AN: Finally updated, after all these years.

I'd update more often, but despite it being summer I have hardly any time to myself. Damn work.

Dedication: -GiveMeThatHoran- [New cover. Thanks, hon. x]

"Mr. Irwin?"

I immediately pulled my hand out of Luke's at the mention of my name, turning my head in the direction of who was calling me.

Luke and I were just walking through the main lobby before the guy at the front desk called my name. I walked over to the employee guy as he pushed a plastic bag that had containers inside it.

Cocking an eyebrow, I asked, "What's in there?"

"It is your breakfast," he answered. "Mr. Clifford told me to give these to you if you were to come down here. We were just about to send these up to your suite, but I suppose there's no need for that now."

"Oh." I took the bag from the guy and scrunched my nose at the smell. Whatever were inside the boxes, I wasn't going to eat them. It didn't even smell good.

Luke relieved me from the bags, smiling down at me as he whispered, "I'll take these, princess." Then he looked over at the guy. "Thank you, sir."

The employee curtly nodded at us before he went to do whatever work he had and then Luke and I were beginning to approach the front entrance. Frederick and his black vehicle were waiting right outside and there were still some fans of mine up front ready to pester me.

I was pretty much having an argument with myself about whether I should hold Luke's hand or not. If I did, the fans would see it, but Luke said they wouldn't mind. Something in the back of my mind told me otherwise, but I really wanted to believe Luke.

When we stepped outside, the screams got louder and everyone was throwing words at me all at once. I absentmindedly moved closer to Luke, but I didn't realize that until I felt my arm pressing against his.

However, Luke moved away from me and I glanced in his direction, watching as he was now right behind me. He placed his hands on either side of my shoulder and gently led me towards the car.

"You suck!" someone shouted at me at one point.

"Of course, I do," I mumbled to myself. But I'll only do it for Luke.

"Go fuck yourself!" yelled the same person, I think. "I fucking hate you!"

I've been told worse in the past. They're just jealous of me and my success. Not everyone can be as lucky as I am to get to where I am today. I could take a few hateful comments--it wasn't going to affect me in any way.

I waved goodbye to my fans before my eyes looked at Luke, seeing that he was rubbing the back of his head. I furrowed my eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Don't worry about it," he said, motioning me to go inside the car. "We need to go now."

Instead of pressing on, I nodded and went inside the car. Luke followed behind me and then he shut the door. I sat down facing the front and Luke sat in front of me. Frederick pulled away from the curb and we were now on the way to the hospital to visit Calum.

My eyes spotted the dashboard of the car and I raised an eyebrow. Then I asked Frederick, "What's with the seashells, Frederick?"

"Hm?" His eyes glanced at the seashells for a split second before they were looking back at the road. "I bought them for myself."

"Why?"

"Because they were lovely."

"Why?"

"I just really love seashells."

"Why?"

"Shut up, princess," Luke said, pressing his foot in between my legs and I squeaked, shoving his foot away and bringing my legs together.

"Don't do that!" I snapped, glaring at him.

"What? This?" Then he leaned towards me and I gasped, moving away from him.

"No! Go away!" I shouted, but I was laughing also as I placed my foot against his chest to keep him as far away from me as possible.

I was now lying on my back instead of it being against the car door. Luke got off his seat, pushed my legs apart and landed on top of me.

"Get off!" I laughed and he cupped my face in his hands and gently placed his lips on top of mine.

Despite my giggles, I tried to compose myself so I could kiss him back. I closed my eyes and wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him a bit closer.

When Luke drew away from the kiss, I said to him, "That was a really nice kiss, but you seriously need to get off."

"But I'm too comfy where I am," he said with a pout. Then he pretended to fall asleep on me.

"You're heavy! Get off!" I tried to push him off, but Luke wouldn't move. Now I was getting annoyed and this time I attempted to roll him off of me, yet somehow I ended up on the ground and he was still 'asleep' on the seats.

Luke peeked one eye open and he laughed when seeing me glare at him from the ground. "I sleep for one minute and already you're on the ground," he joked as he sat upright.

