Chapter 5 Don't Deserve This
Rachel Sanchez POV
The alarm clock on my dresser rings loudly, waking me up from my two hours of sleep. Yep once again I didn't sleep that well. I usually just stay up reading magazines with my headphones on but it never helps. Nothing helps. My mom doesn't know about me not sleeping but I don't want to explain why! It's because of her and dad, what they've gone through, tagging me along. I walk into the bathroom trying to keep my eyes open but it's hard because I'm so sleepy. I brush my teeth, wash my face, fix my hair, and pick out an outfit.
"Sweetie, um little problem this morning. I need to go to work early and your dad has already left so . . ." Mom says with her cup of coffee in one hand.
"And so I have no ride. Then how am I going to get to school?"
"You and your brother can take the bus! It comes by the bus stop in," Pauses and looks at her watch, "In ten minutes. Love you, got to go. Make sure your brother gets the news!" She runs and I hear the jeep speed down the street. Has she noticed this is Canada and not the crazy streets of California? People drive the speed limit here.
"Hey Josh, hurry up the bus will be here in like a few minutes."
"Bus? Since when do ride the bus?"
"Since now. What's taking you so long?" I yell getting impatient. He spends hours getting ready. Who's the teenage girl now?
"My hair has to be perfect for you know who!"
"Manny! Uck didn't need to know that. Get you butt down here."
"I'll meet you there."
"Whatever."
I walk over to the bus stop freezing my butt off. I shouldn't have worn this mini skirt. It's the middle of winter after all but this is what it takes to look good. The bus comes exactly when mom said it would and then I see my brother running up to me yelling, "Wait" I wait and so does the bus driver and then I get on almost tripping over the steps. We're the only ones on the bus so we have the choice of sitting wherever we want, oh whoopee. The drive is bumpy, oh so very bumpy; never liked riding the bus but at least it doesn't happen that often. Then the bus stops at a house and the doors open and there I see the cutest guy I've seen since well Tommy. He walks past me and sits in the back carrying a guitar case and then he puts his headphones on. I watch him, peeking from the side of the seat, not wanting him to notice me checking him out.
"Hey Rachel who's the one with a crush now?" Josh says from the seat beside me.
"Be quiet! I don't even know him."
"That doesn't mean you don't like him!"
"Shut-up. We're here anyways." I get off followed by the cute boy with brown curly hair and huge brown eyes that I could gaze into all day but unfortunately I can't.
Manny Santos POV
Today mom drops me off school today. My brother was home this morning surprisingly but didn't come out of his room even though I knocked on his door about 10 times. I don't know why he is so mad. I mean it is pretty crazy for him to think he's in love after only two weeks of dating. Crazy, crazy, craziness! But love can do that to you and then life can always trick you into thinking you are in love, like when I thought I was in love with Craig, which was crazy because I never was. I was but I'm trying to forget about it.
"Hey Manny!" Sean shouts, waving at me.
"Hey Sean!"
"So where were you yesterday? I looked for you at lunch."
"I was around, trying to keep a low profile. Yesterday I had a bad day and didn't feel like talking to anybody so I didn't."
"Well I'm not just anybody."
"Have you met the new girl?"
"Uh! No, unless I'm unaware of it."
"Well you don't want to know her. Shall we move on?"
"She must be important if you mentioned her, so who is she?"
"Rachel Sanchez, a stuck-up popular cheerleader who's making my life miserable, along with the rest of my family."
"Oh her yeah I met her but got a bad first impression. What's up with your family?"
"My brother's in love!"
"Okay so what's wrong with that?" He asks looking puzzled. I guess being in love is usually a good thing but not in this case.
"Well the thing is he's only been with this girl two weeks and claims to be in love. I just met her yesterday and don't care if I don't meet her again. Before this I knew nothing of her."
"I still don't see what's so bad. You should be happy for him. Love is a good thing."
"No it just ends up making you angry and alone."
"You're not alone. You have me."
"Thanks. I needed some cheering up"
"No thank you." We walk to class together and I'm glad to know I have a friend. I walk pass Emma, Liberty, and J.T in the hall and Emma looks surprised.
"Hello class on this lovely morning. Okay today we will be reading the poems out loud and if you choose not to participate then you will get no credit and none of you want that so do we have any volunteers?" Mrs. Kwan says looking for students raising their hands but nobody is, "Then I guess I have to choose."
