What is Love? (Ashton Irwin || AU)

Ashton || 22

I'm so beyond glad she even uttered those words. I felt like an idiot when I confessed everything to her and she didn't respond, but to hear her say it now is the best thing I could ever ask for.

In the midst of our ocean side kiss I hear screaming. At first I figure it's just some kids playing in the water or something so I shake it off. Then it grows louder and closer. I break the kiss and look up to see my brother, Harry, running towards Sammy and I. I jump up quickly and rush towards him.

"Woah, buddy what's wrong?" I ask when I reach him.

"There..there was a man...and...and he kept looking at me. Then he...he walked towards me and I got...scared." He choked out between breaths and sobs. I hugged him close and looked in the direction he came running from. I didn't see anyone but that doesn't mean anything.

"It's going to be ok." I hushed him.

"Are you ok Harry?" I hear Sammy speak up from behind me. I feel bad. I left her just laying there in the sand.

"Yeah." Harry sniffles.

"I told you the screaming would work. How about we get you home now." Sammy said. Harry pulled back from the hug and nodded his head. I took hold of his hand and him, Sammy, and I walked back to the pavement. Well more like Harry and I. Sammy was struggling a bit with her crutches.

"Here let me carry you." I said. I let go of Harry's hand and went to pick up Sammy. I carried her to the pavement then set her down while Harry brought her crutches.

"Thanks." She said smiling and then continuing the journey back home.

We reached our houses within ten minutes. Sammy said goodbye to us and went to her house while Harry and I continued on to ours. Since Harry was freaked out still from the beach, him and I watched movies in the living room until it got dark. I looked to my right and saw Harry sleeping. I carefully carried him to his bedroom and put him in bed. Then I went back to the living room to clean up the mess.

"ASHTON!" I heard the blood curdling cry come from my brother. My mother, Lauren and I all rushed to Harry's room to see what was wrong.

"Harry! Baby what's wrong?" Our mom asked him.

"Where's Ashton?" He said, tears streaming down his face.

"I'm right here buddy. What's wrong?" I asked him, walking to his bed and sitting down next to him.

"I had a bad dream." He said.

"Yeah? You want to tell me what happened?" I asked.

"It was that man from the beach. He took me away." Harry said.

"What man from the beach?" My mom asked.

"I'll tell you in a minute." I said to her. "It's going to be ok Harry. No one is here. No one is going to take you. It's just us. Go back to sleep." Harry nodded his head and then covered himself back up to go to sleep.

"What man from the beach?" My mom whispered when I stepped into the hallway.

"There was apparently some guy that kept looking at Harry and then Harry said the man started to approach him. Harry screamed and ran to Sammy and I. It just freaked him out a bit. He'll be ok." I whispered back. She didn't say anything. She just let out a sigh and turned to go back to bed.

I went out into the living room once again and finished cleaning up the mess and then went back to my bedroom to lay down. I pulled out my phone and sent a quick text to Sammy telling her goodnight and to not doing anything stupid with her ankle. Then I slowly drifted off to sleep.

"ASHTON!" The same scream awoke me from my sleep. I rushed into the hallway where my mom and sister were again.

"I've got this. Go back to sleep." I told them before going to Harry's room. I walked in and saw Harry crying again.

"Buddy you need to stop this. You're keeping everyone up. I promise no man is going to come take you." I said to him.

"How do you know? They could take me like they did Sammy!" Harry yelled. I gasped at his comment.

"Harry no one is going to take you! Just shut up and go to sleep already!"

"I can't! I'm scared!"

"There's nothing to be scared of!"

"What if he takes me!?"

"He won't! Go to sleep!"

"You don't know that! Just like you didn't know anyone was going to take Sammy!"

"Stop saying that!"

"Stop yelling at me!" I groaned in frustration and stormed out of Harry's room to grab my phone. I quickly dialed Sammy's number and waited for her to answer her phone.

"Ashton? Is something wrong?" She said sleepily. Dammit I probably woke her.

"Yeah I need you to get here. Harry is freaking out from that scene at the beach and he won't listen to me."

"I'll be over as fast as I can manage."

"Thank you." I hang up and wait for Sammy.

"Ashton!" Harry screams. I groan again and walk to his room.

"What!?" I say a little louder than intended.

"Why are you yelling at me?!"

"Because you keep freaking out over something that won't happen!"

"But it did to S-!"

"Stop! Stop saying that! I know it happened to her ok and that's why I'm telling you it won't happen to you because I'm going to make sure of it!"

"Woah. Ok Ash. I think you should go to another room. Maybe your music room. Unless you feel like breaking something then go to a different room." I turn around and see Sammy standing behind me.

"I won't break anything! I'm not a psycho!" I exclaim unintentionally.

"Ashton you need to stop yelling you're not going to help anything by yelling. And I didn't say you were a psycho. Just get out of the damn room." She says.

"Fine." I mutter and push past her to my room. I don't know why I'm so mad all of a sudden but I don't like it. Sammy may have tried to hide it but I could see the hint of fear I caused in her eyes.

Half an hour passes and I get up to see if Harry is asleep and if Sammy is still here. I need to apologize. I walk quietly to Harry's room and look in to see Harry sleeping on his bed and Sammy sitting on the floor next to his bed, her hand in his. I smile, thankful that she got him to sleep and hopefully got him to see that nothing bad will happen. Not as long as I'm here. I walk over to Sammy and carefully remove her hand from his. I pick her up and carry her to my room and lay her on my bed. I cover her up and then turn to leave my room.

"Ash?" I hear Sammy whisper. "Stay?" I smile and rethink my original plan to sleep on the couch. I decide on the bed and I curl in next to Sammy.

"I'm sorry." I whisper to her. "And thank you." And with that I go back to sleep once again.

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I'm sorry this is literal shit but it's been forever and I wanted to post something as a little Christmas present. I literally wrote this who,e thing in a matter of maybe 30 minutes so bare with me ok?

-Kourtnie<3 xxx