Later that day Amy woke Ashley up again it was 3:30 in the afternoon. She had to meet Matt at 5 the next day so they needed to do all the things they were planing to do before then. She quickly threw on a Von Dutch tank top and a pair of jeans and her new black and blue DCs . (For anyone who is confused about DCs they are a type of skateboarding shoes) She threw her shoulder length hair into a messy bun. Amy was waiting for her in the living room of the hotel room.
"Come on hurry up I want to get a lot done in the short time we have" Amy said
"Ames I can always come back" Ashley said
"It's not every day that my 'little sister' turns 18" Amy replied
"That is very true" Ashley agreed "I want a tattoo"
"I don't know about that" Amy said
"Ames, Jeff is my guardian he'll let me get one plus I am 18 and old enough to go by myself" Ashley said
"Well still call and ask him and I'll be happy to take you"Amy said
"Ok I will" Ashley said jumping up and down like a little kid. She grabbed her cell phone and dialed hers and Jeff's home phone.
"Jeffy can I get a tattoo?" Ashley asked "Amy says if it is ok with you then I can get one but I'm old enough to go by myself, ok I love you too bye. Wait Jeff how are my cats? Ok give them a kiss for me, yes I am serious fine bye."
"I'm guessing by the fact that you aren't whining then he said yes' Amy concluded
"Yeah but like I said he couldn't really stop me but I feel better having his permission"Ashley replied
"Ok well let's go" Amy said
They ran into John in the hallway and told him their plans.
"You are really getting a tattoo?" he asked
"Yep" she replied
"Well this I have to see so I'm going with yall" he said
"Aight" Ashley said
The threesome went and had lunch then it was off to the tattoo parlor.
"So whatcha gonna get?" Amy asked
"I want a dragon on my leg like Jeff's except with more colors or a Celtic knot cross on my back"
"I'd go with the cross" John said
"Yeah I agree with him" Amy said
"Ok" Ashley replied
"Ash do you want me to go back there with you I know it is going to hurt and I'll hold your hand" John offered
"Ok if you want to Ames you gonna be ok out here?"
"Yeah sure" she said flipping through a tattoo book.
The pain wasn't that bad the sound of John's voice was so soothing to her that she fell asleep. About an 2 and a half hours later the was standing again her back felt like a combination of burning and itchiness.
"I honestly can't believe you actually did it" John said.
"It wasn't that bad I fell asleep" Ashley said with a shrug.
"I wanna see it again" John said
Ashley sighed and then lifted up her shirt. John gingerly pulled back the gauze the tattooed are looked red and sore but it still looked really good.
"Hey Ash let's check out this store" Amy suggested.
She agreed but as they were about to step into the store her cell phone started to ring.
"You guys go ahead I'll be there in a minute" Ashley said.
Amy and John nodded and they went into the store.
"Hello" Ashley said
"You know I called your cousin to tell him that you are to come home right now but he told me you were out getting a tattoo with your friends and now I don't think I want you back in this house" her mother said
"Don't flatter yourself making believe I actually want to come back, newsflash mom I'M 18 YOU DON'T CONTROL MY LIFE" Ashley yelled.
"Well see who you come crawling back to when Matthew and Jeffery don't find you cute anymore" she said before hanging up.
Ashley sat on the sidewalk for a moment holding back the hot tears that threatened to fall. How could anyone who gave birth to a child intentionally bring this much pain to their child. She walked into the store John was sitting on some steps that were in the back. Amy was in a dressing room no telling how long she would take. Ashley sat down next to John.
"You ok you look like you are about to cry?" John asked
"It's nothing just a conversation with my mother" Ashley replied looking away.
"Come on it couldn't be that bad" John said
"It really could" Ashley countered
"I know how you feel" John said
"No John I really don't think you do" Ashley said
"Come on this side of you is kinda scary" John said
"John have you ever hated someone so much that it literally burns to look at them or hear them speak? I didn't think you did, so how could you possibly know how I feel?" Ashley yelled.
John looked shocked he never thought he would see this side of Ashley.
"Johnny I'm sorry she just... it hurts sometimes"
John put his arm around her . They were sitting in the back of a clothing store waiting for Amy to finish shopping. They were looking into each other's eyes and before John knew it he lowered his head and his lips met hers. He pulled away, as quickly as the kiss had happened it ended. Both parties sat in an uncomfortable silence.
"I am so sorry" John said his cheeks uncharacteristically red.
Ashley managed a weak smile. Amy came out of a dressing room and looked at her friends and her 'little sister'.
"Is everything alright?" she asked
"Yeah why?" John asked
"You two look like you just got your hands caught in the cookie jar" Amy replied with her hands on her hips.
"Mommy dearest decided to call and stir things up, I got a little upset and John was comforting me" Ashley said
"Ok well if there is anything going on between you two I think I should be the first to know because I'm the one who set you two up your first daughter better be named after me" Amy said with a smirk.
"Wow Ames slow down there is no need to send out the invitations just yet me and John are just friends" Ashley said looking uncertainly at John.
"Yeah Ash is right just friends" John added reluctantly.
"Ok if you say so just let me pay for these outfits and then we can do whatever the birthday girl wants" Amy said
"I want to go see Amity ville Horror" Ashley said (A/N I know that is out of theaters but that was the only decent horror movie I've seen in a while so humor me ok)
"Sure" Amy said
"Why not" John said shrugging.
The movie had started and John sat between Amy and Ashley because they both wanted to be next to him just encase anything really scary happened lets just say he was grinning from ear to ear. Towards then end of the movie something jumped out and Ashley ended up on John's lap not that he was complaining. She went to move back to her seat but he held her there until the movie was over.
"Man that was a good move" Ashley said
"Yeah I think you enjoyed the end when you were on John's lap the best" Amy remarked
"I didn't hate it" Ashley said only loud enough for Amy who was standing next to her to hear. Amy just cracked a smile and looked over her shoulder at John.
"I think he enjoyed in to" Amy whispered to Ashley.
John was talking to someone on the phone but he was smiling like an idiot.
"You two should hook up" Amy said
"Ames he is like 10 years older than me" Ashley pointed out.
"And if age mattered then half the people in the world would not be together" Amy said
"I don't know Ames" Ashley said.
Her thoughts were conflicted yeah she liked John but did she think that she could love him or even that he could love her.
"Maybe" Ashley said to herself as she kept walking. John hung up his phone and wrapped his arm around Ashley's shoulder so that they were walking together.
"Interesting conversation you were having" she said
"I could say the same thing about you" he replied
"I have a show tonight with Marc that I totally forgot about but ya know if you wanna go that would be cool but I ain't gonna get all upset if you say no" he said
"What makes you think I would say no?" she asked
"So is that a yes?" he asked
"Yeah idiot" she said
He just smiled and fixed his hat. She took it off his head and put it on.
"Looks better on you anyways" he said " hey can I ask you something"
"Yeah sure" she said
"Last night you were about to say something to me and then you fell asleep and I was just wondering what it was" he said
"I honestly don't remember" she said
"Oh ok" he said
What was she going to say to him last night well it couldn't have been that important because she couldn't remember it.