A/N: Ashley's outfit on top though the shorts are a bit longer 😅...enjoy!
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Ashley's POV
Today, I woke up in a really bad mood... Just kidding, I woke up feeling great. I didn't have any nightmares so I basically slept like a baby
"morning mom" I greeted taking a seat next to her at the table
"morning sweetie, how did you sleep? " she greeted back without taking her eyes off the morning paper
"fine thanks, you? " I responded taking a sip of my hot cocoa
"fine... Oh your father said he'd call this morning quick get my laptop " she said dropping the paper and bouncing in her seat
"mom would you relax, it's just dad" I said rolling my eyes amused. I ran upstairs and grabbed her laptop then ran back down. I placed it on the table in front of us and waited
"maybe we should call? " she said biting her lip not patient enough to keep waiting
"mom j--" the laptop rung cutting me mid sentence. Mom quickly answered at the second ring
"hi honey! " she squealed, yes literally squealed
"hi my love, how are you? " he said smiling brightly at her
"I'm fine, you? " she asked back reflecting his smile
"I'm okay, though it's freezing here" he said looking around his room. I groaned in annoyance and grabbed the laptop
"hi daddy... I've missed you" I said with a pout... I've really missed my dad, I was so close to him but ever since he moved out due to work I got more close to mom but whenever we talked we'd bond instantly
"oh my God sweetheart is that you? Wow you've grown so much, look at you now" he said bringing his face closer to the screen to take a better look at me
"dad we talked 2months ago" I giggled then smiled sadly at him
" I know sweetie, how have you been" he asked enlarging his light brown eyes at me. You could say I sort of look like both my parents...I guess, I kinda have a part of them both. I have my dads light brown eyes and tanned skin and I have my mums curly hair, height and curved body
" I've been---" a little voice in the background from my dads side interrupted me
" daddy Ash!! " a little boy hugged my dad, yes you heard right I sort of have the same name as my dad
"oh hi Danny" he said placing him on his lap
"dad... Who's this? " I asked furrowing my eyebrows with a slight frown
" Ashley this is Daniel, Danny this is Ashley, your... Big sister " he said smiling at him
" I have a big sister? Cool!!! " he practically screamed in excitement
"what? " I asked confused... I have a little brother? Did he cheat on mom? I thought with a frown
"Ashley he's your cousin, my sister's son. I'm living with them here in Canada for some time" he explained like he could hear my thoughts
" ohh... Hi Danny nice to meet you " I said smiling at him. He's such an adorable little boy, he has dirty blonde hair with dark eyes that shine when he's happy
"hi sis.. I can't wait to come see you " he said excitedly, and just like I predicted his eyes glistened with excitement and joy
"I can't wait either" I replied with a smile at his cuteness
" we are going to see big sister soon right mommy" he asked with puppy dog eyes at his mother behind the laptop
"we'll see Danny.. Now come eat" she replied in the back ground
"okay... Bye" he said waving at me and jumped off my dads lap then ran off to where ever he had to eat from
"he's a great kid isn't he? " dad asked with a smile while he placed his head in his hand
"yeah... Anyway da--" I was interrupted yet again by someone
" sir... the meeting you scheduled today is in an hour. It's better you prepare?" a woman told him in a secretary like voice, if there's such a thing
"thanks Carol" he said dismissing her "sorry sweetie I have to go... Talk later? " he said apologetically
"yeah it's fine dad, talk later" I smiled at him
" thanks pumpkin,love you... Take care of your mom for me and don't stress okay?" he smiled back at me
" OK daddy...love you,bye" I hung up after waving
"Ashley! Go now or you'll be late! " mom said rushing down while tying her hair into a high ponytail and immediately dashed out of the house
"I thought you aren't going for work today?" I asked while locking then handing her the key
"Yeah I have to cover a colleague" she walked to her car after receiving the keys
"okay bye mom" I said turning to the direction of school
"bye Ashley, are you coming home early? " she asked putting her bag in her car
"no i think I'm going to work today but I'll stop by" I told her as I started walking to school
" sweetie? " she called from behind
"yes mom? " I turned to face her
"maybe you should take your car? It's going to be late to walk from work" she said nervously chewing on her bottom lip knowing how I feel about driving or entering cars especially at night or when the sun starts setting
" no mom, it's okay I'll try not to come home late" I gave her a reassuring smile
"okay" she smiled back at me then entered her car making sure she didn't mess her scrubs
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I got to school on time with some minutes to spare. When I got there I saw the 'squad' sitting under a tree while talking and laughing so I went to join them.
