Julie's pov:
"But mom! I have lots and lots of homework due tomorrow. I think I should stay home. You guys can go though-..."

"Julie, it's Friday." My mom says rolling her eyes at my complaints.

I am completely dreading this dinner.

It's like the world saw me having a drama free day at school and was like... 'oh no no no, this girl must be punished for actually having a good day at high school.'

I see a blur run past me and my brother is running to get his jacket on.

Jake.. if only I was your age.

I still find it funny how my brother and Jake have the same name and are actually alike.

Both.. very annoying.

I just hope they can meet each other so I can do the whole.. 'Jake meet Jake, and Jake say hi to Jake.'

"Come on Julie, we are going to be late if you don't get your butt off the couch." My mom says putting her hands on her hips.

My dad was getting the food in the containers while my mom was stressing whether or not to wear her red or blue jacket to the dinner.

It's a jacket.. you will take it off when you get there anyways.

"Are we ready?" My dad says walking into the room with two containers of something.

Yeah, I actually kinda hid in my room for the last two hours after I came home from school.

I had to mentally prepare myself for this dinner.

My moms decides on the blue jacket, "Okay lets go!" She says opening up the front door.

In Ashton's driveway, were two cars so I'm guessing they are already here.

There is no place like home.

There is no place like home.

There is no place like home.

I look down, man, if only I wore my red shoes, maybe I could be back in my room.

After my mom knocks, the door opens up by Ashton's mother.

"Glad you could make it!" She welcomes us.

There, everyone was either in the kitchen or the living room.

Let me put it this way, four unknown parents were in the kitchen along with Ashton's dad, and in the living room-....

...

Sorry I feel like crawling up in a ball right now and throwing myself in the corner of the room.

-.... Was Samantha in a chair in the corner of the room watching tv, a guy who looks a year or two older than us was sitting on the floor against the wall caught up in his phone, a little girl around Jake's age was playing with dolls right by Samantha's feet, Tessa was on her phone on the couch, and Ashton... was no where to be seen.

Fantastic.

When I entered the living room, everyone except Tessa looked up.

I give a small, painful smile and sit down on the coach farthest away from everyone.

Samantha continues to stare at me while the little girl and the guy go back to what they were doing before.

As I look at the guy, I release that he looks a lot like...

TESSA HAS A BROTHER???!!

Dealing with one was enough, lord do you hear me??!

One!

Was!

Enough!!!!!

I sink back in my seat as I look at the little girl.

She looks like Samantha.

I watch as my brother awkwardly sits right next to the little girl.

He doesn't say anything, just silently sits next to her.

Yep, sorry Jake, you get your awkward potatoness from me.

Suddenly, I feel a hand on my shoulder and I look up to see Alissa smiling down at me.

"Hey Alissa!" I smile brightly.

"Hey Julie, dinner is going to be ready in a couple of minutes, do you mind getting Ashton?" She asks.

I nod my head and head up the stairs to his bedroom.

It feels like just yesterday I was breaking into his bedroom.

Good times, good times.

I knock on the door but no one answers.

At times like these I realize how impatient I really am.

After knocking a few more times, I just open it up to see Ashton asleep on his bed.

First off.. Awww

But how did he not wake up from that?

I was knocking pretty loudly.

As I look closer I realize he is only in his boxers.

If he wasn't so fit it wouldn't be a problem.

Stupid muscles.

I take a step closer to him, thinking.

Should I poke him? Clearly he wasn't awoken by the loud knocks at the door, I don't understand how people can be such deep sleepers.

I mean, I wake up by barely audible footsteps outside my bedroom door in the morning.

I start poking his shoulder but he doesn't stir.

"Ashton."

"Ashton."

"Ashton." I repeat, as I now start to poke him in the rib.

No response.

Maybe if I...

I jump up on his bed and sit on his back thinking that my sudden weight would wake him up.

I mean...

I have been very fond of cake lately...

And cookies...

Donuts...

Candy...

Ice cream...

Brownies...

And somehow my kidneys are still working.

I guess I pour water on him, but that's so cliche and basic.

Which means there is only one thing left to do.

I look up to the roof of his bedroom.