"I will go first." Rachel says as all the class looks at her.
"Great, stand in front."
"Okay so here is my poem. It's called Popular!
I walk down the crowded halls
Wearing the clothes I just got from the mall
The cute guys wink at me
And I reply with a shy hi
And they nearly faint but I continue walking
To go on with this perfect day
My friends come up to me to tell me the latest news
They say I live the good life, the popular life
What every girl wishes they had but will never get the chance to live
And will never leave the guys in a trance
Oh I have it all
Can't talk anymore cuz I got to go to study hall
And well that's the end and so pretty much my life's good but of course there will always be those mean girls like well." She says and glances me way, "Oh never mind that. Next!"
"Rachel well that was interesting. Manny go next."
"Uh okay if I have too."
Rachel Sanchez POV
"Hey every body's it Miss Feisty up close and personal!" I say and half the class laughs.
"Thanks for the intro. My poem's a little different. It's called Pinch Me. I'm only happy when my skies are bright
But all I can see are purple skies
These clouds are caving in to leave me with a rainy day
I used to have happy days when everything went my way
My friends and me were on a journey together
But I got lost somewhere in the middle
I'm left behind because they never cared to find me
My boyfriend and me were going to have a never-ending story
But we are like a broken picture frame, left with memories and nothing more
And we didn't have our happy ever after like in the fairy tales
My family use to be there for shelter
We went through some tough mazes but we always found our way out . . . together
Now we go our separate ways and I fear I will be stuck here forever
Someone pinch me so my pain inside will disappear
Pinch me so this river of tears will stop
Pinch me so this empty space will enclose
Pinch me so I can wake up from this nightmare and find you smiling at me
Please pinch me so I can find my way back to start to find a better path to follow
And please tell me this is not reality
And just a dream."
"Oh my gosh Manny that was touching."
"Ugh yeah. Manny congratulations you're no longer feisty but also quite depressing." Manny stands up in front about to cry.
"Rachel what world do you live in?" Sean says as he stands up out of his seat. Uh what is this about?
"A little place we call earth." Some of the class laughs.
"Well I live in the real world and not your little Barbie paradise with Ken by your side. Not everybody is all happy like you and have problems. So just keep quiet or else you'll be dealing with me." I was speechless. How dare he talk to me like that?
"Class some down." Manny runs out of the classroom taking her backpack and stuff with her but I don't know why! It was a joke!
"Miss Kwan can I go use the restroom."
"Sure Sean! Be back in five minutes." Mrs. Kwan replies.
"Yeah sure." Sean says and he leaves the room in a hurry from to run after Manny. Do they have a thing going on between them?
Manny Santos POV
"Manny, wait up!" Sean yells running up to me so I stop wiping the tears from my eyes.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah perfectly fine. I don't know what got into me."
"I would get upset too, Manny so stop denying it and tell me what's wrong."
"Stuff, just lots of stuff. You heard the poem."
"Yeah I did. You don't have to tell me right away but I'll be waiting so you can talk to me at any time about anything."
"Awe thank you so much." I say and give him a hug, which lasts for a while, and then I let go. We walk back to class together and once we get inside everybody has already calmed down from the drama I caused earlier and I guess Rachel has calmed down too. I still can't believe what she said earlier and I can't believe that Sean stood up for me like that. It meant a lot to me to know that someone cares.
Just before I was about to eat lunch with Sean outside Craig stopped me. Oh great! What is it this time? Did he come here to tell me he loves me once again or here to beg me to get back with him? Well if he keeps asking the same thing I'll keep replying with the same thing, which is a definite no.
"Manny missed you yesterday."
"I was here and you were . . ."
"I was home sick, not really but just kind of ditched school."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah really. I wanted to apologize."
"Did you just realize that you said apologize?"
"Since when have you become so sarcastic?"
"I don't know. It just kind of developed after you."
"I'm glad you got something out of our break up. I wanted to say sorry for being in your face all the time."
"Oh I haven't really noticed that but I suppose I forgive you."
"Great can we be friends?" Craig asked.
"We never were friends so why start now?"
"Have I caught you at a bad time?" Actually I was but I'm always moody whenever I see him because he reminds me of everything I hate.
"Yeah you can say that but I suppose we can have some kind of contact. I give you props for coming up to me after I blew you off the last time."
