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You all rock! You all have been a positive influence with your responses.
This story is wrapping up quickly only a chapter or two left, so let me
know if you want the sequel. I've started it….
Thank you all so much,
3 Ashley 3
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Chapter 19
"Ashley," Dom called.
"Yea?" Ashley replied. Coming around the car she was working on. She was wiping her dirty hands off with a rag. He noticed the diamond engagement ring on a necklace around her neck.
It was already getting dark outside. The wind was wiping up. "I need to talk to you."
"Ok…sure…"
He looked at this beautiful woman in front of him. He did love her. She was everything that he'd ever wanted in a woman, but something inside of him was torn.
"Not here. Lets go somewhere and eat or something." He said, taking her hand.
Ashley looked at their oil stained clothes. "Shouldn't we change or something."
He smiled at her. "Nah. You look great if I do say so myself."
"You always say that. I could roll around in crap and you'd say that."
He burst out laughing. Wow! Dominic thought. This woman makes me happy.
"Come on." He said, taking her hand. " We'll be back sooner or later."
They both hoped in Mia's car and drove off.
"So where exactly are we going?" Ashley asked, sitting back in her seat, fumbling with her necklace.
"Somewhere where we can talk, and think, and just be together for a little while."
"Sounds great to me." Ashley said, slipping the ring back on her finger.
From then on Dom just drove silently and kept looking ahead. HE pulled over to a park like place.
"Ok, we're at a park. At night." Ashley said, getting out of the car. "Muggers, murders, rapist." She softly.
"Don't worry. I wont let anybody hurt you." Dom told her, throwing his arm around her neck.
They walked right up to the lake and took a seat. The moon shone very bright that night, sending shimmers across the water.
"So what are we here to talk about?"
Dom took a deep breath. Not ready for what he was about to say. "Us."
Ashley looked down. "Us." She repeated quietly to herself. "Yeah, I've been meaning to go there."
"Uh…I've been thinking about this and…" He started. The right words were nowhere to be found.
"You've been thinking about the marriage…"
He sat back shocked. "You've thought about it too?
"Just a bit." Ashley replied, picking a single flower from the ground.
"Well, I—I was just—I"
"You're not ready." Ashley announced.
Dom sighed and his shoulders sank down. "Yeah…. I guess. How'd you know?"
"I could just tell." She said.
They sat there on the cool grass, not saying anything. "Wow." She said.
"What?"
"I just want to know where that leaves us?"
Dom pulled her closer to him. "I still love you more than anything in this world, and you're still my girl, but marriage is a BIG step and when that time comes I want to be absolutely positive I can treat you right."
"Yeah, ok." Ashley smiled, despite the single tear that glistened in her eye. " I love you too."
"So look we can still be together without, being together, just for now. Until I get my head clear, and after Race Wars. Then every thing and everybody will be calmed down and we can really be together. Then I can treat you like you really should be treated."
"But I love the way you treat me now… but I understand. I totally understand."
"I love you girl. Don't forget it."
A shiver shot down her spine. "Its freezing cold. I think we can go back now." She said, wrapping her arms around herself tightly.
"Ok, lets go." He said, jumping up. He reached down and helped her get up.
Ashley stood up and dusted off her pants. " You are something, Dom."
"Why you say that?" He asked, with her hand tightly clasped in his.
"Because I've never seen a big man like yourself, so unsure of what the hell he was doing."
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Dominic got back home, late that night. Around, maybe 2:30. He pulled his car to a stop and hopped out. A sigh followed. He didn't have a clue what he was thinking. His mind was blank. Nothing rational was coming to him at the minute. He just wanted to go to bed. When he entered his house, the remains of a party still littered the floor. Beer cans, bottles, trash, all lay on the floor. He rolled his eyes and trudged through the crap.
The annual Race Wars party of course-how could he have forgotten. He would have much rather gotten drunk and blacked out then called off his own wedding plans.
He was almost home free, but he saw Mia standing at the top of the steps waiting for him.
"So…" She asked him as he walked past her.
"So what?"
"You know what?"
His head dropped. "Its off." He said, sadly.
"The wedding! What? Why?"
"Yup, the wedding's off…."
Mia's eyes were the size of quarters. "Why would she do this?"
"She didn't." Dom choked out. He was suddenly realizing what he had just done. "I did."
Her mouth dropped to the ground. "You're kidding me right."
"No…"
"Ahh!" She exclaimed. "Dominic, what have you done and why the hell did you do it?"
He shrugged sadly. "I don't know what I was thinking…"
"Obviously! Didn't I tell you to think before you did anything stupid!"
"Mia, I don't need this right now."
"You're right!" Mia said. "You need a CLUE!" She screamed at him, storming to her room, slamming the door.
"Damn," He huffed.
She was right. He did need a clue. Something to let him know if what he was doing was right or if it was wrong. He kinda knew the answer since his heart had an aching pain of lose. He threw his coat to the side and plopped down on his bed, sending a cloud creaking noise echoing. He put his arms behind his head.
"This is bullshit." He said to himself. He reached over to the phone. All he had to do was call her and tell her he was just trippin. His mind started reflecting back on Ashley's last words before she got out of the car.
"Dom," She said, getting out. "Love is just one of those things. It will unfold like a flower right before you. Its up to you to water it and keep it alive or it'll just die, its up to you to protect it. If you love something…if you love me…PLEASE don't let it just die…" She closed the door, walking up her porch steps and disappeared into her house.
Why does she have to be so damn deep? He asked himself.
