Trust [a. irwin]

forty

hey this is the last chapter for real now

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"Ashton?"

"I couldn't be without you." He says, smiling at me.

"Oh my god, Ashton! Baby, what are you doing here!? Oh my god!" I exclaim, jumping up and wrapping my legs around his waist.

"I love you so much." He whispers, holding me tightly.

"I can't believe you're here!" I smile, quickly pressing a kiss to his lips.

"I wanted to talk to you in person. I needed to, so I followed you." He chuckles as he puts me down.

"Did you come all this way to break up with me in person?" I quietly ask.

"No! Emma, no." He says, pulling me into a hug.

"What's happening? Why are you here? We've barely been apart." I lightly chuckle.

"Do you not want to see your boyfriend?" He asks.

"I do-"

"Emma, Ashton, am I hearing this correctly?" My dad interrupts, making us both look over at him.

"Uh, hey, dad. Ashton and I are like, dating now." I mumble, not looking up at him.

"I was waiting for this." He chuckles.

I look up at him, "What?"

"I mean, last summer I figured you'd date, but you never did. So I was waiting for this to happen." He replies.

"Well, we'll be upstairs if you need us." I tell him before quickly dragging Ashton to my room.

I sit on my bed and Ashton joins me.

"So? What's going on?" I ask, smiling at him.

He just stares at me a huge smile on his face.

"What? What is it?" I giggle.

"I'm moving. I'll be like, twenty minutes from here." He says, leaving me in shock.

"No, you're lying."

"I'm being completely serious. I'll be out here in about five months." He says.

"Oh my god, Ashton!" I exclaim, throwing my arms around him, making him fall backwards.

As I lay on him, we both laugh, completely happy.

"I can't believe this is happening. How is this happening?"

"We've been talking about moving here for over a year, even before I met you. Apparently the guys just loved going to meetings when I was crying in my hotel rooms because this has been planned for a while I guess."

"They just told you now?" I ask, confused on why they never told him.

"They felt bad since I kept crying after you left. So they told me. They weren't telling me because they thought if they brought up moving here, I'd cry over you again. But now that we're together it's all okay!" He chuckles.

"This is insane." I whisper.

"Oh, we're also back here in three weeks for about two weeks." He says, smiling at me.

"Ashton!" I squeal, hugging him tightly.

He giggles, "You're so fucking cute."

"I'm still in shock." I whisper.

"There's more, to the move." He says.

"What else could there possibly be?" I chuckle.

"Well, you could live with us? Or, like, we could, you know, move somewhere ourselves?" He nervously mumbles.