It Started with the List

The Ex

"But seeing this guy in person, I want to smash his face in. And you did use my name, so it's only fair I get to." Henry told me.

We glared at each other. "MOM!" We both screamed, walking to her room, grabbing the girls before we did so.

"What?" Mom asked, annoyed.

"Shouldn't I get to fight someone if I provoked them?" I ask her.

"Shouldn't I get to smash someone's face in since he used my name?" Henry asked.

"Uh, you know what? Go make cookies, Hen. And Ash, no fighting. Speak to him, only. I want to sleep and I don't want to wake up to find blood on my floor." She ordered.

"Yes, mom." We said in unison, sulking. Henry went to the kitchen and started getting the supplies for cookies out. I sat on the counter, with Aileen and Shaylie.

"How do you feel about chocolate chip oatmeal cookies?" Henry asked Thomas.

Thomas, looking startled, shrugged. "Never had any, don't feel anything about them."

"You dated that guy?" Henry asked Shaylie in disgust.

"Sadly. Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are my favorite." She tells him.

"Mine too." Henry said with a grin.

"Oh, stop it with the grin." Aileen said, rolling her eyes at him.

"Why're you in a poopy mood?" I ask her, bumping her shoulder.

She nodded over to Thomas, "Made my favorite cousin a borderline alcoholic. I don't like the freaking air around him."

"Sorry about that." Thomas said, scratching the back of his neck.

"Don't worry about him, Aileen. You have your handsome knight in shining armour to slay the evil dragon for you." I tell her, wrapping my around her and pulling her closer to me. She just laughed and tried to push me away from her. I held on to her tighter. "No, you can't push me away. The beautiful princess and her knight need to ride into the sunset together, can't do that if we're separated." I tell her.

"You're such a dork." She said with a smile.

"If I wasn't a dork, who would I be?" I tell her.

"Just make-out already!" Thomas practically yelled.

"They say we're flirts." Henry tisked, mixing the dough.

"He called you beautiful! Aw!" Shaylie fangirled. I froze, realizing what I'd said. Had I said that outloud? I was thinking it, but I can't believe I actually said it outloud.

"No, you are and shut up." Aileen mutters, burying her face on my chest.

"It's so cute how embarrassed you get, Ash." Shaylie tells me, pinching my cheek. I swat her hand away, only for a brief second then place it back on Aileen's back.

"You're too cute, Aileen." Henry comments, taking out his phone and casually snapping a picture of us. "3, now." He said, smiling at the picture. "Cookies will be ready in 8 minutes, you guys go into the living room and get comfortable. I'll bring the cookies and some milk now get out my kitchen." He shooed us.

Thomas, Aileen and I got out of the kitchen. Shaylie stayed, not saying anything. Aileen sat on the couch and I sat next to her, Thomas deciding to sit on the loveseat. "Are you two together or something?" Thomas asked after two awkward minutes of silence.

"Haha, no. Why would I want to date this dork?" Aileen said with a laugh.

"Well, I guess you just did that sub-consciously?" He said, gesturing, to how my arm was wrapped around her waist protectively and she's leaning into me, her hand over my heart. Immediately, we let go of each other and went to separate sides of the couch. Thomas laughed at us, and the large gap between us.

"Did I miss something important?" Shaylie asked, gesturing for Aileen to scoot over so she could get at the end.

"No, nothing." I tell her. Henry comes a minute later, with the cookies and 5 glasses of milk on a tray. He places it on the coffee table and tells Aileen to scoot over so he could sit next to Shaylie.

Thomas laughs at the fact that we ended up together again. Frowning, Aileen grabbed a cookie and a glass. She took an angry bite of the cookie, leaving a little chocolate on her lip. She smiled at the taste of the cookie and I couldn't help it. I took my thumb and wiped the chocolate off her bottom lip, and, out of habit, licked it off my thumb.

She froze, as did I, and we stared at each other. I cannot believe I did that. Thank god Henry and Shaylie were talking to Thomas and not playing attention to us. They would never let me live that down.

"Uh..." I didn't know what to say. Sorry? Doesn't even make any sense. So I just stated a fact. "There was chocolate on your lip." She nods, still looking at me wide-eyed.

She turns to look over at Shaylie as she call her name out. "Yeah?" Aileen responds.

"You wanna watch Doctor Who or Supernatural?" Shaylie asked.

"Supernatural." She answered, taking a sip of her milk.

"Ha, we win. 3-2, we're watching Supernatural." Shaylie told the two boys. I'm guessing she already knew my vote because I told her Supernatural is my favorite show and anytime is SPN time. After about 3 episodes, Thomas had to leave because his flight would be leaving in an hour. Shenry took home on the loveseat, falling asleep after half an hour.

After one more episode, Aileen started leaning onto me. I looked over at her and saw she could barely keep her eyes open. Smiling, I lay down so she could get more comfortable. She lays down ontop of me, her ear to my heart. "Your heart beat is so soothing." She mumbled. "And it's not beating nearly as fast as mine. Which is good, meaning you're okay with me laying ontop of you because I want to do it again sometime. You are a very comfortable person."

"Thanks." I say with a smile. She can always get me smiling.

"I got nervous." She tells me. "When you licked the chocolate, I mean. That was the most personal thing I'd done with a guy. Ever. So I got nervous and froze."

"Sorry, I didn't mean to-"

"I liked it." With that, she fell asleep, leaving me to ponder on what she said. She liked it? Good thing, right?

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Okay, so I really have no idea why I even put Thomas in here. I was going to make them get to know each other but then the cookies and the chocolate and I HAD TO. So, he was just not needed.

I liked all their moments, Ashton and Aileen's moments. I want them to have more.

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