chapter 46

"Fine. Let's be in contact now." A guy said to Ashton and smiled at me. My palm resting between Ashton's elbow. I pulled up my lips in a fake smile. I was exhausted. It's not even more than 10 minutes and everyone had surrounded us. Some gave their best wishes, some talked about memories. I enjoyed but standing continuously is really difficult. I pulled Ashton's hand pulling him closer to me. He turned his gaze to me. "Let's eat something. I am hungry." I told him. "Okay. Let's head over there." He said pointing at the caters behind the drinks corner. I nodded and we walked near it. I had a raspberry cheese cake and a chocolate shake. He ordered burgers for both of us. "I thought you were going to eat something which can be your dinner." He said."Okay one hot dog." I screamed. He laughed. We started eating peacefully but three girls came walking towards us. One was wearing a purple sequin dress other one was in a bright red silk shirt and a black skirt and the last one was wearing a short denim jeans with a white blouse. A girl in sequin looked drunk. She came and tapped on Ashton's shoulder. He pulled me near himself with my chair. He gave her a confused look. "Oh. Ashton. Have you forgot me? I am Ellie. Don't you remember." She said. "Oh. Ellie. Hi." He said hesitantly.She looked at me and said, "Who is she? Ughh. Is she your girlfriend? If yes, then I want to tell you he is my ex boyfriend." He never told me anything about his exes. I widened my eyes and looked at Ashton. The girl in denim grabbed her mouth and pulled her out. We were looking at him."Sorry sorry. I will take care of her." She apologized and both girls pulled her out. We could see her shouting, "Let me tell her. He is mine. Just go..."I looked at Ashton furiously. He turned to me and grabbed my waist gently. Who was that girl? Ashton never mentioned about his previous girlfriends."Let's go somewhere else. In the quite place." He said. I nodded. I think I am overthinking. We came walking to the rim of the big ship. Cool breeze blowing over there. Though my body felt fresh but the thoughts of drunk girl were roaming in my head. Ashton went to bring some drinks for us. I was silently thinking about Ashton's past. Is he really this sweet with everyone? Or is it just me? He loves me. It's been several months but I never felt such misunderstandings about him. A voice took me out from thoughts, "Hey." It was some girl. She looked decent. In a wine colored A line knee length dress. She had wavy hairs tied in a half bun. Her wine colored lips stick seemed attractive. "Hello." I replied casually. "I am Amelia George's. And I know you. Ashton's girlfriend. I have seen you in news a lot from few days." She said. Her voice firm without any change of frequency."Oh. That's... I mean yeah. By the way I am Aisha Simpson. You can call me Aisha." I told her. It becomes awkward for me whenever someone else mentions about my dating announcement. Only few people who are interested in fashion are aware about my name. "That's what I was thinking. Your name sounded similar to his. But it went blank when I processed about it." She said as smile on her face widened."So, are you his classmate?" I asked her. Should I ask her about that girl? "Yeah. We weren't close. And at that time I was really focused on my studies a lot. But among everyone in my class Ashton was the closest friend." She said. Her looks didn't seems like a nerd. She is probably a professional topper. "Oh. You weren't close but he was the closest one. That's pretty confusing but I can understand." I said while teasing her. "Well it sounds complicated. But actually one day our teacher caught Chris and hum chatting during class though both of them were good in studies. But he made him to sit with me. I used to sit alone until then. And then Chris sat with Luna. I used to sit on the third bench alone and they were on the last desk. So Ashton had no one to chat with except me. Don't worry we were just friends." She chuckled.  Offcourse the way she says this denotes that it was friendship."Yeah. It's good. And so you became close. That's nice. So you are well aware about his past." I said. I wanted to ask her directly about his exes and everything else. But I didn't want to sound like that."I know what you want to ask. So during our school days he was friendly with everyone. Some girls used to think that I was close to him so they were asking about his contacts and all. But he never paid any attention to anyone among them. Are you in any doubt because of that girl who caused a scene there?" She asked making me stunned. She continued, "She is no one. One day we had our games time. And her ankle got sprained so our sports teacher saw him and told him to take her to nurse room. And she used to show off from that day onwards." She laughed while her eyes twinkled."Oh. Was it just this?" I asked. She blinked and said, "You shouldn't doubt him. He is responsible man. He wouldn't play with you such games. But if you want to ask anything, I am free."I regret but somewhere in my mind it aches. Even if someone flirts him casually, I would get jealous. And sudden gentle tap on my shoulder made me turn around. "Are you okay?" It was Ashton's voice. His pretty angel face shined in the moon light. I grinned and nodded. "Let's have a drink now." He said keeping the drinks in his hand on the night stand beside me. Amelia was standing near me. "She didn't had lots of doubt. But I think she is relieved now." She said while looking at Ashton. "Thanks Mel. It's from few days she is so concerned about me. " He turned to me and caressed my shoulder and asked calmly, "No more doubts now. Just ask me if anything comes in your mind." "So you already know about it. Why didn't you asked?" I questioned him.He cupped my cheeks and said, "I don't wanted you to stress yourself. Just feel safe with me. I am always by your side."