Ashlyn made sure to be as quiet as a mouse as she heard the voices coming up the stairs and she peeked through the crack, making sure to not be seen.
"You guys missed the action." Logan said with a laugh. Ashlyn knew he knew she liked to eavesdrop on him and his friends, having caught her before numerous times. She had no doubt that he probably knew she was listening in at that particular moment as well.
She quieted her thoughts, wanting to make sure she didn't miss anything. "What'd you do now?" Kendall asked, causing a small smile to grace Ashlyn's face. She liked Kendall. He was cool and seemed to be on her side where Logan's tormenting her was concerned.
Logan did nothing but laugh and Ashlyn's eyes widened as she caught him heading towards her door and she backed away as quickly yet quietly as she could but failing miserably as she toppled backwards as the door opened, causing her to back away so she wouldn't get hit by it. She frowned up at her older brother, pushing herself up as the other three guys rounded the corner of her doorframe. "Rude."
Logan laughed again, crossing his arms as he looked at his sister with a thoroughly amused expression. "I wasn't the one listening in dear sister. That was you. Why do you do that anyway?" He had been curious about it for a while but then again, it was Ashlyn and she was weird. She didn't have to have a reason for being weird. She just was.
Ashlyn just stared her brother down, not planning to answer him. Anyway, she didn't know why she liked to listen in on them. She just did. She was quite fond of them all but she was the weird little sister that they wouldn't hang out with. She wasn't going to come out and say, "Hey. I think you all are awesome and I wanna hang out with you." That was even weirder than being the dorky little sister. She couldn't wait till they stopped looking at her as Logan's younger sister. She wasn't just that. She was a person all her own.
She was thankful when she didn't have to reply. Logan had gotten tired of waiting for a reply that he figured wasn't going to come so she, along with James and Carlos walked back out into the hall, heading to Logan's room for however long they were planning to stay here. They tended to meet up here before heading out for the day, coming back in the evening to drop her brother off. Kendall, however, remained in her doorway, an amused grin on his face. "What?" Ashlyn said, a small smile starting to show. She was fighting to not laugh but was near failing and she knew it.
Kendall only shook his head, laughing before opening his arms up, a wide smile on his face as he did so. Ashlyn didn't even have to think twice as she walked into the embrace, wrapping her arms around Kendall and smiling wider. "Dork." she said, laughing quietly against his shirt.
Kendall laughed louder as Ashlyn pulled back. "So are you, Ash. So are you." he said, tucking a strand of her brown hair behind her ear before glancing down the hall. "I should probably go. We wouldn't want Logan finding more things to torment you with now would we." he said, a smirk slipping onto his face at Ashlyn's exasperated expression before turning around and heading down the hall, entering Logan's room as Ashlyn shut her door.
She walked back over to her window seat, picking up her book again, only to set it down a moment later. She couldn't read now. It wasn't so much that she couldn't. She just didn't feel like it anymore. She didn't really know why but she just couldn't focus anymore.