My Twin's Best Friend

Chapter 16

Ashley's POV: *The Next Day* 

I woke up the next day feeling someone breathing over my face. I opened my eyes to see Hazel literally 2 inches away from my face.

"ASHLEY! You're awake!" She said and pulled me in a hug, I laughed and wrapped my arms around her.

"Jeez Hazel, how long were you staring at me like that?" I asked, we pulled away and she gave me a sheepish grin.

"About 10 minutes." She said

"Typical Hazel." I said and shook my head. I looked around to see that Matt, Julian, Hudson, Easton, and Ezekiel were also here. Of course, Nolan and Ashton were also here. I still can't get the scene from yesterday out of my head. Nolan's words keep swarming my thoughts. 

'I'll fight for you, Ashley.' 

If I were in my Freshman year, I would be dead, but now I'm just really shocked.

"Hey Ashley, how are you feeling?" Ezekiel asked, I looked at him and gave him a smile.

"I'm feeling fine, just a little sore in the rib area." I said, he nodded his head and gave me a smile.

"When do you get released?" Easton asked

"I get released tomorrow, thank god." I said

"Well that's great." He said, I nodded my head and smiled. I looked over to Ashton and gave him a confused look.

"Where's Mom and Dad?" I asked him 

"Mom and Dad went to bring Nathan and Dale home. They also went to change and shower, they will be back probably lunch time." He said, I nodded my head and I glanced at Nolan who was smiling at me. I had to resist blushing and looked away from him.

"Well Nolan and I are gonna head out, we're gonna get something for you to eat for breakfast." Ashton said, I looked at him and nodded my head. 

"Okay Ashley, what's up with you and Nolan? I can feel the tension a mile away." Julian asked, I looked at him and he just gave me a knowing look.

"How did you know?" I asked covering my face with my hands.

"Well considering the way he looks at you and the way you were desperately trying to hide your blush, which by they way wasn't so good because we could see the light shade of pink on you cheeks, but anyways. I could tell that something happened, so spill. What the hell happened?" He said, I uncovered my face and just looked at him.

"Damn, you're good." I said, he smirked and let out a laugh.

"Wait, what does he mean? I don't get it, why does he know something and I don't. I thought I was your best friend." Hazel whined, I rolled my eyes and smacked her arm. She glared at me and rubbed her arm.

"Jeez, girl. You can hit." She said while rubbing her arm.

"So what did happened to you and Nolan?" Matt asked, I sighed and sat up a little bit, I winced and Matt rushed to help me out. 

"Thanks" I said as I finally got in the position I wanted, he smiled and nodded his head. I looked back at the guys and took  a deep breath.

"It turns out that Nolan likes me." I said

"I KNEW IT!" They all exclaimed simultaneously, they all looked at each other and bursted out laughing.

"That was so weird." I chuckled

"How did you guys know?" I asked them as they calmed down from their laughing fit.

"You just don't see the way he looks at you, don't you?" Easton asked and I just shook my head.