Ashton's POV
"You've been quiet all night. What's wrong?" I asked Luke and he rolled his head to the side to look at me.
We've been lying here on his roof since the stars first showed themselves and Luke hasn't said a word. This worries me after the terrible week we've both had.
"I got a letter the other night." He started but looked down to the roof between us.
"And?" I was worrying big time now.
"They invited me to go to New York City for a week to this convention thing." He said, trying to downplay the offer.
"New York? Luke that's incredible! You are going right?" I sat up to look back down at him. This could be an amazing experience for Luke he'd be crazy not to go.
"New York is far away."
"So?"
"And I'd have to leave the day after Christmas and won't be back until the day after New Years." He said but refused to look at me.
"So?" I asked again with a small laugh. Surely he isn't going to give up this crazy opportunity for me. There's no way in hell I was going to let that happen.
"I don't want to leave you after everything that's happened." His voice was small and I moved closer to him.
"I will be fine Luke. You have to do this for you, this isn't about me." I said and Luke finally looked up with glossy blue eyes.
"But it's right after Christmas and we won't be together on New Years." He said but I was not having it.
"Luke Hemmings you are going to New York. I will drop you off at the airport and drag you onto that damn plane if I have to." I said sternly and Luke cracked a small smile.
"Okay, I'll go." He rolled his eyes and I let out a loud laugh.
"Yay!" I yelled out and wrapped Luke into a quick hug.
"What about the holidays? We won't get to enjoy them together." He said with his eyes searching my face for any sort of sign that I'm upset about all of this.
"We will just have to make Christmas the best damn Christmas you've ever had." I said and laid back down beside him. I rested my still bandaged arms behind my head and looked up to the stars.
New York was so far away and I'd miss Luke but he needed to go. I'd be with him the whole time anyway and of course we'd talk all the time. Everything would be fine.
"Do you wanna go somewhere?" I asked and sat up straight again.
"Where? It's like 10 o'clock on a Friday night." Luke laughed.
"Come on just trust me. Call Calum."I said and started to climb down to the ground with Luke right behind me.
We snuck into my backyard and headed into the house. Karen was at the dining room table working at her computer when she noticed us entering the house.
"What are you boys up to?" She smiled at us.
"We are going on a getaway." I said and Luke glanced nervously at me.
"Oh where to?" She asked and I could tell she was going into mum mode.
"The lake." I said quickly.
"The lake Ashton? That's an hour away and it's late already. And isn't Luke not supposed to see you after what happened? Plus it's December." She asked and shut her computer.
"Please Karen." I begged. She looked at me and then to Luke. She sighed and rubbed her hand over her face.
"You better be back by the afternoon. I will cover for the two of you until at least tomorrow afternoon but no later." She said and I rushed over to hug her. She laughed at my enthusiasm and shooed me away.
"Thanks mummy." I joked and turned to head up to my room and to grab Mikey.
"Be careful and let me know when you get there and leave." She called out behind me.
Michael, Luke and I grabbed a bunch of blankets and pillows and met Calum at my truck. We threw everything in the bed of my truck and headed off down the highway.
"You know where you are going right Ashton?" Michael asked from the backseat and I rolled my eyes at him in the mirror.
Nothing like a late night getaway.
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"Everyone knows how to play flash light tag right?" Calum asked and we all groaned a yes.
"Yes Calum." Luke added and we all took off in different directions. I was hiding behind a tree when I heard rustling in the bushes behind me. I was silently praying it wasn't an animal.
When I was tackled to the ground with a scream by Luke I was thankful it wasn't. He had me pinned to the ground and he was laughing his ass off.
"Gotcha!" He yelled and shined his flashlight in my face making me close my eyes. I pushed him off so I was the one pinning him down.
"That was mean you asshole!" I said but Luke was still laughing like a hyena.
"You screamed like a girl!" He squeaked out while he was laughing.
"I thought you were a bear or something!" I exclaimed and climbed off of Luke to dust myself off.
"Yeah right you are just a baby." He smirked and I rolled my eyes.
"Am not!" I pouted and Luke laughed again. He started to lean down to kiss me and just as our lips were about to touch, Calum popped out of the bushes and screamed to scare us. Luke screamed just as loud as I did and rolled off of me to the ground, where we both tried to scoot away.
Calum doubled over in laughter shining his flashlight on us. Luke and I were hugging each other like our life depended on it and Luke's face was drained of all color.
"You should see your faces!" Calum laughed and did an impression of how we apparently looked. I let go of Luke and jumped up to get Calum. I tackled him to the ground and pinned his face to the dirt while I put all of my weight against his back.
"Dick!" I yelled and he was still laughing.
"Okay mercy, mercy!" He yelled through a laugh and I stood up to dust myself off, again.
"I hate you so much right now Cal. I nearly peed my pants." Luke grumbled and dusted off his pants.
"I just wish I had a camera." Calum laughed one more time and turned his back to us. I picked up a small rock and pulled back to throw it but Luke grabbed my forearm. He shook his head with a smile on his face and I dropped the rock.
We met up with Mikey and Calum proceeded to tell him about what happened making Mikey laugh at our expense. We all worked together to spread some of the blankets down in the back of my truck and crawled under the rest of them to keep warm in the frosty winter air.
The stars never seemed to shine so bright as they were shining right now. All four of us were lying on our backs shoulder to shoulder in the back of my truck staring up at the endless sky of glowing stars. Everything that is wrong in my world seems to evaporate when I look at the stars or when I'm with these other three lads. We've been lying like this just asking random questions and talking about stupid things for a long while. I wasn't sure of how long but I knew it was long enough for my nose to go numb because of the cold.
