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Lip Gloss On A Hockey Jersey

Chapter Five

Bob and Ashley walked into the Third Street Rink, each with their own duffel bag. "Sorry about my Mom," Bob muttered to Ashley as they walked. "She like to embarrass me any chance she gets."

"Its okay." Ashley laughed, "I didn't mind."

"Thank you for the ride, King-" Ashley stopped herself and said, "I mean, Bob."

Bob laughed, "I guess I'll see you around here and tomorrow at school, huh?"

"Yeah," Ashley smiled. "Bye!"

"Catch you later," Bob grinned, saluting before he ran off.

Ashley smiled as she watch him run off. She then turned and started walking towards the girls locker room.

Ashley was just about to enter when she heard someone call out her name.

"Ashley!" Shouted a voice.

Ashley turned around to see Ranger Cambridge walking towards her with a gleaming white smile.

Ranger played on the football team that Ashley cheered for during the season. He had shaggy brown hair that reached the middle at the nape of his neck. His eyes, or what you could see of from under his hair, were green. He was taller than Ashley by a foot and he was in two grades above her. He wore baggy blue jeans, a dark green shirt that fit him from the waist up, and white sneakers.

Ashley felt her cheeks heat but she kept her cool, smiling and shifting all her weight to one foot so she could rest her bag on her hip.

"Oh, like, hi Ranger!" Ashley said cheerfully.

"Hey..." Ranger said smoothly. "Where have you been lately? I haven't seen you at any of your practices."

"Oh, I'm taking skating lessons on Wednesdays and Fridays so I skip Cheerleading practice so I can go there." Ashley said, her eyes batting coquettishly.

"That's cool," Ranger put his hands in his pockets and leaned forward. "Can I come watch you sometime?" He was real close to Ashley, who leaned back against the door teasingly.

"Maybe," Ashley pushed the door the locker room with her back, grinning slyly.

"Dose that mean yes?" Ranger leaned in a bit more.

Ashley laughed as she turned to walk in to the locker room.

Ranger stood outside with a goofy grin, "I'll take that as a yes." He told himself.

Ashley walked through the locker room when Ashley B popped out from behind on of the locker banks. "Hey Ashley A!" Ashley B said slowly and teasingly.

Ashley A gave Ashley B a look and with a warm smile, she said, "Were you watching me?"

"Uh, no duh!" Ashley B said as in a matter-of-factual voice. "Now spill! When are you two going to, like, go out?"

"Like, never." Ashley A said with a tantalizing smile.

"Why won't you telling me anything?" Ashley B pursed her lips but her eyes twinkled. "I can't believe were friends."

Just then, a girl with piercing green eyes and long, curly blonde hair came walking in with the same cheerleading outfit as Ashley A and Ashley B but with a large white letter C near the hem of her skirt.

"Oh, it's the witch." Ashley B sighed, her eyes narrowing.

Ashley A turned around and glanced at Sarah Kakis, the captain of the cheerleading Squad that the Ashley's were in and she was a sixth-grader.

According to Ashley Q, Sara just loved to be evil. Ashley Q would do anything to get a rise out of Sarah so she could get a reason to hit her. She could never get the chance to do any harm since the other Ashley's, would hold her back... And that took all three of them to hold her back.

Even Ashley B, who was probably the meanest of the four, would hold Ashley Q back.

It was just really personal since Ashley Q was the closest to Ashley A, whom Sarah hated the most.

Sarah stopped in the middle of the room to look around, her eyes roaming and taking in everything.

"She thinks she's, like, the greatest thing that hit this earth." Ashley T said, coming from behind a locker bank.

"Ashley T? I thought you weren't coming today?" Ashley B asked. "What happened to Rome?"

"Like, Daddy canceled the trip to Rome," Ashley T sighed. "So I'll totally have to shop later this week to totally lift my spirits."

"But really, Ashley T." Ashley Q came walking from the front door with her athletic bag hanging from her shoulder. She had overheard Ashley T's comment. "Don't you think you've got enough clothes? Go buy something else."

Ashley A and Ashley B rolled their eyes, knowing that a fight was well on its way.

"Like, what would you except me to buy?" Ashley T snapped back, "Sneakers?"

Ashley B gasped, Ashley A sighed, and Ashley Q's eyes narrowed.

"If it fits, try it. If it feels good, buy it. If it goes with everything else, wear it." Ashley Q rolled her eyes. "How hard is that?"

Ashley T grinned, "Well, like, if anyone should know-it'd be, like, totally you!"

All the Ashley's smiled at this, even cracked Ashley Q to smile just a little.

Ashley Q had a little secret that only the other three knew.

Just then, Sarah Kakis walked by them, sneering.

"Oh, it's the little Ashley brats." Sarah stopped, crossing her arms and her glare drilling a hole into Ashley A's face.

"Oh, it's the wannabe Barbie!" Ashley Q sneered right back, stepping forward and a raised fist.

Ashley B grabbed Ashley Q's elbow. "No, she's just mad because she totally fell flat on her face when we were in formation for the pyramid!"

Ashley A laughed and asked with a questioning look. "She fell?"

Ashley T smiled, crossing her arms across her chest. "Like it was so funny! And right in front of all the boys that were in the gym that day!"

