Hey Y'all! I am sorry if this is a short chapter, I'll try to make it as long as I can but I have a test tomorrow and I wanted to do a quick update before I started studying. Hope you understand :) - Z
edit: pls why was i so cringe
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i tried so hard to open my eyes, to see what was going on and after a few tries i managed to open them
my head throbbed but i leaned on the kind girl who had helped me up, i saw grayson punching justin in the face before my head dropped again
*
"shit" i heard someone say
i opened my eyes wearily and saw that i was in the nurse's office. ethan was pacing back and forth in the room, grayson was sitting on a chair with his head in his hands and to my disgust, leeane was sitting right beside him, sneaking every chance she got to kiss his neck.
i gagged, internally. i felt much better so i sat up,
no one noticed.
"eth" i croaked and giggled at his reaction
he immediatly stopped pacing around and turned to look at me
"oh my god, ash, you're alive!" he said excitedly, giving me one of his bear hugs.
i laughed but winced slightly so he pulled away
"you thought i was gonna die becuase some justin kid punched me once?" i asked, i tried to raise my eyebrow but my whole face hurt so i stopped and looked around
grayson was now looking at both of us and leeane was looking at him, biting her lip.
she actually makes me want to throw up.
grayson stood up and walked over to me, he touched my hand but i slowly pulled away. i don't know why, i got this tingly feeling when he touched me, which was very rare in the first place.
he looked down at my hand and looked back up again.
"i was gonna ask if you were okay, don't get it inside your stupid head that i'm trying to be nice to you. got it?" and he walked back over to leeane.
to my horror, he leaned down and kissed her, she kissed him back, closing her eyes but his were wide open.
he pulled away and grabbed her waist "c'mon babe" he said and she giggled.
she turned to us and in her stupid fake voice she said "byeee" and they both left.
out of nowhere, i burst out crying, well there go my sensitive emotions again.
ethan came and comforted me, he thought I was upset becuase grayson was being rude, i think that's why.
i couldn't have been jealous?
right?
*
ethan had drove me home becuase a bruise was forming under my eye, luckily my mom wasn't home or she would have killed me.
i ran up to my room and put on strong foundation over it. it covered it up completely.
for the rest of the afternoon, i did some homework and then watched some shows on Netflix.
i was super excited when i saw that another season of my favourite show was coming out.
i was so going to watch that with ethan since i always forced him to watch it with me
"how is my fav girl feeling?" i heard someone say, i looked up to see ethan sitting at the foot of my bed.
i had been so engrossed in the show that i didn't even hear him come in.
i took off my headphones and closed my laptop before i turned to face him
"better" i said back, giving him a hug.
"whatcha doing?" he asked, opening my laptop, it was locked.
"i was watching bts videos" i said honestly and unlocked my laptop, "and you're watching with me" i finished, pulling him towards me.
he rolled his eyes playfully, "honestly, i think i'm almost as hot as taehyung"
i sent him a blank stare, blinking my eyes a few time before slapping his arm lightly, "you wish"
soon we had blankets all around us and were watching 'run! bts' together, i kept filling him in on the episode he had missed and we laughed together as the boys made fun of jimin for being short
after the episode finished we decided to go over to his house, i quickly got changed into some black leggings and a sweater, topping it off with 2 french braids.
i grabbed my phone and we both ran downstairs, i saw my mom sitting on the couch with my dad watching the news
"hey parents!" i said jokingly, they both turned to look at me and smiled
"hello ashley's parents" ethan said politely,
"can i go over to ethan's house for a while?"
"is your school work done?"
i nodded, shifting from one foot to the other
"sure, but we're leaving for alexis's house tomorrow so don't stay too late"
i nodded and slipped into some nike slippers before getting into ethan's car, the drive was about 2 minutes, and before we knew it we were there.
i walked in and immediately regretted it.
in the living room sat 3 other boys that i had seen from school, and to top it all off, leeane sat right beside grayson
"maybe some other day" i whispered in ethan's ear, he sighed and shook his head before leading me over to them.