"Yeah well bye, friend."
"Ah huh." Friend? That just sounds very awkward, strange call it whatever you like but I don't like it. I got my lunch and walked through the halls hoping not to get any surprise visits from somebody I dislike. Then I hear somebody calling my name and the voice sounds familiar.
"Uh Manny." I turn around.
"Uh hi there you dropped this." Josh said while holding a purple pencil, my pencil but he stopped me for this. I mean if somebody dropped a pencil I wouldn't run after them, I would just leave it there.
"Thanks." What now?
"I talked to my sis."
"And?"
"She wasn't all that happy with me knowing you."
"I'm not surprised. She made a complete fool out of me in English but hey what else is new?"
"So who was that guy?"
"Hah."
"That guy you were talking to? Is he your boyfriend?"
"Heck no! We used to be but now he means nothing to me. He kind of messed everything worse, making life more difficult for me and well I don't care if I never speak to him again."
"Sure."
"I'm not kidding. You don't know what we went through so you don't understand."
"Oh one of those guys. I've known those guy and yeah they can be jerks at times but it would be hard loosing a girl like you." I was speechless. Did I just hear those words coming out of Josh? Josh, my prince charming? What do you say when a guy you like says such a complement?
"Um well I got to go meet up with the guys?"
"Yeah got to meet the guys. I got to go meet with my guys. Well not my guys personally. Friends. Yeah friends. See you later."
"Okay." He said and laughed. Now he knows I'm weird gone completely ga ga over him.
Craig Manning POV
I really did miss Manny the other day but should I just give up or did I already do that by asking her to be friends? Was I a fool once again? But I can't be all up in her face because that doesn't seem to help so what's the use. I just want to be what used to be. With her I was complete but now a piece of me has disappeared and all I want to do is be in her arms.
"Hey Ashley."
"Ellie did you hear something?" Ashley says ignoring me.
"Nope. Come on let's go." And then they walk away.
I've blown it with her too. My world's gone crazy or maybe that's just me. No I'm not crazy just crazy in love with Manny Santos.
"Dude stop thinking about her." Spinner says.
"Who?"
"Manny. Face it Craig you messed up. You were the man at once. Hope you enjoyed it while it lasted because it's all over now."
"Thanks for breaking the news but I'm not dumb."
"Are you staring at the same person I am?"
"Spin, stop confusing me with you."
"Smooth Craig." Jimmy says and laughs.
"Shut up Jimmy."
"Hey don't hate me but Spin is surprisingly right about some of that. You did mess up a little. Now I'm wrong. Change that to a lot." Jimmy replies.
"Thanks for having faith in me. So where's Marco?"
"Not here. I think that's something else you've been a fool about. Along with Ashley and Manny you lost your friendship with Marco. Even though you messed up you don't deserve this kind of treatment."
"I kind of do."
"Ugh I got to go see Paige. Guys come join me." Spinner says while standing up. I used to have what Spinner and Paige has but even he was smarter than me, which doesn't usually happen, or at least not in this lifetime.
"Sure."
So I walk over to the table where Paige, Hazel, Terri and Marco were sitting. Marco caught eye of me and moved to the other side of the table so there was no available seat next to him. I don't deserve that. I never did anything to him. He's the once who betrayed me by breaking his promise and telling Ashley. I look at my friends and notice somebody new. It's a girl, a pretty hot girl. Since when has she been a friend of Paige's? I stared at her and I think Paige noticed me.
"Uh hun stare much?"
"What?"
"Craig meet Rachel. She's new and she hangs with us which includes you too."
"Hey Rachel so when did you get here?" Stupid question. I know but I was caught off guard.
"Yesterday. I saw you on the bus so you play the guitar."
"Yeah, I have a band." Jimmy coughs. "I mean we have a band and we practice everyday after school in my garage."
"Oh really. I like rock and rollers. I would really like to hear you play someday." Just as I was about to answer Spinner speaks for me.
"Well maybe after cheer you can come over and hear us play. I mean only if you want to!"
"Only if it's okay with Craig."
"Absolutely. I mean yeah that would be cool."
"Okay then I'll be there." Rest of lunch I was sort of quiet. Ashley walked by and stared at me laughing with Ellie just to show me that she was fine and over me. I was fine with her too so there is no problem here.
