End of the day....
The bell rang for the end of the day and everyone got out his or her seats in a hurry.
Ashley watched as her ex best friends left all giving her sneering looks.
She picked up her bag and walked out to her locker.
She opened it and put her books in and closed it.
"Hey Ashley." said a voice.
Ashley turned around as she was going to walk out of the school.
"Yeah?" asked Ashley.
She saw TJ and the others walking towards her.
"We were wondering if you wanted to come and get a soda?" asked Gretchen taking a nervous glance at Vince, Mikey and Gus.
"Um sure." smiled Ashley nervously putting a piece of hair behind her ear.
"Well let's go then," said Spinelli striding in front with Vince, Mikey and Gus.
Gretchen was going to walk with TJ and Ashley when Vince caught her eye and shook his head.
Gretchen left TJ and Ashley alone to walk in an awkward silence.
"So don't you usually take a ride with your mum?" asked TJ breaking the silence.
"Usually. But today I was supposed to go to Ashley T's house. I'm sure mum will understand," said Ashley looking down at her feet.
The silence reared its ugly head again and TJ looked at the others who were walking in front of him and Ashley.
He saw Vince walking backwards and looking at the two.
TJ didn't know what else to say to Ashley so he shrugged his shoulders at Vince but Vince indicated for him to continue talking and gave him thumbs up.
TJ looked at Ashley's profile.
Her eyes cast down at the pavement made her seem vulnerable; TJ had never seen that about Ashley before.
Her lips were pursed and her hair a slight mess, as if she hadn't been bother to brush it after her friends rejected her.
TJ saw Ashley sense him looking at her and switched to looking at the sky to avoid catching her gaze.
Spinelli looked behind her and heard no talking she didn't know why the others wanted Ashley to become part of their gang anyway.
In her opinion Ashley was and always will be a snotty powder puff.
But she was the only one who felt that way.
Even TJ seemed to want to give her a chance.
Spinelli sighed.
It felt like she'd entered the twilight zone.
Ashley looked back at the pavement still wanting to stop her from embarrassment.
Soon they arrived at Kelso's store and everyone went to order their soda and Ashley felt like an outsider as the gang chatted around her.
She could tell they were trying to make an effort, to include her as much as possible.
But deep inside she knew it was for the guilt, because they felt sorry for her.
She sipped her cream soda that Gretchen had got for her before getting up.
She put on her bag and left the others to their talking.
She walked home alone and walked in to see Tyler reading the rest of her diary at the breakfast bar in the kitchen.
"Like, get away squirt and, like, do your homework!" yelled Ashley snatching it off her brother.
Brittany was in her room finger painting on the walls so Ashley just went to her room and began her homework not expecting any usual phone calls from her ex best friends.
The bell rang for the end of the day and everyone got out his or her seats in a hurry.
Ashley watched as her ex best friends left all giving her sneering looks.
She picked up her bag and walked out to her locker.
She opened it and put her books in and closed it.
"Hey Ashley." said a voice.
Ashley turned around as she was going to walk out of the school.
"Yeah?" asked Ashley.
She saw TJ and the others walking towards her.
"We were wondering if you wanted to come and get a soda?" asked Gretchen taking a nervous glance at Vince, Mikey and Gus.
"Um sure." smiled Ashley nervously putting a piece of hair behind her ear.
"Well let's go then," said Spinelli striding in front with Vince, Mikey and Gus.
Gretchen was going to walk with TJ and Ashley when Vince caught her eye and shook his head.
Gretchen left TJ and Ashley alone to walk in an awkward silence.
"So don't you usually take a ride with your mum?" asked TJ breaking the silence.
"Usually. But today I was supposed to go to Ashley T's house. I'm sure mum will understand," said Ashley looking down at her feet.
The silence reared its ugly head again and TJ looked at the others who were walking in front of him and Ashley.
He saw Vince walking backwards and looking at the two.
TJ didn't know what else to say to Ashley so he shrugged his shoulders at Vince but Vince indicated for him to continue talking and gave him thumbs up.
TJ looked at Ashley's profile.
Her eyes cast down at the pavement made her seem vulnerable; TJ had never seen that about Ashley before.
Her lips were pursed and her hair a slight mess, as if she hadn't been bother to brush it after her friends rejected her.
TJ saw Ashley sense him looking at her and switched to looking at the sky to avoid catching her gaze.
Spinelli looked behind her and heard no talking she didn't know why the others wanted Ashley to become part of their gang anyway.
In her opinion Ashley was and always will be a snotty powder puff.
But she was the only one who felt that way.
Even TJ seemed to want to give her a chance.
Spinelli sighed.
It felt like she'd entered the twilight zone.
Ashley looked back at the pavement still wanting to stop her from embarrassment.
Soon they arrived at Kelso's store and everyone went to order their soda and Ashley felt like an outsider as the gang chatted around her.
She could tell they were trying to make an effort, to include her as much as possible.
But deep inside she knew it was for the guilt, because they felt sorry for her.
She sipped her cream soda that Gretchen had got for her before getting up.
She put on her bag and left the others to their talking.
She walked home alone and walked in to see Tyler reading the rest of her diary at the breakfast bar in the kitchen.
"Like, get away squirt and, like, do your homework!" yelled Ashley snatching it off her brother.
Brittany was in her room finger painting on the walls so Ashley just went to her room and began her homework not expecting any usual phone calls from her ex best friends.