Chapter 6: Murder
(Continued from last chapter…)
Ashleigh dropped Mercedes off at their house, then took Sienna to where she was staying, and phoned a friend who she knew would actually be there for her.
"Yo"
"Hey, John"
"Oh hey sweets, what's wrong?"
"Um…I kinda got into a predicament with Mercedes, and now I need a place to stay…" Ashleigh trailed off.
"Well, would you look at that? I just happen to live in a humongous house all by myself!"
"Now who's being sarcastic, Johnny?"
"Ya, whatever," he laughed. "You can stay here for the night, I guess."
"K, thanks I'm on my way."
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By the time she got to John's house, the sky had clouded up and started to pour.
"Holy fuck it's cold and wet outside!" she exclaimed.
"Ya, that's what you get when it's like the middle of June and raining there, toots."
Ash gave him a weird look. "Wha-? Never mind, I'm gonna go change into dry clothes."
When she came back, dry and warm, John motioned for her to go sit by him on the couch, so she did what she was told.
"So, what's this 'predicament' that you and Mercedes are in?" he asked.
Ashleigh told him her whole weekend, and how it was so much fun until-well-what happened, happened.
"She's pissed at you for something she just wishes happened to her! That's bullshit. If she really is your best friend and all, then she shouldn't be mad. She's not worth it if she's gonna get pissed from something so small happening." John was getting angry himself, just hearing about how stupid Mercedes was acting.
"I know! I dunno what I'm gonna do, I mean we only moved in together like a week ago and she seems like she's gonna hold this grudge on me till she gets what she wants."
'Jase' they both thought.
But how?…
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Soon after, both were getting ready for bed, because it was getting quite late. By this time, it was storming outside. Ashleigh said goodnight to John and went to bed. 5 minutes had passed and she couldn't fall asleep. The truth is, she was scared of storms-especially thunder and lightning. So she crawled out of bed, tip-toed out of her room, and hesitated and took a deep breath before knocking on John's door.
"What?" he asked.
"Johnny, can I come in?"
"Ya."
She opened the door, closed it behind her and walked over to him where he was laying in bed.
"I'm scared of storms."
"You're scared of storms?" he asked, totally not believing it because she was a tough girl.
"Yes, okay. Can I sleep with you tonight? It'll mean nothing."
"Whatever, hop in."
John was so giddy, but she said it would just mean nothing. He didn't want it to be nothing, he wanted it to be something. But he knew she'd probably kill him…or would she?
Ash crawled onto the other side of the bed, and got comfy. Just as John was falling asleep, she asked "Johnny, could you put your arms around me to feel safe?"
He couldn't believe his ears. Was he hearing things? Was he going crazy? Well, only one way to find out.
"Ya, sure babe. Anything for you."
Ash froze. She didn't know what to do, so she just pretended she didn't hear it and fell asleep wrapped up in the safety of John's arms.
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"I absolutely refuse to go to school today!" Jase exclaimed. He was talking to Sienna on the phone because she was the only one that would actually talk to him. And by school he meant like college. Why was he refusing to go? Well, I think it could have something to do with what he did with Ashleigh at the social, considering everyone he knew was there watching!
"I think I'm just gonna hide in the bathroom all day." he stated.
"Jase, stop being an ass. You didn't go yesterday, and if you don't go today, everybody's gonna know, if they already haven't guessed it yet."
"True. Whatever, I'll talk to you later."
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Fast forward to 6 days later, and that was the day that Sienna was leaving and going back to Mexico. And by this time, everyone had cried their eyes dry and then some. It was kinda awkward for some (who I'm sure you can pick out) but regardless, they all got together to make Sienna feel at least a little better about leaving.
"I'm gonna miss you all so much. Just remember this one thing: you are always welcome to come stay with me in Mexico." Sienna told everyone.
Her flight was called and everyone said their final goodbyes and watched the plane fly out of sight before they all parted their separate ways again.
"Look, M's, we have to talk."
"Not a chance in hell, bitch."
And of course, Jase and Ashleigh still hadn't talked since that Sunday. So basically, none of her so called 'friends' were talking to her.
"Come on Jase, let's go back to my house."
Also, Mercedes had started talking to Jase again today. 'Great! Just great! I love my life!' Ashleigh thought.
She jumped back in her car and sped off, with tears in her eyes, yet again. Once she reached her destination she raced into the house and jumped into Johns arms.
"Shh, it's gonna be okay. She can't go her whole life without talking to you. I mean, you guys live together for god's sakes."
If you haven't guessed it yet, over the past week, with Ashleigh having no one else to keep in contact with, John and her have become basically the best of friends. They spend all of their time together when John's home, and when he's not, they call each other constantly. If people didn't know any better, they'd think they're going out.
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John was currently on a plane back to Boston, where Ashleigh was to pick him up. Once he got off the plane and got his luggage off the carousel, he went on a search for Ashleigh. He couldn't find her anywhere. So he called her up. It just rang and rang.
"Come on Ashleigh pick up your god damn phone!" he screamed into the phone.
"Hello?"
"Ash, where the fuck are you!" John exclaimed. "My plane landed half an hour ago!"
"Oh my god I'm so sorry, Randy showed up and I guess I lost track of time. I'll be there in 10." and she hung up.
John could feel jealousy tingle through his whole body before thinking 'Ashleigh losing track of time with Randy? She even sounded happy when she answered the phone…shit. Have I got work to do now!'
When Ashleigh had finally arrived, the moment she spotted John, she ran at him and jumped on him and he returned her big bear hug.
"It's good to see you too" he joked.
"Johnny, oh my god I missed you. You're my bestest buddy ok?"
"Ok. Same goes for you." he laughed.
"So why exactly is Randy at my house? I thought he was in like Japan or something."
"Ya that's what I thought too, but apparently he stopped by on his way back to St. Louis. I dunno, it doesn't quite add up to me but whatever."
"Ya, same here."
They talked all the way home, and when they got in the house, they were greeted by none other than Randy.
"Hey guys, I was just about to leave…" He was saying before he saw the very angry glare that John was giving him.
"You got a problem, John?"
He just continued to glare.
"Whatever, man. I'll see you around, Ash." And he was gone.
"John, what the hell was that all about?"
"Nothing. I'm going upstairs." And John left Ashleigh standing in the porch all alone and confused.
Ashleigh spent the rest of her afternoon trying to call Mercedes. The phone was ringing, and John finally came back down the stairs.
"Hello?" could be heard from the other end of the call.
"Hi, M's. What's up?"
"Oh, you know…nothing much. I'm quite bored actually. How about you?
"Samers."
"Listen, Ashleigh, can you come home?"
"Uh, ya sure. I'll be there ASAP."
'Did the bitch frickin plan my murder or something?' Ashleigh asked herself.
"K, thanks. Bye."
"Later."
"Who was that?" John asked.
"Mercedes. I'm going upstairs to pack all my stuff back up so I can go home. Isn't this great!" Ashleigh asked, now over the fact that her murder was planned, and was replaced with excitement.
"Ya. Perfect."
'And I'm begging please, don't leave me. So don't go and leave me so all alone…'
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K, I'm totally sorry for such a long wait. I kinda got back from BC with more baggage than I had expected. ALSO totally sorry for the crappiness of this chapter, and the jumping-around-ness. I know it skipped a lot but I dunno what I wanna do with this story anymore. I have a new story in the works and I dunno if I should just drop this one...tell me what you think plz. It would be greatly appreciated. XoXoLINZoXoX