"I don't like you," I grumbled, sitting across from him and resting my right foot on my left knee.

There was some classical music playing from the radio and I just glared at Luke while he was smirking at me. He motioned for me to come over to him, but I shook my head. He shrugged, pulled out his phone, and started to use it.

Some audio started playing and it sounded like someone was shuffling around. I raised an eyebrow and then let my eyes meet Luke's, seeing that he was smirking at me.

"Why are you smiling like that?" I asked hesitantly, leaning forward to see what was playing. When I saw what it was, my eyes widened and I gasped loudly as my cheeks turned a bright shade of red.

"Yeah, I still have the video," he said, chuckling before glancing down at his phone. "Ah, look at that. Too bad I'm gonna ruin it eventually."

"Ruin wha--oh, my God." I placed my hands on my blushing cheeks and averted my gaze from Luke. "Y-You can't just say stuff like that! That's so embarrassing!"

"Aw, princess is blushing." Luke moved from where he was sitting and sat down next to me. I shook my head and turned my entire body to face the car door. "No, don't do that. I want to see your face."

The rest of the way to the hospital Luke was just trying to get me to look at him while I would just shoo him away. At one point, Frederick said something that made my face burn even more, because I was not expecting an old man to tell me to 'refrain from reproducing in the back of the van.'

I ignored Luke when we stepped out of the vehicle and he thanked Frederick for the ride and told him that he'd call later to let him know when to pick us up to get my phone. Apparently, it should be ready or whatever, and I can't believe I went so many days without my phone. Whatever. I'm getting it back today and that's all that matters.

We both went to the front desk and the lady, without looking up from the computer screen, said, "How can I help you two?"

"We're here to visit Calum Hood," Luke said. "Can we get visitor passes?"

"I'm sorry, but Mr. Hood is no longer here."

My breathing stopped and my heart fell to the pit of my stomach. "What? What do you mean he's not here?"

"He checked out of the hospital. He was supposed to stay for another week, but the guy wanted to leave. So we had him fill out some papers and he left."

"You can sign yourself out of a hospital?" Luke asked.

The lady nodded. "Although, it's not recommended, but it's not our choice. He can do whatever he wants. He's not our responsibility any longer."

I began, "But--"

"As much as I'd love to, I can't help you any further." She looked at us, an annoyed look on her face. "Mr. Hood is no longer under hospital's watch." The phone started to ring and the lady excused herself, picking up said phone and answering it with a more lively tone.

I rushed out of the hospital and Luke followed after me. Once the both of us were out, I said, "Which way to Calum's hotel?"

Luke raised an eyebrow. "Huh?"

"I said, where to Calum's hotel? You know this place better than I do!"

"Um..." He glanced around the place before pointing in a certain direction. "That way, but it's a long walk, so it's best if--"

I ignored Luke and went in the direction he pointed in. "I'm going to give that asshole a piece of my mind."

"Why're you so angry? He just signed himself out."

"Without letting any of us know?! Do you think Michael knows? Should I ask him?" I stopped abruptly and turned myself around to face Luke, holding one hand out at him. "Give me your phone."

"Princess, you need to calm down. You don't need to be so upset over this."

"Well, I am. And unless you can think of a way to make me not upset, then go ahead."

"Okay, well, um..." He thought for a moment and I crossed my arms over my chest. He glanced down at the ground and then said, "Your fly's down."

My eyes widened. "What?!" I looked down, only to see that Luke lied. I glared up at him and went to whack him, but he caught my wrist. "Don't do that!"

"It's so amusing when you're angry, princess."

"Shut up!"

"You're also cute."

"Can I smack you? Like, right now?!"

"And hot."

I huffed, pulling my hand away from him. "Okay, I'll give you that. But I'm still upset."

"And I love your hazel eyes," Luke went on, making my angered expression soften. "I could just stare into them all day."

This time, I felt my face blush and I looked down, but he placed a finger under my chin and made me look at him again.

