Chapter 3

The next day, which was a Friday, Ash went back to the restaurant where Michael worked after rehearsing at the theater. When she walked in she saw Michael, giving a credit card back to some skunks.

"Thanks for coming to Speedy's." he said.

"And come again."

"We definitely will." replied one of the skunks leaving.

"Hey, Michael." greeted a voice.

Michael turned around, and was a little surprised to see Ash.

"Ash, hello, welcome to Speedy's." said Michael.

"Hey, Michael, the boss said you can have your break now." informed another waiter, as he walked by.

"Thanks, Charlie."

"Well, looks like I came in at the right time." Ash told him, chuckling a little.

"Yeah, you want to sit outside?"

"Sure."

The two walked outside, and took a seat at a table. The two were quiet for a moment, then Michael spoke.

"So how's rehearsals for the show going?" he wondered.

"It's going okay, but I still haven't figured out a song to sing for it yet." Ash informed.

"Well when you do figure one out, I bet Brianna will want to go."

"Yeah I bet she would."

"You know, Ash I was wondering would you ever want to do something?"

"Do something? Like what?"

"I don't know like go get coffee or go for a walk, nothing fancy, just something where we could get to know each other."

Ash smiled, and replied,

"Sure I'd like that, I'm free tomorrow."

"So am I. But wait I told Brianna I'd take her out."

"Well she can come too."

"You don't mind?"

"No, besides she's adorable."

"Great, so tomorrow would you want to go to the pizza place in the city." Michael suggested.

"Sounds fun, around noon?"

"Great, I can pick you up if you want."

"That'd be fine, here's my address." Ash told him.

She took out a pen and paper from her purse, and she wrote her address down, and gave it to him.

"Thanks."

"Michael, break time's over." called his boss, coming outside.

"Coming, Mr. S. I gotta get back to work now." he told Ash.

"That's okay, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah, see you then." said Michael, as he went back into the restaurant.

As Ash rode the metro train home, she found herself feeling excited for tomorrow, and as Michael worked, he found himself being extra friendly because he was anticipating the next day.

That night, when he was tucking Brianna in for bed, he told her that Ash would be joining them tomorrow.

"Are you serious? That's awesome." said Brianna.

"I knew you'd like that." replied Michael, and he kissed her forehead.

"Good night."

Then he turned off the light.

"Hey, Michael?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you like Ash?"

Hearing that caused Michael to blush, luckily she couldn't see it.

"Well, we're going to be friends." he told her.

And he closed her door.

At noon the next day Michael and Brianna went to pick up Ash. When they got to Ash's apartment, they saw her waiting outside for them. She opened the car door, and got in.

"Hi, Michael, hey Brianna." said Ash, she got in.

"Hi, Miss Ash." replied Brianna.

"Please, just Ash is fine."

"Hey, you ready?" asked Michael, as he put the car back in drive.

"Yep, I'm ready."

When they got to the pizza restaurant, they got in line to place their order.

"What'll you have?" asked a worker.

"We'll have a large cheese and green onion pizza with bread sticks, and three cokes." said Michael.

After paying, they were given a number, #23.

"Michael, can I go to the game room?" wondered Brianna, referring to the video game room.

"Sure, we'll call you when the food gets here."

Michael handed her a couple of dollars, and she left. As Brianna went of to the game room, Ash and Michael went to go find a table.

"You know, you're a good older brother." complimented Ash.

"Thanks, it's a bit hard sometimes."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, about two years ago my folks were killed in a car accident, so I had to take over as her guardian. So I'm both her dad and older brother." he explained.

"Oh, I'm so sorry."

"It's okay, things are getting better now. I have two steady jobs, get paid good, and Brianna's happy."

"Number 23." called a worker.

"That's our call, I'll get the food, you get Brianna?" Michael requested.

"Sure." replied Ash, and she went to get Brianna.

She found her playing fruit ninja, and slicing all the fruit.

"You're pretty good at this game."

"Thanks, it's my favorite game."

She finished her game, and the two walked back to the table.

As they ate, Ash thought it would be good to get to know Brianna better.

"So Brianna, what grade are you in?" she asked.

"3rd grade." Brianna answered.

"3rd grade, that's cool. Do you like school?"

"Yeah, I like learning, and playing with my friends."

"I bet that's fun."

"Yeah, and I'm glad one of the my friends came back to school."

"A friend came back to school?"

"One of Brianna's friends had to be out of school because she had a kidney transplant, what was her name again?" Michael explained.

"Cassia?" Ash guessed.

"Yeah, that's it. You know her, Ash?" Brianna wondered.

"Yeah, she's Mr. Moon's niece."

"Wow." awed Brianna.

When they finished their pizza, they walked around the park, and got ice cream. It was around 3:30 when they got back to Ash's apartment.

"You want me to walk you to your door?" Michael offered.

"Sure." Ash replied.

"I'll be right back, Brianna."

"Okay, bye, Ash." said Brianna.

"Bye, Brianna."

The two walked inside the building, and came to Ash's apartment.

"Well, I had a nice time." she told him.

"Me too. Would you ever want to do something again, probably just the two of us?"

"I'd like that. But you'll need my number."

"And you'll need mine."

The two exchanged numbers, and Michael said goodbye, and walked back out. As Ash watched his car drive off, she felt that this could be the beginning of something great.

That's chapter 3, plz review and comment nicely