A/N I am truly sorry for not updating this fic in three months. These past months I have been busy with completing my study journalism (writing theses, articles and so on) and simply did not have the time for my fics. However my graduation projects are finished now and I am determined to update this fic as frequent again as I used too. This story will definitely continue after I get back from my holidays (July 9th).

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CHAPTER 13:

Ashley couldn't help but giggle when she saw Sandy's indignant face to the stunt his son just pulled. Watching as he sat down and he gave Seth a toxic look she had to turn away from the sight to not loudly burst out in laughter. She saw Seth's mom had to do the same. Men.

Quietly eating her dinner, Ashley listened to the conversations around her. She didn't want to interrupt any of those so she just listened and smiled once in a while when Seth or Sandy made a funny remark again.

After dessert she watched in surprise how the guys quickly cleaned the table and put all the dirty plates in the washing machine. She would have thought Seth's mom would do that, but then again she saw her cook before and she wasn't one of the handiest people around. The guys might help out so they didn't need to buy a complete new dinner set every other day.

Smiling over yet another funny remark from Seth which made Sandy chasing him with the dish towel, her eye caught the nearby clock and her heart skipped a beat when she saw the time. "Damn", she mumbled when she quickly jumped up from her chair and walked towards Kirsten, who was sitting at the other end of the room.

"Erm excuse me", she quietly said. "Sorry to sound so ungrateful but I should really get home now, any chance..."

"Sure", Kirsten said quickly interrupting. She saw how uncomfortable Ashley seemed and she smiled to let her know it was alright to ask. Let me get my car keys, because my husband is a little preoccupied", she added, chuckling over the two guys chasing each other in the kitchen.

"Okay", Ashley replied, nervously tapping with her fingers on the table. When Kirsten got back Ashley said quick goodbye's to Seth and his father before running to the car outside. It was already so late, too late. What if? Ashley didn't want to think about it and shook her head. Everything was probably alright, right?

TBC...