Its not long until he pulls up behind me. We both get out the car and walk up to each other. "So what's your plan?" Luke asks.
"Plan? I haven't thought of a plan."
"You can't go in there without a plan."
"Well I'm going to."
"Alright then." He gives me a cheeky smile, but behind it I could tell he was sad, and follows me into the house.
"Thank goodness you guys are okay!" Calum shouts as he runs up and hugs us. I push him off lightly. I didn't want to hug or comfort anyone but Ash right now.
"Wheres Ashton?" I ask. Calum doesn't say anything.
"Just tell us Cal" Luke says sternly.
"Upstairs." We both run up and we rush into the bedroom door. Ashton turns around and his worried face manages a smile as he runs up and holds me tight.
"I was so worried about you!" he cries. I hold him tightly soaking in his warmth.
Suddenly though, he lets go of me and shoves Luke, knocking him to the floor and causing him to hit his head against the wall.
"Ashton! Stop!" I yell. "Please. He didn't do anything wrong I swear. I love you. You have to believe me" I plea. I look at him and he's breathing heavily. His hands are clenched into fists. I look down at Luke to receive a reassuring nod.
"I need to tell you something." I say softly and Ashton turns around and looks at me.
"Tell me what?" Ashton snaps still looking down at Luke. I say nothing. I can feel tears coming on. My legs start to shake and my breathing becomes heavy, was I really going to tell him? Ashton notices my uneasiness and my tears and he places his hands on my shoulders. He pushes my hair, still wet from the rain, behind my ear. "Dani look you don't have to tell me anything-"
"Yes I do." I say, my voice shaking. "I have to tell you. So you'll believe me." I pause before I start again. "Before you Ashton..." my voice chokes on my words. "Before you I was different. I...I wasn't the same. There are things I've never told anyone...It's just... all I know is you make me forget those things and...I can't...I don't want to be without you again. Everything is dark without you...I'm lost without you...Ash I just I lov-" Ashton cuts me off by pulling me in. I feel his chest crash into mine and take my arms and wrap them around him.
"Dan stop. I believe you. I believe you. I don't know why I questioned it. I'm sorry. I love you." Ashton whispers into my ears as he rubs his hand up and down my back to soothe my shaking. I lean my head against his chest and he kisses my head. My back is facing Luke but I can feel him looking at me. I pull away but Ashton keeps his arm wrapped around my waist.
"Are you ok?" Ashton asks Luke. Awkward. He was watching that whole thing.
"Yeah."
Ashton is still clearly not 100% sure how to feel towards him. Of course he's still processing the whole 'I'm in love with your girlfriend' thing, but he's coming to terms with it... I think.
"You don't have to worry about me. I'm not going to mess anything up, not again at least." Luke says
"Yeah you better not" Ash replies and I hit him in the chest, glaring at him. He rolls his eyes. "I'm sorry about shoving you. The truth is, you're still one of my best friends and nothing, not including my girlfriend, will change that." Luke smiles at him and looks at me again. I smile and he returns it but I can see the pain in his eyes. I snap out of it and so does he.
"So, I'm assuming this means you're still coming on tour with us, right?" Ash says. I'm still unsure but he pulls me to him with both hands on my waist and looks me in the eyes.
"Because I know I'll be much happier with you there and the guys will love having a girl around."
"That's true" Luke says as he stands up from the wall.
"Don't push it." Ashton warns gritting his teeth together. "Just think about the cuddles, the kisses," Ash says and then he leans into my ear and whispers the next part, "the sex" he cheekily grins at me.
"And that's my cue to leave." Luke nervously laughs before leaving the room. He glances back at me one more time and looks down at his feet before he closes the door. I look back up at Ashton and stare into his eyes.
"So. What do you say?" I give him a fake contemplating look, just to tease him. He chuckles under his breath. "I mean, if you're still not convinced I can give you a little taste of what we'll be doing on tour if you come with me." He says and moves his hands to my bum, leaning in for a kiss.
No!" I hit him on the chest playfully. "I'll go" I say and he smiles. He picks me up and kisses me.
"Thank god! I don't think I can handle another week without you." I giggle and shake my head before I kiss him again.
"Shit." I say suddenly.
"What?" He says shocked.
"I'm soaking wet! I got the floor all wet and everything!" I say as I sneeze. All this commotion has made me forget that I'm actually freezing. I look up to see he's not infront of me anymore. I hear a rustling behind me in the closet.
"Ash what are you doing?" I giggle looking at him. He looks up at me with a sweater and a pair of his sweatpants in hand.
