Chapter Title Inspired By: "You and Me" by Lifehouse
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Chapter 5
"I Can't Keep My Eyes Off Of You"
"Ew, whats John doing with her?" Kelly asked Michelle and Candice, her two best friends. The three were watching Ashley and John talk.
"I don't know. Randy told me that John and him have a bet about her. Who ever can get her to fall for them first, gets a hundred bucks from the loser." Candice explained.
"Wow. Shes gonna fall so hard for one of those guys, it'll be hilarious." Kelly responded.
"Not to be a downer or any thing, but don't you feel a little bad? Like we're really mean to Ashley and her friends, but isn't this a little too far? They're playing with her emotions." Michelle stated.
"Michelle, wake up and smell the coffee- every one is mean to her, whats a step further gonna do to her?" Kelly replied.
"It's gonna crush her.." Michelle answered.
"Oh my God, if you wanna be on that freaks side, then go ahead.. it's either her or us, and if you pick her.. your an idiot." Kelly told her.
"Fine, I'm on your guy's side for sure. I just- never mind. It doesn't matter." Michelle replied.
She still felt terrible about the bet that was going on.
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The party was amazing, and every one had fun.
It was one AM, and Ashley was arriving at home. She walked through the front door.
She then saw her mother standing in the kitchen waiting.
"Where the hell were you Ashley?!" Her mother immediately yelled.
"I was out." Ashley simply answered. Ashley then entered the kitchen and stood in front of her mother.
"You had me worried sick!" Her mother exclaimed.
"Really? I didn't think you would even notice me gone, considering the fact that your always with Kyle!" Ashley yelled.
"Talk back to me again, Ashley! See what happens!" Her mother replied.
"Go to hell." Ashley smarted off.
Her mother then back hand slapped her across the face.
Ashley's head was turned to the side, with her jaw dropped.
She couldn't believe her mother really had done that.
After a minute or two, she looked back at her mom.
Ashley then ran up the stairs, slammed her bedroom door shut, and locked it.
She began crying hysterically. She soon realized that she had some blood coming from the corner of her lip.
She quickly wiped it off, and got in to bed.
She needed sleep the most at this point.
Ashley then continued to cry herself to sleep.
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The Next Day,
Ashley woke up around 10 o'clock. She immediately went to take a shower.
After that, she brushed her teeth and went downstairs to the kitchen.
She then realized that there was a note on the counter. Ashley rolled her eyes, and then continued to pick the note up.
The note read;
"Ashley,
I truly am sorry for what had happened last night. I was just tired and I shouldn't of done what I did. I apologize. Well; I'm at your grandmother's house, I'll be back around 2 p.m. If you need me, you know you can reach me at my cellphone. I love you.
-Mom."
Ashley let out a deep breath, and then grabbed her cell phone from her room.
She texted John. The text message read;
"Hey, you busy?"
John quickly texted back.
"No. Wanna do something?"
Ashley texted-
"Meet me at the Coffee Shop. ASAP."
Ashley then left for the Coffee Shop.
She walked in and ordered her usual.
She then proceeded to sit down on one of the couch chairs and wait for John.
John soon walked in and immediately approached her. He sat down on the chair across from her, with a smile on his face.
"Hey. Whats up?" He asked her.
"Nothing really. My moms out, like usual, I didn't wanna be in my lonely house any more."
"Is any one else coming, or just you and me?" He then asked.
"Just you and me, if that's alright." Ashley answered.
"Thats good. I'd rather have it just me and you."
"Okay.. There has been some thing really bugging me since last night." Ashley admitted.
"And what is that?"
"You and I kissed a few times last night, and I need to know if we're more then friends or not? Or are we even friends?" Ashley asked.
"I'd suggest staying friends for right now." He answered "It's only because I just got out of a relationship, and I need to get over that relationship before a move on to another one." He lied.
"Alright, that's understandable." She told him.
"Good."
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Melina and Paul were walking in the park together, holding hands.
"The winter is totally kicking in, dude." Melina stated, as she shivered because of the cold winter air.
"I know, it's crazy." He replied. "Do you know whats up with Ashley and John?"
"No. It doesn't make any sense to me. I wouldn't be surprised if he was using her for some reason.. or maybe he's just a good guy now.. I don't know though. I would suggest her staying away from him, but she can't help what she feels or wants." Melina explained.
