A:N// Sorry again for the wait you guys. Its still crazy with basketball and it will be like this for the next two months or so. So don't get excited anytime soon. But here's the update!
Ashley had arrived home and she was sitting on the couch with Hailey. Hailey was staring at the television set, not paying any attention to what was actually playing. But neither of the girls cared. The house seemed somewhat empty without Sarah, Kate, Caleb and Pogue there. It was true that they had Tyler and Reid still but there was still that empty sensation that they were dealing with.
"What do you wanna do?" Hailey asked with an empty tone.
"I don't know," she replied. Ashley picked up the remote and changed the channel.
"Hey I was watching that!" Hailey protested. It appeared to be the most animated that she had gotten since everyone had left.
Ashley picked up the remote again and changed it back to the show they were watching.
Tyler and Reid walked to the front door. "We will be right back," they said.
"Where are you going?" Hailey protested with a pout.
"We'll be right back. Don't worry about it." And just like that they were out of the door before Hailey could reply.
"What the hell?" Hailey looked over at Ashley with a confused look on her face.
Ashley shrugged. "Who knows," she said.
Hailey folded her arms over her chest. "I love how you're acting like this isn't a big deal. Doesn't it bother you that they went out without telling us where they were going or when they would be back? They could be doing something insane for all we know," Hailey complained. It was unlike her to be complaining like this but she didn't want Reid to leave.
"Well, I do care but if you think about it, it's probably for us so in a way Im excited," She smiled. Ashley wasn't really in the complaining mood. She was upset that part of the gang had to leave. "I have an idea," Ashley said while she got up.
Hailey groaned and looked at her friend. "What is it?"
She smirked. "Well, since the boys have decided to leave us out of something, then we need to turn the tables on them."
Hailey raised her eyebrows but smiled never the less. "I like where you are going with this but I don't know where you're going with this," she said and laughed a little.
Ashley giggled. "Follow me," she said.
Hailey hesitated but eventually got up and followed Ashley outside where Ashley was already sitting in her car. "Get in," she instructed.
"Where are we going?" Hailey asked with a chuckle.
"Well since the boys have decided to leave us, me and you are going on a little field trip to the mall. And guess who has the key to get in and who purposely left her cell phone in the house? Me. So therefore they can't get in touch with us until we have a nice LONG day at the wonderful mall," Ashley explained with a grin.
Hailey grinned and jumped into the car. "Let's go!" She yelled and made the sound of an engine being revved.
Ashley turned on the car and sped out of the driveway.
"So what should we get today?" she asked Ashley.
"Um, I don't know I kinda wanna spice things up with my look. Like I don't know I was thinking really bright colors. What do you want to get?" Ashley said.
Hailey thought for a minute. "Something sexy," she said and grinned.
Ashley hit the steering wheel. "Oh and don't forget to remind me I need to get a new summer dress."
Hailey nodded her head.
"Hun, we always find something sexy, it's in our blood. Speaking of clothes do you think I should go to that school?" she asked with an unsure look.
Hailey chuckled. "How do clothes make you think of that school?" she asked.
"Because of my designs," she explained.
Hailey made an 'O' with her mouth and nodded her head. "I dunno," she said. "I think you should go because it would be good."
Ashley smiled. "I mean, without designs you don't get clothes and without clothes this world isn't worth living in. Well I don't know Im still debating. I really don't want to leave you," she frowned at the thought of leaving her best friend.
She sighed and nodded her head. She would really miss Ashley too but she wasn't the type of friend to hold someone back just for her own company. "Well you should go. It would be good. And don't worry about me. I'll be fine," she said with a soft smile.
Ashley could read right through Hailey. She knew that she didn't want her to leave but she knew that Hailey would never say it. "I'm still thinking about it," She smiled back.
Hailey laughed a little. "Just think about it like this. You'll be able to design me a shitload of clothes to go out clubbing in. And the best part is that you'll give them to me for free." She grinned.
Ashley made a shocked face. "I feel so used!" she said with an over dramatic voice.
Hailey laughed. "That's kinda the point."
They finally got to the mall and the girls got out of the car and linked arms.
"So what store my dear?" Ashley asked.
"Hmm..." Hailey thought for a minute. "The sexy store," she joked with a grin. Hailey would have only loved to have that of been a real store.
"Oh! I forgot to ask! If I do go to that school what should my clothes line be called?" Ashley asked as she hit herself on the forehead.
