The Ashton Project

Chapter 7

Ashton's POV:

I am sitting in my room and waiting for Taylor to text me.

What is going in?! This some crazy shit.

Why am I waiting for her to text me?

No no this can't be right. I hate Taylor, and I always have. She hates me, I hate her, it's our thing. I'm not used to this...truce thing we're doing.

Buzz

I pick up my iPhone 5s and see that Taylor has texted me.

Taylor: Hello. I can come to your house tomorrow. Is that alright?

Of course she texts with proper grammar and punctuation.

Me: yah that's cool.

Taylor: Do you want to see a movie after? Only if you want.

I smile at my phone and before I now it I send this...

Me: I'd love 2 taylor. c u then bye.

Taylor: Good bye, Ashton.

Me: call me ash. only my parents call me Ashton.

Taylor: Okay then. Bye...Ash.

Me: bye

I place my phone in my desk and stare at it. What just happened? Did Taylor just ask me out? And I accepted?

Taylor's POV:

I am standing in front if Ashton...I mean Ash's grand mansion. This position brings back memories that I am trying quite hard to forget.

I walk to the door and ring the bell. I hear foot steps coming to the door. The door opens revealing a girl that looks about twenty.

She glares at me. "Who are you?"

I fidget with the strap of my backpack. "Um...I came over to help Ash. Like tutor him. He invited me."

The girl gives me a very fake looking smile and extends her tiny hand to me which I shake. "I'm Lauren. Ash's big sister. I'll go get him. Come on in."

I walk in and wait as she goes up the stairs. I look around. At the party it was dark and crowded, so I didn't really get to see the house much.

But I definitely saw Ash's bedroom...

There is a picture on the wall next to me, at the entrance.

It's Ash, Lauren, and another boy. Ash looks around thirteen and Lauren seems to be sixteen, my age.

They are on a couch next to an old woman. Before I can decide who that is, Ash comes up behind me.

"Hey. Come on let's go to my room." He says and shoves his fists in his varsity jackets pockets.

I raise an eyebrow. Ashton Irwin is inviting me to his room? But he doesn't remember the party...

"Kay." I say and up the stairs and to his room.

It looks just like it did when at the party...

Stop thinking about it, Taylor! I think to myself.

Ash sits at a desk with to chairs and I sit in the chair next to him. "So let's just see what homework you have first I guess." I say nervously.

Ash nods and pulls a binder labeled out of his backpack and sets it on the desk.

He hands me a piece of notebook paper with numbers on it and a math textbook.

I check over the problems while Ashton watches me. I'm so nervous...why????!!!!

"Um you got two a and seven d wrong...are you listening?" I say. Ash is staring intently at my face, with a look like he's trying to figure something out.

Ash stands and says, "Are we friends? Or enemy's? Cause we both know that we hate each other. So why are pretending to like me all of a sudden?"

I pick at the old chipping blue manicure on my nails. "Do you really want to know, Ash?"

"Well it would be nice."

I breath deeply and close my eyes. "I...kinda need you to be my...boyfriend-"

Ash interrupts. "Your boyfriend?! But we're barely even acquaintances."

"I know, I know. I just...need to get rid of Sam." I admit.

Ash looks at me in bewilderment. "You mean the loser that hangs out at your locker every morning?"

"Yes him. And he's not a loser he's actually a really nice guy! Unlike you! Sam just can't get the message that I don't like him...you know...like that."

Ash rolls his eyes, but laughs. "Like what?"

"You know...like love or something." I say and stare at my knuckles.

Ash starts to shake with laughter. "Whats so funny?!" I exclaim.

But soon I'm cracking up too.

When our laughter drys up, we finish up his homework. Ash seems to be understanding things much better.

When I'm about to walk out the door, Ash calls my name. "Yeah?"

"Do you believe in love, Taylor?" Ash asks, uncharacteristically.

I have no idea how to answer. "Sure...yeah. Love's cool, I guess." I say and then shout good bye as I get in Mom's car.

As I drive away, I can't stop thinking about Ash's question.

Sure I want to believe in love. But so far my life has shown me no real proof of love. I mean Bastard left his family (not to mention his wife) just because he accidentally had a second child.

And I haven't seen anything otherwise to tell of the existence of love.

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