Rory and Ashley sat in class the next day, bored as ever. Ashley was staying over that night too, and maybe for the rest of the week, depending on her father. They were going to pick up her clothes that night.
The bell rang, and the students at Chilton filed to the lunchroom.
"So what's the deal with you and Tristan?" Ashley asked suddenly.
"Huh?" Rory asked, acting confused though she knew exactly what it meant.
"You know, what's the deal with you two?" Ashley repeated.
"Oh, i dunno, i dont like him or anything," Rory lied.
"Yeah, sure."
"I have a boyfriend!" Rory said as if the idea were ludacrous, she knew it was, but she also knew it pertained to her.
"So, i know you have feelings for him."
"Are you crazy?" Rory asked.
"Not when it comes to this," Ashley said with a smile
Rory rolled her eyes playfully and headed to the Jeep.
They got to Ashley's house quickly.
"You can come in if you want, my parents aren't home," Ashley said, and got out of the jeep.
Rory followed slowly to the house. The house was very large, it was a pure white, it had large windows almost everywhere, the lawn was neatly mowed, shrubs lined it's every corners, vast property surrounded it. Rory was awestruck when she first saw it.
They walked through the front door and into the house. If you thought the outside was impressive, the inside was even more. Leather couches sat contently in the living room, along with a big screen tv and exspensive lamps. The kitchen had a silver refrigerator, that was huge, but didn't take up even half the space in the kitchen. There was a large counter with stools lining it.
Ashley walked into it, casually opening the door, "Do you want anything?" she asked.
"Oh, no thank you," Rory said politely.
Ashley laughed to herself.
"I'll bein my room ,you wanna come?" Ashley asked.
"I think i'll just stay here," She said.
"Ok," Ashley answered and trampled upstairs.
Just as she left, a tall, blonde haired boy strided into the kitchen, "Hey," he said.
He looked to be in his late teens, "Hey," Rory answered.
He opened the refrigerator just as Ashley did, and she immediately saw the family resemblance. The chiseled jaw, the pointed up nose, and mostly the eyes.
"So you're a friend of Ashley's?" he asked.
"Yeah," Rory said, he had to admit he was cute.
He smiled, "Good, she needs some descent friends, you look like you're the answer."
She laughed, "Thanks, i think."
"It was a compliment," he said.
After about ten seconds of silence, a younger looking girl walked in.
"Are you tormenting this poor girl?" she said to her older brother.
"No," he said innocently.
"Is he?" she turned to Rory.
"No," she laughed.
"Good, I'm Mandy, Ashley's older sister," she said, she looked exactly like Ashley.
"Oh yeah, I'm Nate," he said holding out his hand.
Yelling was heard from upstairs and the siblings turned to each other in annoyance.
"Ashley and Michelle! Get down here!" Nate yelled, his head pointing up the stairs.
The sisters clambered down the stairs, scowls could be seen from miles away.
"Were you two fighting again?" Mandy chimed in.
"What do you think?" Michelle said sarcastically.
"You need an attitude adjustment," she said as if she were her mother, Rory wondered if she did act as their mother.
"What did you do Ashley?" Mandy asked.
"I just asked her if i could borrow her shirt," Ashley said innocently.
"She's lying!" Michelle yelled.
Just then another boy walked in, "Good a cat fight," he said casually.
He sat down next to Rory and watched the sisters dish it out.
"I'm Matt," he said, then quickly got back to the fight.
"Are you fighting again?!" someone yelled from another room.
A girl who looked younger than Mandy but older than Michelle walked in the room.
Rory sat astounded at the large family fight in front of her.
"Wait wait!" Ashley yelled, "Before we continue, let me introduce you to my friend Rory."
Everyone turned to stare, Rory wanted to crouch down and hide.
"From oldest to youngest, this is Nate, Mandy, me, Michelle, then it would be Taya, but she's somewhere else, Logan, who's also not here and Matt," Ashley explained.
"Hi," everyone said.
"So do I get the shirt?" Ashley asked.
"C'mon Michelle just let her borrow it, she's your younger sister," Nate said.
"Whatever, but you owe me Ashley," Michelle said, the dissapeared upstairs.
Rory now knew why they needed such a big house.
"Sorry Ashley, this is our daily routine when our parents aren't here to do it," Ashley admitted.
"Ashley...." Mandy warned her sister.
"Sorry!" she held her hands up in defense.
"Here come up to my room so you don't get attacked by one of my siblings," Ashley said leading Rory up to her room.
Ashley smiled at her brothers and sisters as she walked upstairs.
Rory walked into Ashley's room to find a typical teenagers.
Clothes were scattered everywhere, walls were decorated with multiple posters of young actors, or alternative bands, it smelled of perfume and shampoo, and all around were pictures of Ashley's friends, or family. Rory stopped at a picture of a very cute boy.
"Who's this?" Rory asked, turning to Ashley as she packed her clothes in her bag.
"Oh...that's Sam," she said vaguely.
"Old boyfriend?" Rory asked.
"Yeah," she said, her expression voicing sadness.
"Did you love him?" Rory asked, getting into detail quickly.
"We had been going out for a year and a half, then i moved across the country, and we both knew it wouldn't work, he's the only guy i've ever loved, and it feels like the only one i ever will" she said, Rory thought she saw tears well up in Ashley's eyes.
