*Pt. 13*

Ashley and Jada danced with eachother alot, just having fun- They watched the guys play too- Ashley tried to keep her attention on Jeff, but Jesse was dedicating songs to Ashley, trying to get on her good side-

At the end of the night, Jesse came over to her, putting his arm around her, "Well darlin', whatta ya wanna do now ?" she looked at him, she cared about him, but she realized she had more feelings for Jeff- She answered,
"I have a date with my boyfriend-" he frowned slightly,
"You're what ?" she smiled slightly,
"My boyfriend-" she walked over to jeff, touching his arm,
"Are you ready to leave ?" he nodded, glancing at Jesse, who was staring, not looking to pleased-
"What's going on ?" she took his hand,
"I rode Dusty, I have a surprise for you." they said goodbye to the others, then walked over to the bar, he got up on Dusty behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist,
"Ash, where're we going ?"
"Somewhere where no one will find us-" he smiled to himself,
"Sounds like you have it all planned out-"
"Yes, yes I do-"
They rode in silence awhile, then she took a trail that wasn't used much, he was confused, but waited to see what she had planned-

Jada let Jesse take the truck, she went with Tom- Jesse was in a very pissy mood, wanting to know where Ashley & Jeff were headed, everyone told him they had no idea- He made Jimmy & Chris follow him to drop of the truck at home, then made them drive around, looking for Ashley, while drinking some of Pappy's homemade brew-

Dusty finally trotted into a small clearing, a small house could be seen by the light of the moon- Jeff asked,
"Isn't this your Grandparents old house ?" she nodded, he slid off Dusty, helping her down- She tied Dusty up by the creek so he'd have water, then took Jeff's hand and led him to the front door- She found the spare key in a broken piece of wood on the porch, unlocking the door-
They went inside, she lit a lantern that was on the table by the door- the place was duty, full of her Grandparents old furniture and personal things, she held the lantern, taking his hand, leading him to the master bedroom, where she lit a candle- the bedroom still had all it's furniture, but the bed wasn't made, all blankets & sheets were in a wooden chest at the foot of the bed- She set the lantern down on the dresser, turning to face Jeff- He smiled,
"What's on your Mind Ashley girl ?" she stared up into his eyes,
"Do you love me Jeff ?" the question surprised him,
""Ash, you know how I feel about you-" she shook her head,
"Do you LOVE me ?" he stared at her, swallowing, in a hoarse whisper he said,
"Yeah, I love you, very much." she touched his face softly,
"I love you too-" he was stunned,
"You do ?" she nodded, pulling his head down so she could kiss him- They kissed like they had never kissed before-
After a few minutes, he asked,
"Where'd this come from ?" she shrugged,
"I've been doing alot of thinking, and I realized how much I really care about you."
"What about Jesse ? What're you gonna tell him ?"
"I already told him I had a date with my boyfriend, I can call you my boyfriend, right ?" he smiled,
"Damn straight !" they kissed again, then she said,
"I want to put some sheets on this bed, hang on-" he watched her get the sheets out of the trunk, helping her with the sheets-

Ashley & Toms Grandfather had built the house years ago for their Grandmother as a Wedding present- Their Grandmother had died 3 years ago, their Grandpa only six months later, he was heartbroken to have lost his Wife- The house was left pretty much the way they had left it, except for the beds being stripped, and bedding put away so moths couldn't get to it-
The gang had come up to the house a few times after Grandpa died, just because Ashley & Tom missed them, but it had been a year at least since they'd been there- There was a trail from the house down to Ashley & Toms house, but it was almost overgrown now, not being used- The trail took about a half hour to an hour to walk, the grandparents house was well secluded, next to a creek, with quite a few acres- The mountain it was built on had been owned by the grandparents, the house that Ashley & Tom lived in was built by granpa and his friends for his Son and his new bride- The property was joined, they just didn't go up to the old house much anymore- Ashley knew they wouldn't be bothered there-

*CONTINUED*

*Pt. 14*
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