"Do you think we are ever going to be famous?" Calum said before a yawn caught up to him.
"That'd be so cool." Mikey said.
"I think we could be famous." I said.
"Yeah I think we could be too. It'd be a dream come true." Luke added
"Yeah." The three of us said in unison. All four of us seemed to let out a sigh all at once and I couldn't help but smile.
Even though there was still darkened thoughts in my mind I couldn't help but feel at least a little hopeful. If I had good friends and an amazing boyfriend like Luke then maybe I could fight on. Luke was playing with my fingers like he always does and I glanced over to Mikey and Calum who were cuddled up together. I pretended not to see their hands intertwined when I looked back down to Luke.
"I love you." I whispered against his lips.
"I love you." He whispered back and closed the gap between our lips.
"You guys still make me sick." Mikey said and I smacked him on the forehead with my free hand.
Right here felt like the right place and the right time for my life to take a second chance. Finally.
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Michael and I were the only ones still awake on the way back. We were only about halfway home but I was in no rush. Tonight was so much fun and very much needed. The radio was playing softly in the background and Michael was singing softly. I had always loved Mikey's voice. It was very soothing especially since he'd sing to me after I had a rough night or a relapse.
"Do they hurt?" He asked out of nowhere gesturing to my wrists but I could tell he was afraid to say the word cuts.
"No, they are healing so they itch a lot." I shrugged and tugged at the gauze, feeling an itch as I spoke.
"When do you get the stitches out?" He asked looking back out the window.
"Monday." I said and glanced over to him. "I'm really sorry you know." I said and his green eyes burned into mine.
"For what Ashton?" He asked with a shrug.
"For you finding me like that." I said, cowering at my own words.
"It wasn't the first time." He shrugged but continued to stare at me. "But it really scared me this time." He admitted.
"I know. I just kept thinking if I had no Luke I had nothing and that wasn't fair to you Mikey." I said feeling emotion growing in my throat.
"How are you guys after all this?" He asked changing the subject to Luke.
"Good. I really love him Mikey." I admitted for the first time to another person out loud.
"I know you do. Anyone with eyes can see that." Michael let out a small laugh and turned to a sleeping Luke in the backseat.
"He's going to New York for a week." I blurted out.
"He told you." Michael nodded. He knew?
"You knew?" I looked over to Michael again.
"Yeah he wasn't sure how he should tell you so he called me." He shrugged again and I nodded in understanding.
"What are you going to get him for Christmas?" Mikey changed the subject again.
"I actually already got it. It's in the glovebox." I said pointing to the compartment and Micahel raised his eyebrows before opening it. He pulled out the envelope and opened it up to pull out four tickets.
"Fall Out Boy!" Michael exclaimed a little too loud.
"Shhh!" I shushed and he whispered an apology.
"When did you get these?" He asked and put them away.
"After our first band practice. I remembered Luke telling me that he wanted to go the first time I went over to his house so I figured I'd just get all four of us tickets." I shrugged and smiled at the memory.
"Oh my god, you do love him. You remembered that but you forgot my birthday." He teased and I giggled.
"That was one time Mikey! We were like 15!" I said and we both burst into laughter again.
"Whatever you still forgot." He laughed. "His mom is never going to let him go." Michael said more serious.
"I have a plan." I said.
"Ashton Irwin, always the man with a plan. What is your plan?" He asked.
"Well I've been talking with Ben and he said he'd help me with getting Luke there." I said. Ben and I have been concocting a plan since Thanksgiving when I told him about the tickets.
"Luke is going to be so excited. You are like the best boyfriend ever." Michael impersonated a girly voice and I snorted in laughter.
"Don't ever do that again." I laughed. "Speaking of boyfriends." I said and gestured to Calum in the backseat with my head.
"Me and Calum? No we are not dating." He raised his hands almost in defense.
"Come on, I saw you guys holding hands." I said and Michael's eyes went wide.
"We aren't officially dating okay? Both of us are just bi-curious I guess because I definitely like girls too but there is just something about Calum." He said with his eyes glowing at the mention of the brown eyed boy.
"Mikey's got a crush." I reached over to poke Michael's cheek and he slapped my hand away.
"Keep both of your damn hands on the wheel and leave me alone." He tried to be serious but he cracked a smile and rolled his eyes at me.
Another 20 minutes and we would be home. I was beginning to grow tired but Michael and I kept steady conversation the majority of the way.
"Have you thought about what you are going to do after we graduate?" Michael asked and I nodded. I had thought about it quite a bit but I can't seem to make up my mind.
"Yeah. Have you?" I directed it back at him.
"I'm thinking about just staying around here." He said and turned back to me. "What about you?" Shit.
"I-I'm gonna move back to Australia." I said fast like I didn't want Michael to hear.
"Seriously?" He was looking at me very seriously now.
"Yeah. I have talked to my Grammy a few times and she said I could come back there. I really miss her and home. Plus, I have it all figured out that I can come back in two years when Luke is out of school." I explained like I had actually made up my mind.
"Just leave him for two years? He's not going to like that." Michael shook his head. I know Luke is going to freak when I tell him I'm leaving but I still have a lot of time to tell him.
"I still have time." I said.
"And he thinks New York is far away." Michael whispered and I don't think I was supposed to hear that.
It's true. If Luke and I couldn't make it for a week while he was in New York there is no way me going to Australia for two years would be a good thing. I would miss him but we could make it work. Its a good thing I still had time to think this through.
Only time would tell us anyway.
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Surprise!
I couldn't not write an update today and this literally took me all day but I had to! I love Ashton and Mikey's relationship
And don't worry we are nowhere near the end!
Yay I'm excited haha
Until I update again :)