Chapter 2
(Ashley's POV)
I invited Ellie to come to the Dot with me and Craig that afternoon. At first she refused, didn't want to be the third wheel. But I assured her we're Just Friends! And she eventually caved in. She came to my house before hand so we can hang out and talk. I couldn't believe about the whole thing with Sean. They were so good for each other. But like she kept saying its just til' school. She kept saying that. I could tell she wasn't so happy about this. Hopefully she won't think about it much today.
"I still don't understand why you want me to come. I barely know Craig."
"Well we're friends now so I thought we could all be friends, I think you guys might actually get along."
"He probably thought it was a date between you two and then he's gonna see me." I gave her a look. "I know, I know just friends."
"Yea, and I invited him to hang at the dot with you and me."
"Thanks for checking with me first."
"Well I knew I could get you to go." and then she just gave me a look.
(Craig's POV)
I waited at the Dot for Ashley and Ellie. I wonder how this would be. Me and Ash agreed to be friends but haven't really hung out since. Ellie probably hates me because she's Ashley's best friend and knows all the things I've done to her, and through Ashley's eyes which I'm sure makes it much worse. They walked in and were laughing I already felt left out. Maybe I should have brought along Marco.
"Hey Craig."
"Hey Ash, Hey Ellie"
"Hey Craig"
Ellie had her hair down straight. I've barely ever seen her like that. It made her look different, but in a good way.
"So Ellie, how's Sean" She looked down and Ashley gave me this weird look. Did they break up?
"Sorry, um.."
"No it's ok, He's fine. Busy though. We're kind of just taking a break."
(Still Craig's POV)
Today was fun. We were at the dot for about an hour, ate and talked. I've never talked to Ellie much but she was really cool. Probably why she's Ashley's Best friend. Then we just kind of wandered around the streets. Talking and goofing off. We ended up at the park when it started to get dark, than it started to drizzle. I suggested we get going but Ellie and Ashley insisted on staying. Once it started raining harder I was under a tree and they were spinning around and laughing. Surprising how the queen of doom and the vampire chick could be so... lively and fun. Then it started getting cold so we all started to walk to Ashley's. Ellie was staying the night and I was just walking them there. We were all soaked. Surprisingly Ellie's face wasn't covered in dripping eyeliner. It was like she knew when and where it was dripping and wiped it off. It was still messy around her eyes but looked fine. I kept imagining how Ashley would look if she was still in her Very Goth phase. She wore way more make-up than Ellie back than. We got to Ashley's and they went inside and I walked home. It was great hanging out with Ashley. She was right we should just be friends at least for now. Ellie's great too, I guess we're friends now too. That thought put a weird smile on my face.