Expect the Unexpected ➳ Ashton Irwin

Tours and Distractions

The end credits of the movie were rolling and the three pizza boxes from earlier were completely empty as the boys had quickly devoured them.

As gross as it seemed, it was actually pretty impressive.

Michael had crawled across the floor to the TV where he was searching through piles of video games. I lifted my head from Ashton’s shoulder as Calum and Luke turned to look at us. I didn’t want to listen to their teasing. I decided that I should probably text my parents to let them know I was okay. They had been worrying about me a lot lately and I knew it wouldn’t be fair to completely ignore them while I was out. That would only make them more anxious. I pulled out my ancient Nokia and began typing a quick text to my parents letting them know I was alright. Luke giggled from across the room in his armchair and I looked up from my phone, raising my eyebrows at him.

“Something funny Luke?” I asked. Luke pointed at my brick of a phone,

“I haven’t seen one of those since the fourth grade.” he chuckled. Calum joined in laughing at my sad piece of outdated technology. Ashton tightened his hold around my waist.

“I think it’s cute,” he said only loud enough for me to hear. I smiled and finished typing the text to my parents before hitting send. I checked the time and saw that it was only 8, so it’d probably be okay for me to stay a little longer if Ashton wanted me to stick around. I put my phone away as Michael finally picked out a game. Some Call of Duty thing that I wasn’t really interested in. He tossed Calum and Luke remotes and offered Ashton one but he turned it down.

“You can play if you want.” I told him. I didn’t want him to think he couldn’t play because I was here or something stupid like that. Ashton shook his head,

“I only keep that game around for Michael. Plus I still have to give you a tour of the house,” he grinned at me before removing his arm from my waist and grabbing my hand, pulling me up from the couch.

“We’ll be right back guys,” he said to the rest of the boys, though they hardly took notice as they were completely focused on the game they were playing. Ashton rolled his eyes at them before pulling me down the hallway. At the end of it was the front door. On one the left side there was an open space that led to the kitchen. Ashton gestured to it as we passed,

“This is the kitchen, the place where I store all of my most basic necessities. Like food and water and vegemite.” He grinned at me and I giggled before letting him pull me further down the hallway. We stopped at a door on the left which he opened.

“This is supposed to be an office, but I just store all my extra junk in here.” he stated before shutting the door and pulling me back out of the hallway. We crossed the living room where the boys were shouting over the video game and entered another hallway. The door closest to us was open and showed a little bathroom. Ashton knocked on the door frame as we passed,

“Bathroom.” he stated before we got to another door. He opened it and showed me the inside. The walls were covered in foam and the floor had several rugs on it. A drumset sat in the corner of the room.

“This is where I practice drums. I tried to soundproof it so that my neighbors won’t call the cops on me in the middle of the night when I;m having my late night jam sessions.” he grinned at me and I chuckled before he led me back out of the room.

“And last but not least…” he trailed off as we reached the final door at the end of the hallway, “the bedroom.” He threw the door open and gestured for me to enter before him. I walked in and took a look around. It looked like a boys room. It was a little messy, but not nearly as bad as my room. Ashton crossed the room and sat down on the edge of his bed, patting the spot next to him. I plopped down next to him and he laced our fingers together.