Rachel Sanchez POV
The alarm clock on my dresser rings loudly, waking me up from my two hours of sleep. Yep once again I didn't sleep that well. I usually just stay up reading magazines with my headphones on but it never helps. Nothing helps. My mom doesn't know about me not sleeping but I don't want to explain why! It's because of her and dad, what they've gone through, tagging me along. I walk into the bathroom trying to keep my eyes open but it's hard because I'm so sleepy. I brush my teeth, wash my face, fix my hair, and pick out an outfit.
"Sweetie, um little problem this morning. I need to go to work early and your dad has already left so . . ." Mom says with her cup of coffee in one hand.
"And so I have no ride. Then how am I going to get to school?"
"You and your brother can take the bus! It comes by the bus stop in," Pauses and looks at her watch, "In ten minutes. Love you, got to go. Make sure your brother gets the news!" She runs and I hear the jeep speed down the street. Has she noticed this is Canada and not the crazy streets of California? People drive the speed limit here.
"Hey Josh, hurry up the bus will be here in like a few minutes."
"Bus? Since when do ride the bus?"
"Since now. What's taking you so long?" I yell getting impatient. He spends hours getting ready. Who's the teenage girl now?
"My hair has to be perfect for you know who!"
"Manny! Uck didn't need to know that. Get you butt down here."
"I'll meet you there."
"Whatever."
I walk over to the bus stop freezing my butt off. I shouldn't have worn this mini skirt. It's the middle of winter after all but this is what it takes to look good. The bus comes exactly when mom said it would and then I see my brother running up to me yelling, "Wait" I wait and so does the bus driver and then I get on almost tripping over the steps. We're the only ones on the bus so we have the choice of sitting wherever we want, oh whoopee. The drive is bumpy, oh so very bumpy; never liked riding the bus but at least it doesn't happen that often. Then the bus stops at a house and the doors open and there I see the cutest guy I've seen since well Tommy. He walks past me and sits in the back carrying a guitar case and then he puts his headphones on. I watch him, peeking from the side of the seat, not wanting him to notice me checking him out.
"Hey Rachel who's the one with a crush now?" Josh says from the seat beside me.
"Be quiet! I don't even know him."
"That doesn't mean you don't like him!"
"Shut-up. We're here anyways." I get off followed by the cute boy with brown curly hair and huge brown eyes that I could gaze into all day but unfortunately I can't.
Manny Santos POV
Today mom drops me off school today. My brother was home this morning surprisingly but didn't come out of his room even though I knocked on his door about 10 times. I don't know why he is so mad. I mean it is pretty crazy for him to think he's in love after only two weeks of dating. Crazy, crazy, craziness! But love can do that to you and then life can always trick you into thinking you are in love, like when I thought I was in love with Craig, which was crazy because I never was. I was but I'm trying to forget about it.
"Hey Manny!" Sean shouts, waving at me.
"Hey Sean!"
"So where were you yesterday? I looked for you at lunch."
"I was around, trying to keep a low profile. Yesterday I had a bad day and didn't feel like talking to anybody so I didn't."
"Well I'm not just anybody."
"Have you met the new girl?"
"Uh! No, unless I'm unaware of it."
"Well you don't want to know her. Shall we move on?"
"She must be important if you mentioned her, so who is she?"
"Rachel Sanchez, a stuck-up popular cheerleader who's making my life miserable, along with the rest of my family."
"Oh her yeah I met her but got a bad first impression. What's up with your family?"
"My brother's in love!"
"Okay so what's wrong with that?" He asks looking puzzled. I guess being in love is usually a good thing but not in this case.
"Well the thing is he's only been with this girl two weeks and claims to be in love. I just met her yesterday and don't care if I don't meet her again. Before this I knew nothing of her."
"I still don't see what's so bad. You should be happy for him. Love is a good thing."
"No it just ends up making you angry and alone."
"You're not alone. You have me."
"Thanks. I needed some cheering up"
"No thank you." We walk to class together and I'm glad to know I have a friend. I walk pass Emma, Liberty, and J.T in the hall and Emma looks surprised.
"Hello class on this lovely morning. Okay today we will be reading the poems out loud and if you choose not to participate then you will get no credit and none of you want that so do we have any volunteers?" Mrs. Kwan says looking for students raising their hands but nobody is, "Then I guess I have to choose."
