I wake up with an arm wrapped around me. I smile and turn around slowly so that I'm facing him. He's still sleeping, then again, he did have a show last night and he was up very late with me. I blush remembering the blissful night yesterday.
My hands are still entwined with his and I start to play with his long fingers. I watch him breathe in, out. In, out. His shoulders were bare and I could see his eyelashes flutter as I moved my free hand around his neck. His mouth twitches. So he was awake. I smile and decide to mess with him a little. He was trying to fool me but I could see right through him.
I slowly remove his hand from mine and wrap both hands around his waist, locking them around his back. He didn't move. I move my hands up and down his sides, hoping to get some kind I reaction out of him. Still nothing. I tried the only other thing that I could think of and lean in, trying to kiss him. Before I reach his lips, his hands quickly jump up to my cheeks and pull my face towards his. I smile, of course I knew he was awake but it was still cute. He was still cute.
He moves his hands to my waist and pulls me towards him, literally making my entire body scoot across the bed as I wrap my legs around his. I can feel him smiling and I know this is perfect, hopefully it'll stay that way.
My hands have already moved to their usual spot around his neck. We're both smiling like idiots to a point where we're barely even kissing.
"Stop smiling." He mumbles against my lips, barely being able to say it without laughing. I giggle and he leaves baby kisses on my lips since neither of us can seem to kiss properly at the moment. He kisses my lips one final time, lingering a little bit and pulls his head back a little, opening his eyes.
"Good morning Mr. 'I'm still sleeping'." I say, teasing him.
"Well, it lead to a great good morning kiss don't you think?" He replies, smiling at me with a cheeky grin. I blush as he pulls me in again, allowing me to rest my head on his shoulders.
"So, you have a day off. What are you thinking of doing with it?" I ask.
I can feel him take a deep breath in before he speaks. "Part of me really wants to just stay in bed all day with you." He kisses my head.
I look up at him and smile. "That doesn't sound too bad."
He leans down and kisses me. I rest my head back on his chest as he lies on his back. I'm silent for a moment. Completely silent.
Suddenly there's a knock at the door.
"Hello? Is everyone fully dressed in there?" I hear the door open and turn to see Calum standing there with his hands over his eyes.
Ashton rolls his eyes and smiles. "To an extent yes, but that can change at any moment." My face turns red hot and I can feel him lightly laughing at my reaction behind me.
Calum removes his hands from his eyes and sees us lying in bed. "Ew, you guys are such a couple."
"Get over it Calum. What do you want?" Ash says, clearly annoyed at him for ruining the moment.
"And how did you get in here?" I add, confused.
"Ok, first, The receptionist gave me an extra key to your room and since you guys were pretty busy last night I figured you wouldn't be at it in the morning as well." He pauses looking at me. "Oh, no offense to you Daniella. I'm pretty sure you'd be fine but we both know that Ashton's a little down in that department.-"
"Bro!" Ashton shouts raising his hands up.
"Hey, it's nothing to be ashamed of. You're just not an endurance man."
"-Ok, STOP! That's my girlfriend you're talking about! Now, what did you come here for?" Ashton asks. I get a little small at his mention of last night... This is awkward.
"Ok, the guys and I are going out today and we wanted to know if you guys wanted to come with?" Ashton sighs and looks at me. We were both looking forward to having a relaxed day in the hotel. I nod at him, I didn't want to steal him from his friends. Plus, I do need to check up with Luke, he's been pretty quiet since the interview.
"Ok, we'll go. When did you guys want to leave?" Ashton asks.
"In an hour or so, so that's not enough time for you guys to-"
"Oh my god Calum leave!" Ashton shouts at him. Calum jumps a little and laughs at Ashton's reaction. He was just trying to stir him up.
"Ok, I'll leave you two alone to get ready and shower and stuff." Calum winks at us and leaves the room.
Ashton throws back his head in frustration. He groans and turns his head towards me. "Why are we going again? We could be perfectly cozy right here in bed." He whines at me, almost like a young boy to his mom.
I turn to him. "Because, you can't just ditch your friends for me. Now that I'm on tour with you guys you need to make sure you don't forget about them. I mean, I know I'm amazing," I flip my hair, "but you can't just leave them out of the loop. Especially Luke," his body tenses up at his name. "You need to make sure he knows that you guys are ok, ok?" He relaxes a little and nods.
"Yes Ma'am" he salutes me and leans over me pushing me onto my back. He just kind of drops onto me with all of his weight and awkwardly cuddles me by snuggling his head into the crook of my neck.
"No! Ash!" I whine.
"What?" He asks all innocently. "I'm just hugging you."
