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Chapter Three: Embarrassment




The next day Ashley opened her eyes and looked around the room. As soon as she did she found posters of GC, Simple Plan, NOFX, New Found Glory, Nirvana, and the sex pistols all over Nikki’s walls. Ashley rolled her eyes and shook her head while smiling. She looked over at the alarm clock to find that it reads 10:00. Suddenly Nikki walked in.



"Hey sleepy head--its about time you wake up. Seth has been excited to see you all morning!" She told Ashley with a huge grin on her face. Ashley chuckled a bit and sat up.



"Where is he?"



"Downstairs playing soccer with Greg." Ashley groaned at the mention of Greg.



"What?" She asked while laughing.



"You said the horrible G word." Nikki laughed.



"Hey be nice--he was worried about you last night."



"I'll try...but you know how much I dislike him."



"Yeah yeah, I know." The two of them sat in silence for a couple of minutes, than Ashley crawled out of bed. Nikki got up from sitting on the edge of it and the two of them left the room and headed downstairs. Once down there Nikki led her out into the backyard where Greg and Seth were kicking a soccer ball around. Just as the door had opened Seth stopped what he was doing and looked at it. He smiled really big at the sight of Ashley.



"AUNTIE ASHEEE!" He exclaimed, as if he’s known her all his life. Nikki laughed a bit at her son.



"HEY little dude, how are you??" Ashley asked, after giggling a little. Seth went running toward her, and Ashley got down on her knees and held her arms open just on time for him to go flying into them and he hugged her tight. Greg chuckled a bit as well.



"Mother like son. I bet if you hadn't fallen unconscious last night Nikki would've greeted you the same way."



"Of course!" Nikki replied, as she has a big grin on her face, and she too hugged Ashley as Seth still clung to her.



"I'm so happy you're here!"



"Me too--It’s been my dream to come here for so long--I had to get away from that place Nik, you have no idea. I needed you so much-- sometimes I even cried myself to sleep at night." Ashley replied, as tears threatened to fall.



"I know Ashee, I know, and I'm here now. I will always be here." She reassured her. Ashley let go of Seth and wrapped both of her arms around Nikki, and Nikki wrapped her arms around her in return allowing Ashley to rest her head against her shoulder.



"I love you--it feels good to have my best friend here in the same state." Ashley told her.



"I love you too."



"Is Auntie Ashee staying with us forever?" Seth asked, an obvious hopeful tone in his voice.



"I don’t know honey, she just might." Seth smiled really big.



"Daddy play!" Seth pleaded, than he stole the ball from him and took off kicking it down the yard. Greg chuckled a bit and went running after him.



"Well I think I need a shower..." Ashley announced. "But I didn’t bring any clothes..."



"You can borrow some of mine, than I’ll take you shopping later and buy you some clothes."



"Nik... you don’t have to do that. Don’t go spending money on me..."



"Well what are you going to do Ashee? You don’t have any money or clothes to wear?" Ashley sighed.



"Please let me buy you some clothes to wear. I don’t mind really..." Ashley looked at her friend for a couple of minutes.



"Okay... but I'm going to get a job--I don’t want to live off of you forever, and I'm going to need a way to pay you back."



"You don’t have to pay me back, but I can help you get a job."



"Where?"



"At my work with me-I'm a waitress."



"Okay."



"Anyway, you can go upstairs and shower if you'd like--wear any outfit you want I don't mind."



"Okay," Ashley replied, than she hugged her once more, and Nikki returned her hug.



"Thank you for letting me stay here."



"I'll do anything for you, and you know that." After a few seconds Ashley pulled away and went inside, and Nikki decided she'd join her son and Greg in a game of soccer. Ashley went upstairs and back into Nikki's room. She went to her closet and got out some clothes to wear. A white tank top and some black jeans. She went into the bathroom after placing the clothes onto the bed, and she began to take her shower.



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20 minutes later Ashley got out of the shower and wrapped a clean towel around her. After doing this she opened the door to the bathroom and walked out. She went over and shut the bedroom door and locked it, than she went back to the bed where she had laid her clothes. She was about to take her towel off when suddenly the side door opened.



"Nikki can I borro--Oh shit ASHLEY I'm SO sorry I didn’t know you were getting dressed!" Kyle exclaimed, as he had immediately gone wide eyed at the sight of Ashley in a towel. He began to walk out.



"No, Ky wait--its okay." Kyle turned around and looked at her, as his face was bright red.



"How is it okay? I walked in on you changing...I should've knocked first." He replied nervously.



"Trust me-Its okay-I had the towel wrapped around me you didn’t see anything and I'm not mad." Ashley reassured him, and she couldn't help but laugh a bit.



"Okay..." Kyle replied, as he was still extremely embarrassed at what he had done.



"What is it that you wanted to borrow from Nikki?" Ashley asked. "Is it something I can maybe get for you? I'll be sure to tell her you borrowed it."



"Her Hoobastank CD--her CDs are right over there on the CD rack by her computer." Ashley went over to Nikki's computer and searched the CD rack. As she was looking for the CD she couldn't help but notice Kyle looking her over in the corner of her eye. She smiled to herself. As soon as she found the CD she brought it to him.



"Here you go-I’ll tell her you have it." She told him, her voice suddenly soft and quiet.



"Thanks." He replied, as he speaks to her in the same tone of voice, and he took the CD from her, as he caught a gaze of her light brown eyes as she stares into his Steele blue-almost gray eyes. After a few seconds he finally snapped back to reality.



"Well thanks..." He said again, while nervously raking his fingers through his dark brown hair, and he turned around and walked out of the room shutting the door behind him. Ashley stared after him for a few minutes, than she too suddenly snapped back to reality and began to finally get dressed. As soon as she did she went into the bathroom again and grabbed the brush that is lying on the counter, and the scrunchie she had in her hair the night before and she brushed her dark red hair, which reaches to the middle of her back up into a pony tale. After doing this she went downstairs and found Nikki drinking some water.



"Hey Ash," She greeted her.



"Hey."



"How are you feeling?"



"Fine."



"That’s good."



"Hey, I told Ky I would tell you that he came in your room earlier wanting to borrow your Hoobastank CD--I gave it to him."



"Okay cool. Are you ready to go to the mall now? I had my shower and everything this morning so we can leave now if you want."



"All right--sounds good."



"Just let me tell Greg I'm leaving so he can watch Seth."



"Kay." Ashley followed her out in the backyard where they found Greg and Seth sitting on the ground under a tree resting.



"Greg, Ash and I are going to the mall. Watch Seth okay? I'll be back later."



"Okay." He replied, and she went back inside with Ashley following. She grabbed her keys and the two of them walked out the door and over to her car. A Black Toyota Celica. She got into the drivers side, and Ashley got into the passengers seat. She started the engine and drove out of the drive way headed for the mall.



"What do you want to listen to?"



"Do you have Good Charlotte in here? I saw the case for it in your room."



"Yeah, I have 'Young and the Hopeless' in here." She answered, while pushing play on her stereo, and the intro began to play. She turned it up and they began to listen to the CD on the way to the mall--singing a long to some of the songs as they do.