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Ashley let out a heavy sigh and glanced around the room, stalling for a moment so she could collect her thoughts.
“I saw you with Vanessa. You two were laughing, and it looked like you were having such a good time… And— Oh, I don’t know… I guess I just… Got jealous? But I have no reason to be jealous. Right?” she asked, her voice soft and worried by the time she had finished, and she looked up at him with wide eyes.
Lucas looked at her with a blank expression, trying to comprehend her words.
Did I hear that right? Was the girl I constantly showered with love jealous over someone I didn't even know very well?
"You got jealous," Lucas repeated slowly, hoping she'd correct him. She didn't. "Because of Vanessa."
Lucas didn't blame her. It was him who allowed it to happen. He didn't think twice about what he was doing with Vanessa; he laughed with her openly and even let her initiate physical contact. It was obvious why Ashley got jealous. He would, too, if someone acted like that with Ashley.
He didn't say anything else. He merely cupped her cheeks and kissed her, pressing her against the kitchen counter. If she wasn't going to be convinced with his words, he was going to do it through his actions.
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Ashley gasped a little as she was pushed against the counter. After her initial moment of shock, she reached up to tangle her fingers in his hair as she kissed him back.
She did know he loved her… But she had just been surprised and taken off guard by how intimately they had seemed to be acting.
Lucas pulled Ashley onto him, wrapping his arms around her waist as she kissed him back.
“When I’m done with you…” he whispered against her lips, pulling her off the ground. “You won’t even think about getting jealous…”
(Sterling was right. This is what they do every day. 🤷♀️)
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(Lol. Honestly, though… They have a small obsession with each other. XD
Wanna skip to after?)
(Lol. Honestly, though… They have a small obsession with each other. XD
Wanna skip to after?)
(Yup!)
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Ashley curled herself around Lucas, burying her face in his neck. She nuzzled him gently, glad they didn’t have anywhere they needed to be for the night.
“Never, ever think I’m going to leave you, all right?” Lucas whispered, wrapping his arms around her tighter. “Because you’re all that I need and you’re all that I think about. Without you, I’m absolutely nothing. Do you understand me, Ashley?”
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Ashley hummed and opened her eyes to look at him with a small smile. “Mmhm… I know, babe. I’m sorry for getting jealous,” she whispered softly, pressing a kiss to his lips.
Lucas kissed her on the forehead, sighing softly.
“It’s okay,” he said, holding her tightly. “It was my fault. I should’ve been more careful with what I was doing.”
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“You didn’t do anything wrong, Luca… I should have trusted you more,” Ashley murmured, tracing small circles on his shoulder.
“If I had assured you a bit better, you wouldn’t have thought like that,” Lucas argued. “Anyway, it’s all right. So, tell me, where do you want to go on our date?”
(Skip to the thing we planned?)
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(Which one? Remind me in the PM?)
(All right.)
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(;D)
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Ashley woke up around five the next morning and needed to go to the bathroom badly… She got out of bed, carefully untangling herself from Lucas, and tried not to wake him as she made her way to the bathroom. As she walked, she stretched her sore legs, sighing as she remembered how silly she had been the day before.
Lucas stirred in his sleep, reaching out for Ashley but meeting an empty space. He cracked an eye open to find Ashley’s side of the bed empty. He was about to go look for her when he saw the bathroom lights on.
He made himself comfortable again and waited for his girlfriend to come back to bed.
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Ashley returned to bed a few minutes later, laying down beside Lucas with a yawn. She hoped she could just go back to sleep; it was much too early to be awake on a Saturday…
Lucas woke up the next morning, tired and exhausted. Maybe it hadn’t been a very good idea in doing what he did, but he didn’t regret it.
He didn’t want to wake up early, so he continued to hold his girlfriend tightly.
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Ashley has fallen asleep almost as soon as her head hit the pillow when she got back in bed. She didn’t wake up again until around ten o’clock later that morning, and she found herself tangled up with Lucas once more. Without opening her eyes, her lips formed a small smile as she snuggled up closer to him.
The sound of his phone ringing woke Lucas up. Groaning, he searched blindly for his phone, finally locating it and answering It without checking the caller ID.
“Hello?” He greeted in a low, sleepy voice. When the caller replied, he immediately sat up. “Dad? Er, no, we were asleep… no dad, Ashley’s fine. Yes, I’m keeping her happy. She’s doing well, dad, but you just woke us up. You called me just to ask about Ashley? What about me? You’re such a jerk, dad. I’m going back to sleep. Goodnight.”
Lucas shook his head and put away his phone, going back to the original position, pulling Ashley close. Sometimes his dad was annoying. He didn’t know how his mother could control him, but he was proud of her.
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Ashley chuckled softly at the conversation and nuzzled into his neck. “Your dad is funny…” she murmured sleepily.
Lucas snorted.
“He’s annoying, that’s what he is,” he muttered. “Do you know when I was nine and we were walking someplace far on foot and I cried about being tired, he looked at me dead in the eyes and said, “when I was your age, I could walk three miles in harsh weathers over mountains without complaining even once!” Jerk.”
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Ashley snickered softly and kissed his cheek. “Well, did it get you to stop crying? Because I think he accomplished his task of it did.”
Lucas rolled his eyes.
"It made me cry harder," I said under my breath. "So he ended up getting scolded by mom. But do not look at me like that! I was a crybaby when I was younger."
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“Well, I you can be sensitive sometimes, but I love because of that. I think you’re able to distinguish other people’s feelings better,” Ashley mused softly, yawning.
Lucas pulled her tighter and rested his face in the crook of her neck, smiling.
"Well, I'm glad you love my sensitive little self," he joked. "What about Uncle Leo? Did he give you a hard time?"
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Ashly clicked her tongue and chuckled. “Daddy? No. No, he and Mama were the best. I think it was because I’m an only child…”
Lucas sighed loudly.
"You're lucky…" he muttered. "My dad gave both Eden and I a hard time. He says it's payback for all the heart attacks we've given him."
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"Well, hey, at least you know he loves you," Ashley reminded him with a shrug. "And at least he doesn't make fun of you for dating his best friend's child…"
