NUMB
Title: NUMB (Kellan's POV)
Author: Izhiru
Characters: Kellan, Jackson and Ashley
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: i own nothing.
A/N: The story is a random jump of flashback, while Kellan stares on the picture of Brock and Ash.
Credit to im_cdn for an awesome helping hand. ^^ *kisses
As the driver was winding his way through the London streets from the airport to the hotel, Kellan sat comfortably in the back catching up with his girlfriend Annalynne.
"Yes, Babe I'm on my way to the hotel now" Kellan replied as he tried to take in the scenery and concentrate on his conversation at the same time.
As the driver pulled into the hotel entrance, Kellan ended his call and courteously thanked the driver and headed in to get his room and settle in before Ashley and Xavier arrived.
Upon entry into his room he first settled onto the kingsized bed and laid down trying to stave off the jet lag.
Deciding that he wasn't ready to sleep just yet, he walked over to the window and tore open the curtains to get a good look at the view. The view of London was amazing from his room and he stood there smiling to himself.
Wanting to share his thoughts with everyone, he logged onto his twitter account to post his comments and to catch up on what he missed. Grinning as he surveyed the posts he had missed, frowning a little that he was in a different time zone than all his friends, knowing that anything he posted would also be on delay.
"That's Weird" he said out loud to himself as he read his co-star's tweets about wanting to drink a beer.
"I wonder why?" he thought to himself. Shaking his head a little, he returns to reviewing his replies and scanning through the previous tweets. Tweeting about his thoughts, and retweeting some of the charitable projects, mid way through, a link catches his attention like a neon sign with Ashley's name posted on it. Getting the better of his curiosity he clicked onto the link to see what it was about. As he reads the link, his brow furrows into a deep frown...
"now I know why" he says out loud to himself again.
~~~~~~
“You didn’t invite them in?”
I heard Ash ask Jackson, after Jackson finished his story about some strangers knocking on his hotel door. I sighed, looking at the interviewer, smiling at her trying to quell the awkwardness of the situation.
Not entirely sure why I would feel awkward, after all I can read these two like an open book. But on second thought, I should have gotten used to this type of situation, it's not the first time they've unintentionally ignored me.
Ashley and Jackson may not seem like Rpattz and Stew, but they are just like Rpattz and Stew on a different level even if they don't even know it yet. I say Screw Hollywood, they should just admit their feelings to each other and stop towing the company line. That would put a stop to all the hook up rumors. Instead the pussyfoot around with situation making it harder on everyone else.
I can still remember how frantic Ashley was, when I accidentally hit Jackson. I don’t know who's fault it was, whether Jackson came in late or I was just too early, but all of a sudden bang...Then there was shouting and people running around, you would have thought someone was shot.
Poor Jackson he looked so out of it as he glanced from face to face of the production crew asking him how he was. I glanced at Ashley who looked like she was just as lost as he was, wanting to find out if he was ok.
But if i thought that, that was bad, you should have seen the look on her face when they advised us that Jackson was going to the hospital for precautionary reasons. I made the wrong choice of looking over at Ashley at the precise moment and boy if looks could kill..well let's just say, I wouldn't be here now reminiscing on that event. T
hat had to be the single most embarrassing time for me on set, I felt like the real bad guy and my castmates had a great time reminding me of this every chance they got, especially Papa Cullen.
But then there was Jackson he was no better.
"IT WENT AGAINST EVERY BIT OF SOUTHERN IN ME... “ I heard jackson reply to the interviewer, explaining his fight training with Ashley as alice. It really was. He kept saying he was ready during rehearsals, but when the shoot began, it took him an hour to get over his nerves. He was so afraid to take a swing at Ashley that the director David was skeptical that it would look natural. It was funny watching Ashley trying to calm Jackson down, reminding him that they had rehearsed and that all would be ok. David looked like he was going to lose it after the 15th take of Jackson's lazy swing, finally he hit his mark when Ashley whispered something in his ear. I have still to ask her what she said to him.
~~~~~~
“So how are you?!” Kellan asked Jackson, lending him his lighter.
They’re having a little break on the balcony in between the multitude of interviews that they were doing.
“I'm good! I mean gigs every night, meeting people that enjoy our music, how awesome is that?"
“Definitely” Kellan laughed.
