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I rush over to the crowd of people and push past them to get to the front only to find four familiar faces. Ryder, Anderson (one of the jocks), Jason (Anderson's best friend), and last but not least Blake. The four boys were fighting as Catherine tried to stop them but Parker pulls her out of the way before getting in between the four boys.

"Ryder, Blake stop it!" Catherine pleads and I spot a few droplets of water rolling down her face.

Parker is pushed to the floor by another one of the jocks and then they too start fighting. So much for helping stop them. I watch as Ryder dodges Anderson's fist and throws a right hook making Anderson stumble backwards.

"That's enough," I exclaim as I step in the middle of the fight. "All of you!"

All six boys stop and turn to face me.

"Ashley dear can you please move out of the way and let the man figure this out." Anderson states as his hands tries to touch my shoulder.

Thanks to my quick reflexes and six years in self defense class I was able to grab his hand, twist it as I bring it to the back of his neck, and I kick him on his knee cap, not so hard but hard enough that I cause him to kneel.

"Touch me again and I swear the pain will be worse." I state as Anderson pleads for me to let him go.

"Yeah, yeah now please let go!" He responds and I let go.

I grab Ryder and Blake by the ears as I drag them to Ryder's car.

"Ow, ow." I hear them state as I reach the red BMW i8.

Catherine and the rest of Ryder's gang walks up to us as well as my friends.

"What the hell were you doing fighting with Jason and his gang, on school grounds!" I ask Blake as I let go of their ears.

"I-" Blake states as his mouth opens and closes like a fish's mouth.

"Oh my god Ash, you were awesome out there!" Andrew exclaims saving Ryder and Blake from my lecture.

"Andrew is right that was so cool, you need to teach me some of those moves." Daniel states.

"Talking about cool moves where did you learn to fight like that?" Ryder asks as he rubs his now red ear.

I stay silent and pretend to not have heard him.

"When she wa-"

Blake starts but I interrupt him by stating, "Don't you dare tell them."

"When she was little she thought that,"

"Blake I am warning you don't say it." I reply as I give him a stern look.

He ignores me and continues talking.

"When she was little she thought there was a guy following her, so she begged mom to take self defense classes. She never told mom the real reason but my mom let her take the classes anyway. Results the guy that was following her lived at the house next to ours, he was just coming back from school."

Everyone bursts into laughter and I punch Blake causing him to flinch.

"Ow what'd you do that for?" He asks as he rubs his arm.

"I told you not to tell them." I whisper shout before I open the car door. "You two in the car now, I have to take care of those bruises."

"They don't even hurt." Ryder responds.

I give him a strong stare as I state, "I said get in the car, now."

"Okay miss bossy pants." Ryder replies as he gets in the car followed by Blake and Catherine.

"We will meet you guys at your house." Brian states.

Sure why not, all of you just come to my house.

"Andrew are you coming?" I ask as Ryder turns on the car.

"Nah, I will go in Daniel's car." He responds before sprinting off with the others.

Ryder drives out of the school parking lot and I finally realized, the teachers nor the security not even the principal noticed there was a fight going on! Tsk, tsk, tsk they need to learn how to do their job better.

***

Ryder pulls up in front of my house before we all step out of the car. Thankfully my mom's car wasn't parked in the driveway meaning she wasn't home yet. As soon as I unlock the door we all walk into the house and head towards the kitchen.

"Sit down, I will go get the first aid kit." I state as I take of my jacket and throw it on the chair before heading towards the downstairs bathroom.

I open the mirror and the first aid kit as well as hair products and beauty products was placed on the shelf. I grab it, close the mirror, and head back to the kitchen were Ryder and Blake are whining as Catherine is lecturing them.

"I told you two to stop and you didn't listen. I was literally screaming, do you understand that you could have gotten in trouble if you had gotten caught?!" Catherine asks as her voice rises.

"Catherine is right, you would have gotten suspended and you, you could have gone to jail." I state as I point at Ryder then at Blake.

"Okay we get it," Ryder responds. "We won't do it again."

"You better not because next time I won't get into the fight and stop it before the teachers found out." I respond.

I grab the kit and get a gauze pad before dipping it into the hydrogen peroxide. I bring the gauze pad and drag it over Ryder's bruised eye that had a small cut next to his eyebrow. He lets out a hiss as he makes a weird face.