"Yeah, don't force her to stay away from him. All though I do agree, I don't trust him. I'm scared about him breaking her heart. Ashley tends to fall for guys to fast and to hard. God knows what he's gonna do in the future."
"Hopefully, in the end, our opinions don't even matter and they're totally wrong. Hopefully, both of them are happy together or apart.. as long as Ashley's okay, I'm fine."
Paul nodded in agreement.
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Mickie was sitting in her room, all by herself.
She received a text from Brian, saying-.
"Hey, wanna go to Ash's with me? She's not answering her phone, but I figured that shes still sleeping or whatever."
"Sure. Come pick me up?" Mickie texted back.
"Be there in like a minute."
Mickie ran down the stairs, and walked outside.
Brian pulled up, and Mickie ran to his car, and entered the passenger's seat.
"Hello." Mickie greeted him, with a bright smile.
"Hey." He responded.
It only took about a minute for them to arrive at Ashley's.
They walked up to her door, and rang the doorbell.
No answer.
"Where could she be?" Brian asked.
"Here, I'll call her." Mickie answered, taking out her cell phone.
She dialed Ashley's cell phone number.
"Hello."
"Hey Ash, where are you?" She immediately asked.
"I'm just out with John." Ashley answered.
"Your with John?" Mickie asked, a little confused.
"Uhuh."
"Well, can you come and meet me and Brian?"
"I'll call you once me and John stop hanging, but for the time being- no." She answered. "I gotta go- bye."
Suddenly Ashley hung up, and Mickie was left confused.
"Shes with John, and she doesn't wanna ditch him." Mickie told Brian.
"Alright, I don't trust John. I don't know if I'm the only one- but I think that Ashley is gonna fall fast and hard for him, and he's not gonna be there to catch her.. shes gonna get her heart broken."
"I know. But we can't tell her to stay away from him, she'll be pissed if we do. She'll have a total bitch fit and she won't talk to us for weeks." Mickie replied.
"I know.. but this sucks."
"I know."
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The two were laughing hysterically.
John and Ashley were having a great time together, and they had been talking/laughing for three and a half hours now.
The two were acting as if they were a couple or some thing. But both of them knew that they weren't.
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Monday.
Ashley woke up for school. She was tired as hell, and she definitely would rather go back to sleep.
But she forced herself up, and she immediately got ready to go, once she was ready she got in to her car and began to make her way to there.
She arrived at school, and got out of the car. She walked through the front doors, and made her way to her locker.
Suddenly, Randy approached her at her locker. She was really sick of him being every where she was.
"Hey Ashley.. your looking fine today." He attempted to flirt, Ashley couldn't help but laugh.
"What do you want, Orton?" She asked.
"What do you mean? Can't a guy just tell a girl how beautiful she really is."
"Alright, you can leave me alone now. I don't take bull shit from assholes." She replied, turning back to her locker.
Randy rolled his eyes, and mouthed "bitch", he then continued to walk away.
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Science Class.
Ashley didn't dread science as much as she used to. Now, she had a friend in this class. Some one to stick up for her.
She sat down in the way back corner, isolated from most of the class. She would still rather have it that way.
Michelle, Candice and Kelly entered the room, and sat down in their regular seats.
"Look, the freak is still in this class, isn't she?" Kelly stated, referring to Ashley, every one that was in the class room laughed, except for Ashley and Michelle.
"Shut the hell up for once Kelly.." Michelle McCool stated.
"Whats your problem?" Kelly asked.
"I'm sick of you making the dumbest burns. Your completely obnoxious and your more of a freak then she is." Michelle answered.
"Sheesh, some ones cranky." Kelly stated.
"Sheesh, some ones an obnoxious bitch.." Michelle said 'sheesh some ones an' in a high pitched tone, that resembled Kelly's voice.
Kelly rolled her eyes, and faced forward.
Michelle looked back at Ashley and smiled at her. Ashley smiled back.
John and Randy then entered the room.
John sat back in the empty seat next to Ashley. Every one was shocked.
Michelle became pissed. She knew the game that John was playing and she wasn't liking it.
Michelle believed that it was a sick bet that Randy and John had going and that playing with her emotions was wrong.