Ashley was sitting on a plane John was next to her and she couldn't help digging her nails into his arm.
"Did I mention I hate planes?" she asked.
"Only about 100 times" John said.
"Just making sure you got the memo" Ashley replied.
"Here put these on" John said handing her his ipod.
Ashley turned it on and listened to the music she began to calm down and eventually fell asleep. When she woke up her neck was a little stiff but nothing she couldn't handle. They were just about to land. Ashley began chewing on a piece of gum so that her ears didn't pop because the pain was excruciating .
"Bout time you woke up" John said.
"You were asleep too idiot" she retorted.
"I was not sleepin I was resting my eyes" he said.
"Sure and you weren't snoring right" she said.
"No I wasn't" he said.
"You are impossible" she said.
"But you love me for the way I am" he replied.
"That and the fact that you are hot" she said with a smirk.
"Aw you do care" he said as he stood up and grabbed their carry ons. The plan was he was going to wait at the hotel while she went to talk to Bam and if she needed him he was like 10 minutes away.
They got a car and drove to the hotel. Before Ashley left she called John's parents and checked on the boys, they were both fine which was good news.
"Well I'm off to go try to convince Bam to save Randy's life wish me luck" she said.
"Good luck baby" he said giving her a kiss.
Ashley got into the car and drove to Bam's house it didn't seem so long ago that this was her home also. She couldn't think like that and she wouldn't allow herself to she came here for one reason and that was to help her best friend she had no interest in mending her relationship with Bam.
Bam saw the range rover pull into his driveway and decided to meet the person at the door. He saw Ashley get out of the car and was a little surprised he didn't think she would ever want to talk to him after the stunt he pulled. He had to admit she looked good she looked to have lost all the extra weight from her pregnancy. She was wearing a black top the showed her toned stomach and a pair of jeans that Bam swore fit her like a second skin. She was wearing a baseball hat and sun glasses.
"What are you doing here?" he asked.
"I'm here to ask you a favor" she said.
Bam had a choice comment about John leaving her but he kept that to himself. He looked at her with his arms crossed her was casually leaning into the woodwork of his front door waiting for her to continue.
"My best friend has a leukemia and is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant he has your very rare blood type and if you don't help him he'll die" she said. "he has a wife and 3 month old twins sons he really needs this" she added.
"You have got to be kidding me right you leave me for another man and now you come asking me to give your friend some of my bone marrow" he said.
"Please Bam I wouldn't ask you unless he really needed it" Ashley begged.
Bam just looked at her he was trying to see if she was serious or not. When he saw the seriousness in her eyes he shifted his position slightly but still didn't say anything.
"You know what Bam I will get down on my hands and knees and plead with you which is something you know I said I would never do" she said.
"I'm sorry I can't" he said looking at her sadly.
"If you were to come up to me and ask me to do this for Rabb or Dunn or Rake or even Dico I would but no you can't even do this to me to save someone's life I can't believe that I ever loved you" she yelled.
Ashley was ready to rip the hair out of her head the tears of frustration reaching her eye lids but she wouldn't let them free she wouldn't let Bam see her cry.
"I came here even though it was very uncomfortable to me because I thought that you would forget everything that we have been through we broke up get over it you are getting married to someone who is like a sister to me but all you can do is hurt me" she said.
"Why does everything have to be about you?" he asked.
"About me you think this is about me my best friend is dying and this is about me" she retorted.
"I think you should leave now" he said.
"Fine I can't force you to help my friend but you have to live with the fact that you could have saved his life and didn't" Ashley said as she got into her car.
Bam sighed as he watched Ashley pull away. He had never seen her so angry but really what did she expect, she broke his heart he was just getting even but at the expense at another person's life.
"God damn it why does she have to have this hold on me?" he asked himself exasperated .
He went inside to pack a bag he was going to save this man's life so maybe then Ashley would see him in a different light.