Do It Again

Chapter 18

"What?" I was in shock. "Ryland told me you did. You said you did."

"That's why I didn't want him to tell you." Ashley took my hand. "I wanted to talk to Blake first. I wanted to figure out everything that had happened."

"Then what happened?"

"I woke up this morning next to Blake. I was completely naked and I thought he was too. I thought that we had done it, but I wasn't sure. When he came to find me, we talked about it. He said I came back last night in an angry rampage. I was so mad I didn't even remember it. I crawled into his bed with him and started to undress. At first, he went along with it." She looked away. "We kissed, but it never went any further. Once he realized what I was doing, he stopped it. He made me go to bed and he kept his distance. He didn't want to take advantage of me while I was like that. He knew it wasn't right. I'm sorry."

I released a huge breath of relief. "I was so worried. I thought you were together."

"I want to be with you."

I pulled her into my arms and never wanted to let go. I didn't want to lose her again.

"I'm sorry, Rocky. I swear it never went past kissing." She was still crying.

I kissed the top of her head. "It's ok."

She looked up at me with wide eyes. "Can I still move back in?"

I laughed. "Of course you can. You can right now if you really want to."

"I can't yet. I don't wanna hurt Blake. It would still have to wait until after Brittany went home."

"How long is she staying?"

She shrugged. "A few more days."

"I don't know if I can wait to be with you for that long."

"You don't have to wait. You have me right now."

She was right. I leaned in and pushed my lips to hers. She returned the kiss and cupped my face in her hands. I leaned her back on to the reclined sun chair and hovered over top of her.

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(Blake's point of view)

Riker and Ryland had migrated into my room now that they knew Ashley and I were back.

"What beach did you find her at? What was she doing? What took so long? What have you been doing in here? Did you stop for food on the way back?" Riker bombarded me with questions.

"Food?" Ryland and I said in unison.

Riker shrugged. "I'm hungry."

I rolled my eyes. "She was at Santa Monica again just walking on the beach. It's a large beach. It took a while to find her."

"Did you know she was on the beach?" Ryland watched me.

"I had a feeling that's where I would find her."

"So, no food?" Riker asked again.

"No, Riker. No food." I couldn't believe that was his main question.

"What were you doing in here?" Ryland got us back on the topic.

"We just came back and I was telling her to see if you guys were still in the other room. She said she wasn't ready to talk yet. I didn't want to pressure her so I told her to just relax for a bit. She had been gone a while. That's when Rocky walked in."

Ryland moved closer and lowered his voice. "Did you talk about what I think you talked about?"

I nodded.