I wake up to the sound of light snoring. I open my eyes and feel an arm lightly wrapped around my waist. I turn around and see him. He looks so peaceful. His eye lashes lightly fluttering as his chest rises and falls. His bare chest. I take a moment to remember what happened last night and smile. I look under the covers and realize that I'm wearing a bra and underwear, and to my relief, he was wearing a pair of briefs too. We must have changed after... you know. I might have been fine with it last night but it still feels strange sleeping completely naked.
I get up out of bed and pull over a giant shirt and boxers from his closet. I really need to get more of my clothes over here, I mean he only has a certain amount of clothes as well and I don't want to waste all of them. Without waking him up, I sneak out of the bedroom and head down to the kitchen to see 3 pairs of eyes staring back at me.
"Um. Good morning" I say awkwardly.
"Hey Daniella. Where's Ashton?"
"Oh he's still sleeping." I make my way to the kitchen nervously not being able to stop myself from smiling like an idiot as Michael follows me. I reach for the cupboard to get a bowl out and I feel my hair slip over my neck on to my back.
"What's on your neck?"
I freeze. "Um, I-uh-nothing." Michael grabs my shoulders, turns me around and moves my hair back.
"Aha! I was right! You two did it last night!" I pull away from him and feel the blood rush to my cheeks.
"I-"
"-You're just jealous because you're not getting any." I turn around and Ashton comes up behind me and whispers in my ear. "Good morning babe." He kisses my cheek and wraps his arms around me. Michael gets really flustered and awkward. Ash just looks at him and smirks "Ashton 1. Michael 0". Michael leaves us alone in the kitchen, but not before he dramatically rolls his eyes at us.
Ashton pulls my hair from my neck and purses his lips. "Oof. Maybe I shouldn't have been so rough with those hickeys." I blush at his comment.
"I like them."
"Yeah? Me too." He starts leaning in as his words turn more into a whisper. "They say 'Ashton's girl. Do not touch. Mine. Mine. Mine." On the last 'mine' he brings his lips to mine. I wrap my arms around his neck and he pulls me in closer, locking his fingers around my waist.
He pulls away and smiles. "So, should we tell the boys the good news?" I look at him shocked.
"Um. I don't feel comfortable telling the other guys about our sex life. And I think you're going pretty far by saying that's 'good news'. Besides I'm pretty sure one of them already knows and he's probably already told-" he cuts me off with a loud laugh. "What?"
"I meant about you going on tour with us" he says, clearly amused.
"Oh... Yeah... That." I mentally slap myself as he grabs my hand and pulls me into the dinning room. All three of them are smiling like 4 year olds on Christmas morning and I know they know. Great.
"So, guys, we have some news..." Ashton starts.
"I highly doubt that's news. Then again, maybe for him, he's been soooooo lonely."
"OH MY GOD DID YOU GET HER PREGNANT?!"
"Bro you're too young!"
"We'll have to quit the band!"
"We need to take care of this child!" The boys rant on.
"NO! Oh my god no! I'm not pregnant!" I shout over the loud chatter.
"Oh." The three boys says in unison.
"Dani's coming on tour with us in three days" Ash says for me.
"Really?!" Luke is the first one to respond and they all cheer loudly and give me a huge group hug.
"Hey hey hey! No hugging my girlfriend! She's mine!" Ashton says trying to pull the boys off me. I giggle a little at his sudden jealousy.
"Why? Is someone jealous?"
"No! I just don't want any of these geniuses stealing you" He admits gesture to the three boys standing by the table. I shake my head at his silly worry but decide to just let it slide for now.
The boys leave us alone and I wrap your arms around his waist. I kiss him as he moves his hands up to my cheeks.
I pull away and say "That's never gonna happen." and kiss him again.
This time, he's the one to break the kiss. "I have to go to a writing session with Michael today.
Are you gonna be okay here without me?" He asks me.
"Ashton. I'm a big girl I can take care of myself." I tell him.
"I know. I know. I just I hate leaving you all al-" I cut him off be fore he can finish.
"-It's gonna be fine. We'll be together all the time on tour." His smile widens as he remembers and he grabs my hands, rubbing them with his fingers. "So go to your writing session and I'll do my thing. Then we can hang out later, ok?" I say and he nods. I kiss him until I hear a voice from upstairs.
"Ashton! You ready?" Michael shouts. "Yeah!" He replies and gives me a quick kiss. He grabs his bag and jogs after Mikey out the door.
After finishing breakfast I go upstairs to change and just watch tv for a while whilst I try to think of something to do in this giant city alone. A little knock comes from the door and I turn to see Luke standing there. He comes in and sits next to me on the bed, but not too close.
"Are you as bored as I am?" He asks me.
"Probably even more." I say, getting up from the bed.
"Do you want to go...maybe...do something?" He asks hesitantly. I didn't know what to say. It wouldn't hurt to get out of the house and I didn't want him to be bored either.
"Yeah sure! Maybe we could go shopping. I didn't get anything yesterday and I need to get some new things for the tour."
"Sure, I need to get a few things too." I smile at him and grab my bag. The two of us head out the door and start walking down the street since the mall wasn't that far. As we're walking we talk a little.
"So, anything new I need to know about?" I ask him.
"Hmmm... I got a new pair of skinny jeans. They're skinny. And jeans." I laugh at his awkward attempt at conversation.
"Ok you don't have to act like a complete stranger around me. Just because I'm dating one of your best friends doesn't mean you can act normal around me." He takes his hands out of his pockets and slows down.