"I dont want my girl being sick and cold." He says smiling as he hands me some clothes. I blush and smile. I don't wait for him to go or turn around I just strip. I stand there wearing nothing but my undergarments and he smiles at me. He puts his hands on my shoulders and slowly moves them down to my collar bones, to my chest, to my stomach wiping away the drops of water as he goes along. His hands feel warm and I can feel my frozen skin begin to thaw. I grab his hands before he gets down any further and I pull him close to me. He smiles and I smile and I start to feel like everything was going to be okay again. He moves my chin up with his fingers and kisses me. We kiss for a while, making our way towards the bed. We both sit but he keeps his lips attatched to mine. He puts his hands on my legs and starts to move them up and I grab his shirt with my hands, feeling his chest.
He pulls away and smiles, "You wanna get into this now? With other people in the house?" he says and I giggle.
"Oh so now you're the one telling me to stop." He blushes and laughs. I get up from the bed and put the clothes he gave me on and tie up my hair. "Its raining so what should we do?" I ask.
"Really it's raining I wouldn't of guessed" He says sarcastically. What a comedian. "Movie?"
"Movie."
We walk down the stairs hand in hand and ask the other guys if they want to watch a movie with us. They agree, except for Luke, who excuses himself to his room. I hope it won't be like this forever, I felt bad for him, he was still my friend. We all sat in the living room. Ashton and I sat on the couch. He was sitting with his feet up and I was resting my head on his lap.
"What are we watching?" Michael asks.
Ashton looks down at me and shrugs. "I don't know, what do you want to watch?"
"Anything's fine." I smile at him.
"Can we watch Forrest Gump? I haven't seen that one in ages." Michael replies.
"Sure."
Calum gets up and shuffles through the folder holding all the moives until he finds the disc and puts the DVD in. He turns off the lights and the film starts. I can still hear the light pitter-patter from the rain outside, but I feel warm, safe. I close my eyes and pull my knees to my chin snuggling up against Ash. He rests his hand on my back and draws small circles into it.
Half way through the film we both get distracted and he starts playing with my fingers. He entwines my fingers with his and kisses my hand. I lean my head back an look at him. I smile as he leans down and kisses me. I smile because of the awkward angle and earn a "shhh" from Cal. This only makes me giggle more.
"Sweet JESUS we're trying to watch a film here! You guys can either watch it or go makeout someone where else!" Michael shouts, clearly a bit agitated at our constant noises.
"So you don't want us to do what exactly?" Ashton asks, messing with him.
"Stop kissing so much." He says. Here it comes.
"You mean this?" Ashton says and kisses me, hard. I hear the other two boys make an 'ugh' sound and I smile into his kiss. It's fun messing with them. I'm just glad Luke isn't here. I don't want to be rubbing this in his face, it's still kind of new. He removes his lips from mine momentarily and lies down on the couch, I follow his lead and lie down kind of next to him, leaning on his chest. I look up at him again and peck his lips.
He smiles at me. "I love you."
"I love you too." He kisses my head and I try to focus back on the film. He keeps his arms around me, making it nearly impossible to not get tired. The last thing I hear is Tom Hank's soothing voice rambling on about his life.
Ash lightly shakes me awake as the end credits roll on the tv.
"Did I fall asleep?" I ask with a tired voice. Ashton smiles at me as he draws patterns into my cheek.
"Yeah." he says softly. I lean up and look at him.
"Where'd the other guys go?" I ask.
"They decided to go out. It's just you and me." He says. I was a bit relieved I had time alone with Ashton before we left for tour tomorrow.
"Where are they going?" I ask.
"Does it really matter? We have the house to ourselves!" He yells causing me to jump. He grabs me by the hand and pulls me up.
"We can do whatever, wherever, we want." He says as he pulls me in and presses his nose against mine and then kisses me. I grab his hair between my fingers and hold him against me. I feel his smile against my own.
"We could...play a game" I say. His eyes light up.
"I know the perfect game to play." We both run up stairs into Calum's room and Ashton grabs a box from his cupboard.
"What are you doing" I ask confused. He holds up a box that says 'Twister'. "Really?" I say giving him a grin.
"Hey. We are going to be cramped in a tour bus for 2 weeks. We need to limber up babe." He says giving me a cheeky wink. We walk downstairs and Ash pushes the couches and the coffee table aside to make room to move around. I couldn't help but watch his arms tense up as he forced the heavy furniture to move. He catches me staring at him and he blushes.
