He Saved Me

|E I G H T| NEW FRIENDS & MISTAKES?

|E I G H T| New Friends & Mistakes?

"Seriously! Give it back!" I hear Aiden yell, as I walk downstairs. He and Ashton are fighting over an orange, of all things.

"No. You've already had yours, this one is Paislee's." Ashton laughs.

I laugh. "It's okay he can have it."

Aiden's pouty face quickly turns into a huge grin. He sticks his tongue out at Ashton and runs upstairs.

"Good morning, Paislee." Logan and Lucas tell me, as I sit at the table next to them.

"Good morning, guys. What are we doing today?" I ask.

Ashton smirks at me. "We're going to the beach."

"You do know I can't swim right?" I point at my brace.

"Calm down, limpy, we're not swimming. Go get your things." He winks.

I change into my bikini and grab my beach bag and hat.

We get to the beach and go to the boat docks.

"Ready to aboard the family yacht?" Ashton grins.

I look at him, shocked. "A yacht? You're joking right?"

"Nope. Let's go." He winks.

Logan, Lucas, and Aiden get on first. Then Ashton picks me up and helps me onto the yacht. His hands on my waist sends chills all down my body.

"I wanna play pool!" Aiden yells and pulls on my bikini cover.

Aiden and I go to the pool table and the guys go to the hot tub. Playing pool with Aiden is like walking a dog backwards; completely useless and doesn't work. Of course, I let him beat me though.

Five times.

"Come on." Ashton whispers, his breath hitting my ear and giving me chills.

"I'll be right back Aiden." I tell Aiden who isn't paying attention.

I follow Ashton below deck. "What are we doing?"

He grins and pulls out a bottle of champagne. "Hitting the bar, duh." H pours two glasses and hands me one.

"What are we celebrating?" I ask holding up my glass.

"New friends." We toast and laugh.

"Your leg hurt?" He points to my brace.

I shake my head. "Not really. Sometimes it hurts a lot, sometimes not at all."

"That's good." He smiles, showing his dimples.

We drink a little more and talk. He tells me about his childhood and family vacations. He tells me about the time Aiden broke his arm by pushing him off the diving board at a hotel in Florida.

"Hey can we join the party?" Lucas asks as he and Logan come down.

"Of course, but I should go back up. Aiden shouldn't be left alone. He might fall off the yacht or something." I laugh and head back up.

"Hey, Paislee, where'd you go?" Aiden asks, from the pool.

"Just to get something to drink. You having fun?" I ask.

"Yup!" He splashes.

I walk over to the pool. Making sure to keep my brace out of the water, I dip my other leg in the water.

I've been here for almost a month now and I'm still not used to everything. My own debit card, 4 boys, new parents, a new room, it's all just so, different. I miss my parents every single day. Julia and Bryan have been so considerate and nice though. Aiden's become like a little brother. Logan and Lucas are sweet. And now that Ashton and I are on speaking terms, maybe just maybe, I can start getting comfortable here.

After a while, we decide to go back to the docks. Once we get back, we head to the nearest McDonalds. Aiden, of course, gets to pick where we eat. We eat and at about 7, we head home.

Once we get home, I go up to my room to change and call Lizzie.

"So much for keeping in touch." Lizzie answers.

"Sorry, it's been a little busy here though."

"Well, how are you?" She sighs.

"I'm really good, Liz. I'm still not used to being here."

"Well I'm sure." She laughs. "What's been going on?"

"Well, Ashton is finally speaking to me and we went on the family yacht today. Oh and I broke my ankle." I tell her.

I tell her pretty much everything that's been going on. I really miss her. I miss going to the grill and her staying the night on Fridays.

We talk until around 9 o'clock. Lizzie tells me about how she passed all of her finals. She also has a new boyfriend. His name is Zach. He's a freshman in college. She says he looks just like Leonardo DeCaprio, but I highly doubt that. Since I didn't eat much, I go downstairs to make a snack.

"Hey." Ashton says, making me jump.

"Hey." I say, with a mouth full of Nutella.

He laughs, deeply. "That is not attractive at all."

No but that laugh was.

"Sorry. What's up?" I laugh.

"Just wondering if you want to watch a movie." He says.

I guess this is part of us being friends. "Uh...sure." I tell him.

We walk upstairs to the theater room and grab some popcorn and drinks.

"Is The Hunger Games good for you?" He asks.

"Yup."

We settle into the comfy chairs and play the movie.

"That kiss is so fake." I laugh, once the Peta and Katniss kissing.

"How do you figure?" Ashton asks.

I turn my head to look at him. "She doesn't even lean into it."

Ashton laughs. "I think it's real."

"Well, that's because your wro-"

He cuts off my sentence by putting his lips on mine. He gently runs his fingers through my hair. The kiss is so soft and serene. I kiss him back, slowly. His lips taste so good and so sweet.

"Fuck!" He suddenly stops kissing me, gets up, and leaves.