twenty nine
"Ashton?" My voice was small and quiet as he laid beside me.
The two of us had been locked up in my room for most of the day. It had been about two days since he lied to his mother about the two of us. Part of me wanted to be mad at him for not willing to admit how he felt to her, but I also didn't want to pressure him into something he wasn't comfortable with. It was hard to really focus on anything other than what he had told her. I certainly wasn't seeing anyone other than Ashton, and I was scared that it put a bad image of me in his mother's head.
"Yes?" He responded after a moment of silence. The sound of the autumn leaves tussling around outside was rather soothing. A small candle burned on the table beside my bed that had a smell of pumpkin and cinnamon. My head was resting on his chest as he played with my curls. A warm blanket covered our feet and legs as we were sprawled out on the mattress.
"Why are you lying to your Mom about us?" I spoke softly as I brought my thoughts back to my question. He sighed quietly and released my locks of hair from his fingers.
"I'm not lying to them," he answered blatantly and began fumbling with my hair once again.
"Ash, are you scared of what your mom would think of us?" My voice was becoming involuntarily harsh. I was sort of upset, I really felt like he was almost embarrassed of me.
"Shannon, it's not like that," he whispered softly into my ear. My body grew tense as I tried to not grow angry with him.
"You're lying to them, I don't have a boyfriend Ashton?" I sighed quietly as I started to release the words that had my tongue tied for days now. He slowly pulled me closer to his body and held be tightly by the torso. The two of us were now laying face to face. Our eyes were locked as ran his fingers down my spin. His eyes were their usual stunning shade of hazel and the stumble on his face was growing rougher each time I saw him.
"Well you are my girlfriend, so I didn't completely lie to them," He mumbled nonchalantly. It took me a moment to process his words before my entire body shot up and turned around to hover over him.
"What did you just say?" I asked with a hint of disbelief in my tone. He raised a hand and tucked a small strand of hair behind my ear. "You consider me your girlfriend?" My voice was barely audible due to the shock I was experiencing.
"Yes? Is that not okay with you?" He asked softly as his lips pursed.
"No! That is perfectly okay," I smiled joyfully. My entire body was filled with excitement and I had no clue why one title could make me feel this way. Being called his girlfriend made me ten times more confident in our relationship.
"But did you even plan on asking me?" I laughed as he sat up and rested his back against my headboard while he smirked.
The smile fell off of his lips as his expression grew into a look of desire. His eyes remained locked with mine as I tried to keep down my nerves.
"Will you be my girlfriend Shannon Montgomery?"
The words flowed out of his mouth so smoothly as we stared at each other. He continued to look at me with hope in his eyes.
What felt like minutes passed before I finally climbed onto his lap and straddled his waist. Our eyes never left each other's as my fingers grazed his rough cheeks. My body practically melted into his as I slowly touched our lips together to form the perfect kiss. His hands ran slowly from my back to my waist.
The kiss grew more heated as the seconds went by. My fingers were now delicately running through his hair, which is something I knew he loved. Our lips were now moving vigorously against each other's, although it wasn't sloppy. It never was with Ashton.
His hands ran from my waist to my thighs which he grasped onto tightly to bring my pelvis closer to his. I gasped as he began to pull me down which gave him the opportunity to slip his tongue into my mouth. "Yes." I mumbled against his lips as I realized I had forgot to answer his question minutes ago.
He quickly took charge and flipped the two of us over so he was now hovering over me. He broke the kiss for just a moment as he gazed at all of the features on my face.
I was in a stage of pure bliss, I didn't want to this to end. The happiness I felt was just irreplaceable in this moment.
"You're so damn beautiful," he whispered softly before crashing his lips back down onto mine. One of his arms was wrapped tightly around my waist while he pulled us closer together.
"Shannon!" Suddenly our eyes shot open. Ashton quickly release me from his grasp as rolled off of the bed and onto the floor. He made a rather loud thumping sound and I heard a quick groan from him before I grabbed a English textbook off of my beside table. Suddenly my door shot open to reveal Luke standing before me.
My hair was tussled in my face and and my face was flushed from what had just happened between Ashton myself.
"I'm going to grab some food, do you want something?" He asked quickly. He was wrapped up in a blanket and his blue eyes hung low.
"Um, nothing for me," I stuttered. He cocked his eyebrow and gave me a quick look of confusion.
"Are you okay?" He mumbled suspiciously.
"Yep, I'm fine," I answered quickly.
"Okay?" His eyes quickly focused on the torn up vans beside my desk and scrunched his eyebrows together before shutting the door behind him.
Ashton slowly stumbled out from under the bed and rubbed his forehead in pain.
"I'm so sorry, are you okay?" I asked softly as I crawled over to him. He suddenly laughed before sighing loudly. He smiled widely and planted a quick kiss on my lips.
"Yes, don't even worry about me baby," he whispered as he looked me closely in the eyes. My heart fluttered as he spoke.
"Alright," I whispered as I sat with my legs crossed on the bed.
"I should leave before Luke finds out I was here," he chuckled before beginning to slide on his dirty vans.
"Oh alright, I'll see you tomorrow," I whispered softly as he walked towards the door.
He gave me a quick wink before disappearing down the small hallway.
I smiled to myself as I fell down onto my soft bed.
It was finally a reality. Ashton and I were finally at a good place in our relationship and I could be any happier about it.