"I know my arms are amazing aren't they?" he says holding them up. I play punch him and he gives a playful ow. We both laugh.
"Come on. Lets play." I say smiling.
We both start on either side of the mat.
"Ladies first." He gestures to you. He gives me to the board and I spin the dial.
"Right foot green. Easy"
"It always starts easy." He winks at me. I roll my eyes and give him the board.
"Left hand yellow. Ugh." He says as he bends down and puts his hand on the spot.
We keep going back and forth for a while. I end up having to do the bridge and he is towering over my body with his hand on one side and his feet on the other.
"Your turn" I say, pushing the board in front of him.
"Ok, let's do this." He spins the dial and groans.
"What is it?" I ask.
"Right hand blue." This meant he hand to put his hand over my body towards his feet. I laugh as he reaches over my body and puts his hand on the same spot as the one my hand is on.
I stop laughing. Not cool! "Hey! This is my spot! Go get your own!" I say, still slightly amused looking at his struggling face.
"I can't! If I move any farther I'll fall!" He says. His face is pretty close to my chest and I can feel him breathing at my neck.
"Well you're not staying there!"
"Why? Does this make you uncomfortable?" He says, teasing me now.
"Just move your damn hand." I say inbetween my nervous laughs.
"Ok." He kisses my neck lightly and I struggle to stay in my position.
"Stop!"
"What?" He kisses me again, this time under my jaw. I shiver.
"Stop kissing me! I can't stay still!"
He gives me an evil grin. "Oh really?" He raises his eyebrows and attacks my neck with kisses. His curly hair is tickling my neck and collarbone and I finally collapse.
"Yes! I win!" He shouts victoriously.
"That's not fair! You made me fall!" He leans down, supporting his weight with his arms and stops centimetres away from my lips.
"Maybe you just need to learn not to squirm so much under my touch." He smirks and leans in all the way. He kisses me lightly at first but I start tugging at his hair, leading him on. I start to get more into the kiss as he slips his hands under the hem of my sweater, well his sweater that happens to be on my body, and slides his hands over my bare stomach, hips and back.
The mat is cold against my bare back but I dont mind it because you can feel Ashton's hands against my waist. I grab his shirt and pull it over his head exposing his torso. He smirks at me as he grabs my hand and rolls me around so that I'm on top of him. I sit on his torso with my legs to either side of him and lean in to kiss him. He runs his hand through my hair and down my back grabbing at my skin.
"If I would've known twister led to sex I would've had us play it earlier." he says jokingly. I laugh and blush as we keep kissing. "Just make sure you dont play with anyone else but me." he says. I look at him for a second and he smiles at me. At this point I knew his jealousy was a joke but I still couldn't help but be mindful of it. He moves his kisses from my lips and onto my collarbone and down onto my chest. I hold onto his shoulders for support.
"This is weird." I giggle.
"What is?" He asks as he keeps his lips in contact with my skin.
"You do it once in a bedroom and suddenly you're okay with doing it in the middle of a living room." I say. He stops kissing me and he looks at me with concerned eyes.
"Are you not comfortable?" He says in a sweet concerned voice.
"No Ash. I'm fine" I say blushing. Even after the first time he still wants to make sure I'm okay. He was amazing. It was these little things that he did that made me fall in love with him everyday.
"Are you sure. Cause if your not you know you can tell me right?" He says.
"Just shut up and keep going." I giggle as I push back down to the floor. His smile becomes wider
"God I love you so much" he says pulling me in closer.
His lips reconnected with mine and he rolls me back over so he's on top of me again. He pushes up my sweater again, this time fully, helping me pull it over my head. He kisses me again and slowly works his way down my jaw, neck and collarbone. He looks back up at me and leaves kisses down the middle of my chest. His hands are firm on my waist and I let out a soft moan in response.
"When are the other guys coming back?" I whisper with my eyes still closed.
"I don't know." He says rubbing his hands over the hem of my sweatpants and kissing my belly button. I take a breath in and he rubs his hands over my stomach again.
"Wait. What if they come in?"
"I don't care." He whispers into my skin. I let my head fall back, a little worried about his answer but I don't let it bother me too much. He comes back up to my mouth and kisses me. He smiles and slips his tongue into my mouth. I move my hands over the side of his pants and he moans lightly against my mouth.
"I love you so damn much." He says in between kisses.
I giggle. "Really? I had no idea." I reply, mocking his repetitive remarks.
"Shut up" he says as he begins to lean in again with a huge grin plastered on his face.
Then we hear the door click.