"WAKE UP, WAKE UP!"
Someone shakes me as I was passed out on the couch.
"Yo, who's so flipping loud?" I murmur, rubbing my eyes.
"AUNT COREY IS HERE AND IT IS TIME TO GET BRUNCH! GO WASH YOUR FACES AND GET DRESSED CHILDREN," Corey screams, banging a few pans together.
"UNCLE BRENNEN! Go get the nephew Colby and niece Ellie upstairs!" He commands with a wooden spoon.
"NIECE NEIL, GO WASH YOUR HIDEOUS FACE!" Corey exclaims in my face with his vlog camera.
Oh... this makes more sense... it's for a bit, okay.
"HEY, my face isn't THAT hideous!" I retort.
"YES IT IS, GO LOOK IN THE MIRROR!" He shouts.
"FINE, I WILL AUNTY COREY," I stand up, dramatically adjust my shirt and walk into the bathroom. Corey and Devyn follow behind.
I gaze at myself in the mirror.
"WHY DO I LOOK LIKE A FUCKING DRAG QUEEN?" I scream. My face was mainly colored with white and rainbow eye-shadows. "I mean, well damn, it's on point though," I chuckle, stroking my hair.
"You're welcome," Devyn smiles sweetly.
"Girl, your makeup skills are strong!" I laugh, "But this has to go if we're eating brunch now."
"I'll help you get it off," Devyn offers.
"AUNT COREY, I HAVE THE NEPHEW!" Brennen yells from the other room.
"OH! LEMME SEE HIM, I HEARD HE'S BEAUTIFUL!" Corey shouts.
"And I'm not?" I ask confused.
Devyn grins, "Here, come see."
We walk into the living room where Colby had one side of his face done all pretty and cute and the other just his normal self.
"AGH! WHAT IS ON MY EYE!" Colby cries, trying to see what's on his face.
"Oh my god, Devyn you master," I laugh.
"Woah, what happened to your face," Colby chuckles at me.
"What happened to yours! You look half pretty," I say, pointing at his on point highlighter.
Devyn giggles, "I could only get half your face."
"Damn, lemme go see through a mirror," Colby says, running to the bathroom.
"Oh my god, you put a fake eyelash on me?" He whines.
"Dude, you're crying!" Corey exclaims.
"Well yeah! Beauty hurts," Colby argues.
"Lets not get ahead of yourself, you're only half beautiful," Brennen vlogs it too.
"Whatever, what did Ash and I just get? Pranked?" Colby asks.
"YOU KNOW IT!" Corey says, jumping up into Colby and I's faces.
"Kay, let's go to eat now! Woah, damn ya'll look sexy," Nik shouts from the doorway.
"What's all this racket, can we go get food?" Ellie yawns, walking in too. "Yo, why do you guys have make up on? Is it some sort of prank?"
"THE BEST PRANK. TEAM COREY!" Corey says with so much excitement.
"And team Devyn!" Devyn adds.
"Okay, team Corey and Devyn," Corey compromises.
Sam now walks into the doorway of the bathroom,"Guys, hurry up and lets go ea-, you guys look pretty!"
"Yeah, okay MAKE WAY, DRAG QUEEN COMING THROUGH," I yell, squeezing by all the bodies.
"C'mon, we'll wait in the car now," Nik says.
Everyone follows out the door when Amanda and Elton come downstairs.
"Hey are we leaving already?" Amanda asks.
"Oh, after brunch we should just leave right away," Elton suggests.
"That's a good idea," Sam agrees.
"Alright, my children back inside and get your things and load the car," Corey commands, shooing everyone back inside.
We all split ways to pack up our things. My bag happened to be in one of the guest bedrooms. I quickly speed up the steps and sprawl my body across the floor to grab all my things. I forgot to brush my teeth too, so I go into the bathroom and realize I still had my full on caked face. I wipe it all off and then quickly brush them to make sure my breath doesn't smell terrible. I always feel so self conscious when I talk to someone or if someone is just up near my mouth... I wonder if Colby notices my breath? Every time we have kissed that is.
