Daisy (lashton)

Chapter 39

"you're late." Calum stood in the doorway, arms crossed over his chest and a pout on his face. Luke couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Sorry, Cal, there was a lot of traffic on the way here." Ashton lied smoothly, hoisting Daisy up further on his hip to prevent Calum from noticing the way she giggled.

Calum's expression didn't change as he scoffed. "Ash, you live 10 minutes away."

Luke couldn't help but give in to the laugh he'd been holding back, and he pushed his way past Calum.

"Sorry, my bad got caught up at the tattoo parlor."

"Luke!" Ashton scolded but Luke just shrugged.

"No, no. Don't scold the man for telling the truth." Calum huffed, stepping aside as Ashton entered the house with Daisy. "What were you doing at a tattoo shop anyways?"

Luke grinned as he shrugged off his jacket, tossing it at Cal who huffed. "Finally filled in my sleeve," Luke peeled back the plastic to show Calum the design.

"I picked it out!" Daisy exclaimed as she wriggled out of Ashton's arms. "Daddy," She pulled on the bottom of Ashton's shirt, "Can I go find Margot and 'Lila?"

"Yeah, baby go on" Ashton mumbled as Calum's eyes bugged out of his head, turning to look between Luke and Ashton.

"Dude, you're a fucking moron." Luke pouted as Calum threw back his head with a laugh and Ashton weakly reached out to swat at Calum's arm.

"No m'not." Luke placed the plastic back over his arm with a shrug. "it's just a tattoo, what's the big deal?"

Calum laughed harder at this.

"Just a tattoo? Dude, are you stupid? How'd Ash take it when he saw your new ink?" He continued to laugh, wiping tears from his eyes.

"See what you did? You broke Calum." Ashton ignored the question with a forced laugh as he refused to meet Luke's eye.

"Seriously, what's the big fucking deal?" Luke scoffed, his mood immediately shifting after a great day with his boyfriend and his daughter.

Calum shook his head as he attempted to catch his breath. "The big fucking deal is you're such a kid oh my god, this is fucking priceless."

Luke scoffed, going to respond, but before he could another voice entered the room.

"Calum!" Luke almost laughed at how quickly the man's jaw snapped shut. "Why are you laughing at our guests?" A woman walked out of what Luke assumed was the kitchen. She was short compared to Calum's 6-foot frame, and as gay as Luke was, even he couldn't help but stare at her curves. The blue jeans she wore clung to her hips and thighs, and the flowing floral print blouse she wore accentuated her impressive cleavage. There was no denying that she was beautiful, with her fiery red hair and deep green eyes, Luke was sure this was the type of woman most straight men fantasized about.

"Nice to see you again, Ash!" Bright white teeth showed as she smiled, reaching out to engulf Ashton in a hug before she turned to Luke.

"And you must be Luke. It's so nice to finally meet you, I'm Mallory." Luke froze as she pulled him into a hug, and he awkwardly patted her on the back and smiled as she pulled away, a guilty expression on her face. "Sorry, I'm a hugger."

"I see that." Luke laughed before wrapping an arm around Ashton's waist.

"I'm so glad you both are finally here! You're just in time, I just finished cooking and people just finished arriving, so don't even let this grouch tell you you're late." She stuck out her tongue at Calum before winking. "Well, please come in! I already rounded up the girls, they're all at the table."