|Misunderstood| Ashton Irwin

Chapter nineteen

Ashton Irwin's pov

"Morning" I say as Bella sits on the sofa, sitting on my legs as I'm still laying down.
"Hey" she says quietly, no emotion in her voice and then turns on the tv.
"Are you okay-"
"Don't" she sighs.
"I'm just confused" I sit up and she shifts off of my legs so I can move next to her. She looks at me then down to my bare chest.
"By the way, I was joking about your six pack, it's real nice" she smirks then continues to look at the tv screen.
"Thanks but don't change the subject"
"Ashton please" she whines and holds a cushion over her face.
I pull it way from her face and raise my eyebrows at her.
"Was it one of your nightmares you have?" I ask.
She sighs again then nods, not looking at me.
"And this Josh guy, he's your ex boyfriend, right?"
She nods again.
"Why are you so scared of him?"
"What! I'm not scared of him" she snaps and gets up to walk into the kitchen. I follow her.
"Why is he in your nightmares then, I don't get it" I say.
"I've told you why, because of something he did, now please, I don't want to talk about it okay?"
"I do though! What did he do?"
"It doesn't matter" she sits at the kitchen table and puts her head in her hands.
"Fine"
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Shortly after our small argument I tell Bella we have to leave. She pouts like a small child and tells me she likes my company. I laughed at her. She laughed at me. We said our goodbyes and I made my way home.
As it was Saturday, I had a day off today so I take my time driving back as I don't know what Jess is doing today and I don't really want to be at home alone.
I listen to mine and Bella's song as I drove and remember what it was like to hear her singing it just yesterday. She has a lovely voice really but she's so shy and was trying so hard for me not to be able to hear her.
The more and more I think about her, the more I want to see her again. However, she was quite moody this morning, but I suppose I was being annoying and nosey.
I still don't understand what her nightmares are about. I'm guessing something happened between her and Josh or whatever his name is and it's not even that bad but her dreams are making them bad. I don't know. That sounds sort of stupid. Who knows, maybe she will tell me one day what they're all about.
I pull up the gravel track that leads to our small house. As I get out the car, my phone starts to ring. I pull it out of my pocket, at the same time as unlocking the door, and see its Jess.
"Hey baby!" I say and it takes her a while to reply.
"Hey, Ashton, are you at home?" She asks.
"Um yeah"
"Okay good, we need to talk, I'm just leaving Amber's now so I'll be home in about ten minutes"
Oh shit. What have I done now.
"Okay well see you in a bit" I try to sound excited to see her but I'm kinda worried what she needs to talk to me about.
We both hang up and I kick my shoes off by the front door and walk into the kitchen. I pore myself a glass of orange juice and pace back and forth around the kitchen.
What if she's breaking up with me?
What if a rumour is going around that I'm cheating on her with Bella or something?
No, thats ridiculous, surely it's just nothing. I haven't even done anything.
I hear the tiny clicking noise of Jess unlocking the door and I race down the hallway to greet her. She smiles as she walks in and gives me a big hug.
Well this is a good sign, right?
"Have a good night with Amber?" I ask and she nods her head.
"Yeah, it was fun"
"So what was it you needed to talk to me about?" I follow her into the lounge and we both sit on the sofa.
"Okay well, I was talking to Amber about the whole 'you being friends with a girl situation'"
Oh god here we go," and she made me realise something"
"What was that then?" I try and put on a fake smile.
She takes my hand, "look, Ashton, I'm so sorry, I've over reacted. I didn't mean to go off at you like that, I know you would never see another girl behind my back and I know that you and Bella are just friends"
Thank god for that. I close my eyes and breath a sigh of relief.
"It's okay, I'm sorry I didn't tell you and you had to find out like that, I just didn't know how you would take it" I shrug a little.
"Well I have friends who are boys and I'm always hanging out with them aren't I? And I know when I first introduced you to Charlie you didn't really like him, but you gave him a chance and now your really good friends"
"Yeah, he's a really nice guy" I lie. I fucking hate him.
"So yeah, I've one hundred percent forgiven you and I was thinking maybe, despite all the rumours I've heard about her, I'll give Bella a chance, maybe we should go out for lunch sometime, maybe we could even be friends"
I was not expecting that!
"Yes of course, she would love that! Also I was going to ask you, do you think she could come alone to yours and Amber's next Saturday? I think it will be fun" I say really quickly. I know she said she wants to get to know her but inviting her to my girlfriends party might not go down well.
I watch and she looks around the room, trying to figure out what to say I guess.
"Well, I did say you could invite anyone you liked, as long as I know them, but maybe if we could go out sometime this week with her, I could get to know her and yeah of course she can come."
Few. I'm glad she's in a good mood today.
"Okay, great, I'll call her now and arrange this lunch then, stay here" I run up the stairs and into our bedroom. I pull out my phone again and flop down on to the bed.
"Hello?"
"Hey Bella"
"Oh hi Ashton"
"Is everything alright? You sound bad"
"Yeah I'm fine" her voice sounds weak and something about her sound like she's been crying.
"Okay well I was wondering if your free Wednesday?"
"Um I guess, I think I've only got two classes that morning so I'll be done by eleven."
"Okay great, do you fancy grabbing some lunch with Jess and I, she says if your coming to this party on Saturday then she wants to get to know you or something, this was all her idea, not mine"
Silence fills the air and for a second I thought she hung up.
"Yeah that sounds good, where shall I meet you?" She finally asks.
"Me and Jess with pick you up from your house, let's say at one o'clock?"
"Okay see you then, bye" she quickly hangs up the phone and I'm left confused. Whenever I call her she always tries to talk for hours and I'm always the one that says the 'I really gotta go now' or whatever. She's acting strange again. What if it was something I said this morning? Maybe there is something more to those dreams she has. But why isn't she telling me?

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A/n:
Morning beauts
It's my birthday next Saturday yay!
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ily x