" hi everyone " I said then sat in between Jake and Aiden
"hey" they all greeted back
"hi" Aiden sort of whispered to me. I smiled back in response and mumbled a low hi then turned my attention to Jake.
"hey Jake? I'm sorry about what happened last time, I wasn't in the best of moods" I said shyly hoping he would let it slide
"it's cool, it happened days ago plus I kinda went over board too." he shrugged
"great so you forgive me? " I looked at him with hope
"yeah but only if you kiss me" he said wiggling his brows suggestively while the group went in a fit of 'oouus'
"you wish blondie" I said with a scoff then leaned closer to him and lightly pecked his nose
"eh I'll take it" he said smiling like a kid
"well look who's in a good mood today" Christina said while playing with the beads around her ankle as usual.
Emma gasped, naturally catching all our attention "you guys I have the greatest idea ever!" she said bouncing
"pff last time you had a great idea you made us all have similar hairstyles and dye it and you made us all come with matching earrings, even though some of us don't suit dyeing our damn hair and who didn't Pierce our ears! " Brandon complained lifting his hands up in the air
"yeah that one's true... You went over board " Kylie said with her deep Russian accent lacing every single word
" oh come on guys stop making it seem like it was such a bad thing, you're overreacting let's just hear her out" I said supporting Emma
"it's easy for you to say, you already had your hair dyed and your ears pierced. Plus we did it for your disturbed ass. Luckily it was so we cheer you up from whatever the hell was up with you as usual" Brandon glared at me and I smiled at him sheepishly
"Brooo do you not have a filter?" Christina smacked his arm. He mumbled a reply while rubbing his arm
"maybe it won't be that bad this time? " Aiden added a little worried avoiding the conversation Brandon was about to start
I'm glad they all don't question my mood swings because I sometimes don't get them as well
"fine but if it's bad you two owe us food" Chanel pointed at us with a glare plastered on her face
"okay" we both said raising our hands up in surrender
"great... Why don't we change and pick each other's outfits? For a week" she said,clapping her hands in excitement
"what's wrong with our outfits? " I asked confused as I took a look at everyone's outfits
" mhmm...girl this isn't a good idea" Christina said folding her arms
"nothing is wrong... But it would be so fun, come on guys" she pouted at us with puppy dog eyes
We all sighed at her because no one can say no at that face, it's too cute "fine, let's just get this over with" Chanel mumbled with an eye roll
"wait... But don't you think changing our style's a tad bit too much? For a whole week at that?I mean its quite ridiculous if you ask me, no offense intended Em. It be tedious to do that for everyone everyday for a week" Justin questioned us all
"oh come on Prince Charles, it's just style" I said to him with a smirk trying to make my most convincing accent he's got such a cute British accent
"Fine. But you guys have to promise to start being literate you know? The United Kingdom isn't just London" he rolled his eyes at me then folded his arms
"Yeah yeah yeah let's get this over with so we can go our separate ways" Ryan said with a bored tone knowing the conversation will lead to an opinionated debate
"OK... So who do we start with first? " Aiden asked Emma
"Ashley" she answered taking a look at my outfit as I did the same with confusion visibly showing on my face
"okay.. I say lose the bunny bag. It's childish" Chanel started with a grin on her face. I glared but nevertheless took the bag off my back
"I say keep the shorts, they look great" Jake said with a wink and I playfully shoved his arm then pulled my already short shorts down with tinted cheeks
"here, put this on " Christina said and passed on a plain silver anklet and necklace. I sighed then put them on. this is just ridiculous, and why does she move around with spare jewellery
"great... She looks perfect,anyone wanna make any adjustments?" Emma asked looking around
" yeah...just one" Aiden said from besides me. He got up to his knees then came in-front of me. He knelt down and tied my hair into a ponytail but left two strands to fall on my face
I was so glad he didn't go behind me or else he would have seen my tattoo. I need to start hiding it. My eyes darted to Jake from the corner and noticed him briefly look at my back then put his lips in a thin line like he was thinking. I didn't pay much mind to his actions.
"there...now you won't cover your face with it all the time " he said with a small smile playing on his lips as he claimed the spot back next to me.
