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Ø.6|| "We need to talk."

June 1996
85 days
Ashton stopped by the next day, his tousled curls wrapped in a red bandana, sunglasses resting on the bridge of his nose; he and Alice have the same freckled nose. He has on the same clothes from last night, and by the way he was rubbing his temples, I could tell he was nursing a bad hangover. I offer for him to come inside out of the bright sunlight, but he just shakes his head. "Take a walk with me. We need to talk."
We're walking down my road when Ashton tells me. "We were at a party two years ago. Everyone was roaring drunk and stoned. It was her first party, Alice, she was 15 at the time. I don't know why I thought bringing my kid sister would be a good idea, but I did. As soon as I got there I left her by the entrance to go find a drink and a hot girl." I nodded, not quite sure where this was going.
"A few hours had gone by, and I was drunk, the girl I was making out with was drunk. We were on a couch in the living room when Alice ran in. Her clothes were torn, a big welt was bleeding over her left eye, and she was sobbing uncontrollably. I ran over to her, my buzz had worn off. I looked at my disheveled little sister.
Everyone was staring at her, at us, as I wrapped my arms around her. She was shaking as she fell into my chest. I looked down at her, and that's when I noticed her pants were unbuttoned; the zipper was ripped off completely. She kept telling me, 'I said no, but he kept going.' I carried her out of the house and put her in the car.
She finally managed to calm down and tell me my best friend Brian forced himself onto her. I remember thinking there was no way in hell my best friend would do something like that. So I looked at her right in her tear-soaked face and told her she was a lying whore. She was always one for dramatics, so I justified the situation as such." I was baffled to say the least, but that didn't explain last night's sudden outburst.
"So what about last night?" I asked.
"I didn't want a repeat of two years ago." he says.
"You honestly think I'd hurt her?" I ask offended.
"Alice is very... taken with you, and I see the way you look at her. I don't need another Robby. I fucked up protecting her the last two times, I'm not going for a third. I refuse to see her heart broken again." He states, staring at me right in the eyes, suddenly sober.
"I'd never hurt her Ashton." I'm so confused right now. I'm not Brian or Robby.
"I know what I said last night was in poor taste, but I said it hoping I'd put you off from her because I know my sister. When she falls, she falls hard like she did with Robby last summer. He was here on vacation like us, like you. He took advantage of her feelimgs Luke, used her as a good summer fling he could go back and tell all his buddies about.
The summer ended and they exchanged telephone numbers; the one he gave her was fake. I watched as she waited by the phone everyday for six months waiting for a call that would never come. He was from the US, how do you think you two would work out living on opposite sides of the equator?" He's still looking at me in the eyes expecting an answer.
"I wouldn-"
"Leave her alone. Check your feelings at the door because I don't want you thinking about my sister like that. She's been through enough already, ok? When the summer is over we'll all go our separate ways and forget any of this happened. Do you get me?" Ashton asks, standing from the curb we are sitting on.
A nod is all could manage. Ashton curtly nods, telling me he'd see me later as he begins walking in the other direction. He stops halfway down the road as if he were about to turn around, but he just keeps walking instead.
I had an idea of how I felt about Alice, but my feelings were distorted by Ashton's request. Her beauty and personality were magnetic, how could I stay away? Keeping my word would be harder than I thought.

As they say, distance makes the heart grow fonder.

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