"Well that's just it. He's been very clear about boundaries. He said it this morning and I think you took it as a joke but he's genuinely worried that you would leave him for one of us. He gave us a full on lecture the other day on how long we can hug you or where we can touch you." I blush when he says that, awkward. He grabs my arm and stops me in the street. "Look that guy will not stop talking about you. Everywhere we go it's like 'Oh, Dani would love this. Do you think I should call her?' Every time a fan tries to kiss him, he gets stressed for the rest of the week, worrying that you'll find out and break up with him. You mean a lot more to him than you could ever imagine."
I stop to take in what he just said. "He means everything to me. How do you think I feel every time I see pictures of beautiful, perfect, skinny fans following you guys around? I mean, sure. Good for you guys but all I can think about is why? Why me? You have a pick of so many girls in the world, why me?!" I shout the last part and a couple of people turn their heads in our direction.
He puts both his hands on my shoulders. "Because he loves you. And that may not be enough of a reason to you but it definitely is enough for him." I sigh and slouch my shoulders a for a bit. He pulls me into a hug and releases me rather quickly. I look at him oddly and he just shrugs. "Sorry, captain's orders." I laugh and the two of us continue walking down the street.
Without saying anything I walk into a dress store and he groans slightly. "Hey, this can't be all fun for you, remember? No stealing me away." I remind him in a joking tone.
He sighs. "Right." And walks in behind me. "Is this gonna take long?" He asks.
"Hey there are pretty girls here. While I'm shopping why don't you try talking to one of them." I say as I run my hands through the racks of sundresses and tank-tops.
"Why don't you try talking to one of them" I hear him mock me under his breath. I smile a little at his failed attempt at it. I pick out a few dresses that I like and start walking towards the dressing room.
"Where are you going?" He panics, following me like a dog.
"Into the dressing room. Relax." I say, looking at the lost puppy behind me.
"Don't leave me in the middle of a woman's shop alone!" He begs me.
"Well I can't bring you in here Luke. I'm pretty sure 'you may not be in a changing room with my girlfriend' is definite boundary." I smile as I push him out of the room lightly and close the door on him.
"Okay. Well. Fine. I'll just... I'll just uhhh... wait here then." he says awkwardly. I try on 4 dresses trying to find ones Ashton would like. I know he'd say I looked great either way but still.
I liked 3 of them but I wasn't sure about the 4th. I open the door to ask Luke for help. I tap him on the shoulder and he turns to look at me. "Do you think Ashton would like this dress on me?" I ask. He just looks at me, dazed, for a moment.
"Umm yeah. I think yeah... he would" he says stuttering.
"Are you just saying that because you're bored and me buying these dresses means we can leave?" I giggle.
"No, I'm serious you look... You look beau-" he cuts himself off and I see his cheeks turn a slight red hue. "You look good. He'll love it." he says with a slight smile. I blush a little at the compliment... kinda.
"Thank you." I smile. "Now we can go. As soon as I change I can pay and we can leave this devilish place." I give him a hug and he hugs me back.
"Thank god!" He praises as I walk back to the dressing room to change. "And no problem."
Once I payed for the dresses I got a phone call. I answered it hearing a familiar voice on the other end. "Hey babe!"
"Hey Ash, what's up?"
"We just finished writing and we're on our way home. The song we wrote is amazing, I can't wait for you to hear it!"
"Well then I can't wait to hear it either! Anyway, Luke and I were just shopping and I think we're done for today. We'll be home soon as well."
"Ok. He isn't getting too friendly is he? Because if he is I can totally talk to him and set him straight."
"Relax babe, it's just you and me."
"You know it! Ok, I'll see you at home, love you!"
"Haha, love you too, bye." I hang up to phone and see Luke staring at me.
"So you're really at the 'I love you' stage, huh?"
"Yeah." I blush. "But don't worry, you'll find your lover soon enough." I tease him and squish his cheeks.
"Ow. Now I remember why I don't hang out with you." We both laugh and head home.
Once I open the front door I'm greeted by a long kiss and a warm hug. Ash squeezes me tightly and keeps his hands on the small of my back. "Hello." He smiles down at me after pulling away.
"Hi" I giggle.
"Did you have fun?" He asks. I nod and he kisses my head before speaking again. "So, I was thinking, maybe you and I could go out. Maybe for dinner or something?" I nod and kiss him again lightly.
"That sounds great."
"Good, wear something nice, I know exactly what we're gonna do."
"Wha-" I start.
"Nope, it's a surprise." he says with a wink and kisses me again as he disappears into the kitchen. I decide to head upstairs to his room and try to pick out a dress to wear.
I sit in the closet, going through dress after dress, not being able to decide which one to wear. I have an amazing black dress, but I also just bought that dress that Luke said Ashton would love. After loads of decision making, I decide to go with the new dress because I was eager to let him see it. I put the dress on and get everything else ready before walking downstairs. Luke's standing in front of the couch in the living room looking up at me.
"Wheres Ashton?" I ask him.
"He's not ready yet." He replies. "So you decided to go with that dress? Good choice." He gives me a wink as he puts his hands into his pockets.
"You're just saying that because you helped me pick this one out." I say smiling at him.
"Yeah," duh. "but I mean you do look amazing. Ashton is one lucky guy." Before I can say anything Ash comes up from behind me and wraps his arms around me, kissing me on the cheek.
"I know. I am the luckiest guy in the world." I blush and he nuzzles his head into my neck. "Ready to go?" He asks.
"Absolutely." I say smiling back at him. Luke looks to the ground and slumps down on the couch. Something has been bothering him all day but I wasn't sure what. I intend to find out sooner or later.
"Have fun." Luke says looking down at his phone. Ashton just looks at me and gives me a cheeky grin.
"Trust me, we will."