Daisy (lashton)

Chapter 24

Ashton checked his phone for what had to be the fourth time in the last five minutes and sighed. It had been five days since he'd last heard from Luke and he wasn't sure whether he should be worried, annoyed, or downright angry. It was now Friday, and no more discussion had taken place about spending the weekend together since Ashton texted Luke on Sunday to confirm that his mother would watch Daisy.

He wanted to be upset, but instead he convinced himself that Luke just got swept away in studying for his midterms. Or maybe he got another big photography job that he'd been preoccupied with. Maybe he dropped his phone into a puddle and it wasn't working and since he didn't have Ashton's number memorized he couldn't call him and... okay, Ashton had officially gone crazy. It was easier on Ashton and his feelings if he just believed that something happened instead of Luke deliberately ignoring him, so that's what he chose to do.

"He still hasn't contacted you?" Ashton's mom smiled sympathetically as she sat down beside Ashton on the couch and handed him a cup of fresh coffee. He smiled at her slightly, a small thank you falling from his lips as he blew on the hot cup before taking a sip.

"Nothing yet, but I'm sure he's just busy, I'm sure he'll call." Ashton tried to stay positive as he drew his now burned mouth away from the cup and continued to blow at it.

"Are you sure you want me to take Daisy for the weekend still? I could just order us some Chinese food and we could watch that new Beauty and the Beast movie, I know Daisy's been dying to see it."

After Daisy had blurted out about all the time Luke had been spending at their apartment during Irwin family dinner last week, Ashton was forced to come clean to his mom about his maybe-boyfriend. At first, Anne had been squealing with excitement over her oldest son seeing someone, but the longer Anne sat watching Ashton's confidence deteriorate with each passing minute, she became wary.

Ashton sighed as he glanced over at his daughter who currently sat enthralled by the new Barbie doll her grandmother had spoiled her with and back to the phone in his hand that read 'no notifications'. He felt incredibly guilty for doing so, but he couldn't help but give Luke the benefit of the doubt.

"Is it okay if I give him fifteen more minutes before I make a final decision?" Ashton felt horrible asking his mom to stick around and twiddle her thumbs while he waited for a message that might never come, but Ashton was ever the optimism.

"Of course, baby. Harry's staying at a friend's house tonight, so if you need me I can stay as long as you need." Anne wrapped Ashton up in a hug, kissing the top of his head as he leaned his head on her shoulder.

"Mom, I'm 25 and have a kid, I'm not a baby anymore."

"Yeah, well you're still my baby. And you're going to continue being my baby even after your baby has a baby."

Ashton laughed as he sat up again and glanced over at his daughter who was content humming what sounded like an AC/DC song to herself. "Well my baby isn't having a baby for many, many years."

Anne rolled her eyes as she sat down her coffee mug with a laugh. "Yeah well, that's what my mom said about me and what I said about you too, so you keep thinking that."

Ashton's eyes grew wide as he stared over at his little innocent daughter playing with her dolls and talking to herself. "God I hope she's a lesbian."

Anne barked out a laugh, but before she could retort there was a sharp knock on the door that made Ashton jump in his seat and look between his mom and the door. "Well? Are you going to get that or will I have to?"

Ashton rolled his eyes at his mom before standing up and warily making his way over to the door. When he was close enough, he looked through the peephole and cursed.