The Girl Next Door

I roll my eyes when I see who came in.
Of course.

"Ah.. Ms. Irwin and Ms. Nascer." The teacher welcomes them.

"Students, for you stand...- wait, maybe you can introduce yourselves better." The teacher says.

"I'm Lauren." Lauren smiles.
"And I'm Vanessa." Vanessa winks.

I resist an eye roll again and look at Nikki.

"Who are those?" Nikki asks.
"Lauren is Ashton's little sister and Vanessa is trying to take Ashton away from me." I sigh.

"No worries, Ashton loves you."
"He doesn't and apparently they've known each other their whole lives."

She rolls her eyes, making me smile.
"May and Nikki. Pay attention." The teacher warns.

I sigh and turn to the teacher, trying to pay attention.

In break Nikki and I walk to our usual table (yes, the one with Mike and friends).

I stop mid-tracks and look at our table.
I'll let you guess three times who are there.

"Oh hell no..." Nikki sighs.
Ashton sits next to Vanessa.

Of course.
Why does that not surprise me?

"C'mon.. let's just face all of this." I sigh.
"You sure? We can go outside." She suggests.

"Not needed, besides, I gotta keep an eye on Vanessa."

We walk to the table.
"Hey princess." Mike sneaks an arm around Nikki's waist.

She smiles and pecks him lightly on his lips.
"May.. haven't seen you in a while." Calum says.
I walk around Mike and Nikki to him, totally ignoring Ashton.

"Yeah..." I mumble awkwardly.

"Look, I know what I did was stupid. I shouldn't have walked out on you like that. Any chance you can forgive me?" He looks at me.

"Cal.. it's been months.. of course I can." I smile.
"So, we're good?" He asks.

"We're good." I smile and give him a hug.

Someone clears his throat behind us and I see Ashton standing behind me.
"Can I talk to you?" He asks.
"Sure." I answer, slightly confused.

He takes my hand and leads me to the hallway.

"What was that?" He asks.
"What?"

"First he dumps you out of nothing and now you're hugging like best freakkin friends. What the hell?"

"Ashton.. it has been months. I can't stay mad at him forever. Besides, he's my best friend and I've known him my whole life."

"No."
"No what?"

"I don't want you talking to him."
"What?"

"I don't want it."
"You're realising that you're doing the same as he did right now, right?

"I still don't want it."
"I still don't care."

I turn around and walk back into the cafeteria.
Nikki looks at me as I walk back.

"What happened?" She whispers.
I see Vanessa smirk and know that she said something to Ashton.

"He was mad at me for making up with Cal." I roll my eyes.
"Why would he? It's clearly that you choose him over me." Cal joins.

"Well, someone must've talked it into him because Ashton ain't paranoid." I look at Vanessa.

"I wouldn't dare." She smirks.
"I'm sure you wouldn't if you would know what happened if you did." I smirk back.

I turn around and walk back into the hallway.
Ashton still stands there, in the exact same spot with the exact same expression.

"Ash..?" I ask.
His gaze turns to me.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so rude." I mumble.

"It's okay, I was just being paranoid." He mumbles back.
"Guess we're all a little paranoid sometimes." I smile.

He smiles back and grabs my hand.
"I swear, I'm solely friends with Calum just as I am with Luke, there's nothing to worry about." I assure him.

"I know." He kisses me.

We walk back inside and take seats next to each other.

He lays an arm around my shoulders and I smirk at Vanessa, who glares back.

"Problems solved?" Nikki guesses as she smirks at me.

Ashton and I smirk back and I nod my head.
"Don't know which problems your talking about." Ashton answers.

I turn his head to me and kiss him soft and long.

"Why did I deserve that?" Ashton smirks after we pulled away.

"You just look really handsome today." I smirk back.

He grins at me and kisses me again.
"Don't I always though?" He smirks.

I roll my eyes and giggle as he tries to kiss me again.

After school Nikki and I are at her house basically doing nothing.

"What is Vanessa anyway?" Nikki suddenly asks.

I look up from my phone and frown.
"What do you mean?"

"I mean, is she Lauren's friend or a family friend or.. maybe Ashton's ex-girlfriend..." She hesitates saying the last option.

I sigh. The last one is one of the more believable ones. And of course that worries me the most.

"I don't know." I answer.
"Well, maybe you should ask him." She suggest.

"I don't wanna sound paranoid." I mumble.
"But don't you wanna know?"

"Of course I do! But what if he takes it the wrong way?"

"Then you explain that it just feels more peaceful when you know if something happened or not."

I sigh and my phone rings.

"Well speaking of the devil."...

Notes

"They want you to be perfect, but not as perfect as they are."



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