"I love when you smile and laugh. Your smile's the most beautiful one I've seen in all my eighteen years of living." When he said that, he showed a fond smile on his lips. "And your laugh is music to my ears. It sounds so much more soothing than when you're yelling at me."

Luke wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled my closer, pressing his forehead to mine as our nose brushing together. "And I just love everything about you. Even your personality that was unappealing at first, but it's what makes you, well, you. And I wouldn't change anything about you for anything."

I couldn't help but smile, a small laugh going past my lips. "Well, you certainly have a way with words."

"And, you know, if you asked me to have sex with you, I'd comply right away. As long as you're sober, of course."

"That was good up to the sex part."

"Well, I'm being honest, aren't I?"

I shrugged. "Whatever. Okay, you made me feel a little better." I briefly pressed my lips to his before pulling out of his arms and turning myself around, but he once again drew me back to him, arms around my waist once again as he tugged me close to him so my back was to his chest.

Luke let one hand snake up my shirt a little bit until his hand was resting on my stomach. I placed my own hand above his and let out a content sigh. I turned my head to the side and felt Luke press his lips to the top of my head.

At that moment, all care of anyone seeing us left me. No one came up to us yet, but if someone did happen to take a picture of me and Luke at this very moment, I wouldn't mind, because I'd have a memory of what's happening now.

Luke's hands slid from around my waist and then pushed into the front pockets of my jeans. I reached a hand behind to run my fingers through his soft, blond hair.

"Can we still go check up on Calum at his hotel?" I asked. "I want to know what's up with him."

"Sure, princess. Whatever you want," Luke said, pulling away and holding my hand in his. I suggested we walk, despite the hotel being a long way, like Luke said. I just wanted more alone time with Luke.

-

"Damn it, why isn't Calum answering the door?" I grumbled, banging on the door or the umpteenth time. "Calum, open up!"

"I don't think I have his number either," Luke informed me as he was scrolling through his phone. "I'll try to call Michael and see if--"

"No, don't call Michael. He's gonna freak out, and he's already stressed enough." I groaned and kicked the door. "Why isn't he answering the freaking door?!"

"Princess, you're going to disturb the other hotel guests." Luke placed his hands on my shoulders and then gripped firmly onto my wrists when I tried to push him away. "Maybe he went to do other stuff or he's asleep. We'll come back tomorrow, okay?"

I bit my bottom lip, not wanting to leave just yet. I wanted to ask Luke to kick down the door, but that was going a little too far.

We left the hotel and Luke called Frederick to pick us up in front of Calum's hotel so he could take us to get my phone that's hopefully fixed by now.

But Luke had my driver make a quick stop in front of this shop to buy some random snack. When he came back, he had two boxes labeled Pocky in one hand, one was pink and the other was red. He gave me the pink one, but I said I didn't want it. Yet in the end, I still ended up munching on the snack and it wasn't half bad.

I had my eyes fixed on the window, looking at the view that was passing by. When we got to a red light, a little girl in the car next us looked over at me with bright eyes. She gave me a small wave and I raised an eyebrow at her. Then I felt Luke grab my wrist and forced me to wave back at her. The corners of her lips tugged upwards and she looked as if she was giggling. The light changed to green and the car she was in drove off. I glared at Luke, but I wasn't mad. It wasn't that big of a deal, anyway.

We arrived at the shop and Luke ordered for me to remain in the car and said that if I were to go against his orders he wouldn't kiss me. I stepped out of the car, anyway, and Luke didn't feel like trying to make me cooperate.

So we went inside and the guy from a few days ago already had my phone out and ready for me. A wide smile appeared on my face as I rushed over to the counter and picked up my phone, admiring the fixed screen.

Luke proceeded to pay the guy and I was just having a reunion with my phone. The first thing I did was turn it on and unlock it, going on Twitter and seeing all the mentions to me. I also noticed that a majority of these mentions had something along the lines of 'Lashton.'

I also saw an account that was dedicated to Luke and me and then there were pictures of us being seen together. We weren't doing anything intimate in any of the photos, other than the one where I was kissing Luke's neck, and there were a lot of retweets and favorites.

