Ashley had always been true to her word Ashley, Laney and Shannon moved into a nice house that Shannon's father bought for them. It had been hard a first but all three girls took turns watching Talon. It had been 2 months and Talon was now nine months old. Ashley was cleaning the house when the phone started to ring.
"Hello"Ashley said
"Lea it's Marc" he said
"Hello Marc what's up" she asked sitting down on the couch.
"Well John called me and told me to tell you that the custody hearing was arranged for next week in Toronto" Marc told her.
"Ok that is good" Ashley said
She ran her hands through her now short hair. She decided it was time for a change so her once shoulder length hair was now gone. She started wearing contacts that made her grey-blue eyes look more blue. She was slowly moving on with her life. She had dated a few times but nothing ever stuck she kept finding flaws in them. Too dull, too short, too tall. Ashley was sure that she used them all.
"So do you want me to go with you?" he asked
"If you want that would be nice Chris agreed to watch him so it's all good Randy and Trish are also going just encase there is need for character witnesses I'm almost 100 percent sure that they will try to use the breakup against us" she said
"Well I got time so sure I'll be up"he said "but other than that how are you feeling?"
"I have my good days and bad like any other person in this position" she said
"Now you know that I am not John's biggest fan but I think you two really need to talk" he said
"Marc, Talon and I are finally moving on we don't need John to mess that up" she said
"He's going to find out and come looking for you" Marc warned her
"You doubt me?" she asked
"No I just know him" Marc replied
"Well Marcy I love that you care but I have to go so see ya next week" Ashley said hanging up the phone.
Talon who was playing with his toys on the floor a few feet away from her looked up at her for a minute before returning to his toys. He had took his first few steps the other day which was very exciting the doctor's said that babies don't usually walk till they are 12 to 13 months but some learn earlier. Laney had managed to get him walking a little on the video camera. She was as proud as Ashley was.
"Our baby is growing up so fast" she said pretending to cry.
Talon grabbed on to the table near him and pulled himself up.
"Mama" he said clapping his hands as he feel down.
"Are you standing up?" she asked as she picked him up and brought him upstairs to his crib.
"Have a good nap little prince" she said giving him a kiss. He smiled at her and waved bye bye as she left the room.
She continued cleaning and thinking about what was going to happen next week. She was so out of it she didn't hear Laney and Shannon walk up behind her.
"I think that spot is clean" Laney said referring to the counter Ashley had been wiping down the same spot for 5 minutes.
"Oh hey guys I didn't hear you come in" she said "Marc called today to tell me the hearing is next week Wednesday"
"Oh how nice of him to call" Laney said flipping through a magazine.
"Lanes you like him and I'm pretty sure he likes you why don't you just admit it" Ashley said
"I don't like him" Laney said
"Laney and Marc sitting in the tree" Ashley started to sing
"For the last time I don't like Marc" Laney said loudly
"Shh I just put the baby down for his nap" Ashley scolded Laney
"Whoops sorry but anyways I don't like Marc" Laney replied
"So what is new with you Sha Sha?" Ashley asked
"Nothing really" Shannon said
She was on her laptop checking her email.
"Yes he sent me an email!" she exclaimed
"Shh" both Laney and Ashley said
She smiled sheepishly before reading her email.
"He wants to go out Friday" she said looking up at her roommates
"Well if you really like Will then go out with him" Laney said
"Oh so now you are a hypocrite" Ashley said looking at Laney "I just gave you the same advice like 2 minutes ago"
"Yes but I don't like Marc, Sha Sha likes Will" Laney pointed out
"So if I told you Marc asked about you while we were talking you wouldn't care?" Ashley asked while she unloaded the dishwasher.
"He asked about me?" Laney asked getting all giddy.
"Maybe" Ashley teased
"Well what did he ask" Laney said
"He wanted to know if you had a boyfriend" Ashley replied
"He actually asked you that?" Laney asked
"Yep" Ashley said with a smile
"I don't know Ash he is John's cousin" Laney said
"Marc is nothing like John if I didn't have an emotional attachment to his cousin I'd date him" Ashley said
"Hey stay away he's mine" Laney said
"Hey Sha Sha wasn't this the same person who said she didn't like Marc?" Ashley asked Shannon.
"Yeah I think she was" Shannon said with a small laugh.
"Ok maybe I do like him" Laney admitted
"OMG this is so great Marc is one of my best friends and so are you so my best friends will be dating how cool is that!" Ashley exclaimed jumping up and down.
"Did you take your medication today?" Laney asked
"Yeah why?" Ashley asked
"You seem in a really good mood so I wanted to make sure you did because I don't want to have to deal with you having a break down" she replied
"Thanks Lanes it means so much that you care" Ashley said sarcastically
Laney just rolled her eyes and threw the magazine that she was reading at Ashley. Ashley caught the magazine and began to flip through it.
"Oh Brad and Angelina are on the rocks" Ashley said with a laugh.
"Like you need anything else to gossip about" Laney said
"I don't gossip" Ashley retorted
"Sorry sweetie but I'm going to have to agree with Laney on this one" Shannon added
"Who asked you" Ashley said sticking out her tongue at Shannon
"Very mature" Shannon said
"What I'm only 19 I can act immature for a little while longer" Ashley said
"Well this is February and your birthday is in August so you have 6 months till you turn 20" Shannon pointed out.
"Wow Shannon never would have figured that out" Ashley replied
Shannon flipped Ashley off.
"Thanks but no thanks I prefer guys" Ashley said "Oh did I ever tell you about the time I had this boy friend Mike and I flipped him off and he was like anywhere and time and I thought he meant he wanted to fight but then I figured out he meant sex and I was like NO!"
"I can honestly say I never heard that story" Laney said
"Yeah good times good times Mike and I dated for like a day and a half and then I broke up with him because my heart belonged to someone else" Ashley said
"And who was that?" Shannon asked
"Randy" Ashley replied
"What wait a minute Randy as in your almost brother Randy?" Laney asked
"Yep the one and only I was 17 and thought he was so hot" she replied
"Does he know this?" Shannon asked
"No and he never will" Ashley answered "he'd never let me forget it"
"So what are you going to do when you see John again?" Laney asked
"What can I do" Ashley replied
"Oh I don't know tell him what is going on with you" Laney said
"Lanes we have been over this John is never going to know ok so drop it" Ashley snapped.
"Ok chill no need to jump down my throat" Laney said getting defensive
"Sorry Lanes" Ashley said
"It's ok I'll forgive you this time" Laney said giving Ashley a hug.
Here is the end of another chapter next chapter has to do with the custody battle between Ash and John against Talon's father. Ashley and John are going to see each other again what is going to happen and it seems that people know something John doesn't what could it be. Review and find out.