Roommates

Chapter 16| The Final Chapter (pt.1)

Ashton's POV

    I stand frozen in a loop of hearing Jamie repeating herself over and over. "What?" is all I can say. Tears start to gather. Jamie pulls me in for a final hug before she walks away. While she hugged me. Her voice was faint, but I heard "I'm sorry". As she walks away all I feel is emptiness. It felt like months have gone by since she left. "Can an Ashton Irwin please come to terminal two. You have people waiting." The loudspeaker went off. I snapped back but looking around I was alone. Time hasn't passed by that much. I grab my stuff and I start walking towards the terminal.

    As I get closer I can see the boys. I don't want to tell them what happened back there, but I also don't want to hide the truth. I'm conflicted even more than I was, to begin with. As I reach the terminal Luke says, "So how was the send-off?" He gives a mischievous grin, "were you two locking lips that long? We had to page for you." Nervously I grin and look towards the floor. "They did!" Callum says chiming in. I turn to him and scowl before looking back at the ground. I wipe my hands on pants walking over to where Micheal is sitting. "How was it?" he asked as I sat down. "Huh? Oh, It was good." I said looking at my phone for a chance that Jamie might message me. "You know, you don't have to put up an act around me right?" I put my phone down and let my head fall back so that I'm staring at the ceiling of the airport. "I...I just don't get it. We were fine before we got here...like we've been together for years." I say this while trying to hold back tears.

    Micheal places his hand on my shoulder, " she might have known it wasn't going to go well. So, she decided this was the best way to say it." I hear him sigh, "Don't get me wrong it's never a good time to break up with someone, but would you have come we us if she didn't?" I think about it. Would I be here if she decided to break it off earlier?  I guess not because I would want to be with her. I've fallen in love with her and I don't know if I'll ever find anything like that again. Breaking the bit of silence Micheal asks, "what did she say?" I pull my head forward and look at him, "I'm sorry." Before he can say anything Luke and Calum come over, "sorry for what?" Calum asks. I know  Micheal gave them a look because they both turn around and walk back to where they were. "Flight to Los Angeles now boarding." The loudspeaker went off again. Micheal and I get up grab our things and we walk onto our plane.

    Once we board the plane and take our seats I close my eyes to sleep for our flight. Several hours go by, Luke is shaking me awake. "Come on man...we're about the land." I groan and mumble to myself. My eyes open slowly and take a look around. "Uhh, how much longer until we land?" I ask. "I say about ten minutes," Luke says as he is patting my shoulder. "Micheal told us what happened. I'm sorry and uh sorry I teased you." I give a weak smile, "It's okay."

Jamie's POV

I walk away from Ashton not looking back, not stopping, not wanting to run back to him. Tears fall down my face. I call a cab and have it take me home. I sit in silence until I feel myself thinking about him and everything that happened. I remember back when we were at the playground hanging out like nothing was gonna break us apart. We arrive at the playground Ashton grabs my hand and jogs towards the swings. "You sit and I'll push you," Ashtons say this gesturing to the seat, "C' mon." I giggle while I roll my eyes. "Fine," I go and take a seat. Ashton pushes the swing back and as I swing my legs back and forth. The faster and higher I get the more my hair starts to get in my face.

    Trying to move my hair out of my face, but when coming back something happened that made me fall off the swing. I close my eyes and hope for the best. When I open them and all I can see is black. I pick my head up and see that Ashton underneath me. "Uh, I...uh," those are the only words I can say in this very, very awkward moment. He cracks a half-smile while laughing to himself, "are...are you okay?" he lifts his hand moves a strand of hair out of my face. I nod my head and stay there. A second goes by until Ashton pulls me in for a kiss. My chest fills with a warm feeling when our lips meet. I put my hands up around his head and Ashton flips me over onto my back. We break away for a moment, "Ashton..." He kisses me again. When there is another break I try to call out to him again, unfortunately, he doesn't hear me and I pull away from him. "Ashton, we can't," he pulls away with a sad look on his face.