She's Gone (sequel to she's yours)

Chapter 6

Never. Again. Never again will I do a car ride for about 10 hours with this many people, even though I have to go home tomorrow, but that's beside the point here. "Ash stop here, I need to pee!" "Daddy, Uncle Luke keeps poking me!" "Woah look at that cloud! It's a damn cloud!" All of these people in this car has driven me absolutely insane. I hope that Bella and Gabriel are having a good time on the bus with everyone else. A nice coach bus with comfortable seats and outlets and wifi and most importantly, lots of space. Something that I would love right now, to get as far away from everyone in this cramped car.

We pulled up to the hotel we were staying at over night and I got a room for Bella, Owen, Michael and I. I almost made Mikey get his own room, but he didn't wanna be alone. Luke, Harmony and Gabe took the second room. Gabe and Bella were at the competition right now, doing that little workshop thing that Bella was excited for. They'd be coming back to the hotel any moment right now.

"Ash, isn't it cute? My son, and your daughter?" Harmony came and sat down next to me on the bed.

"Gabe is Bella's first crush, she's gonna remember this forever. But if he hurts her, he's not going to have a very happy Ashton on his hands that for sure." I half joked, but I don't want to see her hurt. I've seen Bella fall apart once, after loosing Bryar, and I can't go through that again, and I don't think Bella can either.

"Yeah, she's Gabriel's first crush. After you guys left last night, he came up to me and said that she was pretty. The one thing I've taught Gabe growing up is that he has to respect women. I have been so disrespected in my life, that I don't want a son that will do the same. I want him to know that they are precious things and they should all be treated with respect." Harmony explained. I don't know too much about her past, but I know that it's not unicorns and rainbows.

"Good I'm glad. I'm kind of excited to see where this will go. Let's not interfere with the two of them though." Harmony nodded, agreeing to my statement. It was almost 7 at night, and Bella should be coming back soon. I'm so nervous for her and the competition tomorrow. She has so much pressure to win, and if she doesn't, she'll be crushed.

About a half an hour later, Bella and Gabe came to the hotel.

"Daddy!" Bella rushed through the door and hugged me.

"Belly Bell! How was the ride up her, and your workshop?" I asked. She looked around to see if Gabriel was near her, and he wasn't.

"Gabriel played his guitar and sang me a song! Every girl on the bus has a little crush on him, but I don't want them too daddy. I saw him first." She pouted, crossing her arms and sticking out her bottom lip.

"Don't worry Bell, I think you'll be okay!" I smiled, patting her shoulder. "What would you like for dinner?"

"Pizza!" Michael screamed from the room over.

"Mikey! I missed you!" Bella ran into the room and gave him a hug. Bella is quite the hugger, and a cuddler. She got that from Bryar I believe. We ordered pizza and hung around the hotel for the rest of the night. Bella and Owen went to bed at 9, so it left Michael and I awake. Luke, Harmony, and Gabe went out for dinner so I don't know where they are.

"Ash, ya know what?" Mikey asked.

"What?"

"Calum always feels left out when we do stuff like this. Like, always. Next time all of us go somewhere, we've got to invite him."

"Yeah, I completely agree. I forget sometimes ya know? This was so last minute, but next time absolutely." Michael and I went to bed to get ready for the long exhausting day in the morning.

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"Daddy! Come on!" Bella dragged my arm, pulling me into the dressing room. Owen, Luke, Harmony, Gabe, and Michael were all in the audience awaiting these performances by Bella. I, on the other hand, have to help Bella get ready for these performances. I can barely put her hair in a pony tail, I sure hope they don't expect me to do some crazy, extravagant hair or make up. She will look like I closed my eyes and smeared lip stick everywhere.

"Bella! Here's your costume! Go put it on! Solo's are first!" I looked around the dressing room and all of these dancers were going crazy, looking for bobby pins and last minute practicing before they hit the stage. Bella took her costume and ran back behind the dressing curtain to change. She came out a few minutes later and I wanted to cry. She had a white costume on with angel wings and a little halo. Her dirty blondish hair was done up in a tight bun, and she had a pretty design made up on her face.

"Do you like it?" Bella strutted out, spinning around, showing me her dress.

"It's gorgeous." I blinked a few times, wiping back tears.

"Bella! Time to head back stage! Ashton, you can come with me to the audience to watch with me. Lets go!" Miss Celeste said running out of the room.

"Good luck Bella! I love you!" I yelled out to her, and she blew me a kiss back. Sometimes I stop and think, wow, I've done good to this child.

I sat in my seat next to Owen and Miss Celeste, waiting anxiously for this performance.

"You know, I gave this dance to Bella on purpose." Miss Celeste whispered into my ear.

"Really? Why?"

"You'll see." She smiled like she had something planned.

"Next up in the mini division! Bella Irwin, performing a lyrical dance, Angel!" The audience clapped and she walked on stage and posed, front and center. Her dance was beautiful, and well done from what I could tell. Lord knows I'm not a dance expert, but I know what looks good, and what doesn't. It might just be a dad thing, but I think she looks amazing. Bella ended her dance, and she posed, waiting for the clapping to stop.

"Thank you Bella!" The announcer came back on stage.

"Um, excuse me. May I say something?" Bella asked the announcer.

"Sure?" He handed her the microphone.

"I just want to say, that I dedicate this dance to my mommy. My mom passed 4 years ago now, and I miss her more and more every day. My dance teacher gave me this dance, angel, for my mom. I also want to say thank you to my daddy, for trying his hardest. If you didn't know, my dad is Ashton Irwin, from 5 seconds of summer, so you can imagine how hard it is for him to keep up with me and my little brother. I love you dad. I love and miss you mom, I hope you saw this." Bella kept a tight grip on the microphone and looked up into the sky.

Right now, Bella was crying, and so was I.

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End of Chapter 6! I hope you enjoyed it. I promise it'll get better soon. I'm just trying to really get in the part that Bella is busy, and it's hard for Ash to maintain.