Ash’s POV

Going out with Luke was always fun. Whenever he suggested somewhere to go or something to do, it was just completely and utterly fun. I don’t know how he did it, but it always happened that way. Even with things that I wouldn’t want to do or was skeptical about at first! Like, I would never have gone to a college party if it weren’t for that guy, nor would I have ever ridden on the back of a motorcycle. I probably would have never done any of those things ever in my life. Luke was totally making me more open to new things and way more daring. I actually kinda liked it; I was no longer the shy girl.

Right now, we were at Luke’s house, on his bed, having just come back from a football game at his college. Yes, there was some kissing and making out involved. But who cared! I definitely didn’t. If I could kiss a guy whenever I wanted, I was going to do it. It wasn’t like Luke didn’t want me to do it, quite the opposite actually. He quite enjoyed those moments, especially if they went further than just an innocent kiss.

We started another one of our heated kisses, so, instead of us just facing each other on the bed and kissing, I raised myself up and got on top of him. This allowed me to comfortably straddle him and steady myself by putting my hands on his cheeks. His fingers trailed over my clothed body before slipping underneath my shirt and tickling my skin lightly. I decided to attack his neck, knowing that is would turn him into mush in no time.

“One of my friends scored tonight,” he mumbled and I just hummed in response really not know where he was going with it, “maybe I’d get lucky and score as well.”

I couldn’t help but grin against his skin. He always managed to jokingly suggest things like that happening between us with innuendos. Even though he always proposed it, we never actually went there. I still wasn’t comfortable enough to go that far, and Luke always patiently waited, which I was pretty surprised with, since I knew he could get any girl he wanted that would offer it to him. I just wasn’t that far yet.

“You’d like that, wouldn’t you?” I laughed as I sat up, sitting fully on his stomach.

His hands were still on my torso, slowly crawling up further, “definitely.”

I slapped my hands over his and pushed them down before he could get to the body part he really wanted to grope, “not today.”

“Aww,” he pouted and instead started drawing shapes on my thighs.

“No, trust me,” I shook my head and moved his hands away again, “even if I were ready, you wouldn’t want any of your body parts close to my private area this week.”

Luke stared at me with confusion for a while, when his face suddenly changed form, showing that he finally understood what I meant. However, the look he gave me was nothing promising, as he shot up straight, pushing me off him, “ewww! No! Don’t fucking sit on me!”

I frowned, really not having expected him to react that way, “it’s just some blood. And there’s something that absorbs it all, my underwear, my jeans, your shorts, and your boxers still in between us. You know that, right?”

“Just no! That’s fucking gross!” He exclaimed and jumped off of his bed.

“Umm, ok?” I let out a confused chuckle while I pushed some hair behind my ear. I looked around the room awkwardly before slowly walking up to where I had placed my school bag, “should I just leave then?”

Luke sarcastically thought for a bit, before nodding his head, acting like it was the most obvious thing ever, “umm… yeah!”

“Will you still drive me home?” I carefully asked, not wanting to make him more weirded and grossed out than he already was.

“Fine.”

And that was one of the most awkward car ride ever. We didn’t talk, we didn’t hum, we just sat there quietly; Luke focusing on the road, while I just tried to look anywhere but him. If I would have know he would have reacted like that, I wouldn’t have even said anything! How stupid was I being! Fuck! We had only been together for three weeks, yet I still told him. That was totally the wrong move on my part. And then, when we arrived back at Alex’s house, he only very quickly pecked my lips, keeping his distance from me, before just staring at me to make me get out of the car.

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Alex’s POV

Something was off… weirdly off. Ash already seemed a bit quiet and in deep thought when she came home after her date with Luke. She didn’t laugh like she normally did, and kept looking at me, inspecting my face while we were watching TV together. It was really weird, because the look wasn’t like she was interested in me, but more like she was trying to figure something out. I would have asked her what it was, but I couldn’t. Something inside me froze, and she didn’t seem like she wanted me to ask. Whenever I looked her way and caught her staring, she would continue to look at me, not fazed at all or not freaking out about me catching her. It was like she was staring at something behind me, or through me, but at the same time it wasn’t like that.

But then, when at school during lunch break, it was just so much more suspicious. The entire time I never even saw a small glimpse of her phone. It wasn’t in her hands, and she wasn’t texting away the entire time. Nor was that stupid grin on her face that made me wish she smiled at me like that. Also, the annoying buzzing from when the device was placed on the table wasn’t present. It was like Luke never even existed. But the way Ash was still kind of silent and didn’t join in with our conversation, just reminded me that he was still there somewhere.

