He's Just So Weird ~ Lashton

Chapter Veintisiete ~ C. A. L. M

just getting right into it lol, i hope you enjoy!!

WARNING!!! MENTIONS OF SELF HARM
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Calum's pov

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It's been a week since Ashton's mom's coworker showed up that awful morning.

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"My mom's d-dead."

It felt like someone stopped time. The only person that instantly reacted was Luke. He pulled Ashton into his chest so that Ashton could hug him too. Michael and I didn't know what to do. We were stuck in place. The only thing that was heard was Ashton's crying, and Luke trying to calm him down so that he didn't hyperventilate.

Ashton finally calmed down fully at around 6 pm. None of us had eaten all day. We didn't have an appetite. When Luke's mom had come home, we told her what happened, and she called Michael's and my parents to tell them that we wouldn't be home.

When we calmed and sat him down, he slowly told us what had happened to her.

"S-she told me that they managed to get ahold of her, and told her what happened with Bill and I. She got on a plane, and apparently," he started crying a little again, but calmed down some more when Luke kept kissing his head, and cuddling with him. "there was something wrong with the plane, and it crashed." Luke just kept pulling him closer and kissing his head, trying to make him feel a little better at least.

We didn't expect him to feel better right away, but he was going to hyperventilate if he didn't calm down. We all sat in a huddle on the couch, hugging each other, with Ashton in ya middle.

"She was rushed to the hospital, and she didn't make it." I didn't realize it until Mike wiped my face, but I had started crying too. I had known her for a few years, and she was always the sweetest person. She didn't deserve this.

That night we all fell asleep on Luke's bed, cuddling with Ashton.

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Ashton hasn't been at school all week, Luke came on Wednesday, and that's it.  Mike and I have been bringing them their homework, and somehow they are both still getting A's. Kind of annoying.

Mike and I have also spent every night at Luke's, we all sleep in his room. Mike and I are on the floor while Ashton and Luke are on his bed, obviously.

Ashton's gotten worse with his eating and.... self-harm. He's barely been eating, but Luke's been managing to feed him, so thank god for him. They've seemed even more in love since Wednesday night, so I don't know what happened.

But, on Wednesday night, when I thought everyone was asleep, I saw Ashton got up. I couldn't sleep, because i was already worried about him. I thought he was just going to use the bathroom, but he went into his drawers, and I saw him pull out a pack of razors. When he had his back turned to me while walking to the bathroom, I got up and followed him.

"Ash?" I saw him jump a little, and drop a razor. "What are you doing?"

"Nothing. You can go back to bed."

"I wasn't asleep anyways. Now. Ashton. Tell me what you were doing, or I'm going to go wake up Luke."

"Calum. I- Please don't, just leave Luke. He hasn't been sleeping well. And you know what I was doing." He was crying by the time he finished talking, breaking my heart.

I walked forward, and grabbed the razors, including the one that he had dropped. "Yeah, and that's why I'm taking these. I'm sorry, but I have to. Why were you going to?"