*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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