Chapter Three
Ashley's POV
As the week passed by, Spencer and Clay became integrated into my little school group, and Glen, will pop by every once in awhile. Clay is awkward, but very cool and was able to bond with Mariah over nerdy things like, history and Star Wars. Chelsea obviously found him adorable, and likes him a lot. And then the guys just like having another guy around to "balance out the testosterone to estrogen levels," as Aiden said.
Spencer gets along really well with both Madison and Kyla; she actually joined onto the cheer squad with Madi, and is able to bond with Kyla over crappy popular music. I think it's good that Kyla has another friend to hang out with over here; I mean she is friends with everyone else, but sometimes I think she thinks she doesn't fit in over here. Plus, it helps that Spencer is so freaking cute…but I digress.
By Friday, Mariah was able to convince the Carlin's to meet up at the beach over the weekend to have a bonfire, and they said they would go. The beach will be great, because I get to walk around in a bikini and show everyone how awesomely awesome I am. Plus, I get to see Spencer in a bikini, hopefully. And as long as Kyla doesn't get drunk and take it upon herself to give everyone a lap dance, again, then we should be fine. Although it was funny to see Mariah get all wide-eyed and blush. She doesn't blush very easily.
After our final class of the day I walk Spencer to the Carlin's car and I bring up the bonfire.
"So how are you getting to the bonfire?" I ask.
"Oh, ummm I will be going with my brothers. So, we'll probably get there around twoish…" she replies shyly.
"Oh, that's cool," I reply, "But if that doesn't work out then you can give me a call, and we can work something out."
She nervously bit her bottom lip and replied,"Alright, well I'll see you tomorrow Ashley!" That lip bite is so hot. I should just want to sink my teeth into it. Woah, calm down Ashley.
Mariah, Kyla, and I all get to the beach at noon so we can get a decent pit and spot to catch some rays. Well, at least Kyla and I will, Mariah is going to actually go into the water, so gross. After we set up the wood in the pit to be lit later and set up the coolers with the beer and snacks, we finally strip out of our shorts and shirts down to our swim suits.
"Come on you lame asses, get in the water it feels great." I hear Mariah shout while coming up for some of the watermelon we brought with us. She may be my best friend and I would never hit it, but god damn I can appreciate it. She's all wet and her hair is all messy and dripping from the water. I can even see Kyla, who claims to be one hundred percent straight ogling her a little bit. Although, I'm not really sure whether its shock that Mariah has such a good body or that she actually thinks Mariah is hot, maybe both. After I finish ogling my hot best friend I roll over and reply," No, I'll stay here and be a ''lame ass.' Thanks."
"Ummm, I uhh, no I'm good!" Sputters Kyla awkwardly after I elbow her in the ribs to get her to respond.
"Are you sure, Kyla boo, because you're starting to get flushed," she tells Kyla before putting her hand on Kyla's cheek and teasingly adds, "I promise it feels so wonderful, and it'll cool you down."
With the physical contact and flirting, Kyla flushes deeply and sputters a weak agreement before being dragged by Mariah down to the water, Kyla staring at her ass the whole way. Looks like little sister is not as straight as she thinks she is. Poor Kyla, she picked the wrong person to get a crush on, not that Mariah is a bad person, quite the opposite. I mean, Mariah is polite, sweet, and everyone loves her, but she has one problem. Mariah is great, but she has a worse fear of commitment than I do. You wouldn't think so given that she will flirt with anything, I mean literally anything, I saw her flirt with a tree once. But, Mariah has this insane fear of being committed to a single person, what with her parents getting divorced when we were fourteen and her ex that just destroyed her. Its one of those things that we just don't talk about. There are a few things we know about each other but have never really talked about, like her parent's divorce, and my incident at the end of the last school year.
"Ashley!" I hear over my internal ramblings and sit up to see Madison and the Carlin's are approaching.
"Hey guys." I say when they finally make it to the pit we gathered at.
"Where are the others?" Clay asks while taking off the shirt covering his surprisingly in shape torso.
"Oh well, Mariah and Kyla are down frolicking in the water…" I start to reply before getting distracted by Spencer taking off her shorts and tank top revealing her dark blue bikini and her hottie hotness. Madison's snapping fingers break me out of my trance and I look up to see her eye's roll and Spencer's smirk.
"Right, well Aiden is going to get here around five, he had some family lunch or dinner thing. Sean said he wouldn't be coming because he was going to go help his friend make a movie or something. And Chelsea should be here soon." I finally finish telling Clay.
"Oh, sweet come on guys!" Glen shouts while running towards the water with Spencer and Clay trailing behind, leaving me and Madison on our towels to tan by the fire pit.
"Can you be anymore obvious?" Madison asks as soon as they leave the area.
"Look who's talking. I'm not the only one that was ogling a Carlin after their shirt came off." I mutter.
"Shut up, hoe. I was not," she replies.
I snort in and tell her "It looked like you were trying to develop x-ray vision."
"I was not, puta!" she shrieks before slapping me on the arm.
"Hey, what did I tell you guys about hitting each other?" I hear a highly amused voice say from above us. Turning I see that Chelsea has finally joined us. After informing her of the whereabouts of the others, Chelsea lays her towel out to tan with Madison and me. Easy banter and teasing flows between us as we all lay and the others play in the water, coming up every once in awhile for water or a snack.
After Spencer goes back to the water after getting some soda, Chelsea and Madison take it upon themselves to tease me, only to stop after I point out their crushes on the other two Carlin's.
"Besides," I reply "its not like I want to marry the girl, I just think she's hot."
"Who's hot?" I hear whispered directly into my ear.
"AH! Aiden you ass! Why do you do that?" I hiss out at him while punching him in his chest.
