But, Shes my Best Friend (Ashton Irwin fan fiction)

Chapter 21

I glared at both of them. They were being dicks.

"Anyway," I began to say, but realized there was nothing to talk about.

What were we supposed to talk about?

"So um," I started once again, "Graduation?" My voice was uncertain, hoping that the word would spark up some conversation.

"Oh god don't remind me" Chloe rubbed her eyes. A sobbing girl passed our table and ran to hug her friend, it was surprising we weren't crying yet.

"Why are they crying? were all gonna see each other again next year" he laughed.

"Not everyone is going to collage" I told him.

"And not everyone got into UCF" Ashton added.

"UCF sucks" I groaned.

"You don't know that" Chloe smiled.

"Oh yes I do I know it's it dumbass collage in an irrelevant town" I half-jokingly said. I stuck another pretzel in my mouth. I was angry. I wish I'd applied to other collages. But there was nowhere else that would please my heart.

It's also where my parents went, and they were familiar with UCF and they encouraged me to go to it.

The three of them got up to throw their trash away. I sat there continuing to eat my pretzels.

"What collage does Luke go to?"

"Oh my Jesus can we to 5 seconds without talking about Luke or Michael or some other guy that you might've met along the way!" Ashton yelled.

We were all taken aback by his to tone. Especially me. I had no idea we he had against Luke, or Michael.

"Ok then" Calum rolled his eyes.

The rest of the lunch period we stayed quiet which was about 8 minutes before the principal got up on the stage to give us a "farewell" speech.

We had a free period before we left. Half of the student body was sobbing their eyes out. A few known freshman came out to us an hugged me and Chloe. They were crying also.

I stopped by some teachers classes to say bye. By the time I was once again reunited with Chloe she was full-on sobbing like everyone else. I felt emotionless and left out.

I felt as if people were gonna say that I thought I was "too cool" to cry. But the thing was I never cried on the last day of school. To me and it was a happy fay. I didn't care if I would see some of these people again, because I grew up with parents telling me that people come and go everyday and you shouldn't get too attached on some person.

Of course it was easy for them to say, they were doctors so they practically experienced everyday.

I saw Ashton and Calum leaning against a tree in the courtyard. Calum looked like he was about to cry. But I didn't say anything.

"Why aren't you crying yet?" Ashton teased and Chloe seemed offended.

"I can't" I said, my voice almost monotone.

"Oh my god Zoë!" Melissa came to me with open arms. Her mascara was running.

"Aw Melissa" I hugged her.

"I'm gonna miss you so so much" she sobbed.

"Yeah me too" I said, meaning it. Brock and Carol walked past. His arm around her shoulders. Brock called Melissa's name and she broke the hug.

"Call me and text me or message me I don't care if you write a letter just keep in touch ok" she wiped under her eyes.

"Ok, bye girl" I smiled. I noticed Carol had been crying too. I laughed at the fact I was the only girl that had not bursted into tears yet. A girl that had the biggest crush on Ashton came up to him to say bye. He blushed throughout the entire conversation. A guy and a girl from Calum's English class came to say bye to him. Chloe had calmed her tears down.

•Ashton's POV•

"Hey um" I heard a deep voice say. My head snapped to the voice. I ran my fingers through the almost dead grass.

When I looked up I saw a guy facing Zoë , I couldn't really tell who it was because their back was towards me.

"I just wanted to say bye, but we'll see each other at graduation and if we're going to Chelsea's party then there too" the voice said. A sudden urge to get up rushed through my body. I ignored it and stated put. Calum sat down next to me, his legs out in front of him.

I was sad to be leaving some people, but I wasn't crying. I couldn't. The girls that had come up to me earlier made me realise how many people I was gonna leave.

But then again, we had to leave everyone sometime. A drop of water, fell through the leaves. I looked at the dark sky, that I hadn't noticed before. Noticing the sky made me notice who Zoë was talking to.

It was Trace. Her ex-boyfriend. But why? If I remember correctly he dumped her for some other girl, and Zoë turned up bawling her eyes out. So what the hell was he doing now?

"I heard that there's gonna be weed at Chelsea's party" Calum informs me.

"Is there now?' I reply, not really caring. I'm to busy wondering what Trace is even doing.

"Yeah, I heard it from Kelly, one of his friends is bringing it"