?30days with the superstar?
?by authoress pinky?
⚡Chapter Thirty—Eight (38)⚡
Subtitle: ‘i thought i lost you…’?
Josh’s pov
I slowly lifted my head and caught sight of beautiful eyes staring right back at me. Am i dreaming? No, this can’t be a dream. Or wait, am i imagining things now? Nah, not a chance. An imaginary person don’t talk, remember?
“Ashley?” I called out and her li-ps stretched out in the most warmest and pretty smile i have ever since in three years; Note.
She is back! My princess is back! She is finally back to me! I couldn’t hold onto the tears as they freely sli-p down to my face.
Little Ashley groa-ned as she opened her eyes to stare at me with a frown on her face.
“you just woke me up from my beauty sleep, Mr grumpy.” She snapped. Her gaze slowly moved to Ashley, who was also staring at her. “OMG! You are awake.” She said with her eyes wide Opened. She quickly pulled herself from my hold and ran towards the door.
“where are you going to?” I called back at her.
“to call the doctor, stupid!” And with that she left, slamming the door shut.
Kids!
I look back to Ashley and she was still smiling at me. God, i fu-cking miss that smile like crazy. I pulled her hand to my li-ps and dropped a warm and light ki-ss on it.
“God, i thought i lost you, Princess.” I said calmly.
She tightened her hand on mine. “i…i
…i thought…i wasn’t going…to come back to…you.” She replied slowly. Seems like she was finding it difficult to talk. I could und-erstand. Three years with talking. fu-ck! That is a fu-cking long time.
A tear drop down to her face and i quickly wipe it off with my thumb. “it’s fine, princess. Everything is over.” I rea-ssured her and she smiled in response. Just to lighten the mood, i added. “hey, it’s rude to keep an impatient man like me waiting.”
She fake glared at me. “an..and…it’s.. rude…to tell a patient that.” She responded and i chuckled.
Indeed, she was back.
Little Ashley returned with the doctor and some other two nurses. He smiled as soon as he sighted Ashley, who was also staring at him with a smile on her li-ps.
“welcome back, Pretty.” He said. I tried not to roll my eyes over that nickname. I mean, he was already married and wasn’t flirting with Ashley. And besides, he knows she belongs to me. Not in a possessive way but…um…okay, maybe in a bit possessive way.
“th…thank you.” Ashley managed to say.
The doctor checked her pulse, then stare at her pupil with a little light then turned to the nurses by his side and told them Something. One of them nodded her head and wrote down something on a notepad.
“do you feel any pain? Or better still headache? Anything at all that is unusual?” The doctor asked.
After a while, Ashley nodded her head yes and said. “my…hea…head hurts and…my..bod…body. I..can’t even mo…move.” She explained in a low voice.
The doctor nods his head and turned to me with a smile on his face. Wait, with everything she had just complained about, is there something funny that i might have missed?
“is she going to be okay?” I asked him.
“yeah. Of course. It’s just a headache that will fade soon when she takes a painkiller but she must not stress herself or anything or else, the headache will return and might be more severe.” He smiled. “and as for her body weakness,” He points at the other nurse that wasn’t holding any notepad. “Lola here, will call in a therapist who would see Ashley throu-gh.”
I nodded my head in und-erstanding as i turn back to her. She was staring at Little Ashley with a look i couldn’t read. Doesn’t she like Ashley? I gasped. Does she know the mother of the child?
Of course she should. I mean, i told her practically everything while she was still asleep?…or unconscious? Okay, whatever it is.
The doctor turned to Ashley. “Jane will bring in your food, okay?” He smiled before walking out with the two nurses.
Little Ashley sat down on the chair, beside Ashley’s bed and waved her hand smiling.
“you are more pretty now.”
Ashley smiled. “th…thanks?” She looks at me then back at little Ashley. ”your na…name is A..Ashley, right?”
“yep. My mom said she named me after her best friend. She said she did something very bad to her best friend so, her best friend hated her and left.” Little Ashley smiled as she held Ashley hand with her tiny hand. ”i know you are that best friend mommy talks about,” She paused. “because the day mommy came in here to introduce me to she, she was crying and then she started apologizing then i knew you were the best friend. And besides…the name was another proof.” She grins.
“yo…you are su…such a smart gi…girl.” Ashley replied. “Jos… Joshua must be really gla…glad to ha…have a…a daughter like you.” She took in a de-ep breath after completing the sentence.
Speaking about family. I need to give her family and the guys some call to tell them of the good news.
“i will be right back, okay?” I ki-ssed Ashley on her forehead and ki-ssed little Ashley on her cheek before leaving the room.
?Ashley’s pov?
I was so happy to be awake. It took me three years. Three fu-cking years to break out of the cage and fight my demons.
I felt trapped inside of me. It felt like there was no other way out of the cage inside of me. I was fighting. Everyday, was war. I was fighting to wake up to my family and to Josh. But my demons were trying to keep me in forever, and if that had happened then i would have being long gone.
