Ashley allowed her mind to wander, thinking of Maria's words, her thoughts on the situation. Maria always let too many things get into her mind about things that she saw, whether they were truth or not she usually let her imagination wander, and Ashley normally loved her for that but not when it came to Jeff, Jeff was a friend and nothing more, Ashley intended on keeping it that way.
Jeff relaxed alittle as he drove down the street after turning out of the arena parkinglot. He hated to see Ashley hurt and he made it his intention to kill his brother when he got home, his hands resting against the leather covering on the steering wheel as he drove, the window was cracked slightly so that the heater didnt make him sleepy. Jeff still couldnt believe that Beth dumped him, but he understood that he hadnt been around as much as he could've been, but she knew his job and knew that he would be gone alot of the time even before they had started dating, how after nine years could she just forget that and dump him? Jeff shook his head of his thought and focused on his present situation, having dinner with his friend, who happened to be in the same situation that he was in.
Ashley watched Jeff out of the corner of her eye, she noticed his figity movements and gently brought her hand over to rest upon his forearm without a word.
Jeff smiled alittle as he removed one hand off of the steering wheel and rested it upon her tiny hand. "Thank you for coming with me" he spoke softly, his accent unmistakeable as they stopped at a red light.
Ashley nodded lightly as she looked at him "Its better than being stuck at the arena with Maria's questions, besides free food" she joked with him.
Jeff laughed alittle, Ashley always knew how to make a joke at the right time, a gift if you were to ask him, taking his hand back, Jeff turned into the parkinglot of a Denny's. Finding a close spot he pulled into it and turned the key back, shutting off the engine of the car. He sighed alittle and pushed his hand through his hair, the keys falling into his lap as he looked over at her with a smile "Here we are."
Ashley nodded as she watched him, her stomach churning on the inside as she noticed exactly how cute he really was, she must be letting Maria's thoughts into her head, she can't care for Jeff, he was her friend, her ex's brother. Quickly figiting with the door handle, Ashley finally popped it open and scrambled to her feet outside of the car, the heat got to her in the car. Yeah, the heat thats it.
Jeff watched her with a small chuckle, popping open his own door, he rose to his feet opposite of her. Slamming the door shut behind him with a loud bang as he looked at her curiously "Too Hot?" he asked softly.
Ashley jumped from the sound of the door clasping, her thoughts interrupted by his question, in her mind at the moment it couldve meant two things, but she chose the one related to the situation "Just alittle, but ill be ok..... shall we go in Mr. Hardy?" she asked with a smile, hoping to move off of the subject.