Ashdrew: One Shots

Blame it on the Rain

• Backstory for this story •
Ashley likes Andrew; Andrew likes her back but she doesn't know. She thinks he likes Sara (it was a thing).
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You got me caught in all this mess;
I guess, we can blame it on the rain.

Ashley hums the slow yet heartbreaking song in her car. Ironically, it was raining as well.

The traffic light flashed red and she came to a stop, the song still playing repeat in her head. The pitter-patter of the rain and the batting back and forth of her window-wipers made it hard for people in the other cars to hear her pitchy humming... and it made it easier for her to think.

My pain is knowing I can't have you;
I can't have you.

Her thoughts unison with the song.
Looking up over the rain and over the window-wipers, she watches the traffic light- still red. She grabbed onto the steering wheel tightly, keeping her eyes locked at the red light. She squints her eyes a bit and murmurs, "...Does he like me?" This then was followed by more doubting thoughts...
"...No, he likes Sara- for sure."
"look at the way he looks at her"
"Ugh.... I'm not jealous... I'm just..."
"... Does she feel the same?"
"Does she..."

Does she look at you the way I do?
Try to understand the words you say and the way you move?
Does she get the same big rush when you go in for a hug and your cheeks brush?
Tell me, Am I crazy or...

Ashley then hit her head on the steering wheel, creating a loud beep to echo from her car. However, instead of people raging at her from the sudden beep, the light goes green. She jolted up and quickly pressed down the pedal to accelerate.

...is this more than a crush?

Ashley hurriedly stormed into her apartment and swiftly locked the door behind her. She quickly threw her bag on the nearby couch and flipped her phone out of her pocket. She then proceeded to grab left-over toast from that morning and scrolled through her facebook.

Engaged
Engaged
Engaged
notifications flooded her feed.

Finally, she stopped at a certain photo. It was a photo of Andrew but, She was not the one who posted it. It was not a photo he could have taken either. After all... it was the Sara's facebook.

This post alone shoves more thoughts of doubt into Ashley's head; her heart slowly cracking just by the thoughts.

She shuffles through a marathon of questions.

Where was this picture taken?
Why was this taken?
How was this taken?
Did Andrew approve of this?
He says he doesn't like social media...
Why...do I even bother?

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- In Work the Next Day-
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I catch my breathe-
the one you took;
The moment you entered the room.

"Hey,"Andrew greets Ashley (like, every morning). Ashley looks up with a huge gasp and answers,"Ah- yeah- Mornin'..." She gives him a slight but reassuring smile. Andrew smiles back and nods, "That's good- say, Are you fre-"

"Hey Andrew!!", Sara calls from a distance. Andrew turns to face Sara grinning and lifts his hands to wave. Sara does the same then shifts her bright eyes to Ashley and this time, rapidly waves her hands enthusiastically. Ashley gives her an overexaggerated one as well. She didn't hate Sara; She was just... jealous.

My heart it breaks;
at the thought of her holding you.

Ashley suddenly looks down to her feet at the feelings of her heart dropping. Andrew reacts almost immediately and questions,"Ashley, Are you okay??!" Sara dashed over as well and rushed to the office pantry to get her some water.
"I'm fine," she responds, giving him another reassuring smile. "I just suddenly got this overwhelming feeling of... t-tiredness." She flashed him the third reassuring smile that day. Sara then arrives with a big cup of water. She drinks from it; unknowingly aware to the fact that Andrew was looking down on her with heavy worry.

Does She?
...Look at you the way I do;
...Try to understand the words you say and the way you move?
Does she get the same big rush when you go in for a hug and your cheeks brush?
Tell me, Am I crazy?
Or is this... more than a crush?

Ashley continues to hum the song in her head whilst taking sips of her morning coffee and scrolling through tumblr. It was the day to stalk her fans and shenanigans- majority of her fans being Ashdrew shippers. Their fics might give her a little hope... even if it is false hope; just something to make her at least grin a little bit.

She then stumbled over a fic that had ridiculously passionate hopeless romantics versions of Andrew and herself. It was all fluffy and adorable but everything just went so intense;
not in a sexual way but...
hopelessly-romantic-y way. There came a paragraph filled with just how they kissed. This paragraph made giggle.

Maybe I'm alone in this but;
I find peace and solitude knowing;
If I had but just one kiss,
This whole room...
... would be glowing.

"We'd be glowing....", She sings, the lyrics leaking out from her brain and through her lips. "How do you do that?", Andrew pops up behind her and she quickly tries to go back to her original window- (She was stalking him while listening to the song). "UH-Uh, D-Do what??" Andrew leaned slightly closer," ....Glow?"

She couldn't take it anymore. She pushed herself away from her chair
and twirled it to face him,"Let's talk outside." Andrew lifted his brow and seeing this she answered,"We'd be glowing."

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A/N: It just came into my head and these shorts are just things that I squeezed out of my brain- SO, SORRY IN ADVANCE FOR THE GRAMMAR AND TENSES. I might add some of these ideas in the imagines and fics I already have after awhile; I'm afraid I'll be updating this book more than the others since of my lack of time to do so!
I hope you're all okay with this and I hope you enjoy reading this!
Thank you sOOOO MUCH.
Love youuu <3 :3
~ pat xxxxxxxXxXxxXx