"Tomorrow," He said. "Everything will unfold. I'll seal the deal. Its Go time."
Thank you all so much,
3 Ashley 3
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Chapter 19
"Ashley," Dom called.
"Yea?" Ashley replied. Coming around the car she was working on. She was wiping her dirty hands off with a rag. He noticed the diamond engagement ring on a necklace around her neck.
It was already getting dark outside. The wind was wiping up. "I need to talk to you."
"Ok…sure…"
He looked at this beautiful woman in front of him. He did love her. She was everything that he'd ever wanted in a woman, but something inside of him was torn.
"Not here. Lets go somewhere and eat or something." He said, taking her hand.
Ashley looked at their oil stained clothes. "Shouldn't we change or something."
He smiled at her. "Nah. You look great if I do say so myself."
"You always say that. I could roll around in crap and you'd say that."
He burst out laughing. Wow! Dominic thought. This woman makes me happy.
"Come on." He said, taking her hand. " We'll be back sooner or later."
They both hoped in Mia's car and drove off.
"So where exactly are we going?" Ashley asked, sitting back in her seat, fumbling with her necklace.
"Somewhere where we can talk, and think, and just be together for a little while."
"Sounds great to me." Ashley said, slipping the ring back on her finger.
From then on Dom just drove silently and kept looking ahead. HE pulled over to a park like place.
"Ok, we're at a park. At night." Ashley said, getting out of the car. "Muggers, murders, rapist." She softly.
"Don't worry. I wont let anybody hurt you." Dom told her, throwing his arm around her neck.
They walked right up to the lake and took a seat. The moon shone very bright that night, sending shimmers across the water.
"So what are we here to talk about?"
Dom took a deep breath. Not ready for what he was about to say. "Us."
Ashley looked down. "Us." She repeated quietly to herself. "Yeah, I've been meaning to go there."
"Uh…I've been thinking about this and…" He started. The right words were nowhere to be found.
"You've been thinking about the marriage…"
He sat back shocked. "You've thought about it too?
"Just a bit." Ashley replied, picking a single flower from the ground.
"Well, I—I was just—I"
"You're not ready." Ashley announced.
Dom sighed and his shoulders sank down. "Yeah…. I guess. How'd you know?"
"I could just tell." She said.
They sat there on the cool grass, not saying anything. "Wow." She said.
"What?"
"I just want to know where that leaves us?"
Dom pulled her closer to him. "I still love you more than anything in this world, and you're still my girl, but marriage is a BIG step and when that time comes I want to be absolutely positive I can treat you right."
"Yeah, ok." Ashley smiled, despite the single tear that glistened in her eye. " I love you too."
"So look we can still be together without, being together, just for now. Until I get my head clear, and after Race Wars. Then every thing and everybody will be calmed down and we can really be together. Then I can treat you like you really should be treated."
"But I love the way you treat me now… but I understand. I totally understand."
"I love you girl. Don't forget it."
A shiver shot down her spine. "Its freezing cold. I think we can go back now." She said, wrapping her arms around herself tightly.
"Ok, lets go." He said, jumping up. He reached down and helped her get up.
Ashley stood up and dusted off her pants. " You are something, Dom."
"Why you say that?" He asked, with her hand tightly clasped in his.
"Because I've never seen a big man like yourself, so unsure of what the hell he was doing."
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Dominic got back home, late that night. Around, maybe 2:30. He pulled his car to a stop and hopped out. A sigh followed. He didn't have a clue what he was thinking. His mind was blank. Nothing rational was coming to him at the minute. He just wanted to go to bed. When he entered his house, the remains of a party still littered the floor. Beer cans, bottles, trash, all lay on the floor. He rolled his eyes and trudged through the crap.
The annual Race Wars party of course-how could he have forgotten. He would have much rather gotten drunk and blacked out then called off his own wedding plans.
He was almost home free, but he saw Mia standing at the top of the steps waiting for him.
"So…" She asked him as he walked past her.
"So what?"
"You know what?"
His head dropped. "Its off." He said, sadly.
"The wedding! What? Why?"
"Yup, the wedding's off…."
Mia's eyes were the size of quarters. "Why would she do this?"
"She didn't." Dom choked out. He was suddenly realizing what he had just done. "I did."
Her mouth dropped to the ground. "You're kidding me right."
"No…"
"Ahh!" She exclaimed. "Dominic, what have you done and why the hell did you do it?"
He shrugged sadly. "I don't know what I was thinking…"
"Obviously! Didn't I tell you to think before you did anything stupid!"
"Mia, I don't need this right now."
"You're right!" Mia said. "You need a CLUE!" She screamed at him, storming to her room, slamming the door.
"Damn," He huffed.
She was right. He did need a clue. Something to let him know if what he was doing was right or if it was wrong. He kinda knew the answer since his heart had an aching pain of lose. He threw his coat to the side and plopped down on his bed, sending a cloud creaking noise echoing. He put his arms behind his head.
"This is bullshit." He said to himself. He reached over to the phone. All he had to do was call her and tell her he was just trippin. His mind started reflecting back on Ashley's last words before she got out of the car.
"Dom," She said, getting out. "Love is just one of those things. It will unfold like a flower right before you. Its up to you to water it and keep it alive or it'll just die, its up to you to protect it. If you love something…if you love me…PLEASE don't let it just die…" She closed the door, walking up her porch steps and disappeared into her house.
Why does she have to be so damn deep? He asked himself.
"Tomorrow," He said. "Everything will unfold. I'll seal the deal. Its Go time."