"I'm sorry, but you have to admit, that was funny!" I hear him say with laughter clear in his voice and Chelsea and Madison giggling in the back ground.
"Ass." I mutter.
"But who's hot? Besides me of course." He asks while grabbing a beer for himself and handing me another.
"No one!" I reply while Chelsea and Madison take it upon themselves to shout Spencer.
"Oh, I totally agree, I really wanna hit that." He says.
"Spencer doesn't seem like the kind of girl to just let you hit it." Chelsea points out with Madison adding her agreement.
"Whatever, I still want it." He says offhandedly.
"Spencer isn't like other girls, asshat. You have to be in a relationship with feelings and stuff first." I mutter angrily.
"Oh, do I hear some jealousy, Ashley?" Aiden replies cockily.
"No, I'm just stating a fact," I reply, "make yourself useful and start the fire, the sun is going to start setting soon."
"That's right you ladies need a man to do this." He says while thumping his chest like an idiotic ape. Was the chest thump necessary, he should of just said "why, of course Ashley, I would be glad to." As Aiden starts the fire, Madison starts setting up the stuff for the hot dogs and Chelsea goes to get the pizza she brought from her car. I take it upon myself to get everyone else in from the water to eat.
As I get closer to the water I see Kyla and Mariah playing Glen and Spencer chicken with Clay refereeing and cheering them on. I then continue to watch as Mariah says something I can't hear over the waves to Glen that makes all the other players flush, allowing her and Kyla too gain an opening, allowing Kyla to push over Spencer. After Spencer comes up sputtering and blinking furiously to get the salt water out of her eyes, they all turn to me laughing at the wave's edge. After I tell them to come back to the pit, they all begin to come out, with Mariah running ahead, and Glen trudging behind muttering something about evil hot girls.
An hour after sunset and everyone is huddled together by the fire, roasting marshmallows and telling ridiculous stories.
"And then I tell the guy he needs to just go buy a dildo and go fuck himself!" Mariah tells and everyone bursts out in laughter. Chelsea and Madison rolling their eyes while laughing, while Clay falls over holding his sides, Aiden is crying and leans on to my shaking form, Kyla turning her head into Mariah's neck to stifle her laughs and Mariah just looking on proudly.
"That's ridiculous!" Glen guffaws. "I have something better though…" he begins to tell a story involving some mall back in Ohio, tooth picks, the cops, and a can of spray paint, with Clay and Spencer adding in little tidbits every once in awhile. As I look around, I notice the seating arrangements; Glen has an arm wrapped around Madi's waist with the other gesturing wildly in the air, Chelsea and Clay shyly holding hands under the blanket they're sharing. Mariah is cuddled into Aiden's side with his arm around her; Kyla in her lap leaning her back into her chest, Mariah has an arm wrapped around the both of them. All of them love to cuddle and both Kyla and Aiden seem to have a soft spot for Mariah anyways. And the wonderfully adorable Spencer is sharing a blanket with me, and wearing my hoodie because she got cold. And I find myself pleasantly surprised to think, this is perfect.
A few hours pass and were all just sitting around, drinking a little bit, and enjoying a drama free night, until we realize, once again, how much of a light weight Kyla is. The girl has only had like two and a half beers and now everything is just sooooo great.
"Ashley!" Kyla screams with a slight slur.
"Yes, Kyla?" I ask the slight irritation apparent in my voice.
"I. Love. You." She emphasizes every word with a gesture of her hands. Mariah just adjusts her grip on Kyla's waist and giggles quietly and leans over to whisper to Aiden who chuckles.
"Hey! Secrets don't make for good friendships!" she chastises her two amused friends.
"But Kyla…" Aiden starts to say, before Kyla cuts him off and tells him to stop hogging Mariah, because she is hers. Everyone else starts to chuckle and Kyla gets upset.
"Oh you guys are all so mean! You all like Aiden more than me!" she cries out pathetically, "it's not fair I knew Mariah first! You can't have her!"
"No they don't Kyla." Mariah coos soothingly into her ear. "They all like you just as much as they like Aiden."
"But you're my sugar mama! Not theirs! I love you!" she whimpers pathetically while turning around to bury her face into Mariah's neck. Mariah looks at me and shoots a pleading look, but I just shrug and laugh at her.
"And I love you, boo. So why don't we just calm down and eat some s'mores" she asks hoping to cheer her up.
"Okay, but only if you make it for me. And you can't make any for Aiden or Glen. Because they are stupid boys who want to fuck you. And you are mine." And after Kyla's hilarious claim of ownership over Mariah, Spencer and I start busting up and have to leave the pit so Kyla doesn't end up upset again. We walk away with Mariah glaring at my back while muttering reassurances into Kyla's ear.
After we finish laughing, Spencer I walk back towards the pit with me telling her about the constant competitions for Mariah's attention between all sorts of people, the most common being Kyla and Aiden. I tell her that Kyla has always just had this thing for my female best friend and how I was never really sure if Aiden genuinely liked her or if she just liked messing with Kyla more. Spencer agrees that it is completely entertaining and that we will all have to hang out more, so she could see more of the odd triangle those three had. I realized at that point, Spencer and I were holding hands, and I liked it. We didn't stop holding hands until we got back to the group, and had to let go, so I could put the blanket back around us, only to have Spencer grab it again and hold it under the covers. Both of us have small shy smiles on our faces, Spencer with a faint blush, causing Mariah to look over and throw a questioning glance at me. I just shrug and enjoy the night, because tomorrow I'm going to have to talk to Mariah about this, and Monday school starts up and I get to see Spencer again.
Okay, so that's it for chapter three. Some feedback would be appreciated, so review or pm me. I'll try to have another update by the end of the week, but no promises.