Before I do this, I'm am going to say a few prayers.

Lord...

I really don't want to die!!!!!!!!!

Slowly, I inch my way towards his face, leaning down and...

and....

Scream in his ear.

And this wasn't just any scream.

That...

That was the scream of pure murder.

His eyes open instantly and next thing I know he is grabbing my wrists and I am being thrown under him.

I freeze at the position we are now in. He is basically straddling me while pushing my wrists up against the bed.

I look at him almost fearfully, after a moment his eyes go wide and he curses.

"No no no no no no shit shit Julie I'm sorry!!" He says letting go of my wrists and getting off of me.

I let out a sign of relief and sit up.... which was a huge mistake because now we were only a few inches apart, as I am sitting where he was sleeping whereas he was right in front of me looking at me intently.

I don't what to say that I was distracted...

But I definitely was distracted.

His messy bed hair and sleepy face, his soft eyes and...

Oh!

And let's not forget the fact that he was practically NAKED!!!!

...

A BASICALLY NAKED ASHTON WAS A FEW INCHES AWAY FROM ME!!!

...

Say something!!!!!

"Uhm... hi." I say, grimacing at myself.

He looks at me in confusion, "Wait why are you in my bedroom? Are you planning to-.." He starts to say but I slap my hand over his mouth.

"No!!" I quickly stop him from saying what I knew he was about to say. I can feel my face start to heat up as he smirks in satisfaction.

"I told you if you wanted me-.." He starts to sing out from under my hand.

I interrupt him, "Dinner is in a couple of minutes." I say trying to distract myself from looking at his abs.

What? If you saw a well built guy only in his boxers please advice... what would you do?

"Checking me out princess?" He says cockily moving closer to me as I remove my hand from his face.

With his face only a inches away from mine, I back up until I reach his headboard.

"I have seen better." I try to hide my smile as he flinches.

His eyes almost turn darker, again, I really need to speak to an eye doctor or something, because I don't understand.

His jaw also locks and for some reason, I can feel myself starting to feel nervous under his stare.

"Who!" He almost growls out. I bite my lip, the nervousness leaving as I try not to giggle from his obvious jealousy.

Maybe it was the fact that he wanted to have the 'best abs,' I would never understand though.

"Oh is that the parents calling? I should probably go..." I attempt to stand up, but only to be dragged back down by an angry Ashton.

The way he pulls me down was so that half my body ended up on his lap and the other in his arms.

...

No I don't understand how it ended up like that even though I'm the one experiencing it I'm trying to picture it.

"Tell. Me. Who." He says slowly and I just stop myself from trying to smile anymore.

I let out a full out laugh.

He looks at me in confusion as I wipe my tears away.

"Do you need some peanut butter for that jelly?" I manage to say between breaths.

He stands up to head to his closet but I grab his hand.

"Ashton, I was kidding." I say reassuringly.

I let go of his hand while he stares at me.

After a very.. long.. couple of seconds, I decide to head out since my job here was done.

But when I start to head to the door, he stocks right in front of me before I have the chance to leave, "I'll get you back for that.. princess." He says, his once serious face, to a more playful way.