I was looking down at my fingernails shyly suddenly finding them fascinating, hoping no one would notice the light blush on my cheeks. Chanel coughed once and I knew damn well it's not genuine, so I glared up at her only to find her looking at me with a goofy smile wiggling her eyebrows at me "who's next" she asked still looking at me
"you" I said, then smirked at her frown
"great... I say---" Emma started as we all finished her sentence at the same time "lose the heels" then burst out into fits of laughter
"how were we all thinking of saying the same thing" Emma giggled
"hey what's wrong with my heels?" Chanel whined staring at her heels with sadness
"nothing love... It's just that you're always in heels " Justine clarified "that's why I think this school should just introduce uniforms. Everyone's just too comfortable" he leaned back and we ignored him because again, it will lead to a heated debate. Actually I didn't ignore
"You know Jason Statham, you have got to stop passing unnecessary opinions that you know will cause a debate" I gave a toothy grin at his narrowed eyes due to yet another English person I've referred to him as "besides, to help you keep it to yourself think maybe college students were you're from put on uniforms but it's weird to do that here"
"It's an unpopular opinions and I'll keep passing them" he looked away stubbornly "and i don't mean high school uniforms I mean if someone is studying pre med courses why not have a uniform? Scrubs are a uniform. Or maybe they should have a dress code at this school so there's some decorum around here"
"Whatever you say Tom Hardy" I chuckled not about to start yet another debate geez why isn't he studying introductory law courses or something
"yeah anyway Chanel, you would at least change your style... Just this once? " Conner added after sometime
"oh" is all she said then took her precious heels off and slipped on a pair on sandals.
I gave her a mocking smile disguised as an apologetic one then turned to Emma "so who's next? "
"uh... Maybe K--" the bell rang which made her stop mid sentence as we all jumped up and quickly head to our first class of the day. Me being the last to rush in of course, because I'm not letting them see my tattoo. Thank goodness I carried an outfit change that hides the tattoo
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Currently we are all in gym class waiting for coach.. This is one of the classes we all share together. All being my friends because we decided to take it at the same time, it's a compulsory class. You get to choose in which year you wanna have your gym class in the three years at the institution.
"ugh, I hate gym class" Chanel complained for like the tenth time now
" Chanel, would you please stop complaining " I whined at her
"but I hate gym class! " she said lifting her hands up in the air
"I know! Now shhh" I said putting my hand over her mouth which made her sigh in defeat, thank goodness.
I slowly removed my hand from her mouth and she's just about to start blubbering when the sharp and loud sound of coach Black's whistle shut her up and made us all nearly go deaf
"everyone here, now! " he exclaimed and blew his irritating whistle again uh no wonder Chanel hates gym class so much, I forgot
"Now....today I'll focus mostly on the girls, since their coach hasn't reported in yet" he explained to us all when we surrounded him "so boys you're lucky today, you get to laze around and watch the girls" he said dismissing them and turning to the girls
"oh and boys?" he called them when they started heading to the bleachers, they turned to face him "keep your hormones in check and your comments too" he pointed at already smirking boys and they nodded then turned back to walk to the bleachers
"uh... Aiden, Brandon, Conner, Jake, Justin, Ryan?" he called the guys in our 'squad' as people call our group of friends
Yup so that's half the squad, 'the guys' who just love getting on teachers' nerves
"yes coach? " Aiden answered as they all turned to face him yet again while the rest of the guys sat down by the bleachers
"please behave and don't cause any trouble in my class" he glared at them with an irritated expression at the mischievous look in their eyes
"oh don't worry sir...we won't" Michael Caine, oh sorry I mean Justin replied with a smirk like the others
Ok that wasn't that funny I admit. It's more fulfilling when I get a reaction out of him
"why am I having trouble believing that? " he mumbled to himself then turned back to us
" okay girls! Today we are just gonna do a few races" he shouted like we were not a few feet away, ugh what's with teachers at this school and yelling "so everyone go to the starting point! "he yelled as we all groaned but nevertheless obeyed his rude commands
We were 40 minutes into the class, coach Black was infuriated by how ridiculous girls ran well most girls not all. I feel like I'm not the age we're I'm so energetic so this running thing when I've been forced to doesn't sit well with me
"okay girls get over here now! " he said at the top of his voice making us all rush to him
"girls, I think you're taking gym class for granted ...so I'm going to make this juicy for us, right boys? " he said with an evil grin as the boys cheered at that 'oh shit'
