simmer down // a.i. [ON HOLD]

[27] dizzy

'Shit,' Ashton cursed quietly and pulled up his hood, flicking on his sunglasses. He pulled me into a doorway and put a finger to his lips, frowning.

We'd been ambling along home, just taking our time. I let Ashton guide us back to the hotel, secretly loving the way he kept his arm around my waist the whole time, but now the Hilton was just up ahead, and I could see the reason why he swore.

A large crowd of girls were huddled around the doors of the hotel, all holding brightly decorated cards and signs, most of them clutching their phones and cameras. From the step I was standing, I could see the peak of Beck's doorman cap poking through the crowd, trying to clear the path. Suddenly one of girl's signs spun around in the wind and Ashton and I got a full view of what was written on it in gigantic letters;

#ASHMMA IS REAL

and then in smaller letters beneath;

♥ ASHTON & EMMA ♥

No guesses who they were waiting for.

I felt my face heat up and I tried to tug myself out of Ashton's arm, but he started to shake, and I looked into his face, confused - he was silently laughing.

'Ashton.'

I reached up and poked his dimple.

'Ashton. Why are you laughing?'

'Look at their signs!'

I looked back and blushed again when I saw my name up there next to his.

'I don't get the joke.'

He shook his head slowly and rolled his eyes.

'It's been 2 hours since you got Twitter and look at what's already happening.' A little giggle escaped his lips. 'How did I not expect this?'

I smiled, starting to understand.

'But how are we going to get upstairs?'

Ashton wiggled his eyebrows.

'The fire escape.'

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'Ashton! I am so going to kill you for this!'

I groaned and pulled myself up onto the dumper, trying to balance in my boots. Above me, Ashton was already on the first flight of stairs, brushing bits of rust out of his curly hair. Through the bars, he stuck his tongue out at me.

'Would you prefer to go in through the front doors or what?'

I stuck my rude finger up at him and he grinned infuriatingly back at me.

'But Ashton...'

'What?'

He looked down at me, concerned, and I sighed.

'I'm afraid of heights.' Glancing up, I pointed to the 5th storey. 'Your room is so far up, and I- I don't know if I can make it all the way.'

Ashton's face softened and he crouched down, holding out a muscled arm.

'Hey, come on Princess. It's okay, I'll be right here, I'll lend you a hand.'

He reached out and tugged me up with him, pulling me in close again against his chest. I took a deep breath and tried to slow my breathing so he wouldn't feel my heart beating. I think he did, because the next thing I knew, he was next to my face again, twisting a bit of hair out of my face and behind my ear, killing me softly inside. Ashton squeezed my hand reassuringly.

'4 more flights to get up, Emma. I won't let you get scared.'

We took steps together, him ahead of me on the stairs, and I tried to focus on his face instead, not looking down. Below us, the sidestreet was empty, and the girls passing by along the main road didn't even glance up at the tall boy and shaking girl who were scaling the fire escape. Ashton walked backwards, slowly, as if coaxing me along, and I let myself hold his gaze as we backed up the stairs. For the second time that day, I found myself drowning in his eyes, wishing that I could take everything back and give myself another chance...

'Ashton!'

I saw his foot getting caught on the underside of the step before it actually happened, and before I could say anything else, he was falling over backwards and I was being pulled along, landing on top of him. My face went even redder, and I looked sideways to avoid his cheeky smirk.

'Is it too clichéd to say that I really like the position we're in right now?'

Ashton chuckled underneath me and despite myself, I rolled my eyes.

'Hardy-har-har.'

I rolled off him painfully, my hands pressing hard into the cold metal stairs, and stood up slowly before I was looking straight down about 4 floors, to the ground below. Suddenly, my head felt dizzy and I could feel vomit rising in my throat.

'Ashton,' I mumbled, and shut my eyes tight, groping around for him while holding onto the railing, not wanting to let go. We were so far up.

'Princess, I'm right here. You're okay.'

His arms wrapped around me quickly, and looped underneath my own, making me feel a bit better. I stood still, trying to swallow and take deep breaths at the same time. Curly hair brushed against my ear.

'Are you alright?' Ashton whispered, and I clenched my jaw shut, nodding. His finger was tracing reassuring patterns on the inside of my hip and I started to calm down. Slowly, I opened one eye, then the other. Ashton's brown ones were staring into my face, concern written all through them.

'Do you want to sit down for a bit?'

I shook my head.

'No, no, it's okay. We have to go help Michael get ready for his date tonight. We should go, I'm alright.' So long as I stay here, in between your arms.

Casting me one last worried glance, Ashton loosened his hold and tilted my chin upwards.

' Princess, we have a few more steps to go, and then you're done, okay?'

I let him tug me up the last of the stairs, keeping my eyes firmly fixed on the back of Ashton's head. When we finally reached level 5, the fire escape stopped going up and ran along the side of the building past lots of windows, leading to a red door at the end. I let out a relieved sigh and leant back against the railing to catch my breath.

'Can we please never do this again?'

Ashton placed a hand on the back of his neck and rubbed it awkwardly.

'I'm sorry. I shouldn't have made you go up that in the first place.'

'It's fine, really,' I crossed the gap and smiled up at him, 'because you were there to save me.'

He let a gorgeous grin slip onto his face.

'C'mon, let's go inside.'
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what fruit has amnesia???

a pineapple - because itS REALLY NOT PINE AT ALL :')

omg i am so fckn funny pls tell me im funny hahahahahah im like ashton, i laugh at my own jokes :) I AM REALLY HAPPY BECAUSE EVERYONE IS SO HAPPY AND THE BOYS ARE HANGING WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND ITS MAKING ME SMILE AND YAY HAVE AN EARLY UPDATE

i wonder if anyone watty-famous reads this O.o this chapter is dedicated to two people, @flxwercrxwnclifford and @musicaldifferences (i hope youre having a better day today!!)

vote, comment and share bc luke. in shorts. and a snapback. with his lil cousin. oooFT.