Once everyone is ready Ashton and I meet everyone in the lobby.
"You look smoking babe" Ashton says kissing me while we are in the elevator. I blush and I lock my hands with his and I lean up to kiss him back.
"I'm kind of nervous, I've never been clubbing before." I say timidly.
"You'll be fine just stick with me. If anyone bothers you I'll take care of them. Just relax and have fun." Ashton says and the elevator doors open. We see all three guys standing by the front entrance. Ashton takes my hand as we walk over to the guys. Ashton places his hand on Michael's shoulder and smiles
"ready guys?" he says.
"Let's go!" Calum says excitedly as everyone exits the lobby. Ashton lets go of my hand and he goes over to talk with Michael so I speed up a bit so I can catch up to Luke who is well ahead of everyone.
"You look really nice tonight Luke." I tell him.
"Thank you, you look gorg-" he stops. "you look good too." he says without looking at me.
"Are you excited to go clubbing? I bet there will be a lot of pretty girls there." I say nudging him trying to get Luked cheered up.
"Yeah I guess, but most of them are just there looking for sex. And all of them are so typical and dull." Luke says.
"Well that's not true, I mean I'm sure there are some down to earth girls who like to club." I say trying to reassure him.
"Do you like to club?" Luke asks.
"Well I mean I've never gone because it's really not my thing-"
"Then no. there aren't." Luke says back. Why was he so frustrating all the time?!
"Well I mean maybe a one night stand would get your mind off of things then?" I say. Luke looks at me and I can see the despair and anger in his deep blue eyes.
"Really? It's nice to know you think I'm just worth a one night stand" Luke says harshly.
"No Luke that's not what I meant-" I stop when I feel Ashton's hand on my shoulder. He wraps his arm around me and pulls me in close and I see Luke go over to walk next to Calum. After a few minutes of walking we finally reach the club. I could hear the music from yards away and there was a huge crowd of people.
"How are we supposed to get in Ash?" I ask timidly.
"Relax, we'll get in." he says. I see Calum walk up to the usher and he looks at all of us suspiciously but after a while he finally lets us in. I am overcome with the loudness and the chaos of the scene and I stop in my steps. Ashton turns around and notices me standing frozen. He walks back over to me and puts his arms on my shoulders
"Babe we can go if you don't want to be here." Ashton says loudly so that I can hear him over the noise.
"No it's okay. I'm just still trying to take it all in thats all! Go enjoy your night with guys!" I shout back. He kisses me and then he grabs my hand and pulls me into the crowd. He stands behind me and grabs my waist so that it is up against his and we both dance to the music. His arms move up and down my sides, lifting up my tank top so that I can feel his hands on my bare skin. I turn myself around and wrap my arms around him and pull him in close. He smiles at me and he kisses me passionately. I begin to grab the back of his shirt and I dig into his skin as I hold his torso firmly against mine. We both keep kissing whilst dancing to the music and then Ashton finally pulls away.
"I'm gonna go get a drink! Do you want one!" He shouts.
"No I'm fine for now!" I say smiling. I was fine with the loudness and the dancing but I didn't want to drink. Plus the guys need at least one sober member of the group to lead them back to the hotel. Ashton walks away and I am alone on the dance floor. After a few minutes Ashton comes back and we dance for a long time and Ashton keeps going back and forth for drinks. After a long while of dancing I decide to sit down on a couch on the side of the dance floor. Dancing had become tiring and overwhelming. To much sexual tension in a tiny crowded space for my liking. Ashton stays on the dance floor with Calum and Michael. I laugh at them because they were horrible at dancing. I mean literally horrid. Cringe worthy even.
"Look at this moOvVVE Baabebe!" Ashton shouts from the dance floor and his words stumble because he was very intoxicated,
"Nice moves!" I say lifting up my diet coke. Then I feel the couch bounce and I turn and I see Luke sitting next to you with a drink in his hand and his blonde hair all messy.
"Hows the clubbing?" He asks.
"Its alright. I guess" I say smiling at him.
"Do you really love Ashton?" Luke asks placing his hand on my leg. I don't do anything because I knew he was drunk.
"Okay Luke how much have you had to drink?" I say giggling uncomfortably.
"No im serious! I love you too you know!" Luke says.
"Luke stop you're drunk." I say as I scoot out of his grasp. Then he stands up stumbling a bit on his long legs.
"Why won't you believe me! You won't believe me when I'm sober or when I'm drunk. Is my happiness not important?" Luke says. I stand up and I grab Luke's hand to get him to sit down.
"Okay Luke sit down-" Luke cuts me off by pulling me in and smashing his lip against mine. We kiss for a moment before I realize and I push him off so that he stumbles back.
"Luke what the hell are you doing!" I yell and I see Ashton walking over with an angry face. Shit. He pushes Luke and Luke stumbles back.
"What the hell asshole?!" He shouts. Luke pushes Ashton back into my arms. I can barely keep his strong torso from falling over but I try anyway.
"Ashton stop okay you're both drunk just leav-"
"Just stay out of this Dan! Let me handle it!" he says as he jerks himself away from my grasp. Tears start to roll down my face.
"You know what Ashton if it weren't for me this little happy go-lucky relationship of yours would never even exist!" Luke shouts. Crap. He's gonna tell Ashton the story. I wanted Luke to tell him but not like this. I see Michael and Calum run over from the bar.
"What the fuck are you talking about!" Ashton yells as he grabs Luke by the shirt.
"That night you met her! I was gonna ask her out too!-"
"Luke stop!" Calum cuts in pushing two woman out the way in order to reach us.