Sarah tossed Ashley T an ugly look but then she looked back at Ashley A with a wicked smile on her face.

Ashley Q growled as she snapped her fingers. "And I can't believe I missed that..."

"So, I heard your daddy's company is in a bit of trouble." Sarah's smile grew wider, glaring at Ashley A, "And my father might buy him out."

Sarah leaned forward towards the blonde Ashley, her eyes dancing with glee. "I am so going to have a blast when I see your face when my dad buys out yours."

She then added, her evil grin grew wider.

"I'll, like, wave to you from my brand new limo when I pass you on the street." Sarah whispered. "And I totally might even stop by and visit you and try to help you clean your box as best as you can before I get there."

With a flip of her hair, she turned and walked away.

"Why that-" Ashley Q was just about to jump Sarah but Ashley A stopped her.

"No, Ashley Q. It's fine." Ashley A sighed, placing her back against the lockers and sliding down to the floor. "She's right."

"No she's not." Ashley B sat down next to her friend, sliding an arm across Ashley's shoulder.

Ashley A smiled, blinking away her tears. "But she is." She looked at the ground, pressing her knees to her chest.

The other three Ashley's wrapped their arms around Ashley A.

"Well, you have us." Ashley B said.

Ashley Q laughed, "Like, no duh!"

"You'll always have us as friends, Ashley A!" Ashley T smiled warmly.

Ashley A looked at all their smiling faces as her tears flowed down her face. "Oh... you girls are the greatest..." Ashley A cried happily and grinned at them all.

They all laughed and hugged each other.

Bob slid up and down the ice along with his teammates. They had to finish off their suicides the best they could or Coach Bergs would blow a gasket.

"Cocker! Your lagging!" Coach shouted. "Another round if you boys can't pick it up!"

Against his body's wishes, Bob pushed his legs and feet to skate on. He was up ahead, along with Sam and Jake, and were done a few seconds ahead from group. Bob stood at the end of the rink, breath heavily with sweat pouring down his body and in his pads and hockey gear.

As the last hockey player pulled in, Coach skated their way.

"Good practice today, boys." Coach Bergs said, letting his whistle drop. "Rest up for this weekend, alright? We have our first playoff game against The Cavaliers. Everyone in!" Coach put his hand in the middle of the group of boys, they adding their own hands.

"One, two, three…Pirates!" They all shouted.

They then dispersed, some heading for the locker rooms and others collecting their things from the booth or stands.

"Hey! Sammy! Bob!" Shouted a voice from somewhere in the rink.

Bob and Sam turned to see Rover waving for them to skate his way.

"Hey Rove!" Sam said, smiling at his cousin. "Do we need to go?"

"Nah. We have to stay and take your sister too." Rover said, ruffling Sam's hair. "Your Dad had something to do or something."

"You have a sister?" Bob asked, lifting his hockey stick over the rink wall.

"Yeah," Sam rolled his eyes. "She's a pain."

"All sisters are pains." Bob laughed, "My sister made me try on dresses one time. She said she 'needed to hem it' because she didn't have a mannequin or something."

"Girls are a pain." Sam snorted.

Rover grinned at his cousin, "Don't worry about that, Sammy boy. When you're my age, you'll be lovin' them girls." He then popped Bob in the head, "Why didn't you tell me you had a sister?"

Bob raised a brow as he rubbed his head. "You never asked."

"Kid," Rover laughed. "I've known you since the day you first skated and you never once told me you had a sister. I'm so ashamed to be your buddy."

Bob shook his head, "Is there a point to this story?"

Rover's eyes twinkled, "She your older sister?" He asked.

Bob blinked, not really seeing where this was going to. "Yeah. She'll be coming to one of my games when she has time."

Rover laughed, "I hope to see her. Come on, Sam! I saw this beautiful red-head on my way in-I think she just moved her. I should get her acquainted with Third Street."

Sam rolled his eyes, "Girls." He muttered. "See ya' Bob."

Bob laughed, "See ya', Sam."

Turning, Bob started head to the boys locker room when he spotted Ashley A skating out his way to the rink. Ashley spotted Bob and waved to him as she skated his way, "Like, hey Bob!"

Ashley had on a blue leotard with a thin-silk white skirt and her blonde hair was pulled away from her face in a ponytail.

"Hey," Bob smiled as Ashley stood in front of him. "How was practice?"

"Fine!" Ashley laughed. "My coach wants me to do a few more rounds here because we have a competition this weekend. I have to work on a few of my jumps."

"Cool!" Bob laughed, "I wish I could stay and watch. Your probably really good."

Ashley blushed, looking down at the ground. "N-no! Not at all! I'm not really good-"

Ashley stopped talking when she felt fingers underneath her chin, lifting her face so that she gazed into Bob's dark-brown eyes. "Hey," Bob smiled, his fingers tucked underneath her chin. "Girls like you have to be good."

Ashley blushed furiously, "Um…thank you."

Bob nodded and let his hand fall. "Well, I better get going before my Mom gets mad at me for being late. She has that whole PTA thing at school or whatever."

"I'll catch you later, then?" Bob asked as he skated backwards with a large grin on his face.

"Yeah." Ashley heard herself say but didn't really know what was happening because her face felt like it were on fire. "I hope so," She said to herself as waved to Bob, who saluted, and then turned to skate away.

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