The Piano || 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬

|26| Fuck sexism.

Ashley had remembered the kiss as a short, one-time thing, but now she realized that it had been much longer... and a lot more intimate. Had they used tongue?

"That asshole. Oh, I'm going to fuck his career up."

"You might want to talk with Colby about it first," Jerry suggested, and she sighed.

Ashley went back to check on the comments of the newest video. Now, clicking on "latest", they were mostly filled with people calling her a slut and saying she was only using Colby. Of course, people were immediately spreading and sharing the news. Of course, they were immediately judging her.

"This is a fucking nightmare," she breathed. "Shit, what do I do? Can I just post the video about Derek? Oh, he's so fucked."

Her phone rang, and she almost dropped it. Colby's name was on the screen. Hesitating to pick the call up, she looked back at Jerry.

"Come on, pick it up. Not talking about won't make it better," he said. "I'm going to leave you to it. Come to me if you need anything. Like... advice. I don't know." With that, he left her room again.

"Hey Colby," she greeted him. "I suppose you're calling me because of the clip?"

"You saw it?" he asked. "Yeah. Listen, Ashley, I'm so fucking sorry. It was my idea and you're suffering under it. I never should have suggested it, but I was drunk, and I just wanted to-"

Ashley didn't let him finish. "Shut up, Colby. I said yes, I'm just as guilty. And let me tell you, Derek will be the only one to suffer under it. I didn't really want to post the video, but I'm so going to take revenge on him."

Colby sighed. "Yeah, but... It's so unfair. Why are people calling you names and not me? And the damage is done already, you won't be able to just ignore it."

"I'll work something out," she sighed. "Fuck sexism. Why do I get all the hate?"

"I have an idea," Colby said.

"Oof, flashbacks," Ashley chuckled, referring to the moment before they kissed. "Go on."

"Well, the people couldn't be angry at me for kissing my girlfriend, can they?" Colby said, making Ashley blush... hard.

"We've known each other for a little over a week," she stated the obvious. "We're not together."

"They don't have to know that," Colby replied.

"This is a horrible idea," Ashley said. "But whatever. Can't be worse than what's going on right now."

Her socials were blowing up with messages of people calling her names and trying to insult her. She swiped most of the messages away, trying to ignore them. Humanity sucked.

"So, you're saying yes?"

"What else should I do," she said, sighing dramatically. "Yes, I'll be your fake girlfriend, Colby."

"If we're lying already, we should probably say we've known each other for longer than a week. Or else they won't react much better."

"What about we met a few months before the collab and have been together for the past six days? Like, we decided to get together after the trip or something? People will call it quick, but it's better than this situation." Ashley put her phone on speaker and opened Instagram to think of a post.

"How are you going to say it?" she asked Colby.

"Just a pic of me with a disappointed face and the text, "hey, @DerektheBarren thank you for leaking my relationship." Do you want to repost it and then the video?"