ASHLEY'S POV:
The concert was truly amazing! I'm so so so proud of Johann, he's such a talented guy. I gathered all my stuff and went backstage where he was.

"Johann you did amazing, I'm so proud of you!!" I say as I run up to him and give him the tightest hug.

"Thank you sooo much, Ash, I had so much fun out there!"

"Bro! You were awesome!!" Says Richard as he went and gave him a hug

"Thanks man, thank you for always supporting me. I feel so happy right now, no one can take away my happiness today"

Eventually the rest of the guys came and congratulated him. I'm not really confident having them all present at the same time since I don't really know all of them well, but I'm just gonna have to deal with it.

"Hey guys, what are we still doing here? Let's get the hell out of here, there's an after party waiting for us" said Johann.

I don't know how to feel about that after party. I really just wanna go home and sleep, but I'm not gonna let Johann down.. I guess I have no choice. 
We all agreed that the after party would be at yoyo's house since the last party we had was at Johann's house, and Yoandri kept insisting.

JOHANN'S POV:
What a crazy day! Gladly everything went really well and everyone liked the show. I'm so thankful for all the people that have been there for me since the beginning.

So we finally arrived to yoyo's house. This is it. I'm planing on telling Ashley about my feelings for her, and I'm honestly really scared for her reaction.

ASHLEY'S POV:
So we're here... Now what? I decided to go get some food since I hadn't eaten anything since this morning.

CHRIS' POV:
The concert was absolutely amazing. I'm so proud of Johann, we've been good friends ever since La Banda, and I hope he has a lot of success in his future.

We finally arrived to Yoandri's house. We were a little late, you can thank me for that. We stopped by our hotel because I forgot I left my phone over there.

I entered the house and I searched for the person that caught my attention ever since I saw her for the first time. Her. I looked everywhere and there were no signs of her presence. Did she not come? Did she leave before I arrived? A lot of things crossed through my mine all at once. I can't deal with curiosity, so I did the only thing I could do. Ask.

"Hey... Johann?"

"Hey bro, you made it!"

"Yeah, sorry about that, I forgot that I left my phone in the hotel and we stopped by to go get it."

"Oh that's fine, man no worries."

I honestly had no idea how to ask him without being so obvious. But I tried being as subtle as possible.

"Yeah... Um.. Oh! I forgot to mention, you did amazing at your concert, man. Congrats."

"Thanks man, I had a lot of fun, and it was nice to see you there along with the rest of the guys."

"No problem, we're here to support you like the good friends we are... So... there were a lot of people over there huh?"

"Oh my god yess. I was so impressed by the amount of people that came."

"Yeaaa.. Even the VIP section was really full"

"Oh indeed. But I just invited the people that mean a lot to me. My friends and family."

"Of course, niiice. Speaking of your friends, they all seemed pretty nice."

"Oh yes yes yes. They're the best, I love them."

"So how did you meet them? I-I mean there were some I didn't recognize from past activities"

"Well, I have some friends I met in school that have always been there for me. Also I have some friends from back in Ecuador and Colombia that luckily made it. Oh! And one of my bestest friends, Ashley. We were neighbors for like 3 and a half years until she moved and well we've been close friends ever since.

"Ahhh yes I did meet Ashley. She's really sweet. Speaking of her, have you seen her around here?"

Smooth, Chris.. Reallll smooth.

"Oh Ashely? Yeah she's here. I don't know exactly were she is, but I'm sure she's here.. I'm her ride haha."

"Hahaha oh nice, good to know. Well, I'll catch up with you later k?"

"Sure man"

SCORE. I probably seemed really awkward and obvious but I just had to ask. So if she's supposed to be here, then were is she?

"H-Hey Chris! Come here."

"Sure what is it?"

"Can you please go to the car and bring me my hat? We're gonna take a picture and I want my hat."

"Zabdiel, why can't you just go get it yourself?"

"Pleaaaaase just do me that favor, man"

"Fiiine"

"Hey Chris?"

"Yes?"

"You're the best"

"Yeah yeah yeah"

Zabdiel is like a brother to me. Ever since we first met in La Banda we've been really great friends and it made us so happy that we both got to be in the band together. And even though he can annoy me sometimes, I still love him.

I go to the car to get his hat and when I'm heading back to the house I found her. She was sitting on a bench all alone with her phone on her hand. She looked like an angel, no kidding. I'm not just gonna walk by her and ignore her, so I walked up to her.

"Hey"

"Hi" she said with a small smile.

"You okay?"

"...Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

"Well, I saw you here all alone and I wondered if you were okay. Are you sure? You seem a little down."

"I'm fine.. Really"

"Listen.. I know we don't know each other well, but I want you to know that you can tell me anything if you ever wanna talk to someone."

"Thank you" she said with a smile. She seemed sad and I don't know why, but it's breaking my heart seeing her like that.

"Why don't you come inside?"

"No no... I'm good here. You go back inside, you should be in the party having fun instead of here with me."

"I am were I want to be....and.. well, if you're not going inside, then I'm staying here with you."

"...what? No, you don't have to do this. I rather be alone."

"Listen, I know you're not okay and I'm not gonna leave you here outside in the cold. In fact, here, take my jacket."

"Please, you don't have to do this"

"But I want to. See? You're freezing. It's too cold out here."

"I just want to be alone for some time, is that too much to ask for?"

"Fine. I won't talk. But I'm staying here by your side."

I finally got to see her beautiful smile. I'm not planning on leaving her all alone. We were both quiet for some time until she breaks the silence.

"...why?"

"Why what?"

"Why are you doing this?"

"Because....ever since I met you, I felt like you just clicked in my life. I know that sounds cheesy and like those typical romantic movies, but it's the truth. You don't have to tell me what's wrong, but I'm not leaving you alone."

ASHELY's POV:
That warmed my heart. Everything he said and did warmed my heart. I know I don't know him well, but I felt like I could tell him anything as if I've known him forever and he wouldn't leave.

"Thank you... I really mean it... I-Iwas talking to my aunt. She's currently on a business trip."

"Oh... You live with her? I mean, sorry if that seemed so direct. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

"I do.. But she had to go on a business trip for some months, and I just found out that she's gonna have to be over there for the rest of the year..."

"Seriously? So that's what has you down?"

"You could say that..."

"So that's why you're staying with Johann? What about your other siblings?"

I never seem to have a conversation with someone without getting on the topic of my family... Which brought me back so many memories and I couldn't help but tear up.

"... I don't wanna talk about it"

"Oh my god, don't cry. I didn't mean it I'm so sorry."

"It's fine"

There was a small moment of silence between us until he wrapped his arms around me.

"Hey, I have no idea what you've gone through, and I'm not expecting you to tell me, I want you to know that. Don't feel obligated to tell me anything. Forget that I asked you that. Everything is gonna be okay... Trust me"

I had been waiting to hear that for the longest time. Everything's gonna be okay. Hearing that made my heart melt.

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A/N: Hellllloooo. Sorry for not updating in a while, but here's a long chapter to make it up to you. Trust me, this story is just starting. Now that Ash and Chris are actually talking to each other like a full convo makes everything easier lol. I have a lot of ideas for the upcoming chapters, this is getting good.

ALSOO: Yari, if you're reading this, thanks a lot for rushing me into writing this chapter it sure helped. Cuz I sure love being rushed 😑❤️❤️❤️

Thanks for reading and I'll see you on the next chapter 💕

PS-sorry if you spot any grammatical errors in this book. I know I'm not the best but I try lol.