ASHLYNN
"olives, obviously.", i reply to grayson over the phone.
"thank god. i don't think i'd survive if you said pineapple."
"what do you mean? oh, wait. ethan?"
"yeah, he's downstairs right now putting pineapples on his pizza."
i can see him rolling his eyes, and i do the same.
"okay, well, tell him i want olive. i'm about to leave and head over there now.", i say, grabbing my keys.
(a/n i really can't drive irl whoops!)
"hey, wait. can you go get emma, oh and jessica?", grayson asks.
"yeah, sure."
"k, thanksssss."
i laugh.
"see you guys in a bit."
after disconnecting the call, i text em and jess that i'm coming by their apartments.
apparently, gray had already told them i'd be coming before he even asked, because they were both ready to go as soon as i got there.
JESSI
"grayson, stop.", i laugh as he takes yet another bite of my pizza.
"ugh, jayson. i love art.", ashlynn says, as she acts all extra. as she tends to do.
"shut up.", i roll my eyes playfully and cover my face with a pillow.
grayson takes it away from me and throws it ethan, who then throws it at emma.
"i hate you.", em says to him before immediately throwing it at ashlynn.
"okay, ash, now you throw it at me.", grayson says.
"i'm too lazy. no.", ashlynn says putting it behind her head.
"you just ruined the game, great job.", i sarcastically remark as i throw my legs up in gray's lap.
"harasnent.", ash says before throwing the pillow at me.
"YET YOU WERE TOO LAZY TO THROW IT AT GRAYSON.", ethan yells, joking around.
"ethan, stop yelling and go pay attention to madison some more."
"ooooooh, who's madison?", em asks from the chair across from ethan.
"this girl he met today. he's totally whipped over her. it's disgusting.", grayson sticks his tongue out in fake disgust.
"you're disgusting," ethan says back. "and no, i'm not whipped over her."
"yet.", i cough.
"no, bro. it's not even a 'yet', he was ignoring me earlier because he was on his phone stalking her instagram."
"i wasn't stalking her.", he rolls his eyes and huffs.
"suuuure you weren't.", em says.
"you probably were. you stalk everyone you think is cute.", ashlynn says, and we all hum in agreement.
"that's probably why i've never liked a single one of your pictures then.", e says and immediately starts smiling; we all know he can't keep a straight face.
"i literally hate you.", ash says before she laughs.
"that's my job.", emma says right before throwing her plate at ashlynn.
"OW??", she yells.
"ash. it's literally styrofoam.", i say and then shake my head.
"i don't know who's more extra, ethan or ashlynn.", grayson says as he takes a sip of his drink.
"definitely ethan.", i say and everyone agrees with me. except ethan of course.
"no. she is; ashlynn, you bought a graduation cap for your dog to wear when your sister graduated kindergarten.", ethan says.
"valid point, but let's not forget every single thing you did in the extreme jousting challenge video.", ash fires back.
"that wasn't that extra.", e defends himself.
"ethan. you bought. a horse. who does that? not to mention, you dressed as a roman soldier and rode in on the horse. you're more than extra.", em says.
"he's extra extra.", grayson adds on to her statement.
"he's extremely extra extra.", i say.
"i'm right here, i can hear you.", e waves his hand in the air.
"that's nice.", i remark.
"but seriously, tell us about madison."
we all lean up to show interest, gray and i on the couch, ash alone on the loveseat, and em on the edge of her chair.
"this is the only time in your life that you'll catch all of us listening, so tell us.", em breaks the silence since ethan won't.
finally, he clears his throat and also leans up in his chair, setting his pizza down in his plate, and then on the table in front of him.
"okay, so."
MADISON
"kait, should i just message him on insta, or is it too soon?"