The next thing I knew I was being led out of the shop by Luke as his hand was placed on the small of my back. I still had my eyes looking down at the screen as I was going through the Lashton account.

"Hey, what're you doing there?" Luke asked, taking my phone from my hand. Before I could protest, he said, "Oh, an account for us? Hm, what's this thing that says follow do?"

"Luke!" I gasped and he tapped my screen and started laughing as he handed my phone back to me. I quickly looked down at my phone, but saw that he only made me go to my Twitter. I let out a sigh of relief and glared at him. "You can't do that! You'll make the fans go crazy!"

He raised an eyebrow. "They can get crazier?" I swung my hand at him, but he easily dodged it and opened the door to the car. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry. Hey, let's shopping for a bit, yeah?"

"Why?" I asked, grinning a little bit. I walked closer to the car and Luke helped me inside, although he didn't have to.

"Because I'm going to get you ready for tonight."

-

We spent the next couple of hours going from one store to another to find an outfit for me to wear tonight. Luke said he didn't need one, since he was just going to be wearing his bodyguard tuxedo. I, on the other hand, apparently needed to wear something slightly more formal than the clothes I have back at the hotel.

In the end, Luke chose my outfit and he got me this black dress shirt and these dress pants that clung to my legs, but not too much. To finish it off, I got myself a fedora. It had a nice touch to what I was going to wear tonight.

It was nearing five, so Luke and I decided to return to the hotel. On the way there, I kept calling Calum's number, but every single time I was sent to voicemail. After the seventh call, I gave up on trying to reach for Calum. He's just not going to answer, anyway.

Once Luke and I entered our hotel room, we kicked off our shoes and he set down the bag with my outfit inside on the bed and turned to me, saying, "Okay, princess. I'm going to go take a quick shower."

"Wait, I want to shower, too," I said, walking for the bathroom while pulling off Luke's jacket that I was wearing and tossing it onto the floor.

"Oh, I can wait after you're finished." Luke went to sit on the couch, but I pulled his arm back and he looked at me with a questioning look.

"I meant, wait for me, because I want to shower with you." I smirked when I saw his eyes go wide. I stepped closer to him, taking his hands and resting them on the lower area of my back. "So? What do you say?"

"Yes, please," he said without a moment of hesitation.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him in for a kiss. I parted my lips and I felt his tongue go inside my mouth, brushing against my own. He started to lean against me and then he pressed me up against the wall. My legs hugged his waist and crossed at the ankles as I tilted my head to the side. Luke then carried me to the bathroom, closing and locking the door and setting me on top of the sink counter.

His hands grabbed the bottom of my shirt and started to pull it up and I had to draw away from the kiss so he could get rid of my shirt and discard it onto the ground. Then I tugged at his shirt and he let me slide that off as well.

Luke's fingers went to the button of my jeans and started to unbutton them and pull down the zipper. Then I remembered I had my phone in my pocket, so I momentarily stopped Luke to take my phone out. My eyebrows furrowed when I saw I had two missed calls from Calum and a voicemail from him.

"Oh, now the idiot decides to call back," I grumbled, setting my phone face down somewhere on the counter. "Whatever. At least I know he's alive." I resumed to kissing Luke again as he slipped his hands into the sides of my jeans, me lifting myself up so he could pull them down.

He stopped tugging at them when they got to my thighs and he drew away from the kiss, our eyes locked together. "Don't you want to hear what his voicemail says?" he asked me.

I shook my head. "That can wait until later, really. He hardly ever has anything important to say, anyway."

Luke grinned at me and pulled me in for another heated make out session and I closed my eyes. He completely stripped me from my jeans and my socks came off along with my jeans and I was left in nothing but my boxers.

I let my fingers run through Luke's hair, tugging at them and rolling my hips to meet his. His hand went in between my legs and started to rub me there and a moan emitted through my lips that were most likely swollen.

But then Luke's lips broke away from mine and went to my neck, his teeth biting on my skin. I bit down on my bottom lip, but that didn't stop me from letting out sounds of pleasure due to his lips on my neck and hand on my hardening bulge.

