Forever Young

Chapter 4

ASH'S POV

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Well... That wasnt sooo bad. I was expecting her to be pissed. I mean i completely ignored her after her parents died and she left. I never even said goodbye. I was too scared and she was whisked away right after it happened. And we couldnt get to each other...

The last time i had seen her she had kissed my cheek and said she would see me the next day. I had sworn then that i would never grow up. So i guess we both broke our promises. I grew up and she never came back. And i knew i was in for it when she realized i was a mature young adult. I was screwed...

Dakota was what people would call a bitch. She was strong-willed, bossy, entitled, concieted and the bravest person id ever met. She wouldnt take any shit from anyone.

And she was my hero as a child. I adored her, loved her. And i told myself to forget her, but in all reality i never did. I still had feelings for her...

No matter how hard i tried to repress these insane emotions, i still couldnt help but feel tingly when she was near. Not to mention my teenage guy hormones... I mean she was stunningly attractive and smelled like vanilla. 'Wow, dude pull yourself together.'

Crap. There she is with Emily and her gang. I was hoping she would sit with me... I guess this was for the best... The further away from me she stayed, the longer i lived...

"Hey man, snap of it!" Butler snapped his fingers and beckened me toward our normal seats. Well i guess i was popular. I mean i was rich and on the baseball team...so yeah. I tried to listen to my string of horny friends talk about things that would make their parents cry, I really did. Out of politeness mostly. Seriously though, as for who they bang and how and when i couldnt care less.

If i was being completely honest though, it was Dakota that was destracting me. The way she watched the talking group of teens with a look of scientific intrest. It was like she was observing them and taking mental notes or something.

They way she kept her mouth shut most if the time, then the way her eyes would light up when she made a joke and the whole table would laugh. She was beautiful when she laughed, rocking back and forth and holding her stomach.

"Dude!"

"What? Huh?"

Laughter. I turned and saw my friends laughing at my dazed expression.

"Wow Ash... Looks like 'someone's got your attention." Butler smirked. I rolled my eyes and took a bite out of my pizza. When i looked up again, he was leaning past me and staring greedily at her.

White hot anger flashed through me and i felt the need to deck him. I held myself back for the sole reason that suspension does not look good on one's college application. Instead i snaped at him, "Eyes to yourself perv."

He raised his eyebrows at me and scoffed. "Got a problem? Does she belong to you?"

"Yes." I stated stiffly.

"Oh really now? Why dont we ask her?"

He got up and walked over to her table. He put his hand on her lower back and leaned in close. I saw her face grow hard and guarded. Then i saw his hand slip around her waist and her breaths quicken.

I was shocked. I could not bealive that pig. 'Yeah, screw college' i thought as i got up and walked calmly over to him. I tapped him on the shoulder. When he turned around, i punched his jaw. Hard. He was knocked back but didnt fall over completely. Id have to work on my arm, that hit was meant to put him on his ass.

I heard my own deep and angry voice say calmly but ferociously, "Touch her again, and i swear ill kill you."

I then gently touched her shoulder and she took her que to get up and walk out with me. I kept my hand gently on her shoulder as we walked out.