Hailey touched a finger to her chin and acted like she was deep in thought. She grinned. "I have no idea!" She exclaimed sarcastically.
Ashley laughed. "Oh, come on I know you must have a ton of names you would want for clothes. Go with the first word that comes to mind," she pleaded.
"Uhm. Boys," she said with a laugh.
Ashley laughed. "Okay let's expand on that."
"It's your clothing line!" Hailey exclaimed. "I gave you a word now the rest is up to you."
Ashley sighed and began to think. "Hm. Girls Rule, Boys Drool," she said thinking aloud. She paused. "No, too third grade. Ah, I'll think of something," she shrugged.
The girls walked into a store called Lillies. This was Ashley favorite store because it had all the clothes that she just loved. Hailey liked it but wasn't as crazy about it as Ashley.
"Bleck," Hailey complained. "You know I don't really like this store. Not to mention I highly doubt that this will have sexy clothes."
Ashley rolled her eyes. "I know, but you know I have to come on here just to see what they have," she paused and took a shirt from a rack and then put it back. "Where do you want to go?"
Hailey grinned with triumph and began walking out of the store. "I dunno. Just sort of follow me and I'll stop when the time is necessary," she explained.
Ashley groaned. "Last time I did that you brought me to like a little kids store!"
Hailey scoffed. "No I didn't."
Ashley looked at her. "Okay, my bad you just brought me to a store that looked like only toddlers could fit in," She laughed.
Hailey shrugged. "Whatever. Sometimes life calls for dressing skanky."
"Let's go back to that store then," She laughed again.
Hailey grinned and nodded her head. "Sounds perfect," she said. Hailey locked her arm through Ashley's and tugged her along until the two girls got to a store that was perfect.
The girls both laughed when they say all the skanky clothes in front of them. "Perfect," Ashley said with a smile.
"I know," Hailey grinned. "Where should we start?" she asked.
"There," Ashley said with a smile pointing to the rack where the skirts were.
She grinned and nodded her head. "Good choice," she said with a nod of approval.
The girls fast walked over to the rack and started to laugh. After a few minutes of looking through the skirts the girls both found one that they liked. "Let's see how they look," Ashley exclaimed.
Hailey nodded her head and ran into a dressing room to change. After several minutes she was done. "Ready?" she asked.
"READY," Ashley yelled. They both walked out and walked towards the mirror in the dressing room. "My ass looks okay I guess," Ashley said turning around to look at her butt.
Hailey laughed. "Tyler's not going to be able to keep his hands off of you," she teased.
"That's the point and hunnie look at YOU! Holy shit Reid is going to be on you like white on rice!" Ashley Laughed.
Hailey twirled around in her black mini and an orange tank-top. "You think?" she asked.
"Definitely," She laughed.
She sighed and walked back into the dressing room so that she could change back into her original clothes. She walked back out with her outfit in her hand. "Once we buy them we can go into the bathrooms and change back into them just in case the guys are there when we get back," she explained.
Ashley got out of her outfit as well and walked out of the dressing room. "I agree," she said. "But, we need to act like we don't give a shit they are there because then they will definitely learn their lesson," she reminded.
Hailey chuckled and nodded her head. "Exactly," she said. She walked out of the dressing rooms and into the other part of the store. There wasn't anyone in line which was lucky for them seeing as the store was almost always packed. Tonight must be their lucky night, not saying that anyone was actually going to get lucky.
She put her things on the counter and paid for them quickly, then Ashley did the same.
"Ready?" Hailey asked as she turned to Ashley with a smile.
Ashley nodded her head. "Bathroom here we come."
They walked out of the store and found the nearest bathroom. Once they got changed into their sexy new outfits they walked back to Ashley's truck.
"So where do you think they went anyways?" Hailey asked as she adjusted something on her skirt.
Ashley shrugged. "No idea. They are guys so it's probably something predictable," she said with a giggle.
Hailey laughed and nodded her head. "Your right," she agreed.
After 10 minutes of driving Ashley pulled on to the girls road. As she pulled the truck into the driveway she saw the boys sitting on the front porch pouting.
Hailey laughed and got out of the truck. "What's the matter?" she asked with a puppy dog face.
Reid pouted back. "You guys are cruel," he said.
Hailey cocked her head to the side, trying to act oblivious. "What do you mean?"
"You guys leaving the door locked and not having your cell phones!" Reid complained.
Hailey looked over at Ashley innocently and raised her eyebrows. "We locked the door and forgot our cell phones?" she asked, trying to sound appalled. "Well," she turned back to the boys. "Isn't that weird?"