“Sleeping in the van or on the floor of the hotel room is kinda rough, but don’t tell Ashley though, you know how she is, with my monkey habits” Jackson added
Kellan grinned, he understood perfectly, Ashley would mention with disdain about Jackson's monkey sleeping habits on the road. On occasion she would complain about she missed him during the tours or about all the groupies.
“busted” Jackson announced, looking below and pointing out the paparazzi to Kellan. "There you are" Ashley said as she stepped out onto the balcony.
Again, Kellan was a witness to the interactions of the two, Ashley's bright smile when Jackson complemented how great she looked.
~~~~~~~~~
“I can’t remember meeting this guy” . Kellan thought, as he looked closely and tried to remember, who the anonymous dude in the picture was.
~~~~~~~~~
“you know what?, I always admire your determination Kellan” Ashley said as she posed.
Kellan beamed at her, and asked “why is that?”
They are in a photo shoot location for the WOMEN AND MEN’S HEALTH magazine. The photographers are taking pictures of them together, it should be like they’re into each other, and it feels so weird for them to be like that.
“Coz you know what you want and you fight for it” Ashley whispered, as she wrapped her arms around Kellan.
As they posed, Kellan is in deep thought, digesting What Ashley really meant until he said “what do you mean?”
“Nothing important” She settled, smiling at the camera again.
“its just, when you’re in love, its like to hell what anyone thinks, I'm happy with her and the whole world should just deal with it”
“I’m not following ash” Kellan furrowed, enveloping Ashley in his arms. She smiles at him as she wraps her arms around him as well.
“I'm just thinking, ..if what we’re doing at the moment is worth it. If its really going to turn out better, or if we’re just going to screw it up sooner or later, again”
As the last flash went off and the photographer stepped away to get some more film, Ashley unwrapped herself from Kellan and walked away.
~~~~~
“I'm really sure, I don’t know him” Kellan muttered. He spent several minutes reviewing the recent pictures of Ashley kissing before she left for London. He did his best to remember if this "face" as he had named the guy, was in his circle of friends, but he couldn't place him no matter how hard he tried, even repeating his name several times, didn't help jog his memory.
Shaking his head, realizing that this is all over the internet and Jackson had obviously already seen them.
" What the heck is going on? I thought it was going well" He says out loud to himself.
Kellan tried unsuccessfully several times to get a hold of Ashley but reaching her voice mail instead. Finally leaving a message on his 5th try for her to drop by his room when she arrived.
~~~~~~~~~~
“Hey!! Quit it!..” I complained, who the heck would try disturb me at this time. Oh, damn. Had I overslept and its morning already? But I set a wake up call.
“kellan its me, Come on get up!!” its Ashley. Right. I remember now.
I get up after she settled on the foot of my bed, and before the pillow she throws hit my face.
“I thought you’re going to wait?”
“I'm tired, and accidentally slept”
Ashley grinned at me. She looks exhausted, her eyes puffy without make up, her hair unruly, and what else I'm not seeing. Yes, something is wrong.
“So how's the flight?”
“Good, exhausting, long”
“How's Xavier?”
“I think he turned in, as soon as he closed the door”
“how's marlo?”
“I left her with Katie”
I observed her keenly while she answered without noticing it. She answered my question alright, but her mind seemed like it was some place else.
“Are you excited for the next few days?”
“Yes, I’m excited” She answered vaguely without going into her usual detailed answer.
“I thought Jackson would join us for this promotion?” I lied, knowing full well that Jackson was busy with promotions for his other movie The Last Airbender
“how could he, he’s too damn busy” Ashley answered abruptly.
“oh, he called you?”
“No. Why would he?”
I walked to the windows pulling the curtain open to take a look outside.
"Gee Ashley, you look sooo happy" I sarcastically remark to her
“really?” She deadpans, rolling her eyes and letting on that she knows I was being an ass.
“Do you like him, are you happy?” I ask, while trying to busy myself wit the curtains.
Ashley stares at me for a second, understanding what I meant, pausing a bit before replying " Yes, I like him"
“Alright, that’s all that matters” I say to her, trying to convey to her that i'm no some guy friend, who will tell her what she should do, coz its her life in the first place.
“Thanks” She replies back with a small smile
"Go get some rest" I advise her getting up to shoo her towards the door while in my mind I'm thinking how I missed her smile on the twilight set, espcially when she’s looking at Jackson.
