Moving on...

Ashley's POV

My gaze lingered onto the empty spot where Caleb's car stood a few seconds ago.I snapped back to reality when Matt dropped me on the hammock the three of us had installed in the yard.

'If you guys are done with your monkey business,I need a hand here!'

Matt and I shared a cheeky grin. I grabbed the hose and he grabbed the sponge and rolled it in the grass.Matt walked towards Meera,'Yeah we're coming!'

Meera was cleaning the shelves inside.'What do you need help with?' he sneakily positioned himself behind her.

She turned and smack!
Meera and I laughed at Matt's shocked face.Meera had hit his hand,causing the sponge to hit his own face.

'Matt you seem a little dirty.' I sprayed the hose on his face,causing him to stumble back and fall on his butt.

There were tears in my eyes as I laughed at Matt's helpless state.He looked like on of those clumsy cartoon characters that we watched as kids.

He was sitting in a pool of water with soap running down his face and blades of grass sticking out of his hair.He used his fingers to wipe the soap out of his eyes and stared at us,still shocked.

'How did you guys do that?'

'Ring Power!' both of us scream.'Thunder!' Meera shouted raising her finger.
'Lightning!' I laughed crossing my finger with hers.

Girl Meets World has always been mine and Meera's favourite Disney show and quoting it was out favourite pass time.

'Seriously Ring Power?You guys aren't even wearing rings.' He rolled his eyes at our childishness.

'Hey!How dare you question our bestie power?' I defended.Actually I had sent a text to Meera when Matt was busy making the sponge gross by rolling it in the grass.

Matt got up and started inching towards us with a bucket of paint in his hands.Meera and I looked at each other with wide eyes.'Don't you dare come forward...I'm warning you,it won't be pretty.

'Listen to her bro.You don't want to mess with us.'

Matt smirked,ignoring our warnings,he took another step towards us.

'Okay! I'm really sorry but I warned you,' and with that I aimed the hose right where the sun don't shine.

'Crap!Ash!What is wrong with you?Have you lost it?'he yelled clutching his groin.He dropped down to his knees dramatically.

'Stop being such a wuss,' I rolled my eyes at him.

'How dare you!If I made the same comment about your periods you guys would be biting my head off!'

Still finding the situation funny Meera rushed inside the house to get some ice for him,suppressing her giggles.

I cautiously took the paint bucket from Matt and hid it in the garage and then proceeded to help Matt.He gave me a pointed look when I gave him my hand.

'What?Safety first!'I explained.

He shook his head in disbelief and got up.
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After an hour,we had finished cleaning the garage and were lazing around in Matt's room which was definitely cleaner than Meera's room.

'So I heard Caleb has become your designated driver?'Meera wiggled her eyebrows.

I glared at Matt who was trying to hide his grin behind his phone.'See he's my neighbour,so it makes sense if we come together,right?'

'He's been your neighbour for almost six years now,'she gave me a flat look.

'He was in boarding school for the past one and a half year',I reasoned.

'Ohk',she replied not convinced.'Why did he drop you here then?'

'No really Ash',Matt interjected,' the guy gives me glares whenever he sees you with me,like today in the corridor.He gave be the stink eye just now when he dropped you too.'

I gave them confused looks.

'Let's just watch a movie!' Meera suddenly exclaims,looking at Matt.

'Umm yeah sure...' I reply,unsure of what was going on.

'Ash it's your turn to make the pop corn!'

I roll my eyes.I do that a lot right? 'No it's not,' but I still head downstairs to the kitchen.

Halfway through I realised I didn't ask Meera if she wanted ice cream and so I ran upstairs to ask her.Mrs Edwards had a no shouting policy in the house.

I was about to open the door when I heard Meera whisper shouting at Matt,'What's wrong with you?Ash already has a hard time opening up to people and for the first time in two years,she's comfortable with a person. Don't ruin it.'

'But she's oblivious to the fact that he might just like her.Today,they entered school holding hands,he drives her everywhere...'

'I know but we don't know if it's true.Maybe he's just trying to be nice.You know even when we were in middle school he did try to be friends with her but Ashley was just to busy in her own shell.If she thinks he likes her,she might feel uncomfortable and draw herself back.And what if he's just a nice person who's trying to be friends. It would be good for her to have a person she can trust apart from us.'

They dropped into silence after that and not wanting to face them I went back to the kitchen.

I didn't bother to mention their conversation throughout the movie.I knew they were just concerned about me.So I just sat through the movie,pushing all my thoughts aside.