"I know you don't like the quiet much, but it's really peaceful here. Mom asked me yesterday if I was planning on moving in with you, I'm here so much." Jess relayed as she dropped her backpack by Ashley's bedroom door. It was the second weekend the blonde had spent away from home. Her brothers loved it, but her sister hated it. Jess, however, didn't care. She simply loved spending all her time with her new best friend.
Ashley was an easy person to talk with. She never judged Jessica, even when she claimed to want to kill her brothers. She was also surprisingly cuddly, or at least that's what Jessica thought. When the girls weren't working on homework or music, they were curled up together on Ashley's bed. Sometimes they watched T.V. or listened to music, but most of the time they just talked.
Ashley turned away to fiddle with her guitars to hide her blush, "I'm really glad you like it here. I like you being here. It's…. It's just nice to have someone around. Someone who wants to spend time with me."
Jessica quickly moved to Ashley's side and turned her chin so they were eye to eye, "Ash, you're simply the best. Your parents are losers for not realizing that. I've never been as happy as I am now, and that's because of you." Jess smiled at the now fully blushing girl, "I know we've only known each other for three weeks, but it feels like I've known you forever. You just, you make me feel happy. When I'm around you, it's as if the world fades. We like a lot of the same stuff, but in different ways so we always have something to talk about. I guess what I'm trying to do is ask you if you'd like to go out with me? Would you be my girlfriend?"
"Wha..." Ashley's eyes bulged, and her jaw hung open. Jessica giggled at her incredulous look, and that snapped Ashley out of her daze. "Yes. Yes, oh god yes. I'd love to go out with you. I didn't even know you would like me that way."
Overcome with emotion Ashley did the one thing she'd been daydreaming about since that first afternoon in her room. She leaned in and pressed her lips against her favorite blonde's. Both girls sighed into the kiss, wrapping their arms around the other.
Ashley rested her head against Jessica's. She didn't even try to control her smiling. "I've liked you since the first day. I just didn't want to ruin our friendship if you didn't like me back. You're the best friend I've ever had."
"You're my best friend too. I'm so glad I ran into you that day. It's like you bring vibrant colors into my once dull life."
Ashley pulled away from Jessica and snorted, "You have got to stop spending so much time on your literature homework. Come on, let's go cuddle on the bed and watch mindless television, or make out. Whichever one seems more interesting."
A couple hours later, the girls were eating their freshly delivered dinner, and Jessica asked the question she'd been distracted from earlier, "Did you really like me like me from the first day?"
Ashley nodded as she swallowed, "Oh yeah, it was like at first shove."
Jess bumped her shoulders into Ashley's, "I didn't shove you. I just didn't see you, and I did apologize."
"That's what really started my crush. You were going so fast, but when you turned around to make sure I was okay and to apologize, I was a goner. Then I had to sit next to you in first period, and the way you smiled at me. I was incredibly happy when you wanted to be my friend. I never thought anything would come of it. Honestly I had you pegged as straight."
Jessica smiled a mischievous smile, "Well I haven't actually dated anyone before, but you are the only girl who's caught my attention. I just feel so at peace with you, that and I've now discovered you're a great kisser." Ashley tossed a cucumber from her salad at Jessica, and they both laughed.
After they'd cleaned up from supper, the girls found themselves cuddling like normal on Ashley's bed. With her head resting on Ashley's shoulder Jessica broached Monday, "So, Are we going to tell anyone about us?"
Ashley tensed for a moment before relaxing, "I'm not sure I want anyone to know."
A quiet "Oh" alerted Ashley that something was wrong. A moment later she realized what the problem was, "It's not become I'm ashamed of us, of you. I want to give us a real shot at lasting. Adding more people before we get a chance to explore us could spell disaster."
"Disaster? You really think someone could cause so much trouble that we'd break up?" Jess questioned.
Ashley flapped her hand in the air, "Well no, I guess not really. I mean I have seen it before, but I think we would be okay. I guess I would just prefer a little time to get used to dating before we told anyone."
Jessica forced Ashley to meet her gaze, "You just had to say that. I don't want to hear what you think I want. I want to hear what you want to say. If this has any chance of working you can't say something when you mean something else. That isn't fair to either of us."
"Okay. I won't do that again. You mean to much to let something so stupid come between us."
With the heavy stuff out of the way, Ashley shut the light off. Both girls snuggled in, thinking about their new relationship. Unbeknownst to the other, both sent out a pray that everything would work out.