"Ugh. But I need to take a shower!" I remind him.
"Maybe I can join you, you know, save water." He says into my neck.
I feel my face go red. "Umm..."
He chuckles and lifts his head from my neck. "I made you uncomfortable." He smiles cheekily. I hit him and look away awkwardly. He laughs again and kisses my cheek. "Don't worry babe, you can shower in peace." He gets off of me and lets me out of bed, before I close the door to the bathroom I hear him call after me. "But don't take too long or I really will need to join you." I can practically hear the smirk in his voice, cheeky bastard.
After I get out of the shower I do my usual routine. Brush my hair, wash my face, brush my teeth. I wrap a towel around myself and leave the bathroom. Once I get out, I see Ashton sitting on the bed, smirking at me.
"Really?" I ask.
"What can't a guy sit in front of a door and wait for his girlfriend to come out of the bathroom without it being creepy?" Ashton says jokingly. All I do is smile at him as he walks up to me. He puts his arms on my bare shoulders and kisses me on the forehead. "My turn." He says smiling as he walks into the bathroom and closes the door behind him.
Through the door and the sound of water hitting the shower floor, Ashton shouts out to me. "And even though I was denied an invitation into your shower. My shower party still has room for one more."
I shake my head and smile to myself. "I'm sorry, I'm tired from my shower party. Maybe I'll R.S.V.P. to the next one." I say laughing.
"You're tired? Babe what do you do in the shower?" Ashton says excitedly. Dirty minded boy.
"Whatever just hurry up! The guys are waiting for us downstairs." I say as I go into the closet and get dressed. I look through my suitcase and pull out all my clothes so that I can lay them down in a line along the closet wall. I was very indecisive, as usual, and was unsure about what to wear. I scan my 'maybe too big' pile of clothes and I decide just to wear a t-shirt and some skinny jeans.
After I get changed I hear a faint voice coming from the shower. I smile at myself and I realize that Ashton's singing. I try to keep quiet so that I can listen to him.
"Torn in two! And I know I shouldn't tell you but I just can't stop thinking of youuuuu!" He yelps out, clearly not trying to sound good. I let out a small laugh but immediately cover it up. I quickly go and sit down on the bed as I hear the shower being turned off. I hear some shuffling around and then the bathroom door opens.
I blush as I see him standing there with just his black skinny jeans on as he puts one hand on the frame of the door and smirks at me. Sometimes I forget how attractive he is. I mean I know he's attractive but there are moments when I look at him and I just feel overwhelmed with how beautiful he was inside and out.
"Ashton what do you think about in the shower?" I ask him, making a reference to his singing.
"What do you mean?" he asks puzzled.
"I mean, you know I shouldn't tell you but I just can't stop thinking of you." I say smiling as his face goes red.
"You heard me, huh?" he asks as he comes and lies face up on the bed with his legs hanging off the edge.
"It's true though. You know I'll never stop thinking of you." he says as he grabs my waist and pulls me on top of him.
"Ashton!" I shout, giggling. He grabs my cheeks and kisses me as he pulls my hair behind my ears. I start smiling and he smiles back.
"Okay, come on the guys are waiting Ash. Put a shirt on and lets go." I say as I try to get up from off of him but he keeps his hands locked against my back, holding me down against his chest.
"You're asking me to put a shirt on? That's not what you were saying last night."
"Ashton come on seriously." I says giggling. I'm not very good at this 'seriously' thing.
"Fine." He says as he kisses me and leans up, allowing me to jump up off of him. He throws on a band shirt, as usual, and grabs my purse, his phone and then my hand as we both walk down the hall to the elevator to meet the guys in the lobby.
As the elevator door opens, I see the guys sitting down on the couch. Calum's talking to Luke and Michael is looking at his phone.
"Ready boys?" Ashton says and I see all three of their heads pop up like meerkats.
"Finally we're starving!" Michael says as he jumps up.
"Let's go then come on!" Calum says. Luke doesn't say anything at all, he just lifts himself up from the couch quietly and follows everyone out the door. Ashton squeezes my hand as I follow the guys out of the hotel. It was an okay day outside, it was windy and the clouds were out but at least it was still warm. After a few minutes of walking we all reach this cute little cafe/restaurant.
"Hi, we had a table for 5 under the name Calum" Calum tells the waitress.
"Right this way please." She says as she grabs 5 menus and leads us to our table in the back of the room.
"Is this place any good Calum?" Ashton asks.
"I heard it is supposed to have the best waffles in Vegas." Calum replies back. I sit down in between Cal and Ash while Luke sits directly across from me next to Michael.
