Yesterday Never Dies

12. He Will Be VERY Angry

I fold the used hospital blankets and place them carefully at the end of the bed. I move to the bedside table and gather various cards from Hannah, Lily, Lauren, Harry, Anne, and about a hundred from Luke that I had to wrestle Ashton for so he wouldn't throw them out. The memory washes over me and brings a smile to my face. So I stand there for a moment, relishing the memory when Ashton interrupts my thoughts. "Piper. I could have done that for you." He says with a disapproving tone.

"I can do it. I'm not incapable of placing cards in a bag." I tell him. I turn to face him and see that he has a wheelchair placed in front of him. "What is that for?" I ask.

"It's for you." I open my mouth to protest but he speaks before I can. "Please Pipes." He begs.

I walk towards him, the only thing between us being the stupid wheelchair. "That wasn't the magic word. But since you said please." I say with a small smile. I sit in the chair and am relieved. I hadn't stood up in almost a week and if I'm being honest I was really tired. Not that I would tell Ashton that and give him the satisfaction of being right. A small laugh comes from his lips as he grabs the bag with my belongings in it and sets it on my lap.

"Are you sure you're ready to leave because you can stay as long as you'd like Pipes. I can go tell the nurse right now that we're staying if you want me to." He says.

"Will you shut up and push the damn chair?" I playfully demand.

"Yes ma'am." And with that, he pushes the chair slowly out of the room and down the halls of the hospital. I close my eyes as he pushes me, not wanting to see my surroundings. Hospitals have creeped me out ever since I was little and still do to this day. A breeze hits my face and sunlight burns through my eyelids. I knowingly open my eyes and take a deep breath of the fresh air I had been missing. Ashton wheels me over to Trav and helps me into the car. I get in and close my eyes, planning on taking a nap on the way back to campus.

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I wake up with my head on Ashton's lap and his fingers tangled in my hair. I look out the window and realize that it's dark out and we still aren't at campus. I sit up slowly, careful not to wake Ashton. And move closer to Trav. "Trav where are we going?"

"Ms. Anne asked me to take you both home." He says with a thick accent.

"But campus is only 20 minutes from the hospital." I tell him.

"Not campus. Ms. Anne's home." He says. "We should be there soon. You're not going to want to wake him up yet or he will be very angry." Trav explains.

"Thank you." I tell him. I return to my seat and look out the window, imagining all of the different things that could happen once we get to Ashton's house.

A few moments later we pull up to a mansion. Literally a mansion. At some point Ashton had laid down so his head was in my lap. I stroke his cheek with one hand and play with his curls with the other. "Ash." I coo. He moans and wraps his arms around my middle. "Ashton. We're here, okay. I'm going to help you out and then we'll go back to sleep." He nods but whines when I get out of the car. He climbs out after me and rubs his eyes, and sticks his bottom lip out like a little boy. He reaches for my hand and grasps it tight. I drag a sleepy Ashton behind me as I walk up to the front door. Right before I knock with my free hand, the door opens and I see Lauren in zebra printed footy pajamas with two braids in her long brown hair. "Hi." I whisper.

"Upstairs first door on the left." She tells me.

I follow her directions and open the door. The room is big but seems small and cozy. Most likely due to the fact that all of the walls are black, the curtains are black, the floors are a dark wood and all of the furniture is either the same dark wood or black. I shut the door and walk Ashton over to the bed, he lays down instantly. I take his shoes off and his jacket. I toss them on the floor and do the same to myself. I crawl into the large bed, cover Ashton up with the comforter, and then crawl to the other side under the blanket. I let out a breath as I get comfortable only to be tugged to the right by a very unconscious Ashton. He wraps his arms right around me and lets out a sigh of content. I doze off to the sound of Ashton's breathing and the beat I his heart on my back.

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