So, this chapter, could serve as a continuation of chapter 2, as there are some stuff in this chapter, that I wanted to put into chapter 2, but I felt that if I did then the chapter would be too long, so i decided to put it into this chapter. So last chapter, Spinelli parents drove her to Ashley A's house, despite Spinelli's protests. In the last chapter, Ashley A revealed to Spinelli the real reason why she offered to let Spinelli stay with her and her parents for the summer. But now onto the chapter.
Chapter 3: Meeting:
Ashley A had taken Spinelli's bag, and went through it. She threw all of the clothes and shoes down to her dog, before the bag was empty. She went through the bag until all the clothes was thrown down to the jacket and boots. Leaving only Spinelli's toilet stuff left. She would of course have to get rid of the shampoo and soap as well. She took that and poured it down the drain in the main bathroom, before throwing the empty bottles out. She then went back up to the room, and whispered "It's, like, so lucky that we're the same size, sort of. Well we can take care of it this summer" before taking of the beanie. "Oops. Well we won't be needing this anymore, let's just throw this out in the trash where it belongs" and threw it into the trashcan down in the kitchen.
After throwing the hat out, she heard a car. Her parents were finally home. She went back up to the sleeping girl before waking Spinelli up "Ashley S wake up, mommy and daddy are home, they totally wants to meet you"
"huh" Spinelli was just waking up. She must have been more tired than she had thought, she didn't even realize that her hat was gone, but she looked around for her jacket and boot. "Okay where is my jacket and my boot" she asked Ashley A, who feigned a shock, "I, like, don't know what you're talking about. Now come on, you don't want to let mommy and daddy wait, now do you, but you can, like borrow one of my flip flops" Spinelli had to give up. She had no proof that Ashley A took her jacket and boot, and she had a broken leg, not much to do, so she took the flip flop and put it on, and surprisingly enough it fit her.
After a struggle of getting down the stairs, she finally got down to the corridor of the house, where Ashley A was waiting with her crutches. Spinelli thought to herself, that Ashley clearly must enjoy watching her be all helpless and having to depend on Ashley A. And she wasn't wrong. Ashley A couldn't be happier; Spinelli was all helpless and could therefore not fight back.
Ashley A handed Spinelli her crutches and the two of them walked out of the front door, where Ashley A's parent's parents were standing. The first to speak up was Ashley A's mom. "Well hello, you must be Ashley, I'm Heather and this is my husband Richard" Ashley A's dad said hello. While her mother continued "we've heard so much about you. We've been looking forward to meeting you, don't you worry, we'll take good care of you, and take you to your hospital appointments"
While the three of them were getting acquainted, Ashley A lef saying she would briefly check up on her dog and then be back.
Spinelli then spoke up "Thank you and it's nice to meet you as well" remembering what her own mother had told her. She tried to be polite. At least towards Ashley A's parents. She just needed a nice way to tell them, that she shouldn't be here, and that their daughter was not a nice person.
Suddenly, while the three were talking, they heard a scream coming from the garage. The three of them walked into the garage, to where Ashley A was standing over her dog. "Oh no, Ashley S, Princess totally ruined your clothes, your shoes and your bag" Ashley A was feigning a shock and concern as this had been her plan all along.
"But that was all my clothes" Spinelli couldn't believe it. She had brought all her clothes, not that it was much anyway, but she still brought it anyway as she would be staying there for a couple of weeks, and now it was all ruined. She just stood there in shock.
"Oh no we're so sorry, if there's anything we can do to make it up to you, just name it" Ashley A's dad said.
"I don't know what came over her, but you can borrow my clothes" Ashley said, as she continued, "Oh I know how we could make it up to, we'll buy you a whole new wardrobe, complete with shoes."
"That sounds like a wonderful idea, Ashley and I can take you shopping tomorrow" Ashley A's mom said.
"Oh no wait, maybe going shopping isn't such a good idea just yet, let's wait until your leg is a bit better and then we'll take you shopping to make it up to you, but in the meantime, you can totally borrow my clothes. I'm sure that you can fit into my clothes"
"That sounds like a wonderful idea Ashley, we'll take Ashley shopping when she can walk on her leg again"
"but you know I have an appointment at the hairdresser tomorrow, and then at the spa, I can take Ashley S with ME, and we'll have a girls day"
Spinelli was still in shock over her clothes. Things just went from bad to worse. Now she had to wear Ashley A's clothes, and now she had to do a girl's trip with Ashley A tomorrow. She was sure that things couldn't possibly get any worse. She couldn't even complain because Ashley A's parents were nice enough, but Ashley A was basically controlling her life for the summer.
"Oh, that sounds like a wonderful idea honey" Ashley A's mom said, as she continued, "we should probably get back inside"
"your right mom, I will teach Ashley S all about table manners, and make sure that she knows the basic stuff for dinner tonight and then continue to teach her every day until she knows all the things by heart"
Soon enough, they all walked in and Ashley A told Spinelli, that they should start to focus on Spinelli's table manners, so she would know at least the basics in time for dinner.
So now Spinelli was busy learning basic table manners, as Ashley started speaking. "Okay so, like, we can't teach you everything about table manners in order for you to learn it all about tonight, so we'll start with the basics: no burping whatsoever. No talking with food in your mouth. No yelling or screaming at the table. No elbows at the table, always take small bites, when done you say, 'thank you'. If you are being asked if you want more, you say 'no thank you i'm full' or 'yes please'. Always eat everything on your plate. No wiping your mouth with a shirt, always use a napkin, so did you get all that"
"Yes" Spinelli remembered most of it, but who cared.
