IMPORTANT: I’ll be changing the name, and the cast of this book! Once it’s done, I’ll let you guys know. Enjoy this update, even though some of you seen it already.
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❝I don’t really mind cause I like you.❞
Ashanti sighed for the hundredth time.
“You okay?” Her father asked, amusement and maybe a little concern, written all over his features. “You’ve been breathing really loud.”
So he’d noticed. “I’m alright,” she pushed the food around her plate, “school is just hard, you know.”
“You’ve always been a great student, but if you need extra help we can get someone, can’t we?”
She nodded. “I’ll be fine, but I’ll let you know if it becomes too much for me to handle.”
They sat in a somewhat awkward silence for the rest of dinner. They hadn't eaten like this—together—for a while, so she wasn't complaining.
“Besides school, is there anything else I should know about?”
She looked up from her plate, surprised at the unexpected question. “What, is something wrong?”
Her father gave her an incredulous look. “I know you didn't sleep here the night before, Ashanti.”
Her eyes widened, but she briefly registered that he didn't look mad. “And you're not mad?”
Her father hadn't ever been the strict parent, that was more her mother, but she didn't think he'd find the fact that she had spent the night out amusing.
“Should I be?”
She shook her head. “I don't know. He's just my friend, though.”
“I can accept that,” he said, giving her hand a little squeeze. “As long as you're not doing anything you shouldn't be doing, then it’s fine by me. I trust you to make the right decisions.”
Several hours later, Ashanti laid awake in bed thinking of her father’s words. It was nice to hear him say he trusted her. Rebuilding her relationship with him was one of the few things she needed to be truly happy again.
Things had been rough during the divorce, and her relationship with her father had gotten strained. This, having dinner together and talking, was nice. Very nice.
She dug her phone from under her pillow, going to text Miles before she began to rethink her decision.
ashanti are you awake?
miles no, why?
ashanti i had a dream
miles i got everything i wanted
ashanti stupid why aren't you asleep? its 3:37am
miles i know what the time is princess i’m not sleepy ig thinking about stuff
ashanti thinking about?
miles stuff lmao you're one nosy little girl
ashanti and you’re not funny but you don't hear me complaining go to bed we have a test tomorrow remember?
miles why’d you have to remind me? i can’t fall asleep tho it’s not like i don't want to sleep, i just can't
ashanti my poor baby
miles no no no i’m not a baby
ashanti sure you're not
miles you're annoying
ashanti and yet you love me
miles i won’t lie and say i don’t your presence is tolerable
ashanti again, you're not funny
miles you're the only one who thinks that, you know
ashanti yeah, well nobody else really knows you they wouldn't like you if they did
miles wdym??? i'm amazing, don't lie now
ashanti you're the only one who thinks so sorry
miles you're fucking lying, lemme see i’m lowkey hurt
ashanti you're too ugly for all these tiktok references but it’s okay i still like you it’d be nice if you were cuter though
miles you're really hurting me here i don't like you no more leaving you on seen you have a lot of making up to do tomorrow
ashanti sorry *seen*
i'm sorry *seen*
fuck you bitch *seen*
She was going to sleep well. She lived for this.
comment new name suggestions, even though i think i have the perfect one.
next chapter will be up as soon as it’s done. online classes are really ruining my life, and i honestly hate professors who think their classes are the only ones students are handling. like, you're doing this for what?
lmk your thoughts on this chapter. till next time, babies!
