Saving You & I (Book #2)

Chapter 9

[A/N:] Wasn't going to post this yet, but since you guys asked, here is the next chapter. I hope you enjoy and sorry for any mistakes as usual!!!

"Are you ready to do this?" Ashley asks me, as I climb into her car early Saturday afternoon.

"Yeah," I nod. "Now are you sure she isn't home?"

"I'm sure." Ashley says. "I called her mom a little while ago and Mandy won't be out of dance practice until 1:30 so we have about an hour to do this."

"It shouldn't take an hour, should it?" I glance at her.

"Nah, it should be fairly quick." She shakes her head. "Mandy's brother Cedric has had the biggest crush on me for years and knows that his sister and I don't really get along. The boy would do almost anything I wanted him to do. He isn't very fond of his sister."

"You never liked him back?" I ask.

"No. He was scrawny and very nerdy. He used to creep me out, too." Ashley shakes her head. "I haven't seen him since they moved."

"Oh. So he won't tell her, will he?"

"Actually, he's going to help us." She smirks. "I called him last night, and he told me that Mandy stored the file on his computer so that it wouldn't be on her computer and now you and I are going to delete it."

"Thank god." I sigh.

"Don't worry, Asia. We got this." Ashley assures me.

"I sure hope so." I look out the window. "Aren't you nervous?"

"Nah," She waves it off. "I've done a lot of sneaking around. It's not as scary when you're used to it."

I raise my eyebrows at her, shocked. I wasn't shocked at the fact that she admitted to being sneaky, but the fact that she talks about it so openly, as if it's an everyday subject that almost everyone can relate to. I appreciate her honesty and I understand that Ashley is realizing her wrongs, but it just sounds so weird to hear her talk about things that she used to do.

"Sorry if that came off strong." She apologizes.

"It's okay," I laugh. "At least you're being honest."

"I told you no more lying."

"And so far you're doing a good job."

Ashley smiles that old cocky smirk that seemed so familiar to me, before looking back at the road. It used to seriously strike a nerve inside, but now it just makes me laugh. Funny how much things have changed. We don't speak much for the rest of the ride and my mind begins to wander.

Cora and Cheyenne were definitely still mad at me because they did not answer any of my text messages or calls, and Hunter called last night, sounding a bit irritated at me. He demanded to know why I gave my ticket to Mandy and when I told him because I knew she really wanted to go, he told me that I should've told him.

Apparently, Mandy had been trying to get his attention the whole time, and trying to talk to him about the old times and what not. He was already upset that I wasn't going and the fact that I gave my ticket to her out of all people made him upset. But at least he wasn't mad to the point where he wasn't talking to me like Cheyenne and Cora were.

But he did text me this morning apologizing for getting so mad at me. He had every right to be mad at me because I would've been really upset if I had done the same to him so I took whatever words he had to say.

But he claimed he felt really bad and he knew that the girls had already expressed their anger towards me and didn't want to add to the fuel. I was going to let my friends be mad at me because I wanted to start fresh and make sure that they understand I am not taking them for granted.