It's going to suck to have to talk to him.
As I finish putting the last of my things into my bag, I hear a knock on my door.
I see Colby, leaning against my door-frame.
Oh god, I can already feel my cheeks begin to heat up.
"Hey," He says.
"Hi," I reply, shyly tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear.
"I see you got your drag queen makeup off," He chuckles.
I grin, "And you got your fake eyelash off." I fold my clothes neatly into my bag as I talk to him.
"Yep, when I took it off, it looked like a fuzzy caterpillar," He smiles.
I giggle, "So interesting."
He stops smiling and goes serious, "So listen, about the past nights."
I shake my head. I did not need to have a little chat as we are about to leave with the rest of our friends. This trip has been fun and I don't want anything more to ruin it.
"No, Colby...please don't speak," I wave him off, "Just, I want you to leave. We're about to go anyway."
He stares me down, "I just wanted to talk."
I mumble, "I don't think this is the time, Colby."
"I don't know, but we have time at least," He argues.
"There's people here, everywhere," I retort.
"Not in this room. Ash, c'mon."
"No, we can talk later...right?"
"You've been acting strange lately. You seem off, what's been up with you?" He asks.
I adjust my collar, "Uh, I'm not acting strange! If anything, you're acting strange!" Such a lie, Ashlyn.
"But you see, I see the way you've been acting... it' weird, Ash," Colby replies, taking a step closer.
"Look, I'm just treating you the way I'd normally treat you," I retort. "Brutally," I shrug.
"I thought we were over that enemy thing," He murmurs.
I whisper, "You know we aren't! We can't act like anything more than rivals."
He starts with frustration, "But Ash-"
"Hey, man! Let's get moving, c'mon," Brennen interrupts, smiling and putting his hands on Colby's shoulders before going down the hall.
"Sup," Colby says with much less enthusiasm. Brennen walks down the hallway but backs up to ask.
"You good?" Brennen confirms.
"Yeah, let's just... go," He waves goodbye, walking out in a sure gloom with Brennen.
I felt bad.
Period.
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"We all set?" Elton asks the group.
"Yes, uncle," Corey nods in a baby voice.
"Oh yeah, who's driving the other car?" Amanda asks.
Sam raises his hand with disappointment, "I guess I am..."
"Atta boy," Colby laughs, grabbing his shoulder.
"Well, let's get going!" Ellie says.
"Girl, did you leave the keys in the drawer?" I assure.
"Uh no," El replies slowly.
"Don't worry, I did it for you, babe," Colby says, tugging Ellie by the waist and kissing her forehead.
Was this payback?
It's working.
It's hurting.
"Awe, thanks Colby," Ellie daunts, snuggling her nose to his cheek.
I turn away. That made my strings slowly begin to stretch. If he continues, they're going to stretch even further until they snap.
I pull myself out from my own gloom.
"Brennen, c'mon, it's just you and me!" I wink.
"Coming!" He smiles, hopping into my car before me. He opens the window, "WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR, LET'S GET GOING!"
Everyone rolls their eyes and we all get into our respected vehicles.
Of course Sam didn't ride with Brennen and I... we firstly didn't want him, and I secondly thought it would've been awkward if he stayed in the same space as me. I just couldn't have that. He must have thought that too as he offered to drive the other car.
Well kinda, I also just offered him as a sacrifice. I think my subconscious did that because it knew I didn't want to hang with him in a car.
Brennen and I had a nice, smooth drive. We were singing to songs, laughing, telling jokes.
Just things friends would do.
I enjoy his presence, hopefully we'll become closer. Brennen is a different type you can't really describe. I love that about him, he's unpredictable.
A good unpredictable.
Not the unpredictable like how life loves throwing with its friends.
