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When I woke up the next morning, I was grateful that I wasn't hungover; just tired. Ash and I had stayed up late last night just talking and laughing, it was actually really nice. He even pulled out an old photo album I'd given him a couple of years back as a gift that was full to the brim of memories of the two of us. We spent hours going through it and laughing our heads off. However remembering everything we've been through just reconfirmed my love for him.
As usual, I was pressed up against Ash's wall with him wrapped around me, our legs were tangled together and I could feel his warm breath on my neck. It wasn't all of that though that was causing my heart to pulse like crazy; it was where his hand was placed. His left was wrapped around my shoulder, that was okay, but his right, well that was resting between my thighs and pressing very, very close to my lady parts. For first thing in the morning, or whatever time it was, my body was very awake. Moving backwards slightly I try and get him to move his hand away, that was a mistake. As I moved backwards my butt brushed against Ash's morning soldier, causing him to groan down my neck and his grip to tighten on me. Instead I reach down to try and move his hand myself only for him to move his hand and brush it intimately against me. Biting back a moan of my own, I gritted my teeth together. Quickly as I could I gripped his hand and pulled it off me, placing it on his thigh so that I could turn around. As soon as I'd turned and I was facing his beautiful face, his arms curled around me, pulling me even closer to him, with his right hand now resting on my backside.
I'd quite happily lie here all day with him; I had no plans to be anywhere but here. Especially after what had happened last night I wanted to be closer to Ash. I'm so glad I never went further with Chase, but if I hadn't caught him with Rachel last night, it would have just carried on. Him coming down every weekend and meeting up with me, slowly getting closer and closer, breaking down more of the walls I'd put up around boys and slowly getting more intimate with me. I'd never be able to look at myself in the mirror again if I'd slept with Chase and then find out it was all a game.
Tears began to spring to my eyes as I began re-calling everything we'd done together. Not just physically but everything else. We'd had fun together, even when we were hanging out before parties and nights out. He was the first guy in a while that I liked enough to hang out with and to maybe help me get over my best friend. Now looking back it was all lies.
"Don't cry Lou." I hear Ash whisper, closing his arms around me and pressing soft kisses to my forehead.
"I'm such an idiot Ash."
"No you're not."
"I am; I should have realised someone like Chase would never look twice at someone like me normally. I should have realised that there must have been a hidden agenda."
"You're being silly, anyone is lucky to be with you, especially him."
"Yea right Ash. And you were right; all he wanted me for was a local fuck when he was in town. Just a pretty face for him to screw whilst he was here."
"Stop thinking down about yourself Lou. You're worth so much more than that, and it's Chase huge mistake not realising what he's lost by metaphorically, screwing you over."
"Thanks Ash."
"No problem, now dry your beautiful eyes. We're going out soon."
"We are?" I ask looking up at him. I was still lay pretty close to his chest, and I could still feel Ash's hand resting on my rear end. Not that I cared.
"We are. And no, I'm not telling you where." He grinned, tapping my nose gently before climbing out of bed.
As Ash was in his bathroom getting ready, I went and used the one down the hall instead. Washing my face and dragging a brush through my hair before heading back into Ash's room to find something to wear out of the clothes I leave here. I managed to find a comfy pair of jeans along with a cute top in one of my draws along with some clean underwear.
Once I was dressed, I applied the minimal amount of make-up and went downstairs where Ash was making coffee. I needed this more than anything else right now or I'd be so grumpy.
"You making breakfast?" I ask sipping my steaming hot drink of the gods.
"Well..." he says dragging out the word whilst looking at his watch. "It's just after ten, if you're almost ready I think we could make Maccy's breakfast instead. "What you think?" He asks grinning at me.
Our closest Mcdonalds was a fifteen minute drive so we'd have to leave within the next five minutes in order to get there before they stopped serving breakfast at ten thirty.
"I just need to brush my teeth." I grin jumping out my seat and running upstairs. Once that was done, I grab a jacket and my phone from Ash's room and run downstairs to slip on my converse.
"Ready." I grin picking up my coffee to go mug that Ash had re-filled with my drink.
"Okay, let's go."
We made breakfast.
Barely, as we got stuck behind a tractor on the way there, but that's living in Wales for you; tractors and farm animals blocking the roads all the time. After we were done we jumped back into Ash's car and he took off.
"Any clues to where we're going?" I ask and he shakes his head.
"I'm not telling you, but it's gona be a fun day just the two of us."
"Okay fine." I sigh, crossing my legs on the seat whilst changing the radio station over. I knew I wouldn't get any information out of him.
"Don't be a grouch, it's gona be fun."
"I'm not, and I know it will be. We've not done anything like this is a while; hanging out just the two of us."
"Apart from every Friday night." He says grinning at me,
"Well that doesn't count. That's just tradition." I grin back.
"I think we need this, just a day to forget everything back home and just enjoy ourselves. Plus we won't be getting much time to soon with you getting everything ready for your fashion show."
"Yea I know, it's gona be so full on soon. Although I'm so excited for the show and show off my designs to everyone."
"You're going to do great Lou, I believe in you."
"Thanks Ash."
My heart was fluttering like crazy in my chest; it was just little things like that that made me love him. Just a couple of words that would make my day and touch deep into my soul.
Not long later we pulled up outside a cinema and amusement complex.
I raise my eyebrow at Ash as he turns off the engine grinning madly at me.
"Fancy a game of laser tag?"
"Definitely."
*~*~*~*
For the next hour we ran around the course trying to shoot each other. We asked to be put of separate teams instead of playing together. There was a group of kids there whose game the place joined us on. They were like little ninjas, popping up from everywhere and always attacking me. In the end my team lost to Ash's, two games to one. The kids on my team weren't happy and demanded they had a rematch. Me and Ash left whilst they were trying to persuade their parents for another game.
I was knackered by the time we came out of there, all that running around and hiding had worn me out.
"You ready for what's next." Ash asked as we grabbed our stuff from one of the lockers.
