Coachella - Hemmings

I saw 5SOS last night live for the 4th time and I have post concert depression yes ok bye

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"Hey, Stevie?"

"Ashton, oh hi." Stevie said as she looked up from her phone. She's been texting her brother, Tony, ever since Luke awkwardly got up and left.

She didn't know why he'd gotten so upset but nevertheless it'd been 10 minutes and Luke still hadn't returned to the table. Tony had been telling Stevie that she shouldn't be wasting her time hanging out with guys who didn't treat her right. Stevie knew Tony was just being a protective older brother, he didn't really care too much of who Stevie dated as long as they weren't total assholes.

"Are you alone?" Ashton asked her, the waiter had come by while Luke was in the 'bathroom' and taken away the plates so it looked liked she was sitting there alone.

"No, well uh- Luke's in the bathroom, I think."

"You think?" Ashton questioned, he was confused.

"Well that's where he said he was going." Stevie told Ashton. "But it's been a while and he hasn't come back..."

"Shit, really? I didn't think Luke would do this to you. I thought he-"

"Do what to me?" Stevie pushed, she didn't know what Ashton was getting it. All she knew was that these boys were odd.

"Nothing, let me just check if he's there. I'll be back in a second." Ashton wandered off leaving Stevie once again alone. But at least this time he said he'd come back. More than Luke ever guaranteed it.

Stevie looked at her phone and saw that she had 2 texts from Tony and one from Riley:

" Honestly Steve, don't waste ur time on a stooopid boy. If he doesn't c how great u r then he doesn't deserve ya "

" PS if it makes u feel any better Jules just kicked me in the goods when she found out I destroyed her project "

Stevie laughed at the texts from Tony, it made her miss her family even more. She didn't know why she felt so alone here but she did. Maybe it was because she was spending time with boys she just met rather then the only true friend she actually had here. But she just didn't want to hang around with the others who Riley was hanging out with: all they had was pity for Stevie.

She really enjoyed Tony's text, it made her remember the reasons why she loved her brother. She responded to him:

" Tell Jules that she's the best & don't worry about me I'll be OK! Thx Tone! "

Remembering Riley she then checked the one other message she had:

" Plz hang out w/ me tomorrow idc if those boys r there but I can't take another min of these guys "

Stevie knew that was definitely Riley texting her, she was always like that. She replied to her:

" Ya definitely! I'll see ya in the tent later, unless you're staying w/ one of the boys? (; "

That was totally something Riley would do. Not sleep with everyone but just crash with them. Riley had really strict parents so she never wanted to get in trouble by coming home drunk or stoned so she'd always crash at whoever's house she was at. Most of the time she said she was at Stevie's house even if she wasn't. Her parents liked Stevie's which was a surprised to almost everybody.

Stevie looked up to see if Ashton was returning, with or without Luke was the question.

She saw the bathroom door opening and two figures step out, Ashton was first and trailing behind him was Luke. Luke had his head hung whereas Ashton was looking straight at Stevie. She knew there'd been a conversation that had occurred in the bathroom, she just didn't know if she was apart of it. Luke's hands were stuffed in his back pockets and he still wouldn't meet her eyes as she approached the table.

"Hey, want to get going?" Ashton asked as he took out his wallet.

"Going where? What are yo- Ashton you can't pay, no. Not again." Stevie argued as she grabbed the money out of his hands. "No you're not paying, you didn't even eat this!"

"C'mon Stevie, it's $40, it's no big deal." Ashton argued as he tried to grab the money back from Stevie, she stuck it behind her back and his arms wrapped around her whilst trying to grab it.

"Ashton, let me pay OK. I'm going to stick the money down my pants. I swear I'll- Ashton!" Stevie scolded him as he got really close to touching her butt.

"Are you two done here?" Luke spoke up for the first time. Stevie hadn't even noticed he was standing there, she was too busy trying to convince Ashton not to pay she completely forgot about him.

Ashton and Stevie both broke apart almost instantly, somehow Ashton had managed to grab the money back from Stevie and placed it on the table.

Luke picked it right back up and handed it back to Ashton. "See while you two were feeling each other up I decided to pay the bill."

"We weren't, I wasn't." Stevie tried to argue back.

"Whatever, let's just get going." Luke said as he began to walk out of the cafe.

"Fuck." Ashton cursed.

