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47: pretty and bossy prince

P r e t t y
and bossy prince
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"Wow, okay, Mr Grumpy Pants," Missy slapped Ashton's cheeks loudly, her fingers clutching his face roughly as he drove, "I know you don't normally talk but this is the first time in a long-âss-while you've stayed so damn silent after I've insulted you." Her long black nails bit into his skin as he tried to pull himself away from her with a lazy grunt.

"Andrews, get off of me before I fûcking crash and kill us all." He growled, his eyes flickering angrily from her face -mere inches away from his- to the road almost completely blocked by her blonde head.

Missy rolled her bright eyes, releasing him. She undid her belt and climbed daringly over to the back seats, sitting directly on Emma's lap as the harsh wind blew her straightened hair into her face. Ashton's eyes never left her until she was safely seated inside the jeep.

"Ailie, I'm not sitting with the psycho. It's your turn." She pushed me towards the middle after unbuckling me, Ashton's eyes immediately flashing to my panicked ones with what looked like fear.

"Missy, are you insane!?" He growled, taking my shaky hand in his securely as I struggled to get into the passenger side with the long skirt. "Ailie falls on flat surfaces as it is and you push her out of her seat in a wall-less moving jeep?" He huffed, helping me get situated as he buckled me in anxiously.

"She's alive and didn't even get a scratch. She's learning!" Missy pat my head like a dog before turning to a day-dreaming Emma, gossiping to her in whispers.

Ashton slowed the jeep down as he turned into a quiet neighbourhood, the houses noticeably smaller than mine and Emma's but still up to par. Reaching the green house, he pulled up to the curb, not bothering to pull into the driveway. The minute the wheels came to a halt, his entire aura changed into one of excitement as he hopped out of the vehicle. Missy followed suit, jogging ahead of him as Emma and I waited unsurely in the car.

"So, who do you think Missy set you up with?" Emma spoke, her head appearing from out behind my seat. "I know it probably isn't...but I hope it's Liam." She swooned, her big eyes basically hearts as she fantasized over my love life.

"No, it's not. He has football practice. And besides, I only decided to go on this blind date because I thought it might distract me from everything." I reminded her, opening up my phone to read the unread messages.

Kitten, talk to me! I already miss you're subtle feistiness. I won't send anymore nudes unless you ask, I swear! - Dex

Doll Face. The QB forgot how good I was with tech. I got your number and I'm never letting it go ;) come be my queen. - Alex (this one made me roll my eyes.)

"I wish I was there to see him stick up for you in Debate class. The rumours are already all over school." Emma exhaled dreamily as my head snapped up to pay attention to her, "I kinda loathe my dad for calling me." She confessed which I then laughed at.

"Emma, you're always complaining about how your father never calls since getting with Evil Step-Mother June." I eyed her as she shrugged with a blush.

"It wouldn't have killed me to wait another hour." She said before smiling excitedly, "Oh my crap, I don't know how, but I forgot to tell you! I'm gonna be a big sister!" She squealed, her voice all giggly with happiness.

Since I first met her, Emma had always wanted a sibling and when her parents divorced during her summer going into grade ten, it crushed her lifelong dream. So even though the mother was someone she rather disliked, the fact she was getting a sibling was enough to make everything okay again.