Crossing Borders

Sweet and Almost Perfect

Hi everyone, reposting this chapter as the original one turned PRIVATE, I can't seem to remove it, so i'm just reposting this... Thanks to whiteblackwolf2000 for the FYI! xoxo T

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"Morning!" Astrid greets as she made her way down the stairs.

"Hm, you're looking better now." Collin smiles up at her.

"Feel better too." She smiles back.

"Good, cause we have a lot of land to cover before lunch." Jared says.

"Land to cover?" Astrid frowns.

"We're going for a picnic." Jared says.

"Where?"

"That's the surprise." Ash says.

"I don't do well with surprises." She pouts, Damien stifles a laugh remembering she said the same thing earlier.

"Well, you'd like this one." Ash walks toward the kitchen excitedly.

"I better." She mumbles.

Then she runs after Ash and jumps on his back, wrapping her legs around his waist.

"What the- Astrid?!"

"Get a move one lazy butt." She says, Ash pushes her higher on his back.

"What are you five?"

"C'mon Ash, I'm hungry..." she whines.

"Stop jumping around Astrid, jeez, I'm gon'na drop you." Ash says with a laugh.

She nuzzles her face on his neck, "You won't do that, you love me too much."

"And how much I'm regretting that now." He dramatically sighed as they reach the kitchen.

"Hey!"

Ash laughs in response; then Astrid rested her chin on his shoulder.

"You slept good princess?" he asks.

Remembering how she snuggle with Damien to sleep through the storm last night made her blush and hid her face on the crook of Ash's neck.

"Astrid?"

"Yeah..." she answers.

"There was a thunder storm; Damien said you're afraid of thunder and lightning."

"Yeah..."

He was quiet for a few second, when he set Astrid down a stool and faced her, amused. "You were with Damien the whole night, weren't you?"

Astrid groans and hides her face on her twin's chest making him laugh.

"What? You thought I wouldn't know?" he asks.

"Well, no, the least is I hope we weren't going to talk about it." She whines, her words muffled by Ash's chest.

"Why not?" Ash asks, amused.

"It's embarrassing." She says, still not looking up at Ash.

"Which part?" he teases, "That you're scared of the thunder and lightning or you cuddled with Damien?"

"Both." She buries her face deeper than it already was, making Ash laugh.

"Princess, it's cool." He said, "I mean, he use to stay with you until you fall asleep after you sing your heart out. The least you can do now is staying quiet if you are going to sleep with him."