"What?" Stevie asked as it was once again just the two of them, Luke was far ahead now.

"I don't know why Luke has to be such an asshole all the time but I guess me cock-blocking doesn't really help the situation." Ashton explained.

And whether Stevie wanted to or not she didn't deny that there wasn't something going on between her and Luke because there definitely was, she just didn't know if she was OK with it. She always thought she could possibly see herself with Luke but then he went off into those foul moods that totally turned her off of him.

"I know he was probably a dick but he is going through some stuff and I know he really likes you Stevie. Maybe you could give him another chance?" Ashton suggested, scratching the back of his head.

Stevie looked ahead at Luke who at the moment was turned around and staring them down. She instantly looked down at the ground not wanting to meet Luke's eyes anymore. She liked part of him she just didn't like all of him, not the angry and mean part of him.

"You know I'm totally surprised with you. Riley thought you had an interest in me but here you are trying to convince me to be wit-"

"I do have an interest in you." Ashton admitted and Stevie stopped walking. She looked up at Ashton with confusion, why would he be doing this? "But Luke got to you first, plus he needs someone like you in his life. He's had a rough few years and you're one of the only people besides the band who can make him laugh."

"If you keep saying things like this you're gonna make me wanna give you a chance instead of Luke." Stevie admitted because it was true. Ashton was being so selfless and Stevie loved that about people like that.

"Well then I wish I could continue, however, I'm getting a massive death glare from my blonde haired blue eyed friend. I'd better get going." Ashton said looking at Stevie.

"Thank you." Stevie said to him getting up on her tippy toes and kissing him on the cheek. She didn't know why she did it but her impulses told her it was the right thing to do.

"Bye!" He waved as he walked away with a big grin on his face.

Stevie jogged up to the spot where Luke had stopped and was just standing. She didn't know how she should start a conversation or if she should at all.

"Look I'm-" They both said at the same time.

"You go ahead." Luke said to Stevie.

"No, I think you should." Stevie said firmly.

"Ah, fuck." Luke began. "I don't even know what to say to you. Like I'm such an asshole."

"That's a good start." Stevie replied raising an eyebrow.

"OK, well I'm a huge asshole. And you're- you're just not. That's not what I meant to say." Luke scratched his forehead. Stevie could tell that Luke was still struggling with whatever he was trying to say. "Stevie, you're just so different then I thought you'd be. Like when I met you, I thought 'great I'm stuck next to an annoying girl who moves my stuff without asking' but now I just can't get over, I just can't get over how perfect you are."

Stevie stared at Luke the whole time he was saying this, she didn't know what to say in response.

"And I can't seem to get this right with you. I fuck everything up, I don't know why. I just do, that's me. I'm a fuck-up. And you aren't, I don't know why you're still standing here in front of me listening to me ramble because that's what you do to me. You make me so nervous that I ramble. And out of every girl I've ever met I don't know why I feel such a strong attachment to you, but I do and I can't help it. I want to because I don't deserve someone half as perfect as you. Stevie-"

"Shh it's OK." Stevie spoke up finally grabbing both of his hands. He had started shaking and a few tears managed to escape his eyes and this was totally new and unexpected for Stevie. She never thought she'd ever see Luke cry. "You're not a fuck-up Luke."

Luke chuckled a bit and wondered if that was the only thing that she picked up out of his entire speech.

"And I'm definitely no where close to being perfect, no one is. And that's what's so great. We're all a little bit crazy and messed up in the head but that makes us human. It means that we have faults, but we can live with those faults because they make us who we are." Stevie told him. "I think you're an amazing person Luke, I think you're also a bit stubborn and feisty but nevertheless amazing."

Stevie was saying all of this to Luke's chest as somewhere in the conversation he pulled her closer to him.

"You've only known me for about 24 hours." Luke noted.

"There's still have 3 more days or 4 if you count Monday." Stevie reminded him.

"If that means a day more with you then I'm definitely counting Monday." Luke wiggled her eyebrows at her.

"That's so cheesy." Stevie told him.

"I know." He said kissing the top of her head.

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I love Ashton in this story more than Luke ughhhh

Woah idk this was a rando chapter bc I felt like writing mushy shit, anyways ya I'm watching "did you hear about the morgans" bc hugh grant is my #2 bae obviously next to leo so ya lol hope u enjoy this and I haven't edited it yet so feel free to point out errors