I was sitting opposite of her, so I was able to notice all of this, while the others were more focused on each other. They probably realised something was off, but didn’t think much of it, or just simply didn’t realise what it was. I, however couldn’t just drop it. She looked so lost and confused, that I was afraid that if I left her alone, she would be going in the wrong direction. So, I nudged her foot lightly with mine to get her attention.

After she looked up at me, I whispered, “are you ok?

She nodded and looked back down at the food she had only been picking small pieces from. Another thing completely unlike her. If she knew there was food and she had time to eat it, she would totally eat the whole thing without much trouble. She wasn’t one of those girls.

“Ash,” I mumbled to get her attention again, without making everybody else also notice we were talking, “what happened? You’ve been acting weird since you came home yesterday.”

“Everything’s fine,” she whispered, putting down her fork, not bothering with her food anymore.

“Ash,” I warned, really not believing her. There was something going on, and I just knew Luke had something to do with it. Was he trying to hurt her? Was he trying to do thing she didn’t want to do? Maybe he cheated on her, or maybe he broke up with her.

“Alex, everything’s fine!” she said a lot louder than she probably intended and stood up, grabbing her bag, before rushing out of the cafeteria.

“Good job, Alex,” Harper rolled her eyes at me. She had been making comments like that about me all the time, somehow always trying to make me feel bad about myself. I knew I messed up with her, but that didn’t mean she had to try to make me feel even worse about it than I already felt.

“What?” I sneered and glared at her, really not liking the fact she kept trying me like this, “I don’t know if you realised, but there’s something wrong with Ash. I think it has something to do with Luke.”

“Alex, the guy’s a good kid, stop trying to blame things on him that obviously aren’t his fault,” Jack sighed, having enough of my constant complaining about the person the Ash called her boyfriend.

“But-”

“I agree with Jack, Alex. We understand that you’re having a hard time with this and that you feel jealous, but you’ve got to give the kid a break!” Rian exclaimed with a sigh.

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Jack’s POV

I understood where Alex was coming from, but he really had to tone it down. Sure, it sucked that Ash had a boyfriend and that Alex had to basically witness it all happening. But that didn’t mean he had to always find reasons to hate him. I actually didn’t think Luke was that bad. Yes, he didn’t talk much to us, and no, he did not often hang out with us. But whenever we were left alone with him while Ash quickly went to get something, he still seemed cool. He seemed genuine when he looked at Ash; he really liked the girl. I didn’t know the reasons why he liked her, but the looks he gave him were looks I totally understood. He liked Ash.

Now, with Alex, things were pretty complicated. Band practises were mostly filled with complaining, he scoffed whenever we were around Ash and Luke and they would share a kiss, and he just couldn’t seem to get over her. It was even more likely that he was falling more and more for the German exchange student. I know it was difficult to get over someone, but he could at least tone down the things he was doing. We all knew he was trying so hard, but that something in him just wouldn’t allow it.

But Luke honestly wasn’t a bad guy!

Of course I realised that Ash hadn’t been texting him constantly, but that didn’t mean something happened between them. Luke was in college, meaning he also didn’t always have all the time in the world to text his girlfriend. He could have been busy with something else, just like Ash often was as well. So why would something be wrong?

And you might ask me why I still thought that even though Ash ran out during lunch. But I can easily give you an answer for that. Alex was bugging her, obviously. He was pushing her too far, and Ash just couldn’t handle it anymore, so instead of getting really mad and causing a scene, she left before things got to worse. It was just as simple as that.

Plus, my whole theory was only supported by what happened at the end of the school day. Luke was waiting for Ash, even though she was supposed to be hanging out with us today. He had some red flowers in one hand, and a teddy bear in the other. The way Ash smiled at him just made me wish I would find a girl that would look at me like that. She rushed over to him and he said some words that looked very honest from the facial expressions he was giving her. After having given the gifts, they locked their lips together. Ash got in his car, and they drove away.

But of course things weren’t that simple, because we still had Alex with us. He groaned and glared at the car that rushed off, before sticking both of his middle fingers up in the direction the vehicle was driving. Let’s just say he didn’t take the fact that Ash was disappearing off with Luke, instead of going with us, well.

“Cheer up, buddy,” I hit his back a couple of times in support before wrapping my arm around his shoulders, leading him to his car, “she’s still coming to band practise tomorrow.”

“Yeah right,” he grumbled underneath his breath.

Notes

It's finally all starting to go down!

I've decided to speed up this part, since I don't want to get you guys too frustrated with me ;)

And I just realised I have thee POVs in this chapter.... hmmm... I shouldn't do that again, each segment is too short...

I've been having some trouble with writers block for this story, so it might be possible that chapters won't be as frequent anymore, or I might take a small break from it. But if that happens, I will tell you. I just don't want this story to turn all shitty and not interesting because I don't know what to write.