thought about shouting at him for handing me off to a stranger but I thought better of it incase he hung up on me.
"Its Steph" I told him I heard him curse under his breath.
"Oh Steph oh my god hi"
"Don't even try it, Michael, I'm going to kill you when I see you. I need you to come get me"
"Oh I can't. My mum is out with the car"
"Are you serious? I have no idea where I am, Michael. I can't call my mum" I groaned at him.
"I am sorry Steph. He lives all the way in like the middle of nowhere too" I looked around and not a car was in sight
"Don't I know it" I told him.
"I'll figure something out I guess" I signed.
"Sorry. When you get a lift get dropped at mine and I'll buy you breakfast okay?" I couldn't turn down an offer like that.
After a few minutes I saw a car driving up the road towards me, I jumped up from the curb and waved my hands trying to get the car to stop.
It began to slow down and it stopped beside me I went up to the passenger window and the driver rolled it down.
"Its fine I'll just stay here" I told him.
"Stephanie, just get in the fucking car. Michael called me and you won't get another car going past here for at least another hour" Ashton spoke matter of factly, he reached over and pushed the door open and I reluctantly got in.
Ashton drove slower than anyone I'd ever driven with. Even Michael who thought every car was going to crash into him.
"Do you always drive this slow?" I asked "Yes" Ashton replied keeping his eyes on the road.
"But you said yourself that there won't be any other cars, you could drive as fast as you want"
"I am driving as fast as I want" Even through his sunglasses I could see him rolling his eyes.
We finally got to Michaels house and I ran up to the front door and knocked a couple of times.
I was shocked to find him already dressed as he opened the door "I can't believe you called him and asked him to bring me here" I hissed at him he looked at me confused "I didn't?" He questioned.
"But he sai-"
"Hey Michael!" Ashton came up behind me cutting me off "Why don't you come to breakfast with us, Ash?" Michael asked him
"He can't. It'll be dark by the time he gets home it took him 3 hours to drive here"
"Better buy me dinner then too" Ashton grinned and Michael laughed so loud in my ear it made me jump.
"I'll just go home" I said.
"Don't be stupid, come on" Michael said shoving me into the back of Ashton's car as he shouted shotgun.
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