Ashley finished packing and the girls went on their way to Rory's house.
The bell rang, and the students at Chilton filed to the lunchroom.
"So what's the deal with you and Tristan?" Ashley asked suddenly.
"Huh?" Rory asked, acting confused though she knew exactly what it meant.
"You know, what's the deal with you two?" Ashley repeated.
"Oh, i dunno, i dont like him or anything," Rory lied.
"Yeah, sure."
"I have a boyfriend!" Rory said as if the idea were ludacrous, she knew it was, but she also knew it pertained to her.
"So, i know you have feelings for him."
"Are you crazy?" Rory asked.
"Not when it comes to this," Ashley said with a smile
Rory rolled her eyes playfully and headed to the Jeep.
They got to Ashley's house quickly.
"You can come in if you want, my parents aren't home," Ashley said, and got out of the jeep.
Rory followed slowly to the house. The house was very large, it was a pure white, it had large windows almost everywhere, the lawn was neatly mowed, shrubs lined it's every corners, vast property surrounded it. Rory was awestruck when she first saw it.
They walked through the front door and into the house. If you thought the outside was impressive, the inside was even more. Leather couches sat contently in the living room, along with a big screen tv and exspensive lamps. The kitchen had a silver refrigerator, that was huge, but didn't take up even half the space in the kitchen. There was a large counter with stools lining it.
Ashley walked into it, casually opening the door, "Do you want anything?" she asked.
"Oh, no thank you," Rory said politely.
Ashley laughed to herself.
"I'll bein my room ,you wanna come?" Ashley asked.
"I think i'll just stay here," She said.
"Ok," Ashley answered and trampled upstairs.
Just as she left, a tall, blonde haired boy strided into the kitchen, "Hey," he said.
He looked to be in his late teens, "Hey," Rory answered.
He opened the refrigerator just as Ashley did, and she immediately saw the family resemblance. The chiseled jaw, the pointed up nose, and mostly the eyes.
"So you're a friend of Ashley's?" he asked.
"Yeah," Rory said, he had to admit he was cute.
He smiled, "Good, she needs some descent friends, you look like you're the answer."
She laughed, "Thanks, i think."
"It was a compliment," he said.
After about ten seconds of silence, a younger looking girl walked in.
"Are you tormenting this poor girl?" she said to her older brother.
"No," he said innocently.
"Is he?" she turned to Rory.
"No," she laughed.
"Good, I'm Mandy, Ashley's older sister," she said, she looked exactly like Ashley.
"Oh yeah, I'm Nate," he said holding out his hand.
Yelling was heard from upstairs and the siblings turned to each other in annoyance.
"Ashley and Michelle! Get down here!" Nate yelled, his head pointing up the stairs.
The sisters clambered down the stairs, scowls could be seen from miles away.
"Were you two fighting again?" Mandy chimed in.
"What do you think?" Michelle said sarcastically.
"You need an attitude adjustment," she said as if she were her mother, Rory wondered if she did act as their mother.
"What did you do Ashley?" Mandy asked.
"I just asked her if i could borrow her shirt," Ashley said innocently.
"She's lying!" Michelle yelled.
Just then another boy walked in, "Good a cat fight," he said casually.
He sat down next to Rory and watched the sisters dish it out.
"I'm Matt," he said, then quickly got back to the fight.
"Are you fighting again?!" someone yelled from another room.
A girl who looked younger than Mandy but older than Michelle walked in the room.
Rory sat astounded at the large family fight in front of her.
"Wait wait!" Ashley yelled, "Before we continue, let me introduce you to my friend Rory."
Everyone turned to stare, Rory wanted to crouch down and hide.
"From oldest to youngest, this is Nate, Mandy, me, Michelle, then it would be Taya, but she's somewhere else, Logan, who's also not here and Matt," Ashley explained.
"Hi," everyone said.
"So do I get the shirt?" Ashley asked.
"C'mon Michelle just let her borrow it, she's your younger sister," Nate said.
"Whatever, but you owe me Ashley," Michelle said, the dissapeared upstairs.
Rory now knew why they needed such a big house.
"Sorry Ashley, this is our daily routine when our parents aren't here to do it," Ashley admitted.
"Ashley...." Mandy warned her sister.
"Sorry!" she held her hands up in defense.
"Here come up to my room so you don't get attacked by one of my siblings," Ashley said leading Rory up to her room.
Ashley smiled at her brothers and sisters as she walked upstairs.
Rory walked into Ashley's room to find a typical teenagers.
Clothes were scattered everywhere, walls were decorated with multiple posters of young actors, or alternative bands, it smelled of perfume and shampoo, and all around were pictures of Ashley's friends, or family. Rory stopped at a picture of a very cute boy.
"Who's this?" Rory asked, turning to Ashley as she packed her clothes in her bag.
"Oh...that's Sam," she said vaguely.
"Old boyfriend?" Rory asked.
"Yeah," she said, her expression voicing sadness.
"Did you love him?" Rory asked, getting into detail quickly.
"We had been going out for a year and a half, then i moved across the country, and we both knew it wouldn't work, he's the only guy i've ever loved, and it feels like the only one i ever will" she said, Rory thought she saw tears well up in Ashley's eyes.
Ashley finished packing and the girls went on their way to Rory's house.