We Are Unbreakable

Kimbers POV

A few weeks had past and Seth was settling into his school and our family with ease. It had lifted so much much stress off my shoulders.
Seth and Liam were inseparable. They spent so much together, which was perfectly fine. Liam is in the same situation Seth is in, so they could understand each other.
Everything was just so smooth. Even with Riley, Seth got on with her and I was happy leaving him with her if I needed to.
On one of CC's days off I had to go into work cause we had a slightly more up scale band coming in so we needed as much staff as possible. Even though, by this point I shouldn't be working; my stomach was so noticeable now.
I went into the office to place my stuff down and Riley was sitting in front of her laptop.
"Hey sweetie, how are you?" I asked.
"Hey Kimmie, ughh, I am so sore. Jackson started my thigh piece today and my leg is throbbing" she complained.
"Oh, you started that today? How much is done?"
"Just half of the outline. It goes from the top of my thigh down to my knee and then kinda continues round he back. It's going to be huge."
"Shit. I still can't believe you're finally doing this. You talked about this ages ago" I commented.
"I know, I can finally get it done. And there's still so much more!"
"Well take it easy tonight okay?"
"How can I?! You're pregnant and I'm the one who booked this band! This will be a shit tonne of exposure!"
"Riley, if you haven't noticed, the bar is packed most nights, we don't need exposure!"
"I know, I'm just shaky at the moment..."
"Why? Are you and Ashley still having problems?" I asked completely concerned.
"No, no. We've been a lot better. I think he's finally accepting that I'm going through a phase of trying to find something else to do, but the problem is, is that Jackson got invited to do this tattoo convention that tours around the country and wants me to go with him..."
"What do you mean, go with him? To do what?!" I said in shock.
"To tattoo me. To show off his skills and techniques. All of my tattoos have been done by him aside from my stars, but otherwise I'm his canvas."
"What does Ash think of this?" I asked smugly, knowing Ash wouldn't agree.
"I haven't told him..."
"Well that's great" I said sarcastically.
"Well I haven't said I'm going yet. I said I'd think about it. It doesn't kick off for a few weeks, so I have some time."
"Well, I'm scared for you. Good luck" I said rolling my eyes.
"Thanks" she said sarcastically.

Rileys POV

After the mad rush and the clean up, at 4:30 am I could finally go home. I was so exhausted. Between getting tattooed and working I was pretty much dead.
I stripped off my jeans and t-shirt and crawled into bed next to a lightly snoring Ashley. After a moment, I felt his arm slip over me and pull me towards him.
"Still up are we?" I whispered.
"You know I still wait for you to come home" he mumbled sleepily.
"You know you're the sweetest."
"I try."

The next morning I woke up before Ashley to make breakfast for us both.
I decided to try and tell him about the offer that Jackson made me about the convention. I could see my hands shaking as I cooked the pancake batter.
Ashley made his way downstairs as I was cooking the last of the batter.
"Morning babe, something smells good" he said yawning. "Busy one last night?" He asked.
"Yeah, this interstate band came and they drew a crowd. So hectic."
Ashley took his seat and I walked out of behind the counter and I noticed Ashley staring at my leg.
"I see Jackson started doing the outline" he pointed out.
"Oh, yeah, we started early yesterday. I'm basically the only client he thinks about, I've given him that much work" I said placing the pancakes down.
I was working myself to tell him, but spoke before I did.
"Hey umm, us guys are gonna go out tonight, you'll be alright on your own tonight?" He said shakily.
"Uhh, sure. Of course. Special occasion or just for the hell of it?" I asked.
"For the hell of it. We haven't spent a lot of time together outside the studio so we wanna reconnect and see where each of our heads are at" he explained.
"You know that's utter bullshit. You're gonna sit around and drink, talk music, maybe some sport, brag about sex, more music and more sex" I said smugly.
"Well aren't you a know it all" he said a little annoyed.
"Hey, I'm just saying, there's no need to say that you're 'reconnecting' cause I've known you guys for a long time and there's no disconnecting."
"What's that suppose to mean?" He said, his tone hinting anger.
"Nothing" I said holding my hands up in surrender.
"You don't want me going out tonight?" He said dryly.
"No, go. I was joking before, jeez, someone is defensive" I said sinking into my seat.
Ashley rolled his eyes and shook his head.
We ate breakfast in silence after that.
I didn't know what was wrong with us. We couldn't connect anymore. It was like we were always on different pages in different books. Were we still a match?
I was pulled from my downward spiral when the door bell rang and I heard Ashley huff a sigh of relief as he went to answer it.
A few seconds later Seth came running in to give me a hug.
"Hey Riley!" He said smiling widely.
I couldn't help but smile when I saw Seth. He just puts this spell on you.
"Hey Seth, what are you doing here?" I asked.
"CC just said he was coming and I wanted to come too."
"That's sweet, you can go hang with Ashley and CC I've got to clean up and get going" I said pushing him off in the direction of CC and Ashley.
I quickly put everything away then went upstairs to get dressed.
When I came back downstairs the guys were sitting in the front lounge room and I tried to swiftly move passed without getting noticed.
"Riles, where are you going?" Ashley asked.
"Jackson is working on my tattoo today, I thought I told you" I said, knowing I hadn't.
Ashley got up and stood next to me so CC and Seth couldn't hear our conversation.
"This is the first I'm hearing of it" he said slightly annoyed.
"What's the problem? Who cares?!" I snapped.
Ashley's look turned sour.
"Don't wait up for me tonight" he snarled.
"Fine. See you tomorrow" I said, then tugged the front door open and slammed it shut behind me.

