*Pt. 20*



*Pt. 20*

The next morning, Ashley woke up feeling fine- She pulled on a pair of cut off shorts & went downstairs-
There was coffe & pancakes, she ate 4- Jesse had already eaten, and was drinking coffe with her Mom- He smiled,
"Hey Ash-" she smiled,
"Hey Jess-" her Mom went to hang laundry, (she always hung it when the weather was nice) Jesse said,
"Feelin' better darlin' ?" she nodded,
"Completely." Jeff walked in with Chris & Jimmy, saying,
"Hey ya'll, waz'up ?" he went & sat next to Ashley, "Still sick ?" she kissed him,
"All better." Jesse looked at Chris & Jimmy,knowing they had told Jeff that he'd taken off with Ashley, he had expected them earlier- he said,
"Ash was pretty sick last nite- I slept in Toms room." Jeff nodded,
"That's cool Man, Thanks." he touched Ashleys leg,
"You ok now ? You look good." she nodded, putting her hand on his,
"I'm fine-" Jada & Tom came in, Jada was all excited, she sat on Jesse's lap,
"Jesse ! Guess who's comin' home ?" he laughed,
"By the way your actin', I'd say Danny boy is comin' home !" she hugged him, squealing,
"Yes ! Yes ! Yes !" he yelled one of his hollers, everyone smiled- Jesse & Jada were always thrilled when Danny was around-
"That's not all, Brandy and Jaime Sue are coming with him !"
Everyone knew it was Jesse & Jadas cousins from New Orleans- Jesse said,
"Hell ! We ain't seen them in...3 or 4 years ?" Jada nodded,
"It's been 4-" Tom frowned,
"How old would they be now ? They were just little shits back then-" Jada answered,
"Danny's not 16 until October...." they thought about it, JImmy said,
"Wasn't Brandy's birthday close to mine ?" Jada nodded, "I'm sure it it-" she frowned, giving him a look, "How do you remember that ?" he grinned,
"That chick has the coolest eyes I've ever see- Like a cat-" Jada rolled her eyes,
"Here we go !" Jimmy smirked,
"Fuck you Jada. She has pretty eyes-"
"Uh huh-" she looked at Ashley,
"You remember them Ash ?" she nodded,
"Of course- Jesse teased Jaime Sue to tears-" Jesse laughed,
"She loves it...that's why she's comin' back-" Tom smacked Jesse in the head,
"You dumb ass country boy !" Jesse laughed,
"Look who's talkin' !"
Ashley got up to clean the kitchen, Jeff helped her while the others went outside to screw around- She washed, he dried, putting them away- He was too quiet, Ashley finally asked,
"What's wrong Jeff ?" he shrugged,
"Did Jesse make a move on you last nite ?" she leaned her back against the counter, looking at him, a small smile on her face,
"No, he didn't. Do you really think you have to worry about that anymore ?"
"I don't know, I hope not." she shook her head, reaching out, hooking her finger in his belt loop, pulling him towards her- she kissed him, he put his hands on her waist, getting into the kiss- when they stopped, she said,
"Do you know now ?" he nodded,
"Sorry- When Chris & Jimmy said you left with him, I guess I got kinda jealous-" she stared into his eyes,
"I love YOU Worley !" he smiled,
"I love you too...BETTINI." they kissed again,
"I took one drink of whiskey last nite & ended up puking. Jesse was just being a friend, that's all." he nodded- her Mom came in just then, they went back to the dishes, her Mom sat a packet on the table,
"Prom pictures are here, let's see them-" Ashley & Jeff both spun around, Ashley opened the packet, taking out the photos, smiling- her Mom said,
"You two look happy as can be- I love this one-" so did Ashley, Jeffs arms were around her waist, her back to him, her hands clasped in his-
They sat down, cutting them, Ashley writing on the backs, making sure everyone was getting one-

Everyone had to work, Jada brought her car to the gas station so Kenny could work on it. Jake was fine about the charge on the muffler-

Around 8pm, Ashley felt a rush of nausea and hurried to the restroom- She was squatted in front of the toilet, she threw up, washed her face, realizing she hadn't had her period since she and Jeff had started messing around- She washed her face again, then finished stocking the napkins. She found Jada at 10pm,
"Jada, do you mind if I leave early ? I need to talk to Jeff." Jada frowned slightly,
"Everything ok ?" Ashley sighed,
"I hope so-" Jada nodded,
"I'll cover for you."
"Thanks-" Jada watched her, she could see something was bothering her, "I'll see you when I get done here. Kenny should be done with my car-" Ashley nodded without really hearing-

She left, walking down the street to the gas station-
Jeff, Kenny, Jimmy & Chris were standing around the garage, talking, when she walked up- she was in her brown shorts for work, she motioned to Jeff she was going to change her clothes- she changed in the restroom, into her hip hugging jeans and a Bob Seger tank top-
She went back out and joined them, standing next to Jeff, putting her arms around his waist, resting her head on his back- he looked behind, smiling at her,
"Hey Ashley, you're off early-"
"I had Jada cover for me, I wanted to talk to you-" the guys grinned, thinking she meant something else, she said, "You guys are pigs, that's not what I'm talking about-" Jeff turned, his hands on her hips,
"Are you sick again ? You look like you're sick again-" she looked him in the eyes, saying quietly,
"I just want to be alone with you right now- Can we go ?" he looked at the others,
"We're gonna take off-" they said later & Jeff put his arm around her waist as they walked thru the few blocks up to his house- it was about a 15 minutes walk-

*CONTINUED*

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