Ashlynn and Brandon were pertched on her roof infront of her bedroom window. She took her lisence out of her wallet and shoved it in the crack on her window in an attempt to undo the latch. When she finally got it, the two crawled through the window and ended up in her bedroom. She walked over to her closet and pulled out a large Green Lantern mens shirt and mens basketball shorts and threw them at Brandon. "Here. These are the only guy clothes I have, so they will have to do for now. Tomorrow after school I can take you somehwere to buy you new clothes. But, umm, the bathroom is through the door right here. It's my own bathroom so you dont have to worry about Valo seeing you. Towels are in the closet."
Brandon smelled the clothes then looked at her. "Are you implying I should take a shower?" He said with a smirk. She just smiled back and he knew that was a yes. He walked over tword the bathroom but he stopped infront of her. "Ya know, this reminds me of old times kinda. When you would sneak me in through the window and we would have a sleepover."
"I remember we were best friends.. And then we started dating. And then you did heroin. And then you fell in love with it. And then that was the only thing you loved."
"I told you I was sorry, I told you I care. I was caught between what you wanted from me, and something I needed." He said walking closer to her.
She closed her eyes and squeezed them shut. "I wanted you to be sober.."
"You always thought it was a contest between you and my drug. I told you I loved you and I told you I try." He said, clearly getting angry. "I couldnt give you what you wanted and it was killing me. It was one fucking step forward then two steps back. No matter what I would fucking do you were always wanting more."
A tear slid down Ashlynn's face. "No body wins when everyone's losing.." She quickly wiped the tear away.
Brandon saw it and he quickly pulled her close to him in a tight hug. "Look, I'm sorry. I havent had my fix today and I'm a little irritable. I'm trying to get clean, I know thats the only thing you asked of me, but you have no idea how hard it really is. I'm trying, I really am this time. You were so great to me but I was a dick and didnt realize it. I still love you and I'm gonna get clean for you."
Ashlynn let out a sigh "Brandon.."
"No, I'm doing this. I want you back, and I know I cant do that until I'm clean." He kissed her forehead and pulled away from the hug. "I'm gonna take a shower now. I'm gonna try now, sweeatheart, I really will." He said as he turned and entered the bathroom.
Ashlynn left the room and walked down the stairs. Tears were threatning to spill from her eyes once more. "Too bad I dont see you the same way anymore.." And with that, she turned and walked down the stairs to the kitchen.
"Ashlynn Alexia!" The sudden shout caused her to jump. Derek just laughed at her. "I have a buddy I want ya to meet. Say hi to Thor." He said motioning to Thor. Thor smirked and gave her a wave.
Her eyes got big. "Woah! I never knew you two were friends! Derek, I met Thor today at McDonalds!" She smiled wide and sat down in the only open chair around the small yellow kitchen table. "So, what are you two manly-men up to?"
"Oh, you know, talking about football and monster trucks and such. But really, we needed to talk to you about something." Derek said.
Ashlynn noticed that Derek said her full name, which was unusual, so it must be serious. But if it was serious why was Thor there? A million thoughts ran through her head as she thought of all the situations it could be.
When she didnt say anything Derek took it as a sign to continue. "Dont think I'm crazy-"
"Der-bear, I already think your crazy-"
"And dont interupt me." She stopped talking and looked like a toddler who just got scolded. "Once upon a time there was a wonderful place in the sky called Vanaheim. A king and queen had a beautiful baby girl named Astrid." Isnt that what Thor called me earlier today..? She thought to herself. "But there was a war going on between Vanaheim and Jotunheim. So, because of this war, the little baby girl and her mom had to leave Vanaheim. But these two nice people, some beardy dude and a devilishly handsome 6 year old boy, decided to help the queen by taking the girl and running off to Midgard with her. Midgard is Earth by the way. So, they all changed their names and acted like normal people. Meanwhile, in Vanaheim, the king created an aliance with Odin of Asgard, who ruled at the time. So, together they ended the war and Odin sent one of his sons to Earth to retreive Astrid because it is now safe for her to come home."
Ashlynn sat in silence for a while. "How does it end?"
"No one knows yet, the princess is yet to return home." Thor said to her.
"You called me Astrid today." She said turning to Thor. "You wore a strange outfit. Your name is Thor for crying out loud.. Thor is a norse god. God of thunder. From Asgard. Asgard was created in part by Odin. Odin is the man in charge there." She was saying more so to herself than anyone else. "OH MY GOD!"
Derek winced at her sudden outburst, where as Thor just looked at her. "Yeah.. So, umm, wanna go home?" Derek said casually trying to be nice.
Just then Valo walked in the front door from being at work all day. Ashlynn ran straight to him and wrapped her thin arms around his waist. Valo looked to the table and saw Thor and Derek looking serious. "Crap.." He whispered to himself.
She looked up at him. "Valo, whats gonna happen?" She asked with fear and concern in her voice and showing in her eyes.
He looked over to Thor. "Thor is gonna take us to Asgard and then Vidkun and Idony are gonna meet us there and we will discuss stuff from there." Valo looked down at her one more time. "I dont know what exactly will be discussed, but both worlds must talk. Go pack everything you need, we leave tomorrow. This house will always be avaliable, but you wont be able to come back often." Ashlynn nodded and ran up her stairs.
Derek motioned for Valo to sit in the open chair. "So, that went better than I thought." He said awkwardly.
"Will she be alright?" Thor asked. He sounded concerned. The two other men just shrugged. "She seems like a nice girl, and a good leader. I hope she adjusts alright."
It was 3am and Ashlynn was asleep in her bed with Brandon sleeping on the bench under the window. She had told him she was going on a suprise vacation, and she didnt know when she would be home. She told him to call her if he ever needed anything, he had one of those phones that only lets you call 4 people, and she knew he wouldnt sell it for money because it had been from her. She doubted her number would work in where ever she was going though.
There was a knock on her window. Ashlynn sat up and rubbed her eyes blinkly quickly to adjust to the dark. Heidi was the cause of the knocking. Ashlynn got up and groggily made her way to the window to let in her friend. "What are you doing here?"
"My best friend texts me telling me that shes leaving and obviously I have to come see her. Where are you going?" Heidi asked making her way to the bed and sitting down.
Ashlynn huffed and sat next to Heidi. "I have no idea, and I dont know how long I will be gone either. But I'm leaving in the morning."
"Aww hun!" Heidi said throwing her arms around Ashlynn. In truth, Ashlynn was fine, but when Heidi threw her arms around her, it finally hit her. And she really did cry.