It's been a really really long time since I wrote a one shot, but his one is extra long. I hope it makes up from all the time I've been gone if I doesn't well umm I guess you can wait till my next story comes out (I don't really know). I'm also entering this into a contest wish me luck...

1736 words
-----------------------------------------

"Don't worry mom, I'll be okay," Ashton kissed his mom on the cheek, he and his band, 5 Seconds of Summer were leaving to go to America for One Direction's Take Me Home Tour.

"Don't be afraid to call honey" Anne Marie spoke, "For anything even if you just miss me or the kids"

Ashton nodded even though he knows it will be hard for him to because his family had been struggling with money lately, even with Ashton making money by going on tour. He kissed his mom one more time before moving on to hug his little siblings, feeling tears in his eyes as he felt Lauren and Harry arms tighten around his torso.

"Bye guys, I love you" Ashton turned and ran towards where the boys were rubbing his eyes roughly and taking a deep breath.

"You okay, Ashton" Luke asks his as Ashton gets into the drivers seat that the three boys were waiting in.

"I'm fine," Ashton deadpans turning the music up loudly to drown out his friends voices, he was more than a bit upset that he could bring his baby siblings on tour.

The boys had been on tour for a few weeks and in those few weeks hey had gotten closer to each other as well as the 1d boys. It had been a rough week for Ashton, it started with Luke and Niall getting sick with a a stomach bug before it continued to spread to the rest of the boys until it hit everyone in the two bands, but Ashton who was left to take care of all of the boys with help from the crew, but it still left him in a tour bus or hotel room with at least one of the boys who was either coughing, throwing up, or in a lot of pain. To be completely honest Ashton has no clue how he hasn't caught the bug yet, but he was thankful because of that.

It started with a little tickle in his throat about a week after Calum, who was the last person between the two bands to catch the bug, recovered. The trickle greeted with a small cough but otherwise ignored it and maybe that was a bad idea because when he woke up he felt like he had been run over by the tour bus that he was sleeping in.

Ashton rocked with the rhythm of the bus, letting himself bounce over every bump and pothole that the giant bus hit. It went on for a while until he heard a loud screeched a the bus came to a sudden screech causing the Aussie boy to roll out of his bed, luckily he was not in one of the top bunk.

Ashton groaned when he hit the ground but stayed where he was not wanting to get up because his stomach was hurting and honestly he felt pretty comfortable on the floor.

"Oi Asht- why the fuck are you lying on the floor" It was Micheal.

"I fell" Ashton mumbled not even looking up at the boy.

"Of course you did" Micheal said rolling his eyes.

"Mikey why haven't you gotten Ash up yet?" Calum whined walking into the bunk area, before spotting Ashton on the ground.

"Michael, what did you do?" Michael tried to defend himself but his protests were ignored by the younger boy knelled by Ashton.

"Where's Luke?" Ashton asked not wanting his little brother to see him sick.

"He went into the venue with Harry and Niall. Ashy are you okay?"
Ashton shook his head trying not to let himself tear up, "I just have a headache"

"Why didn't you tell me" Michael said looking like a hurt puppy, "I wouldn't have yelled at you."

"I didn't think it was a big deal" Ashton shrugged before moving to get up Calum puling him up to a standing position.

"Come on let's go" Calum said pulling Ashton out of the bus leaving Michael alone in the bus.

Michael sighed and ran his hand through his colorful hair before grabbing Ashton's blanket off of the floor and taking them into the venue with him. The younger boy knew that if Ashton admitted to having a headache then there was a huge chance that something way worse that a headache was going on with him and he was going to want to have an item of comfort with him whether that be his blanket or even just cuddling with one of the boys.

"Ashton! Ash!," Luke bounced grabbing his older friend's arm with excitement, "Have you seen the venue, it's so big"

"Yeah bud, it's huge" Ashton mumbled Luke trudging into the room and towards the couch in the corner of the dressing room with Calum trailing right behind him.

"Are you okay"

Ashton nodded at the youngest member of his band and let himself collapse into the awaiting couch. Luke looked at Ashton in confusion before making eye contact with Calum who mouthed that Ashton wasn't feeling good.

