chapter four ( takes place in 1x02 'the read-through' )
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"you can't just buy me a guitar everytime you screw up, you know?"
- 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU
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Izzy and Ricky had agreed to meet up to walk home together after the read-through, but Izzy had stopped by her locker to get a few things. She was surprised when she saw Ashlyn making her way over to her.
"Ash! Hey! I feel like I haven't seen you in forever!" Izzy said, smiling brightly at her friend, who smiled back nervously.
"Yeah, you know, I just wasn't sure if you really wanted to see me since the, you know, the break-up and everything," Ashlyn said, looking down at her shoes, and Izzy tried to ignore the way the word break-up sent a dagger through her heart. She tried for an unbothered laugh, but it came out a bit too high-pitched.
"No, of course, I want to see you! We shouldn't let some stupid guy get in the way of our friendship," Izzy said and Ashlyn smiled gratefully. Although almost every word that had come out of Izzy's mouth in the last twenty-four hours had been a lie, the ones she said to Ashlyn were true. She and Ashlyn had become close when she was dating EJ and she considered her a good friend. Even if Izzy and Ricky's plan failed and she didn't end up back with EJ, Izzy still wanted to remain friends with Ashlyn, no matter who her cousin was.
"Great, I'm so glad. But, um, I'm actually kind of here because of said 'stupid guy'," Ashlyn said and EJ popped his head around the corner of Izzy's locker, making her jump slightly and her smile disappear.
"Hey, Iz," EJ said and Izzy frowned at the nickname. Nicknames were reserved for people in her life, not people who had ended their relationship with a phone call.
"What do you want, EJ?" Izzy asked, and although her tone was cold, she couldn't stop the excitement that bloomed in her chest from the sight of him.
"I don't want anything, I just wanted to talk," EJ said, and Izzy noticed Ashlyn take a few steps back to give them some privacy.