"It's totally okay if you don't, we'll just keep doing it until you get it" Clearly Ashley A cared, and Spinelli didn't exactly the strength to fight back, not when walking around on one leg with crutches was using up all her strength and she was helpless. Plus, she didn't have much choice, seeing as Ashley A would just make her go through it all again, if she didn't get it right. Either way, she got Spinelli to recall what Ashley A had been trying to teach her, after a while Spinelli finally remembered it all, which pleased Ashley A.
After a while, Ashley started speaking. "well i'm pleased Ashley S, I think we're, like, finished with your table manners for today. There's still some time before dinner, so, like, let's watch a movie, I will, like, follow you into our movie theater and then, I'll, like, go find us a movie"
She followed Spinelli into the movie theater and Spinelli was then seated. Ashley A then took the crutches and put them a little bit away from Spinelli, just enough so she couldn't reach them, and then Ashley A found them a movie to watch. Which to no surprised ended up being a chick flick. Spinelli was bored throughout the entire movie, and every time she tried to take a nap, Ashley A would wake her, to make sure she was watching the entire film.
Soon enough the movie had ended, and Ashley spoke up. "Let's, like, go upstairs, and get you ready for dinner, because you need to, like, look presentable, which you don't"
"what do you mean by that, I look just fine, I have my hat on." As soon as Spinelli said that, she reached to grab her beanie, only to realize that it was missing from her head. "Hey what happened to my hat"
"I don't know what your talking about, perhaps it just disappeared"
"I know that you took it"
"Fine I took it. It was, like, old and gross, gave you hat hair and made you look like a homeless"
"That was my hat, so give it back"
"I'm afraid I can't, i threw it away, it totally smelled. Also, you, like, can't do much about it with crutches, so, like, let's just go upstairs and get you ready"
Spinelli just grunted, she was beyond mad at Ashley A, but knew she had a point. Spinelli couldn't exactly fight her about it and didn't exactly have the energy to fight a lost cause, so she had to accept defeat and just follow Ashley A upstairs.
They finally got to Ashley A's room when she said. "Come into the bathroom and take a seat" She pointed to a chair. It was one of those new chairs, that gave massages, which also had a sink. Spinelli not having much choice, just sat down, while Ashley A of course took her crutches. "Hey what's that for, why did you take them"
"Oh, would you, like, relax. I'm, like, going to help you, as she was mixing something into a bowl and finally put the stuff onto Spinelli's face. "what are you doing"
"i'm, like, giving you a facial, it will have to do until tomorrow, so, like, just relax" Spinelli did not relax as Ashley A put the mask onto her. After a bit of a struggle, did Ashley A finally finish putting the mask onto Spinelli, while she also put cucumbers onto her eyes, claiming it was good for her eyes. Spinelli being stuck in a chair, did not have much choice but to let her put them onto her eyes. Ashley A then washed her hands, and decided to turn the massage on, so that Spinelli would at least feel relaxed as she would go onto work on her hands, food and hair. Putting her mp3 player into the girl's ear, so she could work on her without interruption. After all, the mask had to be on for half an hour least, giving Ashley A enough time, to give Spinelli a manicure, pedicure, and finally washing her hair, and putting a mask in her hair. Spinelli's hair was a mess, and Ashley thought it was a good thing that they had a spa trip the next day. Ashley A's shampoo, hair mask and conditioner smelled like flowers. When the mask was in her hair, did Ashley A start by doing her nails, which was also a mess, but she could fix them somehow. Using her nail file, making her nails somewhat even and then putting a coat of red nail polish onto them. When she was finished with everything and just waiting for the facial mask to finish, did she go into her closet and find something for Spinelli to wear to dinner, nothing to formal, just a white sundress, with a pair of red flats, well only one.
Spinelli hated to admit it, but being in that chair was somewhat relaxing, but only due to the massage of the chair, and the fact that she ended up taking a nap there. She finally awoke to find Ashley A taking the mask of her face and putting cream on it. She found that she also now had a set of red nails and her hair was in a hair towel.
Ashley A then gave her back her crutches and told her to come back into the bedroom and over to the makeup table. "Now since we won't be going out today, I, like, won't do your makeup today, but I will, like, still need to do your hair, and then you can change after that. Oh, and I, like, also have a magazine you can read in"
Spinelli not having much choice ended up giving in and just let Ashley A do her hair
Apparently, Ashley A couldn't figure out how to do her hair, as Spinelli was getting kind of bored, till she finally gave in and read the magazine. Ashley A then finally found a hairstyle for Spinelli, at least for the rest of the day, until they could get to the hairdresser. She decided on a low ponytail. She then helped Spinelli into the dress she had picked, which felt kind of tight on Spinelli, who decided not to say anything, as they went down for dinner.
Ashley A's parents asked Spinelli during dinner, what she liked to do, or at least what she liked to do while sitting down, and Spinelli then thought of the time in elementary school where she would make an entire painting by using crayons. This seemed to interest them, as they mentioned that she could take up painting now that she wouldn't able to move around so easily.
Eventually dinner, and the rest of the day passed, and it was time for bed. Truthfully, Spinelli was exhausted, it had been a long day, and she had a feeling that tomorrow would be just as long.
Next chapter: Girl's trip
So, that's it for chapter 3, hope you liked it. Please R/R and let me know what you think. If there is something you would like to see in the story or if you have any suggestions, feel free to let me know.
As always I do not own recess or it's characters.