New York Royalty ~Shawn Peter Raul Mendes~

7 -"Why do you care?"

•Ashley's POV•
~2 weeks later~
These past 2 weeks have been . . . weird. Me and Ryan haven't talked about what happened and it's killing me inside. Right now, me, Mason, Liz and Ryan are in the library for lunch.

"No way. You did that in class?" Liz asks Mason.

He nods his head.

"Yup. I don't fall back on a dare. I got on the teacher's desk and started to dance the Macarena." He says.

We all laugh. As my eyes open up, they land on Ryan. We stare for a few seconds until his girlfriend comes in. She gets on his lap and starts to make out with him. I feel a hand on mine and look over. It was Liz.

After what happened, of course I would tell my best friend.

*flashback*

After the garage, I went straight to Liz's house. I parked my car in her driveway. I ran up to their door and knocked. Mason opened the door.

"Is Liz awake?" I ask him.

He nods.

I go upstairs and head to her room. I open the door then close it. I go up to her bed and lay on it.

"Umm hello to you too." Liz says.

"I messed up." I blurt out.

"Explain what you mean." She tells me.

I tell her everything that happened. When I finished, she had moved my head on her lap and she started combing her fingers through my hair.

"Wow." She says.

"I know." I tell her.

"And what makes it worse is that I just stood up and walked out. I didn't even tell him anything. I didn't even lock up." I say.

"Well good thing your dad trusts him enough to give him a key to lock up." She tells me.

"As for you walking out, that's messed up." She says.

"I know. I know." I say as I put a pillow on my face.

"Ashley?" She says.

She takes off the pillow and looks at me.

"How do you feel about this?" She asks me.

"It's awkward. I mean, he's my best friend." I tell her.

"No. How do you feel towards him?" She asks me.

I think for a second.

"I don't know. I always just thought about him as my best friend." I say.

"Maybe you have to stop thinking of him as your best friend and start thinking of him as a guy." She says.

After that, I asked her if I could stay over. She said yes. That whole week I just thought about what she said. When I finally admitted to myself that I had feelings towards Ryan, I was gonna tell him but then I found out he got a girlfriend.

*end of flashback*
I told Liz about my feelings and his girlfriend and she was mad but I told her I was fine. We both know that was a complete lie.

"Um, I'm gonna head out. I have to go do something." I say as I get my bag.

"No. Come on, you have to stay." Liz begs.

"Yea. What do you have to do anyways?" Mason asks.

I look at Ryan and his girlfriend and he looks down then I turn back to Mason.

"I just have to go talk to a teacher about some homework." I tell them as I start walking away.

"I'll see you guys after school. Bye." I say as I smile and wave at them.

I head out of the library and go up to the second floor where my 3rd period was. Once I make it to the last step, I go against the lockers and slide down. I put my head between my knees and my arms are hugging my knees. I feel wetness fall down my face.

•Shawn's POV•
"Alright. Thank you Mr. Z for your time." I say as I open the door to the classroom and start to head out.

I close the door and start walking towards the stairs. When I look up, I see someone on the floor with their knees up and head down. I go up to them and tap them on the shoulder.

"Hey. Are you ok?" I ask them.

When they lift up their head, they turn their head to the side and clean up their face.

"Yea. Um I'm fine." A girly voice says.

As they turn to look at me, I see that it's Ashley. Her eyes are glossy.

"Ashley? What's wrong?" I ask her as I sit down next to her.

"I told you, I'm fine." She says as she turns her face so that I don't see her anymore.

"You don't look fine." I tell her.

It stays silent. I'm about to get up when she says, "Why do you care?"

I sigh and sit back down.

"Because it doesn't matter if you're a good or bad person, I'll still care if you're hurt." I say.

It stays quiet again.

"Just some stuff going on with my friends." She whispers.

"Woah. You have friends? I thought you did better by yourself." I tell her.

She smiles.

"Well, I consider them more as family than friends." She tells me.

I nod my head.

"Well, you can trust me, you know? Just like I said 2 weeks ago, I just want to be friends, not enemies." I tell her.

She thinks for a little then says, "I'm sorry I didn't meet with you. My father is very protective over me so he has 2 guys look after me."

"Well maybe we can sneak you out. Is there any way you can lose them?" I ask her.

"Yea. These 2 guys are my friends so they know that I don't like to be protected. Right after school, they go straight to the garage only that day, my dad wanted me to go straight home and he doesn't trust me to go by myself." She explains to me.

"Ok. Give me your phone." I tell her.

She looks at me weird.

"I'm going to give you my phone too." I say as I reach into my pocket and take out my phone.

She hesitates but takes out her phone and gives it to me. I give mine to her.

"What do you want me to do?" She asks.

"Put your number in my phone and I'll put my number in your phone. That way, I can text you my address." I tell her.

We input our numbers and give each other our phones back.

"Alright. Once they're gone, go to where the address takes you." I say as I get up.

Once I fully stand up, the bell rings. I take my hand out to help her up. She takes my hand and gets up.

"Please come over. Trust me." I tell her.

She nods her head. Then, she starts to walk away. I start heading the other direction.

I really hope she comes this time.

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A/N

I can't believe Ryan has a girlfriend.

What an ass.

I wonder what Shawn is gonna do to gain her trust.

Is she really gonna tell him what happened?

I hope you enjoyed. xx