Loving Secrets: An Ashton Irwin Fanfiction

Chapter 14

I throw on a pair of jeans and grab Ashton's hand. The other boys leave before us and make their way through the crowd. Ok. Breathe. I've done this before. No need to worry. I'm fine. It's going to be fine.

We leave the bus and walk towards the entrance of the radio station. This time wasn't as bad since the fans were held back by a barrier. The screams were still incredibly loud though. We make it into the building rather quickly since the guys didn't stop for too many people.

"That wasn't too bad." I say once we get inside. Ashton laughs.

"You'll get used to it, don't worry." Michael reassures  me.

"Do you not like the fans? Are they rude? Did one of them say something to you?" Calum asks sweetly.

"No, it's not that. I just don't feel comfortable being surrounded by so many people." I explain. Ashton gives my hand a reassuring squeeze as a lady leads us into a room with a little white couch.

He kisses me quickly. "You can wait here and watch us from behind the camera."

"Ok." I smile. He drops my hand and goes to sit down with the other boys. A man comes in, about 30-35 years old and sits in the chair next to the couch. He introduces himself as "Joey Plazcon" and shakes all the guys' hands.

"Ok, are you boys ready for this?" He asks. "Yeah, let's do this!" Calum says.

The cameraman gives them a thumbs up, signaling they had started rolling. "Hello my name is Joey Plazcon on 103.5 Hitz and today I am joined by," he points to every boy as he says their name, "Calum, Michael, Ashton and Luke, also known as 5 seconds of summer!" He finishes enthusiastically and the boys cheer. "So, welcome to Vegas boys."

"Thank you, we're very excited to be here. Although we can't really do much." Calum says, laughing a little. The other guys laugh too and the interviewer cuts in.

"Oh that's right! Are any of you 21?"

Ashton raises his hand. "I am, but they don't let us do anything. We don't have a lot of time to go out."

"And he wouldn't leave without us, right Ashton?" Michael asks.

"I would never leave you Michael." Ashton says giving him an over exaggerated smile and Michael pretends to blush.

The interview is filled with the same old questions, 'What's tour like?', 'What's your hair going to be next, Michael?', 'Where's your favourite place to tour?', 'Do you still keep in contact with the 1D lads?', 'What's it like having your own headline tour?', and finally they got to the 'most important' question.

"So, boys. As I'm sure every girl at home wants to know, who's single and who's taken?" The interviewer asks.

"I'm single" Michael says, raising his hand and winking at the camera.

"Me too." Calum says.

The interviewer looks at Luke and Ashton. "And you have a girlfriend right Luke?"

I can see Ashton tense up in his seat as he cuts in. "No, I'm the one with the girlfriend actually." He says politely correcting him.

"Oh, I thought I saw a picture of Luke and this girl on a magazine." The interviewer says, genuinely confused. 'This girl' wow, thanks Joey. My hands begin to sweat and I start to rub them on my jeans. This is it.

"No," Luke cuts in. "I was actually out with Dani, Ashton's girlfriend, to get a present for him. She didn't know what to get him so she asked me to help. While we were walking around, the paparazzi must have shot a picture and made a quick assumption." He smoothly glosses over the truth of why we were shopping but he surprised both me and Ashton with his quick cover-up. I didn't think he'd be able to deny his relationship with me like that.