I am woken up to my phone ringing- Taylor Swift's Style bouncing off the walls of my bedroom. I get up out of bed and stumble towards my desk (nearly tripping over unpacked boxes still littering my room) to see Ashley calling me at- 8 AM?
Who the hell calls someone at 8 in the morning?
I answer the phone after considering not answering it at all, but then Ashley would get all annoyed with me for ignoring her call and that is so much effort to deal with.
"Hi!" Her voice is chipper on the other end. Oh God I forgot she was such a morning person.
"Hey" I slur, wiping my eyes with my pyjama sleeve "what do you want?"
"Oh just calling to say that we're getting picked up by Chris at 10. That okay?"
I groan "okay, but why so early?"
"Oh shh, that isn't early. We we're going to head off at 8 but figured we'd wait for you" she says. I register what she says.
"Ooh Ash, is he there right now? I'll get a shower then head to yours, that should give you some alone time" I am practically snorting laughing down the phone, hanging up before she has a chance to think of a retort.
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After showering and putting on a dark blue jumper, leggings and some brown ankle boots I grab my purse and head next door to Ashley's.
I didn't know what I expected Chris to look like and I didn't really know what type of guy Ashley would be interested in but as soon as he answers the door I know exactly why she liked him so much. If I had to say what Ashley's type would be, it would be this tall geeky blonde before me.
"Hi, I'm Chris" he smiles at me shyly. Ha, Ashley did manage to find someone more awkward than her.
"I'm Lucy. So I trust you've been treating my cousin right" I pretend to lecture, acting a bit like an annoyingly overbearing father. I hear Ashley shout "shut up" from inside the house, and I stick my tongue out at Chris as I slip past him, giving Ashley a hug as she practically races from the depths of her house to stop me from embarrassing her further.
At this point, I thought Ashley might just have a slight crush on this guy, but the way they fumbled round each other as she tried to apologise for my teasing (again) and the look in that guy's eyes as I stand behind Ashley continuing to make faces, I can tell it's more than that.
It's almost sickening really, the way they swerved around their obvious attraction to each other. How couldn't they tell? I could tell and I only know the guy's name and the tension in the room was suffocating me, it was almost unbearable.
As Chris leaves to grab his car keys, I whisper to Ashley: "Ash, you two are so obviously in love with each other I don't see how you aren't together yet."
"Shut up Lu" she says quietly, so I do. But I can already tell by the blush on her cheeks that she clearly feels something for him, so I resign myself to asking her about it later on when it's just the two of us.
Still, I don't think I could have that kind of chemistry with someone and not pick up on the fact there was something there. But then again, I've never had that sort of connection with someone.
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Grabbing supplies was relatively uneventful. I got to know Chris a bit better, learning he was a year older (go Ash) and that he was a bit of a goofball- at one point he found a bunch of Star Wars masks and started putting them on, doing impressions of each character and when he put on the Han Solo mask even flirted with Ashley a bit, making her go a bright red again.
Overall Chris is a cool guy, and after scrutinising him a bit I figured he'd be good to Ashley- so he got my stamp of approval.
Now to just set them up.
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Stopping for coffee on the way back, Ashley goes to the bathroom- leaving me and Chris alone for the first time.
And it was awkward. "So..." he begins.
"So?" I answer, smirking at him. And he just smiles awkwardly, not really knowing what to say. Why must I be surrounded by the socially inept?
"So. You and Ash..." I start, and I probably nearly killed him for the second time in two days. I decide to continue "I know it might be weird considering I barely know you, but I guess I'm just protective of her. We're like two peas in a pod, and I just worry that she'll get hurt-"
"I wouldn't hurt Ash" he starts but I cut him off.
"- I'm not saying you would, you seem nice. Ash definitely likes you, so I guess you could say that I give you the Lucy stamp of approval."
He doesn't say anything straight away, and as he's about to Ashley returns, cutting off any further discussion on the matter but he gives me a small smile which I take to be appreciation.
I don't really know quite why I'm so determined to get them together- I have only just met the guy. But seeing Ashley so happy and bright around her new "best friend" makes me want her to be like that all the time. As if making Ashley's life better will somehow magically fix the hole inside me.
Who knows, maybe it will. I did always like to make other people happy.
Note: Yeah I know its been pretty heavy Chrashley at the moment but I just wanted to establish Lucy's character a bit and have her interact with some other characters before I start of the romance with Josh and given her closeness with Ashley, I figured a little teasing would be a pleasant way to start the story off and give you an idea of the type of person Lucy is. Also had to throw a slight Star Wars reference in there given my excitement for going to see it today- I seriously can't wait.
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Drive (Josh Washington x oc)
Fanfiction"All we do is drive All we do is think about the feelings that we hide All we do is sit in silence waiting for a sign Sick and full of pride All we do is drive" Lucy Davies life is a mess by time she moves to Canada, but with the help of her fri...