Author: Izhiru
Characters: Kellan, Jackson and Ashley
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: i own nothing.
A/N: The story is a random jump of flashback, while Kellan stares on the picture of Brock and Ash.
Credit to im_cdn for an awesome helping hand. ^^ *kisses
As the driver was winding his way through the London streets from the airport to the hotel, Kellan sat comfortably in the back catching up with his girlfriend Annalynne.
"Yes, Babe I'm on my way to the hotel now" Kellan replied as he tried to take in the scenery and concentrate on his conversation at the same time.
As the driver pulled into the hotel entrance, Kellan ended his call and courteously thanked the driver and headed in to get his room and settle in before Ashley and Xavier arrived.
Upon entry into his room he first settled onto the kingsized bed and laid down trying to stave off the jet lag.
Deciding that he wasn't ready to sleep just yet, he walked over to the window and tore open the curtains to get a good look at the view. The view of London was amazing from his room and he stood there smiling to himself.
Wanting to share his thoughts with everyone, he logged onto his twitter account to post his comments and to catch up on what he missed. Grinning as he surveyed the posts he had missed, frowning a little that he was in a different time zone than all his friends, knowing that anything he posted would also be on delay.
"That's Weird" he said out loud to himself as he read his co-star's tweets about wanting to drink a beer.
"I wonder why?" he thought to himself. Shaking his head a little, he returns to reviewing his replies and scanning through the previous tweets. Tweeting about his thoughts, and retweeting some of the charitable projects, mid way through, a link catches his attention like a neon sign with Ashley's name posted on it. Getting the better of his curiosity he clicked onto the link to see what it was about. As he reads the link, his brow furrows into a deep frown...
"now I know why" he says out loud to himself again.
~~~~~~
“You didn’t invite them in?”
I heard Ash ask Jackson, after Jackson finished his story about some strangers knocking on his hotel door. I sighed, looking at the interviewer, smiling at her trying to quell the awkwardness of the situation.
Not entirely sure why I would feel awkward, after all I can read these two like an open book. But on second thought, I should have gotten used to this type of situation, it's not the first time they've unintentionally ignored me.
Ashley and Jackson may not seem like Rpattz and Stew, but they are just like Rpattz and Stew on a different level even if they don't even know it yet. I say Screw Hollywood, they should just admit their feelings to each other and stop towing the company line. That would put a stop to all the hook up rumors. Instead the pussyfoot around with situation making it harder on everyone else.
I can still remember how frantic Ashley was, when I accidentally hit Jackson. I don’t know who's fault it was, whether Jackson came in late or I was just too early, but all of a sudden bang...Then there was shouting and people running around, you would have thought someone was shot.
Poor Jackson he looked so out of it as he glanced from face to face of the production crew asking him how he was. I glanced at Ashley who looked like she was just as lost as he was, wanting to find out if he was ok.
But if i thought that, that was bad, you should have seen the look on her face when they advised us that Jackson was going to the hospital for precautionary reasons. I made the wrong choice of looking over at Ashley at the precise moment and boy if looks could kill..well let's just say, I wouldn't be here now reminiscing on that event. T
hat had to be the single most embarrassing time for me on set, I felt like the real bad guy and my castmates had a great time reminding me of this every chance they got, especially Papa Cullen.
But then there was Jackson he was no better.
"IT WENT AGAINST EVERY BIT OF SOUTHERN IN ME... “ I heard jackson reply to the interviewer, explaining his fight training with Ashley as alice. It really was. He kept saying he was ready during rehearsals, but when the shoot began, it took him an hour to get over his nerves. He was so afraid to take a swing at Ashley that the director David was skeptical that it would look natural. It was funny watching Ashley trying to calm Jackson down, reminding him that they had rehearsed and that all would be ok. David looked like he was going to lose it after the 15th take of Jackson's lazy swing, finally he hit his mark when Ashley whispered something in his ear. I have still to ask her what she said to him.
~~~~~~
“So how are you?!” Kellan asked Jackson, lending him his lighter.
They’re having a little break on the balcony in between the multitude of interviews that they were doing.
“I'm good! I mean gigs every night, meeting people that enjoy our music, how awesome is that?"
“Definitely” Kellan laughed.
