ma's mine, ashtray

eight

chapter eight 

I woke up with luckily nothing but a minor headache but lying in ashtray's bed with no ashtray when I remembered everything. We fucking kissed. After the kiss we ended up chatting for a little before passing out. I assume he's downstairs so I got up and walked down to the kitchen. 

"Morning kiddo," Fez smiled, handing me a bowl of cereal. 

"Morning Fez, thanks," I said, taking the bowl. I looked around but I couldn't see ash. What if he regretted it and took off? "Do you know where ash is?" 

"He said he needed to do something. I'm gonna head to the store soon. Wanna come?" 

I nodded, "Sure." 

I ate my cereal and got changed into my clothes from yesterday since I borrowed some of ash's to sleep in. Once I was changed, I met Fez downstairs and we drove to the store which was luckily only a few minutes away. When we arrived I followed Fez into the store and helped him to restock some of the fridges and shelves. The other day he actually offered to pay me to help out around the shop but i said i didn't need to be paid. I mean he's my friend and I'll happily just do it for free. Since I've been back I've honestly been hanging out with Fez more than Rue but that's because she's always off with Jules and Elliot. 

"You okay kid?" Fez said, placing a hand on my shoulder. "You seem off." 

I shook myself out of my thoughts, "Yeah i'm fine," I smiled. 

"Something happen with you and Ash?" 

I turned to look at him, "Why'd you say that?" 

"You're just both off," he shrugged. Thank god. If ash told him before we could even talk about it I would have been pissed. 

"Probably just a coincidence," I smiled, going back to restocking the shelves. 

"Do you mind sorting some of the weed into grams in the back? I don't know where ash is," Fez asked. 

"yeah of course," I said, putting down the restock items and walking into the back fridge. 

I knew ash kept all the weed in the microwave so i took out a big bag of it and the scale sitting on the desk and started weighing it all into grams. I wonder where ash was. I was starting to get worried that he regretted it. It's not like i like him or anything it's just that i preferred it when we were happily talking. 

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I'd been sitting there weighing all the weed for an hour before ash finally arrived. I got nervous when I heard him greet Fez and walk towards the fridge. What was I gonna say? What if he didn't want to talk about it? But that's when he walked in with his arm around another girl. Her hair was platinum blonde and she had blue eyes. Her face was absolutely caked in makeup.

"Who's this?" She asked. Ashtray lifted his head to see me sitting in his seat. 

His face dropped, "My brother's friend." His brother's friend? What the fuck. 

"Who are you?" I asked her. 

She gave me a bitchy look and started stroking ashtray's arm, "I'm his girlfriend." 

I did not hear that right. He kissed me last night and then went out the next day and got a girlfriend without saying anything to me at all. 

"Did you guys just start dating?" I asked. I could feel my blood boil as this fake girl stood in front of me looking at me like I was a moldy piece of bread. 

"No bitch, we've been together for like 2 weeks," she snapped. Fuck. 

Ashtray glared at me in a way of telling me to keep my mouth shut whilst also pretending like nothing happened. 

"Well ashtray, I did all your shit. I'm gonna go hang with your brother," I fakely smiled walking straight out of the room and trying to deeply breathe. 

"Who was that?" Fez asked me. 

I looked up to see him staring at me, "His girlfriend." 

"Since when did he have a girlfriend?" 

"Since 2 weeks ago apparently," I shrugged. "Hey I gotta go because I have Maddy's party tonight but I'll see you later yeah?" 

"okay kid, let me drive you home," he smiled. 

authors note:

small chapter i know but fuck ashtray 

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