Ashley's POV:

It's been a couple days since the whole Nolan and Sophie incident and I've been cooped up in my room since then. I haven't even been to school because I've been feeling a bit under the weather, I know right, heartbreak and getting sick at the same time, worst feeling ever. Nolan's been trying to come over to talk to me but Ashton took care of that problem, but then since Nolan can't come here, he decided to send gifts which I obviously didn't accept.

Ashton has been taking home notes from school and giving me my school work that I've missed so far, I really am thankful for him because if I didn't have him, then I would have gone absolutely crazy. Nathan and Dale have been great company too, since they come home from school earlier than Ashton does, they keep me company while he's gone. I kinda feel bad that because of me, Dale isn't talking to his brother, but then again it was Dale's decision to ignore Nolan as well.

Today is Wednesday and I'm still at home, my sickness is almost gone and Mom and Dad said I can go to school by tomorrow which I'm not really happy about but I really have no choice. It's currently noon and the boys should be here in about an hour or so. Ashton doesn't let out until maybe 5 since he does have practice today.

I told the girls about what happened with Nolan and obviously they weren't too happy about it. I heard from Ashton that Hazel tried to beat him up, but then the other guys stopped her from doing so which is good because if she gets another detention, she'll get suspended soon. I swear that girl can't be stopped sometimes, I'm just thankful that I have her and Paisley as well. If I hadn't met those two, my life would be completely boring.

I heard a knock on my door and I turned down my music and got up to open it. I opened the door to see Nathan and Dale standing there with a tray of food in Nathan's hands. I smiled and opened the door wider to let them in.

"You guys are home early, I expected you guys to be home at least an hour from now." I said, they smiled and Nathan placed the tray of food on my bed and they both jumped on my bed and looked at me.

"Yeah, well there was a leak and they sent us home early so here we are. Mom picked us up and we decided to make you a little lunch, and of course Mom helped us." Nathan explained, I nodded my head and walked over to my bed and sat down looking at the lunch they made me.

"Ooh yum, Mac and cheese, I've been craving some." I said, they smiled wider and got comfy on my bed, Dale grabbed the remote and switched on the TV and put on Netflix.

"What do you want to watch?" He asked me, I just shrugged my shoulders and continued to eat my Mac and Cheese.

A few minutes into the movie, Nathan asked me a question.

"Ashley, do you still love Nolan?" He asked and I looked at him and saw that both he and Dale were looking at me and they obviously wanted an answer. I sighed and let out a small smile, this is the first time they asked me about Nolan since the incident happened on Friday and they deserved to know, they are our brothers after all.

"I'll always love Nolan, but what he did really hurt me." I briefly explained, they both looked at each other and Nathan nudged Dale with his elbow and I just raised an eyebrow at the two.

"Do you think you two will work things out and get back together?" Dale asked, of course I saw this question coming, but it doesn't mean that I know exactly what to answer.

"Here's the thing, I love Nolan with all my heart and the both of us are gonna have to talk one way or another. I'm not sure if I'm ready to talk to him just yet and I don't know if we're gonna get back together, heck we didn't even break up yet. He and I are just taking a little break and I don't know what the future holds for the both of us, but what I do know is that whatever happens, everything will be fine in the end." I said, they both smiled and crawled over to me and hugged me on each side, I had Dale on my right and Nathan on my left.

"You're going to be okay, Ashley. We'll always be here for you, we love you." Nathan said, I smiled and gave them both a kiss on their heads.

"I love you guys too." I said, they pulled away from me and went back to their positions earlier and I leaned my head on the wall with my thoughts drifting to Nolan.

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"Mom, Ash! I'm home!" I heard Ashton's voice yell from downstairs, the boys and I got up from my bed and they ran out the door leaving me to chase after them. I quickly ran down after them and saw Ashton taking his shoes off, I smiled and walked over to him giving him a hug.

"Hey, how was your day?" He asked wrapping his arms around me and giving e a tight squeeze before pulling away.

"Same old same old, but I'm feeling better. Mom and Dad said I can go back to school tomorrow." I said, he raised an eyebrow and looked around.

"Where is mom anyway?" He asked, I shrugged and looked around as well because they boys disappeared all of a sudden.

"I don't know either, the boys came running down here, did you see them?" I asked, he smiled and nodded his head.

"Yeah, they're heading over next door to get some of Dale's stuff." He said, I nodded my head and looked around for Mom, maybe she was in her and dad's room, I should probably check up on her.

"I think she's in her room, maybe we should check up on her. I haven't seen her since this morning." I said, he nodded his head and we both walked up the stairs and quickly went to mom's room and saw her sleeping in her bed all cozied up with the giant teddy bear Dad gave her. I smiled and thought about the little baby that was coming, mom was almost 3 months pregnant and I'm already getting impatient and I just want that little baby out.

"I know what you're thinking." I heard Ashton say as he guided me out and carefully closed the door leaving mom to sleep.

"Oh yeah? What am I thinking?" I challenged him, he chuckled and wrapped an arm around my shoulder.

"I know you want the baby out so bad and you can't wait to spoil him/her." He said confidently and I just rolled my eyes since he got it right, he's not wrong though.

"I hate it when you do that." I said and crossed my arms over my chest before walking to my room with him trailing behind.

"Do what? Me being right bugs you?" He said with his smile getting wider, I sat down on my bed in a criss cross position and he sat down beside me spreading his legs out and just laying on his back.

"No, I hate it when you're being such a smartass." I said and hit him with a pillow, he gasped and grabbed my other pillow and hit me with it as well.

"How was I being a smartass, nimrod?" He asked, I thought about it and I didn't have an answer so I just hit him again with the pillow. He laughed and we stayed in bed for about an hour until we heard the doorbell ring. We looked at each other before running down the stairs to see who it was, Ashton opened the door and we saw Calvin and Lorraine.

"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" I asked them while giving them both hugs, Ashton did the same and we let them in and went to the living room. Ashton and I sat next to each other while they both sat in front of us.

"We're here because we're leaving in a few day and we need to know you're decision if you're going with us or not."

Well crap.

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Well damn, what do you guys think Ashton and Ashley's decision would be? The book is almost over and I'm just getting so overwhelmed and I don't know how to end the book and I just don't know what to write anymore, but anyways I hope you guys enjoyed reading this chapter! I love you all so much!!

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