Okay the bad news is that is that I missed my bus home as well. I know what your thinking "what kind of Idiot is this girl" but I really did try to catch it, but my annoying friends wouldn't let me go, so that's how I missed it. This is one of those times when I do hate my friends, my gorgeous amazing friends, I wish they would go die in a hole!
"Ash, hey wait up"
I turned around and Lexy was running after me. Huh I love her but, God, give it a break. "You don't need to follow me around like a toddler. just cause I'm the youngest in our year doesn't mean you have to treat me like 2 year old" I say to her and her smile drops.
"Are you okay? Is it that Ben Mitchell's jerk? Do u want me to go beat him up?"
I just stood there staring at her. How did she know about Ben, I didn't tell her.
"Well?" She said, her cute little chocolate brown eyes staring at me full of curiosity. Then I snap out of it.
"How did you now about Ben"
"Ash, you've known me for what, like fifteen years u should know that I know everything by now" She smirks at me
I frown at her after understanding she wasn't gonna tell me "You made me miss my bus" I say bluntly. Then turn away and keep walking.
"Oh, is little Ashleigh upset because she missed her bus" Lexy says looking happy with herself with using the patronising card.
"Well actually yes, yes I am. Cause it is a 4 kilometre walk back to the farm.
Now we have swapped roles a she is staring at me and then a flash of understanding crosses her face.
"I have had a stroke of genius" she states proudly.
"Is that right?" I ask putting on a sarcastic tone.
"Yes, yes it is"
"Well go on then what is it?"
"I will drive you home then you will feed me and give me shelter for the night" she says this while getting down on her knees and putting her hands together to act as if she is praying.
"Are you asking to stay over for the night?"
"Well why else would I be down on my knees begging"
"I don't know, but Lexy it's Monday"
"And?"
"We can't have a sleepover on Monday"
"Who says we can't?"
"My mu..." But I trailed off before I could finish. My mum wasn't home, she couldn't do a single thing about it. "What about my sister, she would tell mum straightaway away"
"Oh don't worry about her, she's loved me ever since I walked all the way over to your farm to say sorry for putting a stroke of dirt on your barbie doll.
"Fine then. Okay, you got what you want but now I have to-" But I was cut off before I could finish my sentence by the loud music and shouting coming from that gorgeous car that I was sitting in just this morning. Ugh I hate him I hate his guts I hate his gorgeous hair, I hate his amazing green eyes, I hate his perfectly tanned skin. I hate everything and I know it sounds like I have a crush on him but having all those amazing gorgeous features just makes it worse cause it shapes a completely different person. I mean if your looks depended on your personality then he would be the nicest amazing sweet funny friendly person I have ever and would ever meet, but instead he decided to have the personality that he does have and so although he doesn't, he should look like an ugly fish, wait no that would be an insult to fish.
Any way back to reality. I am giving the death stare to the car full of reckless teenagers when Ben himself turns around and locks eyes with me. Now I am pretty sure that I have already told you that I never back down from a challenge but there was something strange in his stare that me turn away and look down at the ground and when I looked back up again some plastic cheerleader was trying to kiss him but he turned away from her and kept driving.
When I turn back to Lexy she is staring at me with her mouth wide open so I lift my hand to the bottom of her chin and push it shut.
"What?" I ask as she still stares at me with an astonished face.
"Well I have never ever ever ever ever ever ever-"
"Lexy I get the point"
"Okay, okay but as i was saying, I have never seen you back down from a challenge before. Ever"
"Well, umm. Let's just go home.
Brook will be back soon"
"Alright, let's hit the road"
"Can I drive, please you've already got your license"
"Yeah that's cause I'm supposed to be in year 12 this year"
"I know but still" I plead with all my heart
"ugh, fine then. I really need to learn how to say no to that puppy face"
I smile to myself and start running towards the car.
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We are just turning up my road when i see a cloud of dust coming up behind us and when I listened closely the cloud of dust was playing music. "Weird" I think to my self and then I hear the sound that ruins my life every morning and every evening. Ben Mitchells.
"hottie's coming up on your left" Lexy tries to shout over the now deafening music coming from the car behind us.
"Eww gross Lexy, none of those people are hot they just pretend that they are and go around brain washing people at night to make the rest of the world think they are good looking as well. But for some strange reason they missed my house"
By this time Lexy is cracking up. Her smiling makes me smile but then BEEP!!!!!!!!!! And I quickly turn my head around to see the schools duck faces driving up behind us.
"can you grannies go any fast than 15 kilometres an hour" one of Ben' self obsessed friend called out.
"well at least we are not going to die like you guys" she shouted then quickly looked down and shook her head then muttered to herself "what kind of a come back was that"
"obviously a good one cause look" i exclaim looking over our shoulders. we both look over our shoulders and see that the jock that shouted out the remark is standing on the back of the mustang convertible dumbfounded and staring, absolutely infatuated by Lexy. she lets out giggle just and covers her mouth with her eyes wide open just as Ben shouts out.
"okay, I've had enough with you two love birds" the guy who shouted at us snaps out of his stare and glares at Ben but Ben just ignores him and veers the beautiful vehicle around us and half falls into the ditch next to the road. close my eyes and block my ears. i close my eyes cause even though he is a complete jerk, i don't want to be the reason Ben Mitchels died, and i blocked my ears to stop my self from going deaf as all the plastics scream (i know plastic is a term from Mean Girls but what the heck, it is a good term, well not good term just, well, it makes sense and it is sometimes true). After Lexy shakes me and shouts at me to tell me it is over and they are gone i slowly open my eyes. i can see the cloud of dust way ahead of us, going at what looks like about 100km on a 40km road. at least it is just an abandoned dirt road. Well not abandoned, cause i live on it. And come to think of it he lives on it too.