"I will go first." Rachel says as all the class looks at her.
"Great, stand in front."
"Okay so here is my poem. It's called Popular!
I walk down the crowded halls
Wearing the clothes I just got from the mall
The cute guys wink at me
And I reply with a shy hi
And they nearly faint but I continue walking
To go on with this perfect day
My friends come up to me to tell me the latest news
They say I live the good life, the popular life
What every girl wishes they had but will never get the chance to live
And will never leave the guys in a trance
Oh I have it all
Can't talk anymore cuz I got to go to study hall
And well that's the end and so pretty much my life's good but of course there will always be those mean girls like well." She says and glances me way, "Oh never mind that. Next!"
"Rachel well that was interesting. Manny go next."
"Uh okay if I have too."
Rachel Sanchez POV
"Hey every body's it Miss Feisty up close and personal!" I say and half the class laughs.
"Thanks for the intro. My poem's a little different. It's called Pinch Me. I'm only happy when my skies are bright
But all I can see are purple skies
These clouds are caving in to leave me with a rainy day
I used to have happy days when everything went my way
My friends and me were on a journey together
But I got lost somewhere in the middle
I'm left behind because they never cared to find me
My boyfriend and me were going to have a never-ending story
But we are like a broken picture frame, left with memories and nothing more
And we didn't have our happy ever after like in the fairy tales
My family use to be there for shelter
We went through some tough mazes but we always found our way out . . . together
Now we go our separate ways and I fear I will be stuck here forever
Someone pinch me so my pain inside will disappear
Pinch me so this river of tears will stop
Pinch me so this empty space will enclose
Pinch me so I can wake up from this nightmare and find you smiling at me
Please pinch me so I can find my way back to start to find a better path to follow
And please tell me this is not reality
And just a dream."
"Oh my gosh Manny that was touching."
"Ugh yeah. Manny congratulations you're no longer feisty but also quite depressing." Manny stands up in front about to cry.
"Rachel what world do you live in?" Sean says as he stands up out of his seat. Uh what is this about?
"A little place we call earth." Some of the class laughs.
"Well I live in the real world and not your little Barbie paradise with Ken by your side. Not everybody is all happy like you and have problems. So just keep quiet or else you'll be dealing with me." I was speechless. How dare he talk to me like that?
"Class some down." Manny runs out of the classroom taking her backpack and stuff with her but I don't know why! It was a joke!
"Miss Kwan can I go use the restroom."
"Sure Sean! Be back in five minutes." Mrs. Kwan replies.
"Yeah sure." Sean says and he leaves the room in a hurry from to run after Manny. Do they have a thing going on between them?
Manny Santos POV
"Manny, wait up!" Sean yells running up to me so I stop wiping the tears from my eyes.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah perfectly fine. I don't know what got into me."
"I would get upset too, Manny so stop denying it and tell me what's wrong."
"Stuff, just lots of stuff. You heard the poem."
"Yeah I did. You don't have to tell me right away but I'll be waiting so you can talk to me at any time about anything."
"Awe thank you so much." I say and give him a hug, which lasts for a while, and then I let go. We walk back to class together and once we get inside everybody has already calmed down from the drama I caused earlier and I guess Rachel has calmed down too. I still can't believe what she said earlier and I can't believe that Sean stood up for me like that. It meant a lot to me to know that someone cares.
Just before I was about to eat lunch with Sean outside Craig stopped me. Oh great! What is it this time? Did he come here to tell me he loves me once again or here to beg me to get back with him? Well if he keeps asking the same thing I'll keep replying with the same thing, which is a definite no.
"Manny missed you yesterday."
"I was here and you were . . ."
"I was home sick, not really but just kind of ditched school."
"Oh really?"
"Yeah really. I wanted to apologize."
"Did you just realize that you said apologize?"
"Since when have you become so sarcastic?"
"I don't know. It just kind of developed after you."
"I'm glad you got something out of our break up. I wanted to say sorry for being in your face all the time."
"Oh I haven't really noticed that but I suppose I forgive you."
"Great can we be friends?" Craig asked.
"We never were friends so why start now?"
"Have I caught you at a bad time?" Actually I was but I'm always moody whenever I see him because he reminds me of everything I hate.
"Yeah you can say that but I suppose we can have some kind of contact. I give you props for coming up to me after I blew you off the last time."
