Ashley's POV: 

Great, they're home. I groaned and rolled over in my bed trying to let the music swallow me into another world. I was at peace for a few minutes, until I heard a knock on my door. I lowered my music and yelled a quick 'come in'. A few seconds later, Nolan walked in. 

"Hey" He greeted, I looked up at him and gave a slight smile. 

"What's up?" I asked casually

"You know what's up, Ash." He said, I sighed and leaned in my bed.

"There's nothing to it, Nolan." I said

"Yes there is, Ash. I know I offended you, and I'm sorry." He said sitting down on the edge of my bed and looked into my eyes.

"It's alright, Nolan." I said

"No, it's not. Ash, I was way out of line, I shouldn't have said that. That was beyond offensive." He said, I smiled and wrapped my arms around his neck.

"It's alright, Nolan. I'm okay now." I said, he wrapped his arms around me and squeezed me tight.

"I really am sorry, Ash. I didn't mean to offend you." He said, I pulled away from him and gave him a big smile.

"How many times do I have to say it's alright, Nolan?" I chuckled

"A billion times." He said, I shook my head and slapped his arm.

"Now how about I take you out for ice cream?" He suggested

"Ice cream before dinner?" I said with my eyebrow raised

"It's a peace offering." He shrugged, I laughed and nodded my head.

"Alright then, let's go." I said and stood up, he stood up and held out a hand for me. I took it and dragged him out of my room after grabbing my phone and wallet in the process. We managed to run down the stairs without falling.

"Hey, where you two going?" I heard Ashton ask, we turned to him and his gaze landed on our hands which were still intertwined. I immediately let go of his hand and sent Ashton a sheepish smile.

"Hey bro, we're just gonna get ice cream. Wanna come with us?" Nolan asked him

"Nah, I'm not really in the mood for ice cream. You guys go ahead, and Nolan please do not and I mean do not flirt with my sister." He said and narrowed his eyes at Ashton, I rolled my eyes and walked over to him.

"Oh shush, Ashton. I doubt he will, we're gonna go ahead now. If Mom or Dad asks, just tell them that we're out, alright?" I said and kissed his cheek. He nodded his head and gave me a quick hug. 

"Alright, I love you. Take care of my sister, Nolan. I mean it." He said, Nolan saluted him and I just rolled my eyes once again. 

"Enough of that, I want ice cream. Love you, Ashy." I said and grabbed Nolan's hand once again and dragged him out. We walked out of the house and he brought us to his car, but I stopped him.

"What?" He asked as he was about to grab the door handle.

"I wanna walk there." I said, he chuckled and nodded his head.

"Alright!" He said, he locked his car and shoved the key in his pocket. 

"Let's go?" He asked

"Let's go" I said and we made our way to the ice cream shop. It wasn't too far a walk so we should be alright.

*At the ice cream shop* 

We walked into the ice cream shop and he told me to look for a table while he ordered the ice creams. I just nodded my head and got a table near the window. I placed my chin on the palm of my hand and brought my phone out. I opened up Instagram and started scrolling through my feed until I heard someone walk towards me. 

"Did you get my favourite ice-" I started to say but then realised that it wasn't Nolan, it was another guy. A complete stranger, though he's pretty cute and looks pretty familiar. 

"Hey" He said and sat on the chair in front of me.

"Uhh hey" I said awkwardly

"I saw you from across the shop and I thought you were really cute." He said with a smirk, gag! 

"Umm okay?" I said, he placed his hand on mine and I jerked away.

"What's your name, Angel?" He asked, I let out an uneasy smile and looked around for Nolan to see him flirting with the girl working the cashier. I rolled my eyes and turned back at the guy.

"I'm Ashley, why don't we go out? I'm not in the mood for ice cream anymore." I said and forced out a smile.

"Wait, really?" He asked his whole persona changing.

"Yeah, let's go?" I asked and stood up. He shot me a genuine smile and looked over at a table a few feet away, I looked at the direction of his gaze and I saw 3 guys, probably his friends. I think I know what's happening here.

"Let me guess, they dared you to come over to me?" I asked, he looked shocked and gave me a sheepish smile. 

He scratched the back of his neck and chuckled lightly, "Yeah, they did. I'm sorry I acted that way and if I made you uncomfortable. It's just that, I know most girls like the bad boy type of guys, so that's what I went for." He said, huh so stereotypical. 

"Oh that's no worries, I completely understand. Why don't we go over to them? I'd love to meet them." I said

"Oh really? That's great, oh and I'm Julian, Julian Hilton." He said and stuck out his hand for me to shake.

"It's nice to meet you, Julian." I said

"Now let's go over to your friends." I said, he seemed to be an actually decent guy. We walked over to their table and his friends looked up at me in shock. I gave them a smile and a little wave. They looked at Julian and then at me and then at Julian again. I laughed a little and their heads snapped back to me.

"Guys, this is Ashley, Ashley these are my friends, Hudson, Easton, and Ezekiel." Julian said as he pointed to each guy. 

"Hi guys, I'm Ashley. It's really nice to meet you!" I said and held out my hand for them to shake and when they didn't I just looked at Julian.

"Sorry, they're not used to seeing a really pretty girl up close. We're what you call the geeks in school." He said

"Oh, I knew you looked familiar!" I said, he chuckled and gestured for me to seat. I sat down beside Easton and they still looked at me like I was some mythical creature.

"Guys, stop staring at her like that. You're gonna scare her off." Julian scolded his friends, they finally snapped out of their gaze and gave me smiles.

"We're sorry, we're just not used to this." Hudson said, I frowned and tilted my head to the side.

"That's a shame, you guys seem like really nice guys." I said, and then I had an idea.

"Why do you guys say you sit at our table tomorrow? We have a lot more space." I suggested, they all looked at each other.

"That would be great, Ashley, but are you sure about this?" Julian asked 

"Yes, I'm sure. Like I said, you guys seem cool." I smiled, they all smiled and nodded their heads.

We sat there talking for who knows how long until I heard the voice of a demon.

Just kidding, it's just Nolan. 

"Ashley, what the hell are you doing?" 

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Sorry for the long wait, guyyyysssss!! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter though, I still have to update on His Weakness, yikes. Love you guyyyysss!! 

Word count: 1323

Picture of Julian Hilton: (Emery Kelly)