Ashley looked shocked. "We did that? Oh my god, why would we never do such a thing?"
Hailey shrugged and walked up the steps to where they were sitting, her intentions were just of going inside and ignoring the guys for a bit.
Reid grabbed her leg before she could go inside. "No, you can't go in there."
Hailey frowned. "Why not? It's my house."
Reid stood up and looked down at Hailey. "Me and Ty are going to go in and you girls have to stay out here for 5 minutes cause you guys were mean." He pulled Tyler inside and before Hailey or Ashley could react he closed the door and locked it.
Hailey let her mouth drop open and she stared at the door. "Did he just lock us out of our own house?" she asked.
"I think he just did," Ashley replied staring at the door.
Ashley started to bang on the door. "Reid what the fuck! Let us in!" she yelled.
"Nope. You have 4 minutes and 25 seconds to go," Reid replied.
Hailey scoffed and folded her arms over her chest. "He is so not sleeping in my bed with me tonight," she said in a hostile tone.
"Yes I am," Reid said listening to the girls' conversation.
Hailey looked at the door. "No your not," she shot back at him. Okay, so maybe she was just pretending to be pissed off but she knew that she would probably follow through on not letting Reid sleep with her so that she could watch him grovel.
All of a sudden it became really quiet inside the house. Ashley looked at Hailey. "Where did they go?" she asked.
Hailey raised an eyebrow and looked at the door skeptically. "No idea," she said and paused for a minute. "Your five minutes are up now open the door!" She yelled.
Tyler opened the door. "You have to close your eyes."
Ashley smiled and closed her eyes and let Tyler lead her into the house. Hailey, however, wasn't too eager to be brought into her home after the boys had just done who knew what.
Tyler groaned. "Come on Hales, it's not like we are going to rape you or something."
Hailey frowned. "Fine," she said. She loved being stubborn but that didn't help the fact that she wasn't trusting the situation too much. She reluctantly closed her eyes and walked into her house. "Now what?" she asked, throwing her arms up momentarily.
"Stay here and make sure you don't peak," Tyler warned.
"Ah, fine," Hailey groaned.
The girls stood in the hallway, waiting. Ashley didn't like what was going on but she tried to be a good sport. She already knew Hailey didn't like this either. After a few moments the girls heard footsteps coming towards them.
"Can we open them now?" Ashley complained.
"Yeah," Tyler said.
Ashley and Hailey opened their eyes. The first thing that they saw was Reid and Tyler.
"Now care to explain what this is all about?" Hailey complained at Reid.
"Follow us," Reid said with a smile. Hailey groaned and took Reid's hand. Ashley and Tyler followed behind. Hailey looked up at Reid trying to read him but failed.
The boys walked into the kitchen. "Okay what the hel-" Hailey started but her jaw dropped when both girls saw the most beautiful dresses in the world.
"Holy crap," were the only words either of the girls could say.
"But why?" Ashley managed to say pointing at the dresses.
"Just go put them on," Tyler explained and grinned. "There's one more surprise."
Smiles lit the girls' faces up. They ran to the dresses and tried to decide which one they wanted.
Ashley choose the black dress and Hailey picked out the red one.
Ashley ran up to Tyler and gave him a quick kiss. "Thank you," the girls both yelled as they ran upstairs.
Hailey chuckled as she walked into her room with Ashley to get changed. "I hope Reid knows that this doesn't change the fact that he's still not sleeping with me tonight," she said with a grin.
Ashley laughed. "You know you will give in."
Hailey shook her head. "No I won't. He needs to know what it's like to be abandoned," she explained, referring to the boys walking out earlier without an explanation.
Ashley slipped on the beautiful dress and looked in the mirror. The front of the dress did a low v-neck and attached to the v-neck were diamonds. The dress outlined her whole body making her feel beautiful.
Ashley laughed once again. "He'll be like a little puppy begging for a home."
"That's the whole point," she said with a smile. Hailey slipped into her own strapless red dress that went just above her knees.
"The guys did good," Ashley pointed out. "Like, we look hott."
Hailey laughed. "I know. But I'm sure they were more concerned with what will happen after this big surprise," she said with a grin.
Ashley smiled. "Most likely."
The girls did their hair and make up and walked down the stairs. The boys had really gotten cleaned up. Both of them were in suits and were holding a flower.
"Not bad," Hailey said as she nodded her head. "You clean up well," she said and smiled as she walked over to Reid and gave him a peck on the cheek.
