Ahley
It was Fri. Nov. 6th. I'd jut arrived in Denver from Fl which was where I was currently living and in college. I was back for the holidays until Jan. 7th which was when I left for fl. I was hungry. It was 5 p.m. Denver time which meant it was 7 p.m. fl time. I'd eaten 2 hrs. ago but it had been a long flight. Lila was w/ me. We were at the baggage claim.
I pulled out my phone and called Jesse.
"Yeah hello?" he asked.
"Hi guess who's in town for the holiday?" I aid.
"omygod. Are you at the airport now?"
"Yeah. And I brought my roommate lila. She's nice, quiet."
"Yeah I remember you telling me about her. Do you want me to pick you up or .?
"Yeah."
"Ok and we'll go out to dinner somewhere. Or we could have dinner here."
"um I don't know."
"Ok."
"btw lavander's coming for thankgiving."
"Oh ok."
We hung up.
"Lavander?" Lila asked looking at me.
"My grandmother. She's English. She's really nice," I told her.
"Oh."
"Now I'm, going to call my brother. And then my cousin. And then puck."
As I called my brotherLlila's phone rang.
"Hello?" she asked answering it.
"Hey guess who's back?" I said when my brother answered the phone.
"Oh wow. Hi. Honey Ashley's in town," evan called to Rebecca.
"Tell her I said hi," Rebecca called back.
"She said hi."
"Yeah I know. I heard," I said smiling.
"Oh. So when did you get in? and how was your flight?"
"Just now. And long. I'm at the airport."
"oh. You hungry?"
"Yeah Dad er I mean Jesse says he want to go out to dinner. Or we could all have it there."
"Yeah that might be easier cause of the baby. That way we can watch it. You know Rebecca new mom and all," evan told me.
I could tell he was smiling. I smiled too.
"Yeah I do," I aid.
"Ok well we'll see you at the house."
"Ok."
We hung up.
I then called Annabelle and told her the same thing.
"I thought I heard my name," I heard a voice behind me say.
I turned around and there was Puck.
"omygod. Hi omygod. It's good to see you. What are you doing here?" I asked.
"Well I heard Dianna and Rachel were coming in and I wanted to see them. Oh and Chris of course. And Tina. And everyone. And now here you are," he told me.
He and Chris had been in a relationship 2 yrs. ago.
"Yeah here I am."
We hugged.
"Oh sorry this is my roommate Lila," I introduced.
"Hi nice to meet you," Lila said.
"Yeah you too," puck said: "where you from?"
"ca."
"Oh wow. That's funny cause I just moved back from l.a. 2 wk. ago."
"Oh wow. And before that where were you?"
"um here. Then Ohio. Then um. New york. Then Texas."
"Oh."
"Wow you still where you were?" I asked.
"No got my own place. I think it's in the building you used to live in actually," Puck replied.
"Oh."
"Do you ladies need a ride or .?"
"No Jesse said he'd either take us out to dinner or we'd have it there. Which might be easier for my brother. And Rebecca. I don't think you've met Rebecca."
"No wait no actually I have. Yeah briefly. 2 yrs. ago."
"Oh."
"So what are you doing these days?" Puck asked as we waited for our luggage
"um well remember Ben?" I asked.
Puck nodded: "yeah."
"We broke up back in June."
"Oh why?"
"Oh we didn't want to do the long distance thing."
"Oh. Ok."
"Yeah so now I'm in college down in fl."
"Oh wow."
"If you'll excuse me ..I'ma call Ben. And then Jesse."
"Sure go ahead."
I called Ben and told him the same thing I'd told Annabelle and Jesse. Then I called Jesse.
"Hi," he said.
"Hi so I don't know if evan told you or not but he think it'd be easier if we all had dinner at the house cause of. His family situation," I said.
"Oh that's fine."
"And when you said we're all going out to dinner who did you mean? cause I jut ran into Puck and apparently Dianna, Rachel, Santanna and Chris are arriving at some point, so."
"Oh well that's fine. You know your friends and their friend are always welcome. It'll be a lot of pasta though. Or pizza. Or both. No but that's fine."
"Ok."
We hung up.
"What family situation?" puck asked.
"I'll tell you later," I replied.
"Ok."
"Hey do you still smoke?"
"Um. Yeah."
He turned to Lila who was now off the phone.
"You smoke?" he asked he.
I smiled. It was nice that he made an effort to include her even though she was a bit standoffish.
"um. Pot or cig?" she asked.
"Pot."
"Oh. No."
"You drink?
"I have back in high school. But I um. No not regularly."
"Oh."
Lila and I waited for our bags.
"What color's yours?" I asked her.
"Purple. And yours?" she asked.
"Black."
"Oh. So how do you know him?"
"Oh from back in high school. Glee club. Do you sing?"
"Not, really around people but yeah a bit. sometimes."
"Oh."
She reminded me of Lia a friend of Mandy's. Quiet thin small. Standoffish but nice. I wondered what happened to her. I made it a point to ask Mandy when I had the chance.
"Wow you. You look lovely Dianna," I heard Puck say from behind us.
I knew who he was talking to.
"Thank you. This is my boyfriend George," Dianna said politely.
"Hi I'm Puck. Friend of dianna's."
"Hey nice to meet you."
"Yeah you too. Help you w/ your bag?"
"No George has got them but thank you."
"Oh."
"Another friend from the club?" Lila guessed.
"Yeah. And Rachel, Santanna and Chris are too. Puck and Rachel dated for awhile and then Dianna and puck dated. Oh and Chris and puck dated 2 yrs. ago. Dianna and I used to live in the same building before she moved to. Wherever it is she's living now. The other 3 moved to the city," I told her.
"Oh."
"Yeah. The only other people you'll meet are my glee teacher Mr. Schue, his girlfriend Miss Pillsbury. And Karen's girlfriend Pam. My sister Mandy's boyfriend Adam um. Louisa's girlfriend cherie. Kate's boyfriend Jake. Hannah's boyfriend Eric their friends Gavin and Leo and maybe their other friends. This is the first I'm hearing of George."
"Oh."
At that moment our bags arrived. We got them off the thing and onto the floor. I heard puck, Dianna, George, Rachel and another guy talk behind us.
" 'scuse me," I heard a guy to my left say.
"Oh sorry am I in your way?" I asked.
"A bit yeah."
I looked to my left and saw a tall dark haired blue eyed guy in black pant, shoes and a long wool coat standing. I stepped out of the way.
"um. Hi. I'm Ashley," I told him: "and this is my roommate Lila."
"Nice to meet you both. I'm George Dianna's guy," he told us.
"You too," Lila said.
"So how do you know Dianna?" he asked getting 2 bags off the luggage thing.
"Oh from high school. Glee club actually. And you?" I asked.
"From college. Yale."
"Oh wow."
"Yeah."
We all got our bags and went to my house.