Out of Bounds || Ashton Irwin Fanfic

Chapter 17: Relapse

It was obvious Ashton was pissed at me for turning down his offer the other night. I could sense the atmosphere when I walked into class the next day and was forced to take a seat near the front, as I had been running late. Luke's fault.

We had fallen asleep on the couch and he had decided to switch off my alarm this morning.

"Glad you could join us, Alexa" Ashton stared at me, holding my gaze for several seconds before turning back to his laptop that was hooked up to the projector. I got my notepad out and decided not to react or offer any sort of apology. He didn't deserve one anyway. The lecture seemed to drag out for longer than usual; I had wrote up 4 pages of notes on our next assignment and done my very best to avoid anymore eye contact.

"Alexa can you wait behind why I have a word with you about your punctuality?" Ashton asked before I had the chance to get up from behind my desk. Once the rest of the pupils had vacated the room I became extremely uncomfortable being in his presence. He seemed really mad at me and I didn't want to argue with him anymore. I wanted to move past all of this and focus on my studies like he had told me to in the first place.

"Did you turn up late on purpose?"

"No. Luke turned off my alarm-" I stopped myself from saying anymore and studied Ashton's face for a moment. He bit down on his lip to stop himself from saying something.

"What?" I pushed him to say it.

"So you stayed with Luke last night?"

"He's my flat mate. I stay with him every night" I retorted sarcastically.

"In his bed?"

"Fuck off Ashton. I'm going" I barely made it two steps before he grabbed hold of my wrist and pulled me back.

"Come to mine tonight and let's talk properly" he whispered, a stern look spreading across his face. I didn't want to say no now, I felt slightly pressured by him.

"What time?"

"7?" his eyes lit up, "so you'll come?"

"Yes. Now let go of me" I demanded, trying to keep my voice down. Ashton released me and I rushed out of the room without looking back. His touch sent electricity through my body every single time.

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"Where are you going?" Luke quizzed me as soon as I stepped out of my room.

"To a friends"

"In that dress?"

Okay, I had made a slight effort but it was Luke that had told me to show him what he was missing...

"We're going for drinks" I wasn't even sure why I was lying but I didn't want Luke to be mad at me.

"I'm not stupid, Alexa. I know who you're going to meet"

"Are you angry at me?" I sighed, sitting down next to him and nudging his arm.

"No. But I think you're stupid" he sighed, wrapping his arm around my shoulders. "He's just going to talk you into forgiving him and make you feel like the bad guy and I don't want him to do that"

"I won't let that happen, Luke. I swear." I knew I probably shouldn't swear on something I couldn't be sure of but its what Luke wanted to hear.

"If you need me you know where I am" he leaned across to kiss me on the forehead and then patted me on the leg, "Go before I change my mind and lock you in your bedroom"

"Yes dad" I winked, returning the kiss on his cheek before getting to my feet and heading out the door. It was rather chilly outside so I had wrapped up in my long, parka which was going to work out even better because when I finally got to take the coat off the dress would take him by surprise.