Ashlee POV

Rian and I walked in the house, hand-in-hand, and went into the basement. All of the guys were sitting around, talking, but they looked up when we entered.

I had to laugh at their faces. Alex's mouth was hanging open, Zack had his eyebrow raised at us, and Jack was….Jack. He was smiling, but he wasn't looking at us, so I figured he hadn't seen us yet.

"Are you two…?" Zack asked, not finishing his thought.

"Yup," I laughed.

"Wow," Alex said, "I don't know what to say. Not like it matters," he shrugged.

"The main thing is that you're happy," Zack stated, "so Rian, are you happy?" Rian nodded, making me grin, "and I can tell you're happy, Ashlee, so congratulations!"

Jack's head snapped up, "congratulations for what?"

I rolled my eyes, "we're dating, stupid."

"Yeah!" Jack yelled, getting off of the floor to hug me tightly. He sorta hugged Rian too, considering we were still holding hands. "I am the reason you two are together."

"How's that?" Zack asked.

Jack pulled away from me to sit on the floor again, and Rian and I did the same. He pulled me close to him, wrapping a arm around my waist.

"Well, if it weren't for me, Rian wouldn't have found out that Ashlee liked him, and Rian would of never confessed that he liked Ashlee. If that didn't happen, Kara would have never overheard Rian say that, and they would have never broken up," Jack explained. "Because all of that did happen, their together."

"That's weird," Alex muttered, "he's happy that he broke up a couple, just so a new couple could get together."

"It's Jack," I replied, "he is weird."

"Good point," Alex shrugged.

I nodded, leaning into Rian.

"Well I need to get going," Zack said, getting up.

"So do I," Jack stated, standing up and looking at Rian.

"And me too," Alex muttered, getting off of the floor, "I have a very angry girlfriend I need to talk to."

"C'mon," Rian laughed, "I'll take you all home."

~!~

Rian saved my house for last, and I leaned in and kissed him before getting out.

"I'll call you later," Rian shouted, as I got out. I closed the door but gave him a thumbs up before walking into my house.

My parents weren't home, which I was grateful for, so I went into the kitchen, getting a bottle of water out of the fridge.

Looking over at our house phone I noticed a blinking red light: a new message. I played it, planning on walking out of the room, since I knew it was for my parents.

However it was Alex's voice that started playing, and I stopped.

Hey Ash, it's Alex. I wanted to let you know that Lisa and I made up, and I kinda feel sorry for treating you like I have been, so Lisa and I want to know if you and Rian want to join us for dinner, call me back.

"Fuck," I groaned.

A/N: My amazing co-writer wrote this. She might have stopped her own stories but, she's still an amazing writer.