"what do you mean" some girl asked from the back
"I'm glad you've asked" he smiled in her direction "you're all gonna be divided into groups of five, where you'll all race to be either 1st, 2nd or 3rd" he paused just to enjoy the miserable looks on our faces as we all waited for the catch, even the boys stopped talking and listened
"the catch is, the two last people in the group will be detained for two consecutive weeks and will be the water girl for the boys up coming football game and any game or sport event that's to come, not only that, they'll also under go a punishment that will involve them breaking some nails" he finished with a satisfied grin at the way our faces lost color and the way some girls gasped dramatically... eye roll
The boys cheered and some had apologetic looks on their faces what did we do to deserve such torture "Damn... coach really hated the way y'all took his class for granted, he ain't never do nothing like this to us " Brandon commented with a long whistle to emphasize his point
"finally time to see girls actually running and not forgetting glistening with sweat" Jake commented licking his lips seductively with a hint of mischief in his eyes. The rest of the boys nodded their heads in approval
"you know what I think I'll place a bet on this" Ryan smirked at us as he removed a 50 dollar bill
"great idea I'll place mine on Chanel" Conner chimed in, removing the same amount, and added "you better win" with a pointed look
"but I don't run" she whined
"just do it" he groaned at her pout
"I'll place mine on Ashley" Aiden said with a thoughtful look
"why" I gaped at him
"because it's the smartest way to go, after I saw how fast you got my inhaler I'm convinced you're fast" he said and flashed a heart melting smile my way.
Dumb squad, a bunch of assholes ...they all placed their bets on the girls they thought would win, it's ridiculous if you ask me
Subconscious: good thing no one asked
Me: will you just shut up
"okay so everyone sit according to how I've placed you and just watch until it's your groups' turn" coach clapped his hands to make us move fast.
I was in a group with Chanel, some red head, some other girl I noticed from my chemistry class who I also recognized is an upcoming professional athlete, and a cheerleader.
I nervously looked at my opponents calculating the probability of me actually winning this race. Compared to all of them I'm tiny so they are towering over my small frame
I hopelessly looked at them stretch except for Chanel who was lazily watching the races with a bored expression. I hoped I could beat at least the cheerleader and redhead but I'm kinda nervous about Chanel because we've never really raced
"okay the last group can now come up" coach Black called for us well I'm losing this.
My heart was threatening to leap out of my chest, adrenaline now rushing through my veins, my hands were becoming sweaty as I reached the start of the line waiting for his mark. I'm hoping all the jogging I do helps me during truck
"on your marks" he said as everyone waited anxiously. I started to zone the world out, all existing sound now in a distance except for the sound of my pounding heart
"set" he said loud enough. I blinked once and everything was now in slow motion
"Go!" he exclaimed making my legs instantly take action. With small quick steps I pushed myself as fast as I could and all forms of sound came back, the sound of people cheering was the first thing I heard .
I could feel my cheeks puff up, my heart race faster than my feet, my breath shorten as I kept pushing, the finish line still looked far away, I was getting tired and yet I was still last place.
"come on Ashley, you can do it! " I heard Aiden cheer for me and my body instantly became active I kid you not
I started speeding, my vision was beginning to blur indicating how fast I was moving or at least I hoped I was. I concentrated on my speed and stamina , when the finish line was visible in my line of sight I increased my pace even more until I finally reached
I stopped and held my knees as I panted "well done you're second" I looked up and met coach Black's proud eyes and grin
"I am? " I managed to breath out
"yeah Ashley... Woooo! " i heard Aiden from a distance. When I turned I was swept off of my feet into a bone crushing hug "well done" he said smiling sweetly at me repeating coach's word while his hands lingered on my waist
"Thanks " I returned his sweet smile
"And do you know what the best part is? " he asked looking down at me
"No, what? " i replied looking up into those blue orbs
He looked into my eyes like he was having a mental battle with himself but before I could ask what's wrong a smirk grew on his face
"This" he said showing me the money he won with the bet he placed on me "and what's better is, we are splitting it" he said with a small smile that made me melt even more seen as his hand was still unconsciously resting on my waist
"Okay love birds, break it up " Chanel broke the moment we shared.
We both realized how close we were from each other then parted away awkwardly blushing... This is gonna be a long day
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