Love happens
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Episode 33
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~Ashley~
I sat up on my bed tiredly. I checked the time; 4:16pm. G0sh!! I’ve been sleeping for 6 hours straight.
“Finally, you are awake”.
That voice.
That irritating voice.
I turned to see Kathryn smiling.
Who is she fooling with that smile?
The smile is fake.
She’s such a hypocrite.
“What are you doing here?”. I said hoarsely.
“I came to see you”. She replied.
I scoffed. “Really Kathryn, you’ve outdone yourself. After making out with Axel, you still have the audacity to come to me”.
She stood up surprised. “Ashley, what are you talking about?”.
“And you are still pretending? I wonder how we became friends”.
“Ash, you need to rest your —“.
I cut her off. “Get out of my room”.
“Ashley, you need to calm down”.
I started throwing my pillows at her. “You still have the guts to tell me to calm down”.
She kept quiet.
“Kathryn, i took you as my best friend and this is how you repay me”. Tears rolled down my cheeks. “Jessy warned me but i defended you”.
“I don’t have anything to do with Axel, believe me”. She said shedding crocodile tears.
I felt like strangling the life out of her.
But violence is not my thing.
I nodded sadly. “You can have him, Kathryn”.
I stood up and headed to my door opening it. “Get out”. I yelled at her.
She stood shocked.
“I said get out”. I shouted but she didn’t budge.
I dragged her out of my room pushing her away. She ran down the stairs and i followed her.
“This will be the last time, you will ever talk to him”.
She tried to touch me but i slapped her.
I pushed her roughly. “Get lost”.
Adrian tried to hold me back. “Sis, just calm down”.
I pushed him away and faced Kathryn. “Get out of my house and my life”.
I couldn’t help it.
I started crying.
I quickly ran up the stairs going to my room crying at the foot of my bed.
The door opened.
“I don’t wanna talk to you, Ian, go away”. I said not looking up.
“I remember saying crying does not suit your beautiful face”.
I looked up to see Xander.
He squatted in front of me cleaning my tears with his thumb.
“When did you come?”. I asked surprised to see him.
“A while ago”.
“You saw everything?”.
He ignored my question. “Will you be okay?”. He asked sitting close to me.
“I can’t believe i trusted her”.
~Xander~
Her hand went up to her mouth as if to hold back sobs. I felt the tension that gripped her body.
I smoothed my fingers over hers. “You are fine”. I soothed her.
I took her to one of the sofa in her rooms and eased her to a sitting position. She still gripped my hand tightly so i sat down next to her.
“Is it that bad?”. I asked wanting to know why she shouted on Kathryn.
“Something like that”. She wiped away tears with her fingers. “They were —“. She hesitated.
Ashley straightened putting up one hand to rub the back of her neck as if tension had taken up residence there.
Her dark brown hair with brown highlights tumbled around her face which looked pale.
Focus. I reminded myself. “It must be really hard for you”.
She shrugged attempting a smile that was a mere twitch of her facial muscles. “You know the old saying, never trust anyone”.
“You know it was a bet”. I said clearing my throat.
Adrian and i had figured it out.
The only reason why Axel tried to do that was to win a bet.
“What do you mean?”. Her fingers tightened digging into my hand.
“Axel might, you know, try to hurt you”. I put my other hand over hers in a gesture of comfort.
“That’s — that’s ridiculous”. But she didn’t sound convinced.
“He lost the bet; I’m sure it was for him to, you know, sleep with you”.
“What?”. Her eyes darkened with fear.
“I’m not trying to scare you”. I raised a hand to brush a strand of her silky hair back from her face.
My fingers lingered against the smooth skin of her cheek. Everything about her was flawless.
“I’m not afraid of him besides Ian will be there with me”. She attempted a smile that trembled on my lips.
“I know, we’ll try to keep it that way”.
“I’m not alone. You are here, i appreciate –“. She looked into my eyes and seemed to lose track of the rest of the sentence.
I understood. All i could think was that she was very close, her skin warmed to my touch. I wanted to protect her, comfort her.
But Adrian is my best-friend.
He wouldn’t like it.
I closed the inches that separated us and found her lips. For an instant, she held back and then she leaned into the kss, hands tightening on my arms, eyes closing.
I drew her nearer trying to deny the emotion that flooded through me.
“Ashley”. I murmured her name against her lips not trusting myself to say more.
This shouldn’t be happening but it was.
I’d probably regret it later but now all i wanted was to hold her.
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Tbc
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