hello....... it's me...
ellie's pov
"oh my god.. is that who i think it is?"
ashton looks to where i'm pointing at the man standing in front of the car we're walking to as he just picked me up from my apartment- why we couldn't just get a cab, i have no clue.
"who, him?" he nods to the guy.
"yeah, him. don't look too much or he might know we're looking!" i whisper, nudging him in the ribs.
he gives me a confused look, "el, it's just dave he's our bodyguard-,"
"i know who he is, he's freaking dave." i roll my eyes, "he's a legend."
"why? i mean he's awesome but- you know what, i don't think i actually wanna know. your fangirl brain is switching on again."
"excuse you?" i gape at him as i stop walking and grab his arm so he looks at me. "did you just fangirl-zone me?"
"how can i fangirl-zone you if you're my girlfriend?"
"oh my god." i sigh, "you just can, and you did. and i feel deeply offended."
he chuckles, pulling me along with him to the car. "so if you're that offended i'll just leave you here then you can't get one of those fancy burgers you said you wanted to try.."
i pout, "i just want to see if they taste fancy if its from some fancy restaurant."
ashton rolls his eyes, pulling open the car door and nods at dave who gets into the front seat beside the driver. "isn't the proof of that in the name?"
"the only proof is the actual taste ashton, honestly, it's as if you have no common sense." i mutter playfully as i climb into the car, him quickly following behind and slamming the door shut. "wait why do you even have dave- no offence dave, you're great," i say quickly just in case he is listening to which he just replies with a chuckle and a thumbs up in the air. "we could just go to a restaurant without needing a bodyguard, right?"
ashton winces slightly, "well yeah but this is just you know precautionary 'cause of the paps and stuff."
i nod slowly, "i actually forgot about them.. they won't be too intense will they?" i ask, suddenly realising there will probably be a big group of people just surrounding us trying to take a picture.
guess it is a good idea to have dave with us.
"no, no, we'll just get into the restaurant quick and ignore them, don't worry." he replies, sending me a reassuring smile.
//
"luke! look over here, luke!"
"wow, the paps really did their research." i mumble to ashton as we're guided through the crowd by dave our saviour to the restaurants doors.
to my surprise ashton just picked a nice restaurant/bar place that has a very, very good reputation for its grill.. this means nice burgers and ashton is definitely a keeper for listening to what i need in life.
ashton laughed and put his hand on the small of my back, "i know right, my lip piercing must have gotten lost somewhere."
"shame the hat didn't." i muttered through a forced smile as i look up at him wearing that damn hat, "i mean seriously, bring back the fedora not that piece of-,"
"oh look, we made it!" ashton exclaims quickly as we step inside, cutting me off making me narrow my eyes at him to which he just puts a hand in my face much to the enjoyment of the paparazzi who are glued to the window and watching our every move.
"didn't make the best dressed list with that hat though, did we?" i muse, reaching to take it off but he quickly grabs my hand and keeps it in his while a waitress walks up to us looking slightly nervous.
"hey there, we have a reservation for two." ashton smiles politely at her.
"under what name, sir?" she asks but by the look on her face and the calum hood phone case she has that's poking out of her pocket, i think she already knows.
"irwin."
she nods quickly, "if you'd like to follow me, please." she says with a shaky voice but quickly clears her throat and moves towards a table in the back corner of the restaurant.
i can't help but notice the stares we're getting from people as we walk past, but it's understandable seeing as we did just walk in here with paps up our asses and are still watching from the window. to be honest, they're probably wondering who ashton even is to get that much attention, they look confused as hell.
"hey." i whisper to ashton to get his attention as we follow the waitress, "i bet you anything that you could make that girls day right now by hugging her, make some happiness in the world, irwin."
ashton sends me a surprised look which quickly turns into something i can't decipher and i subconsciously wipe my face, "what?"
he shakes his head with a small smile, "nothing, you just keep on amazing me."
i can't help the blush that rises to my cheeks as he says this, "well.. i uh, yeah i don't have a reply to that." i huff, fanning my face and thankfully we reach the table where i see ashton quickly thank the waitress before saying something that i don't catch while pulling her into a short hug which when he pulls back i see her with the biggest smile ever making me smile too.
we both get seated and as i skim the menu i realise that this place is a little fancier than i thought, for something that i would probably be able to get in mcdonald's but you know, a little, or maybe a lot less tasty is about $40.
"we can ditch and go to wendy's ash, seriously."
he looks up from the menu and frowns, "why? do you not like it here?"
"no, it's amazing but the prices-,"
"are you seriously telling me you're gonna turn down trying a fancy burger, or even just turning down any food offer?" he asks, raising an eyebrow and ultimately calling my bluff.
"dammit." i mutter, putting down the menu. "okay, no.. but still, i feel bad."
he copies my actions by putting his menu down, "don't feel bad, but if you do then just hook me up with free coffee's for a couple months."
