CHAPTER FIVE: Ashley's House
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"Hey you two!" Paige said sitting down at the lunch table where Amber and Spinner were. "Good to see that things are patched up."
"Isn't it?" Amber agreed.
"Anyway." Paige said, changing the subject. "How's the drama thing going for Kwan's class?"
"Fine." Amber replied.
"Hey." Ashley Kerwin sat down next to Paige at the table.
"May I help you?" Paige asked.
"No." Ashley responded. She blinked her black covered eyes and looked at Amber. "I'm having some people over tonight. Wanna come?"
"Sure." Amber replied. "Sounds like fun!"
"Spinner can come too." Ashley said. "And Paige, if she wants."
Ashley got up and walked away.
Paige looked at Amber. "Don't tell me that your really going over to the Vampire Cave!"
"Paige, I like Ashley." Amber said. "It's cool, you should come."
"I don't like her either." Spinner said. "But I'll go with you Amber."
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The rest of the day went by pretty smoothly, with the exception of when Amber tripped and fell down a couple steps.
Amber, Paige and Spinner arrived at Ashley's house. Amber rang the doorbell. The door opened after a minute or two.
"Hey!" Ashley greeted them, Amber mostly. "Glad you came Amber."
Ashley welcomed them in and closed the door behind them. Amber walked into the living room. She saw Terri, Ellie, Marco, Jimmy and Sean. She knew most of them from class. Amber sat down on the couch next to Ellie. Spinner sat next to Amber.
"This is a strange group." Paige said, sitting on the arm of the couch next to Spinner. "What's this about anyway?"
"No one said you had to come Paige." Ashley said. "And it's not about anything. I just wanted my friends to come over, and as you can tell, some of them brought their friends."
"Whatever." Paige replied, knowing that that comment was aimed towards her. Their bickering was interupted when the doorbell rang.
"Pizza's here!" Ashley said. She walked out of the room to answer the front door.
A few minutes later, Ashley walked back into the room with two large cheese pizzas. She placed the boxes on the coffee table.
"Dig in!" Ashley said.
Everyone helped themself and took a slice or two.
"Hey Ashley." Sean got up from the recliner chair and walked over to her. "Is it alright if I use your phone?"
"Go ahead." Ashley answered.
Sean walked past her into the kitchen and took the phone off of the charger. He dialed a number and put the phone to his face...
"Hey Emma." Sean said after a few seconds. "I'm at Ashleys...no I came with Jimmy...I know...why don't you come by?... ...so what don't you want to see me?... ...fine...yeah fine."
Sean slammed the phone down and walked out of the kitchen. He walked past everyone and headed upstairs.
"O...kay." Paige said.
"What's wrong with Sean?" Jimmy asked.
"I don't know," Ashley relied. "He was just on the phone."
"Isn't anyone gonna go get him?" Terri asked.
Everyone blankly stared at her.
"I will." Amber said, since apparently no one else was going to.
Amber stood up and walked upstairs. She reached the top and looked around. There was no sign of him. She opened the first door on the left. She looked around, it was Ashley's room. There was Sean sitting on her bed. Amber walked in and closed the door behind her. She walked over to the bed and sat next to Sean.
"Hey." She said.
Sean didn't say anything.
"I know that you don't know me..." Amber continued. "But you have to trust me...that pizza is good, you need to come back downstairs and try some."
Sean smiled. "Okay." He said.
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"Yo Spinner." Jimmy said.
"What??" Spinner asked.
"Sean and Amber." Jimmy said. "Upstairs alone."
"So?" Spinner asked.
"No offense Ash," Jimmy looked at Ashley and then back at Spinner. "But remember what happened before?"
"Amber's not like that." Paige insisted. Although she hoped the exact opposite.
"You'll see." Jimmy said, standing up. He walked upstairs and into Ashley's room. "Hey!"
Amber pulled away from Sean and looked at Jimmy.
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"Hey you two!" Paige said sitting down at the lunch table where Amber and Spinner were. "Good to see that things are patched up."
"Isn't it?" Amber agreed.
"Anyway." Paige said, changing the subject. "How's the drama thing going for Kwan's class?"
"Fine." Amber replied.
"Hey." Ashley Kerwin sat down next to Paige at the table.
"May I help you?" Paige asked.
"No." Ashley responded. She blinked her black covered eyes and looked at Amber. "I'm having some people over tonight. Wanna come?"
"Sure." Amber replied. "Sounds like fun!"
"Spinner can come too." Ashley said. "And Paige, if she wants."
Ashley got up and walked away.
Paige looked at Amber. "Don't tell me that your really going over to the Vampire Cave!"
"Paige, I like Ashley." Amber said. "It's cool, you should come."
"I don't like her either." Spinner said. "But I'll go with you Amber."
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The rest of the day went by pretty smoothly, with the exception of when Amber tripped and fell down a couple steps.
Amber, Paige and Spinner arrived at Ashley's house. Amber rang the doorbell. The door opened after a minute or two.
"Hey!" Ashley greeted them, Amber mostly. "Glad you came Amber."
Ashley welcomed them in and closed the door behind them. Amber walked into the living room. She saw Terri, Ellie, Marco, Jimmy and Sean. She knew most of them from class. Amber sat down on the couch next to Ellie. Spinner sat next to Amber.
"This is a strange group." Paige said, sitting on the arm of the couch next to Spinner. "What's this about anyway?"
"No one said you had to come Paige." Ashley said. "And it's not about anything. I just wanted my friends to come over, and as you can tell, some of them brought their friends."
"Whatever." Paige replied, knowing that that comment was aimed towards her. Their bickering was interupted when the doorbell rang.
"Pizza's here!" Ashley said. She walked out of the room to answer the front door.
A few minutes later, Ashley walked back into the room with two large cheese pizzas. She placed the boxes on the coffee table.
"Dig in!" Ashley said.
Everyone helped themself and took a slice or two.
"Hey Ashley." Sean got up from the recliner chair and walked over to her. "Is it alright if I use your phone?"
"Go ahead." Ashley answered.
Sean walked past her into the kitchen and took the phone off of the charger. He dialed a number and put the phone to his face...
"Hey Emma." Sean said after a few seconds. "I'm at Ashleys...no I came with Jimmy...I know...why don't you come by?... ...so what don't you want to see me?... ...fine...yeah fine."
Sean slammed the phone down and walked out of the kitchen. He walked past everyone and headed upstairs.
"O...kay." Paige said.
"What's wrong with Sean?" Jimmy asked.
"I don't know," Ashley relied. "He was just on the phone."
"Isn't anyone gonna go get him?" Terri asked.
Everyone blankly stared at her.
"I will." Amber said, since apparently no one else was going to.
Amber stood up and walked upstairs. She reached the top and looked around. There was no sign of him. She opened the first door on the left. She looked around, it was Ashley's room. There was Sean sitting on her bed. Amber walked in and closed the door behind her. She walked over to the bed and sat next to Sean.
"Hey." She said.
Sean didn't say anything.
"I know that you don't know me..." Amber continued. "But you have to trust me...that pizza is good, you need to come back downstairs and try some."
Sean smiled. "Okay." He said.
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"Yo Spinner." Jimmy said.
"What??" Spinner asked.
"Sean and Amber." Jimmy said. "Upstairs alone."
"So?" Spinner asked.
"No offense Ash," Jimmy looked at Ashley and then back at Spinner. "But remember what happened before?"
"Amber's not like that." Paige insisted. Although she hoped the exact opposite.
"You'll see." Jimmy said, standing up. He walked upstairs and into Ashley's room. "Hey!"
Amber pulled away from Sean and looked at Jimmy.