“you owe me a thank you.” The little angel said.
“a…a thank…yo…you?” I suddenly remembered what she had told Josh when i was still asleep.
*don’t worry, Aunt Ashley will thank me when she wakes up. So you see, she isn’t leaving because she owes me.*
Yeah, i remember every single thing everyone told me while i was still asleep but i just couldn’t reply or wake up even if i try to.
“yeah. A thank you. I have being the one cheering Mr grumpy up whenever he was depressed.”
I furred my brows at her. “Mr grumpy?” I repeated, knowing fully well that was the same nickname i had once used for him.
She nodded her head. “yeah. He really has a bad temper and a mood swing. One day he is happy and the next minute, he is angry. Grumpy, right?”
I tried to laugh but i couldn’t because of the headache so i ended up smiling. That sounds like my Josh.
“Thank you, then.” I said calmly.
She smiled. “you’re welcome.”
She is such a cute and adorable child. I just can’t wait to have my own child. Wait, child? Keep on dreaming, Ash. Josh haven’t even pop the question yet and you are talking about child.
Wait, pop the question? Am i waiting for him to ask me to marry him? If he does, what will be my answer. Yes? Or No? Get the fu-ck out of this hospital first before you talk about marriage and kids and besides, you aren’t throu-ghwith high school yet… so you see….
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I had eaten the food brou-ght to me by Jane and was already sleeping while my little angel was reading a book for me while i sleep.
She was such an amazing child but way too matured for her age. She was just seven years old and yet she acts like my mother.
I was still sound asleep when i felt someone poking me on my right cheek. Okay, i might be a patient who slept for a while three years but come on, i still cherish my sleep.
“what the….?” I groa-ned loudly as i opened my eyes and the first thing is saw was a face. Jeremy’s face. “re.. really? you…even cho..choose to attack me in my sl…sleep.” I was still finding it difficult to talk but hey, i will overcome.
“yeah, she’s back people!” He said and before i knew it, they all surrounded me, including the Js and Summer.
“my angel.” My mother ki-ssed me on my cheek with a soft smile on her face.
“m..mom.”
“how are you feeling, baby.” My dad asked after dropping a ki-ss at the top of my head.
I smiled. “fi…fine.” I replied. I tried to stand up in a sitting position when i felt an arm around my wa-ist and was gently pulling me up. “i can do it myself.”
Good news! I talk without stuttering.
Josh rolled his eyes. “i don’t care but i won’t let you do anything on your own until you fully recover.”
Too bossy!
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(one year later)
Josh pulled in front of a large building with a fish sign on it. I smiled as i got out of the motorcycle.
He held my hand and led us to the back of the aquarium and to the cliff. I smiled when we got out to the open. This was where it all started. This was when he popped out the big question.
*Ashley….will you be my girlfriend?*
I smiled over that memory. I made the right decision. I met the right man.
Josh came to stand beside me and held my hand. I turned to him with a smile on my face.
“This place held a lot of our happy memory.” He said.
“yeah.” I answered as i turned my gaze back to the water below us.
“….and it’s going to hold a lot more.” He added. I suddenly felt his grasp released mine. I slowly turned to him and saw him on one knees with a little box in his hand.
Holy shit!
“The first time i set my eyes on you, i felt something I’ve never felt before. Your boldness was crazy, you were crazy,” We both chuckled and he continued. “…yeah, i tried messing up with you and i imagined you to be like those other girls who throw themselves at my feet, worship the ground i step on or plead for my touch…but you were different.” He smiled as he held my hand. “i don’t regret. I don’t regret ki-ssing you on your ne-ck publicly, i don’t regret bringing you up here in the first place. I don’t regret asking you to play that game with me in my room the other day and kicked you a-ss.” He winked and i just rolled my eyes, smiling. “…i don’t regret anything at all. But…i will regret one thing…” He took in a de-ep breath. “not marrying you.” I smiled. “Will you marry me… Miss Ashley Miranda Hamilton?” I gasped. How does he know my middle name? Of course, Kyle.
I smiled as i knelt down in front of him. I could feel the w-etness on my face as i crashed my li-ps on his. He wrapped his arms around my wa-ist and pulled me closer while i pulled my arms around his name and de-epened the ki-ss.
After a while, we parted away to catch our breath. “yes.” I said. ”yes, i will marry you, Josh. I will marry you.”
He smiled as he slide the ring on my middle finger and cup-ped my face in his palms and peck me on my li-ps.
“I love you, princess.” He whispered.
I blus-hed. “i love you too, My Superstar.” I said.
“you will forever be my princess.” He pulled me in his arms and i snuggled closer to him. And for the first time, he was right. I was his princess and he was my superstar. And right now, it wasn’t just a thirty day contract but it was a vow of forever.
THE END.