"See this is what you get for fighting." I state as I grab a band aid and place it over the cut.

"Shit!" Blake exclaims causing Catherine to jump back.

"I am sorry, did I hurt you?" She asks concern.

"No, no it's just I have the WTC interview in an hour." He answers.

"And?" I asked dumbfounded.

"And, I can't show up with a black eye." He responds.

"It doesn't look that bad." I state as I walk over to the fridge and grab two frozen bags of peas. "Put this on so it doesn't swell."

"It still won't help me Ash." He replies as he grabs the bag from me.

"I can try to hide it using some make-up, it should work." Catherine suggests.

"Really?" Blake asks.

"Yeah really, come I have the make up upstairs in my bedroom." Catherine replies before Blake and her walk upstairs.

"Let's take care of your black eye." I state as I put the bag and wrap a cloth around it before gently placing it on his eye.

Ryder flinched and I quickly took the bag off as I stared at him with concern, "Did I hurt you?"

"No, it's just it's cold that's all." He replies as gives me an assuring smile.

I gently press the bag again his purple colored eye trying to be as gentle as possible. I then realize his lip also has a small cut and there was a red liquid coming out of it.

"Here hold this, your lip has a cut." I state as I hand him the bag and start cleaning his lip.

As I am cleaning up the blood I stare up at Ryder only to find him staring at me with those big dark brown eyes.

"What?" I ask as I stand up straight so he is now looking up at me.

"Nothing." He responds never once breaking our eye contact.

He stands up and pushes a few stands of my hair behind my ear. His hand cups my cheek causing it to start burning, the proximity of our lips causes butterflies to rise in my stomach and my heart to lite on fire as I stared into those dark brown eyes that for some reason chanted a spell over me, wishing no wanting Ryder to kiss me.

"Ryd-" My sentence is cut by his lips that capture mine a slow, sweet kiss. Our lips moved in a sync mode as our lips molded perfectly together and I wrapped my arms around his neck. He grabs me by the waist and brings me closer to him.

What am I doing?!

I can't kiss him! But why can't I stop, I won't to, my brain is telling me I have to but my heart...my heart is telling me other wise. We both finally pull away and stare at each other for a few seconds before a familiar voice catches our attention.

"Am I interrupting something?" Mathew asks.

My cheeks burn up and the first thing that crosses my mind is that Mathew just saw us kissing.

"How long have you been standing there for?" Ryder asks.

"Oh I just came in, your friends our in the living room by the way." Matt answers.

"Oh okay, thanks for helping me Ash." Ryder states as he walks out of the kitchen and I bite my lip.

What the hell are you doing to me Ryder?!

"So how did you guys get in?" I ask as I start putting the stuff away.

"Andrew, he knew where you guys hide the spare key." Matt responds.

"Of course he did." I murmur. "Come we should go with the others."

I walk out of the kitchen with Mathew right behind me.

"Ashley guess what?!" Andrew asks with a big grin.

"What?" I ask.

"Parker just invited you, Nikki, Amelia, Jacob, and me to his parents lake house!" Andrew exclaims.

I turn to look at Parker and ask, "Really?"

"Yeah, you guys have become part of our gang and I think your friends are pretty cool so why not hang out all together this weekend, my parents already said I could borrow their lake house." Parker explains.

He points at Mathew and states, "You are invited too."

"Uh thank you." Mathew responds taken back but covering up with a simple smile.

"Where is Blake and Catherine?" I ask, right as they walk down the stairs.

"Tada the black eye is gone." Catherine states as she points to the place Blake's black eye was but it disappeared.

"Thank you so much Cat, now I better get going before I run late for my interview." Blake states as he starts making his way towards the door but not after pecking Catherine's cheek.

Ou, something is going on between these two and I am going to find out what.

I turn to look at Catherine who's cheeks had now turned a light shade of red causing me to smile. Between Jessica and her, I would prefer Catherine.

"So are you up for the trip, it's not that for from here only two hours away." Parker asks.

"Please say yes Ash." Amelia pleads and I sigh in defeat.

"Alright," Amelia and Andrew were about to jump out of their seat and yell yay but I then added, "But I have to ask my parents for permission first."

