I tense up. He pulls away with a smirk on his face. I feel my face go hot. I'm flustered. I never get flustered.
"Ash, what'd you do?" Luke asks.
"I told her what I'm gonna do to her."
"Yeah right. We all know you wouldn't go for Cat."
"Whatever. I'm going home." I say.
"You can't. It's not even second period!" Luke protests.
"I don't care." I start to walk away.
"How are you going to get home?" He calls out. I stop. I turn back to him. He shrugs.
"I'll give her a ride. I don't want to be here anyways." Ashton says as he walks up to me and slings his arm around my shoulders.
I don't really have a choice. I can't walk home. It'll take me forever.
"Fine." I grunt. "Luke, you better get notes for me! And make sure you get a lot." Luckily we have all the same classes.
I turn on my heel and head out to the front door. The bell goes off as I exit the building. Ashton follows me.
"Hey babe. Wait up!" He calls out. I don't listen as I continue to his car in silence. I get there and wait as he unlocks the car. I get in the front seat, buckle up, and stay quiet.
He gets in and does the same thing. He just sits there, looking at me.
"Kitten, why do you hate me?"
"I don't know you. Can we go please?" He sighs as he starts the car and drives out of the parking lot.
He pulls up in front of my house. I unbuckle and get out, thanking him quietly. He nods his head and pulls into his driveway. I get into my house and go straight to my room. My parents are at work. I change out of my clothes and into a pair of dark gray sweats and a black tank top. I go downstairs and turn on the TV. It's only 9:00. Fuck.
I turn on Netflix and start watching Criminal Minds. This episode is weird. I don't really pay attention as I just stare at the wall.
Before I know it, it's 12:00. I get up and go into the kitchen for food. I open the cupboard and gaze through the items. I eventually settle down for ramen. I turn the stove on as I place the pot of water on it to boil.
It's cold in here. I quickly run upstairs to get a sweatshirt. I look out the window. And guess who's looking back at me. That's right, Ashton Irwin. He smiles and waves. To be polite, I gesture a small wave back. He opens his window and signals for me to open mine. I shake my head no. I turn back around and head back downstairs, pulling my zip up over my arms.
Once downstairs, I place the hard ramen noodles in the boiling pot. I lean against the counter, waiting for the noodles to soften. I stir occasionally. Finally it's done. I sprinkle the seasoning on and stir it around before pouring it into a bowl and walking back into the living room, where I shall watch more Criminal Minds.
****
At about 5:30 Luke walks through my front door.
"Hey. What's for dinner?" He eats over basically every night.
"Nothing. Mother and Father are out of town for the week."
Luke looks up at me from he fridge. "Do you want me to stay with you?"
"Normally I'd say no. But since that weird shit happened with Ashton today, I'm gonna allow it." He laughs into the fridge. He eventually comes over and sits down next to me.
"What'd you decide on?" I ask. He pulls out a jar of peanuts and smiles his sweet smile. I chuckle lightly as he plops down next to me.
"Let's watch a movie." He says.
"What'd you want to watch?" I turn my head to look at him. He lifts a hand full of peanuts up to his mouth and takes them in. He chews and swallows.
"I don't know. A comedy?"
"No. Not in a laughing mood." I shake my head.
"Um, how about a romance?"
"Nah. Not feeling lovey." I look up at him and he looks down at me. He swallows the peanuts he currently had in his mouth. He hesitated before he speaks.
"A horror?" He says reluctantly. I smile and tap his forehead with my finger.
"Ding ding ding! We have a winner!" I laugh as I stand up. "I'm going to make popcorn. I'll let you pick it out."
I walk into the kitchen and open the pantry. I grab a bag of popcorn and open it from the clear wrapping and stick it in the microwave and press the 'popcorn' button. I patiently wait for the ready beep to sound.
As I wait, I look into the living room. Luke is sitting crisscross on the floor looking through the movie DVD's.
"Why do you have so many horror movies?!" Luke asks.
"I don't know. I like them." I keep watch as he looks over the covers and continues to make faces ranging from 'what the absolute fuck' to 'oh hell no'. I laugh as he cringes at each movie.
The microwave beeps and I open it up. I grab the bag of popcorn and dump its contents into a bowl. I walk back out to the living room, turning off all the lights. I sit back down in my previous spot.
"Got one yet?" I ask.
"Yeah. I guess." He stands up and hands me the movie disk case.
"Annabelle. Good pick." I say as I hand it back to him. He puts the disk into the movie player and sits back down next to me. He grabs a pillow and hugs it. "Scared?" I tease.
"It's a doll movie. How bad can it be?" The words flow out so innocently.
Oh, he doesn't know what he got himself in to. I think to myself. I chuckle quietly at my thought.
"What? What're you laughing at?" Luke's voice quakes a bit with fear.
"Oh, nothing. Don't worry about it."
"I've learned to always worry when you say not to worry." His eyes are wide now as he stares down at me. The movie screen goes dark.
"Shh, it's starting." I smile.
"I regret coming over."
