That was it.
Ashleigh let out a sigh of relief. High school was over. Her final exams done and dusted. She stepped out of the school building for the very last time and was hit with the cool breeze of freedom. This was it. The world was her oyster, all she had to do was get over a shellfish allergy.
"We did it!" She squealed as she charged at her best friend, almost nocking her off her feet.
"We did it!" Erin squealed back.
The two girls hugged and jumped up and down with excitement. They had been inseparable since they were eight, and had shared every high and low. Finally this was it. The highest of the high.
"We're free!" A male voice exclaimed from behind them.
Connor wrapped his arms around Erin's waist, lifted her up and spun her around. She spat out a cheerful laugh.
Ashleigh joined in, but suddenly her heart wasn't in it.
To say that the girls were inseparable would not be a lie, but to say that they shared everything would be. Ever ever since they were young, Erin had never told Ashleigh who she had liked. Erin's love life was the one great secret Ashleigh had never known. Ashleigh knew that she wasn't a virgin, but she didn't know with whom the sex was directed to. Erin had enough suitors that it could have been any one of the guys at school.
Ashleigh on the other hand shared everything. Who she liked, who she didn't, and how far she had been with whom. Granted it wasn't very far, guys didn't seem to flock towards her the way they did to Erin.
"Hi Ash," Connor said as he gave her an awkward one armed hug.
"Hi," she sheepishly responded. Where was her excited pickup and swing around hug?
Just because she was a virgin didn't mean she was a prude! Why did no one ever try their luck with her when Erin got all the attention?
"So what are you girls planning on doing before starting college?" Connor may have asked the two of them, but the question was clearly directed at Erin.
"Just hanging out really," she answered before Ashleigh could get a word in, not that it would have made a difference if she had. Ashleigh had nothing to say. What could she say when now all she could think about was college. For the first time in living memory, she and Erin were going to be separated. Not like a holiday where they'd be apart for like a week or so, but properly separated. Like half a country apart separated.
She looked over at her best friend. How was she going to do it alone. Erin would be fine, she always was. She had that cool and mysterious vibe that people had always been attracted to, but what about her. All her friends spent time with her because they had wanted to get to know Erin. How does one make friends without a cool best friend to use as bait to lure other people in?
"What's up Ash?" Erin asked, clearly noticing the deer in the headlights look plastered all over her face.
"Nothing," Ashleigh brushed it off.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Connors hand slide from Erin's waist down to her perfectly rounded butt.
No sooner that it had grazed over the fabric of her short skirt than Erin sharply jabbed him in the stomach with her elbow.
Maybe Connor wasn't the mystery boy Erin was fucking.
Ashleigh looked over the crowd of faces for what was going to be the last time. How many of the boys here had she had a crush on? How many late nights had Erin stayed up with her, giving her advice on how to approach them. None of it had ever worked. She'd never had a boyfriend. Never even got to second base. She was eighteen and had only ever kissed two guys. Now she was off to college with no experience and no bestie to call in for backup.
She would end up as a forty year old virgin.
Boys were only ever attracted to the Erin's of the world. Little Ashleigh's of the world would just slip through the cracks with no one to notice.
"I'm probably just going to head home now," I mumbled to Erin. "See you later."
"I'll walk with you," Erin said cheerfully as she looped her arm over my shoulder and walked with me.
"I'll-um," Connor mumbled. "I'll go with you."
"It's fine," Erin said as she almost pulled us away from him. "Later."
"Bye," he called out desperately for him.
"Urgh," Erin groaned when they were out of earshot, "he's so pathetic."
"I know," Ashleigh lied and laughed with her. Erin knew how much she had liked Connor, but like everyone else, he only ever had eyes for Erin.
"I can't wait to ditch this old town," Erin said.
"Me too," she lied. This old town was everything she knew. The real world was scary. Yes, there were a thousand more boys out there that she would meet when she left, but that just meant a thousand more people to ignore her when she needed someone the most.
This was it.
The world was waiting for her, but she didn't want to go.
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Hi guys. So this was the first little chapter of a short story I've been playing around with in my head. The erotica will probably begin in the next chapter, so if you're looking for a quick little story this is your guy.
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