“Sleeping in the van or on the floor of the hotel room is kinda rough, but don’t tell Ashley though, you know how she is, with my monkey habits” Jackson added
Kellan grinned, he understood perfectly, Ashley would mention with disdain about Jackson's monkey sleeping habits on the road. On occasion she would complain about she missed him during the tours or about all the groupies.
“busted” Jackson announced, looking below and pointing out the paparazzi to Kellan. "There you are" Ashley said as she stepped out onto the balcony.
Again, Kellan was a witness to the interactions of the two, Ashley's bright smile when Jackson complemented how great she looked.
~~~~~~~~~
“I can’t remember meeting this guy” . Kellan thought, as he looked closely and tried to remember, who the anonymous dude in the picture was.
~~~~~~~~~
“you know what?, I always admire your determination Kellan” Ashley said as she posed.
Kellan beamed at her, and asked “why is that?”
They are in a photo shoot location for the WOMEN AND MEN’S HEALTH magazine. The photographers are taking pictures of them together, it should be like they’re into each other, and it feels so weird for them to be like that.
“Coz you know what you want and you fight for it” Ashley whispered, as she wrapped her arms around Kellan.
As they posed, Kellan is in deep thought, digesting What Ashley really meant until he said “what do you mean?”
“Nothing important” She settled, smiling at the camera again.
“its just, when you’re in love, its like to hell what anyone thinks, I'm happy with her and the whole world should just deal with it”
“I’m not following ash” Kellan furrowed, enveloping Ashley in his arms. She smiles at him as she wraps her arms around him as well.
“I'm just thinking, ..if what we’re doing at the moment is worth it. If its really going to turn out better, or if we’re just going to screw it up sooner or later, again”
As the last flash went off and the photographer stepped away to get some more film, Ashley unwrapped herself from Kellan and walked away.
~~~~~
“I'm really sure, I don’t know him” Kellan muttered. He spent several minutes reviewing the recent pictures of Ashley kissing before she left for London. He did his best to remember if this "face" as he had named the guy, was in his circle of friends, but he couldn't place him no matter how hard he tried, even repeating his name several times, didn't help jog his memory.
Shaking his head, realizing that this is all over the internet and Jackson had obviously already seen them.
" What the heck is going on? I thought it was going well" He says out loud to himself.
Kellan tried unsuccessfully several times to get a hold of Ashley but reaching her voice mail instead. Finally leaving a message on his 5th try for her to drop by his room when she arrived.
~~~~~~~~~~
“Hey!! Quit it!..” I complained, who the heck would try disturb me at this time. Oh, damn. Had I overslept and its morning already? But I set a wake up call.
“kellan its me, Come on get up!!” its Ashley. Right. I remember now.
I get up after she settled on the foot of my bed, and before the pillow she throws hit my face.
“I thought you’re going to wait?”
“I'm tired, and accidentally slept”
Ashley grinned at me. She looks exhausted, her eyes puffy without make up, her hair unruly, and what else I'm not seeing. Yes, something is wrong.
“So how's the flight?”
“Good, exhausting, long”
“How's Xavier?”
“I think he turned in, as soon as he closed the door”
“how's marlo?”
“I left her with Katie”
I observed her keenly while she answered without noticing it. She answered my question alright, but her mind seemed like it was some place else.
“Are you excited for the next few days?”
“Yes, I’m excited” She answered vaguely without going into her usual detailed answer.
“I thought Jackson would join us for this promotion?” I lied, knowing full well that Jackson was busy with promotions for his other movie The Last Airbender
“how could he, he’s too damn busy” Ashley answered abruptly.
“oh, he called you?”
“No. Why would he?”
I walked to the windows pulling the curtain open to take a look outside.
"Gee Ashley, you look sooo happy" I sarcastically remark to her
“really?” She deadpans, rolling her eyes and letting on that she knows I was being an ass.
“Do you like him, are you happy?” I ask, while trying to busy myself wit the curtains.
Ashley stares at me for a second, understanding what I meant, pausing a bit before replying " Yes, I like him"
“Alright, that’s all that matters” I say to her, trying to convey to her that i'm no some guy friend, who will tell her what she should do, coz its her life in the first place.
“Thanks” She replies back with a small smile
"Go get some rest" I advise her getting up to shoo her towards the door while in my mind I'm thinking how I missed her smile on the twilight set, espcially when she’s looking at Jackson.