"hey guys, this is my best friend ashley" he said, introducing me.
"heyyy! i thought i was your best friend!" one boy whined, he was actually very cute.
"shut up alex" ethan said laughing, so his name was alex.
"im kidding! hey ashley! im alex, as you already know" he said smiling and giving me a hug
i blushed and looked down so he wouldn't notice
"i'm jack!" the boy with the blondish hair said, standing up and side hugging me while balancing a drink in his other hand
the last boy, who had brown hair, stood up
"hey! im aaron" he smiled, also hugging me.
"nice to meet you all!" i said smiling and taking a seat in between alex and ethan
grayson and leeane were sitting across from us. jack was sitting to our left and aaron to our right.
"so what are we going to do?" i asked, alex looked at me and smiled such a cute smile
i turned to face ethan to hide my the pinky tint dancing across my cheeks. im not about to embarass myself infront of a super cute guy
"spin the bottle" aaron suggested, grabbing the bottle that was behind him.
i panicked slightly
now i might have to kiss one of them
i mean i don't mind alex or aaron, but ethan's my best friend, jack just seems too...friendly and leeane is with grayson
"lets start!" leeane yelled, laughing her stupid fake laugh.
i looked beside me and saw alex roll his eyes. i giggled and he chuckled, leaning in he whispered "she's so annoying",
i nodded and we both turned back to focus on everyone else.
we moved off the couch and we all sat in a circle on the floor.
"my turn first!" leeane announced, this time i saw aaron roll his eyes, he saw me looking and we both laughed too.
i guess no one here likes her except grayson.
how can he even put up with her?
"nah, i feel like i wanna go first" alex said, grabbing the bottle from her hands.
i patted him on the back when no one was looking and whispered "good job",
he laughed and pinched my cheek. my cheeks shot up in flames and i turned away from his gaze
"gray! tell your friends to stop bothering me!" leeane whined, grayson didn't even look at her and was glaring at alex.
someone's protective.
it kind of made me sad but i had to forget about grayson
after all, alex was nice and sweet, maybe we could become friends or something more in the future?
just a thought
"shut up leeane" ethan said, i side hugged him and he hugged back, kissing me on the forehead.
don't worry, we're just friends but we do that to each other alot.
"ouuu couple goals!" alex said, slapping ethan on the back.
everyone laughed.
"aw ashley, i thought you were my girl!" he joked, everyone laughed except for grayson and leeane.
"ethan is like my brother, that's why we do that" i explained
"good" alex laughed, he placed one hand around my waist and spun the bottle with the other
the game finally began.
it landed on aaron so alex now had to ask truth or dare.
"dare" aaron replied, alex dared him to go outside and knock on the neighbours door to ask for some toilet paper.
we all laughed so hard when the old lady next door told him to get lost or she'd call the police.
next was aaron's turn, it landed on leeane, which meant they had to kiss.
"ah hell nooo" aaron exclaimed backing up,
"you have to bro!" alex and jack said in unison
aaron glared at them and looked at leeane with a look of disgust.
no one seemed to care that her "boyfriend" was sitting right there and grayson didn't seem to care that his "girlfriend" was about to kiss his friend.
maybe it was part of the game?
aaron leaned in and gave her a small peck on the lips before pulling away and running out of the room to rinse his mouth
we all laughed so hard until our stomach's hurt, well except for grayson who just sat there in silence.
someone's a party pooper
next was leeane's turn, she landed on jack and jack didn't seem to care, they shared a moderate length kiss and everyone looked at them, disgusted.
he didn't even rinse his mouth after.
next was grayson's turn
he spun it and my eyes stayed glued on the bottle. it seemed to be turning for ages until it eventually came to a stop in front of
me.
That's today's chapter, I tried to make it long and its about 1570 words! Hope you enjoyed! :) - Z
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edit: bruh this book is grossness