"Mmm waffles sound delicious." I say as I lick my lips and I dive into the menu. Looking at all the varieties of waffles made me very enthusiastic about the day.
"Oh my gosh! They have s'more waffles! And," I gasp placing my hand on Ashton's shoulder "they have nutella filled waffles!" I say very exitedly. Asthon giggles and I catch Luke blushing as he smiles at me.
"You are quite the food enthusiast aren't you Daniella?" Michael asks giggling.
"Well all I've really eaten in the past 3 days is salad, a pudding cup, and some fast food so yes, I am very enthusiastic about breakfast this morning. But I mean come on how could you not be? Look at the endless possibilities!" I say as I hold up my menu in the air.
After a few minutes everyone decides on what they are going to eat. "I'm just gonna stay classical and get regular buttermilk waffles." Calum says,
"I'm gonna get the strawberry with chocolate chips!" Michael exclaims.
"Well I've decided that cinnamon one looks amazing. So obviously I'm getting that one. What about you babe?" Ashton says as he turns and looks at me.
"I think I'm gonna get the nutella filled one with berries on top." I say smiling back at him. "Luke what are you gonna eat?" I ask. "Umm I'm not really that hungry I might just get eggs and toast." Luke says looking down at his menu.
"Boring!" Calum says laughing.
"Hey if Luke wants toast and eggs let him have toast and eggs." I say as I smile at Luke but don't receive one in return.
"Okay if Luke wants to be an average joe and eat toast for breakfast I guess that's okay." Michael says teasing him.
"Whatever." Luke says finally cracking a laugh. "I'm proud of my order. Plus I'm watching my figure." Luke says as he rubs his tummy. Everyone at the table laughs and smiles at him. I look over to Calum as he looks at me and I can tell that he's happy that Luke is smiling, even if it's just momentarily. The waitress comes and takes everyones order and within a few minutes, she brings out all of our food.
"Oh my god. These waffles are huge!" I exclaim.
"Think you can handle the size of 'em babe?" Ashton says winking at me.
"Probably not I mean she is dating you so she is used to smaller portions." Calum says. I become bright red. It was funny but I couldn't believe he just said that.
"Okay can we please stop with the sexual jokes. They're getting kind of old." Ashton says clearly irritated as he puts his hand on my thigh and I can feel him tense up.
"We're sorry Ash, it's just so hard not to I mean you guys are always so couply. We feel like it's our part as your best friends to annoy you about your relationship." Michael says taking a big bite out of his waffle.
Suddenly Luke gets up from the table. "I need some fresh air." Luke says as he walks off. I knew Luke was uncomfortable about everything. Calum was right, even though the interview fixed the magazine mess, it didn't fix Luke. And these jokes the other guys make about Ash and I make Luke feel awful. I wish I could go talk to him but every time I tried it never ended well. I realise now I should just give him some space.
"I'm gonna go out with him. I'll be right back." Calum says as he puts his napkin down next to his plate and follows Luke out of the restaurant. I look up at Ashton and I can tell he is feeling tense about the situation.
"Why would you need fresh air when you have the amazing scent of waffles all around you?" I say, trying to break the awkwardness. Ash smiles and he pulls me in and kisses me on the cheek.
"Then again he was smelling toast not waffles." Ashton says causing me to smile and laugh. Michael tries to laugh but can't because his face is stuffed with waffles. He swallows and then bursts out into a fit of giggles.
"You guys are funny. You should start a comedy show together." Michael says sarcastically.
"We discussed that but Ash turned it down. He said we were just too funny and that we might burst people's guts if they came to our show." I say making a pouty face.
"It's true. I'm sorry babe I'm all about safety." Ashton says smiling at me.
"That's good that you're all about safety considering you two have-"
"If you finish that sentence I will end you." Ashton says jokingly pointing his knife at Michael. Michael throws his hands in the air.
"Alright alright I'm sorry." He pleads. "So what are you guys' plans for after breakfast?" Michael asks.
"I think Dani and-"
"Ashton wants to hang out with you guys today. He said he wants a day with the bros." I say as Ashton looks down at me confused.
"Alright! Bro day!" Michael says taking a bite of his waffle. Ashton looks at me with confusion in his eyes.
"You need to spend time with them. Plus if we are going to be together all the time for two weeks I think we should take some of these days off to just get some alone time. Plus I have stuff I want to do today... shopping stuff that you wouldn't enjoy." I whisper smiling.
Ashton forces a smile. "You're right. But don't bring another man to help you shopping, because the last time you did that, things didn't end well." Ashton whispers, giggling.