"Yeah well bye, friend."
"Ah huh." Friend? That just sounds very awkward, strange call it whatever you like but I don't like it. I got my lunch and walked through the halls hoping not to get any surprise visits from somebody I dislike. Then I hear somebody calling my name and the voice sounds familiar.
"Uh Manny." I turn around.
"Uh hi there you dropped this." Josh said while holding a purple pencil, my pencil but he stopped me for this. I mean if somebody dropped a pencil I wouldn't run after them, I would just leave it there.
"Thanks." What now?
"I talked to my sis."
"And?"
"She wasn't all that happy with me knowing you."
"I'm not surprised. She made a complete fool out of me in English but hey what else is new?"
"So who was that guy?"
"Hah."
"That guy you were talking to? Is he your boyfriend?"
"Heck no! We used to be but now he means nothing to me. He kind of messed everything worse, making life more difficult for me and well I don't care if I never speak to him again."
"Sure."
"I'm not kidding. You don't know what we went through so you don't understand."
"Oh one of those guys. I've known those guy and yeah they can be jerks at times but it would be hard loosing a girl like you." I was speechless. Did I just hear those words coming out of Josh? Josh, my prince charming? What do you say when a guy you like says such a complement?
"Um well I got to go meet up with the guys?"
"Yeah got to meet the guys. I got to go meet with my guys. Well not my guys personally. Friends. Yeah friends. See you later."
"Okay." He said and laughed. Now he knows I'm weird gone completely ga ga over him.
Craig Manning POV
I really did miss Manny the other day but should I just give up or did I already do that by asking her to be friends? Was I a fool once again? But I can't be all up in her face because that doesn't seem to help so what's the use. I just want to be what used to be. With her I was complete but now a piece of me has disappeared and all I want to do is be in her arms.
"Hey Ashley."
"Ellie did you hear something?" Ashley says ignoring me.
"Nope. Come on let's go." And then they walk away.
I've blown it with her too. My world's gone crazy or maybe that's just me. No I'm not crazy just crazy in love with Manny Santos.
"Dude stop thinking about her." Spinner says.
"Who?"
"Manny. Face it Craig you messed up. You were the man at once. Hope you enjoyed it while it lasted because it's all over now."
"Thanks for breaking the news but I'm not dumb."
"Are you staring at the same person I am?"
"Spin, stop confusing me with you."
"Smooth Craig." Jimmy says and laughs.
"Shut up Jimmy."
"Hey don't hate me but Spin is surprisingly right about some of that. You did mess up a little. Now I'm wrong. Change that to a lot." Jimmy replies.
"Thanks for having faith in me. So where's Marco?"
"Not here. I think that's something else you've been a fool about. Along with Ashley and Manny you lost your friendship with Marco. Even though you messed up you don't deserve this kind of treatment."
"I kind of do."
"Ugh I got to go see Paige. Guys come join me." Spinner says while standing up. I used to have what Spinner and Paige has but even he was smarter than me, which doesn't usually happen, or at least not in this lifetime.
"Sure."
So I walk over to the table where Paige, Hazel, Terri and Marco were sitting. Marco caught eye of me and moved to the other side of the table so there was no available seat next to him. I don't deserve that. I never did anything to him. He's the once who betrayed me by breaking his promise and telling Ashley. I look at my friends and notice somebody new. It's a girl, a pretty hot girl. Since when has she been a friend of Paige's? I stared at her and I think Paige noticed me.
"Uh hun stare much?"
"What?"
"Craig meet Rachel. She's new and she hangs with us which includes you too."
"Hey Rachel so when did you get here?" Stupid question. I know but I was caught off guard.
"Yesterday. I saw you on the bus so you play the guitar."
"Yeah, I have a band." Jimmy coughs. "I mean we have a band and we practice everyday after school in my garage."
"Oh really. I like rock and rollers. I would really like to hear you play someday." Just as I was about to answer Spinner speaks for me.
"Well maybe after cheer you can come over and hear us play. I mean only if you want to!"
"Only if it's okay with Craig."
"Absolutely. I mean yeah that would be cool."
"Okay then I'll be there." Rest of lunch I was sort of quiet. Ashley walked by and stared at me laughing with Ellie just to show me that she was fine and over me. I was fine with her too so there is no problem here.