#2 Not Just Yet
Andy’s Point Of View
I woke up the next morning with a terrible headache. I didn’t want to get out of bed, I couldn’t be bothered. When I looked over to my left, I saw Ashley curled up against the side of my bunk. I smiled slightly as I remember what had happened last night. Aside from me being a drunken mess, I’d finally told Ashley how I felt about him. I just hopped that Ashley was here because he felt the same way, not because he felt sorry for me.
I stepped out of my bunk, being careful not to wake Ashley, and then walked into the kitchen area to see the rest of the band doing their own things by themselves. I decided to make a cup of coffee and then sit with CC in the back room. He was watching some unheard of TV show, nothing new there.
After about half an hour I started to really get into the show but no less than fifteen minutes later the show was off and CC had left the room. I sighed to myself, I was thinking about Ashley again. No matter how much I tried to get the thought of him out of my head, I always seemed to end up thinking about him again.
As I got up from the couch and started to walk through the bunk area to get back to the kitchen I was stopped. Once I had stopped walking I could hear soft snoring coming from my bunk. Ashley. I walked up to my bunk and sat in the corner, listening to the soft snores that were coming from him.
Ashley was just my friend, nothing more. He was just a friend that fell asleep in my bunk, we weren’t even dating. I so desperately wanted to call him my own and hold him in my arms, just for a few moments, but I couldn’t. He wasn’t mine to adore and he wasn’t mine to hold.
I thought about calling my ex-girlfriend and making up some stupid excuse to get back with her but it wasn’t worth it. Sure, I’d told Ashley that I loved him last night but I was drunk, he’d said the same back to me but he wasn’t drunk.
“Andy?” I heard a voice coming from the side of my bunk. I looked up from the bed sheets and saw Ashley looking back at me. “Ashley…” I trailed off, not really knowing what to say. Ashley sat up and stared at me. “It’s not nice to stare,” I sighed. I got out of the bunk but Ashley grabbed my wrist and turned me around.
“Andy, I did mean what I said last night. I love you,” Ashley’s voice was quiet, I wouldn’t be able to hear him if I wasn’t an inch away from his face. I sighed and got back into my bunk. “I love you too, Ashley. But don’t even think about kissing me with that morning breath,” I chuckled. It was strange, one minute I would be angry at Ashley but then the next I would be deeply in love with him.
I didn’t like my emotions changing like that, not when I was around Ashley. “Do you think we should tell the guys?” Ashley asked me. “Tell them what?” I replied. “That we’re together…” “But we’re not together,” “Fine. Andy, will you be my boyfriend?” “I don’t know…” I joked. “Of course,” I smiled. “But no, I don’t think we should tell the guys just yet.”
Ashley nodded his head before resting it on my shoulder. “We have a show in two hours, we should spend some time with the guys, I can’t have you all to myself,” Ashley hummed. I nodded my head and got out of my bunk, being followed shortly by Ashley.
“Ah, you’re awake,” Jinxx laughed as he ruffled Ashley’s hair. Ashley crossed his arms after he finished fixing his hair. Damn him and his perfection.