As soon as he sits down he looks deeply into my eyes and wipes the tears off of my face.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, sorry. I don't know why I got so emotional." he gently grabs my hands.
"Hey, hey, it's okay. If you want to talk about it i'm here." i can tell he's being sincere. i then proceed to share the story about how i almost lost my life, and how scared i am that Breckin is going to hate me after all of this. i start crying again. he wraps me up in a tight comforting hug. "Shh, it's going to be okay."
"i'm just so scared." i say in between sobs.
"it's okay to be scared, but look at me," he lifts my chin up so i'm looking into his gorgeous brown eyes. "i will protect you, and if it makes you feel any better, i will talk to breckin."
"W-what why would you do that? Don't you guys hate each other?" he gives me a small smile.
"There's something special about you ashley, i'm not quite sure what it is yet but..." i silence him with a kiss. Just before we break away the door opens and it's Corbyn.
"Oh, sorry guys. I didn't mean to interrupt." he closes the door and walks away. I look at Zach and we both start laughing.
"Here, let's get you home." I let Kamri drive my jeep home so i was left with no car. We both walk downstairs and Zach grabs his keys and tells the boys where he's going.
"Bye Ashley nice meeting you!" says jonah, and everyone else says their goodbyes as well. As soon as we get into Zach's car we lock eyes causing me to blush. He reaches over gently and cups my face with his hand, while looking deeply into my eyes. i bite my lip.
"you're gorgeous." he tucks a strand of loose hair behind my ear. i lean closer to him until our lips meet. for a second i forget about my past and all the hardships i've experienced and i actually feel genuinely happy. as we broke away i give him a small smile. he grabs my hand, and starts his car. next thing i know he's dropping me off at my house.
"thank you."
"anything for you." he gives my hand a light squeeze, i gather my things and we say our goodbyes for the night. i sneak through to the back of the house so i won't get caught by my brother sneaking in at 3:30 am. my brother is a bit overprotective when it comes to boys ever since the car crash incident. i get to my room safely and quietly and pull out my phone to see i had 7 texts from breckin. i sigh and climb into my covers, and i fall into a deep sleep within minutes.
"ashley!!!" i wake up to see Breckin standing over me with anger in her eyes. i let out a long frustrated sigh. i know what's about to happen.
"what?"
"where were you all night?"
"i was at Zach's"
"why in the hell would you stay out all night with a guy you hardly know?!" she shouts. this makes me sit up on my bed.
"are you actually kidding me right now? what is your problem?" i fire back.
"i'm trying to look out for you."
"well maybe you should stop trying to control my life and let me make decisions for myself! i'm not the same stupid teenager i was 6 months ago!!" i throw my covers off of me and storm out of my room. Breckin stands there looking defeated. i head out to my car which Kamri brought back sometime this morning, and drive until i get to my favorite spot on the beach. i always come here when i can't stand being around anyone. i sit on a rock on the edge of the shore and let out a deep breath i didn't know i was holding. tears begin to stream down my face. i sit here crying with my head in my hands for a good 10 minutes then i hear a voice behind me. i turn around to see Zack standing there.
"omg, ashley are you okay?" i shake my head as he sits down beside me and wraps me up in a tight hug.
"i j-just feel so a-alone," i say in between sobs. "b-breckin literally hates m-me right now."
"hey now, i'm sure she doesn't hate you. you guys are best friends." he wipes the tears off of my face and kissed my forehead softly.
"i don't know what to do."
"what do you mean?" he looks confused.
"breckin doesn't like me hanging out with you since your families basically hate each other..." i continue to sob uncontrollably. "but it's not f-fair, because i really like you."
"do you know why our families hate each other?"
"n-no, breckin never told me."
"it started when my dad and breckin's dad were in highschool..."
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tbh i lowkey got inspiration for this from romeo and juliet because we're actually reading it in english class right now !!
