𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞 | 𝘋. 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘰

Chapter 8 - Part 3

We had all placed our order and seeing that Jessica was engrossed in conversation with Daniel, I expected Ashton to occupy himself by scrolling through his phone, but surprisingly not. Little did I realised that he was actually eavesdropping on my conversation with Michael and Blake.

"So how's the boy friend of yours" Michael teased as he nudged my arm. "Don't call him that" I scrunched my face. "Yeah what's his deal ? I barely know anything" Blake spoke. "Time to spill the tea" I cleared my throat and crossed my legs over. "He said that he doesn't want me to go for races because-" "Wait what the fuck. Why ?" Michael disrupted. "Well maybe if you let me finish" I said sarcastically. "Sorry sorry. Do continue" he said as he gave me a quick side hug.

"As I was saying, he didn't want me to go because he didn't want that moment to be our last time together. He actually suggested that he comes along with me to races" I half laughed. "You're joking right ?" Blake said. "I swear I'm not making this up. After that I mentioned this girl he cheated on me with and he got upset, then indirectly admitted to doing it" I sighed. "Oh. Well that took a turn" Blake said in shock. "What an idiot" Michael laughed whilst shaking his head before taking a sip of his drink.

"That's a bit much" Ashton then spoke. I then looked at him which he was already staring at me. I suddenly felt my cheeks were flushed, he heard the whole story. "Yeah aha it is" I said awkwardly. "What happened after that ?" Blake asked. "He dropped me off and apologised for everything that happened. He wished me well and he also texted me just before you called me at the airport. Just saying safe travels and whatever" I shrugged.

"Wow. Well I hope he moves on and leaves you alone" Michael said. "I really hope so too. Maybe once I start posting about races and showing that I'm constantly travelling then he'll get off my back" I pursed my lips. "I'm here if you need a fake boyfriend" Ashton suggested. "Thanks for the offer, but the situation is sticky because I had Michael and Daniel be my boyfriend" I giggled. "You had two, I'm sure one more won't hurt" he said with a smile. "I'll let you know about that" I smiled back.

Just then our food had arrived and we all just ended up talking about the race weekend. It was nice since no one was left out of the conversation and more especially Jessica isn't talking to Daniel, and Blake and Michael don't need to worry about Ashton eavesdropping.

Don't get me wrong, Ashton is a very handsome boy, but why is it that the boys that I show interest in don't show the same ? It's always the ones that you're not interested in that will give you the most attention...cough Hero.

Once the bill was settled, we all went back to the hotel and I actually forgot that they're staying at the same hotel as us.
Before we left the restaurant there was actually a facade put on by the award winning actress, Jessica, note the sarcasm. Daniel being the nice person he is had asked Jessica how is she and Ashton going back to the hotel.

"We actually came with an Uber so we're going to have to wait a while" she said as she pouted. "Oh well you can pitch a ride with us" Daniel suggested. Sometimes he's a little too nice, what kind of question is that ?

Hell to the no am I going to keep quiet."Omg Daniel ! Are you forgetting how we squeezed to get here because of my bag" I said, giving him a light squeeze on his shoulder to go with the flow. "Oh yeah. Apologies. See you guys tomorrow" Daniel said lastly before we all waved them off and said our goodbyes. When we were much further away, Michael asked "Why did you say that ?"

"I don't want her and Ashton to squeeze in the car with us. Where am I going to sit ? May I remind y'all its a 4 seater car" I said in obvious tone. "Yeah well we could've squeezed. Jessica could sit next to you or she could sit on my lap" Daniel said which made m look at him in disgust. I cant tell if he's serious or joking, I'll go with the latter so I sleep at night. "You must be kidding" I said. "What about Ashton ?" Michael asked intrigued by this seating plan. "He can sit on my head" I said sarcastically which made them laugh.