Reid smiled and gave Hailey the flower he was holding. Hailey couldn't help but smile.
"Let's go put these in water," Hailey said to Ashley who was smelling her own flower. Even though it was only two flowers, the girls didn't want the flowers to be ruined before the night was open.
The two girls walked into the kitchen and Hailey placed the flowers into a small vase that was filled with water. They walked back out to where the guys were and smiled. "Let's go," Ashley said.
"Alrighty," Tyler said with a smile. He grabbed Ashley's hand and the couples walked out the door.
"Ash, do you mind if we use your car?" Reid asked.
"Nope. Go ahead," Ashley replied.
They got into the car and Tyler got into the drivers seat. Once after everybody was buckled in they drove off. "Where are you taking us?" Hailey asked.
"You'll see," Reid said with a grin.
Hailey pouted and folded her arms over her chest. "You'll come to find that surprises are not something I adore," she explained.
Ashley laughed and nodded her head. "It's true."
"I kind of figured that," Reid replied.
There were a few moments of small chatter but finally Tyler pulled into the parking lot of some fancy restaurant called Deveraux Palace. It was also a hotel but the dinning area was also fantastic.
"How did you guys know this was even here?" Ashley asked, amazed by the place. She had never been there but had always wanted to come. It was just so expensive.
"We googled it," Reid said, being blunt.
"Way to be resourceful," Hailey said with a chuckle.
They all got out of the car and the girls each took the arm of their guy. They walked inside and the girls looked around in awe. The place was absolutely gorgeous. Hailey started to wonder how they were even going to pay for it but she shook that thought from her mind quickly.
They walked over to the hostess who smiled at them. "Name please?" she asked.
"The reservation is under Simms," Tyler said with a polite smile.
The hostess smiled and nodded her head. "Right on time Mr. Simms," she said. "Follow me please." She grabbed four menus and led the two couples through a few aisles until they got to a more secluded table. "Here you go," she said. She placed the menus down in front of everyone and nodded her head. "Your waiter will be with you in a minute," she said and then she left them to look through the menus.
"How did you guys do this?" Ashley said looking around the place.
Tyler smiled. "I don't know exactly," Tyler began. "But I know that it was pretty easy when you're families aren't exactly poor."
Hailey grinned. "I knew it. I mean, I've got money but not enough to just go spending it on reservations like the Deveraux Palace," she explained.
Tyler blushed. "It comes in handy at times."
Their waiter soon arrived and smiled at them. "Have you decided what you are going to get?" he asked them politely.
The boys looked at Hailey and Ashley who just smiled. "Yeah I think we're all set," Ashley said.
The waiter nodded and looked at Ashley first to see what she wanted to order.
Ashley looked at her menu to double check. "I will have the prime rib please."
The waiter nodded his head and looked at Hailey. "And you miss?"
"I'll have the same," she said. "Cooked medium-rare please." Hailey couldn't help it if she was in love with prime-rib. It was her aphrodisiac.
The waiter looked at Reid next who ordered the same exact thing as Hailey and then Tyler ordered the chicken.
"Way to be a rebel, Tyler," Hailey said with a chuckle.
He shrugged. "What can I say? I try."
"So why did you do this for us? What's your secret?" Hailey asked the boys.
"Well since this is our last night together we thought it would be good to have a nice fancy night out," Tyler said.
"Well, thank you," Ashley said with a smile.
Hailey got upset from hearing that this was their last night. She had forgotten in all of the excitement. She forced away her frown and offered Reid a soft smile. "Thanks," she said and kissed him on the cheek.
Ashley also hated the fact it was almost time for them to leave and she knew once they left that she would have to think about going to that school. But she didn't want to ruin the night so she kept a smile on her face.
"I think three," Reid replied. Reid could see the sadness in Hailey's eyes and he hated it. He wanted to make her happy but he knew he couldn't.
Hailey nodded her head and tried to think of the good time that they were going to have tonight. But she was having a hard time. Luckily she was saved by the waiter bringing them their food. "Let me know if you need anything else," he said and left them to their food.
They all started to eat. It was a quiet dinner because everybody had the same thing on their minds. Nobody wanted to leave and nobody wanted to face the facts. Reid and Tyler were leaving tomorrow and there was nothing they could do.
A:N// Sorry for the long wait. MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT the graphics on my page for the main characters. I know that Ashley is supposed to have brown hair but both Gabby and I picture her with blonde. So we changed it.