I pouted when he stepped away from me. I watched as he went over to the bathtub and turned the shower head on, water pouring out.

While his back was turned to me, I took the chance to remove my boxer shorts and drop them onto the ground. I crossed one leg over the other, hid my hard-on with my large hands, and waited patiently for Luke to turn back to me, a mischievous smirk on my face.

Finally Luke twisted himself around to go back to me, but stopped in his place when he saw that I was now completely naked.

"I-I thought we were, um, gonna shower with our b-boxers on," he stuttered out as his cheeks turned a bright shade of red.

I raised an eyebrow and chuckled. "Who said that?"

"N-No one, but... we're not going to have sex, are we?"

I pretended to think for a moment, and then I said, "It's all up to you."

"Princess, look." Luke let out a sigh and he walked back over to me, pushing my legs apart and stepping in between them, but not all the way. Just to my knees. "As tempting as that sounds, I don't think either of us are ready for that yet. I mean, you're a virgin and you're just really horny right now. "

A frown formed on my lips. "So you're just going to leave me hard?"

"We can fix your problem without sex." He pulled off the rest of his clothes and I gaped at his toned body. This was the first time I ever saw him without any clothes on, and I was not disappointed with what I saw. "We'll just kiss and touch. But no sex. Not yet. Okay, princess?"

I nodded my head. "Okay, then."

After that, I lightly pushed him away from me and jumped off the counter, walking over to the tub and getting inside. Luke followed in after me and pulled the curtains so we wouldn't get the floor wet.

Water washed over me and I ran my fingers through my now wet hair, sighing at how relaxing water cascading over me felt. Luke moved closer to me from behind and wrapped his arm around my waist and, yeah, I could feel his hard-on pressed to my bum, but I tried not to think about that any further.

During our shower, we helped relieve the problems we both had and occasionally touched one another, but that was the most we did. We also helped each other wash our hair as well as our bodies, and it felt really nice to feel Luke's comb through my wavy hair.

Once we finished, we dried ourselves off and Luke got dressed in one of his tuxedos and, of course, he looked really good.

I pulled on the outfit we got from shopping earlier after removing the price tags and then picked up the fedora and placed it upon my still damp hair. I looked over at Luke whose eyes were on me, his lips curved upwards.

"Do I look okay?" I asked Luke since I wanted him to tell me if the outfit fit me well before I decided to have a look myself.

His smile grew and he answered, "I did choose your outfit. Of course, you look okay." I rolled my eyes, but then he added, "You always look perfect, princess."

I felt my cheeks turn red from his comment and I went to the bathroom. I already knew I was good looking, but this outfit Luke chose for me suited me perfectly well. The fedora was nice, too. I think I'll wear it more often.

My eyes caught sight of my phone and I picked it up, seeing I had now twenty-six missed calls from Calum and three voicemails. I furrowed my eyebrows, but then I decided to listen to one of the messages he left for me.

"Ashton?" I heard Calum's voice say. "I--fuck, I'm sorry for not picking up. Where are you? Please, call me back as soon as you get this."

I proceeded to the next message.

"Ash, where are you? This is very important. Pl-Please, answer your phone. I--oh, shi--"

I went to the last one.

When it began playing, Calum sounded like he was crying and my heart was beginning to pound in my chest. I was becoming scared.

What was happening?

"A-Ash," Calum said, but he was speaking in a quieter voice now, "I don't have much time, but I-I'm so sorry. I should've stayed at the hospital. I shouldn't have left. Tell Michael that I'm sorry and that I love--" There was a loud gasp on his end and Calum began rushing with the message. "Ashton, stay with Luke! Don't ever leave his sight! Stay safe! Get rid of your phone! Don't--No! Please, no! Let go! Sto--!"

Then the last voicemail by Calum ended.

-

AN: Oh, shit. Ooooooooooooooooooooooh, shit. Something happened. Trời ơi.

I haven't updated in forever, and this story is close to finished. Wha? Few more chapters to go.

Anyway, thoughts? Predictions?

I hope this chapter was worth the read (: Until next time! x