I woke up and jumped out of bed. I changed into some normal clothes and walked downstairs. Jim and Zac were at the table talking. When I walked in Zac smiled at me, and kept talking. I sat down across from Zac, everytime he talked he would glance at me and smile. Finally he rested his eyes on me and kept talking. I looked at Jim who was pointing to Zac and acting like he was drooling. I laughed and Zac looked at me and then at Jim who had went back to the position Zac had last seen him in. This made me laugh harder. Zac gave me a weird look and turned back around to talk to Jim. I got up and grabbed a small bottle of Mt. Dew from the fridge. Jim looked at me.
“Mt. Dew for breakfast?” He asked.
“Yeah.” I replied.
“Aren’t u healthy?” He said sarcastically.
I laughed. “Yeah.”
Zac smiled at me again. He leaned over and kissed my cheek. Jim looked at Zac and gave him a look that kinda said, “don’t do that again.” I looked at Jim and then at Zac, who gave me questioning eyes. I just shrugged my shoulders. I didn’t know what Jim’s problem was. So I just ignored it. We waited for everyone to get home while we sat at the table talking. I could hear my radio on upstairs. I listened as I heard Mmmbop in the distance. I walked over to the radio in the kitchen and put it on 97.9 Mmmbop was playing. I turned it up loud enough so that I could hear it clearly from the table. Zac shook his head and then smiled at me. Jim laughed.
“I’m going to go play video games!” I said running up the stairs after the song was over.
Zac followed me up to his room, and I flipped on the tv and the playstation. We played video games over and over again. Zac and I won about the same amount each.
I got so tired that I decided to lay on his bed and fell asleep. Zac had also fallen asleep on the bed beside me. I was dreaming about moving back to Tulsa when I felt someone shaking me. I looked up to see Taylor. He had a look of worry on his face.
“Hi, what’s wrong?” I asked waking up.
“You have got to get outta here before Ike gets up here. He’ll have a cow.” Tay said.
“Ok.” I replied.
I had forgotten about them getting home and slipped out the door as I saw Ike coming down the hallway. He smiled at me and then walked into his room. I let out a relieved sigh, and walked into my room. I laid down on my bed and fell asleep.
I finally woke up and walked out of my room. When I went by Zac, Tay, and Ike’s room I looked to see if Zac was still asleep. He was still sleeping like a baby. I walked over to him and shook him. I looked at Taylor who just laughed.
“Miss him?” He asked.
“Yes!” I replied laughing.
“Well, if you’re gonna wake him up you have to shake him or hit him or something.” Tay said.
“Ok.” I said shaking him hard.
“WHAT?!” Zac screamed.
Tay and I burst out laughing. While Zac looked at us like we were crazy or something. Taylor had dropped his magazine and was laughing so hard that tears were rolling down his cheeks. So was I but I had fallen on Zac’s bed and laughed.
“It wasn’t that funny.” Zac muttered.
“Yes it was!” Tay said between his laughter.
I turned around and laughed. When I finally got done I looked at Zac who was lying on his stomach looking at me with a blank expression. I grinned at him and he just laughed.
“Don’t scare me like that.” He replied.
“Like what?” I asked. “Tay told me to.”
“What?!” Tay asked still laughing.
“U told her to?” Zac asked.
“No, I told her she would have to shake u really hard to wake u up.” Tay said.
I nodded my head. Zac got up and pulled some jeans on. He went and laid on his bed again. I laughed and laid back against his headboard. I listened as the phone rang. I picked Zac’s phone up and listened.
“Hello?” I asked.
“Ashley.” A familiar voice said.
“Yes, who is this?” I asked.
“It’s your mom.” The voice said warily.
“What do you want?” I said rather hatefully.
“Will you give us a second chance?” My mom said.
“Why should I?” I asked.
“Because we love you and we’re sorry.” She said.
“No, if you loved us you wouldn’t have done what you did.” I yelled.
Zac turned over and looked at me as well as Tay. His eyes gave me a “What is wrong?” look. I just listened to my mom not caring.
“Ash, if you don’t give us a second chance you will be all alone.” She said.
“What are you talking about?” I asked.
“We’re out of jail.” She replied.
“No, no you’re not.” I told her.
“Yes we are. We’re standing outside.” She said.
“No, you’re lying!” I yelled.
“Look out Zac’s window, look on the porch.” She replied.
I looked out to see my mom and dad out there. I almost fell because I was so afraid and worried. I was also mad.
“Go AWAY!” I yelled into the phone.
“No Ash, we came to get you girl’s back.” She said.
“WHY?!” I asked.
“Because we love you!” She replied.
“No you just want to hurt us again.” I yelled.
I was now to the point of tears. Zac looked at me and so did Taylor. I fell to the ground and Zac jumped to the floor beside me and grabbed the phone.
I grabbed the phone from Ash and began to listen. I was mad because somebody was making her very upset.
“Who is this?!” I said sternly into the phone.
“Zac, how are you?” The voice asked.
I instantly recognized who it was.
“What do you want here?” I asked.
“I want my girl’s back.” Ash’s mom said.
“You’re in jail. You’re not gonna get them!” I replied.
“There’s where you’re wrong Zac. We’re not in jail. We’re standing on your front porch.” She said.
“In Tulsa?!” I asked.
“No, in Maine.” She replied.
I went to the window and looked out it. There stood Ash’s mom and dad. I turned around and looked at Ash and Tay. I motioned for Tay to come over and he did. I pointed towards the porch. He looked and ran down the stairs. I sat upstairs with Ash.
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