A Disaster [DISCONTINUED]

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ASHLYNS P.O.V

**After the trip back home**

3 DAYS LATER

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Phantom slayers 🤺

Logan: Is everyone okay?

👍

Aiden: Lol, That was a close one.

Ben: Did anyone do the homework?

Screw it.

Taylor: ^

Tyler: ^

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I looked to the right and spotted a couple of books and paper, the unfinished homework. I frowned a little and fell back onto the mattress, Drifting into a peaceful slumber.

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I got on the bus, the first thing I saw was Aiden waving and smiling his sinister wide smile. 'His energy never ceases, does it?'.

"Hey Ash, Last night was rough" He spoke. He then turned around went through his bag, and pulled out a white sheet of homework. He passed it on to me and said "I finished the homework, wanna copy?". I yank the sheet from his hand and mutter out a small thank you. He sits there, staring at me. I don't say anything about it hoping he'd look away, but he continues to stare, making me uncomfortable.

"Why are you staring at me like there, Is there something you want to say?"  I mutter out loud enough for him to hear. He looks at me with bright eyes as his cheeks are dusted with a light shade of pink. "Uhm, Can i..come sit next to you. That's if you don't mind, wouldn't want to make you uncomfortable or anything..." He rambled on. I found myself giggling a little at his rant and scolded myself for it mentally. After thinking for a minute or so, I yelled out "Sure" a little too loud. 

"Really? Thanks!" He told back happily. Made me question my decisions again. He grabbed his bag and rushed to my side. He glanced at Ben to see him busy talking with Taylor. His was sitting behind  so it didn't take long for him to be by my side. He placed his bag down on the floor in front of him, pulled out a rubix cube and started fiddling with it for a while. 

I turned away to look outside the window. The trees and people passing by happily without a care in the world. I lean on the window and stare on the outside world. 'What are we gonna do now in the phantom world, currently we need weapons and my dad's jeep', My thoughts wander back to the phantom world to the point I didn't hear Aiden calling me repeatedly.

"-sh.... Ash? Hellooo, you there?" He started calmly, waving a hand in front of her face. "Is something wrong? You zoned out for a long time." He was looking at me with a sad worried expression. It made me sorrowful to know I caused him to worry about me. 

"Everything's fine, I was just... thinking.." I muttered in a hushed tone. He went through his bag that was placed on the floor in front of him and took out another rubix cube and handed it to me.

"Here, Play with this, It will distract you from your thoughts for a while." He spoke calmly. My heart skipped a beat while I snatched it from his hand and fiddled with it. I managed to solve 1 side of the cube with a lot of difficulties when the bus came to a stop. 

Everyone hopped off one by one. Aiden and I were the last ones to leave since we were sitting near the end of the bus.

I turn to look at him, stunned to see no one beside me, I realized that he already ran off with the others to go to class. I sigh and run after him with the intent to give back his rubix cube.

We reach class looking tired as usual, after all, none of us got sleep.  Mr. Thomas was concerned with us looking more tired each day and with our grades suddenly dropping. But there's not much you can do in our situation.

My seat was located by the window and Aiden's was right next to me. I walked up to it and placed my bag down near the wall and took out my notebook and a few pens. Mr. Thomas soon started his class.

*RING RING*

'Crap, I slept through class again.'  I turned around to to find the others shaken up at the sound of the loud bell. 'Looks like they slept through class as well, we're gonna fail at this rate' 

I grabbed my bag and placed it a top of the table, carefully placing my books inside. Aiden walked towards me with the others and stated "Hey Ash, wanna join us for lunch, we're talking about 'stuff'. " He usually means the phantoms. 

I followed the others down the hallway to the cafeteria. I waked up to the lunch lady and got my food. Aiden stayed behind with me while the others walked past to sit at the usual seating place.

"Ashlyn, Are you okay?". Its honestly nice to know that he cares a lot for me, More than the others perhaps, He's the only one I'm really close with. Taylor and I are close, but not as much as I am with Aiden.

He waved a hand in front of my face and said something incoherent. I've been zoning out a lot lately, The phantom world has been affecting me mentally. I quietly walked to our table with Aiden trailing behind me with a worried expression.

'As I thought, It would be very awkward, just like how it is every time'. 

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HEYY YALL, sry for not posting yesterday, I got busy with school work, Balancing the two is kinda difficult so this chapter isn't that long, Ill try updating faster with longer chapters, im mainly free to write in the weekends so expect an update.