Ashton's POV
"Morning Ashton." Rick, one of my supervisors says to me as I clock in. I nod towards him, fumbling with the keypad.
"How was your weekend?" I ask to him, finishing up my ID code.
"Same old, same old." He says and I nod. Mine too. Kat and I had spent the weekend in bed, being bums, no surprise there.
"Did you hear about the new guy? In your department?" Rick says and I roll my eyes, a chuckle leaving my lips.
"I wouldn't really consider me the new guy anymore." I joke.
"Not you, his names Ben, I think. Today's his first day." Oh. Was I suppose to feel threatened by this new comer? All my bosses made me feel like I was secure in the job, my plan was to climb to the top even, try and make my name big in this company.
"Don't worry too much, just giving you a heads up, you might have to train him." Rick says and I nod, that I could do.
"See ya at lunch." Rick pats my shoulder and I nod once again, we separate and I'm quickly greeted by Regina, my sections receptionist.
She was an older lady, maybe in her 40s, she was sweet and had a soft spot for me already.
"Morning Ashton, got some complimentary breakfast here if you'd like." She says from behind the tall desk.
"Thanks Regina but I have to turn some papers in, I'll come back for some don't worry." I tell her, winking playfully at the lady.
She smiles at me and waves her hand at me, "Yeah, yeah, yeah."
I chuckle and continue towards my makeshift desk, unlike Kat - I did not receive a luxurious office. Instead they gave me a small brown desk next to four other desks, except mine was frequently stacked with papers.
"Hey, Ashton, I want you to meet somebody." Trevor, my boss, tells me just as I place a folder on my desk. I turn around to face Trevor who is standing next to not only the new worker but also my childhood best friend - Ben.
"No way." Ben mutters and my eyes shift between him and Trevor.
"You guys know each other?" Trevor asks and Ben answers for me.
"Yeah, we go way back, wow, this is crazy." Ben says and I nod, a smile fighting it's way onto my face.
"Then that's even better, Ashton, your okay training him right?" Trevor asks and I nod enthusiastically.
"Yeah, it'll be fine." I respond finally and he nods.
"Great, I'll leave you two to get to work." Trevor says, his hand on Ben's shoulder before he exits the room.
"Holy fuck, dude! Where the fuck have you been?" Ben curses excitedly like he use to, his hands are on my shoulders and quite frankly I'm still in complete shock.
"I moved, haven't lived with my parents in forever. How the hell did you get here? I thought you never wanted to leave Australia?" I ask him, he didn't change much. He was still lanky and a bit taller than me, his cheeks were more hollow then they use to be, and he had a bit of stubble - well more than me.
"Shit was getting boring. I didn't want to waste my life in my moms basement, you know?" He says and I agree. Except I wasn't living in my moms basement, we didn't have a basement to start off with - I'm sidetracking.
"This is so strange, I haven't seen you in like what 15 years - fuck, how've you been?" I ramble, pulling a seat for him to take, he does. I take the seat closest.
"I've been decent, this is the first job that's actually given me a shot, I've been couch hopping on the daily so that's been shit but hey - I'll finally be getting a paycheck so that's good." He says and I nod. I was so happy to see him, I didn't think of him on the daily but now that he's here our memories are flooding my mind and I don't think I've been this happy in a while.
"How about you? How's your life?" He ask, slapping my knee slightly.
"It's been great, got a house with my girlfriend, just got this job as well - and now I've ran into you, talk about two worlds colliding." I chuckle and he laughs, his eyebrows raised.
"You've got a girlfriend? And a house? What the fuck Ash? Last time I saw you, you were making out with Jessica and Leslie in my backyard." He says and I let out a breathy laugh.
"We were kids, shit didn't mean anything back then." I joke, I'm hit with the memory perfectly. It was Saturday and Ben was throwing another bonfire. He always did. This time he invited girls, it was his first co-ed 'party' - basically, we played spin the bottle and I'd happen to get very lucky and kiss two girls that night. I was ecstatic.
"Right, anyways, atleast your doing good nowadays." I nod at him, patting his shoulder.
"You too."
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Kat's POV
The drive home was quick and I was thankful, the new heel booties I'd recently bought hurt like hell - I wanted to rip them off ASAP.
Unlocking the door, I'm greeted by no other than Maxie. She barks at me, her paws hitting my shins.
"Shut up Maxie." I chuckle, tossing my keys on the small table we had near the door. Maxie continues to sniff my feet as I walk through the house.
Ashton isn't here yet so I go to our bedroom, changing out of my work clothes. With a yawn I toss a pair of his sweatpants on, tying them tightly around my waist.
I throw my button up off and am left with a black bralette, I had only wore it to work today because I woke up 10 minutes late and I didn't feel like scavenging for a real bra.
I grab my mane, tossing it into a messy bun on top of my head, I open Ashton's drawer, grabbing a pose of his pizza socks. He'd bought them out of compulsion, they looked completely ridiculous but for $3 he couldn't resist them. Even though I wore them more often then he did.
I walk out our room and towards the kitchen, I wanted to start dinner before Ashton had came home.
I quickly decide on chicken, throwing some frozen breasts into the oven and steaming some vegetables. Inbetween stirring the veggies and checking on the chicken, I hear the door unlock and Maxie run towards it, barking.
"Maxie, shut it!" I hear Ashton tell her and I laugh.
"Babe? You in here?" Ashton continues and I nod although he can't see me.
"In the kitchen!" I shout back, biting into a baby carrot.
I hear footsteps near, more than usual and I turn just as Ashton and some other guy enter the kitchen.
"Woah!" Ashton says covering the guys eyes, I cover my chest, confusion flooding me.
The guys chuckles just as I scurry out the kitchen to get a shirt.
"Your girlfriends hot."
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Next chapter will be gooooood :-)
