Lost Boy // Ashton Irwin

Chapter Tres

"C'mon speak, we don't bite," Michael smirked taking a sip of coke then chucking the can carelessly behind him to hit a poor year 9 boy but no one on the table seemed to flinch. Eye contact stayed constantly on me.
"Well urm..." I stuttered feeling my hands tremble with anxiousness. This was a new feeling for me because I didn't really open up to people, I never really had anyone to open up to in the first place actually. I felt a sudden rush of panic shoot through my body causing me to leap up from the table,
"I need to go, like now, erm nice meeting you all," I mumbled before grabbing my bag and scurrying off outside into the open light not looking back behind me. The heat struck my body but I let the cool breeze sore through my hair as I perched down under a nearby tree to endure the pleasure of my own company. Australia was very pretty despite me only seeing a few parts but it felt welcoming.
"You didn't have to say anything you know," said a voice from above. My eyes took several seconds to focus against the light to see the figure standing before me. It was Ashton. He smiled sweetly and slumped down next to me with his back on the tree trunk and reached into his pocket to present a shiny box. My cigarettes.
"I believe these are yours," he gestured with a slight chuckle under his breath before igniting the cig and taking a deep puff. I followed on and did the same.
"Sorry about before, I'm just not used to it I guess," I shrugged.
"It's ok, I could see it in your eyes, things have been shit right?"
I nodded. We sat there in silence for a while and I never really knew I could actually enjoy someone's company as much as I did right now.
"Well look I'm not going to force you into anything but me and the crew back there are going to the beach later after work and I was wondering if you would like to come?" A small smiled formed in the corner of his lips as he took another puff of smoke and tossed it to the side. A new feeling built up inside me and I liked it.
"Yeah sure," I replied as he took my hand to help me up. We were pretty close now, he was looking down at me until he shook is head suddenly snapping me out of his trance.
"Ok I'll pick you up after work, seven?" and like that he turned and walked away back to the building.
"Ash wait, don't you need my number and where the fuck do you work anyway?" I giggled chasing after him.
"Oh you know, stuff that's not even that important and I have an idea where you live," he spoke softly putting a strand of hair delicately behind my ear pulling himself close to me, enough to smell the tobacco on his clothing.
"I really have to go now,"He eventually mumbled before loosening himself away from me and glancing frantically at his phone.
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The rest of the day went by ok until I was stopped at the gate by Miss BitchCock looking hungrily at me.
"You seem to be in a hurry Emma, slightly suspicious," she grunted, arms crossed watching my movements closely.
"I just want to get home, I have plans later," I mumbled trying to slide past but she was quick to react.
"I see you've been talking to that Ashton, well let me tell you, if you want to go down that road with those group of people go ahead but it won't end well," she hissed in my face closely that I could smell her lunch, pickled onion sandwiches, ew disgusting.
"I don't really need someone telling me who I can and can't talk to miss, especially coming from someone such as yourself," I smugged looking up and down at her outfit. Before she could react I rushed past her out the gate leaving her with a blank expression because now I wasn't any of her concern. I paced it down the street to my front door and tossed my bag to the side, bolting it for the stairs but I was stopped once again.
"How was your day sweety?" Said my mum through her gritted teeth, blatantly still not over our little outburst this morning.
"Fine." I grunted and carried on up the stairs colliding into my sister, makeup flying everywhere.
"Watch it oh my god you're so annoying," she whined, making a scene over nothing like always.
"You're the younger one, it's your job to be annoying," I huffed. She rolled her eyes but it slowly formed into a smile and I helped her pick up her shit that was everywhere.
"Anyway how was your day? I didn't see you today after you stormed off this morning," she asked just as she was disappearing into her room.
"It was good, I'm going out tonight with some uh friends." Those words seemed weird to me.
"Wow Emma are you sick or something?" She joked, "Well I made some friends to, in fact they're in your year but you wouldn't know them," she shrugged before disappearing behind her door.
**
I laid on my bed glancing at the clock with a feeling in my gut, I was unsure if it was excitement or nerves. I raided my wardrobe because I knew it would get cold later and decided to wear my black skinny jeans, same converse, baggy jumper and my purple bobble hat. I glanced around my room at its emptiness. I hadn't bothered to unpack yet since we moved here but I decided I would decorate my room if I could scrounge some money from mum when she decided to like me again. Suddenly the doorbell rang and I sprung up from my bed and rushed down the stairs right into my mum again.
"Be careful Emma, where are you off to? Who's at the door?"
"People and somewhere ok bye," I huffed and hurried out the door kicking it shut with my foot.
"Hey Em," Ashton chirped sitting on the wall like a child, legs swinging.
"Don't call me Em and you didn't call? How did you find me?" I wondered letting him take my hand and drag me to the truck. It was old and rusted but Ashton seemed proud as we approached it.
"I was in the neighbourhood and your house is the only one around with a sold sign so I got lucky I guess or maybe we drove past and I saw you at the window," he grinned opening the door for me.
"HEY EMMA!!" squealed a voice and suddenly arms were flung around my neck, it was Alice. She held me close like I was a person she had known for years.
"Ok break it up that's enough," moaned Calum with a slight smile letting Alice nuzzle into the crook of his neck.
"Aw let me join in," cried a voice from the back making jump from my seat to see Michael with his face pressed up to the glass in the back off the truck causing everyone to erupt with laughter. Ashton started the engine and turned out of the street pelting it towards to the sunset. We all chattered away but I realised Luke was being quiet in the front with his face leaning against the glass gazing out the window. I reached out and patted him on the shoulder.
"Luke you ok.....oh shit," I gasped to see half his face bruised like he had been beaten hard. His eye was swollen and his lip was badly cut.
"Its nothing, I just ran into the door really hard at work, we were just messing around," he stuttered. Apart of me didn't believe him but I didn't really see what else it could be.

We finally pulled up at the beach and scrambled out the car, all helping carrying everything down to the beach before settling down with alcohol around a bonfire. Luke reached out his guitar and started playing gently while I gazed into the blaze of the fire until he stopped.
"It sounds really nice I slurred," taking another sip of beer, smiling at Luke. He chewed his lip making his ring glisten in the orange light. I watched him carefully stir uncomfortably in the sand trying to avoid my eye contact as Ashton glared intently at him.
"We should play our new song," Ashton quickly interrupted and started slowly knocking on this wooden box that he was sitting on.
"You're a drummer?" I blurted out. I mean he had the toned arms but he never came across as the type.
"Yeah we're all actually in a band, well except for Alice but she's a great supporter of ours," He winked causing her to giggling in embarrassment and fall back into sand drunk. I smiled softly and looked around at all the eager faces.
"I would love to hear you play"
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Chapter three now because I might not update this week and people like it. I want the reads to go up on these chapters instead of updating loads but anyway thanks for the support and my other story hit 1k reads! :) I put speech on new lines because I just do idk sorry
-Willow
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