The Girl Next Door

Chapter 18

Asher's pov:

I still couldn't believe what I walked in on. It just kept replaying in my mind. The way Lucas was holding my sister and how he pushed her away when he saw me walk in. Dove, the girls, and I were playing mario kart.

"Ash, whatcha thinkin' bout?" Tate asked

"Yeah, it looks like you're thinking about something." Dove said

"Oh it's nothing hahaha" I told them, I didn't know if I should tell them about the kiss. I mean it was just a kiss.

"Come on, you can at least tell me." Dove said, looking at me with her piercing green eyes.

"It's no big deal but I saw Lucas kissing Avery."

"Uh how is that not a big deal, that's your best friend and sister." Dove said shocked I wasn't mad.

"I could tell that they liked each other, and the time he was making jokes about dating her I could tell he wasn't joking."

"So that's why it didn't bother you." Dove said in realization

"Hahah yeah" I said "Let's continue playing the game," I said to change the topic.

"Yeah." Dove agreed

While we played I was looking at how determined  Dove was to beat me. I completely forgot Nova and Tate were even there. I looked at how happy Dove would get when she would pass the finish line. She made me so happy and every glance of her I take makes me more excited for our date this weekend. God she was just so perfect. The more I thought about how perfect she was I also thought how she was too good to be true. What if she hurts me, she's too good for me. I started thinking about how Dove might hurt me. She might play with my heart and I can't handle that.

"Asher, you keep losing, it's not fun anymore." Dove said but I couldn't hear her clearly. I was in my own world imaging us on our date. "Curly?? Are you even listening? Helloooo" Dove continued as she waved her hand in my face to catch my attention.

"What?" I asked coming back to reality.

"You keep dozing off and losing. I keep winning and the game is boring."

"Uh you think you're bored??? Tate and I have been sitting in the corner for the past hour not doing anything."

"Here you go, you guys can play. I want to talk to Asher anyway." Dove said, giving the controllers to the girls.

She took me to my room and told me to sit on my bed. She just stared at me for a good 5 minutes before sitting next to me. She started leaning in for a kiss. I leaned in and kissed back. There was this spark I would feel when we touched. It didn't matter if it was our hands accidentally touching while passing each other things or a kiss, the spark was always there. The kiss was a short kiss.

"Curly," Dove said

"Yeah, what is it?" I asked

"What were you thinking about? I could tell that you weren't just thinking about the kiss Lucas and Avery shared." She said

"Uh, it was nothing. It's not important." I tried my hardest to not tell her. As much as I wanted her to know how I feel I didn't want her to know I constantly think about her.

"I could tell that you were thinking about something that hurt you okay. I just wanna know what it is because maybe I could help." She said, her beautiful eyes looked so hopeful that I would tell her what was bothering me.

"Dove, I get you want to help but I don't want you to, okay?" I told her hoping this would get her to stop asking me about it.

"Ash, I'll leave you alone for now but I will eventually know what's bothering you and I will fix it and help."

"Alright, whatever helps you sleep at night."

Dove's pov:

Asher was being so distant and I hated it. I don't know why he's so distant. And the thing is that he's distant with only me, not with Lucas or Avery. It's like he's constantly hiding something from me. I don't want him hiding his feelings from me. My goal is to show him it's okay for him to share his feelings with me.

We played mario kart for another hour and then the girls and I had to go home. When I got home River and Sage were already home. River asked where the girls and I were and why we were coming home at 6 when we were "supposed to be home the whole day". First off they left me with not one but two 8 year olds. Did they really fucking think I could handle them for 4-5 hours without going out?

"Dove, it's been an hour since you got home and you still havent told me where you and the girls went for fun." River kept complaining

"It's not a big deal." I said

"You went to Asher's didn't you?"

"Well I mean yeah I guess, I picked him up from school with the girls and then he invited me over to his place and we played mario kart." I explained to her

"Please tell me you didn't kiss in front of the girls."

"Uhhhhh I didn't kiss him in front of the girls." It wasn't my fault that we both forgot the girls were there.

"Liar." She spat

"You never told me to tell the truth, you just said to tell you I didn't." I sassed

"Touché."