Ashley's POV:

Nolan and I walked hand in hand to the cafeteria and I had a smile on my face. I was swinging Nolan and I's hands back and forth and then Matt stopped us. We looked at him confused because we were already right in front of the cafeteria.

"What is it?" Nolan asked, Matt looked at Elijah and back at us.

"Can we not tell this to the other guys just yet?" Elijah asked holding Matt's hand, I smiled and looked at Nolan.

"I'm sure Nolan can keep a little secret." I said, he raised an eyebrow at me and poked my side.

"Excuse you, you can't keep a secret to save your life." He smirked, I narrowed my eyes at him and poked him back.

"Excuse you, I had to keep my feelings for you to myself." I said

'But you didnt you like him up until the hospital incident.' My mind said and I ignored it, even if it was true, except I had a crush on him back then, so that counts.

"I did too." He said and let go of my hand crossing his arms over his chest giving me a look.

"Oh shut up, you two. Just keep it a secret for now, would you?" Matt said, Nolan and I looked at him and nodded our heads. Nolan then wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pushed my face close to his.

"I love you, baby." He said and kissed my temple, I smiled and looked up at him.

"I love you too, babe." I said and kissed his cheek.

"I'm surprised Nolan didn't kill me when he heard that I liked Ashley." Matt said, I chuckled and Nolan had a smirk on his face and looked down at me.

"Well I was confident that she liked me." He said, I narrowed my eyes at him and slapped his chest. He chuckled and squeezed my shoulder.

"I'm just kidding, the reason I didn't make a big deal out of it because you're mine now and I don't have to worry about Matt because well he has Elijah now." He explained, I smiled and leaned into him.

"Anyways, we should go. We're wasting time." Elijah chuckled, we all then walked inside the cafeteria and walked towards our table.

"There you guys are!" Hazel exclaimed once she saw us.

"And you found Matt and Elijah." Paisley added, Nolan and I nodded our heads and sat down placing our bags under the table. Matt and Elijah sat down next to each other and Hazel pushed a tray of food towards them.

"Here, I got you guys some food figured you'd be hungry." She said with a smile, Matt and Elijah thanked her and began to ate their food. I leaned my head on Nolan's shoulder and smiled at the two. I'm happy that they finally decided to tell me, I'm happy that they're both happy with each other. That's all that really matters anwyays.

*After School*

"Oh thank God this day is over, I'm so flippin tired." Hazel exclaimed, I laughed at her and shook my head.

"Hey, do you girls want to have a sleepover? It's Friday anyways." I suggested

"Oh my gosh, yes! I so need girl time, I need facemasks asap." Hazel said, I looked at Paisley and she nodded her head.

"Of course, girl's night is always the best way to spend your Friday night." She said, I squealed and clapped my hands.

"Great, well my house then. You guys can go home and pick up some stuff, do you need us to drop you off?" I asked, Nolan and Ashton were still inside because they had some stuff they had to attend to. I think it had something to do with basketball, but I don't really know.

"I drove here, so I'll be fine. I'll see you girls later." She said giving us hugs before walking away to her car. I turned to Paisley and she gave me a smile.

"I took the bus, so is it okay if I ride with you guys?" She asked

"Of course it's okay, I can help you gather some stuff and we can go to my house together." I said, she smiled and nodded her head. I took the keys of my car from my pocket and gestured for her to follow me.

We walked to my car and got inside, we decided to leave the doors open and listen to some music while waiting for Nolan and Ashton.

After 15 minutes of listening to music, we saw the two boys walk towards the car. Ashton was laughing and Nolan had an amused expression on his face. We lowered down the volume and opened unlocked the car.

"Heyyy, why don't I get to sit beside Ashley?" Nolan whined, I chuckled and Paisley looked at me.

"I can move it in the back, it's no problem at all." She said, I raised an eyebrow at her and I saw Ashton looking at her with my mirror. I smiled and nodded my head, she smiled and I saw Nolan light up.

"Really?" He asked, Paisley nodded and opened the door and got out. Nolan smiled and got out of the car as well and got in beside me. He sighed in satisfaction and grabbed my hand placing a kiss on the back of it.

"Well that was easy." He said, I chuckled and looked in front.

"Alright, we ready to go?" I asked everyone and they all said yes, then we set off to Paisley's house.

"Wait, where are we going?" Ashton asked, oh right.

"That's right, we didn't tell you. I asked the girls to stay tonight and we're bringing Paisley to her house to get some of her stuff, then we'll go home." I explained and they just both nodded their heads.

"I'll call Mom and tell her, I'm pretty sure she'll join you guys." Ashton said, we all laughed and agreed. It's true, Mom always joined our girl's night, it was like she was one of us. It might seem weird to others that your Mom's joining your friend group, but when you've got parents like mine, nothing's too weird. Besides, Mom isn't even that old yet.

"Your Mom is so cool." Paisley said, I smiled and nodded my head in agreement.

"That she is, she's the coolest Mom ever." I said focusing my eyes on the road, I then felt Nolan's hand on my thigh and I placed one hand on his and stroke the back of his hand with my thumb.

I felt him write something on my thigh with his finger and I recognized it as 'I love you'. I smiled and mouthed the words back. He smiled and rested his head back slowly rubbing my thigh.

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I am an awful person and a horrible author, I haven't updated in like a month and I am so sorry. I know I say this a lot and its getting annoying already but there's so much going on with right now. I am publishing two chapters today! I hope that makes it up to ya'll somehow! I love you all so much and thank you for being so patient!

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