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"What are you ordering?" Brennen asks me.
"Uh, just get me a turkey, cheddar, bacon on a croissant?" I reply.
"So you want the breakfast sandwich but on a croissant?" He grins.
"Duh, the croissants are just so much better from Dunkin," I say.
"Girl, true," He turns to the drive thru, "Okay, can you make that two?"
I smile, "DD makes the best."
"Hell yeah," He agrees, pulling up to the next window.
Everyone else decided to go separate ways for food and we all agreed to meet up in fifteen minutes at the Subway up on the top of the street.
He gets our food and pays for me. I thank him as he hands me my sandwich.
"Fuh ye, this looks bomb," I say, my mouth watering as I open the wrapper.
"Yo, can you feed me?" He asks.
"No," I laugh, "It's gonna be hard and messy with the croissant flakes dropping though."
"Oh, just put the bag under my chin, there. Problem solved!" He exclaims.
I giggle, "It won't work, you'll get my car dirty, B!"
"You mean, bb," He winks.
I roll my eyes. "Oh, baby Brennen, you need your mommy to feed you?"
"You can be my mommy any day since you can feed me," He smirks.
"Oh shut the fuck up," I grin, "I'll finish my sandwich in like ten minutes and we can switch drivers."
"Sounds good, I don't wanna drive knowing that delicious sandwich is waiting for me in that bag," He points, rolling out the lot.
"Oh, like this one," I hold out mine in front of his face.
He takes a bite out of mine quickly.
"BITCH, why, why would you do that!" I shout, genuinely sad.
"I couldn't help myself," He replies, trying to hold in his laugh.
"I'm going to take a bite out of yours," I state.
"You wouldn't dare..." He says, dramatically.
"Oh I would..." I challenge back.
I get the sandwich and take it in my hands. A red light pops up and Brennen glares at me. I slowly take a bite and hum with the goodness of his food being savored on my taste buds. I close my eyes, feeling the flavor dance on my tongue.
He bites his lip, "Damn, you make eating look sexy," He murmurs.
I giggle, covering my mouth so food wouldn't fall out, "Chill, man. It's just a good ass sandwich."
"Hey, my bad that you're good looking," He shrugs.
"I mean, I didn't know I was being so attractive while eating, like that's a first," I laugh, putting his sandwich back in the Dunkin Donuts bag.
My phone begins to ring.
It was Colby.
"Huh," I murmur to myself.
"Who is it?" Brennen asks, as the light turns green.
"Colbs," I reply. I click the answer button and hold the phone to my ear, "Hello?"
"A-ashlyn? Where are you?" Colby says in a low, sorry tone.
"With Brennen, driving to Subway..." I murmur with suspicion.
"Don't go there, Ash," Colby mumbles.
I scrunch my nose, "Uh why?"
"Ummm," He murmurs.
I roll my eyes, "Where are you?" I didn't like how strange he was speaking, "Are you okay?"
Brennen looks into the distance, "Oh shit..." He mumbles.
I stare at the direction Brennen just saw. I cover my hand with my mouth.
"A-ash?" Colby calls.
"C-colby, what happened?" I whisper in an unsteady voice.
"Sam g-got into a car accident."
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ohhhh shizz, lets see how dis goessss
Hope you enjoyed this chapter! I had some creative juices flowinnnnn, (ish). I'm starting to listen to lots of music and it makes writing so much more fun, like the inspiration is all there. It's been a good second week of summer and I miss my friends so fucking much. I mean, I just hung out with a few today but yesterday I was home alone and I decided to ride my bike down the street. As I passed a house, I THOUGHT I saw a boy I know, so I called his name but since I didn't have my glasses on, I wasn't completely sure. So I texted the boy I called out and asked if he was just outside and he said no and now I realize I just said hi to a completely random stranger that I happened to ride by. AWK KMS. (Written June 27?)
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comment, "C over B " if you read up to here<3 soz brennen;)
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