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16

Ashley knocked on the poolhouse door as she begged for him to open the door. It had been three weeks since she had seen bryce, the court only now letting her see him. Only by choice.
She could see his shadow wandering around through the closed blinds, she looked for the spare key which was usually under the mat. Nothing.

Ashley soon gave up as she sat beside the pool, her back facing the door as she sobbed into her plams, the backs of her hands resting on her knees. She sobbed there for a few minutes as she would then hear the poolhouse door open.

Instantly Ashley's head snapped around as she saw bryce stood with his arms open. "I can't sit and watch you cry" he would say, Ashley rushed up as she ran into his arms. He picked her up and held her as she wrapped her legs around his waist. She sobbed into his shoulder as he did the same to her, carrying Ashley into the pool house, locking the door behind them both.

Bryce layed Ashley down on the couch as he layed between her legs, holding his arms around her waist.
"I've missed you" he would whisper as he kissed along her waist. "I missed you too" Ashley said a she wiped away her tears.
The two played together as they practically sobbed.

The next day the two woke up as bryce would finally be allowed back to liberty. Only because the case was dropped, his probation band had been taken off just three days ago. Ashley fit ready in the bedroom of the pool house as bryce was in the living room.

Ashley had shaved bryce's face and made him look somewhat presentable as she had done so herself. The two would walk out the pool house as they held hands.
The two both mentally preparing for 9:30, half way through first. They had to see Mr porter and bollen before they could even step foot in a classroom.

Bryce started the car as Ashley sat in the passanger seat, this time he used the jeep. Ashley had hung fairy lights as if to act as a roof. He drove them there as Ashley sat and thought about what was happening as she watched bryce pull into the car park.

"you ready?" she asked him. "when am I ever" bryce replies as Ashley get out of the car as did he. They saw people in their classes as they approached the main entrance, walking through the doors. And as if  he knew, Justin appeared through the halls. He stumbled out the bathroom as he pulled his sleeve down, clearly having just shot up.

He waved as he walked by, Ashley and bryce walking to the main office.
Porter and bollen sat across from Ashley and bryce as they started talking. "bryce although your case is dropped I am afraid that yet again you and Ashley have to part ways. But if you decide against this, any report of harm towards Ashley will be accounted for and you will be back on probation. Understood?" bollen started as bryce nodded.
Bryce held onto Ashley's hand as she sat and listened, the three talking about it all.

"Ashley you may go back to class now, we need to talk to bryce about some things you may be sensitive about." porter said as Ashley disagreed. "I'm alright, I'll leave if anything gets to much." Ashley said in the best way she could as bryce squeezed her hand slightly.

"bryce" porter sighed. "what you did to thoes girls is terrible and I'm still understanding why you got off scott free. But I am here to support you and so are many others, same applies to you Ashley. What my point is', that we can't have you in the proximity of these girls, you will sit across the room. Ashley included unless she says otherwise to me or a member of staff." porter said.

" I'm fine sitting with my boyfriend " Ashley said. Your rapist. Ashley thought to herself. Bryce was getting transfered to hill crest in two weeks, all the baseball and football season was almost over as bryce only had two weeks to salvage it before he had to go. Ashley would continue on at liberty, without him.