It Started With A Dare

~7~

Alania's P.O.V

I ran up the stairs and straight into my room. I slammed the door and plopped down on my bed with my face going straight into all my pillows.

With tears rolling down my face I turned my phone on do not disturb and popped in my headphones. I went to sound cloud and put on my "feelings" playlist with the volume all the way up.

*Two Days Before*

The doorbell rang so I got up to let the guys in. For some reason when I opened the door Ash hugged me first thing.

"Hey bea!" he said while putting his arm around my shoulder and walking in.

"I'll leave you guys alone." X said while running upstairs to Di's room.

As soon as he was gone I pushed Ash off of me onto the couch.

"What, I can't show my girlfriend some love?" he asked while raising an eyebrow.

"Girlfriend, right." I plopped down next to him on the couch while looking at him.

"So what's your plans for the rest of the night?" I asked him while leaning my head on his shoulder.

In my eyes we're friends now so if I want to lean my head on his shoulder it wouldn't be weird. Right? Right.

"Um... I don't really know we can watch a movie or some." he said while putting his arm around my shoulder. Again.

"Alright." I turned on Netflix and waited for the movie section to load up.

"Put on Princess and The Frog that movie puts me in my feelings." He said while putting the cover that was behind the couch around us.

"Whoa, you have feelings? Learn something new every day don't we?" I put on Princess and The Frog which went by really fast.
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"So what do you want to do now?" Ash asked me while getting up and stretching.

"I'm not sure. Let's just catch up I guess. We can't pull off being a couple if we know nothing about eachother."

"You're right," he paused "You're favorite color is yellow, you're a virgin, you want a german shepherd and want to name it Moses, your birthday is November 18,2002, and you are allergic to honey." He said while blinking at me innocently.

Why does he still remember this kind of stuff about me? More importantly is it sad that I only know his favorite color is red?

I noticed I was just staring in shock at him, so I looked away.

"Wow you know a lot about me considering the fact we haven't talked in a minute. The only thing I know about you is your favorite color is red."

He chuckled a little and then sat back down next to me resting his head on my shoulder.

"That's because I focus on the important people." I looked down at him and noticed he was twirling his hair around his finger.

I started to do the same because it looked fun I guess. I wonder what he uses to wash his hair. Does he deep condition or pre-pou? Does he perfer twist-outs or braid-outs. Did he just say he focuses on important people implying that I'm important to him?

No, he didnt.

"My favorite color is purple by the way." He said which broke me out of thought.

"Huh?" He looked up at me for a second then went back to twirling his hair.

"You said my favorite color is red, but it's purple."

It was silent until Ash turned to face me so we were looking into each others eyes. He started to lean in with this look in his eyes.

Hold up! Was Ashton Knight trying to kiss me?!

He was still leaning in but the look in his eyes looked kind of, innocent? What?

"But I know you didn't forget that your first kiss was your's truly." He whispered in my ear.

My whole body froze when I heard him say this. I knew he was my first kiss but I think it just sunck in that it was him.

I was sitting on my friend's couch with my fake boyfriend, past midnight. Its finally sinking in. 1 week ago I would be binge watching an anime right now but this is what I'm doing.

"Ashton?" He backed up and looked at me with a serious face. "Yeah?"

"When I kissed you why didn't you push me away?"

"I don't know. I was probouly in shock or something, why?"

"I was just thinking, when you left me in seventh grade I hated you and thought you were like the worst person in the world. I thought you felt the same way about me but you didn't pull away."

At this moment he was sitting right next to me and we were both looking straight at the TV and avoiding eye contact.

"I never hated you. I didnt leave you because I hated you. I just made a mistake and needed to rebuild myself."

"That's cool." It got silent so to break the silence so it wouldn't get awkward I started to whisper the lyrics to Cold Water by Justin Bieber.

"Everybody gets high sometimes you know....what else can we do when we're feeling low?"

He looked over at me and smiled a little then he layed his head back on my shoulder.

"So take a deep breath and let it go, you shouldn't be drowning on your own." He sang in a pretty good voice for someone who has such a deep voice.

I looked down at him then put my arm around him bringing him closer.

"And if you feel you're sinking." (Me)

"I will jump right over." (Him)

"Into cold, cold water for you." (Us)

I looked down at him and met his eyes because he was looking up at me and smiled.

We finished singing the whole song but the part that hit the most is when Ash sung this part to me.

"And I wanna lay with you 'til I'm old
You shouldn't be fighting on your own."

Now he wasn't actually singing it to me but it sure felt that way.
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Ashton's P.O.V

Is catching feelings for somebody when you can't stop thinking about that person? You feel like your purpose in life is to make that person smile? You're instantly satisfied when you hear them laugh? Your over all attracted to that person? If they have a problem with a person your automatically at their defense?

If so, and I never thought this before, but I think I'm catching feelings for Lani.