Ashlynn sprinted but stopped in front of Damon's house and sighed. She hesitated and then mad she'd way around the house to the back, she sighed and grabbed onto a rope that had been there since they were 5 and pulled on it and a bell rung.
Damon looked up from his book confused and walked over to his window opening slightly while poking his head out.
"Ashy? What are you doing here?" He asked, she sighed "toss down the ladder I'm coming up." She said. He raised and eyebrow but cooperated and threw down a rope ladder, ashylnn yawned and started climbing up her foot slipping on the last step and she fell backwards.
Damon grunted and caught her just in time before pulling her up "alright, spill. You don't come here unless something happened." He said pulling up the ladder.
"I know why Gabe hates you" she said, he stiffened "oh?" He replied in curiosity.
"He counts you as competition. Therefore...my own brother...likes me..." I said, Damon blinked in complete shock "hold up. What do you mean competition?" He asked, ashlynn frowned. "He thinks you like me." She exclaimed, he stiffened "oh"
Ashlynn sighed and plopped down on his bed "if you haven't figured it out yet, I'm staying over" she declared confidently. "What? Why?" Damon asked eager to kick her out at any moment.
"Because Hannah has her boyfriend over and I told mom I was staying with her so I'm staying here. Thanks goodnight. By the way your bed is extremely comfortable" she said before passing out.
Damon sighed and watched her silently "competition huh....I guess he could say that..." he mumbled.
Ashlynn yawned just as Damon's alarm went off and she stiffened when she felt an immense amount of body heat on her back, her eyes widened as she looked behind her only to see Damon facing the opposite direction of her sleeping as If he didn't hear the alarm.
She got up and glanced at Damon who was still passed out, she glared and shut off the alarm before pushing him off the bed. His body hit the floor and he groaned in pain, and sat up rubbing his head.
"Morning sleeping beauty." She snapped, he raised an eyebrow and stood up "right, school. Your not a morning person are you?" He asked, she frowned and grabbed her bag before going to his bathroom to change.
He chuckled and pulled off his shirt just as Ashlynn popped her head out of the bathroom "hey Damon can I borrow...." she trailed off as she saw all the scars on his back, she walked out of the bathroom with only her skirt and blouse on before walking over to him.
He was stiff as a rock as he let the shirt drop, ashlynn traced her fingers against each scar individually and he looked over at her frowning. "Where did these come from..." she asked, he frowned as she wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him from behind.
"They're from..." he stopped and sighed "I don't want to talk about it..." he said pulling away from her and pulled on his t-shirt before pulling on his blazer.
She watched him with concern before returning to the bathroom to pull on her thigh highs and blazer and throw on some makeup. She exited the bathroom with her bag hanging from her shoulder and glanced at Damon who was fixing his hair.
"You should leave through the window...otherwise mom's gonna get the wrong idea." He said, ashylnn nodded and made her way to the window and throwing down the rope ladder.
"Well, see ya at school..." she said before sliding down the ladder and running off, Damon watched silently before growling and chucking his comb at the wall.
"Dammit Danielle." He sneered.
Ashlynn sat in her seat staring at the teacher as he wrote on the board aimlessly, Damon noticed but ignored it and made a small paper airplane before tossing it to Danielle while the teachers back was turned.
Ashlynn raised an eyebrow and sighed before raising her arm into the air, the teacher turned and gave her an unamused look "yes Ashlynn?" He said.
She glanced at Damon and then Danielle and the teacher nodded before she stood grabbing her stuff and leaving the room. Ashlynn walked to her locker and shoved her stuff into it before slamming it shut and making her way to the council room.
Damon sighed and rested his head on his desk as she left before glancing at his hand and balling it up into a fist.
Ashlynn sat leaning back in her chair reading her favorite book when the council door opened followed with a Jersey accent. "Ah, ash there you are" they said, ashylnn glanced up from her book and smiled at the familiar face.
"Oh hey, jakob what do you need?" She asked, he smiled "I was wondering if you wanted to join me in a game of ball for a bit" he invited genuinely. She smiled "sure, I do love a good game of ball" she grinned.
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