18 ➳ lashton

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"Hey Ash, wake up." a voice gently said as he grumble about not wanting to wake up. He is in a middle of his dream about the carnival with Luke and he does not want to wake up from that. It also does not help that he is snuggling with the teddy bear prize that Luke won for him last night.

"Come on Ash, we are visiting grandma and grandpa."

Ashton open his eyes and saw pops above him with a sweet smile on his face. He felt bad because he is not in a mood to go anywhere, but grandpa is the sole reason why they moved to Perth.

He got up as pops walk out of his room and went to put clothes on. He peek behind him and see the teddy bear on his bed; a shy smile plaster on his lips as the thought of Luke stumble upon his mind. It is weird that the brunette has that affect on him even though they are friends. Well, Ashton has a major crush on him, but he is saying friends because he wants to be in a positive direction.

He pull on a shirt and trousers and his Converse before heading to the kitchen so he can grab something to eat.

"Hurry and find something to munch on as we drive because I'm not waiting." his father sass as he slip on his shoes.

The comment made Ashton put the bowl back into the cabinet as he was about to make cereal. A granola bar will do.

He walk out of the house as pops went to lock the front door. Lauren is already standing by the car and is waiting for one of them to unlock it. She is in the midst of braiding her hair.

"Grandpa just got out of the hospital, so please be careful when you are around him." his father advise as he look at his two children from the rear view mirror.

They nod as Ashton went to look out the window. The conversation between his fathers are the background noise for his thoughts. As grandpa is getting older, Ashton is starting to realise that he is not going to be the same. Who knows if he will continue to crack jokes on Ashton or tell stories about his life?

His mind switch to Luke and a pleasant smile appear on his lips. He could not get over how breathtaking he looked under the vivid carnival lights. The dirty blonde wish that he took a picture of Luke, but thought it was best not to. Luke was such a gentleman and was lovely, he hope that he will continue to be that way.

Ashton never thought that he would develop a bigger crush on the brunette than ever before.

He felt the car halt to a stop as he realise that they are at his grandparents' home. It has been a couple years since they were last there, but everything still looks the same.

The family got out of the car as he watch his father skips to the front door. Yes, he literally skip to the front door.

"Twink," he heard pops mumble under his breath and Ashton tries to contain his laughter.

The blonde man hear his husband say that as he turn his head and wink at him. Ashton applaud his father for being a proud twink, but it is something that he does not want to hear from him.

The front door open to reveal Ashton's grandma as her face lights up at the sight of her son. "Troye my darling! I miss you so much! How you've been?" she ask as she went to hug him.

"I'm great mum, how are you?"

"I'm doing well." she smiles at her son. Her eyes land on pops and Ashton and Lauren as her face lights up even more.

She gave them each individual hugs and kisses. This woman is always happy and that is why Ashton loves her to death. She especially gave a bone crushing hug to Ashton and Lauren because they've grown a little bit since the last time.