alec. ashannie

f o u r t e e n

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"tell me everything." lilia said, sliding into the booth with two pink drinks. the two were hanging out at starbucks because it was saturday evening and they had nothing better to do.
"what do you mean?" annie said, innocently taking a sip of her drink.
"you know what i mean. tell me what happened when you met up with asher the other day." lilia said.
"well..." annie started. "i walked to his house because he said he wanted to hang out, but when i got to his house i saw him kissing this girl called peyton."
"why would he do that?!" lilia said. "what's wrong with him?" annie ignored her questions and continued on.
"he says that she's his ex and that they broke up a long time ago." annie said.
"so why would he kiss her?" lilia said.
"lilia you are getting sidetracked, do you wanna know what else happened or do you wanna talk about why he was kissing his ex?" annie said.
"shut your pretty face and tell me what happened." lilia said.
"ugh fine. so i walked home, and then he rang me and told me he was coming to pick me up. so he did, and we went back to his house."
"what happened at his house?"
"you'd know if you let me finish, lilia buckingham." annie said, swiping her friends drink over to her side of the table.
"give it back you meanie." lilia said, reaching over for her drink. annie held it out of her reach and spoke again.
"so then i cried for a bit because we were talking about his mom, and you know, i missed my mom." annie said. "and that's basically it."
"what do you mean 'basically'? what else is there?" lilia asked suspiciously.
"well, you know, we kinda... kissed a few times." annie said nonchalantly.
lilia spat her drink out violently, attracting attention from the other people in the starbucks.
"and you were just gonna casually leave that part out, weren't you?" she said. annie blushed, and lilia reached over, pinching annie's cheek like a grandma.
"you're perfect for each other, and you're gonna get married and you're gonna have k..." annie cut her off. the door of the coffee shop opened, and two boys walked in, one with brown hair and green eyes, one with dirty blonde hair and green eyes.
"shut up." she said loudly, kicking lilia under the table. asher looked up when he heard her voice, and started walking over.
"funny seeing you here." he said, sliding into the booth next to annie. "annie and lilia, this is my friend, john orlando, he also goes by the name of juan-"
"no i do not." johnny butted in.
"johnny, this is annie and lilia." asher finished, ignoring johnny completely.
"pleasure to meet you both." he said, sitting next to lilia and putting his arm around her.
"you too." annie said politely.
"right back at you." lilia said, letting him keep his arm there.
"so, what were you talking about that was so secretive that annie had to yell shut up when we walked in?" johnny said. the girls looked at each other for a second.
"girl stuff." they said in unison.
"how do you do that, it's so creepy." asher asked, smiling shyly at annie. she smiled right back, and sipped her drink.
"magic." lilia said, her eyes sparking. "hey annie do you wanna have a sleepover tonight?"
"um duh." annie said. "is that even a question?"
"yay!" lilia said. "you guys are welcome to come as well if you want?"
"i can come, my little brother can watch his sister for once." asher said.
"shoot i can't, i have a family dinner." johnny said. "sorry." he finished.
"great, i'm gonna be third wheeling." lilia said, rolling her eyes.

the girls finished their drinks, asher and johnny waiting for them because they never actually ordered anything. when they were done, they walked outside.
"well you guys have fun without me." johnny said. "but not too much fun." he said, looking purposefully at annie and asher.
"shut up juan." asher said. "like you and every single one of your exes didn't suck each other's faces off every time you saw each other."
"that is not true!" johnny said.
"it was nice meeting you johnny." annie said, putting an arm around the tall boy and hugging him from the side.
"you too." he said, putting his arm around annie's shoulder and the other around lilia's.
"hope to see you again sometime." he winked at lilia, who winked straight back and whispered call me, not being serious. johnny walked away from the group, and the three that were left started the walk to lilia's house.

"johnny's nice." annie said when they were nearly there. she and asher were hand in hand, swinging their arms between them.
"he's been one of my best friends since kindergarten, when he moved from canada." asher said.
"me and annie have been friends since second grade." lilia said. "i moved halfway through the semester and she stole my lunch."
"no i did not!" annie argued.
"anyways, we became best friends." lilia finished. "and we're at my house." she smiled, unlocking the door and leading everyone inside.
"my moms still at work, but if she comes in she won't kick asher out because she knows i don't like guys." lilia said, putting her door key on the hook next to the door.
"what are we gonna do?" annie asked.
"ice cream and horror movies?" lilia asked.
"sounds like a plan." asher said, and they both looked to annie who nodded in confirmation.
"we're all set. annie take asher to my bedroom and i'll get the ice cream." lilia said, shooing them in the direction of some stairs leading down.

"lilias room is in the basement, but it's been redone so it's not all dark and creepy down there." annie smiled, opening the door to lilias bedroom. a few seconds later, lilia herself came racing down the stairs with two tubs of ice cream.
"what movie are we watching?" she said, handing one tub to annie and throwing herself onto her bean bag chair.
"lights out seems pretty cool." asher said.
"i saw the trailer for it ages ago but i never got round to watching it. is it on netflix?" annie asked.
"i'm pretty sure it is, i saw it the other day." lilia reached for her remote and turned netflix on, scrolling through until she found it. "there it is."

asher and annie sat on the couch with one tub of ice cream and a blanket, while lilia sat on her bean bag chair with the other ice cream and another blanket.
five minutes into the movie, annie and asher were already cuddled up, asher had his arm wrapped around her and annie had her head on his chest. they looked like the perfect couple.

"can we pause the movie for a second? i have to go to the bathroom." annie said, gently removing ashers arm from around her. lilia paused the tv, and annie ran up the stairs.
after a few minutes of silence, lilia broke it.
"you really like her don't you?"
"huh?" asher said.
"annie. you really like her."
"she makes me so happy, i'm always smiling around her. it's impossible not to like her." asher smiled. he always had the same smile on his face when he spoke about annie, dreamy and happy.
"you're head over heels." lilia said.
"i'm head over heels." he agreed.
"just ask her out already. for your sake, for her sake, for my sake." lilia said. "it's so obvious you want to." neither of them heard annie come back down the stairs. annie heard lilia finish her sentence, and decided not to enter the room. she wanted to hear the rest of the conversation first. it was silent for a few seconds, and then:
"fuck." asher said.
"what?" lilia said, raising an eyebrow.
"i'm in love with the girl i met at 7/11."

bro this chapter was long
i hate the way this is written it's so messy but i can't physically write anymore so y'all are gonna have to deal with it.

anyways, do y'all want a face reveal? i know some of you already know what i look like from ages ago but there's some new people so comment if you wanna see my face i guess

QOTU- what's your favourite song?
AOTU- american pie- don mclean, kids in america- kim wilde, viva la vida- coldplay

see you soon my chickens