Unexpected

27.

I followed Ashton to his car. I was scared to say anything to him.

He was mad at me or disappointed, i could never really see the difference.

We both got in the car and he drove silently away from that awful school.

"I'm sorry that you had to leave work because of me." I said to him.

"I want you to be honest, why did you do it?" He said slightly angry.

I looked out of the window. "That guy was just being a dick and someone needed to put him in his place. "

He sighed. "Then why didn't you say that back there."

I shrugged. "It didn't matter. I didn't want to make it any bigger than it already was."

He parked his car infront of the hospital.

"You're staying with me until i get off of work." He said firmly.

I followed him quietly through the halls to his office. I felt bad for disappointing him.

"Becky you can't keep doing this." He said as he shut the door behind him.

"What do you mean?"

"Everytime you skip school or get into trouble you're giving your mother a lot of stress. She doesn't need any more stress than she already has right now."

I laughed at that comment, of course he was on my mother's side.

"Fuck you. I couldn't care less about that." I said with confidence.

He looked at me with a shocked face. "How could you say that?" He almost yelled.

I zonded out as he continued to yell stuff at me. Until he suddenly trew his hands up. I snapped out of it and flinched back. I was confused why i had done that because that had never happend before.

Ashton had stopped talking and looked at me with a worried face.

"I'm sorry." I quickly said, not knowing what to do.

Ashton gently grabbed my hands. "It's okay. I'm sorry that I yelled at you."

I pulled my hands back and shook my head. "You have every right to be angry. I shouldn't have done what i did and i most definitely shouldn't have said that i don't care about my mom."

He give me a small smile and wrapped his arm around me.

"I saw your text." He said calmly, changing the topic.

"And?" I asked carefully. This was probably the worst time to ask permission for a party.

"I'll have to think about it. I'm not sure if going to a party is the right thing to do now. I mean it's basically rewarding you for bad behaviour." He said stroking my hair.

"I know it is. But it's only tomorrow, you can ground me after that. " i said with big puppy eyes.

"I don't know."

"Please. I can't not show up to my own birthday party."

He looked at me confused. "Tomorrow is your birthday?"

"Yeah, didn't my mom tell you?" I said.

"No she just said she was going to Disneyland with Jack tomorrow. Why would she do that on your birthday?"

I shrugged. "She a weird person. But i don't really care, it's not like I want to celebrate my birthday."

"That's a weird thing to say." He said still kinda confused about the whole thing.

"Don't worry about it. If you don't want me to go to Maddy then I'll cancel it. "I said as i went to sit an a chair.

He shook his head. "No you can go. But i want you home by 3 and i want you to take an uber back."

I smiled and hugged him without any hesitation. "Thank you."

When we finally got home from the hospital Jack was running around like crazy. He was incredibly nervous for tomorrow because he had never been to Disneyland.

My mom looked exhausted, i still had no idea why Michael gave her permission to go.

"Becky can you put Jack to bed? I have to get some things ready for tomorrow."

"Sure." I said annoyed.

"Jack you need to go to bed." I said to him as he jumped on his bed.

"But I'm not tired." He complained.

"Yeah but you will be in the morning if you don't go to sleep. You have to leave at 5 in the morning." I said to him as i closed his curtains.

He finally sat down on the bed. "I don't think I'm gonna be able to sleep. It's way to early." He said with a grumpy face.

I sighed and tugged him in. "Well that's not my problem. Now go to bed."

He gave me an angry face but didn't say anything back which I was happy with.

"Goodnight." I said as i closed his door.

My mom was in her room so i decided to just chill downstairs until i was tired.

Ashton was watching tv in the livingroom. I sat down next to him on the couch.

"Where's the rest?" I asked him as i tried to find a comfortable position.

"Michael is still at work, Calum is in the garage working out and Luke is in his room preparing for tomorrow." He said focused to the tv.

"What do mean preparing?" I asked confused.

"Luke's driving Diana and Jack to Disneyland tomorrow. That way your mom can sleep a little longer in the car."

I nodded as i leaned against him.

"Why did you got scared in my office? You know, when i threw my hands up and you immediately flinched back." He asked softly.

I thought about that question for a second before i answered it.

"My mother sometimes hits me whenever we're arguing. But it's fine, most of the time it doesn't even hurt and she only does it when i fuck things up." I said as figeted with my necklace.

"She shouldn't do that. You don't deserve that." He said with sympathy in his voice.

"She knows that but sometimes things just happen. Like i don't want to argue with my mom or disappoint her but it still happens. And she doesn't want to be mad at me but i still happens."

Ashton wrapped his arm around me and hugged me.

"Please don't let her make to many mistakes like that."

I closed my eyes as i relaxed into his arms. "I won't. "

After i few minutes of silence Ashton asked something.

"Is Adam gonna be at the party tomorrow?"

I hadn't even though about that. I've ignored him all week so i definitely wasn't excited to see him tomorrow.

"I don't know. He might be." I said tiredly to him.

"You let me known if he gives you any trouble, okay?"

"I will."

"Oh and can you not tell the rest that it is my birthday tomorrow?" I said.

"Are you sure?" He asked as he looked into my eyes.

"Yes, i am."