Justin's Bittersweet Vacation

A Serious Talk With Ashley

Justin sat on the bed of the hotel room, trying not to shed too many tears. But, how could he not? Due to his stubborn behavior, Aiko left the room and switched with Connor of all people. Though, Connor wasn't really the one to blame. The only person to blame was himself.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"Go away, Nora!" he yelled, assuming Nora was just coming in to replace his towels again.

"Um... Sweet Cheeks? It's Ashley. Can I come in?" the English girl said outside of the room.

"Oh, shit. Yeah, hold on." he replied as he got up and unlocked the door. He let her in, still having tears in his eyes.

"Hey, Bro. Is everything alright? You look kinda teary-eyed."

"Y-Yeah. I'm alright." he said, wiping his face.

"Are you sure you're alright? You don't sound alright." she asked.

"I told you, I'm fine." he replied in an aggravated tone.

"Well, okay then. Say, where's that Aiko chick at?"

Justin broke down crying again. The mention of Aiko's name caused him more emotions. Now, Ashley knew for sure that he wasn't alright.

"I knew something was wrong. Do you need to talk about it?"

"Ashley... I've been crying for the passed 30 minutes or so. Aiko... She left me and went to Connor's room."

Ashley frowned. Though, she didn't know why Aiko left.

"Why'd she leave?"

"Well..." Justin hesitantly said.

"Tell me."

"She told me that I've been kind of a douche lately. Told me that I'm being too stubborn. I don't fully understand why though."

"Listen, Justin. As much as I can show empathy towards you, she's kinda right. You have been a little bit douchey lately. Though, I don't mind someone acting like a douche as a joke but it's pretty clear you're not joking. I mean, you almost went off on Lillian at the restaurant earlier. Not cool."

"Y-Yeah. I guess I can understand that. But, there is a major reason I couldn't handle Lillian that time."

"Can you give me the reason? You're being a little vague."

"Well, alright. The way she was acting in the restaurant reminded me of my sister. I don't know if you remember me telling you this but I had a sister that cut ties with me over things that could've easily been resolved. Lillian going off on the waiter reminded me of her behavior towards me in some ways."

Ashley nodded. She knew what he was talking about.

"Listen, Justin. I know what she's like and I can assure you that her and Lil are nothing alike, besides a maybe few small things. I've known her for a long time and she doesn't play a puppet master like your sis."

"I guess I can trust you about that. You are her cousin, after all. But, I don't know. There's so much crap going on. I went on this vacation trying to take a break from the bullshit. But, for some reason, it follows me no matter where I go. I'm cursed... I'm fucking cursed!"

Ashley frowned again. She didn't like him having a mindset like that.

"You're not cursed, Sweet Cheeks. Just a bit unfortunate. But, there's also the matter of what happened a couple of months ago."

He then remembered the day he overdosed. It was such a horrible day for him and everyone else in his life. It's amazing what an emotional breakdown can cause someone to do to themselves.

"Y-Yeah. The time when I overdosed on a bunch of pills. I never really got a chance to say thank you for saving my life that day. So, thank you." he admitted.

"You don't need to thank me. Anyone could've done it, besides Momo because she's like a child. But, it was pretty heartbreaking having to call an ambulance for my friend that's unconscious on the ground. I could've lost you that day. Then who would I bang every other week?" she said, ending with a light joke.

"And you know what? Now I know how bad it would be if I did pass away. Momo told me she'd be a stray again if that happened, even though I told her that Vincenzo would take her in. That's where she is now."

"I know. But, promise me you won't ever do that again. We all care about you, Justin. Me, Tiffany, Audrey, Nikki, Momo, and all the other countless girls you spend time with."

Justin smiled. Ashley knew how many girls he was around. Well, not exactly all of them, but it was a good amount for an average guy like him.

"Don't worry" he said, "Even if Aiko is still mad at me, I have a lot of other girls to spend time with, as long as I don't chase them off. But, it does suck how I chased her away, even though it wasn't intentional."

"Hey, we all make mistakes, JD. And don't worry about chasing me away for being douchey. I understand you have issues. Trust me, I know after dealing with Lillian so many times. The only thing that chases me away is if you're just a boring guy to sleep with or you want to get married. But, you seem to be good on those two things."

He smiled. Even if he was stubborn at times, at least he respected people's wishes, Ashley's being zero commitment.

"Alright then. But, what do you think I should do to make it up to Aiko?" he asked, still worried about her.

"Look, just give her a few days to be with that Connor dude. Then, you should give her a deep apology and hope she forgives you. For all I know, Connor could chase her away and then she'll come crawling back to you."

Justin chuckled. Knowing Connor and the way he acts, that's likely to happen.

"He'd probably chase her away if he started rapping love songs to her. He's chased so many women away with that. He's kind of crappy."

Ashley laughed at the thought. She always found bad rappers to be funny.

"Exactly why Punk is better than Rap. Me and my band have proved that time and time again." she stated.

He then remembered her punk band. He came up with the name for it, after all. "Worthless Holes" indeed.

"But, hey. I should really get back to my room. Lil's probably wondering where I am if she's not still laying in bed."

"She's probably on her phone looking at videos on ClickClock. I do that too and stay up till 3 AM sometimes."

"I know that feeling. But, I'll keep checking on you. I really do care about you. I want you to feel cared about, regardless of that BS you had to go through for 2 years. It was BS for all of us because you couldn't have sex or cuddle for that time. Surprised you didn't die from it."

He remembered that. He met all of those girls and then was forced into the group home just as it was getting good. He couldn't have sex for 2 years. The only thing that got him through was the occasional wet dreams.

"Well, I'll see you around Ashley. I think tomorrow I'm going to visit Abia. I still have yet to say much to her since we landed. I should also visit Polly and see what she's up to."

"Alright. Heck, maybe I can come with you on one of those visits. I want to meet Abia, maybe do a three-way. Me and Polly could also do another collab if she wants to."

"Yeah, and I'll hold the camera again, even though I'm on TeleYube too despite only having 2K subscribers while she has 8 million or so."

"Right. Well, I'll see you later, Sweet Cheeks. It's getting kinda late. I should really get to bed."

"Bye, Ashley."

She left. Finally talking to her about all of these problems was quite therapeutic. He was very lucky to have a friend like her. Well, a friend with benefits. He went to bed that night, still kind of sad that he had nobody to cuddle with. Hopefully, Aiko will forgive him and things can go back to the way they were.