"Fine, but I am pretty sure they're going to say yes anyway so..."Andrew states.

"Yay!" Amelia and Andrew exclaim in unison causing me to laugh.

Little did I know this would start all of the drama that was to come? Certainly not me.

***

Everyone walks out of the school and I try to walk past the crowd of animals, uh I mean kids. We decided to leave our bags with our clothes for this weekend inside the cars we would be riding. I zip up my green military jacket as I walk towards Ryder's car. As I near the car I only find Ryder standing there, oh god why do you hate me?

"Hey, Ashley you ready to go?" Catherine ask from behind me and I let out a sigh of relief.

Since the last time Ryder and I kissed, Ryder and I haven't really talked. Let's just say Ryder has been trying to find every way possible to avoid any contact with me verbal and physical. It is really annoying because I need answers, like why does he keep kissing me? Does he like me? I have questions that need to be answered and I am planning on getting the answers this weekend.

"Yeah, all set and ready to go." I respond with a smile.

"So is Blake going to meet us there?" Catherine asks.

"Yeah, he wants to get some stuff done for WTC and then he will meet us at the lake house." I respond.

"Oh okay, Andrew and Amelia are going to ride with Brian. Nikki is going with Jacob and I don't know about Mathew." Catherine replies.

"Uh I will call him right now." I state as I take out my phone and send Matt a quick message.

Me: Matt where r u?
Matt: I am going to meet you guys there
Me: Okay say you there then bye.

I turn off my phone and head towards the back seat of Ryder's car.

"What did he say?" Catherine asks as we buckle up.

"He is going to meet us there." I answer.

"Oh okay, then I guess we are all set to go." Catherine states before Ryder starts up the car and the five different cars pull out of the school's parking lot one by one.

"Catherine can you turn on the radio?" I ask and Catherine miss before Cheap Thrills by Sia starts playing.

"Yeah this is my jam." Catherine states as she starts dancing to the song causing me to laugh.

***

The path of rocks makes a crunching sound under the tires of the car as we arrive at our destination. Once the car comes to a stop the three of us step out of the car. Everyone had already arrived except for Blake and Mathew. They should be coming later on.

"Woah, this is a lake house?" Amelia asks as we stare at the beautiful house in awe.

"More like mansion, it's bigger than Ashley's house." Andrew responds.

"I call dibs on the beat bedroom." Nikki exclaimed before they all run into the house except for Ryder and me.

I have two options stay here and ask Ryder my questions or go inside and avoid the awkward conversation that will follow afterwords.

Before either of us could head on inside I finally gather the guts to ask, "Ryder, can I-I talk to you?"

He turns around to face me and nods. I bite my lip still contemplating my decision. Fuck it, here goes nothing.

"Why did you kiss me?" I question as I stare at him in the he trying to get some answers.

"Ash-" he starts but I cut him off.

"I want the truth Ryder, why did you kiss me? Do you like me or something?"

Honestly, I should have just gone with my first option because what he said afterwords hurt me more than a knife could ever hurt me.

"The kiss was a mistake, Ashley you are just another girl in Kennedy High. No, I don't like you, I won't ever like you! You are or were my sisters enemy, and just because you guys are friends now or whatever doesn't mean you and I have to be anything. Now please leave me alone." He answers and I try my best to contain the tears that were threatening to fall.

Once he turns around and walks into the house I let the salty tears roll down my cheeks. I turn on my heel and start walking, wondering into the woods in the process. Not sure where the hell I was going but I wanted to get as far away as possible from Ryder. I sit down and start crying until there aren't anymore tears. Why does it hurt so goddamn much? Why did I let him in in the first place? I stand up and decided to go back home but I then realize I don't know where the hell I am?! It was almost dusk, and the sun was starting to set. I try looking for my phone but realize I left it in my purse. I hear a crunch from behind me and turn around to find no one there.

"Hello?" I state. "Is anyone there?"

No response just silence. I hear another crunch and I decide to make a run for it. As I turn around to see if someone is following me I trip on a vine and a sharp pain curses through my ankle. I fall to the ground and hold onto my ankle as a few tears of pain escape.

"Help! Someone please help me!" I exclaim and the crunching noises get louder and closer.

Oh god this is my doom! Goodbye cruel world.

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