Ashleys POV

"Fuck! Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. Fuck!" I chanted as I rejoined CC and Seth.
"Still having issues?" CC asked.
"And I wouldn't even know why... It's all stupid shit. I told her, I want her to be happy and to do whatever that is!"
"Well... Isn't she? She's going to go get tattooed... If that makes her happy then why is it a big deal?"
"It's not! But just before you guys came, I was saying how we were all going out tonight and she's all like, 'you're just gonna do this, this and this'. I feel like she's on my back!" I said plopping down on the couch.
"Riley's not on your back. She cares a lot about you and just wants to make you happy. In a way, everything she is doing right now is for you" Seth said.
Me and CC gave him an odd look.
"Since when do you know so much about Riley?" I said.
"She just talks to me."
I shook my head in disbelief. If an eleven year old can connect with her, why can't I?

CCs POV

Me and Seth hung out with Ashley for most of the day until it was time for us to go out.
We dropped off Seth home and went to go meet the rest of the guys.
I felt bad for Ashley. Him and Riley were still having problems and I could see it was really hurting them both.
As the night went on, Ashley drank heavily. Continuously ordering more rounds and shots inbetween.
"Ash, slow down! I can't keep up with you!" Jake complained.
"Yes you can! Just drink!" Ashley slurred.
"Yeah Jake, just drink!" Andy encouraged.
Ashley rose his glass to Andy to cheers him, spilling his drink a little.
"Ash, maybe you should slow down" I commented.
"Nahh, no one is waiting up for me! I'm going all night" he said chugging the rest of his drink, then getting up and going to the bar.
I saw Jinxx and Jake roll their eyes at him.
"Well I can figure out why he's drinking so heavily" Jake said.
"He's just under some stress..." I said defending him.
"You'd hope so... And by the looks of things, that girl so gonna hit on him and I don't think he's gonna say no" Jinxx said.
My eyes widened. I looked over at Ashley and on cue, a hot brunette stood next to Ashley and started chatting to him.
We all watched him intently and she placed a hand on his arm and started rubbing. He didn't stop her.
"Look their not doing anything, let him go" I said nervously.
They all gave me unsure expressions, but nodded, letting me take the responsibility of Ashley tonight.

As the night went on, Jinxx, Jake and Andy headed home and left me with an intoxicated Ashley.
That girl had not left his side since they were at the bar and they had been dancing and taking shots, but they hadn't made a play for each other.
I looked at my phone and saw it was nearly 4 am. I sighed and figured I should get myself and Ashley home.
I looked up towards where Ash was, but he was gone.
"Fuck!" I said to myself.
I started to walk around the bar in search for him, hoping he wasn't doing something stupid.
After a few minutes of searching I found him at the back of the dance floor, with the girl pinned up against the wall and his mouth on hers.
I stormed up to them, ripping him away from the startled brunette.
"What the fuck?!" Ashley yelled.
I ignored him and spoke to the women.
"I'm sorry, he's really drunk and he's married."
"You're married?! Jerk!" She said, giving him a dirty look and walking off.
Ashley stumbled next to me. I sighed and turned to him. He was about to say something, but I stopped him.
"I don't wanna hear it! I'm getting you to mine and we're talking about this in the morning."

Notes

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