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18. The Kiss

Ashers pov

I wake up to the sound of someone talking on Annies end of FaceTime. I look at the clock and see that it's 3:47 am. Who could she possibly be talking to?

"I-I know you're with Asher but I can't h-help it."

"Hayden calm down. What's wrong?"

Hayden?

"I went to a party with some friends and they gave me this drink, it was sooooo good. But it kinda burned on the way down. Like it set my insides on fire. Oh no. Am I on fire?"

Annie laughs, which makes me jealous, which pisses me off because I shouldn't be jealous.

"Hayden are you drunk?"

"Um... Maybe?"

Annie laughs again, causing me to roll my eyes.

"Annie I'm still in love with you. I know I pretend I'm happy when I'm flirting with Kenzie or whatever but I wish it was you."

I hear someone begin to move and then I hear Annie yell, "Hayden stop! I have a boyfriend that I am very happy with!"

What Annie says makes me feel guilty for listening in on their conversation, so I text her.

Asher💛-
Is everything okay? I heard you yell.

Annie🖤-
Oh did I wake you? I'm sorry.
Hayden is drunk and is now taking away from my sleep.

Asher💛-
I thought it sounded like his voice.
Can't he come back in the morning?

Annie🖤-
Good idea.

I hear Annie ask Hayden to leave, at first he whines and tells her he doesn't want to, but eventually he does. Annie grabs her phone and walks over to the light switch to turn it off. She says into her phone, "Goodnight Asher. I love youuu." I smile, since i know she's tired, but that's the first time she's said that.

Annies pov

I'm first to wake up today, so I grab my phone and text Asher good morning even though he's not awake yet, and I start to get ready. There's no class today so I decided to go shopping. I wear black ripped jeans, a white tank top, and a tan knitted cardigan. I put my hair into 2 French braids, and I wear my white slip on vans. I get my things together and check our facetime call, Asher isn't in bed anymore so I text him, telling him I'm hanging up to go shopping and that I'll call him later.

-After Shopping-

Once I get back to my room I text Asher, but he doesn't answer so he's probably busy. I go to Netflix and start to catch up on the episodes of Riverdale that I've missed. About 30 minutes in, someone knocks on my door, when I answer it, there is a very stressed out Hayden Summerall standing there. "Hayden? What's wrong?" He takes a deep breath, "can we talk?"

"Yeah of course come in." I move over so he can walk into my room and I close the door behind him. "So what do you want to talk about?"

"Last night" Hayden says while fiddling with his hands. "Oh um just forget about that Hayden. You were drunk" He looks at me, "I may have been drunk, but I meant every word."

"Hayden I have a boyfriend."

"I know that. But I can't help my feelings." Hayden gets up from where he was standing and sits on my bed next to me. "I just wish you'd give us another chance." I sigh and look down at my feet. "Hayden I'm very happy with Asher. There's nothing you could do to change that." I pick my head up to make eye contact with him. "I think I could change your mind about that." Hayden says while leaning in. He kisses me, and I pull away immediately. "Hayden what the hell!"

"I- I'm sorry. I thought it would make you fall in love with me again."

"Right. How do I explain this to Asher? That my ex of all people kissed me and I didn't do anything to stop it except for pull away."

"That's all you had to do. You stopped the kiss. It didn't mean anything."

"Get out."

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