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chapter one; baby and i
Ashton Fletcher Irwin. Even the name was enough to set Luke off on a hour long rant that would have the people around him scurrying off to avoid the same complaints of "he's arrogant, selfish and self-absorbed" all words that Luke would use to describe his beloved ex boyfriend, Ashton.
Sure, they dated when they were eighteen until they were twenty, so maybe you could argue that their relationship failed because they were young college students that weren't prepared for anything quite serious. However, if you asked Luke, he'd tell you that Ashton was a flirt, argumentative and too caught up in his desire to be portrayed as a bad boy and a player to even care about his dying relationship with Luke.
It had been awkward when they had broken up. For starters, Ashton had basically lived in Luke's dorm for the two years they had been together and therefore when Luke's actual roommate, Calum had returned home from his lecturer to see a crying Luke and an Ashton absence, he knew it would be awkward, considering they shared friends.
Luke had loved Ashton, he had known what he was getting into when he fell in love with the boy that spent too much time at the local bar and avoided commitment like it were the plague. In fact, Luke should have been proud of himself that he managed to have Ashton for two whole years, that was the longest relationship that the curly haired guy had ever experienced. Their relationship hadn't been all bad either, at the end of the day they were really good friends which meant that they were able to always make each other laugh and cheer each other up. Ashton was also fiercely protective of Luke, and ironically enough he had always been easily jealous. Luke thought he was a hypocrite since he appeared to flirt with anything that breathed.
Luke was hurt when Ashton hadn't even tried to save their relationship when Luke had announced, rather loudly to the whole of Australia, "we are so over!", instead Ashton had became defensive and told him that they'd have never worked anyway.
And you'd think after that, Luke and Ashton would have parted ways like most ex partners usually do. Nope, Ashton and Luke shared friends. In fact, all of Luke's friends were also Ashtons's and neither were about to step back and allow the other to keep the friends. So Ashton was stuck in his life, even now, five years later, they'd bump into each other at friends birthday parties, at BBQ's, at every social gathering possible.
And Ashton, typical Ashton would always shoot Luke sarcastic remarks and digs that would have the blonde biting his lip to prevent a loud argument that would have their friends stuck in the middle.
He was as cocky and arrogant as he was when they had been together, he still spent most of his time at bars and involving himself in meaningless hook ups with no intent to ever get involved in another relationship after Luke. Luke on the other hand, had his own business, which took up most of his life- while he was eager to have his own family, a committed relationship and children, right now he was securing his business which was his own cafe- turns out he was pretty good at designing cakes for people's weddings.