"just a couple months? i'm gonna end up working in central perk forever. i'll be the female gunther." my eyes widen, "you'll still like me even if i stink of coffee, right?"
ashton smirks and picks his menu up again to hide his face, "i mean yeah but i doubt that's gonna be a problem."
"what?"
"are you ready to order?"
i jump a little at the waitress, not expecting her at all but send her a smile while telling her my order, ashton doing the same before she walked away to file our orders in.
"luke, calum or michael, who would you rather be handcuffed to for a day?"
ashton blinks at me, "random, but probably calum. he'd piss me off less."
i nod, "understandable."
"what about you, who'd you prefer?"
"are you an option?" i ask.
"nope, just luke, calum and michael." he clarifies.
"hm.. i'm torn between calum and michael, i like luke but i'm malum as fuck." i joke, "ok kidding but on a serious note i think i'm gonna go with michael."
ashton nods, "also understandable."
"you know what isn't understandable?" i can't help but ask, "the fact that this is actually happening."
ashton furrows his eyebrows, "what?"
"this." i wave my hands around. "you and me, like this time last year i was sat in my room crying over the amnesia video and now just.. this."
"you cried over the amnesia video?"
i send ashton a warning look, "that song just wrecks me, alright? can you just get what i'm trying to say here, please?"
"this," he copies me moving my hands around, "is happening."
"i know that this," i do it again, "is happening, but what i'm saying is that- just- thank you." i pause, "you gave me a chance and that's something not a lot of people have ever done."
ashton leans forward on the table, "i would give you a chance any day, i really, really like you el." he lets out a puff of air, "probably more than i should but i'm alright with that." he chuckles before his facial expression changes from sappy to cautious, "so you just said about giving chances, and i- well i probably shouldn't tell you but i need to tell you something."
"did you buy me a ferrari? i totally told you i wanted a porsche." i huff, putting on my best girly accent and flipping my hair.
ashton frowned, "no.. i got you a jeep-,"
ashton's cut off by a guy who clearly heard our conversation and took it seriously and taking a seat at a table beside ours while his boyfriend- i'm assuming- joins him looking clearly uncomfortable to be here as he scans through the menu.
i can't help but relate to this stranger.
"can you believe these kids? ferrari's, porsches... it's all about the chevy's am i right s-,"
i turn back around and drown out whatever they're talking about and face ashton who is barely containing his laugh, as am i.
i clear my throat and put on a deep voice, "i mean, did you get me a chevy?" i burst out into laughter, "oh man, what even is a chevy? i drive a fiat, reckon i could race it?" i joke but when i hear a snort of laughter and multiple swear words from the table next to ours i realise that it probably wasn't a wise joke to make.
"anyway," ashton laughs as he says this, trying to change the subject before we end up having a table rivalry with the guys next to us. "kelsey phoned me up earlier, wanted to ask me something."
"did she ask you to ditch your hat and grow your hair again?"
"how about i ditch my hat when you ditch your attitude, missy." ashton frowns with a grin on his lips making me reciprocate it, "no but seriously this is actually pretty big."
"i bet it is."
ashton rolls his eyes but carries on as if i didn't say a thing, "the tour is ending soon and kelsey works quite a lot after that with her other clients and is constantly travelling everywhere and admitted that she could use a hand and her best, favourite clients happen to know a certain someone who would fit the job pretty well."
my eyes widen, "you didn't..."
"i haven't yet, she just wanted me to talk to you and let you know that it's just an internship thing for now but she thinks it'll be great for you, this is way better than going to some college and only learning about fashion, you get to learn this hands on and on the job while having the time of your life." i watched ashton as he spoke, he really wants this for me and the passion in his eyes is contagious.
"i'll have to talk to her, obviously, but it sounds amazing.. a little sucky how when you finish tour, i'll be going away wherever kelsey is headed but hey, we're good at long distance." i shrug, smiling when i see him grinning from ear to ear.
"hell yeah we can." he chuckles before looking up, "food's here." he muttered, moving his phone off of the table so that the waitress can fit the plates down.
i almost drool at the sight of my burger and quickly thank the waitress, but apparently i'm not the only one who could.
"hey, you, kid." i look away from my plate to see one of the guys from the table next to us looking at me.
"yeah?"
"what's that called?" he points to my plate.
"the burger?" i furrow my eyebrows and he nods, "pretty sure it was just 'gourmet hamburger'."
"thanks." he grins before turning back to his menu with a satisfied face.
i turn away again and shake my head and see ashton looking at me with an amused grin, "what?"
"you just get everyone talking to you, i swear." he chuckles.
"what can i say? i'm approachable."
"nah, you're adorable." he winks.
and so i guess this is the day that ashton irwin officially made me want to crawl in a hole so the world didn't see me going as red as a lobster.
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A/N
so.... i like throwing in hints for the other books, which one could this be for i wonDER :)))))
i hope this 2000+ words made up for the lack of updates but i have been hella busy with college but i'm actually on track (right now) so woo