"Two months of being alone and without Ross, is two months of me regretting my decisions, of me being absolutely outraged towards myself, of me missing being alone with Ross."
"To love and to be loved back."
Caspian screwed up big time with her aunt...
"Okay, everyone, just calm down, I can explain." I fanned my face off as the room of people I have grown to love looked back at me in confusion.
"Alone With Ashton is a true story." Some people in the room groaned. "Hold on, but it's my story, I-I'm Cassandra, er, well Caspian, not C.Lynn.G." Some people looked really mad and I still have yet to understand why. "And Ashton, is Ross, my ex boyfriend, and the best human being on this planet." I shook my head. "I didn't want people to know this is a true story because I didn't want people to meddle in my personal life, and Ross, he personally asked me to never reveal that he is Ashton, now I don't know what possessed him to call and leave a message saying it Ashton, I assure you I'm going to have a talk with him tonight."
Janice came to the front of the room with me and sat me down with a sigh and I looked towards the rest of the room to see them looking towards Janice expectantly. "Okay, Caspian. I'm going to have to be the one to break this to you, but you have two options here."
"Option one, you can continue to lie and watch as your book sales slowly begin to decline." She crossed her arms across her chest leaning against the wall. "Or, we can use this to our advantage."
"What do you mean?" I don't like the sound of this.
"Caspian, this is a true story, meaning we could peak the interests of customers who wouldn't typically buy a teen romance." One guy in the back of the room cleared his throat gaining everyone's attention.
"Or, we could reveal that the story is real, let the fan base go wild with it, let them make their own assumptions, the media might pick up on it, boom, free promotion." People applauded him as he took bows and Janice nodded her head, grinning from ear to ear.
"Uh, no?" I said quietly, and the commotion in the room died out.
"No?" Janice's smile dropped from her face and she turned her whole body towards me, her stare was intimidating.
"No." She raised a brow at how I had raised my voice and I faced everyone else. "My life story isn't going to be used just for you guys to make a profit, alright? I made a promise and I'm going to keep it." No one tried to disagree so with that I left, no longer being able to withstand the tension in the room.
The ride back to my dorms was quiet because I couldn't get my brain to shut up, and when I was finally alone in the confines of my own room, I called Ross.
"Hello?"
"What the fuck was that?"
"Nice to hear your voice too."
I rolled my eyes throwing myself back on my bed. "I hope you know that you calling my work and claiming yourself as Ashton really fucked a lot of things up." I sighed.
"What are you talking about? Claiming myself as Ashton? I've been at work all day."
I picked my head up from my mattress, trying to process his words. "Wait what?"
"I never called you, I was too busy at the hardware store, there was a mix up in the ship-"
"If you didn't call, then- Keith! I'm sorry Ross I'll call you later."
"Okay?"
I rushed to dial Keith's number. "Hola muchacho." He greeted lamely.
"Keith, did you call the publishing office today?" I rattled my finger nails against the wall feeling anxious.
"No, I have your personal number, why would I need to?"
"So that means, that someone, who doesn't have my personal number called me at work?" I tried to rack my brain for the possible candidate, my mind coming to a blank.
"Wish I could help, but Debate waits for no one."
"Good luck." I grumbled before hanging up.
Who the hell could possibly have my number? I thought, feeling exhausted after today's turn of events, so I decided to take a nap but as soon as my head hit the pillow my phone buzzes making me groan.
*Look at Goodreads, NOW* Janice sent and my heart dropped. Quickly I opened my laptop that sat at the foot of my bed.
And what I was greeted with sent me for a whirlwind.
Infamous author of Alone With Ashton, true story?
And let's just ask what we're all dying to ask, Who's Ashton?
"Fuck."
*****
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IVE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH WRITING AND IM SO PROUD OF MYSELF
Q: Who do you think called as Ashton?
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