"Couldn't you guys have waited like 10 seconds so I didn't have to walk here by myself" Michael quietly complained to Calum.

"Sorry Mike," Calum told the boy with brightly colored hair, knowing that he didn't like to be left alone for more than a few minutes, some would call him clingy, but his boys knew that it was because of a fear of abandonment.

Michael nodded and crept closer to Ashton who was trying to hide face in the cushions of the couch.

"How are you feeling, Ash?" Michael asked rubbing between Ashton's shoulder blades hoping that it would bring the older by at least a little comfort.

"Mmm cold" Ashton whimpered trying to curl himself into a ball in an attempt to spread his heat though out his entire body. Michael spread the blanket that he had brought from the bus over his older "brother" and ruffled his hair, before turning to move out of the room like Luke and Calum had so Ashton could have a nap.

"Can you cuddle with me" Michael stopped in his tracks, he loved hugs, but he wasn't used to Ashton asking him for one since it was usually the other way around.

Michael squeezed between Ashton and the back of the small couch readjusting himself. He felt slightly uncomfortable, not because he was extremely close to his best friend or because the couch was way to small for to large teenagers to be lying on but because Michael was always the little spoon in regards to cuddling in the band and the sudden change of positioning just felt awkward at that moment, although he would soon grow to love the feeling of making people feel safe or happy.

----

Ashton squirmed in his place on the couch, his back was against Michael's warm chest. When Ashton opened his eyes and was confused, "Where am I" Ashton thought. Right as the memories rushed into his brain a wave of nausea went through his stomach. He rolled out of the couch with a crash, letting out a groan before scrambling out of the room into the bathroom.

Luke crept towards the bathroom looking at his phone and scrolling through his Instagram feed careful to be quiet because he knew Ashton was sick."Son of a bitch" Luke cursed when he ran into the bathroom door. He looked at it in confusion, they never closed the doors before a show. Never. It was a rule they set before they left on tour so they would get on stage at the correct time. He pushed the door open and looked inside.

"Ash" Luke gasped rushing to where Ashton was knelling over the floor throwing up into the toilet, "aw babes it will be alright"

Ashton looked up at his younger friend and Luke saw the tears rushing down his face and vomit trickling off his chin and instantly felt sympathy for him since he was probably the one that got him sick in the first place.

"It hurts" Ashton whimpered falling back onto Luke who caught him with ease.

Luke rubbed Ashton's thigh "Do you need anything?"

"I want my mum"

Luke sighed and nodded pulling out his phone to text Calum knowing that Michael went to talk to management to try to get Ashton out of the bathroom.

He typed out "Ash is really sick. Needs his mum, can you grab his phone and bring to to the bathroom"

Luke let Ash rest on him until Calum came in with Ashton's phone

"Let's move back to the coaches, yeah?" Calum picked Ashton up from Luke's lap and the drummer pushed his forehead into the nape of his neck. Calum cringed at the head coming from it and continued to carry him to the couch lying him down and allowing him to use his lap as a pillow.

"I'm gonna go help Mikey with management," Luke stated when he saw that Calum had settled Ashton in. "Can you handle this?" Calum rolled his eyes at Luke and waved him off, he was definitely more responsible than Luke, or at least he though he was.

Ashton's shaky hands quickly dialed his mother's number and requested to FaceTime with her. It rang a few times.

"Mummy" Ashton's voice shook when he saw his mom.

Anne Marie's face filled with concern, "Ashy, honey, What's wrong."

Ashton started crying again, "I don't feel good, I don't want to play the show tonight"

"I know baby" She had 3 kids, so Anne Marie could always tell when one of them was sick, that and the boys have been spamming her with texts updating her on everything that was happening to Ashton while being sick. Ashton looked sick as well, his nose was slightly red and his cheeks had a pick flush to them. His usually straighted hair had returned to its natural curl and either stuck to his face by sweat or stuck up in several different directions.

"Don't worry about the show Ash" Calum interrupted their conversation "You're health is the most important thing before anything, Michael and Luke just convinced management to let Josh Devine fill in for you."

"See baby it worked out," Anne Marie told her oldest child "I'll let you talk to the kids for a little bit, but right after that you're going strait to bed understood"

Ashton nodded, "Thanks mum, I love you."