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⤷ For as long as they could remember, Brooke and Ryland had hated each other to the very limit. No matter what it came to - sports, tests, social lifestyles - anything the other did gave them a bad taste in their mouths.
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GREEK TRAGEDY :: xxvi. | round one
Ashely laid on her bed, staring at the ceiling at six in the morning. It had only been a week since she got out the hospital and learning about the last six months she missed was not easy as well as now having to readjust to her life and catch up on school. She's set to graduate in a few months and man, did she think that she wasn't going to make it.
Even with everyone rallied around her, she felt confused and lost. The last thing she remembers before the coma was breaking into the school with Ryland, then after it's all a blur. To top it off, she now has to deal with two people who want her back, Alexa being gone cause she graduated, and her best friend sort of dating her other best friend.
She's just happy no one got pregnant when she was gone.
As she continued to lay there, Ryland came back into the room with coffee and bagels from Karen's Cafe.
"You ready for your first day?"
It took Ashely a moment to form an answer, "N-no. School, Rachel, Lucas, and my fucking parents ———— i honestly don't want to deal with that right now. Tell me more about you and Brooke?"
"Only if you get out of bed afterwards. And my advice about Luke and Rachel, just ignore them. With school, Haley said she'll help you catch up." Ryland passed Ashely a coffee as she sat up and sat next to her, "Brooke wants to keep it on the down low and I just have to be cool with it."
Ashely sipped her coffee, "No you don't. You want to show her off, hold her hand and you have every right to feel that way. I respect Brooke's decision, but I just don't want her stringing you along if it's never going to be anything serious. I don't want to see you get hurt. Jake's already done that."
"Which Brooke knows. She'd never do that."
"I thought the same with Lucas and look where that got me." Ashely sighed, "Just don't get your hopes up."
Ryland nodded and as Ashely agreed, she got out the bed to get ready for her first day back since leaving the hospital.
Chad and Ryland waited for her and as soon as she was done, they all took Chad's car and was eventually off to school.
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Rachel was already at the school at that morning and she already had her plan cooped up. She was going to use Lucas to get Ashely back. She figured the only way to make Lucas not irresistible to Ashely was to make it seem like he was interested in her. Now, sure it's a bit twisted but she couldn't figure any other way. Especially, when Ashely sees her exes getting along, that'll definitely get under her skin.
