toxic | j. baker¹

thirty-five

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Since the night of the ill-fated trip to the cabin, things had drastically shifted in the usual tight-knit friend group. Layla and Spencer had broken up since his confession about what had really happened the night in Vegas when Olivia was there.

Then there was Olivia and Asher, who had more than one secret between each other. Despite Asher telling her about Vanessa, Liv had decided to keep the secret about Spencer and Vegas completely to herself, and once all was revealed they had broken up. He was also a bit upset with Luna considering she didn't bother telling him that Liv was in Vegas with her but he got over it quickly.

But, despite the negativity and the craziness that happened at the cabin. Jordan and Luna had been surprisingly doing well. They had only been back together for a couple of weeks so there wasn't much to divulge into but they spent no days apart after she had snuck into his bedroom and confessed her love to him.

Jordan had informed her that he'd be taking Olivia for a brother-sister bonding day since Liv had been pretty devastated over the events that happened. Which she was obviously completely fine with.

"Oh, look who decided to sleep in her own bed," Maria turned her head, watching her daughter walk into the kitchen. "It's very nice to see you, mija."

Luna shook her head, walking over to the kitchen island, and sat beside Asher giving him a small wave. "Oh, don't be so dramatic."

Peter gave his stepdaughter a suspicious look while he sipped on his coffee. "Where have you been these past few weeks?"

"A friends house," she nonchalantly stated. "Now, let's go, Ash. We have school."

Peter continued staring at her while she just flashed him an innocent smile before hooking her arm with Asher's and walking off. They made it to the driveway and got into her car, Luna could tell that Asher was still a bit down due to the whole breakup with Olivia.

"Are you okay?" she broke the silence in the car.

Asher just shrugged. "Fine. I haven't talked to her or anything. It just sucks how it all went down but I think it was for the best."

She couldn't help but agree to what he said, the way their breakup went down probably wasn't the healthiest but it was definitely for the best.

"Sorry for keeping things from you," she apologized. "It wasn't my intention to keep it to myself."

"Don't worry about it," Asher shook his head. "I'm over it."

She made a pit stop at a coffee shop, offering to buy him a drink as well before driving over to school. The halls weren't too crowded or anything and Luna couldn't find any of her friends considering Liv was off with Jordan and Layla wasn't exactly speaking to her at the moment so she followed after Asher to his locker.