Turning Point (A.I.)

chapter 8- run in

"c'mon we have to get, ashton! we have to be out there in like fifteen minutes and we've been late more than once this week. please get up," i plead for ashton to get up. he is actually a lot harder to wake up than you would think.

"i dont want to get up. can you come cuddle me? you are usually really warm." he asks sleepily. we've been sleeping in the same bed for the past couple of nights and it was one of the best choices i ever agreed to.

"no, babe. please get up." i beg once more before walking over to the kitchen to get something to eat. i knew this was going to end badly since it was always does.

i look around for about five minutes before i found some breakfast bar. i sit at the table and try my best not to think about how many calories this had. i eat slowly and try to swallow the small amounts of food without gagging, which is really hard to do. once the whole thing was gone i could feel it start to come back up within seconds. i run into the bathroom and let everything back up since there was really no choice.

"you okay?" i hear a soft voice from behind me ask which was obviously ashton.

"yeah, the breakfast bar might have been out of date, that's all." i lie to cover my tracks up.

"are you sure, brin? i felt fine after i ate one."

"yeah, i'm sure. we are all affected differently, but don't worry, i'm fine. we should go, we have like three minutes." i rush out of my mouth. i hated being pestered.

"alright, i'll meet you out there." he says and i leave.

usually, camp went fast and we were done by 2 so we could have a bonfire at 6, but i felt like this day was dragging. apparently we were having a vistor at the bonfire tonight and no one knew except the owner of the camp. maybe i was just anxious to find out, like maybe it was a band i really liked or it could be our families. then again, it could be a nobody and we wouldn't care about them. see, it could go many ways if you think about it.

"miss. brin? could you take me to my cabin so i can use the bathroom?" a small girl who goes by the nickname of tiger asks. her real name was lily and she had bright orange hair which was like a tiger lily hence her nickname.

"of course, let me just tell mr. ashton." i tell her and then let ashton know. once i was finished with ashton i walk back to her.

"are you and mr. ashton together?" ahse als woth a small lisp. she had a couple teeth missing which caused her to slur some of her words.

"no, no, sweetheart. i think we just like each other, that's all." i smile down at her while she looks up.

"is that all? do you like-like him? do you love him?" she giggles at her own questions.

"i think you're getting caried away there, darling. we just like-like each other. i don't even know what love is." i laugh at her adorable actions, she was swinging her arms up and down while skipping. she was one of my favorites here at the camp.

"oh, okay." she simply says. i wait outside of her cabin while she runs in to use the bathroom.

it was a quick trip and on the way back she told me about her family and how she misses them. i felt bad for her because she honestly sounded so sad, but families do get to visit the camp in a short couple of weeks. once we were close enough to our group, tiger ran off to her friends playing with chalk. i could see ashton on one of the soccer fields teaching a couple of kids how to kick correctly. he would praise them and give them hugs once they did it right, it made my heart swell. it was one of the cutest things i've ever seen in the world and i've had my fair share of puppies in my life. a couple of minutes of watching, i walked over to him and laughed.

"what? they knew i used to play soccer so they asked for help," he blushes.

"it was cute, don't worry. you're really good with them," i smile.

"i have a younger sister so i grew up learning how to deal with small children." he admits with a sheepish smile.

"cute," i smirk before walking away.

much to my surprise, the day seemed to speed up. we went through our usual scheldue without a hitch and it was time to dismiss for the time being. the kids had a couple hours to go and shower or do whatever they really wanted. most of the time, i would call my family and shower then mke out with ashton. it was a pretty good thing we have going on, if i do say so myself. i was starting to really fall for ashton which could be an issue for so many reasons. he wasn't making a move and i didn't have the balls to, we live like four hours away from each other, and i'm scared. ii'm not scared of much, but falling in love and commitments. i had no reason to be afraid, i just was.

"are you almost done in the shower, brin? you take like 18 years!" ahston complained from outside of the bathroom door. i do admit, i take a long time in the shower because all i do is think instead of washing my hair and body.

"almost! i'm shaving my legs and i'll be done! give me like five minutes!" i yell louder than i should.

"whatever." i hear him groan... he snoozes he loses.

minutes later i approach from the shower and watch ashton rush in. he was never that patient which was really annoying. i hear the door lock and the shower start so i intend it was safe to get changed. i made sure i had all of my clothes and the blinds were closed before dropping my towel. i reach for my clothes before i hear a loud shriek. i turn around quickly and realize ashton was shielding his eyes from my naked body. this was actually the first time this has ever happened which was surprsing.

"i'm so sorry! i didn't realize you were getting changed already! i forgot my towel!" he yells.

"it's okay, uh, just get your towel, i need to get changed." i scram for my words and wrap my towel around myself again. as he walked away i realized that he had a hard on. i didn't know my body could do that to someone.

i try my best to get the image of what just happeed out of my head since i was about to call my mother. i shake my head and just wait for her to answer which took a couple of minutes. soon enough she answers and i talk to her for a while and of course she has to mention ashton (which she knows all about him). i let her know just about everything since we had such a close relationship. we soon hang up and promise to talk soon, but we both had things to do. i took out a book to read since we still had about an hour before our little vistor was at our bonfire. i was honestly starting to get really excited since it was such a mystery. hopefully it was someone good.

"hey, sorry about what happened earlier, it was a honest mistake." ashton blushes once he was out of the shower.

"it's fine, seriously. and it seems like you weren't that disappointed." i giggle at him.

"oh god," he groans and places his hand on forehead, "sorry you saw that, just uhhh." he shakes his head.

"it was flattering," i smile towards him. "c'mon it's time to go to the bonfire." i stand up on my tippy toes and give him a small kiss.

he follows me out of the door and towards the designated area for the bonfire. there were small kids running around along with tweens looking angry that they had to attend. that was stage where they hate everything. ashton and i usually make fun of them because they're going to realize how much they were taking for granted. suddenly, the camp owner appears from their cabin.

"hello everyone! i love seeing everyone having a good time at the bonfires each and every night, but i think it is time to spice things up a bit! we have a preformer here tonight and he is super excited about being here so everyone please welcome our new friend!" and with that everyone cheers. a boy with a guitar walks towards the middle and makes eye contact with me it only takes me a spilt second to realize who was standing in front of me.

"owen."

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oooo old characters...
by the way it was my birthday last week and I didn't get to update and lemme tell you... she's kinda hot makes me so happy. they're finally a little punk rock and I'm so proud of them. I also learned the song on guitar the day it came out and I'm very whipped... whoops?

ps that's my wife aka Jenna aka brin