Oh lord what have I done.

~~~~~~~~~

It was all too soon before I was sitting at a long table with all...

What, fifteen people?

I was currently seated next to Samantha and Ashton, and next to Ashton was Tessa...

Ashton didn't seem to happy for that.

While the parents talked, I could tell Ashton was getting annoyed because Tessa kept trying to flirt with him, so every minute or so I could feel his chair inch closer to mine.

As of right now, our chairs were connected, so if he tried to move it he would move the both of us.

Looking at Samantha, I couldn't help but sigh as she picks at her food, not bothering to look up at any of us.

Even though she treated me horribly the first few days I arrived, I couldn't help but feel bad.

She has no one.

And even though she did do bad things to people that I soon realized I cared for, no one deserves to feel alone.

Shaking my head out of my thoughts, I looked up and listened in on the parents conversation.

Now that I think about it, the woman infront of me might be Tessa's mom.

I mean, I see a resemblance.

Similar face, voice, and personality.

...

No... please no.

Even when the topic was not about her, it somehow was when she would go to talk, adding her wealth and personal achievements along the way.

But what was funny was my mom, who looked as if she was about to explode at any second.

And not only her, but Alissa too.

I believe the work thing is for Ashton's Dad because Alissa looks too fed up to actually invite her herself.

"I'll be right back." Alissa says through gritted teeth as she stands up to get the dessert.

After she leaves, the stuck up womans' attention is drawn to her daughter, then to Ashton, as a grin forms it's way on her over the top lipsticked lips.

"Oh you two would make such a great couple!" She exclaims clapping her hands together.

I watched as my mom rolled her eyes at her behavior, but she didn't say anything.

"We're not together." Ashton says gruffly while trying to push Tessa's hands off of him.

Now you're probably thinking, 'why aren't you jealous, you like him right.'

Well, indeed I do, but Ashton looks so creeped out and disgusted that it would be a waste of energy to worry about that.

"Not yet at least." Tessa winks to Ashton before facing forward.

"I got to go." Ashton says as if he had enough of her and he abruptly pushes his chair back.

Alissa walks in from the kitchen, "But honey, don't you want to stay for dessert?" She says.

Ashton only walks up to her and gives her a kiss on her cheek. "I'm full." He says and walks past her, skipping stairs to head to his bedroom.

Tessa just huffs and slides down in her seat and it takes everything in me not to laugh.

She looked like a little child who was told she wasn't allowed to have 'her' ice cream.

"Sorry about my sons manners." I look over to see Ashton's dad shaking his head while he digs into some of Alissa's dessert.

"Oh he's just going through that rebellious teenage phase." Samantha's dad says brushing it off.

"So what does Ashton want to be when he's older." Tessa's dad asks setting down his wine.

Ashton's dad was about to say something but Alissa butted in.

"He has some scholarships." Alissa states proudly for her son.

Both Tessa's parents nod. "You know, if Ashton ever wants to work for my business-.." Tessa's dad starts to say.

"We'll see." Alissa says quickly and almost bitterly as she walks back into the kitchen.

"I have to go to the bathroom." I say standing up once Alissa is gone.

My parents just nod there head while they continue eating only saying very few words.

"Uh me too." Samantha says also.

I couldn't help but give her a questionable look, but nonetheless, she follows me out of the kitchen.

I didn't think much of it until I hear her  footsteps behind me as she follows me up the stairs.

Maybe she has to go to the bathroom also?

I just head into the bathroom and do my business quickly, but when I took a step out, her presence again made me even more curious.

Does she want to talk?

But my question was answered as she looks up at me.

"Hey, I just-... well I just wanted to apologize for everything." She says looking down at the ground.

"Its okay, I accept your apology."

"And I know I really messed up-... wait what??" Her eyes widen as she stares at me in shock.

And if I could, I would stare at me in shock also, because even I couldn't believe what I was saying.

But I continue, "Samantha, I know I know nothing about you. We don't talk and when we do... well..."

She looks down embarrassed, but just as she was about to say something, I continue.

"But what I do know is that you seem to be going through a hard time right now. And even though I'm not particularly fond of you and what you did to Luke, I would never neglect someone who is struggling, it just isn't who I am."

At my words, a small smile forms on her lips, "I-.. I don't know what to say. Thank you Julie. I know I don't deserve your kindness, but really, thank you."

"Do your parents know?" I ask, although I'm pretty sure I know the answer, I just wanted to be sure.

"No." She says quietly.

"Hey it's okay." I say grabbing her hand. She looks down at my hand and back at me.

Suddenly, I hear footsteps coming and I look over to see Tessa's brother walking towards us.

"Uh.. hey." I say awkwardly. He looks at both of us before speaking.

"Sorry, the parents wanted me to check on you guys..." he says.

"We're fine." Samantha says timidly, almost as if she was angry.

I give her a shocked look but she doesn't seem to notice.

He sees her upset face and he turns around and stalks back down the stairs.

"Samantha why were you so-..."

"He's the father of my baby."

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!!

Well we finally know who the baby daddy is, no wonder Tessa knows her secret.

But does her brother even know of the baby?

Is he just hiding it along with Samantha?

You will just have to stay updated!!
~juls