I woke the next morning to Harry's footsteps crashing into Ashton's room, where I slept next to Ash in his childhood bed, where we fell asleep the night before.
"Ashton! Ashton wake up, you're on TV!" Harry yelled so loud I swear he woke the whole neighborhood. Ashton slowly woke, probably still tired considering it was just past 6 am. He got out of bed and threw on one of his trademark band shirts with holes cut all over, and turned on the TV sitting on his dresser across the room.
Fans all over the world are anticipating the upcoming appearance of pop-punk sensation 5 Seconds of Summer on Australia's #1 morning talkshow following the news of drummer Ashton Irwin's attempted suicide. The boys are scheduled to perform and sit down with the anchors for an interview during the show tomorrow morning, and fans from all over Australia are lining up outside the venue. We took to the streets to hear what they had to say. "People think we're crazy for camping out and waiting for a band, but they mean the world to us. We wanna see Ashton and know he's okay. He's so sweet and he cares about us a lot. We're all here to support him and the other boys." Tune in tomorrow morning to see what these girls go crazy for.
He immediately hit the power button on the remote, and sat silently with a frown across his face. I sat next to him and took his hand in mine. I really didn't know how he'd react.
"So everyone knows about me now..." He finally said. He just sat there, looking down at his lap, and I could tell he was thinking too hard.
"Well yeah everyone knows, you're like super famous now." Harry said from the doorway.
"Can you give us a minute, Har? I'll be out in a sec. Thanks bud." Ashton said as his brother pouted and closed the bedroom door behind him.
"Babe, it's gonna be ok. The fans love you. They're all so excited to see you." I tried to keep my voice calm, but part of me was worried Ashton would be too nervous and self concious to perform tomorrow morning. This show could be the missing piece that puts him back together, or the wrecking ball that blows him apart again. He knows it too.
"I have to go the studio today so we can rehearse and put a set list together. Will you come with me?" he asked, trying to change the subject. I was surprised he asked me to come with him. He'd only asked me to join them in the studio one other time, when we first started dating. The boys consider the studio their safe haven, their man cave- no girlfriends allowed. I figured with the circumstances, the boys could make an exception.
"Yeah, I need a day off from work. I haven't seen enough of you these last few months." I said as I pulled one of his old sweaters over my head. We left his bedroom, stepping through the graveyard of crumpled paper balls holding songs inspired by the demon that is taking over Ashton's head. Ashton said goodbye to his family and got in the passengers seat of my car. I sat in the drivers seat, watching as he turned the radio on and scanned through the stations until he found a song he knew, and began to sing along. He looked at me while singing along and smiled through his words. I put the car in reverse and smiled back, finally seeing a part of the old Ashton I fell in love with.
I sat on one of the old leather couches in the dark room outside the recording room. Through the glass wall I could see the boys sitting around and strumming guitars and ashton messing with his drum kit- their usual state. I couldn't help but smile at how familiar it all felt; it was almost like Ashton was never broken. I snapped a picture of the boys rehearsing and posted it to my twitter account and my notifications were flooded with support from the fans. I was hopeful the show tomorrow morning would be the last missing piece to put Ashton back together.
After the boys were done rehearsing and had perfected their setlist, Ashton came out and joined me on the couch.
"The boys are all staying at Luke's tonight, we all have to be up early for the show." He said as I crossed my legs over his. "Do you promise you'll be there? I need you..."
"Of course I'll be there Ash, I wouldn't miss it for the world." I replied as I planted a kiss on his cheek.
SOZ this chapter was 900% trash but I needed a filler to get to the good stuff next chapter (: I'm seeing 5sos tomorrow and I literally can't focus on anything else. I'm so excited! Follow me on Twitter for pics! @PrettyLttlePill. LOVE YAS.
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The Fault in our Scars - Ashton Irwin
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