But Luke didn't listen so he continues.
"I was going to! But then I overheard you talking with Michael about how she made you happy and how you were gonna ask her out too! Because I cared about you! You were my brother! And I realize now that was a mistake! Because why would I give a shit about a persons happiness who doesn't even give a shit about my own!" Luke shouts.
"Why the hell would I ever give a shit about your happiness now. You're so pathetic!" Ashton growls throwing Luke back.
"Ash you don't mean that!" MIchael says.
"Yes I do!" Ashton shouts. I can't believe he was saying these things after everything they had been through. I see Luke turn around slowly and I am about to look down when suddenly I see Luke turn around violently as he punches Ashton in the face throwing him to the ground.
"STOP! LUKE STOP!" I scream as I run over and sit down next to Ashton who is holding his cheek with his hand. "Ashton, please stop. This fight isn't worth it." I plead. But he doesn't listen and he rushes back to his feet and charges Luke and they both stumble to the ground and start throwing punches back and forth. "STOP PLEASE!" I begin to scream desperately. Calum comes over and wraps his arms around me and I bury my head into his chest fisting his shirt. "Im sorry." I say quietly choking on my tears.
"This isnt your fault Dani." Calum says rubbing my back to comfort me. I pull away from his grasp and he wipes away my tears with his shirt. "Do you want me to take you home?" he asks. I turn around and I see Ashton and Luke and their beat up faces with Michael standing over them. I never knew either one of those boys was capable of such hatred towards anyone. I couldn't understand why they would be so upset over some girl like me. I was starting to get the feeling something else was going on but I didn't care. I was done. I see Calum walk over to Michael and whisper something in his ear, then he comes back over. "Let's go back to the hotel." Calum says as we walk outside. Thank god Calum was some what sober I thought to myself. We walk back to the hotel in silence until we reach Ashton and I's hotel room. I open the door with the key card and we walk in. I turn around and notice Calum walking away.
"Wait! Calum! Do you think you could just stay in here with me? I'm scared and I am a mess and I don't want to be alone when Ashton gets back." I say. At first Calum is hesitant of course. He doesn't want to end up in the same situation as Luke but I knew that Calum was just being a good friend. He smiles at me.
"Of course I will." He walks over to the chair and sits down. I go into the closet and change into my pj's and then I climb into bed.
"Thank you Cal." I say as I drift off to sleep.
I wake up and rub my eyes. I look to the chair where Calum was sitting and see an empty space, he probably left after I fell asleep. I was about to ask myself why he left when I see a lump in bed next to me. Great. A fully clothed Ashton is lying face down in bed next to me, lightly snoring. I get out of bed and decide to take a shower. I know when he wakes up that we are going to get pretty heated, and not in a hot kind of way. I get out of the bathroom and change into some comfortable clothes since we'll be getting back on the bus around noon. I walk back into the bedroom and see Ashton sitting on the edge of the bed with his head in his hands, rubbing his temples.
"Hey." I say without emotion. I was still mad at him and Luke, and I didn't want to just let them off the hook, not this time. He turns around and looks at me with blood-shot eyes, he's hungover. Now I can see the full extent of his injuries. He's got a black eye and a cut along his chin. His lip is cut and his knuckles are red.
"Oh, hey babe. Um, do you mind getting me an asprin or something? My head is killing me." He says to me innocently, as if nothing happened last night.
"Do you even remember what happened yesterday?" I ask him angrily. He stands up from the bed and walks towards me. His hands travel towards my hips,
"babe-" I slap them away and step back.
"You punched Luke! Your best friend!" He looks down as if he was guilty but then he looks up, his eyes full of anger.
"And you're mad at me for that?! He kissed you! He can't keep his fucking hands off you even though he sees you with me! And then he makes up this BULLSHIT story-"
"It wasn't a lie! He was telling the truth! He let us be together! He is the reason we are where we are now and you still throw him around like nothing!"
"So what?! Are you on his side now?!" He walks away from me and runs his hands through his hair. "It's happening. My own girlfriend is on that bastards side. I knew this would happen." He says to himself, walking back and forth and finally sitting down on the bed. I sigh and I want to comfort him but he hit Luke and that's not the kind of man I want to be with.
"Look, I'm on your side, it's just-"
"You love him." He says blankly.
"Oh my god, NO!" I sit down next to him, still keeping space inbetween the two of us.
"I love you Ashton. You mean everything to me." I pause. "It's just, I feel like you don't trust me." He looks up, shocked at my reply. "You don't trust me with him. You think that I'm going to run away with him at any second of any day." He looks back down to the floor. "I have shared stuff with you I have NEVER shared with anyone else. For gods sake you've seen me naked!" I say, he laughs halfhearted. "I just wish you would feel as safe as I am with you, with me." He looks at me, now sad and says,
"I do feel safe with you, I just...it's complicated." I roll your eyes.
"Great. Thanks. That's exactly the answer I was looking for." I get up and walk towards the closet, getting the rest of my clothes out and putting them in my suitcase.
"What are you doing?" Ashton asks annoyed.
"I'm packing my suitcase. Incase you've forgotten, we're going to the next city today and you've got a show tonight, where you have to stand behind Luke and drum for all of your adoring fans, and an interview tomorrow where you'll have lots of fun explaining how you got your face smashed by your best friend." I slam my suitcase closed and zip it up. I put on some shoes and grab my jacket. "If you need me, I'll be on the bus." He was about to open his mouth and say something but before he could I quickly add. "Don't need me." With that I leave the room, slamming the door. Fucking jerk.