Chapter 21
Ashley's POV.
Our flight was extremely long and tiring. Usually, I'd take advantage of any extra second I get to have with Shay, but I was super tired and all I needed was to get to our hotel and take a nice hot bath. We were greeted by some fans at the airport, some of them even brought food and it was super sweet. But as much as I liked hanging around them, I directly stopped a cab and had it take us to our hotel.
I took a shower and just put on a robe over my underwear, too lazy to wear anything. I ordered room service and laid down on the couch, letting out a sigh at the pleasant feeling of comfort.
There was a knock on the door a few minutes later.
"Finally! I'm starving." I yelled out. But turns out it wasn't room service, it was Shay.
"Someone sounds excited." She said then took a second to check me out. After noticing that I had noticed, she tried to play it cool but it was too late.
"Yeah I'm hungry as hell. Come in." I stepped aside and let her in, thinking about changing into something a little less tempting but deciding against it. Let's see how bad I can tease her.
"I'm so glad to be back here. I love this city." She said as we sat down on the couch.
"Same. It is pretty special after all." I could see her blush and I made sure the robe didn't cover my legs any longer so she could catch a glimpse.
"Yep, you even have a snowball to prove it." She smiled. God I'm a sucker for that stupid smile.
"Did you eat?" I asked
"Not yet, I was actually coming over to order something with you."
"I'll call them and have them add it to the order."
And that I did, then the food came around 20 minutes later and we enjoyed a nice chatty dinner.
"What time do we have to get up tomorrow?" I said with a yawn
"Probably around six."
"Six?! You can't be serious!"
"Ash it's a work trip what did you expect?"
"I don't know but I most certainly did not expect waking up before dawn."
"I'll pass by and wake you up if you want to."
"Please do, no alarm can wake me up that early."
"That's because alarms don't jump on people or tickle them." She smirked hinting at what she was going to do in the morning.
"On second thought an alarm sounds good, you don't have to come by."
"It's not up to you Benzo. Now come on get to bed, I can tell you're gonna fall asleep any second now."
"Oh so you're the psychic now?"
"I am." She leaned down and whispered in my ear. " And I see a tall tanned brunette in your future." She was referring to herself, and the feeling of her breath on my skin gave me shivers.
"Oh yeah? What do you see her doing?" I said trying to figure out how far she's willing to go.
"Let's not ruin the element of surprise now shall we? Good night Benzo." She said heading out the door
"Night Buttah."
Gosh the things this girl can do to me.
Finally, giving in to my exhaustion, I faded into deep sleep wondering what this city holds for us the next day.
Next Day
The sound of my alarm woke me up, and as always I hit the snooze button and tried to go back to sleep. However, this time I knew that if I didn't get up right away, I'm gonna be awoken by Shay. So letting out a sigh, I got out of bed and put on a T-shirt and some sweats since I'm going to change into the dress I'm wearing for our SiriusXm radio interview at hair & makeup.
Couple of minutes later there were knocks on my door followed by Shay's voice.
"Benzo! Rise and shine gorgeous come on open up." She said through the door
"I'm already up Shannon." I said opening the door for her to come in
"Woah, Ashley Benson up on her own at a time like this?"
"Impressed?"
"Very. Now come on we gotta get going if we're gonna stop by Starbucks to get a gallon of coffee before we go to that interview."
"Okay just let me get my purse." I turned around and bent down to grab my purse and phone from the dresser, when Shay's certain compliment made me blush.
"Nice ass." I turned to look at her and she was smirking.
"If you think it's nice in these sweats, just wait to be blown away when I put on the dress I'm planning to wear." I smiled and walked past her
"Getting all confident now are we?"
"It's not like I'm lying."
"Alright alright I think the cockiness award of the day already goes to you and it's not past 8 am yet."
"Well I'm honored. Now come on, you know we're going to be killed if we're late."
"Coming captain."
Soon enough we arrived to the certain location we were needed on and met up with all the other girls. I changed into my outfit and so did everyone else then headed to get our glam on.
"Looks like you and Shay are back on the right foot." Troian said taking a seat beside me, winking.
"Yeah things are way better than they used to be. At least now we can joke around without one of us feeling uncomfortable." I smiled at the progress Shay and I had made.
"That's really good. And what about you? Still hooked on her?" She asked with a sweet concerned voice of a friend.
"I um, I'm trying hard Troi, to you know, move past this. It's just way harder than I thought it was going to be you know?"
"Yeah I know."
"I don't know if it's all in my head but I feel like she's been flirting A LOT this past few days. She's sending out all these mixed signals and it's confusing the fuck out of me!"
"Are you bothered by that?"
"Partly yes, like she has me hooked on her more and more with every compliment she gives me. But also partly no, because I hate to admit it but I love it when she talks to me the way she does. It makes me feel like the most special person in the world."
"Do you think she maybe changed her mind about wanting to get together?"
"I highly doubt it. She was just on vacation with that guy she's dating, Troi. I'd be delusional if I had any hope left."
Just then we were told we needed to begin recording, so our conversation was cut short. Shay and I stood next to each other the entire interview, she would intwine our fingers every now and then or wrap her arm around my waist. I'd put my arm over her shoulder sometimes, and we'd catch each other glancing at one another for a few seconds. We whispered, and giggled, and if anyone saw us they'd compare us to two madly in love teenagers.
I wish it was that simple.